Rachel was still at the lake, still doodling, still daydreaming. A slight breeze ran through her hair. And in her current state of mind, she couldn't be happier.

She was dead wrong.

A tangy, yet bearable smell of sea salt snuck into her nose. It was familiar… Suddenly, Percy sat down next to her.

"Hey," He said.

Rachel's insides were doing cartwheels. "Oh, hey, Percy. What's up?"

Percy let out a heavy sigh. "There's this girl I like, and… she just broke up with me. I need someone to help cheer me up."

Rachel grinned. "Then you've come to the right person!" She thanked her good luck and turned to him. "Why don't you just forget about her? You're too good for her anyway."

He shrugged. "Alright."

Her eyes widened. This could not be happening! After all of these years, Percy was finally gonna like-like her.

"I was wondering…" Percy started, running his hand through his already perfectly messy hair. "If maybe… you and I could, you know…"

Say it! Rachel wanted to cry. Say it!

All of a sudden, a cold cry sent a cacophony of rage through the air.

Rachel gawked at the display, wondering what in Hades that was.

Annabeth's figure came out of the brush and pushed Rachel into the lake. Percy willed the water to push her farther and farther away from the shore until she was in the middle of the lake.

Her muffled cries were acknowledged, and the couple sat down together on the grass.

"You know," Percy said. "As simple of a plan as that might have been, it totally worked."

"Yeah, I'm really satisfied." Annabeth put her head down on Percy's shoulder. "You're going to laugh at this, but I've always wanted to throw her off of a cliff."

Percy snickered. "I think half the people at camp would like to do that."

"Yeah, but you know… I think symbolically, dumping her into a lake is my way of throwing off of a cliff."

Percy shook his head, laughing. "If that's what makes you happy."

They sat together and watched Rachel splash around in the middle of the lake. The smell of strawberries swam through the air and the sound of swords clashing in the distance was the perfect ending for their happily ever after.

And they wouldn't have it any other way.

Alright! It's complete! And you have to give me kudos for updating within like, two days of when I last posted. I hope you enjoyed it and I guess that's it… Well… back to updating my other fics… 'The Girl of my Dream' should be updating within… hmmm… I'm not gonna promise something unrealistic… so I'm gonna have to say within three weeks… Please review ;)