IMPORTANT A/N So if you haven't yet noticed, I changed the ending of the last chapter. Read that before you read this chapter. I repeat, READ IT FIRST! On with the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson. - Generic, I know…

Artemis' POV

So just in case you skipped over the author's note, which I know a lot of people do, I changed the ending of the last chapter! Read that first before you continue reading. It won't make sense if you haven't yet read it. Well it might… I don't know, just read the ending of chapter four again!

I had come to Percy's palace since it would be the first time we would see each other in months and we had not ended on very good terms. It had hurt me more then I cared to let on to tell Percy I did not love him. The look on his face after I said those words to him brought a heaviness to my heart that has been suffocating me for the past few months. As I was entering his palace, (the door had been left open) I heard him talking to that Annabeth girl.

"I'm still in love with Artemis and I always will, even if she doesn't love me back," I hear him state and involuntarily, I let out a gasp of surprise. I thought that he had surely gotten over me since he started going out with Annabeth again.

Percy turned around and a surprised look crossed his face before it transformed into an elated one. "Artemis?" he asked.

"Y-Yes?" I replied, hating that I stuttered.

"What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to make sure that everything was alright between us since we didn't end on good terms the last time we saw each other…" He smiled sadly as I said this, reliving that night. To be honest, I had been haunted by nightmares of it every single night.

"Well to tell you the truth," he started, "I haven't been doing that well, and I've just been waiting to do this." With that, he grabbed my hands and slowly pressed his lips to mine. Try as I might, my body refused to pull away and just kissed him back. I heard the door to the palace close and realized it must be Annabeth leaving. After what seemed like forever, but could only have been a minute, Percy pulled away but still kept a hold on my right hand. We stayed like that, just staring at each other silently, enjoying the company we brought each other.

"So what happens now?" he asked, breaking the silence. "I love you Artemis. Please, give me a chance. I know I messed up before but please just give me another chance. I'm going crazy without you," he said with a pleading look on his face.

I hesitated. "I-I don't know Percy," I finally managed to choke out.

He sighed, "I was expecting that." Awkwardness had now filled the air and we lapsed into another period of quiet, albeit this time it was an uncomfortable one. "Artemis?" he asked, breaking the silence once again.

"Yes?" I replied, while wondering what he was going to say next.

"I think you should leave now," he said quietly. It was like I had been smacked in the face. That was not at all what I had been expecting him to say. I was actually quite disappointed that he had not said anything else to try to persuade me to give him a chance. Wait, what was I thinking? Wasn't that what I had wanted? Didn't I want him to move on and not love me anymore? Why did I want him to try to win me over? I gave him a small smile and turned to leave only to find that he was still holding on to my hand.

"Um, Percy? You need to let go of my hand…" I said. He looked down and saw that he was still holding on to it.

"Oh right," he said, embarrassed. I stood there, waiting for him to release my hand but he still did not.

"Percy?" I asked more confused than ever. He then pulled my hand gently, bringing me closer to him and kissed me yet again. Pulling back, he asked, "Did you really think I would let you leave that easily?" with a grin lighting up his face.

"O-Of course not," I said, swallowing hard and cursing myself for stuttering.

Percy merely laughed. "Can you meet me after the Winter Solstice meeting?" he asked, becoming serious.

Confused, I replied, "Why?"

"You'll see," he said with a wink.

"What?" I asked, very confused now.

"Just promise me you'll meet me next to the lake after the meeting."

"I… Promise," I said, unsure if whatever he wanted would be good or bad.

"Good, now if you'll excuse me, it's been a long day and I need to run a few errands," Percy replied with a smile before escorting me out of his palace.

Winter Solstice Meeting

Argh… This meeting is a waste of my time. Who cares if Aphrodite breaks a nail? And Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades with their arguing, shoot me now. I wonder what it is that Percy has planned… Oh? The meeting is over? Well that was fast. I better head to the lake then. Oh no. Aphrodite's coming, what could she possibly want? She's probably trying to kill my brain cells with all her air-headedness. Here she is…

With a sigh I asked, "What do you want Aphrodite?"

"You love him," she said while smiling gleefully at me. "Finally, the love-hating goddess loves!" This, she shouted out much louder.

"Shh! Do you want everyone to hear?" I asked.

"Follow your heart, Artemis. Don't run away this time," Aphrodite said. With that, she disappeared, leaving me alone and confused.

When I arrived at the lake, Percy was nowhere to be found, but there was a beach blanket with a picnic basket on it laid out on the sand next to the lake. All of a sudden, my vision was cut off as hands wrapped around my face, covering my eyes.

"Guess who," a very familiar voice said.

"Percy!" I exclaimed.

"And you are correct!" he said as he took his hands away.

"What is all this?" I asked.

"Well, I believe that it is a picnic," he said very slowly. I just responded by rolling my eyes. "Come on, let's eat!" he said while smiling.

Sitting on the blanket, we shared the food and gazed at the lake reflecting off the moon and we both knew one thing. Neither of us would be running away again.

A/N So I haven't written in forever… Honestly, I've had most of this written except the ending since March. I just didn't know what to do with it until now and so I ended it like this. This chapter has really been a big disappointment to me. I'm very sorry that it's definitely not my best work. And yes, this is going to be the last chapter.