How did I do all this, I had just messed up my entire life, and his too. But, he would be happy, with Rachel...not me. At that thought I began to cry once again, and I just couldn't control it. What if I never saw him again? Then that would be it, his last words to me being words of hate, I thought as they rang in my ears.

After trudging a couple miles back to camp, I went to talk to Chiron.

"I'm sorry I ever went, you were right." I admitted, while wiping tears from my puffy, red eyes.

"I'm sorry too, I shouldn't have let you go. How's Percy?"

"He absolutely hates me! He hates me!" I moaned, feeling sorry for not even asking Percy how he was.

"Oh, come Annabeth, it will all be alright." He said, while patting my back and trying to comfort me.

"Thanks for saying that Chiron, but it won't be, I know that. He's not coming back."

"If you two are meant to be, he will find you, and you will find a way to be together." I was absolutely stunned, since I had never told Chiron about me and Percy.

"Thank you." I said softly, and walked down to Cabin 3, where there was no Percy, but I did notice that some of his things were still there, which I thought was weird.

After looking at his many battle trophies (minatour horn, things like that) I headed back to my bunk bed once again, but oddly enough, it was made. That's right, perfectly clean, no chip bags, soda cans, nothing! But, there was someone sitting there, I couldn't tell who it was, since their back was turned to me, but I was so ticked off.

"Um, what the Hades are you doing in my bed?" I asked the nameless figure.

"Nice way to treat the love of your life." His voice was silky and smooth, and familiar. My heart almost stopped beating.

"Percy?!" I asked in dismay, it couldn't be, but there he was. Seaweed Brain turned around to face me, and I realized he had been crying too.

"Seaweed brain, your dear Perseus, whatever works!" he said, and I'd never been so happy in my entire life. He pulled me up to where he was sitting and I hugged him.

"I love you, I really do." he promised. And I knew that he meant it.

"I thought you hated me?" I asked

"I was just mad and upset, I didn't know what to do, so I just told you that, I don't know, it was basically an impulse to say the least. I love you, I promise.

"Swear?"

"I swear on the River Styx!"

"Then I love you too, and we will find a way to be together, I promise."

After both of us wrapping our arms around each other, I kissed him. It was way better then I ever thought it would be, so I just enjoyed it while it lasted.

"So if you love me, why'd you run away?"

"Why else? I got scared. I didn't get it, I mean you are so smart, yet why couldn't you just let us be together?"

By this point we had both left my cabin and were walking through the woods at camp.

"It was the wise thing to do Percy. You know that. It's just that, the reasons haven't gone away, they're still real! Think about it, from Clarisse to Kronos, people will NOT like the fact that you and me....are going out?"

"Why do you have to ask? There's nobody else I would rather have as my girlfriend." That single sentence melted my heart, and I hugged him again.

"But it will be a long road." I assured him, " We definitely will have our fights, and people will try to get in our way you know."

"I know." He said while giving me a sweet kiss on the forehead. "But trust me, I won't let a single soul touch you, ever."

"Promise?" I asked.

"I swear on the River Styx."

"I wish I could say the same for you, I wish that I could save you, that I could do something, anything, but I can't." I knew what I was saying was true. "I have to let you make your own decision, about...everything, I have-"

"Please, let's not think about all that, not now."

"I can't make any promises, but I will try my best Percy."

He looked at me for a while, and at the point where it started to get creepy, I asked why.

"What?" I asked him.

"Nothing, I was just...thinking about you."

"What about me?" I pressed on.

"Just how insanely beautiful you are."

"Why thank you Perseus, I don't think anyone has ever said something like that to me."

"Not even Luke?" He asked, which surprised me. We both sat in an awkward silence for a while, before I answered his exceedingly odd question.

"No, not even Luke." Normally we would have just laughed at this, but the mood was so serious, we didn't dare to. I hadn't realized it, but the sky had turned black, dotted with stars. Me and Percy were sitting on the beach, staring out into the ocean, and I was scared to make eye contact with him.

"What was he like? I mean...before. How was he?" he questioned, and that surprised me. Normally Percy hated that I still thought Luke could change, he never wanted to talk about him, ever.

I sighed before answering, " He was so different, if only you got to meet him Percy. He was...I don't know, not like he is now. I've always had this stupid shred of hope that he still is good, but I don't know."

"How did you feel about him?"

"I was sure he was meant to be with me, but then, you came, and everything changed. I don't think I ever really loved him, just like a brother."

"There's some relief. But, what about all those other guys you've been with?"

"You mean Nobody, and Blank, they were awesome!" I said sarcastically.

"You were never..."

"No." I answer honestly, "I mean I probably have thought some Apollo kid was cute or something, but not like, anything real."

"What Apollo kid?!" Percy asked, getting all defensive while wrapping his arm around me. Then my head slid down to his chest and I realized, I didn't need anything else, I had him.

"You are SUCH a Seaweed Brain. But as long as we're on the topic, what about all your girlfriends?"

"There's no one to talk about." He said, but I doubted that was the truth.

"Come on, I can handle it, what about all those girls in New York, you had to date some of them!"

"No, not really."

"What about Rachel, or Calypso?"

"You knew about that?"

"I'm not stupid Percy!" I shot back, and pulled out of his hug, just so he could swing his arms around my waist again.

"I know that much! Rachel, we were just friends. I never would even think about her like that as long as I knew you. And Calypso ... the second I stepped on her island I thought of you, you were in my mind the entire time, and you were the reason I left. It was all for you."

"Okay, I understand." I said, but still was curious about some other things.

"How do you feel?" he asked me, completely out of the blue.

"What?"

"Right now, what's going through your head?" He questioned.

"I guess I'm thinking of you, and just concentrating on the time we can spend together. How much I love you, all that. Why? What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking if this is where you want to be. I know you're all about stuff lasting, and to be honest, I will always want to be with you, but realistically, I could die. That wouldn't be too great."

"I thought we were supposed to forget about that!" I said while my eyes watered. I couldn't help it, but I started crying, again, into Percy. I wanted to scream and hug him and tell him every aspect of emotions that I was feeling, but I also wanted to spare him, not to worry him or anything.

"Annabeth, I didn't mean to worry you, I'm sorry."

I wiped a tear from my eye and looked at him, "Don't be, it's fine, I knew that, it's just... I don't know, what do you want to do Percy? If this was your last day, what would you do?" I asked him, having no clue we would do it the next day.

"I would give my girlfriend the best day ever, I would do everything I ever wanted to." He answered me, "I think I'll do just that, tomorrow! Be up bright and early, I'll come to your cabin to wake you up."