Hola! Hello, peoples of Earth! Here's Chapter 13!

Percy's POV

Everyone was walking around the front of my apartment, getting everything ready for camp. I grunted as I slid a block of metal bigger than me into the back of my truck. Ugh, five more. I lifted the second block but almost dropped it when I heard Annabeth behind me.

"Hey, Seaweed brain." She clutched her jacket tighter. "Why are you bringing metal to camp?" She hit the block of metal, making a hollow sound.

"Charlie. Wants to bring it to work on." I straightened my shirt and took a break. Annabeth hopped onto my truck, her legs crossed. She shivered. "Hey, you're wearing the jacket I gave you when I accidently made the sink blow up," I said, turning sheepish, remembering the panic I caused.

"Yeah. It's actually way warmer than most of my jackets." I hopped onto the truck, next to her. We watched everyone bustle around, excited to go back to camp. I looked at Annabeth, her gray eyes shining from the reflection of the moon. (Cheesy, I know.) She caught my gaze and smiled. She looked beautiful. We leaned in, only to be interrupted by . . .

"Annabeth!" Her friends came running from the front door. My hand immediately flew up to the back of my neck, scratching it, trying to look casual. I looked down at the boring concrete ground. I noticed they were looking back and forth between Annabeth and me, as though they knew what was about to happen.

"I have to finish loading Charlie's metal." I gave Annabeth a telling look. I lifted the next block a little easier, but it still made my arm muscles feel like lead. I got the block hovering the truck.

"Josh wants to know if you still like him," I heard Sam say. I dropped the metal in shock. My finger got caught under the block.

"Ow!" I quickly pulled it out from under. It was throbbing, but I ignored it. "Who do you like?" Annabeth smiled and pulled me into a hug.

"Jealous?" I looked at her and made a fake pouty face. She turned to Sam. "And no! You should know I never liked him."

"I know! But he's persistent." Jessie twirled her finger by her ear, calling Josh crazy.

"Well, I really need to finish loading this stuff. And yes, I''ll be careful," I said, used to Annabeth saying that.

"I wasn't going to say that." I looked at her with one eyebrow raised. "Okay, I was going to say that. But now I'm going to help you.

"What? No! That metal is heavy," I said.

"But you have a boo-boo on your finger." She started talking like how someone would talk to a newborn baby.

I made another pouty face. "Fine." She took my hand and looked at my finger.

"Whoa, that is red!"

"Stop looking at it!" I pulled my hand away, playfully.

Annabeth's POV

I opened the truck door with a creak. Jessie, Alex, and Sam were sitting in the back of the truck, among the metal blocks. They said they didn't mind the metal. It made them feel like they were in a maze. They also didn't mind the wind. Percy just locked up the back, so nothing would fall out. I hoisted myself up, but before I could step a foot in Percy's truck, I heard someone yell,

"Annabeth!" I whirled around to see Silena running toward me with a big white box. She slowed to a stop in front of me, out of breath. "I almost forgot. She opened the box, revealing a beautiful white dress-the one I wore to the dance. The one I wore when Percy and I had our first kiss. Hey, don't blame me for remembering that. That night was special. Plus, I'm getting more sentimental.

I pulled the dress out, letting it unfold. "Oh my gods. You're good." Percy came over, dusting his hands off on his jeans.

"Yeah, it looks just like how it was last Friday," he said, impressed. "Good job, Silena." She grinned.

"It was nothing." Jessie was leaning over the side of the truck.

"That looks so pretty! Is that yours, Annabeth?" she asked. I nodded sheepishly. I don't think she ever knew I owned a dress. Let alone a girly dress.

Percy's POV

Finally, we made it at camp after dropping Jessie, Alex, and Sam off at Annabeth's house. The campers probably just finished dinner. The torchlights were burning and everyone was heading back to their cabins.

We walked into the Big House where Chiron was playing Pinochle with Mr. D. Chiron walked over after putting his cards face down on the table.

"Hello, Percy. I'm very proud of all of you," he said with a huge grin plastered on his face. "Not many demigods could hold their ground against the Crimson Slayer, let alone defeat it. Or at least for a while. And Annabeth! Wait, you go to Goode?"

"Uh yeah. I thought you knew that."

"I knew there was someone else going there but I didn't know it was you."

"Neither did I," I said, one eyebrow raised.

"I didn't know!" Chiron complained. "Well anyway, I wanted you all to come here because it would be safer, especially since the Crimson Slayer is still on the loose. So get to your cabins. The Harpies come out at ten-thirty."

"Juniper!" Grover yelled, as he saw a girl in a purple gossamer dress walking across the path. She turned around and ran toward Grover. They came walking over to all of us with smiles on their faces. After a few minutes of Juniper greeting us one by one, she finally stood by Grover again. "So what's been up?" she asked, eyeing my hand clasping Annabeth's. Thalia followed her gaze and jerked, suddenly remembering something. She swung her bag around so that it was in front and fished a green camera out of her bag.

"I took pictures," she said in a fake sing-song way. Juniper hastily snatched the camera from Thalia. Thalia pursed her lips. "Hey I wouldn't get too excited. You're still my servant for a week." She then walked over to see the pictures she took. Everyone started crowding around, trying to see the pictures.

Only Annabeth and I weren't jumping over everyone to see. I was too tired to do anything physical. Annabeth was just nice enough to stay with me. Then everyone started cooing at the pictures.

"What are you guys looking at?" I asked.

"You," Juniper said simply. My eyes widened, hoping Thalia didn't find my baby pictures. I turned the camera to my direction, flipping through it. It was pictures of Annabeth and me at the dance and around school. Nothing peculiar. But then I started to get curious when I realized it was pictures of no one but Annabeth and me. I was fine with the pictures, until I found one that showed Annabeth and me-kissing.

"Why'd you take pictures of Annabeth and me?" My face getting hot.

"Juniper told me to," Thalia shrunk down and pointed at Juniper. Juniper shrunk down too, when I turned to face her. Then I softened up.

"Whatever." I walked away with Annabeth, hand in hand, as they all got back to the green camera.

Sorry it took long again. My dad keeps grounding me for no reason. Seriously. Not exaggerating. Don't stop reviewing!