Okay guys, you know me. I can't spell. You know this. What's the point in pointing this fact out? I'm iritated now... gr.

The sun was high when I saw it. Percy was out in the field, suited up for sword fighting, and Nina approached him, swinging her sword around like an idiot. I let out a long sigh from across the feild. Percy wouldn't fall for her stuff. He was way too smart for that. At least today she was wearing jeans and what looked to be an old t shirt under her armor.

Amazingly, the one thing that kept repeating through my mind is that somehow this girl that was seemingly nothing but trouble was my responsibility. It kept repeating and growing in my head until I groaned under the pressure.

Percy watched as Nina walked toward him, tightening his grip on Riptide with every step she took. His face was dark, iritItated. He looked almost angry when she stopped in front of him and smiled. "Hi, Percy." She said watching him closely. "Is it my turn?"

"Get in line." He joked.

"Oh come on! It looks so fun."

"Fun?" He scoffed. "It's sword fighting. It's not fun. It's fight or die. It isn't fun."

"Anything would be fun if you're doing it with you." I could just kill that girl. Does she not realize she is making googly eyes at Annabeth Chase's boyfriend?

Percy's face somehow hardened. "Nina."

"Yes?"

"I don't want to fight you."

"You don't?"

"No. I don't."

She got closer to him then, taking one swift step up so she was directly in front of him. "What do you want to do with me if not fight?" Seconds later she was kissing him. Even from the distance I could see Percy trying to pull away. I ran across the yard, pushing past many people and drawing my knife. I pulled her back. "Who are you?"

"Who am I? I would say your worst nightmare, but that's a little cliche." I growled at her. "Draw your sword. You wanted a fight. You got one."

Her eyes went wide, asessing me. "Oh. This'll be hard." She pulled her sword and smiled at me. She jabbed the sword my way, but I blocked it. Her sword flew at my face, but my knife kept her sword at bay. I forced her back with my knife and then slashed her arm. "Ahh." She said under her breath at the sound of the tearing flesh. I didn't pause. My knife was flying and she was trying to block me. She fell to the ground, my knife at her throat. "I guess this camp is for real. You fight to the death?"

"No.. we don't." I hissed, releasing her. "Unless you kiss Percy again. Then we'll be fighting to the death."

"What claim do you have on him?" She growled, glaring at me.

"Huh. Percy?" I asked, turning and pulling him over. His eyes were bright with laughter, but his hair was still standing on end from where her hands had attacked him. I grabbed his face in my hands and kissed him right there in front of practically the whole camp. At some point during my fight with Nina everyone had turned away from their partners and started watching. Now I could feel their eyes on us as I kissed Percy. I didn't care. I kissed him hard, pushing my lips against his and holding him close to me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and wove my fingers in the hair at the base of his neck. His hands found my hips and he groaned with surprise and pleasure as my lips attacked his.

We had never been public. We held hands in front of the camp. We shared a kiss on the cheek or a quick peck on the lips now and then. Never had we done this. In all the many words I have collected in my lifetime I can't think of one that fits what we are doing right now.

When Percy pulled away, panting, she was gone. "Wow." He muttered, laughing at me.

"Wow?" I asked, arms unwinding from his neck.

"Very... I guess we're completely public now." He said, smiling brightly.

"I guess we are." I whispered, pulling his lips down to mine again.

"Way to take care of a problem. I thought you were going to chop her head off."

"I considered it."

"Why didn't you?"

"I thought of a better way to do it."

"I like this way better."

"Yes. Much less blood on my hands."

"Always a good thing."

"I love you."

"I love you."

"Good."

"Annabeth, Annabeth! You are one seriously scary demigod. I hope you know that." Grover was saying when he plopped down at the Athena table beside me at lunch.

"I was protecting my Percy." I told him, smirking over at Percy who was sitting alone at the sea god's table. I knew he could take care of himself.

"I know Percy apreciates it." He chuckled. "I saw it all from Juniper's tree.. oh and by the way: she said, 'you go girl!'" He laughed again. "You have to love her."

"Yes you do." I said to him, shaking my head. "Oh, and Grover?"

"Yeah?" He asked, eyes drifting past me to the Aphrodite table.

"Thanks for what you said."

"What did I say exactly?"

"You said I was beautiful."

"Oh. Yes. You are." He said, blushing lightly.

"Thanks."

Grover got up and left walking away from the dining pavilion. Percy stood up and followed him. Natuarlly I stood and followed him. Soon enough the three of us were standing side by side on the dock.

"You know how stupid your friend is Grover?" I asked, looking over at him.

"How stupid, Annabeth?" He asked, chuckling at the look that sudently crossed Percy's face.

"He made me jump off that cliff." I told him, nodding to the cliff in the distance.

"Percy! Not all of us are invincable." Grover said, shaking his head.

"I wouldn't have let her get hurt." Percy said, wrapping one arm around my shoulders.

"Then he trapped me underwater."

"Percy, you know not all people can breath underwater!" Grover scolded, sternly.

"I made an air bubble." Percy added, laughing.

"It still wasn't nice." I muttered, laughing at his tone.

"You know you loved it." He muttered into my hair.

"I did?" I asked, smirking.

"You did." He responded, nodding.

"Oh. I did."

"You too are so... in love. I need to go spend time with my tree. Excuse me." Grover said, turning to leave.

"Aw, but we were having such a good little moment... the three of us!" I said, frowning. "It's never the three of us anymore.."

"It was for so long." Percy commented, smiling. "We were kind of unstoppable back then."

"We still are." Grover said, looking at me. "Did you miss Annabeth kicking that Nina's butt today?"

"No. I was there. It was kind of hysterical." Percy said, chuckling.

"I enjoyed it." I muttered.

"Yes. You did. The whole time you just had this look on your face. It was kind of frightening." Percy said from my side.

"Oh, yes. Grover notified me earlier that I am... what were the words? Oh, yes! 'One seriously scary demigod'.." I said, laughing at them.

"You are." Percy agreed. "That's what I was thinking the first time we faught... beside the thought, 'she is gorgeous.'"

"Shut up, Percy." I said, trying to knock him off the dock.

"No. It's true. He was staring at you his first day." Grover said, nodding.

"And Annabeth.. what are you trying to do?" Percy asked, smirking.

"Push you off the dock." I replied.

"What good would that do?" He asked, jumping off the dock and pulling me with him.

"PERCY!"

I have had this chapter since sunday... your slowness at revation is why it hasn't happened yet... those of you good people who reviewed before tuesday... i love you..

Okay. Update. You guys didn't give me what I wanted. BUT. Because I love those of you who reviewed I am not going to make you wait any longer for this chapter. :D Blame the others for the wait.. and. We are going to try this again. FIFTEEN. Or we will have a mad writer... who could I kill? (just kidding...)