Percy was everywhere. I'd be rushing to the next company's building, and catch a glimpse of a lady's sea green scarf and my mind will immediately think of Percy. A topic I was trying extremely hard to ignore, and since I showered 3 hours ago, I'd steered clear of thoughts that could lead me to Percy. It didn't help that the person working on the street nearby had shaggy dark hair, and set me off back to square 1. Throughout every meeting, I'd catch myself zoning out-and I never did that! Luckily, my meetings were over, and-hopefully-I'd get the job.

So when I huffed into Starbucks, I was about to scream to see Percy sheltered in a corner looking at a laptop. I tried to move my feet, but despite my mind yelling at them to move-I was frozen. Mesmerized by his mediocre actions. Taking a sip of his drink, running a hand through his hair, tapping his fingers across the keyboard in a rhythmic pattern, scratching at the scruff of his jaw. People bustled past me, I was in front of the door. It was when the man at the counter loudly asked me to move did Percy finally look up. This was one of those moments where you wish you could dig a hole at your feet and bury yourself, hiding from everything.

Time seemed to freeze, both of us just staring at each other. Very slowly, he lifted up his hand-snapped and pointed to the chair across from him. Seconds passed. Without any input from me, my feet made their way over to him.

"Hey," He hummed, returning to his work

I peeked over the edge of his laptop screen, "Watcha doin?"

"Replying to a letter from my old boss. He wants me to go back to working at the bar Mount Olympus," At the end of Olympus, he groaned

I settled back into my chair, "Well what are you going to do? Say yes?"

"Well me not having a current job is a big factor for the 'Yes' side," Percy took a deep breath, "And paying this month's bills almost completely cleaned me out, and I swear on everything I love that I will not move back in with my Mother"

"What's wrong with living with your parents?"

"Nothing at all. I love my Mom and my step-dad and they were great to live with, but after living on my own for years-I could never go back, besides-" His voice died in his throat. Percy's eyes focused on something, his mouth still open. My heart dropped to my feet. My ring. We were submerged in awkward silence, all Percy could look at was the rock on my finger.

"Percy?" My voice seemed to snap him awake from his stare,

He dragged his hands across his face, "You're engaged?"

"Yes," My voice was small and weak

"And why didn't you tell me earlier?" Percy's voice was surprising calm.

My ring finger twitched, I tucked it under my legs, "I didn't think it matter,"

"Okay. You're right. Something that big doesn't matter."

"Why do you think it matters?"

He let out a small huff, "Forget it, it doesn't-" The shrill ringing of my cell phone cut him off.

I excused myself from the table, slipping outside, "Hello this is Annabeth Chase,"

"Ms. Chase you are invited to a ICARE emotional help camp for troubled teens reunion. This is optional and free of price. The reunion is a week long event and is taking place at Aspen, Colorado. This event is only 72 hours away. In order to attend you need to RSVP on the ICARE website and from there you can download your ticket. Thank you" The woman on the other side cut the line.

I shuffled back to the table, just in time to see Percy hang up his phone and start to click away on his computer, "You got the call too?"

Percy nodded and turned back to the screen, "Well I was up there for a month too. But according to you that doesn't matter"

"Percy-"

"Nope. I have to pack and plan things, I'll see you in Aspen" And with a small wave, he shouldered his bag and was gone.

"How long will you be gone?"

"Henry, it's only a little over a week,"

"Babe, you've already been gone for a week and a half. You'll be gone for almost a month. What if I came along? I cannot stand being away from you for that long,"

"It's only for people who were with me that month, listen my flight is boarding right now-"

"You've already agreed?! When did you get asked?!"

"Um, well, about 2 days ago..."

"Annabeth Lillian Chase!"

"Henry, sweetie, listen, I'm so sorry for just now telling you-but I have to go. I'll call when you when I land, I love you,"

"I love you too. You have to call me when you land. Okay?"

"Okay Henry. Bye"

I pocketed my self phone, shaking off the wave of guilt I felt for not telling Henry, when I got back, I'll pay for that.

As if fate was tossing Percy and I together, we bumped together at Baggage claim after the boring 7 hour flight I mostly slept through. He whipped around to apologize, but caught himself when he realized it was just me.

"Annabeth" He curtly nodded, "Would you like to get a cab together?"

I shrugged, "Sure"

Percy hailed a cab within minutes, and we clambered in.

The cab driver smacked her lips, "Where to?"

"Uh, Aspen, 9367 YMCA Rec center" I wished I dug out my phone earlier so I could see the address and not make a mistake about where it was and end up in Texas. The driver cheerfully hummed to some country song of the radio, cranking it up when we turned onto the high way. The view from outside my window went from large buildings and packed streets to towering mountains decorated with pine and aspen trees. Large birds circled above the car, the sun making their shadows enlarged on the road-which now turned to dirt.

Percy nudged my shoulder, "You're awfully quiet,"

I tried to keep my thoughts of my face, "I'm just waitin and thinkin,"

"Waiting for what?"

"To get there," I bit back the sour thought I desperately wanted to say. I was just waiting for Percy's rage to explode, he was a ticking time bomb.

He gave me a uneasy look before turning back to the window, not bothering me until we had arrived.

Without a word, the driver stuck her hand out. I placed the cash in her hand, "Enjoy Aspen Miss, it's a great place" Just when we dropped our bags on the ground, she sped off in a cloud of dust, leaving us coughing. After checking the address-yes I had got it right-we both hiked up the small hill and settled myself on the porch, Percy claiming the porch swing. It wasn't long till another car dropped someone off, the figure raced towards me, followed by a slower-and larger-figure.

"Annabeth!" It, I soon recognized it to be Hazel Levesque, barreled into me. I squeezed her back just as hard, getting a mouth full of curly hair in the process.

Hazel finally let go, giving me an up and down look over, "You're even more gorgeous than before,"

"Look at you! You're pretty enough to be a model," I smirked when I saw a blush spread across her cheeks. Hazel had truly grown up, she lost weight but gained the perfect weight in all the right places-lucky her. The larger figure lumbered close enough to be identified as Frank Zhang. He really grew up, he was huge before but now, let's just say he could easily touch the roof and I had to jump to just brush it.

Percy gave Frank one of those bro-hugs things, "Frank, how's it goin?"

We all lapsed into small talk when more taxies arrived, slowly all the 7 trickled in. We stood in a circle, talking about whatever we could, but settled on the topic of the latest movie.

"Welcome back," All of us jumped, no one saw the lady appear from the building, "Please, come on in"