I slowly packed my bag, making sure I didn't leave anything behind. I was just finishing up, when my pocketed phone buzzed, making me jump. My heart beat picked up the slightest when I saw who was calling.

"Annabeth?"

"Henry?"

"This is about your stuff. I'm currently packing for Venice so if you fly back to San Francisco, just come on in. We're lucky we were almost packed for New York. I just wanted to let you know."

"Thanks Henry,"

"No problem. I'm going to get back to packing. I've started sorting through our stuff, taking the stuff I want. When you come hom-here, you can look over what I want and make sure there's nothing that's yours."

"Okay, I will. Bye,"

"Bye,"

I heard a light knock on the door, and then Percy stepped in. He set his bag down by the door, dropping a leather jacket and snapback on top.

"Who was that?" He asked, standing at the foot of my bed.

"Henry. Talking about moving my stuff from his house in San Francisco, I don't know if you heard, but I'm moving to Manhattan," The corners of Percy's mouth flicked up, and his eyes brightened,

"Where are you staying?" He said nonchalantly, but his lips were smiling

I stood up, "I have a feeling you know where I'm going to stay."

Percy walked over until he was inches in front of me, "I still want you to say it"

"Why?"

"Because, when you say it-it'll be for real. That I'm not just daydreaming, that this is real, that your choice was real,"

"I'm staying with you," I murmured, smiling but my heart clenched. Percy brought are lips together in a slow kiss, his lips caressing mine. I tried my hardest to lose my feelings, but they were unshakable,

Percy pulled back, "Are you okay?"

"Are we moving way too fast?" I snuggled my face into the crook of his neck, his arm wrapping tightly around me. I breathed deeply, squishing myself as close to him as I could get.

"If you feel so, then yes. If you don't then no," Percy's hand stroked my hair,

I peeked at him, "But, other people will think we're going to fast,"

"But other people aren't in this relationship, and their feelings don't matter in this. If you feel we are going to fast, then we'll slow down. You can buy an apartment, or stay in a hotel and we'll get together when you're ready. You did just get out of an engagement. But if you are okay, then you can come live with me. For others, we may be moving at the speed of lightening. And yes they'll judge us, but all that matters is your feelings and mine. Besides, Mrs. O'Leary will absolutely adore you,"

I couldn't help but laugh, "Leave it to you to name your dog Mrs. O'Leary. Why Mrs. O'Leary?"

Percy stuck his tongue out at me, "I didn't come in here to made fun off. Do you want the truth?" I nodded, "I had on old roommate, and he was in the Army and got deployed to Afghanistan. Mrs. O'Leary was his dog, and I gave him crap for the name although he never told me why that was her name. He ended up not making it back, so she was mine. I'd never the heart to change it."

Ms. Cuttingham was smiling at the last lunch, "It was great to see you all, all grown up and mature,"

"It was," Hazel piped up, not looking at Ms. Cuttingham, but the rest of us, "I'm gonna miss you guys. We're all the way in Alaska,"

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Piper's arm move towards Jason. He whispered something to her, making her blush and cover her mouth. My eyes found Percy's, and the world tunneled. The conversation continued around us, but I couldn't care less. His eyes were one of the things I loved about him. The darker and lighter swirls twisting around. They way they'd shine and sparkle with something mischievous. Actually, I loved everything about him. Even his cocky attitude, his face that could switch from joy and anger so easily, his smile that lit his entire face up, his Percy smell-Old Spice and the ocean breeze, his thick hair, and angular jaw. Anything attached or a part of him I loved. He wasn't perfect, nobody is perfect until you fall in love with them. I felt 17 all over again, the feeling that this romance could last forever or be over in a second. In every girl's life, there's a boy she'll never forget and a summer where it all began.

I didn't even realize everyone in the room was clearing out until Percy kissed my temple, "Quit dreamin',"

I looked at him, "Ready to go home? Well, San Francisco, then Manhattan-"

Percy kissed me, "Details, details. The quicker you get up and hail a cab to get a train, we'll go to San Francisco and get your stuff and car and then drive all the way to Manhattan forever with me in the car singing disney songs. And then we'll have forever,"

"Forever? What will we do in forever?"

"We'll get married. We'll have kids, and gazillion pets move somewhere in the suburbs. We'll spend all day in a grueling day of desks jobs and come home to be attacked with all our kids. We'll watch our kids grow old, watch them start families of their own, and count the gray hairs that appear on our heads. We'll cry at every graduation, wedding, baby shower. Then we'll mark down the days until retirement, the walls filling up with pictures. We'll turn old and gray watching our grandkids run circles around our rocking chairs,"

I kissed his nose, "That's all? That's not a lot of things to do in forever,"

He sat down next to me, wrapping his arms tightly around me,"How'd you spend forever?"

"Right here. In your arms."

And Percy gave me a tight hug.

A hug tight enough that it put together all the little pieces of me together.

AN: Hey it's been a while. I'm going through a lot of stuff right now so I decided to end this story here. I fell pretty bad about the ending but I rewrote it so this is the best it's gonna get. On a happier note I'm on Tumblr (WizardRunnerTributeDemigod) my profile picture is a pug.

So, until I write again

-Joy