Annabeth's POV

I always wanted my last words to be I love you...

Percy's POV

I can't bring myself to believe that Annabeth could ever leave me like this, at my hands no less. I cradle her head, desperate to hear her laugh again, to kiss her one more time. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her, be deities together, grow up ageless. My tears fall on to her cheeks, mixing with her tears, and I know I can never let her go.

Something registers in my mind, three very tall people causing many of the people now gathered around us to gasp and turn speechless. I can't bring myself to look up, these last few moments seeming too precious. Her cut is deep but not fatal, but she might die from blood loss. No! That's crazy talk! Annabeth dying!?

My sobs make me shudder and shake, causing Annabeth to be tossed around in my arms, but I'm too selfish to let her go. Blurily, Athena enters my tear-filled vision, Poseidon behind me and Zeus on the other side of Annabeth. He looks at me, forcing me to look at him, which hurts with Annabeth so close to it.

"Percy, we're going to do it now." Zeus tells me, and I can't grasp what he's talking about.

"Do what?" I ask, clueless in my grief. Turn her into the goddess you've always seen in her, idiot. What else would he be talking about? I think as Annabeth starts to warm up in my arms. I glance down at her wound, the blood slowly leaking of all red, tinged gold, ichor...

Oh my gods is this really happening... Annabeth's eyes gain a little bit more focus now that she won't die. Dear gods! Athena hands me some Ambrosia, and I might have fed her a little bit too much, but hey, I'm worried and it isn't like she'll combust now... I stare at her face to avoid throwing up, because her side is doing some really gross things that I don't want to get into.

She blinks rapidly, all of the bystanders exhaling loudly. Her eyes clear of all the tears and cloudiness. It feels like I was just given the most precious gift, a second chance at life, because without Annabeth, I have no life. With my life returned and tears drying on my cheek, I turn to see Zeus slouched over, Athena and Poseidon clearing the courtyard of citizens.

"Are you all right?" I ask him quietly, but he doesn't answer. Athena guides us back to the mountain.

"It always zaps his energy to give the gift of immortality." Athena informs us. I look back to see Poseidon helping Zeus back up, and I quickly turn back around because it seems too private for me to witness. Every one hundred years or so, brothers have to get along, right?

"Why would Ares start a fight with Percy in the middle of town? I mean, I can't believe no one noticed us until her left." Annabeth points out.

"Part of his powers as the god of war." Athena answers with a wave of her hand.

"Could I heal so quickly because I'm a goddess?" Annabeth asks, her voice disbelieving. Athena smiles widely, a look of pride evident in her eyes.

"Yes, darling daughter. You are immortal and all-powerful, isn't a great gift to recieve?" Athena asks. I can't help but feel miles away from Annabeth, being that she is now immortal and I'm not.

"Umm... So when's my time to, ya know, get all godly?" I ask, Annabeth rolling her eyes while Athena gave me a rather stern look.

"Percy, you're just going have to wait until Zeus feels up to again." Athena tells me sternly, and I can't help but pout.

"So I'm just suppose to sit around and wait while Annabeth is out partying or whatever with her fellow immortals?" I ask, scowling. My voice warps on the 'fellow immortals' part, I can't understand why Annabeth could be different and me have to wait to be different with her.

Athena's face turns red as I can see she's bearly controlling her anger. I feel the heat of her powerful presence, and I decide to shut up. Annabeth doesn't even look the slightest bit uncomfortable.

"Percy, a couple of days isn't that big of a deal. You need to stop whining." Annabeth adds.

"Well I'm sorry if I don't appreciate the fact that suddenly my girlfriend is a different species then me, and I just have to sit around and wait?! It may not be a couple of days, it could be a month for all you know!" I shout at her, my anger boiling up and out of me.

"I know plenty Percy! You know I do! And we are NOT a 'different species', it's not like I'm a toad or something!" She shouts, and I say the first thing that comes to my mind.

"Yeah, I wouldn't want to date a toad, you're lucky." I spat, turning on my heel and heading through the doors.

"PERSEUS JACKSON!" Annabeth shouts behind me, the air around her getting bright, making it hard to look at her. I cover my eyes with my hands as I feel like I'm going blind.

"Annabeth!" I say my voice more panicked than mad at this point. She looks overly concerned and guilty as she dims.

Annabeth's POV

I immediately calm down when I hear the fear in Percy's voice, feeling horrible that I could ever get so mad at him and put him in danger. With his eyes squeezed tight, he apologizes.

"I didn't mean those things I said, Annabeth."

"I know"

"If you were a toad, we would work around it."

"Sure Percy" I laugh and hug him tightly. When I pull back, I notice that his eyes are still closed.

"You can open your eyes now." He manages to pry them open, and it scares me to death when I look into his sea green eyes and find them unfocused.

"Percy?"

"I can't see anything..." He whispers quietly, his sightless eyes tearing up.

"What?!" I ask him, my voice high and fragile. "I'm so sorry Percy." I say, feeling horrible.

"It's okay." He says, his lips forming a half-smile that looks more like a grimace.

"It is NOT okay! I just made my boyfriend go blind!" I scream at him, and all he does is shrugs his shoulders in response. What have I done?

A/N: I feel like the story is moving a little too fast, but I couldn't help it. Ideas are like randomly coming at me and I'm just trying to catch them as they fly past. I hope I'm doing good enough. You probably thought you would stop hating me this chapter, but now it looks like you're going to hate me even more. I'd like to say I'm sorry, but I really am having fun. So please review. PLEASE!