CHAPTER 6 (Annabeth's POV):

Percy grabbed my hand and pulled me behind a tree just as we reached near the cabins. Previously, the alignment of the cabins used to form a U-shape, each cabin denoting one of the major gods of the Olympian council. However, after the war with Kronos, cabins for demigod children of the minor gods were also established (courtesy of my boyfriend, Percy) and hence the area was a bit jumbled.

I peeked from behind the tree and saw a few campers still chatting in the centre area, exchanging 'good nights' and 'sweet dreams'. There was no way we could cross the area without being spotted by someone.

"We need to go through the backside or we'll have to wait until everybody clears out." Percy suggested.

"Let's go from the back of the cabins. Its a lesser risk." I said.

I held Percy's hand and we took off moving as stealthily as possible. The problem was that we could still be seen through the gaps in between the cabin as we passed from there.

Luckily, no one seem to bother to see us and so I we started to move faster.

As we approached the gap between the last two cabins, I saw two people talking at the other side of the last cabin (the Hermes cabin). I realized the two guys were Connor and Travis Stoll, the two most mischievous troublemakers of our camp. Right at that moment (Curse my luck!), I stepped on a fallen twig of wood which made a snapping sound. That seem to have caught Connor's attention and he glanced in our direction. For a moment, I thought we were busted, but Connor just frowned and went back to his conversation. I guess, the darkness seem to have hidden us pretty well as he couldn't see us. I thanked the gods and squeezed Percy's hand. We took off running just as we crossed the last cabin into the darkness ahead.

In case you're wondering why we needed to hide from our own friends, well, even if one person found out about our sneaking out, the news will spread like rapid fire, and knowingly or unknowingly, one way or the other, it would reach the ears of our camp director Mr.D (the great Dionysius, the god of wine), and we would be punished severely. So it was better to keep things as secret as possible.

Running in the cold night, along the green meadows of the camp, even though no one's following you, hand in hand with a boyfriend, isn't what most girls would call a date. But we both shared a common destination. Our paths didn't just cross over each other, we literally ran through the same path, two people sharing a common journey. That's how I want my life to be with Percy. Not just meeting him randomly in different phases of life, but creating each phase of our lives together until death do us apart.