CHAPTER 10 (Annabeth's POV) :

Percy woke me up and told me about the little 'camera' scene that took place while I was asleep in his arms. "We need to stop him, Annabeth." He finished.
"Its okay, Percy. Its just a picture. And besides, everybody must have known by now. Its no use confiscating the picture now."

"But, Annabeth-" Before he could say anything, I cut him off and glared at him. "Are you embarrassed to be spotted with me, Seaweed Brain?" I asked him.

"Gods, Annabeth, No! Of course, not. But think about it. What if the Mr.D sees the picture?"

Percy was right. If Mr.D sees the picture, that would be horrible. "Okay. Lets get down first."
So, we started walking back towards the cabins. On our way, every camper we passed, gave us both funny looks. As we reached near the lake, a bunch girls passed us giggling uncontrollably at Percy. That's when I knew that the matter was out of our hands. Our secret nocturnal adventure had turned into a public scandal.

As we reached near the cabins, we spotted Connor Stoll surrounded by a group of campers, showing them the picture from his camera. Everyone from the group looked up at us and smiled goofily. I felt myself blushing and looked up at Percy. His face was completely red, too. Before I could stop him, he ran down towards Connor, shouting, "STOLLLL ! I'M GONNA KILL YOUUUU !" Connor broke apart from the group and ran imto forest laughing, Percy chased after him.

'Boys. Always acting childish.' I sighed and made my way back to the Athena cabin. As I entered the cabin, one of my sibling, a girl Penelope asked me innocently, "Did you sleep well last night, Annabeth?" While the other girls giggled.
I decided to ignore them and started packing my stuff as I was supposed to leave after an hour.

Thirty minutes later, I had showered, put on new clothes and was ready to leave. I checked my luggage once again, exchanged "goodbyes" and "see you again" with friends and cabin mates. Then, I picked up my bags and went outside the cabin. I saw Percy standing outside, waiting for me. He had cleaned up and was dressed in a fresh orange "Camp Half-blood" t-shirt. His black hair was swept to one side, his green eyes crinkling with a lopsided smile on his face. I just could not understand how that guy managed to look more and more cute every time I saw him.

He bowed down to me in a very gentleman-ish way which took me a little by surprise. Then he said, "Good morning, Miss Chase. I am here to escort you out of the camp. May I take your luggage?" He came forward and took the bags from me. I smiled at him saying, "Thank you very much. Now shall we walk?"

We started making our way to the Big House, so I could say goodbye to Chiron. "Man, Annabeth." Percy complained. "What did you put in these bags? Imperial Gold? These are so heavy." "Get used to it, Seaweed Brain. You will have to carry a lot more bags like that once I come back and we start hanging out." I told him.

"Yeah, I am desperately waiting for that day." He muttered and I laughed.

"So, had any luck, catching Connor and confiscating that picture?" I asked Percy.

He smiled wickedly and said,"Oh yeah. I nailed him in the forest and then snatched his camera. I threatened to destroy it unless if he could do me a favour."

"What favour?"

"Ah, you'll see. He's gonna catch up with us soon."