Thanks for all the reviews, they totally made my day! They mean a lot! Anyway, back with another great percabeth moment. Not a lot of people give this one thought, but I's actually the first time Percy and Annabeth's friendship was declared. And so the point of this, is to remind you of this moment! And this chapter turned out longer than it was supposed to. So just heads up- It's kind of long!

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Chapter: I'll fight next to you, Because you're my friend Seaweed Brain.

Time: This takes place in the lightning thief. When Ares' tell the three of them to get on the back of a zoo truck. And Annabeth and Percy stay awake and talk. (Pages 247- 251)

We escaped from Water Park; Ares' shield was strapped on Percy's wrist. We met Ares' in front the diner. As expected, Percy returned Ares' shield with disrespect and ticked off a god. Ares' left with leaving Percy with a pretty bad threat. If it was directed towards me, I would have felt pretty uneasy, but Percy, being the stubborn seaweed brain that he is, didn't give it another thought. He stood up to Ares', and that's something I haven't seen in my 6 years at camp. Like I said, Percy really was one of a kind. And he's got courage, and guts- I'll give him that.

Like Ares' promised, our reward- Was a ticket to the west. And I totally saw it coming when, Ares' sunk us as low as forcing us on the back of a smelly zoo truck. But we had no choice; it was our only way of transportation.

The three of us nervously adjusted ourselves in the back of the truck. The zoo lion hungrily staring at us, and the zebra more miserable than anything.

I tried to get my mind off of the current conditions we were in.

It was June fourteenth. The solstice was on the 21st, we had plenty of time- that was a good thing.

I have to admit, that I'm pretty surprised we even managed to make it this far. But it was thanks to Grover, who really helped. And Percy, who came up with the stupidest idea's in the world that saved our lives.

"Hey" I said "I'm sorry for freaking our back at the water park, Percy"

I was ready for some kind of teasing, but I guess I owed him one.

But Percy simply said, "That's okay" and I was pretty thankful for that.

"It's just…." I shivered. "Spiders."

Once again, I prepared myself for a 'total seaweed brain comment'. Maybe something like "The daughter of Wisdom, as scared as something so lifeless as a spider?" or maybe something like "Annabeth, you're such a wimp, they're just spiders."

I found myself thinking about the time I was seven and a spider crawled on my hand. I had screamed so hard, it woke up Luke. I remembered that Luke had laughed really hard, but killed the spider for me. He teased me for two days, about how brave I was with a Cyclops, but scared of a simple spider.

Percy broke my thoughts. "Because of the Arachne story," He guessed. "She got turned into a spider for challenging your mom to weaving contest, right?"

I stared at Percy, completely amazed. I had never expected him to understand me so well.

I nodded. "Arachne's children have been taking revenge on the children of Athena ever since. If there's a spider within a mile of me, it'll find me. I hate creepy little things." I explained. Then smiled. "Anyway, I owe you."

"We're a team, remember?" He told me. "Besides Grover did the fancy flying."

I thought Grover was asleep curled up in the corner, but he mumbled, "I was pretty amazing, wasn't I?"

Percy and I laughed.

I pulled apart an Oreo, and handed Percy half. I got ready to approach my next question- "In the Iris message… did Luke really say nothing?"

Percy nervously munched the Oreo, thinking hard.

Then he finally answered. "Luke said you and he go way back" A stupid smile crept up my face. "He also said Grover wouldn't fail this time. Nobody would turn into a pine tree."

I suddenly felt strange butterflies creeping up my stomach. Just the thought of Grover, Thalia, Luke and me together on our quest. And how Thalia has saved us, and how miserable Luke had been after that. The moment she left us, Luke had never been the same. Neither had I ever been the same. And Grover never could accept that it wasn't his fault. I always tried to convince Grover, but nothing I ever said would.

Maybe Percy could help Grover… Percy always comes up with happy stuff to say, no matter 'how dreadful' the situation is. But the problem was that Percy didn't know me and Grover were the campers with Thalia.

"I thought if you knew what a failure I was, you wouldn't want me along" Grover admitted to Percy.

"You were the satyr who tried to rescue Thalia, the daughter of Zeus".

Wow. I didn't expect him to figure it out so fast, but he was pretty smart. Wait- back up! Did I just call a son of Poseidon… smart?!

Grover nodded glumly.

"And the other two half-blood Thalia befriended the ones who got safely to camp…" He looked at me, more butterflies arose at Thalia's memory.

"That was you and Luke, wasn't it?"

I put down my Oreo, uneaten. "Like you said, Percy, a s seven year old half-blood wouldn't have made it far. …."

Grover and I explained. And Percy deserved to know.

Grover still didn't accept the fact, that he wasn't a failure. And Percy actually managed to calm him down, maybe give him some hope.

Percy had said. "Yeah, it's not luck that you found Thalia and me, Grover. You've got the biggest hear of any satyr ever. You're a natural searcher. That's why you'll be the one who finds pan. "

And I stared at Percy. How did he do that? Where did he get those words? I mean- I had been trying to find those words, for Grover, since I was eight years old.

Pretty soon I heard a snore from Grover.

"How does he do that?" Percy marveled.

"I don't know" I said. "But that was really a nice thing you told him."

"I mean it"

We rode in silence for a few miles. I guess, I was starting to accept Percy. Just because Athena and Poseidon argued, didn't mean Percy and I would. Percy was actually different; he was really, like no one I had ever seen before.

I focused my thoughts on our quest. Thinking of deep strategic thoughts.

"That pine tree bead," He broke the silence. "Is that from you're first year?"

I looked down; my hands were rimming the edge of my necklace. And I hadn't even realized it.

"Yeah…." I explained about camp, and how we got a different bead every year.

"And that college ring is your fathers?"

How did he guess that? I hadn't thought about it for a long time, and it stirred my deepest memories, and not good ones.

"That's none of your-"I stopped myself. What was I doing? Here Percy is being the best friend in the world, and look at me. "Yeah. Yeah, it is" I admitted.

"You don't have to tell me." He said, once again- understanding my thoughts.

"No……" I looked Percy over one more time. "it's okay. " I took a shaky breath and left out my heart's deepest hurt about my father. I haven't told anyone about this for the longest time, I never talked about my father.

"You think you'll ever try living with your dad again?" He caught me off guard.

I didn't meet his eyes. I haven't ever considered that, it never even crossed my mind once. "Please. I'm not into self-inflicted pain."

"You shouldn't give up" He told me. "You should write him a letter or something."

"Thanks for the advice," I snapped back coldly. "But my father's made up his choice about who he wants to live with."

Another few miles of silence.

"So if the gods fight." He said, "Will things line up the way they did with the Trojan War? Will it be Athena versus Poseidon?"

I closed my eyes and put my head again the back pack Ares' had given us. I thought- actually hard, but my thoughts revolved around Percy, and how we were working together. And how much we had accomplished together. And I almost immediately answered.

"I don't know what my mom will do. I just know I'll fight next to you."

"Why?"

"Because you're my friend, Seaweed Brain. Any more stupid questions?" I replied.

I waited for Percy to answer, but pretty soon my thoughts took me into my dreams.

And you would think that it was hard for me to sleep knowing there was a hungry lion staring at me. But I actually was okay. I know that Percy and Grover would never let anything happen to me. I felt safe. And to be absolutely honest, that's something I've never, felt before. Not even once, even with Thalia or Luke by my side.

And at that moment, after admitting that I saw Percy as a friend, for the first time in my life… I felt safe.I felt like I could depend.

Was that good? I really tried to keep Annabeth's thoughts in character, and not too much of 'Percy's amazing'. Tell me if I succeeded in keeping her in character! Thanks for everyone's support! Please review!

Next chapter: When Annabeth says bye to Percy, as stands up to fights Ares. (And If it's too short, I might also add another moment in that same chapter!)

I promise to update soon, If you guys promise to review!

P.s: To answer a few of your questions from the last chapter: No that was not the actual story of Aprodite's scarf. It was just something I made up. AndI went from their meeting to the thirll ride of love, because their weren't many more percabeth moments inbetween those events. But if you guys find any percabeth moments inbetween the time of 'When they meet' to 'The thirll ride of love', please let me know, and I'll add them!