Hey guys! Well I'm back from vacation so I will be much better at updating. Hope you guys enjoy part 2. I am not sure how long Percy and Annabeth were together before Hera took Percy so I am going to say six months. This is set on a Saturday when the campers don't have a schedule.
*Annabeth's PoV
Three weeks into dating and everything was perfect. Annabeth woke up the next day from the soundest sleep she had in weeks. No nightmares telling her the world will end, no visions telling her that something is going to ruin her life, just simple no dream sleep. It was amazing.
"Well someone has had a fun few weeks," a voice said from the doorway. Annabeth's hand shot under her pillow, blindly looking for her knife. However, after her beach walk with Percy, she dropped it on the chest at the foot of her bed.
"Jeez Alec! Don't do that! Next time my knife might be where it's suppose to be."
"I thought the other campers were kidding when they said you slept with that thing," Alec laughed, but his hand crept nervously up to his neck. Alec was one of the newer campers to join the Athena cabin so he didn't know Annabeth like the rest. Alec was one of the more athletic Athena campers. He was sixteen like Annabeth, but a few months older. Between the messy blonde hair, lean but built muscles, and 6'3" height, he also had all the girls falling for him. He was cute in a California, surfer kind of way. Most people tend to mistake him for an Aphrodite kid or Apollo, but his eyes were the trademark of Athena. Stormy gray. "Anyways… You missed breakfast and so did your new boy toy. The rest of the Athena cabin are going to the lake for canoeing so if you're going to come, get up." With a smile he added, "Unless you're getting to much of the lake lately."
"Oh get out Alec!" Annabeth yelled, throwing a pillow at his head. With a grin he dodged the weapon and ran out the door. Sighing, Annabeth slipped out of bed, threw on some outfit that would probably make Lacy (queen of the Aphrodite clique) cringe, grabbed her dagger, and in two minutes was out the door. Not even two steps away from her cabin, she felt a strong arm wrap around her shoulders and a hand cover her eyes. A strong person pulled her back to the side of the cabin. As quick as a viper, Annabeth whipped her dagger and held it to her attacker's ribs.
"Ok! Ok! I surrender! Put that thing away before you hurt someone Wise Girl." The arms melted away just as fast as they came.
"Percy! What the heck I could have killed you!" Annabeth yelled spinning around to see a laughing Percy Jackson with his hands up.
"Highly unlikely. This is me you're talking to."
"Oh please Seaweed Brain. I could take you on any day," Annabeth said wrapping her hands around his neck. Looking into his sea green eyes, her mind went blank and the only thing she could think about was how lucky she was. She gave him a deep kiss that only made her want more, but there was something she felt she was suppose to be doing.
"I would love that. What about today?" Percy said pulling back and throwing her that troublemaker smile which used to be annoying but now was endearing.
"You wish. But no I have to get to the lake. The Athenians are going canoeing," With a playful shove Annabeth pushed Percy away and started jogging over the hill towards the lake.
"Wait. Got you something," Percy said pulling a bread roll out of his bag, "Didn't anyone tell you that it's not smart to miss breakfast? I thought you guys were the wise kids of the camp."
"Oh go do something Poseidony," Annabeth kissed him one more time pulling him in, "And thankyou for the breakfast. See yah later boyfriend."
"Bye, girlfriend. You know I really like the sound of that."
"Me too," Annabeth said laughing, "I'll come find you after canoeing and then we can go do something ok."
"Sounds good!" With that Annabeth took off towards the lake and Percy walked in the direction of the Sword Arena.
*Percy PoV
After seeing Annabeth and saying good morning (in one form or another) she had to leave a bit sooner than what Percy thought. Well I'll catch up with her later. May as well go get some sword practice in before the next Capture the Flag. Whenever that will be.
Even before he walked through the entrance to the arena he could hear the clang of metal. Looks like I'm not the only one with the idea. Walking onto the sandy floor he could see the other camper happened to be the one camper he couldn't stand.
"Sorry, but this arena is only for the big kids. All the little sword fighters can go somewhere else."
"Well good morning to you too Clarisse. How's your dad's ankle doing? My sword going through it had to at least leave a scar," With a grin, Percy uncapped his trusty pen and in its place a three foot long Celestial Bronze sword appeared.
"Just stay on that side of the floor Jackson. Got it," Clarisse said pointing her sword at Percy's chest
"Got it." And with that Percy walked to "his" side of the arena and started practicing his sword skills. Suddenly he was thrown back to when he was twelve and Luke was teaching him how to handle a blade. With every hack and hit on the dummies body Percy heard Luke's voice.
"Get your defense higher! Anticipate the next move. Never fall behind your opponent. Thrust, parry, block. Good job Percy you got it." Luke was Percy's first real mentor and friend here at Camp Half Blood. Well that was before he turned to the other side. Percy wasn't' paying attention and before he knew how far down the line of dummies he had gotten he had a sword to his throat.
"What part of stay on your side did you not get."
"The part where you actually get to tell me what to do," Percy said pushing away the sword, "Besides I need some competition if I want to get any better, but sadly you will have to do."
"Guard up Water Boy," Clarisse said positioning her body to fighting position.
"Always is," Percy replied getting into position. With that she lunged, but Percy let his reflexes take over. Block, thrust, parry, block. Thanks Luke. After a few hour of fighting Percy had a few bruises, but Clarisse definitely had more. They were both sweating buckets when finally Percy called it quits.
"Ok I think I'm done," Percy gasped lowing his sword, "I like to stop when I can't feel my arms anymore."
"What * gasp * can't take * gasp * it," Clarisse said bending over trying to catch her breath. They walked over to the water cooler and Percy did his usually of dumping most of it on his head. Within seconds he felt refreshed like he could fight ten Ares kids at once.
"Actually. I can," He said standing up swinging his sword. Percy knew the adrenaline rush would wear off once the water did, but Clarisse's face was priceless.
"That's cheating! Not fair at all. Not all of us have a reset button," Clarisse said finally standing upright.
"Sorry, I can't help who I'm related to. Anyway I should probably go find Annabeth. Try not to kill anyone."
"Whatever loser."
A few hours later at Dinner
Set at the Pavilion during dinner.
*3rd Person PoV
Dinner was almost over, when Chiron stood up.
"Campers! Your attention please! Our next Capture the Flag game will be in one week and for those campers who can't do math that means it is on Friday. For the newer campers and cabins, Capture the Flag is a game we play where there is a blue team and a red team who try to get each other flags. However you will be completely armed and you have to fight for the flags. No maiming or killing is allowed! The captains will be, to no ones surprise, Athena for blue and Ares for red. However we will be changing the rules slightly for this game. Instead of the captains drafting the different cabins to be on their teams we will be drawing cabins out of a bowl. So here are the cabins participating in order of cabin numbers: #3 Poseidon, #4 Demeter, #5 Ares, #6 Athena, #7 Apollo, #9 Hephaestus, #10 Aphrodite, #11 Hermes, #12 Dionysus, #14 Iris, #15 Hypnos, #16 Nemesis, #17 Nike's, #18 Hebe, #19 Tyche, #20 Hecate."
"Camp councilors from Athena and Ares please come forward to pick your teams." Annabeth and Clarisse walked forward to the giant bowl that had been placed in front of Chiron, "Annabeth you go first."
"Um ok. This is new, but why not," Annabeth stuck her hand in and pulled out, "#9 Hephaestus."
"Clarisse your turn," Chiron said.
"I like the other way better," Clarisse stuck her hand in, "#7 Apollo is now on red,"
"#4 Demeter."
"#12 Dionysus."
"#11 Hermes."
"Oh you have got to be kidding me!" Clarisse yelled pulling out her slip of paper, "No way is he on my team!"
"Who did you pick?" Annabeth asked already knowing the answer, but looking across to Percy's table she could tell he didn't.
"#3 Poseidon!" Percy's face went pale. He mouthed to Annabeth are you kidding me. Meanwhile Annabeth was trying hard not to laugh.
The teams are as follow: Blue: Ahtena, Hephaestus, Demeter, Hermes, Nemesis, Hebe, Iris, and Hecate.
Red: Ares, Apollo, Dionysus, Poseidon (to the Are's cabin's dismay), Aphrodite, Hypnos, Nike, and Tyche.
Mr. D also stood up and made his own announcement. "Also each team will have a co-captain. Blue team co-captain will be Hephaestus and Red team co-captain will be Poseidon. The councilors from each cabin will be working closely together to find the perfect strategies to win Friday. Good luck everyone!
Clarisse marched over to Percy's table and yelled, "Just stay out of my way, Fish Brain." Percy was speechless because he was still in shock that he was going to be on the same team with that girl. With that cabin! Annabeth walked by his table next, gave him a quick kiss, and whispered "good luck."
"Ugh this is going to be the worst week ever," Percy said dropping his forehead to the table.