Hey! I'm trying to work into the whole Percabeth relationship so be patient with me this is probably going to mainly be a romance story… possibly later some action but if not, I'll be sure to write another one with lots of it! I know I say this every time but… I hope you like this chapter!

When I stopped texting Percy I ran upstairs to change. It's not like I was putting on anything fancy… it was an old shirt and sweatpants… but I found that it was better than my pj's. I put my hair into a messy ponytail and walked back downstairs. I plopped down on the couch and picked up my phone. About ten minutes later the doorbell rang. The twins raced to the door to open it and I quickly grabbed a pillow to cover my face. I heard Percy walk in and put something down.

"Wise Girl, what are you doing?"

"I don't want you to see my hideous face." I said. Percy scoffed.

"Just take the pillow off your face, Anna." He said. I slowly lowered the pillow and saw Percy standing in front of me. Next to him was a bag. I looked up to meet his eyes and his mouth was opened slightly, his eyes wide. I brought the pillow back up.

"Told you." I said. He walked closer to me, kneeled down and pulled the pillow down.

"Annabeth, you look beautiful." He said looking into my eyes. I blushed and looked down.

"Did you bring the ice cream?" I asked quietly. He chuckled and stood up, walking to the bag. He picked it up and sat down next to me on the couch.

"Annabeth, would I ever lie to you?" he asked while pulling out cookie dough Ben & Jerry's. I grinned and grabbed it out of his hands. He laughed as he pulled out another one.

"So what else is in the bag?" I asked while eating a spoonful of ice cream. Percy smirked and pulled out a movie. I squinted my eyes. Stupid dyslexia. After a few minutes I could read the title.

Finding Nemo.

"Really?"

"It's a classic!" he said. I just shook my head, but a small smile crept through. He reached into the bag and pulled out one more thing: a sweater. "Just in case you got cold. It's one of my old ones and you used wear them and I thought, you know…" he trailed off awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck. I smiled.

"Thank Perce." I said while grabbing the sweater and slipping it over my head. Wow it really was warm. "So… Finding Nemo?"

"You know it." Percy grinned. He stood up and started the movie. I leaned back against the couch as Percy sat next to me. After the movie and ice cream Percy and I just talked.

"Percy?" I asked after a few minutes of silence.

"Hmm?"

"What are we doing?" I asked turning to him. He looked up at me, guilt flashing in his eyes.

"I… I don't know." He answered honestly.

"What… why are you here now?"

"Annabeth, I made the biggest mistake of my life a year ago. I betrayed my best friend, for fake ones. I could never, ever make it up to in any way. What I did is unforgivable. And I would give anything to go back in time and change it."

"What are you going to do?"

"I made you a promise years ago. I wasn't there to fulfill it, but I am here now." He said while grabbing my hand. I looked away.

"I don't want to get hurt again…"

"You won't. I will always be here for you Annabeth." He said as a single tear rolled down my cheek. He moved his hand to my cheek and wiped it away. "I don't expect you to forgive me right away, if at all. But you need to know I will never leave you again." And with that he stood up, placed a kiss on my head and left.

I sat there for a few minutes, trying to get my bearings. After a few minutes I wiped away a few more tears and ran upstairs. I grabbed my phone and Texted Thalia and Piper.

To: Thals & Pipes

Girl time?

Piper replied almost immediately.

From: Pipes

I'll be right over.

Thalia's came a few minutes later.

From: Thals

See you in 5.

True to her word, Thalia was at the door five minutes later along with Piper. Susan let them in and they came into my room and wordlessly sat down next to me on my bed as I told them what happened. After I finished Piper affectionately rubbed my back. Thalia just shook her head muttering things like:

"That kid I swear." And, "Gonna get a nice long beating." I sighed.

"Life sucks."

"Preach." Thalia said.

"Anyways," I said trying to change the subject. "Piper what's going on with you and Jason?" Piper immediately turned a deep red. Jason was Thalia's little brother and him and Piper obviously had a thing for each other.

"Nothing much." She said smiling.

"Really?" Thalia asked. "Cause you're blushing and plus, your smile is telling us otherwise."

"Well?" I asked impatiently.

"He… he asked me out…"

"Oh my Gods Piper! That's great!" I exclaimed.

"It's about time." Thalia said shaking her head with a small smile on her face.

"I know! We were at school in the hall just talking, when suddenly he was quiet and then I was like, 'What's wrong?' and he looked at me and said, 'Do you want to go to the movies next week?' and I said yes!" she said excitedly. I smiled but it didn't quiet reach my eyes. I mean, don't get me wrong, of course I was happy for Piper. It's just that she seemed to have it so easy! It's not like I was jealous… okay so maybe I was a little jealous but not in the way people would think.

"That's great!" I said and really it was.

After an hour or so the girls left and I spent the rest of the weekend watching Arrow reruns.

On Monday I wasn't sick anymore but that didn't mean I wanted to go to school. Ugh. This in counter with Percy was going to be interesting. Thalia drove me to school because the doctor said I couldn't because, you know, my arm. We got to school and I was just dreading it because I had a couple of classes with Percy and in one of them I had to sit with him. Why?! I walked into school with Thalia at my side. When we passed Rachel and her group they started laughing, Thalia growled and sent a few glares their way which ultimately shut them up. We walked to my locker and when the bell rang Thalia was forced to leave me to fend for myself. I walked inside the classroom and sat in the back corner as usual. I grabbed a book and started to read while the class slowly started to fill up. After a few minutes someone sat next to me. I looked up from my book, surprised to see Luke Castellan sitting next to me. Oh gods. It's not that he was a jerk, he just… broke Thalia's heart which ultimately made him a jerk.

"Hey Annie." He said. "So I was wondering-"

"Nope." I said looking back down at my book.

"If you wanted-"

"No."

"To go out on Friday." He finished. I looked up at him purely disgusted.

"Seriously?!" I asked. He looked at me confused.

"Wha-?"

"You have the nerve to ask me out after what you did to my Best Friend?" I scoffed and shook my head.

"So is that a no or-"

"Get out of here!" I yelled and he quickly scrambled up and went to sit with his friends who were pretty much dying with laughter. I looked back down at my book with a satisfied smirk.

"Nice job." Percy said as he said next to me. I looked at him. We sat there staring at each other until the teacher came in. Unusually class didn't pass by quickly, but when it was finally over I turned to Percy.

"Meet me in the library at lunch." I said before grabbing my books and racing off. It forever for lunch but when it was almost here I was a nervous wreck. Thalia, who had French with me before lunch, was doing her best to calm me down to no avail. I didn't even know what I was going to say. When our teacher dismissed us I walked slowly to the library. Gods, what was I doing? I found Percy sitting in what we called The Crow's Nest. You had to climb a ladder to get there but it was this big platform next to a wall of windows with an amazing view.

"Hey." I said sitting across from him.

"Hi." He said back. We sat in silence for a little while until I couldn't handle it anymore.

"Percy, we need to talk about what happened Saturday." I said. He looked away from the window.

"I know. And you need to know I meant every word I said."

"I know… and I want to be friends again but… it's more complicated than that." I said. "I mean, you hurt me. And I know you wouldn't do it again and that you've changed, but it's still hard you know? And we have that whole problem with Rachel and my dad," I started rambling.

"Annabeth." Percy's voice cut me off. "Don't worry about Rachel and your dad. They'll just have to deal with it. And I know it's hard… but wouldn't it be worth a shot?" I looked up at him and a bunch of memories from the old days came to mind. Like the time we watched all five seasons of TWD in one night. Or when we danced and sang along to High School Musical. Or that one time we went ice skating and he totally face planted, but was able to laugh about it later. I smiled.

"Yeah." I said. "Yeah it would."

~o0o~

After that tear filled hug we sat down at the table as Sally set blue Waffles down in front of us. Percy grinned and immediately grabbed three. I laughed as I grabbed my own. Sally smiled down at us and started to shake her head. When we finished breakfast Percy and I went to the living room to play just dance.

"How about The Best Song Ever? Because of yesterday remember?" he asked. I laughed and nodded my head.

"Why not?" I said. Five minutes later I was laughing to the point of tears because Percy was being so ridiculous. "Perce." I wheezed. "Stop."

"My name is Percy no more." He said. "I am Persassy Jackson." Then he struck such a ridiculous pose that the tears began streaming down my face.

"Oh my gods. Please stop!" I said through another fit of laughing. It was only when I'd snorted that Percy started laughing too.

"Hahaha oh my gods Annabeth!" he said. Just then Sally walked in with an utterly confused look like, why these kids rolling on the floor laughing? If only she knew.

~o0o~

Ha. It's Persassy y'all! The crow's nest thing looks kinda like that one scene in THG where Peeta's like,

I still wanna be me you know?

And then Katniss be like,

Sure.

Sorry I'm just really happyyyyyyyy! Bye!

-DaughterofPoseidon34