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Chapter 22 – Summer with Percy and Annabeth
I ducked below a thick branch and hid behind a rock as I stalked my prey. I've been following them for over twenty minutes and my heart started pumping faster, indicating that I was near the moment when I would ambush them and attack.
I stepped a few meters slowly and suddenly noticed something.
One of them was missing. FUCK!
I was about to make a run for it when I felt something cold on the back of my neck, freezing me in my place and causing me to call myself an idiot over and over again.
I was doomed because of my mistake.
My sword was yanked from my hand and was pointed at my neck, standing up and looking at the invisible assailant and a hovering sword, I rolled my eyes and said "Fine, you win."
From the surrounding bushes came forth many warriors with swords, shields and armour. One of them held a black flag with an owl on it. Great. The son of Poseidon was at the mercy of ten children of Athena and their invisible cabin leader, also my girlfriend.
"Well well Percy," said Malcolm, the sadistic bastard. "Looks like the owl is still too smart for the little trout."
I scoffed. "Not all owls are as invisible as this one." I was referring to the other six children I disarmed and knocked out single handed in the beginning.
He grinned "They where those who chose to distract you."
"Whatever," I mumbled and looked at my sword "And get that sword out of my face Annabeth! It's creepy watching my sword floating in front of my neck." She hesitated for a moment, slowly putting it down. And I took this opportunity to counter attack.
I lunged at the invisible body, turning her, took my sword and held it at her neck, my mouth being close to her ear. Just then, water exploded everywhere, sending everyone into disarray. I didn't want to hurt any of them, so I made them cough and incapable of continuing to fight.
"But sometimes dear Malcolm, the trout knows how to spout water and send the owl crashing into the sea," I said proudly.
"Shut up," he said, coughing.
I grinned and turned to my invisible girl. "And now you should fear me!" and kissed her neck slowly.
"And may I ask you WHY are you kissing MY girlfriend?" asked someone from above. I looked up and saw Nico and Annabeth. On his face was a glare, but a smile at the same time. On her face however stood a look that told me "You'll pay for this dearly. Later." And that caused me to gulp.
Looking down and taking off the hat, I was greeted with Thalia's black hair. FUCK!
A bolt of lightning hit as I pushed her away, missing me by a hair's length.
"You. PERVERT!" she yelled, clearly pissed taking out her sword and attacking me.
Laughing and apologizing at the same time, I attacked back, parrying the blows of the infuriated daughter of Zeus. Nico and Annabeth climbed down, each taking their own side in this battle.
"I'll deal with you later," said Nico, taking my side, with a smile, sword drawn at the ready. Thalia threw Annabeth her hat and said "Never again!" Annabeth laughed and looked at me, sliding her dagger over her neck and pointed at me. I gulped again. A pissed off Annabeth meant great pain. But surprisingly fantastic make out sessions. Interesting.
Before any of us made any movement, a horn was heard nearby. After that came Chiron between us, followed by yells of triumph and groans of loss from all around.
"Congratulations to the White Team of cabin Poseidon, Hades and Hephaestus!"
Nico and I hi-fived each other and joined the celebrations with the others.
We just won Capture the Flag.
After the celebrations in the forest were over, everyone went to the shower. We had two hours to tend to our wounds, relax and shower before celebrating together at night with a feast and bonfire.
I lay on my bed in just my shorts, relaxing and shuddering that the thoughts of what happened today.
For the second time today, I was assaulted by an invisible force, but this time I grinned, took off the cap and smiled as I was greeted by a cascade of blonde hair.
Before she said anything, I got up, placed my mouth on her neck and kissed it softly, earning low moans.
"That's my neck," I whispered.
I lay back down, her coming with me and whispered as well with a smile "I know."
And that was it.
We didn't have romantic evenings, dinners, and chances to go watch movies or any of that stuff normal couples do. Instead, once every Capture the Flag, which meant once a week, or when she would dare to sneak to my cabin after our activities and before dinner, we would stay like this, relaxing together, sometimes even making out. Sometimes we would just talk, basically getting to know each other's past better.
It's already been a month and a half, September closing in fast, meaning that we would soon have to go back to school and be regular school kids. Though I didn't get much of it last year, I was hoping the next one would be much better and that I would finish it...ALL of it.
But still, even though Annabeth and I were practically neighbours, the city had its limits. Here we were so close to nature that I felt incredibly relaxed when I had these moments with her.
She looked up at me and said "You know we've only got about 3 weeks left of camp right?" She even sounded a bit sad.
"I know that, but let's not think about it. We should enjoy these moments," I said smiling at her. She knew I was right, even though she hated to admit it.
"Are you going home early to spend time with your family for your birthday?" she asked randomly.
I hadn't decided on what I wanted to do on my birthday. On one hand, I wanted to spend time with my family because I missed them very much, but on the other hand, I wanted to spend it here with all these new friends.
In just a month and a half, I made friends with over a hundred demigods, all from different godly parents. I fought with some of the children of Ares, meeting Clarisse, one of the nastiest girls that ever existed. The guys from Hephaestus cabin are awesome, strong, energetic, great with their hands and proud of their work, especially the fireworks on 4th of July. The people from Aphrodite cabin, though some of them where divas which I hated, the majority where really cool.
I can't say anything against Athena cabin if I still want to keep my manhood intact, but they're great people for a bunch of nerds. Apollo cabin was filled with people that would take you out from kilometres away with their arrows and can sing like superstars, making bonfire nights the best. Dionysus cabin and Demeter cabin were the farmers of the camp, keeping the strawberries and grapes healthy as well as providing excellent food. Last but not least, Hermes cabin, where upon entering the cabin, the first thing you should do is to check your wallet every second and make sure no one sneaks from behind. Despite this, they're amazing people and made hilarious practical jokes.
"I'll talk to my mother and see what she thinks. I'm guessing she'll tell me to stay since I'll be going home a week later."
She gave me one of her biggest smiles and a small kiss. Suddenly her smile brightened but she hid it quickly, not quickly enough though.
"What did you think of wise girl?" I asked curiously.
"Oooohhh nothing nothing," she said in a nonchalant way, but I knew she was hiding something.
"Tell me!" I said in a joking-demanding way, but she still wouldn't budge, zipping her mouth and throwing away the key, like a five year old.
"That's how you want to play huh?" I asked and she grinned triumphantly. That grin however was short lived as I turned on her and attacked her sides.
Curious little fact about Annabeth : she's as ticklish as a newborn baby.
Her zipped mouth did nothing to stop the loud laughter that came out of her mouth as I held her in her place, determined to get what I wanted.
"Speak," I said laughing as she writhed below me.
"I won't!" she said, laughing her ass off. That just made me tickle her faster.
She made a failed attempt to get me down on her so she'll kiss me and make me quit my tickling but it was futile for I had grown accustomed to her methods.
But when she started to turn bright red, I stopped my attack, fearing that I'll give her a heart attack, and let her relax. I wrapped my arm around her waist and watched her calm down, her chest heaving up and down, a smile still evident on her face.
"Will you stop looking at my boobs?" she asked, causing me to blush a bit.
"Pfff what boobs?" I replied rhetorically. She just hmph-ed me and looked away, faking being mad.
So I did what any guy would do.
I snaked my arm along her waist and stomach and basically answered my own question.
As I got up from bed, I took a look at my latest masterpiece. One sexy blonde mess, flustered cheeks red and panting. Feeling proud, I left her to get back her breath and went outside to wait for her. As I stepped outside, I met with Thalia and the trio of Athena, Maria, Julia and Stephany.
Smiling at me, Julia asked politely "Have you seen Annabeth?"
Thalia on the other hand scoffed and rolled her eyes "How innocent are you? She's probably in there ass naked!" I blushed a bit and this wasn't unnoticed "SEE I was right!"
"She's in here, but she's NOT naked!" I said defending myself.
"Yeah right! So can we come in?" challenged Thalia.
"Please, by my guest cousin," I said with a smug grin.
I led them to my room again and let them in before me like a gentleman.
All of them saw Annabeth lying on the bed, her breathing regular, and laughed, joining her and practically leaving me no space at all.
"So what? The owner of the bed stays on the floor?" I asked jokingly.
Annabeth rolled her eyes and said "No the owner of the bed should leave and go get ready for tonight. "
"So should you guys," I rebutted.
"Everyone's ready. Even I was ready before you raped me," she said with a smug grin that earned her many gasps and earned me a death glare from Thalia.
"As if you didn't enjoy it," I said, ignoring the stares. They knew I loved her and would never hurt her. So why worry.
This time, it was my turn to be triumphant as a blush covered her face, trying and miserably failing to hide it beneath her hair. The girls looked at her, making the blush even worse.
"I was just kidding guys! He just gave me some attention that I've been working hard to get that's all," she said in a low voice. The girls looked at each other and giggled while Thalia just shook her head and rested it on my pillow.
"Shouldn't you get ready Kelpbrains?" said Thalia teasingly.
I rolled my eyes, not entirely happy at her nickname and said "Whatever Sparky." Yes that was my clever response. Deal with it.
I grabbed my things and headed to the shower, leaving the girls to chatter about whatever they wanted.
Annabeth's POV
When Percy left, the girls literally bombarded me with questions, which I had anticipated. Gods why did I even say the word 'rape'?
Shutting all of them up, I said "Girls, it's like I said. We just had a moment that's all."
"Are you sure?" asked Thalia.
"Of course I am!" then a silence followed. "What?" I asked.
"Soooo..." started Stephany "...what kind of attention?"
OH gods was she actually asking me this?
"Are you serious?" I said in a squeak, which was sooo not like me.
Everyone nodded, apparently curious as to how my boyfriend decided to spice things up a bit and give my body its desired attention.
I'll admit, for months I've been trying to get him to do something, but he's keeping me protected because he doesn't want to hurt me again. That I can see clearly.
But being honest with myself, after what happened with Luke and the fact that Percy was taken away from me...I know I barely knew anything about that guy, but the fact that he cared so much right away when we met showed me what kind of guy he was.
Then I found out he was a demigod and I knew that I had lost someone that could actually love me, despite my belief in love came closer to that of my mothers.
But Aphrodite had her say when she blessed me with him once again and gave me what every girl dreams of having. A loving guy that treats her with respect but knows what he has and flaunts it.
So right now I'm working on the flaunting part. I don't want to always be the helpless girl I was and I was so confused when he rejected me that that girl bubbled to the surface and let herself be shown.
But she died when our saviour came and kicked Luke's ass, forcing him to leave camp. Right there and then, that shy, helpless girl dissolved and let way to another girl. This girl was different than all the other Annabeth's in the past.
She was defiant, active, passionate, ready to show the world who she was and at the same time, show her lover what she was capable of.
So basically, before, I would never speak of this stuff to anyone, not even Thalia. Now, my reaction to the question was different.
I went to the door, tiptoed to the showers and made sure my boyfriend was still in the shower, then hurried back to the room, closed the door and turned to the girls.
And my short description began with "His hands are amazing..."
About 30 minutes later, the door tried to open, startling us. I had finished telling them what happened earlier but now Thalia was telling me some tips into how I can finally get my man since she already got hers. My sisters where there to learn a thing or two.
I went to the door and unlocked it, letting my curious Percy inside. "So what where you talking about that you had to lock the door?" he asked.
I kissed his cheek and said "Nothing you need to worry about." Earning some giggles from my sisters.
"Suuuure! I'm hiding my wallet," he said jokingly.
Then I noticed what he was wearing and let me say this. The Athena part of me died down and my female side flared.
He was wearing the simplest clothes but how much he revealed and the heat emitting from the long, hot shower off his body...it was too much.
All he had on were a pair of black three-quarter jeans, a pale green opened short sleeve dress shirt, showing off his sinful six pack and black converse.
I was snapped out of my observation by said hot guy. "You like what you see?" he whispered in a seductive voice.
I shuddered a bit and returned to bed as we watched him ruffle his hair until he picked a style he liked and buttoned a few buttons, leaving most of them undone because it was a bit hot today.
He turned to us and said "OK I know. I'm hot. Thank you." He took a bow just to emphasize his point.
Everyone laughed before getting up and walking outside. "Where's everyone going?"
"I'm meeting Nico, Bianca and Malcolm before we leave to the mess hall," said Thalia.
The trio said that they were going to our cabin to make sure everything's OK.
"And you?" he asked me.
I smiled and pulled him in for a kiss, this time making sure to not mess up his look but still put my hand on his abs and scratching them the way he likes. He may want to take things slow but I'm sure as hell he wants me to do all this.
Percy's POV
Oh gods she's scratching again. Why oh why does she have to do this every damn time. Not that I don't like it, far from it. It's just that this, added to our previous session, my self control would just snap.
Taking charge, I pushed her away slowly and gently and said "You're going to be the death of me you know that."
She smiled, little minx knowing her effect on me. "I'll make sure it'll be a great one."
She went inside to get some of her things and I followed obviously.
"So come on tell me! What where you guys talking about earlier?" I asked curiously for the second time.
She laughed, even turning red a bit and said "You'll find out soon enough. And I told them a little interesting story." She was going to leave my room when I stopped her at the door and said "What story?"
My mind started racing. What could she have possibly told them? What if it's something embarrassing? Or what if it's something she doesn't like about me? Or about someone else?
"Babe relax, I just told them what happened before they came because they were VERY worried that I was so red and breathing so hard and they forced me to tell them if I was OK or if something was wrong," she said as if stating the obvious.
I instantly turned a shade of red.
"You actually told them what happened?" I said, sounding a bit more annoyed than I wanted to.
She noticed this and said "Yeah so what? They're my friends and family Percy."
I rolled my eyes "Whatever."
"Oh so what? I can't tell my friends whatever I want now?"
"It's not that! Just...I don't know! This is all new to me and I don't want everyone to know what I do with my girlfriend in private!"
She just scoffed and smiled. "But this is camp Percy. I've learned long ago that personal matters can be kept, but eventually everyone's going to figure out. So relax. And they're my best friends and yours as well. You should trust them."
"I know," I mumbled.
I kissed my cheek now. "We'll be fine. You're doing a good job in keeping me in place and you're not forcing me to do anything." She looked down and said "With Luke it was different because he leapt at any opportunity I gave him. You're a great guy Percy and that's why I'm giving you all these chances because... I don't know... you're Percy damn it and for me to trust you again after what happened...it was big."
OK honestly now I'm confused. At one point we were talking about letting others know what we do in our personal moments. Now she's having some sort of confession about her feelings. I knew she was always pushing me, always hinting that she wanted to do it, but she never was so out going with it. I sighed. I guess it was one of those big important talking moments. I just hope that things don't get bad like last time.
I pulled her gently and sat her on my bed.
"I know how important that is for you and don't think I don't know how lucky I am that my girlfriend is so willing to do it," I said calmly, which put a small smile and blush on her face. "But this is an important step for me as well. If we're going to do this, I want it to be a special occasion, not just any regular day. I didn't let you in December because our relationship was still fresh."
Her head rested on my chest and she kissed my chest, me in turn kissing her soft hair.
"I never admit this to Luke because he didn't make me feel like this. But you're different. I'm lucky to have met you. So lucky," and I could practically hear the tears in her voice.
Cupping her face in my hands, I forced her to look at me. "And know that you'll always be the best, first and last woman I'll ever love." I wasn't a sappy person, I didn't say any of those just for fun, to get the girl in bed and then leave her.
I said it because I meant it. End of story.
Her eyes started watering up as she pulled her face from my hand to wipe her eyes, also turning around not looking at me. Smiling, I wrapped my hands around her waist and kissed her neck.
"I didn't tell you that to cry."
Turning her around, still smiling, I wiped her eyes again, making sure not to smudge her make up because as a woman, I knew she would kill me.
"Why are you stupidly innocent?" she said finally, her question catching me by surprise.
"I admit I'm not innocent. Don't think I don't want to do more than I just did. But I didn't because of the reasons I gave you."
"Not that! Why are you so simple, so loving and you don't expect things back, don't expect me to give you whatever you want for your love?"
"Again, I already told you. I don't love because I expect you to strip naked and let me do whatever I want. I love because you're a special girl, because I want to make you smile and laugh. Like you said, I'm a simple guy. I don't expect things back."
She hugged me furiously, as if I'm going to see her for the last time, not letting go for a long time. I returned that hug, showing her precisely that I'm not intending on letting go.
"Honestly I don't know why you're having these insecurities," I said "But I'm here to clear them up for you."
She nodded. "So you want me? ...physically I mean."
I nodded, slightly blushing.
"But you'll wait until it's a special day?" again I nodded.
"What if tomorrow becomes a very special day?" she asked.
I laughed now. "If tomorrow becomes a very special day for me that I won't forget, then I'll do whatever makes you happy."
Her smile brightened as if I just gave some kid candy.
"What are you planning wise girl?" I asked extremely curious because after this I want to know!
"I can't tell you, it's a surprise," she said smiling.
Giving up, I said "Fine have it your way. I'll wait of course."
Then I turned serious and said "So are you OK now?"
She nodded "I never had anything...I just felt that this was a good time to talk like this. Last time we spoke in this way, I ended up fearing you'll leave me and it broke me. You're important to me and I don't want to lose you over something I do."
"But you won't! I kicked Luke's ass because of what he did and what he said. I defied my father's will to come see you. So trust me. You'll be safe in my hands. And I'll make sure to keep you safe in the years to come. And I promise you one thing. Those years are going be very long."
She snuggled against my chest, clearly happy with what I just said.
"I love you," she whispered.
"I love you too," I replied naturally.
We stayed like that until a knock was heard from the front door of my cabin.
Confused, I looked at my watch and noticed something.
"Shit, everyone's been at the mess hall for 15 minutes!" I said alarmed.
"Oh gods!"
We walked to the front door, opened it, and found an impatient Chiron, with Nico and Thalia smiling like idiots.
"Tomorrow. Kitchen duty. Both of you," said Chiron sternly, causing both of us to nod. "Good. Now move it!"
"Guess nothing special will happen tomorrow," I whispered, to which she fake pouted.
When we arrived there, everyone greeted me, clapping and pounded on my back in congratulations.
Celebrations came and went. And let me tell you one thing. These guys know how to throw a party!
A few weeks later, on my birthday, things were different in a away.
I had just woken up when I got assaulted by a flash of golden hair [A/N :hahaha 4th Hokage Minato Yellow Flash Annabeth style...Naruto ftw 3)
"HAPPY Birthdaaaaay," she practically yelled in my ear.
Although I don't like yelling when I wake up, this was different because it's not every day your girlfriend can wake you up this way.
I gave her a big kiss and after she pulled away, she presented me with a package.
"What's this?" I asked curiously.
"It's your gift idiot! Open it go on!" she said happily.
Opening it, I found a decorative sword and on it was etched our names. She knew I had a thing for fine weaponry. On the side was a also a leather wallet with a big trident and a small owl on it.
I turned on her and kissed her passionately, showing my thanks. Breaking apart she asked "So did you like them?"
I grinned "You know me well. Thanks Annabeth."
She smiled back "Good. Now that I've given you my presents, your mother called by Iris Message but you were still asleep so I spoke to her. She..." but I cut her off "How long where you waiting here watching me sleep?"
Blushing at how I put the words she said "Not long! Maybe twenty minutes!"
"You stalker! Don't sparkle for gods' sake!" I said laughing, making her roll her eyes.
"Ha-Ha very funny. Anyways your mum said that we're to come to your house tonight after we finish training becauseee all of us are going out. My mother suggested that we go to a different restaurant and your mother invited us. Is it ok with you that your girlfriend is coming?"
Again I laughed "Do you really think I would go celebrate anything anywhere without dragging your ass with me?"
"Well my ass is sexy," she stated simply.
"Vain bitch," I teased, kissing her neck in the process.
But before I could do anything, Annabeth pushed me off and said "No! Not now! Chiron is waiting for us at the Big House."
I whined "Since when are you so obedient?"
"Since I got in trouble because someone decided to play with me a few weeks ago!"
"Oh and you wanting to talk to me didn't get you in trouble?" I retorted.
"Not really no," she said quietly. We stayed in that silence for a moment before she said "OK maybe it did. But you know why it happened."
I smiled "Yeah yeah of course I know. Now let's go!"
I got up, pulling her with me. Taking my new sword, I put it on my desk so that when I go home, I'll mount it on a wall in my room.
Hand in hand, we walked slowly towards the Big House, waving to whoever we saw and me saying thank you to whoever wished me happy birthday.
Upon our arrival, Chiron greeted us.
"Welcome Perseus and happy 18th birthday!"
"Thank you Chiron. Annabeth said you wanted to talk to me. Is everything OK?"
"Why of course. Some people are here to see you though," he said.
Entering inside, I was greeted by a very weird sight.
Poseidon and Athena in the same room. Without fighting. Without anything. WHAT IS GOING ON?
"Ah Percy..." started my father awkwardly. Thinking about it, we hadn't had a chance to talk properly since the solstice and things where rather awkward.
With Athena however, things where a bit smoother and she said "Well I can see you're a man of your word Perseus. Clearly my daughter is still safe, even though I don't completely approve of those hickeys on her shoulder and neck." I blushed and Annabeth gasped a bit because they were hidden well with clothing. "Please dear I know everything." This time we both blushed furiously.
"But making fun of you isn't why I came here. I simply accompanied Poseidon to congratulate you on reaching 18 years of age. Here is something that I'm sure you can use."
And with that, she presented me with a book on the complete history of swordsmanship. I wasn't a fan of reading, but the fact that it was about swords and fighting, it interested me. Again, the similarities between her and Annabeth are somewhat uncanny.
"Thank you Lady Athena," I said politely taking a bow.
"Ride young demigod. And remember your word. I will leave you to your father now. Annabeth, a word if you may darling?"
Damn it, she's taking her away! Both women stepped outside, followed by Chiron who said "I'll be outside if I am needed."
There was a silence.
"Dad?" I asked quietly.
"I'm not proud of what I've done," he started out. "And apparently, everyone around me has showed me the error of my ways. I know it's not easy but I'm not here as a god, but as a parent. I'm sorry."
I let out a breath I held when he started speaking and said "It's OK, everything between us is fine and I accept your apology." With that I gave him a hug to which he returned.
"Percy, you're welcome in my palace anytime. I'm somehow proud that you stood up to me for someone you love and I'm proud to be your father."
"Thanks dad," I said smiling, letting a lone tear slide across my face.
Annabeth's P.O.V
I haven't spoken to my mother in a long time and she decided to speak to me on my boyfriend's birthday? Unbelievable.
I had today all planned out and not one moment where we and Percy to be separated!
We walked to the beach in silence.
Upon arrival, she decided to speak.
"So how goes your relationship?" she asked, looking at the water and not at me.
I was a bit pissed at me, but since she decided to take interest in my life, I guess I could go with it.
"Everything's great! Percy is absolutely amazing. He's a loving boyfriend that makes sure I'm happy and at the same time, he sees that I'm fully satisfied," I confessed openly. Honestly, if I can't trust my mother, that would be very sad.
"Satisfied?" she asked, turning to me curiously.
That's when I decided to blush and look away.
"My dear I know it's your life, but I must advise caution. Remember what happened last time you let someone in! He took advantage of you!" Her words, despite so true, stung and hurt.
How dare she compare Percy with Luke! I can do that and I know I never will!
"How dare you!" I said turning my face to look at her. She raised an eyebrow at my raised voice. "Percy is NOTHING like Luke! I thought you understood that!"
"I do. But I don't want you to get hurt again. Because how your acting, you're pushing his limits and men have a tendency to have a short fuse about these things."
"But I want to mother!" I yelled. Then I said in a levelled, quiet voice "I want him to be mine and no one else's. I don't want to lose him." Turning away, I continued. "And besides. It's like hitting at a stone wall with a knife. He said he won't do anything else until a special day arrives. And I have no idea when that day will come."
Placing a hand on my shoulder, she said "Then understand his patience and wait with him. I know that if he wanted to do whatever he wanted, he could've. But I don't want him to blame you if someone happens to either of you because of a rash decision and a sexual act done without thinking."
I nodded "Yes mother I understand."
She smiled. "Good. Poseidon and I are doing our best to be able to look eye to eye because when you'll get married, we don't want to be fighting." I blushed a bit when she suggested that we'll get married.
Noticing my blush, she continued "What? There is nothing to be embarrassed of my dear. Although Aphrodite and I aren't on equal grounds about what is love, even I can't be blind to what you two have. And I assure you that one day, I'll be giving a speech to my granddaughter and great granddaughter and so on."
Out of the blue I gave her a hug.
"I know you're sucking up your pride to do this for me and you have no idea how much it means to me mother," I said smiling, tearing up a bit.
I could hear the smile in her voice when she said "Well, everyone has to make some sacrifices, even if it's one of the gods."
She pulled away and said "Now I have to leave because we have a council meeting. Enjoy today my dear. Percy is a very lucky male to have you by his side."
"So am I."
She nodded, gave me another hug and turned around to leave.
"Oh and before I leave. A present from Aphrodite to Perseus," she said tossing me a small package with a mischievous grin. With that, she turned once again and vanished.
I sighed, glad that finally my mother and I where on good terms, though oddly curious about this small object in my hand and at the same time, worried because of from whom it was.
But my sigh was short lived when I screamed because someone snaked their arms from behind and pulled me up.
Feeling someone turning me around, I met my boyfriend, looking so happy with his stupid smile on his adorable face.
"Hey, everything OK?" he asked
I nodded "Yeah, my mum and I should be on good terms."
"That's great"
"Oh and Aphrodite gave you something," I said, tossing him the parcel.
His expression turned from happiness to curiosity as he eyes the package before slowly opened it, probably fearing that something might attack him from inside.
The face that he made was both funny and worrying at the same time.
Percy's POV
She's kidding right?
Is she trying to test my patience?
Does she want us to make a wrong move?
WHY DAMN IT WHY?
I felt heat spread across my face and my eyes widened.
I looked at Annabeth and my blush increased tenfold.
"What's wrong?" she asked worriedly. Taking a small, shallow breath, I angled the package so she could see its contents.
Her reaction was somewhat the same.
But somehow, being the one that's making an effort to work towards this action, her mood changed into that of neutrality instead of fear.
"Well...at least she wants us to be safe?" she said which came out more of a question.
I nodded and sighed.
"I guess so. Now what?"
Her face brightened, to which I said a quick no, turning the smile into a frown.
"Do I have to put a leash on you?" I asked jokingly.
She rolled her eyes and mumbled a quick no as well.
"Good," I said before taking her hand and slowly making her walk with me to the Big House.
We found Chiron there waiting for us. Upon arrival, he asked "Is everything well?"
We nodded. "Yeah." I said.
"Perseus, given that today is your birthday, I'm letting you go spend it with your family." When he said that, I had already pictured an amazing day with my family and Annabeth. But of course not everything is on my side today.
"Annabeth on the other hand has to stay here."
"Damn it," I cursed under my breath.
Annabeth on the other hand sighed and said "Fine then."
Turning to her, I said "If you want to I can stay with you. My mother would feel guilty if I wasn't with you because of them."
Surprisingly, she shook her head. "No, no it's your birthday and you deserve to spend it with your parents." Looking at Chiron she said "But Percy's mother invited my parents and I to go celebrate his birthday tonight at some restaurant. May I leave then?"
Chuckling, he said "Of course you may. You don't have to be here tonight to sleep but be here tomorrow by noon. Am I understood?"
We smiled and nodded, giving him our thanks.
"Good. Now Annabeth, you tend to your duties. Perseus, on behalf of the camp, I congratulate you on your 18th birthday. For a demigod, that is truly a wondrous achievement, even more given the fact that that you are the son of Lord Poseidon."
Nodding again and me saying thanks again, we left to continue with our day.
Once I got what I wanted from my room, I passed to where Annabeth was teaching the youngest demigods, probably being between ten to twelve, and said my goodbye. After a long, lingering kiss, ignoring our interested and giggling audience, I whispered "See you tonight. Don't wear something too sexy though."
She gently blew in my ear, making me shiver all over "I'll try to."
With that, and saying goodbye to Chiron again, I left the camp borders, got in my beast of a car and left for home.
Upon arrival, I was showered with hugs and kisses from my mother and a very normal manly hug from Paul, whom I still found it normal to call him by his first name instead of dad.
Honestly, I didn't know what to do with having a day all to myself with my parents, but apparently, my mother decided to have me go on a shopping trip. Flashing a golden credit card, she whispered "Poseidon insisted I used this since it was for your birthday and he didn't get you anything appropriate for a man of your age."
This coming from the guy that got his sixteen year old son a dodge viper.
Honestly, I was never fond of shopping trips, but I thought that, since I have a godly credit card and a huge mall to browse, I might as well enjoy it and spend away.
"First off, something for you to wear for tonight. I'm pretty sure Annabeth's going to look gorgeous and we need something that would make her love you all over again," said my mum that made me blush and facepalm at the same time.
"Honey, relax. And don't buy anything too expensive. We don't want her to tear it after we leave the restaurant...if you know what I mean," said Paul.
Oh gods no.
I'm sure my blush was evident because they were laughing like crazy.
Why does the whole world expect me to take this step? I asked myself
As if reading my mind, Paul whispered from behind whilst my mum was browsing through some shirts "Because you're a responsible young man that now needs to learn how to handle a woman in that way. And things won't come naturally easy. So practice makes perfect and I'm sure Annabeth won't mind."
This guy was as bad as Aphrodite and Annabeth.
After hours of looking through shops and finding something that I both loved and enjoyed wearing on this hot day, I decided on wearing a very light and thin suit.
Black from bottom to top, wearing a white dress shirt that I could easily roll up my sleeves if things got too hot, as well as black shoes, Italian of course, and a blue tie with white circles, as if the tie was made of bubbles. [A/N : This is the same tie I wore for new year's hahahah]
Happy with what I wanted to wear, I turned to some light accessories.
I decided on wearing the 'betrothal' necklace beneath the tie, as well as a silver and leather watch on my left hand and a bracelet of a shark tooth on my right. Although it pained me that I wore something from my father's domain that I had killed, it was still a symbol of pride that I had overcome one of the toughest challenges in my father's kingdom, which is to kill an untamed giant shark, similar to a megaladon but a bit smaller.
By the time we finished shopping, it was about two in the afternoon.
"So what now?" I asked my mother while we were eating at the same restaurant Annabeth and I went too often, so much so that the head waiter recognized me and said "Right this way Mr. Jackson. Give Ms. Chase my regards."
"Well we finished what we came here to do, so what do you want to do? Anything. Just name it," said my mum.
Honestly I had no idea what I wanted to do today. Last year, I had imagined this day from start to finish with my parents, doing whatever came to mind. A few months ago however, I imagined this day from start to finish with Annabeth and having a small dinner with my parents in the evening. This morning proved to be different.
I shrugged. "I donno. Maybe go take a nap."
Paul scoffed "Come now Percy! You're 18! Start acting like a man! Now…what do you think is manly for someone like you to do today?"
I thought for a while.
Then I said brilliantly "Take a nap with a woman."
My mother and Paul both rolled their eyes. "I said something manly and new Percy, not something you do everyday at camp," said my mother slyly.
This took me by surprise because we thought we hid it well.
"Oh what? You think Chiron, master swordsman and teacher of heroes for millennia, wouldn't notice a few demigods running around in their cabin fooling around?"
I looked down embarrassed.
Damn it..
"Don't think we're disappointed or anything Percy," said Paul calmly. "You've been handling your relationship very maturely with Annabeth. So I guess you are ready for this step."
"But what if things go wrong afterward?" I said, voicing some of my own insecurities.
"You've been strong enough to hold her at her weakest. I'm sure you can find a way to fix anything you'll face," said my mother confidently, Paul nodding in return.
I nodded and then whispered "Can we change subject? This is embarrassing enough."
They both laughed and thankfully, the waiter had just arrived with our meal.
Afterwards, we decided to go home and rest a bit before tonight's main event. It was already four in the afternoon and we had reservations for after nine. A few hours sleep won't do me any harm.
At about seven, my mother woke me up and I started getting ready very slowly. Before I did however I decided to Iris Message Annabeth to see how she was doing.
A shriek was the first thing that came from the Iris Message as I noticed Annabeth's back turned to me, lacking one thing. Her bra straps.
"Seriously Percy?" she said, back still turned.
Red faced, I apologized and then noticed her surroundings. She was at her home, which was a few blocks away.
Quickly putting on a bra and a shirt, she turned around, red faced as well.
"Your timing sucks Perce. Or did you know I was naked?" she teased.
"Of course," I said continuing the joke. "Didn't you know I'm going to do anything to see you naked?"
"Ha ha how funny," she said with an eye roll.
After that, we spent about 20 minutes talking about our day. Mostly she spoke because I kept what I bought to myself, telling her "You'll see tonight."
"Annabeth, I hope you're getting ready because you know your hair is going to take a while to be done!" Helen knew Annabeth well.
"Obey your mother Wise girl," I said grinning.
"Sure sure. Don't be late!" she said and before letting me reply with some witty comeback, she slashed through the message, cutting the connection.
I went downstairs and made some toast because I was a bit hungry after sleeping.
Going to the bathroom, I decided on a long hot bath, keeping it heated thanks to my control over water.
About an hour later, my mum decided to wake me up from my deep sleep by banging on the door repeatedly. I used to do it a bit when I came to live with her, scaring her shitless when I did it the first time.
"Wake up Percy! Paul and I have to get ready too you know!"
"I'm coming," I yelled back.
Drying up and brushing my teeth, I went outside in just a pair of shorts.
Deciding to go on my Facebook, I checked what was going on. I was surprised that I had many notifications but then I remembered it was my birthday so it was expected.
What I didn't expect however was a mega wall post by….oh gods…THE GODS! Aphrodite exactly.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY PERCY XOXO Enjoy your day little man and be good tonight you hear? I know my gift wasn't much but here's the thing. You can use it as much as you want and will neither break nor get dirty! So have fun my little rebel! Aunty out xoxoxoxo"
I facepalmed but then shit my pants when I saw who liked it. Basically everyone, even some new guys I met at camp, but the worst was that most gods liked it. Damn Hermes! He added all gods as per request from my dad.
And even he and Athena liked it, followed by some comments.
Poseidon : Well done Aphrodite. If anything happens YOU raise the child!
Nice to make it obvious dad.
Athena : Oh come now Poseidon. I'm sure we'll fix something up if that blasted object fails to fulfill its purpose. Where's that aloof attitude you had when you just met Amphitrite and you went at it like rabbits.
Here I was basically laughing so hard, I started crying. I'm not very fond of Lady Athena, but sometimes she's awesome.
Poseidon : HOW DARE you! At least I have a love life instead of the one that decided to live in virginity just because you scared every guy with your ferocity.
Athena : Well I have my pride so you can kiss my virgin behind!
Poseidon : Rather I make out with a Kraken than that.
I've had my fun but I knew this would lead to some serious fighting.
Percy : Will you two ever stop fighting? Thanks Aphrodite you didn't have to...seriously.
Nico : GO PERCY! It's like yesterday you were still a little boy who can't make between a woman and a man.
Thalia : As if YOU could. Remember I had to teach you everything you know.
Zeus : is very proud.
Thalia : *blush*
Nico : HAHA nice joke Thalia. How could you teach me if you were tied.
Hades : Tying her up? Interesting choice of methods my son.
Nico : thanks dad .
Zeus : YOU WHAT? YOU'LL FACE MY WRATH!
Thalia : Don't push it Nico. And he won't face your wrath dad. He'll face MY wrath.
Zeus : ...that will work too.
Nico : Kinkyy ;)
And things pretty much went from my birthday to those four talking about Nico and Thalia's first time. But apart from that...I just was curious about one thing.
Percy : Since when do you guys have and use Facebook?
Zeus : I'm not going to let anyone plot behind my back without me knowing about it.
Hades : I'm having a good laugh making these "When will you die?" things come true.
Poseidon : Triton and Amphitrite wanted to still communicate with you even if you're far away. They said hi and happy birthday.
Athena : I'm always up to speed with the latest communication.
Aphrodite : I just love all the gossip going on around!
A smile found its way on my face because I was amazed at how normal the gods look right now and I actually enjoyed having the opportunity to talk to them like this without having to feel so insignificant and tiny compared to them.
Checking the time, it was already quarter to nine, so I decided to get dressed.
Percy : Well, I have to go guys! If you want to discuss something go somewhere else, please, thank you and a sacrifice to each of you.
Apparently all were pleased and agreed, but Aphrodite had her last say
Aphrodite : No need to sacrifice for me, I'm on a diet. Just don't overdo it tonight and know when a woman needs to be given a few moments rest OK?
Shaking my head and sighing, I thought about how many people expected Annabeth and I to take this step and that got me a bit mad. It's OUR choice not theirs, so they should mind their own business. If I'm going to make Annabeth properly mine, I want it to be a special occasion, and even though an eighteenth birthday is very special, I feel that there might be something in the future that may be more special. I could be wrong however...
Logging off and shutting down my laptop, I got off the chair and went to start getting dressed. Five minutes later, I was done and while checking myself in the mirror and fixing my tie, my mum came in and helped me with it.
When she was finished, she took a good, long look at me and suddenly she got a bit teary.
"What's wrong?" I asked worriedly.
"Oh its nothing. But my baby is a man now! You won't even need me to make you breakfast, now that Annabeth knows how to take care of you!"
I laughed a bit "Mom, she may know how to cook like you, but she'll never know how to cook exactly like you. And besides, I'm still staying here for a bit more until we can actually afford to go live somewhere else. A while back we talked about it and well...we're not ready to leave on our own."
She nodded, happily I might add. "Very intelligent thinking. You two still need your parents. You're still our children!"
"But that doesn't mean she won't be coming over to sleep here," I said blushing a bit and laughing.
She rolled her eyes. "You're as bad as Poseidon. I won't say anything don't worry. You're of age now and I don't want to limit you. Just keep the noises down OK?"
Blushing furiously now, I nodded and nudged her to shut up, making her laugh.
"Are you two ready in here?" said Paul coming through the door.
We nodded and walked to the door.
Paul went to his Prius and said "Follow me, it's not far from here. Apparently Annabeth and her family are still here." It was true because their car was still parked there.
I got in my Viper and turned it on, letting it idling for a bit before following Paul.
He was right because in just 20 minutes, we arrived at the place.
It was by the Hudson river, so at night it was very beautiful when lit up and you couldn't see the dirty waters because it was very dark. The restaurant had inside as well as outside, lighting the place up with big torches with real fire instead of those fake fire ones.
A middle aged man came up to us and said "Are you Perseus Jackson?"
It wasn't that surprising, except for the fact that he said it in perfect Greek.
"He is I," I replied in the same language.
"My mother instructed me to tend to your every need tonight, so you have the staff at your disposal. She also said that we are to wait for a Ms. Annabeth Chase before we seat you, am I correct?"
I nodded and then curiously asked "Who is your mother?"
He flashed a perfect grin and that's when I noticed that he barely had any wrinkles and his hair, although streaked lightly with some grey hairs, was mostly black, combed backwards and gelled. So I had a good guess who his mother was.
"Why, only the goddess of love could produce a child that could create such a romantic spot for couples of all ages."
Giving my silent thanks, I smiled. Aphrodite, although sometimes a big pain in the ass, was actually a very caring god who wanted to spread love in any way possible.
From behind us came the sound of a break and a car turning off.
Turning around, I saw Annabeth and I can honestly say, my jaw dropped.
She wore a lilac strapless dress that was a bit tight around her chest, making her breasts very defined. It didn't hang around her waist much, again defining her figure perfectly. Her legs where uncovered, showing those sexy, creamy thighs. She wore low heels, so now she only slightly shorter than me, an inch at most. As usual, she didn't do much make up, keeping things natural and it suited her very much. Her hair was straightened, covering her shoulders slightly then falling behind her back.
In simple terms, beautiful!
Paul nudged me and whispered "Don't gawk at a lady, its rude!"
My mother however said "Oh let him enjoy it! It's not every day Annabeth dresses this prettily for him!"
And she was right.
I was very surprised by Annabeth's beauty because I've never seen her like this, not even on our prom or end of school party or whatever formal event we went.
Coming up to me, she looked me in the eyes and winked, making me blush. However, I purposely scanned her all over, making her blush.
After our little silent assessment, I took her by the hand and gave her a long kiss. I actually missed being away from her for a long time because even during our camp activities, we usually have a few minutes to ourselves.
When we pulled away, I still held her in my arms and whispered "You look so sexy and gorgeous, it's a good thing there won't be any more guys in here, otherwise I'd have to kill them for looking too much at you."
She giggled "Well, I hope you liked it because I had to have hours of persuasion from Silena to where this revealing thing!"
"And thank you Silena!" which made her blush, cherry style.
"Well, now that both parties are present," said the Maitre'd [A/N : Head waiter in French for those who don't know] "You may enter and choose anywhere to sit. Since it's Mr. Jackson's birthday, were does he wish to be seated?" I also noticed he reverted to common English.
After a thought, I said "Outside please."
He nodded "Right this way sir."
Walking arm in arm, Annabeth and I followed the man to our tables, being followed ourselves by our parents, who I noted where taking pictures of us and commenting on how cute and adorable we looked.
I chose a table which was both near the sea that we had a good view of the harbour as well as near one of the open fires because at late nights, the air could get chilly and I doubt that Annabeth's little cloth would protect her from the cold.
I also noted something else when we were sitting down, which I didn't catch at first glance because I was still admiring her beauty. Even Annabeth decided to wear the necklace I gave her from Poseidon, which made me happy.
While talking with our parents and joking with each other, I never let go of her hand, which she decided to place on my left leg and keep it fixed. At first I looked at her eye raised, but when she shrugged, so did I.
Suddenly a soft voice came from behind me and I looked up to see a young girl, probably fifteen or sixteen in a waiter's uniform that asked "May I take your order?"
I was baffled at her beauty, but that baffling was cut short by a sharp pain in my leg. Looking at the source, I found Annabeth glaring at me.
"What?" I mouthed, which made her narrow her eyes even more. She was so sexy when she was mad.
And then it hit me, making me notice that she was even more sexy when she was jealous!
I smiled and after telling the waitress both Annabeth and my order, I turned back to my jealous girl and whispered "Are you actually threatened by this one?"
"Don't make me hurt you!" she whispered angrily.
I laughed a bit causing everyone to look at us eye brow raised.
"What's going on you two?" asked Helen curiously, leaning on her hands on the table.
"Oh nothing," I said smiling.
"Of course nothing," said Annabeth sarcastically.
Apparently they didn't believe us because they prompted again.
"Annabeth thinks I'll leave her for that young waitress. Why would Lady Aphrodite be interested in me?" I said grinning.
Everyone looked at me like I was crazy but all I got was a slap in the back of the head by some menu. Looking behind me, I saw the same girl.
"How did you know it was me Percy?"
"What? You think I didn't know that you would visit to see how we were doing? And then some random beauty pops up in an innocent manner. Please Aphrodite."
Apparently I baffled everyone because everyone had bought the act, even Annabeth.
She shook her head. "I underestimated you Perseus. Never again though. Next time, I'll make sure you won't recognize me! Now I must take my leave. Enjoy the night everyone."
After a series of thank you's, she left and I turned to Annabeth, who was curiously looking at a polished fork.
The head waiter saved her further embarrassment when he and another two brought us our food.
We didn't eat in silence however, as our parents took it up to themselves to learn about each other. Every once in a while, I would steal a glance at Annabeth and noticed how polite she was eating, nothing like the girl that would eat five chips at a time and down a burger in a matter of seconds. Personally, I loved that fact about her because she can be two different people and yet be the same Annabeth. When with me, she would be a normal girlfriend that would eat my food instead of finishing hers, steal my clothes because, according to her, my hoodies where extremely comfortable and she would fight and kick and bite when I would tickle her, which I did frequently. However, in the presence of others, mainly parents, teachers or gods, she would be more polite and lady-like.
After finishing our dinner, we waited a bit before ordering desert, sipping on some Brunello di Montalcino, which I figured was Italian and despite not being very well informed about European countries, I heard many say that this wine was extremely loved by the Italians, as well as very expensive.
Annabeth and I drank the most, loving the flavour, and it showed greatly because after a while, she began to laugh like an idiot, showing some of the informal Annabeth I knew well. Me on the other hand wasn't that effected since wine didn't affect me much, having drunk it often while dining in my father's halls.
Our parents noticed this because suddenly they turned their conversation on us, asking us questions that they knew we would answer if we were drunk.
I held my ground but Annabeth...oh gods.
"So tell me Annabeth, are you happy with my son?" asked my mother curiously. I'm going to kill her.
Annabeth giggled and blushed lightly, nodding. "Yes Sally."
My mother didn't seem satisfied with the answer because she didn't get what she had fished for. Just then, desert came, in the form of different cakes such as Baci cake, Banoffi pie, Apple pie and such. We filled our mouths with the sweets, me especially, so as to avoid answering their questions.
When we finished, I breathed out and relaxed a bit. Feeling Annabeth's hand on mine, I looked at her and, amongst the flustered cheeks or the tired eyes, I saw a hint of worry growing.
I winked quickly, squeezing the hand and mouthed "Later."
Honestly I just felt tired after eating an excellently prepared dinner and delicious desert but now, I was more worried about what was to come. After most of today's comments by...well...EVERYONE, my position with Annabeth left me thinking a lot.
And right now, despite having taken off my blazer, I felt hot, so much so that I rolled up the thin sleeves of my dress shirt.
My mother noticed this so she said "Percy you OK? You look a bit too red. Maybe you should lay off the wine."
Everyone looked at me concerned and I nodded, then said "I'm going to take a short walk to clear my head." Everyone nodded and as if on instinct, Annabeth rose with me, following me out of the restaurant.
When outside, we decided to take a walk along the sidewalk, the weather being not that cold but still enough to have me bring my blazer for comfort, despite how I was feeling.
"So what's up Seaweed brain?" asked Annabeth after a few minutes of silent walking arm in arm.
"Nothing much Wise girl. I seriously needed to clear my head because this wine is stronger than what I had at my father's palace," I replied half-honestly.
"And you expect me to believe that that was the only reason we're taking this walk?"
I sighed again "You're too smart for your own good you know that?"
She gave me a bright smile "I know."
"Now tell me!" she insisted.
"Well..." I told her what had happened today again when concerning her because during the IM, I felt a bit nervous so I didn't mention it.
She blushed a bit, probably embarrassed that my parents had accepted the idea so much.
We found a bench and sat down, partly because the view of the city and the river was amazing and partly because I knew Annabeth wasn't fond of heels, so I didn't want her to hurt her legs.
"Percy..." she said breaking the silence and taking my hand again. "I know what you said and all, but why prolong it? I'm giving you what any guy your age would kill to have and yet you're pushing it aside for later on. We're not going to be young forever and honestly, despite how dangerous it is and all, I want it to happen the first time at this age, not when we're older." She blushed again and continued "I want our special moment to be when we're still young."
I chuckled a bit because she was being very honest about her feelings and I knew she had these honest, intimate moments but this was a confession she never told me before.
"I know that, trust me I do. But again, I want it to be a special day! OK many can tell me 'DUDE it's your eighteenth birthday, how much more special do you want?' Well...it still doesn't feel right."
Then I leaned a bit towards her and kissed her softly, trailing kisses along her cheek and then went to her neck.
Whispering softly, I said "But don't think I'll be any less...gentle...tonight." earning me a shiver from her and a nod.
I got up and pulled her with me, letting her rest on me the whole way back because for one she was tired and secondly, I knew her mind was buzzing with what I was about to do to her tonight.
As we arrived to the restaurant, I noticed that our parents were still having a good time, as well as a number of people being served by the waiters. Apparently our reserved time expired when Aphrodite noticed we left.
I hoped to get in my car and drive away without anyone noticing me, but Paul just happened to look at the car and noticed me. With a wink, he turned back as if he saw nothing and I thanked him for not telling on us.
By the time they returned home, Annabeth and I were already in bed, having some clothes discarded on the floor, sleeping soundly after a tiresome evening.
The next morning, I was the first to awaken, which was rare because I usually always slept in. And I never woke up this early, because it was still seven in the morning! It was a Saturday so Paul didn't have any work.
I went downstairs and made me some coffee. While it was being prepared, I heard soft footsteps from the corridor and there came the focus of all my love. Her hair was a messy ruffle, she only wore one of my hoodies that she decided to steal once in a while and she had on a pair of shorts she kept in my room so as to always have something to wear when she was over.
Eyes half lidded, she slowly made her way towards me and wrapped her arms around my chest and kissed it softly, making me shiver slightly.
"Want some coffee?" I whispered, not wanting to make any noise.
She nodded slowly then detached herself and went to sit on the sofa in front of the T.V, yawning softly.
Coffee in hand, I sat next to her and gave her her cup.
"We'll have to be at camp before noon," she said suddenly.
I nodded "I know, so I'm going to enjoy now before having to share you again with the others!"
She smiled and sipped her coffee.
A few minutes later of sipping coffee in silence, my mother came in.
"Good morning you two!" she said sounding very surprised. "I didn't expect you to leave the bed and thought I had to wrestle you apart!"
Annabeth blushed a bit, as did I, and I said "Very funny mom!"
Then she seemed to notice our cups "At least you had the decency to make her a cup of coffee. Good job Percy! That's the way to care for a woman!"
We laughed a bit at that, but silently because we didn't want to wake up Paul.
After getting herself a cup of coffee, my mother decided to sit on the other side of the couch and watch some morning news or just flick through the channels. Annabeth and I didn't want to get all personal in front of my mom and we didn't want to make her feel awkward so we just watched T.V together, telling her to stay on some channels that seemed interesting.
"So tell me," my mom said "You're both practically adults now. Got any ideas about what to do with your lives? Apart from the together bit."
And that's when I got screwed.
Other than being married to Annabeth, I didn't have any plans on jobs or such. My main focus was to continue on marine biology since being the son of Poseidon made it that much easier for me to communicate with any forms of aquatic life.
Hmm...on second thought, maybe I wasn't screwed at all!
On the other hand, Annabeth said "Architecture for me of course. If I'm lucky, I can get to work on Olympus since they're removing some of the older parts into storage and building everything from scratch. Apart from that, I want to keep working at camp when I get older to help demigods. There has been a substantial rise in the past decade and we think numbers may rise again, as well as some new gods coming bearing children."
I nodded as well "And while she's building new cabins, I'll be teaching them how not to get killed by whatever's out there."
"So you got your whole life planned ahead of you?" asked my mother smiling.
Looking at each other for a brief moment, we knew we were certain, so we turned to her and nodded.
We arrived at camp at about ten minutes past noon, due to all the traffic we encountered.
First we went to see Chiron who was happy to see us back "Well, now that celebrations are over, back to work! Even though this is the last week of camp" and here we noticed a tingle of sadness in his voice "I don't want any of you to slack off!" this he said with a mighty voice though.
"Yes sir!" we said before leaving towards our cabins to get our stuff.
After that, the next time I saw Annabeth was in the evening during dinner. I had to sit alone because I was the only Poseidon kid there, but she had lots of brothers and sisters, something I had to envy about her.
But on the other hand, I had something they didn't. Their cabin leader was all mine for the taking.
Later that day, when everyone started leaving for bed, I did the same, saying good night to my friends and closing the door. I sighed as I was finally alone. Or so I thought.
A soft snore could be heard coming from my room and I sighed again, this time not from exhaustion, but from knowing that I would barely have the bed all to myself from now on. I didn't complain though. Which idiot on this planet would prefer an empty bed over a bed with a gorgeous girl in it? Preciesly.
Wrapping my arms around her, I dozed off, knowing that whatever happened from now on, she'll always be here for me and me for her. Always.
And there you have it folks! Approximately 12,000 words of pure Percabeth! :D I hope this ending was to your liking and enough for you to write something about it :D
It's been almost 2 years now that I've been working on this story, though throughout 2011 I didn't do much, which I suppose lost me much of my readers..oh well!
It has been a fantastic journey to be able to start from nothing but an idea and have it grow like this. I have to thank EVERYONE who contributed to this work, and most of all to some good close friends of mine Twanny and Tina (nicknames ofc, privacy must be ensured) for helping me get back to writing this. Apart from this, they introduced me to Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle which I read in less than 25 days and I LOVED every page of it! Anyone out there who loves dragons MUST read this!
As to what I'll be doing in the next months...well...right now things are pretty hectic at school, having a month's worth of exams closing in FAST! May is always a scary, exam filled month o.O
Apart from that, afterwards, if I'm still alive from partying AND if I pass and live through THAT after party, I'm thinking about writing some works on Kingdom Hearts and of course my newfound love Inheritance Cycle.
I hope you all stay updated to what I'll be doing and any support given in the future projects is extremely appreciated.
See you all in the Epilogue. *wink wink*
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Mischief Managed.