I'm baaaaack! Hope you had lovely times, even if you weren't with me.

"You are in so much trouble," A voice says, waking me.

"Huh?" I blink. I've slid down Percy's chest until my head is on his lap, and he's got his hands curled in my hair as he looks around in bewilderment.

"Frank?" He asks. I turn to the voice to see Frank, looking at us like we've just declared that we're criminals for life.

"Oh, we just fell asleep," I tell him. He isn't reassured.

"Everyone is looking for you!"
"Well, we're engaged. We're going to sneak off for romantic adventures every now and then. Get used to it."
Frank grumbles as he heads off, and I turn to Percy.

"S'fun."
"Oh, yeah. Such fun to get told we're going to get in trouble for spending time with your husband to be. People," I mutter angrily.

He looks at me, smiling.
"What?"
"You're cute when you're angry."
I mutter some more, and move to stand up, but he grabs my hand and pulls me back down, carefully grasping my face. "You're always beautiful, no matter what the mood," He says with a kiss.

This greatly improves my mood.

When we go up, our friends are a little worried, but mostly relieved.

We gather at the large table fitted into one of the lower decks, planning our next move.

"So, we're going to stay together and, like, fight crime and poverty?" Leo asks.

"Yes," I tell him. "Now, before we do anything, there's one important think Percy and I have to do."
"Break up?"
"Rent a camel?"
"Make love?"
"Find—wait, you haven't?"
"We have to?"
"SHUT IT!" I yell after they start arguing about Percy and my love life. "We have to get married."
Shocked silence.

"Are you serious? No way are we going to be allowed to do whatever we want then!" I shoot Leo another look.

"I've been searching for Percy for months. My mother is going to be livid. She made it clear that as soon as he was found, we were to be married."
"But…isn't Percy heir?"
"Yes."
"So you'll be queen of Oceana?"
"Yes."
More shocked silence.

"Well, how many of you are heir?" Piper, Percy, and Hazel raise their hands.
"So eventually, they're all going to be married. And ruling a kingdom. And I'm guessing that some of us are going to be right there beside them. So stop complaining."
"Complaining? Who's complaining?" Piper sighs. "I can't wait to start planning it!"
"Uh, yeah. But after the wedding?"
"We could travel for the Argo II!"
"Great. Perfect. Can we go cuddle now?" I look at Hazel, who blushes. "I mean, can we go now and do whatever?"

"Yeah, let's go."
Percy and I go up on the deck to practice sword fighting, and I lose myself in the whirl. Finally, the feel of my blade clattering down and his against my neck bring my surroundings back into focus. I notice a crowd of sailors and our friends, placing bets and yelling.

"Surrender, Annabeth," Percy says. I turn so our faces are close, close enough to feel his heat.

"Percy…" I whisper. I feel the tension loosen in his body; his eyes lose the focused, hard look in them.

"What?"
"Don't loose your focus."
Then I've brought my foot back, kicking his knee so he lets go of me. I duck carefully under his sword and roll across the deck, scooping up my sword as I do. I grin cockily at him as we circle, and he pouts, so I lung, bringing my sword toward his middle. He moves to block, and I switch goals quickly—twisting my sword with his so he drops it. In one smooth move, I swing at his hand reaching for Riptide, level my sword at his neck, and bring his up with my other hand.

"Surrender, darling."
"Never!" He charges, ducking under my swords and hitting my with his shoulder, knocking the breath out of me and hoisting me up on his shoulder. Then he straightens, and I'm hanging over his shoulder.

"PUT ME DOWN!"
"Why? I like this."
"Percy!" I drum on his back with the sword hilts.

"Who is it?"
I narrow my eyes, and slither back a few inches so my behind is level with his face, and wiggle towards him. When he's distracted, I throw my weight to the other side making him lose his grip and drop me. I roll away and come up standing. He scowls at me, his face still red. I giggle slightly, and his eyebrows lift a fraction of an inch.

"Is that how it is? We playing dirty, everything we've got?"
"Oh, yeah. Bring it, Seaweed Brain."
"You're on, Wise Girl."
He charges again, and I sidestep and swing at his back. He ducks, pops up, and steps closer before I've recovered. He's so close…
"I know what you're doing."
"Doesn't mean you'll be able to stop me." He leans in, and I accidently half-close my eyes, and he grabs Riptide away.

Anger shoots through me. He won't beat me today.

I charge with a yell, vaulting off a random barrel and shooting towards him. His face is slightly panicked for a second, then he dodges and pushes me further, into Jason's chest. We roll, and I end up on top, looking at him. I bat my eyelashes.

"Big scary man after me. You help?" I don't get to hear his answer because an arm snakes around my waist and tugs, pulling me back into the circle of men. Percy deposits me in a heap. I groan and roll onto my back.

"Why?"
"No crashing into anyone but me. You, Sparky, are on." Percy points his sword at Jason, who looks over his shoulder like he's talking to someone else.

"Who, me?"
"Oh, yeah, you."
Jason shrugs and draws his sword. "Ok!" He charges. I barely have time to roll out of the way before he clashes with Percy. They spar for a few seconds, then draw back. Percy swings, Jason ducks, I grab Percy's arm and pull him off balance, and Jason kicks him in the chest, sending him flying—right into Piper.

"Oh dear." Jason goes pale.

"JASON! ARE YOU SENDING PEOPLE FLYING INTO ME?"

"Uh…"
Piper draws her sword and joins the fight.

Eventually, the boys have offended their female allies so much we switch teams, girls vs boys. They convince Frank and Leo to join the fight, so we get Hazel and Reyna.

Now, Leo might be a genius, but at swordplay? Not his best quality.

Hazel decides to chase him around, so I charge Percy. He's startled, and I disarm him quickly and drive him back into a group of men.

"Guard him." They obediently hold onto his arms and legs, ignoring his protests. I run back into the fight, where Piper and Jason are fighting and Reyna and Leo are playing I'll-swing-you-scream. Leo does his part beautifully, and Frank and Hazel are sparring at the edge of the boat. I give a sigh and launch myself at Jason. He's pretty good, fighting two at once, but not good enough. We soon knock his sword away and propel him to the edge of the boat. Hazel disarms Frank and sends him into the men. Finally, Leo's the last one. He whimpers and scurries into captivity.

"We wi—" I am about to pronounce our victory, when Percy whirls away from his guards, whips my sword out of my grasp, and stands with his back to the sea.

"Let them go."

I give a smirk, wink at Piper, and hook my legs around Percy's and pull us backwards, into the sea.

I hope you liked! I tried to put some fighting in, but I'm not the best at it. Please review!