Heyloo guys! Since almost everyone of you reviewed "please update soon!", it only took me 28 hours (i think). Anyway, thankyou all for reading this story! But first, an answer for a guest... ( remember, if you have any questions about the story, I'll answer them in my ANs ;) )

Answer for LeoValdezLover: well, of course HOO characters will be in this story! Don't worry, some will probably be here in this chapter. And if you wanna know my name, just go to my bio! :)

ON WITH ZE STOWY

Chapter 15

Annabeth climbed the rope ladder as quickly as she could without falling off it, occasionally swaying from the force of the blowing wind. Less than half a minute later, she finally reached the huge branch the rope was anchored to. She hauled herself up and stood on the branch. After a few seconds of catching her breath, she looked up to see a figure sitting at the edge of that branch, one leg hanging off it as the other one was pulled up to his chest. Annabeth simply stood there, as if in shock, not believing her own eyes.

"You know," His voice filled Annabeth's ears. "It's been a pretty long time since I've seen this view." His sea green eyes gazed at the horizon with a look of sentiment. Annabeth felt her heart hammer in her chest when she saw how the shining- almost golden- light of the sun illuminated his features. His wild, dark hair swayed in the wind, green eyes sparkling in the light, and his ever annoying grin plastered on is face. He caught her staring and smirked. "Like what you see, Wise Girl?" He teased. Annabeth regained her senses and crossed her arms across her chest, glaring at him with those steely grey eyes that seemed to stare into your very soul. "So you like seeing my fist up close, Seaweed Brain?" She retorted in that not-at-all-princessy-and-ellegant way of hers.

Surprisingly, he laughed. That joyful, boyish laughter rang in Annabeth's ears, melting all the rage, sadness, and annoyance in her heart. For the first time in years, everything seemed to lift off her chest at the sound of her best friend's laughter. She couldn't help but let out a small chuckle herself, leaving a small smile etched onto her face. She closed her eyes and sighed. "I missed you, Percy..." She breathed.

Slowly, Percy stood up from his position on the branch, green eyes fixed on Annabeth. He walked closer and closer until they were only inches away from each other. Annabeth had noticed how tall he'd grown, easily three inches taller than her. She stared into his sea green eyes as he stared back, catching every bit of blue and silver in those grey orbs which he found so intimidating yet mesmerizingly beautiful.

"I missed you too." He said, barely over a whisper. He engulfed her into a hug, holding her close as if never wanting to let her go, with Annabeth doing the same. She couldn't hold it in anymore, letting the tears she'd been holding in for so long escape out of her eyes. Percy didn't seem to mind at all, in fact, he seemed glad. Then again, why wouldn't he be? Why wouldn't both of them be?

"See," Percy muttered softly into her golden locks. "I told you I would keep my promise."

Annabeth sniffled, grinning a bit. "I knew you would."

"Did you keep your promise?"

Annabeth stayed silent for a few seconds. "Well...sort of. Unless fake smiles count... then um, sorry." She squeaked.

Percy let out a small chuckle. "That's alright. As long as you keep your other promise."

Annabeth pulled away slightly, regardless of her tear-stained face and red rimmed eyes. She could always be herself around him. "What other promise?" She asked.

"You said we'd be friends forever, right?" Percy held out his pinky at her.

"Yeah. And you promised too." Annabeth wrapped her pinky around his, leaving their fingers intertwined between them.

After what seemed like hours of staring at Annabeth, Percy coughed slightly, looking away. And she swore she saw him blush. Annabeth raised a questioning eyebrow which Percy disregarded. "Well, maybe we should get down now...?"

"No." Annabeth said,taking a seat in the small curved depression in the branch. "How 'bout we just relax here for a while?"

Percy grinned sitting down next to her. "And," Annabeth said, looking him square in the eye. " You have a ton of explaining to do, Mister Knight."

"Yeah- um... about that,"

Hahaha yeah, okay, sorry for the shortest chapter ever, but I was watching a show and I wanna eat pizza and my fave TV show just popped into the screen out of nowhere...

Let's see if we can fit two chapters in one night... *quickly publishes this part so that I can write chapter 16*

~Apollo's Pirate DAughter