Annabeth passed out on the way back to her dorm. We couldn't use the front door by any means, and I had a hell of a time getting her through her dorm window, but I managed, then I snuck inside too. I gently laid her down on her bed, thank the gods her roommates were out that night, and I stripped off her bloody clothing. Okay, so I was a little awkward undressing her while she was unconscious, but if one of her professors seen her soaked in her own blood she couldn't exactly put it down to a nose bleed. I put a pillow under her head, a blanket over her, sat down on the edge of her bed and put my head in my hands. She had almost died. She had almost bled to death, in my arms. My entire life, all the times I faced down Cyclopes and hell hounds and Titans, I had never been as scared as I was in those moments when Annabeth was dying in my arms.

I don't know exactly how long I sat there like that, but it must have been around three in the morning when Annabeth suddenly woke up with a scream beside me.

"What? What was it?"

"I.. I just had a dream, I'm alright though."

"Annabeth, were Demigods, dreams are never just dreams."

"I know, I know Percy, I'll tell you later okay? I promise.. for now, just come hold me alright...?"

I didn't hesitate to crawl into the bed beside her and wrap her up in my arms, holding her in tight to me, it was just so good to have her alive, I couldn't get enough of her. "How're you feeling?" I asked.

"Good, actually, whatever Apollo did... It w=really helped.

"That would be the second time he's healed you I guess."

"Yeah, last summer with my broken arm... Hey, uhm, Percy?"

"Yeah?"

"Thank you... you saved my life tonight."

I smiled a little. "That's what I'm here for."

"And Percy?"

"Yes?"

"I remember this... Well... my memory is pretty fuzzy from when I was uh, dying, but, I think I remember you saying these three words..."

Oh Gods, I thought, here it comes, I screwed everything up. But when I looked at her, she was smiling pleasantly, holding me close to her, and I don't know where I got the courage from, but I looked at her and said; "Annabeth, I love you."

Her smile widened and I thought maybe- I might have saw a tear run down her cheek.

"Percy?"

"Yeah?"

"I love you too."

I kissed her then, and it started out as just a soft, tender, and loving kiss. But something happened, all the anxiety, all the fear, everything a felt earlier rose to the surface, and I kissed her a little more aggressively. I rolled up on top of her and are kissing intensified even more, so I started grinding on her, indulging in the little sounds she made when I started kissing her neck. All of the sudden it started getting more and more intense and the next thing I knew her hands were fumbling with my belt. I stopped her. "Annabeth?"

"Percy-"

"Are you sure?"

"I- Yes. I' sure, because you love me.

I smiled and too her hands off my belt, "Then you first." And I went down on her. my heart was pounding rapidly, we hadn't really done anything before, well, there had been this one time, when we just started dating that the other campers had thrown us into the canoe lake as a a joke. We spent hours done there in a little air bubble on the bottom, kissing playfully, and it was just starting to get intense, I had just taken her shirt off and I was sure we were going to go all the way, when the other damn campers apparently had gotten 'worried' about us and dove into the lake to make sure we were okay. Since then, they hadn't really had a chance. Now, As I pulled of her pants and panties I was determined to make it happen. I started by kissing her belly, working my down to her inner thighs, kissing all the exposed skin I came across as I made my way up to the spot she wanted me. I kissed it gently at first, but I wasn't getting the effect from her I wanted so I put in a little more pressure and a little more toung until I had her moaning softly. I wasn't quite sure what to do, but for the most part I just let my instincts guide me as I pushed my toung deeper into her. "ohh... Percy..." I smiled a little, I was starting to get the reaction I wanted. I stopped giving her head just long enough to slip a finger side, working it back and forth vigorously until I could fit a second, and somehow I managed a third. I worked it faster and faster, rubbing her clit while I did so. Her moans started turning into shouts. "Ohh! Percy! Yes! Mm! Mm! Mm! Oh Gods honey, don't stop, please don't stop!" But I did stop, just long enough for me to get my mouth back on it and start working her harder, putting my toung all the way in, my fingers were still on her clit while my free hand caressed her legs. Her Screams were louder now, and no longer in words either. She grinded her hips into my mouth, arching her back. I knew she was close. Damn close. So I didn't stop. "Percy! Bay- Baby yes! don't stop honey!" She came suddenly pouring everything she had into a powerful orgasm. Satisfied, I went back up and lay beside her, giving her one long and tender kiss.

She however, didn't lay next to me long, as she quickly went down on me and had my pants off in a second. Annabeth gripped my shaft firmly and started working it, my eyes rolled back and I moaned softly. But she was just getting started, she teasingly ran her toung around and around my head, making me fell almost dizzy with pleasure. Completely without warning, Annabeth kissed my tip once quickly and then damn nears put the whole thing into her mouth. I hadn't been expecting it, and I instantly reflexed, giving my hips a short quick jolt upward. I know I accidentally hit her throat, but somehow she stayed on me. She started going up and down then sucking on it hard, and my moans got a little louder as she got me closer and closer to a climax. I know I only lasted two or three minutes, but the power of my Orgasm was intense enough it definitely made up for, Annabeth kept her mouth on me for a while, as I started to get soft. She pulled her lips off and swallowed then come to lay with me. Kissing her, I tasted myself a bit, and it was kind of weird, but in the end I didn't mind.

I lay beside her a few minutes, watching her chest rise and fall as she fought to catch her breath.

"Percy?"

"Yeah?"

"Uhm... I think we should go all the way tonight."

"Are you sure Annabeth?"

"You love me right?"

"Of course."

"There's your answer."

I got up and scrounged around the room, and finally, finding my pants, dug out my wallet and found the condoms it contained. I hadn't gone out that night with intentions to be with her this way, but you never know, and I certainly would be kicking myself forever if I hadn't brought them that night. I rolled one out, and inhaled sharply as she slid it on to me, I was starting to get hard again. I straddled her, plunging my toung into her mouth and kissing her passionately for a long time before suddenly realizing her shirt was still on. I damn nears ripped it off her, along with her bra, and she took my shirt off the same way. I resumed kissing her, and started rubbing her clit, relaxing her inner muscles as i began inserting myself. Slowly at first, until I was about halfway in, then shoving myself into her all the way. She let out a short moan and her body shuddered with the effort, but I held it there for a long time until she nodded that she was ready. I started working her slowly, getting her used to it, but she apparently didn't want me to work her slowly because she said; "Percy... Oh Gods, do me harder baby, and faster, ohhhh..." I obliged, and started pumping her harder, loving the way her cries of ecstasy rose. I caressed her sides with my hands kissed her neck all over as she cried out louder and louder, and after a while of this I could feel myself nearing another climax, one even more powerful than before. I kept pumping her, kissing her, loving her and it all came together in a rhythm. I was suddenly there, my movements became jerky and I broke rhythm, and Annabeth moaned in my ear; "Do it Percy, Oh Gods Percy, do it in me now." I slammed into her one more time and came with ground breaking force.

I rolled off Annabeth and we both lay there a while, panting and sweating. Annabeth looked over at me and said; "Now that, Percy Jackson, Gets the blood pumping." I didn't know if it would be as good with someone I didn't love so much, and personally I didn't want to find. This girl was all I would ever need in life, I knew that. That's how I knew I loved her.