I am updating all of my stories this weekend! This chapter might suck though. You know when you write and your heart isn't in the story anymore? That's the way I'm feeling now about this story.

I do not own PJO or anything else I did not makeup.

Annabeth's POV

I was just walking to the pit when Luke showed up next to me.

He was sweet, thinking I needed help. But i wasn't in the mood so I didn't show it. I wasn't the same girl who ran away when I was seven. I was stronger now. With my anger at Percy, I was like a ravinous beast.

"You okay?" Luke asked. "You seem tense."

"I'm fine," i said. I walked faster and he followed.

"You sure?"

I glared at him and he slowed down a bit and came back.

"Is it about Percy?"

I stopped. I looked down and saw little droplets fall. I realized they were my tears. I looked back to see if any of them were looking at us. They weren't and I started crying more. Luke held me in his arms and I cried into his shirt. The same way I did to Percy.

"It's okay," Luke said as he stroked my hair.

"No *hiccup* it's not," I hiccuped. "Percy *hiccup* is in love *hiccup* with some other girl."

He put his hands on my shoulders and looked me in the eyes. "I can't do this."

"What?"

"You're obviously in love with Percy and I can't do this to you, I'm sorry," he said as he hugged me again. "I'm going to help you Annie. Even if it means I have to do something stupid."

"What *hiccup* are you gonna- mmmmphh"

He kissed me. I imagine it was pretty gross on his side because tears were still trickling down my cheeks and hiccups were everywhere.

He pushed my face away and I said, "What the Hades?"

"Just play along," Luke said holding my hand and we walked to the pit. Then he told me what he was going to do. The whole making me love him idea. I slapped him and he said he was sorry. I forgave him because I would probably do the same thing, only with Percy though.

"So who's the girl Percy 'loves'," he made quotes in the air when he said love.

"Calypso."

"Lucky bastard," Luke said. He looked at me and quickly caught himself. "I mean that son of a bitch. Calypso is a whore and a- um- is some lousy island girl that could never match up to you."

"thanks Luke, but I'm not so sure," I said looking back. Percy was in an intense conversation with Grover and Nico. Thalia looked bored with her hands behind her head and smiled at me.

We were finally at the edge of Tartarus and I threw a rock in. No sound of it landing.

"So where are the monsters?" Percy said.

With his luck, ten dracnae appeared from the smoke emanating from the hole. Percy drew his sword and cut through them lightning fast. He looked over to me and I just turned my attention to more of the smoke. They seemed like the essences of the monsters.

They touched the surface of the ground and became various monsters. Luke disappeared because he was a ghost and he wasn't allowed to interfere with monsters, ancient laws. Grover started playing his reeds, Nico took out his blade, I got my knife, and Thalia loaded her bow.

We were fighting monsters just like in the war. Only, there were only five of us and no backup. I cut through two telekhines and Percy appeared by my side. He sliced the heads off of five snake women and smirked.

"That's 83 for me," he said. "I've killed more than you."

"You must've done your math wrong because I counted 118 that I've killed," I said and stabbed a cyclops in the eye that was very close to Percy.

"We'll see about that," he went off to fight more.

By the time we were done, we were all sweaty and breathing heavily. I sat next to Percy who looked fine. He was still ready to fight more monsters. He helped me up and didn't let go of my hands. He just kept them there, even when we walked back to Hades. I was dragging him and he just smiled.

I finally asked, "So how's Calypso?"

That took that stupid grin off his face. I missed it now.

He was about to answer when Nico cut in. "Hey guys! Annabeth I need to talk to you," Nico tore our hands apart and started to talk to me.

"Annabeth, Percy-"

Thalia tackled him. She stood up and wiped the dirt off her clothes.

"Don't listen to him, Annabeth we need to talk."

This chapter sucks so much to me. I need some suggestions.

I have the ending planned out but the social problems, I'm drawing a blank; And I'm writing "Let's see where this goes." Which is full of problems arising.

I can come up with tons of things for that but not for this. I'll try and update tomorrow or the weekend.