A/N: Sup peoples! This chapter is basically going to be traveling to the next destination, but they might take a slight detour. There is going to be some fluff, but it will stay at a K+ rating. On with the show!

Percy and Annabeth's Travels Across America in Their Huge RV-Type-Thing

Chapter Nine

Ever since our kiss outside of the Parthenon, me and Annabeth had become a 'couple'. We didn't have 'pet names', because those are so gross.

Currently, I was sitting on our couch watching Myth Busters. Annabeth was in the kitchen trying to figure out a complex recipe. Now you're probably thinking, 'Percy, why aren't you being a good boyfriend and go help Annabeth in the kitchen?' Well, you weren't the only one wondering that.

"Seaweed Brain, could you get off your lazy butt and come help me in the kitchen?" I looked over at her, and sighed.

"Annabeth, have you ever seen me cook?"

"No." It was true. I normally just handed Annabeth stuff, and dealt with hot things in the oven.

"Then consider yourself lucky." Annabeth grumbled something about boys being harder to understand than the spirit of Delphi. She went back to cooking, and I went back to Myth Busters. I looked out the window and saw a "Welcome to Kentucky!" sign.

"Annabeth, we're in Kentucky!"

"Really? Awesome! We should be in Illinois soon."

"Where in Illinois are we going?" I looked up at Annabeth, who was midway done with cutting a mango. She met my eyes.

"I- I don't really know." She looked confused, but then shrugged.

"I've just got a feeling that we should go to Illinois. Besides, the bus will take us where ever we want to go." I nodded and finished watching the rest of the show. I felt Annabeth sneak up behind me, but before I could do anything, she screamed in my ear: 'COME AND GET IT!"

Okay, I'll admit it. I was so scared that I jumped out the seat. I heard Annabeth laughing hysterically behind me. I jumped over the couch, landed next to Annabeth, and started tickling her like crazy. "Percy-stop-can't-breathe." Annabeth managed to gasp out in between laughs. I stopped, and dodged a slap from Annabeth. We walked over to the kitchen counter, and began to dish up the meat-mango casserole.

Surprisingly, it was good. I looked at my watch. 11:30

We had been traveling since ten o'clock, and we would have left earlier, but I didn't wake up till nine thirty. "Hey, Wise Girl. Wanna play hide-and-go-seek?" I grinned, as Annabeth scraped up the last of Meat Mango Casserole. She nearly chocked on a chunk of meat. At first I was concerned, but then I realized that she was laughing.

She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, and nodded. "Why not?" We cleared our dishes and put the leftovers in the fridge. Annabeth walked up to the front of the bus, and covered her eyes. "1…2…3…"

Oh. It took me a minute to realize what she was doing, but when I did, I bolted to the stairs. I silently ran down stairs, and franticly looked around our 'basement' for a hiding spot. I quickly jumped into a huge bucket of… clothes? I didn't know why we had a bucket of clothes the size of a large trash can, but I managed to dig myself a nice hole.

I heard a: "READY OR NOT! HERE I COME!" From up the stairs, and I finished covering myself up. I had dug a pretty deep hole, and then piled the rest of the clothes on top. I heard Annabeth thumping around upstairs, and soon it died away. Heartbeats passed, and soon the thumping came from the direction of the stairs.

I made my breath shallow and steady, which was pretty hard considering the fact that I had five pounds of clothes on me. "Percy, where are you?" Annabeth whispered, as she dug through stuff. I heard a crash, and a curse come from Annabeth.

I did my best not to laugh, for fear it would give away my hiding spot. Her foot steps approached the clothes bin, and I heard an "Oof!" as Annabeth fell into the bin.

Lucky for me, Annabeth stayed along the edges of the bin, slowly feeling under clothes. I held my breath as she touched my shoulder, and then slowly pressed down. "Gotcha, Percy!" She exclaimed, pulling at my shirt. I laughed and pushed the monument of clothes off of me. When I reached the surface, I took at better look at my hiding place.

"Annabeth, why do we have a bucket the size of a large trash can filled with clothes?"

"Um, I don't, really know…" She said, staring at it, too. She started giggling, and when she saw my confused face, she just shrugged and laughed harder. Soon I was laughing, too.

We played hide and go seek for a couple more hours, and then gathered around the couch for a Harry Potter marathon. We watched it until eleven o'clock that night, and had finished off our rather large bowl of popcorn and a huge bag of popcorn flavored jelly bellies. (Jelly bellies are Annabeth's; Popcorn's mine.)

Annabeth stood up and yawned, stretching out her arms. "I'm going to bed. Good night, Percy." She leaned down and gave me a good night kiss, which I gladly accepted, and then went upstairs.

We had passed the boarder line into Illinois about halfway through the third Harry Potter movie, but neither me nor Annabeth knew where we're going. I looked at my watch. Twenty minutes had passed. I stood up and silently went upstairs. I slipped into my bathroom and brushed my teeth.

I turned out the light before exiting, and silently strode over to my bed. Before climbing in, I slipped off my shirt, and crawled into bed.

Before drifting off into a peaceful sleep, the last thing I heard was Annabeth's gentle breathing.

A/N: Yeah, yeah, I know it's short. It was really boring to write this chapter, that's why it took me so long. But soon it will get exciting, I promise you.

I had originally planned for them to stop off in Metropolis, IL; but seeing as I've never been there, and I had no internet connection when I finished the chapter, I decided to save it for later.

I've decided to just have them go to

A) Places I've been before.

B) Big cities with lots of information.

For those of you that have never been to Nashville, I highly suggest it. I went a few years ago, but since it was hard to get to from my location, I don't know if I'll ever go back.

Farmington, IL is a real place. My best friend moved there a couple years ago, and it's awesome.

I'm working on some new stories, the biggest of them being one called "The Tales of Venus Joell Grace and Austin John Scott." They are characters that I came up with, and I'd appreciate it if you didn't steal my idea. All I'll tell you about them is that they live in a small town in Illinois, and they may or may not be featured in "Percy and Annabeth's Travels Across America in Their Huge RV-Type-Thing."

I have several other stories planned, but this is the next biggest one: "Fairfarren." 10 points to anyone who can guess what Movie/Book/Thing it's about!

I love you guys, happy writing!

LOL Fantasy