Alright sorry about the long delay, I couldn't get this chapter as good as I wanted it. It still isn't perfect, but I was tired of changing little insignificant things and I wanted to get one posted so here you go. Don't own anything. Hope you enjoy.

Annabeth's POV

I woke up to a cool breeze and shivered a little. I didn't open my eyes but I could tell I wasn't in my bed because what I was laying on was much harder than my mattress. I stretched my arms above my head and felt my hand touch sand and grass, alright I'm outside, and noticed that my body was a little sore. Suddenly the previous night's events flashed back through my mind and a smile crept onto my face.

I rolled over and sure enough came in contact with a warm body. I opened my eyes a little as I draped myself part way over Percy, laying my head on his chest, reveling in his warmth against the crisp morning ocean breeze. He let out a content groan, and wrapped an arm around me. "Morning Wise Girl." He said with a hint of pride in his voice as he kissed the top of my head.

"Great morning" I mumbled into his chest, just enjoying our closeness. He gave a slight laugh and we both just laid there in silence.

"Hey Annabeth I need to talk to you about something."

I kept my eyes closed and just let the sun's rays soak into my back and enjoyed the warmth that was beginning to chase the chill out of the morning, waiting for him to continue. Wait a minute, the sun. "Holy Apollo the sun! Percy get up now it's an emergency!" I yelled and he shot straight up.

"What's wrong Annabeth a monster?" he asked looking all around us trying to find the trouble.

"No Percy, the suns out." I said simply thinking that he would draw the connection.

He did not, "Yeah Annabeth the sun comes out in the morning, it's kind of a daily occurrence." He said with a confused face like he was worried something had happened to my brain.

"I know the sun comes out every morning Percy, I'm the smart one remember. It is morning, and what day is it." I asked him a little frustrated.

"It's Friday," he announced proud of himself.

"Yes Seaweed Brain its Friday morning, which means that I'm late." I said a little patronizing.

A sudden look of fear crossed his face, finally he's getting it, "Wait a minute you're late? Holy Hera we did it one time and wouldn't you know it's my luck, you get pregnant."

I face palmed as I blushed and sucked in a shocked breath at his assumption. "No Percy not that kind of late, you can't tell if you're pregnant the day after. I mean I'm late for school." But thank you for giving me something else to stress and worry about for the next couple weeks.

"Oh thank the gods, you scared me." He said as he stood up and began to clean up everything from our picnic. When he was done he put his fingers to his mouth and let out a loud true New Yorker cab whistle. Within minutes Blackjack came cantering out of the sky. He landed in front of us and we took off flying as soon as we had everything situated on his back. As we were flying I noticed that Percy stiffened his back up a little straighter and his face and neck got cherry red. "That's enough man." He finally said startling me a little.

"What are you talking about?" I asked confused because I had been quiet the whole ride.

"Sorry, not you, Blackjack is being a little…well let's just say it's a good thing nobody else at camp speaks horse, because he's got some pretty inappropriate comments about us and last night."

I felt my face light up just as red as his, oh jeez now all the Pegasus and horses at camp are going to talk about me, never thought that would be a concern for me.

We finally landed and started walking back to our apartment, "Annabeth about what I was trying to tell you earlier before we had to rush out of there. I got a call from coach last night, and it turns out the Olympic team wants me to come down to Florida and try out for the team."

I immediately turned to him and gave him a big hug, "Percy that's so great, I'm so proud of you."

"If I make it we will get to spend a month and a half in Athens." He said making me smile even wider.

"Are you serious just me and you alone in Athens for a month and a half?"

He gave a nervous smile and rubbed the back of his neck, oh boy here comes bad news, "Well they give you a week before and a week after to enjoy on your own, but in the middle 4 weeks I'll have to be swimming."

"Yeah I kinda figured if they want you on the swim team, some swimming would be involved." I joked not sure where his nervousness was coming from.

He gave a nervous laugh, "Yeah I guess you would. The thing about the alone thing is they said that I would get to bring along 5 people with me."

"Percy, please tell me you're not thinking of bringing her." I said a little whiney.

"No, of course I wouldn't bring Kristen; I was going to bring you of course, my mom and Paul, and then Thalia and Nico if they wanted to go."

"Well then why are you acting nervous?" I couldn't figure it out and as a daughter of Athena that bothered me.

He took a deep breath, "I'm not bringing Kristen, but the US coach wanted her to go to Miami and tryout as well. I'm sorry, I was going to tell you last night, but other things grabbed my attention. I know you don't trust her but I need you to trust me, I can do this and it will be great for us and our future, nothing is going to happen." He said looking worried for my reply.

I shocked him by kissing him sweetly, "I do trust you Percy, I just need you to tell me if she tries anything again so I can deal with it."

He kissed me again before opening the door to our apartment "I'll let you know, I promise."

As soon as we stepped in I heard chants coming from the couch, "Walk of shame, walk of shame." Nico and Thalia were sitting on the couch drinking coffee with mischievous grins looking at us.

"Well where have you been all night you had us worried sick?" Thals asked in her fake mom stern voice.

"We fell asleep on the beach," I told her defensively which wasn't a total lie.

I ran into my room and jumped into a quick shower and getting dressed in as short a time as possible. When I walked back out to the living room they were all still sitting there watching TV, "Finished washing all the evidence of your wild night off," Thals asked again making me blush, but I distracted her with my own question rather than respond, "Why aren't you at school?"

She just laughed, "Yeah right Annie, if you're not going, I'm not going."

I rolled my eyes as I walked into the kitchen and grabbed a pop tart, "Well FYI I am going, I just stopped here to drop Percy off and change, now come-on lets go before we're even more late." We kissed our boyfriends and walked out to my car.

We drove for a little bit before I started talking, "So I saw Nico kissed you in there in front of us, things must have gone pretty good last night. What was he doing at our house this early anyway?"

She blushed a little, "I called him because you never came home and I was trying to see if he'd heard anything from Percy. Last night was great though, it was absolutely perfect. It must have been pretty good for you too staying out all night." She said it in a joking manner, but must have seen the huge blush on my cheeks after she had said that. "Oh gods Annie, you really did it. You and Kelp Head, ugh that's my cousin." She said shuddering a little. "I know I'm going to regret this, but how was it? Do you regret it? Did he force you too? I'll kill him if he did just say the word."

I was blushing beat red, but the last part made me give a laugh, "He didn't force me to do anything, if he did I'd of killed him myself. It was my idea actually, and it was amazing Thals." She made a gagging motion at my dreamy expression. "Oh cut it out, it's perfectly natural, you're worse than Blackjack." I tried to argue but she just started laughing really hard.

"The horse knows and was making fun of you, oh that's so rich." She kept laughing, what a great friend. When she finally stopped laughing I changed the subject and had her tell me about her night. She gave me the entire play-by-play breaking down every aspect, who knew Thalia had such a girly side. By the time she was done we were pulling into the school parking lot. "Perfect," she said looking at the clock and rubbing her hands together, "just in time for my favorite period, lunch." And there goes the girly side.

I just shook my head and walked into the school with her. We walked into the cafeteria and after buying lunch we sat down at the table with all of our friends. It just so happened that there was only one seat left when I sat down and it was right next to Kristen, great just what I wanted first thing in the morning. Thalia was sitting across from me and she gave me an apologetic look.

I didn't want to fight this morning; I was still in too good of a mood, so I just picked at my pizza and kept my head looking down after greeting everyone. I was minding my own business thinking about last night, and I must have had a goofy grin on my face because Jane brought it up. "Somebody's happy, what did you do to get you smiling so much."

I hadn't realized I was smiling so I blushed a little. Thalia was trying, and failing, to hold in laughter so I sent her a death glare and she stopped. "Yeah, it was date night last night." I said still smiling.

Lauren gave an "Aww, Percy is so sweet where did he take you?"

Elysium, Annabeth stop it, "We went for a picnic at a secret place." I said mysteriously causing all the girls to laugh. "No, it was really nice, and the view was amazing." This earned a couple awws.

"I thought Percy was with you last night Kristen, didn't he pick you up from practice?" Austin asked. Oh boy here we go.

"Uh, we just went out for coffee." Kristen said blushing a little. Oh I'll show you just coffee, bitch has the audacity to blush too. I reached down and picked up my plastic knife, this'll have to do. Unfortunately Thals saw where my thoughts were going and kicked me in the shin under the table. When I looked up she was shaking her head ever so slightly so I covered up my actions by cutting my pizza. You're lucky this time.

The rest of lunch went by in a sort of calm before the storm quiet with only small chit chat to break up the tension that was becoming ever clearer by the second. I kept my head down for the rest of the day and before I knew it I was sitting next to Thalia in Greek Mythology class.

Ms. Payne was an interesting teacher, and she got so into her teaching that I had a feeling she was a demigod, but I hadn't had the guts to ask her yet in case she wasn't. I didn't want to end up in the loony bin surrounded by 4 foam walls.

Today we were talking about the gods and there symbols of power. "So," Ms. Payne started, "who can tell me the greatest symbol of power of all the gods."

So many choices who has the greatest symbol of power, I hate to go against my mother but a loom and her shield aren't really the greatest. Poseidon's trident is pretty amazing, and you can't forget Zeus's master bolt. Thals interrupted my thoughts by shouting out, "Zeus's master bolt by far is the greatest, nobody can withstand a giant electric shock. You have to have the most power to stay king." She emphasized her point by giving me a little shock under the table causing me to jump slightly and give her a glare.

Kristen's voice was the next I heard, "I think it is Poseidon's trident, with it he controls all of the oceans, 70% of the earth's surface is water." Damn no wonder Percy and her are friends, they think exactly alike.

"70% of the surface may be water, but 100% of the surface has air and sky above it." Thalia shot back.

"The helm of darkness is pretty awesome." Somebody yelled.

"No way Apollo's lyre is the ultimate source of music, it is the best." He is best kept quiet sometimes.

"Lady Artemis's silver arrows scared a lot of monsters back in the day." It scares quite a few monsters these days too.

"What about you Ms. Chase? You seem to be deep in thought." Ms. Payne asked causing a few people to chuckle. "What is the greatest power of the gods?"

"Their children" I don't know where it came from but I blurted it out causing more laughter from the class.

"Now, now settle down class. Let her explain her point." Thank you, now what was my point?

"Well," I started and paused for a minute, great start Annabeth just what a daughter of Athena should do draw a blank when asked to explain something, shut up. I cleared my throat, "Okay, so even though all of the gods' official symbols of power were great and amazing in their own way, they don't solve all of their problems. In all of the old stories," I avoided saying myths, "the god's would call upon their children, the demigods, to go on quests and solve their problems. That is why the demigods are the greatest power of the gods." I finished.

"A very good point Ms. Chase, I have to agree with you that demigods are a key part of Greek Mythology." She said winking at me. Did she wink because she's a demigod or because she liked my answer? "Now since we only have a few more minutes let's discuss what we will be doing next week. We will be starting a project where you pick a god and or goddess and describe why they are the greatest of the gods. Your assignment for the weekend is to pick a god or goddess and give me a brief 1 to 2 paragraph explanation as to why you chose them. Since I'm in a generous mood, if you feel like it you may work in groups of 2 to 3." My mind was going a million miles a minute trying to decide how to fit all the greatest things about Athena into 2 paragraphs. I would love to work with Percy but there is no way he would pick Athena over Poseidon. The bell rang signaling we could go to home room. "Before I forget would somebody be so kind as to tell Mr. Jackson of the assignment, just because he isn't in class does not mean that he is exempt from this assignment."

We were almost at the door and I was turning around to say that I would let him know when Kristen spoke first, "I'll tell him Ms. Payne, he's on the swim team so I bet he'll want to do his on Poseidon as well, we can be partners." Over my dead body you'll be partners. I've had enough of this, but I kept quiet until we were down the hall and around the corner.

"You don't have to trouble yourself Kristen; I'll let Percy no about it when I get home." I said trying to get across that she should back off.

"No it's fine Annie, he will want to do his project on Poseidon I would think since he's a swimmer. Who are you doing yours on somebody dumb like Athena; she's a nerd just like you." Strike 1 she insulted my mother. "Besides I was going to stop by his apartment and see if he wanted to swim some laps to warm up for Monday, and our tryout on Tuesday in Miami."

"Oh I'll see you later then, and don't call me Annie" I said in a fake happy voice but making the ending icy so she knew I was serious.

"What do you mean?" she asked clearly confused.

"You said you were going to stop by his apartment, and since he moved in with me that would make his apartment my apartment." Now is when you back off.

We were outside homeroom now but we didn't walk in yet. "Oh I didn't realize you'd turned into such a slut, and to think he moved in with you when he was off kissing me." Strike 2 she called me a slut.

I grabbed her by the front of her shirt and pushed her up against the lockers getting right in her face, "Let me make a couple of things real clear for you, and I'll talk slow so you don't get confused. First off he didn't kiss you, you kissed him. Second he is mine, his lips are mine, and if I ever find out that you kissed him again, I will end you, can you guess why? Cause he is MINE. Lastly, what me and my boyfriend do in our own time is our business, so if you call me a slut again it's over for you." She seemed a little shaken up and I could feel my anger coursing through my body.

Thalia grabbed me by the shoulder and started to pull me away whispering in my ear "She is just a mortal she isn't worth it."

"I guess we'll see whose he is when me and him are sharing a room in Miami. Long walks on the beach with me might get him to forget all about you and end up snuggled next to me." Strike three threatening to take Percy away from me. 3 strikes you're out.

Thalia felt me go still at these words and released my shoulder, "Just don't actually kill her Annie," she said to me before turning to Kristen and saying so she could here "I tried to help, but you're on your own now bitch."

I was back and had her against the lockers again in the blink of an eye. I wound my fist back and punched her right in the eye; she was for sure going to have a black eye for a couple of days. Unfortunately in my haste I hadn't punched with my normal well trained form, and I felt my 2 outside fingers break. I was so mad though I didn't care I pulled my arm back to throw another punch when I heard Paul's voice.

"Is there a problem here ladies?" he asked giving me a look, in school he wasn't Paul he was Mr. Blofis.

"No sir," I answered him in an even voice, "we were just having a little chat."

"Well you all missed home room, since it's a first offence you won't receive a detention, but know that this is your warning. You're free to go now." He added the last part since we were just standing there looking at him.

I gave her a little shove back against the lockers once he walked back inside, "Remember he is mine, and if you touch him, I will kill you." I said slowly before walking away with Thalia in tow.

Like I said in the beginning not the greatest chapter in the world, but it did its purpose. From your reviews, I can tell some of you will be happy about Annabeth punching Kristen, while some of you will wish she would have done more. I wanted her to be in school on Monday for the swim meet so I figured that she couldn't just beat the shit out of Kristen and have that, it wouldn't make since.

I was a little disappointed by only getting 4 reviews on the last chapter. I had a couple people asking for longer chapters and when I finally do I get fewer reviews than normal. Not that it matters, I'm going to write this story with or without reviews, I just like to know what people think and to get their opinions and suggestions on future chapters.

Anyway enough of my complaining, next chapter is going to be some 1 on 1 time between Percy and Athena, Fun Fun Fun. Let me know if you have any ideas, I have my main ideas down but any suggestions would be appreciated and taken into consideration. I'd like to say that I will post the next chapter on Thursday but I'm not going to get your hopes up, so it will for sure be up by Tuesday at the latest.

Thanks again for reading.