Alright so I know I'm a bastard and 5 months of no word is ridiculous and all I can say is I'm sorry. I got caught up with classes and work and decided if something was going to have to suffer it was going to have to be this. Also with all the stuff going around about SOPA I wanted to wait a little bit to let that blow over some before posting.

Now that, that is out of the way. Thank you to everyone who reviewed and everyone who stuck with me through the delay. I still don't own anything. I hope you enjoy.

Annabeth's POV

It felt like I had just fallen asleep in my bed, when I felt the warm arms wrap around me and pull me into a hard chest. I glanced at the clock and saw it was 11:45 as I gave a content groan and snuggled back closer into his chest. "How'd it go?" I asked sleepily as he put the hair back behind my ear and kissed me on the cheek making me smile and turn my head to give him a proper kiss.

I could feel the smile grow on his lips as he kissed me, "It went better than I thought, I now officially have Athena's blessing to marry her favorite daughter, because I have the heart, soul, mind, and body of a hero." He answered giving me another kiss.

I gave a little chuckle, "What are you talking about? What did she even have you do?"

He had laid his head back down and I could hear his breaths becoming more rhythmic. "Shh, it's late Annabeth; I'll tell you everything in the morning."

That brought up another thought to my head, "It is late, very late. Were you with my mom this whole time?"

"No I jogged home, so that ate up some of the time." He answered half asleep.

"Percy that's like 11 miles." I answered shocked that he would run that far.

"Yeah, it's further than it seems like it is when you drive it, but I had too much built up energy and excitement to sit in a cab. That's why I'm so late though, and so tired."

"I'm sure my mom's tests had nothing to do with you being tired." I joked back.

"Surprisingly enough they weren't physically tiring at all, just mentally and emotionally. Tomorrow though babe, I'll tell it all to you tomorrow." He pulled me a little closer to him, and within a few seconds I heard his steady breathing and he gave a light snore indicating he'd fallen asleep. I didn't wake him as I felt he deserved a good night sleep. After all, he did tell me that everything he went through today was for me. So I just laid my head back down and let Percy's steady breathing lull me into sleep.

When I finally woke up it was around noon, which is weird for me, I never sleep in that late. The sun normally comes through my window and wakes me up way sooner, but today there was no sun and I could hear the steady pounding of rain on the roof. The bed was cool and empty so Percy was already up; he's never up before me. The dreary weather, plus my late night waiting and worrying about Percy must've really worn me out.

I pulled on a pair of comfy sweats and one of my prized too big Percy shirts and padded out into the living room. I found Percy lying on the couch covered in a blanket watching cartoons. "Lazy day?" I asked to get his attention, and he turned and smiled at me while nodding his head. He lifted up the blanket gesturing for me to slide in and I smiled and held up a finger to wait while I ran into the kitchen. "Where is Thals?" I yelled into him as I grabbed a bagel and spread cream cheese on it.

"She and Nico are hanging out somewhere. He just told her he was planning on going to Miami for 3 days with me and she wanted to get some time in with him before they go." He answered as I slid under the blanket next to him. He must've been out here for a while, because it was warm and cozy under the blanket. I snuggled up next to him and offered him half of the bagel. He took it with a thank you and we ate and watched some cartoons in comfortable silence.

Eventually I turned and focused on him instead of the TV. "Are you ready to tell me now, or do I have to wait until later?" I asked with a smile.

He gave a small chuckle, and kissed me on the lips. "What do you want to know?"

"I want to know everything that happened." I answered, he should know that.

"Of course you do." He laughed, "Alright, well when I first got there my dad and Aphrodite were there to wish me luck, as well as your mom, of course, and Hera." I gave a slight grumble at her name causing him to laugh again. "She just said that as she was the goddess of marriage it is her duty to hear all of the gods and goddesses give their blessings to people. They all flashed out there and left just me and your mom. Which was awkward because she just stared at me in silence for a little bit studying me." He shuddered a little thinking back, so I found his hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze. This drew a smile and seemed to get him out of his thoughts. "Anyway, she finally said that the person who was to marry her favorite daughter," he gave me a wink, "had to be a true hero in heart, mind, body, and soul."

"She didn't say I was her favorite daughter." I argued back.

"Yes she did, and why wouldn't you be? Look at everything you've done." He said with pride in his voice. I blushed a little at his words and without me meaning to, a proud smile formed on my face knowing I had earned my mother's favor. "At least you're not letting it go to your head though." He teased.

I stuck my tongue out at him, "Not all of us have been aware of how our moms feel about us our whole lives." I retorted unsuccessfully trying to keep the pain and doubt from seeping into my voice. It was his turn to give my hand a squeeze. "So what happened next?" I ask trying for a change of subject.

"Well there were 4 tests like she said soul, body, mind, and heart. The first up was soul. She led me into a room full of pots all with pictures of Hercules and his 12 labors."

I gasped, "You did the 12 labors in one day?" I asked shocked.

He gave me a laugh, "No way that would be impossible. Athena asked me if I knew what the 12 labors were. Then she went through each one and argued with me that I had completed all of them already."

I thought back to all of our quests. "You have done all of them, well except for the amazon queens belt."

He was already shaking his head no; he just can't accept how extraordinary he is. "She said that Thals is tougher than the Amazon queen so when I stole her crown that counted, but all the other ones I was part of a team that did them. Most of them you did and I was just there to help."

"You might be picking the worst two people in the world to argue this with, first you argued it against the goddess of wisdom, and now against her favorite daughter and your fiancé." He smiled as I added the last part.

"Well I hate to disappoint you Mrs. Jackson," He said and I blushed while thinking that I'd have to get used to that sooner or later, "but you are wrong." I frowned a little at that, hearing I was wrong left a bad taste in my mouth. Before I could protest he kept going, "Gods do you know how long I've been waiting to say that, You are wrong Annabeth." He said laughing at my death glare. "Your mom said that because I argued that other people helped and it wasn't only me that I had the soul of a true hero. She said that a true hero is humble yet brave enough to still do what needs to be done."

"Fine, but I still don't see how I was wrong; you did pick the worst two people to argue with Seaweed Brain. How did she test your hero's body?"

He really started to laugh hard now. When he could finally talk again he said, "You'll never believe this one. She told me that since I was going to have to protect you and put yourself above me, that I had to tell you where my Achilles' spot is. It was great she was so shocked when I laughed and told her that I'd told you ages ago." I laughed with him on this; it still amazed me though, every time I thought about how much trust he put in me even before we were even together. "I never thought that I'd be able to shock her with anything enough for it to cause it to show on her face."

"Now whose head is getting big?"

He huffed, "Well if you're just going to make fun of me, maybe I'll just keep the rest of the story to myself."

I gave him my pouty face, "Please will you keep telling me, I want to know about your mind and your heart."

"Fine but it's going to cost you." He said while pointing at his lips.

I willingly obliged and gave him a nice kiss. I pulled back "So what about your heart?"

"Nope its mind first, she asked what my 3 favorite things about you are, to prove my devotion to you. However, if I tell you my 3 favorite things I want to know yours about me." He said smiling deviously.

"Fine but you first." I said, gods how do I breakdown everything I love about him into 3 things. He thought about it for a minute, "What are you thinking about Percy I thought you already said them to my mom?"

"I did I was just thinking of what order they go in. Alright I go first but we alternate." I nodded okay. "I am very fond of your nose, the way it scrunches up when you think really hard or get frustrated, and the freckles that run across it just add to your face the perfect touch to make you look so beautiful." I gave him a sweet kiss.

I thought for a minute, "Your loyalty is one of mine. I know we talk about how it's your fatal flaw, but you are the one person I never have to worry about. No matter what you are doing I know that it is not going to be against me." He leaned down and captured my lips in a quick but loving kiss before pulling back just enough to stare into my eyes.

"Your eyes are my second thing; they are one of a kind. They are so beautiful no matter what shade they happen to be in. Through them I can tell everything that you are thinking and see everything I want in my life."

I could feel the tears threatening to spill now but I kept them in. "I was going to say your eyes as my next one. They are so easy to read, but they are always changing like the ocean. I was going to say your smell, because it calms me and makes me think of the ocean, but it is your eyes that really capture it." My words were getting caught in my throat at the end as I held back the water works, so I kept going, knowing that I wouldn't be able to go after him again without crying. "The last of my 3 would be your heart. You are so compassionate and always want to help everybody. You always do the right thing. You have the greatest heart in the world Percy, and the way that you love me unconditionally is something I'm not accustomed to and I love you so much for that." I couldn't hold it anymore as I felt a couple tears roll done my cheek.

He wiped them off my cheek with a gentle hand and gave me a sweet longing kiss. "This is my third favorite thing right here, the fact that you cry." I frowned at this in confusion, and he gave a little laugh. "Your mom frowned at that too. I hate when you cry Annabeth, of course I never want to see you hurt or sad, but I love that you will cry in front of me and open up to me like you won't do for anyone else. It lets me see a part of you nobody else gets to and I love you for letting me see every part of you. I love you and want to know everything there is to know about you."

More happy tears were rolling down my face as I attacked his lips. This kiss wasn't short and sweet like the others. This one contained all the love and desire that I had for him. It was a couple of minutes before I pulled back and just lay my head on his chest catching my breath. "Thank you Percy, that is the greatest thing you could've ever said to me, I love you so much."

He kissed the top of my head, "Now you're starting to sound like Aphrodite. She popped back into the throne room for that task and said that nothing in the world would stop her from hearing what I had to say. After I told them she said it was the most romantic thing she'd ever heard and if it didn't work out I could marry any of her daughters. But don't worry I told her I was a one woman guy and I had already picked the best one possible."

"Well if your heart is mine, then how did you prove that I own a heroes heart?" I asked trying to get my tears of joy under control.

I could feel him tense a little, "This is the part that you guessed. Your mom knew my loyalty was my weakness and she made me go against it. For my heart to truly be yours she made me tell everyone who has shown love to me by kissing me that my heart was yours and yours alone."

"So you had to go tell Kristen to back off, that's a little redundant considering you just talked to her about that a couple days ago. That should've been quick, why did you get home so late?" he gave me a guilty half smile and it hit me. "She isn't the only girl who has kissed you is she?" my voice started to rise in anger and I sat up to glare at him, and then it got quieter as I let all the iciness into it, "How many girls have you kissed Perseus?"

"Well you're the only girl that I've ever kissed Wise Girl." He said trying to soften me up, but I kept my glare. He gulped and continued, "Well four girls have kissed me though, you were first of course." He added seeing the fire start to build in my eyes. "Um then you know about Kristen, and I guess I never got around to telling you that Rachel and Calypso kissed me."

"Did you kiss Rachel before or after Mt. St. Helens?" I asked trying not to murder him.

"It was after, it was right before Beckendorf." He trailed off letting that hang.

I felt a little bad, he was one of Percy's close friends but I was too preoccupied with my hurt at feeling betrayed to let that soften me up. "Don't you try to play that card on me to make me feel sorry for you. You're telling me that you kissed both of those girls after you already knew how I felt about you."

"What are you talking about you never told me how you felt about me?" he answered confusedly.

"I kissed you, how else would you like me to spell it out for you?" I asked exasperated.

"Well yeah but then you avoided me for the next couple months so how was I supposed to know what you were feeling?"

He did have a point there. I took a couple deep breaths calming myself, fine I'll be a bigger person. "It's fine cause we are going out now, and you kissed them before we were going out." He choked a little and started rubbing the back of his neck. "Oh you've got to be kidding me."

"Um well you know that Kristen kissed me after we were together, and well Calypso kinda kissed me last night."

"She kissed you last night! Do you just walk around when I'm not there with a sign that says 'Hey I'm a great kisser, Do you want to try?'"

"No it wasn't like that, she thought that I had come back to the island to stay with her, but I made it clear that we were getting married and there was nothing but friendship between us nothing more. Besides it was Rachel that was in the lingerie."

I face palmed and laughed a little despite the situation, "Did you really just try to downplay a girl kissing you to your girlfriend, by telling her that you saw a different girl in lingerie."

He just smiled a little, and just like that he broke the tension. "She says hi, by the way. Also she said congratulations on the engagement, and not to make her find out about Percy Jr. in a dream."

I laughed at that even though I should've probably been blushing, "Oh Gods, can you imagine 2 of you running around."

"It would be better than a brainiac toddler who can outsmart me." He said making me laugh, "Am I forgiven then?" he asked opening his arms for me to lie back into.

"Are you done with them then?" I asked.

"Well Rachel wants an invite to the wedding and said she was going to come to Athens to watch me compete, Kristen is on the swim team so we will see her around school, and Calypso's curse is broken and she said she would like to meet you someday. So we aren't really done with them, but they won't be coming between us if that's what you mean." He answered.

Happy with this answer, I snuggled down next to him again and turned to give him a light kiss. "Oh and by the way Seaweed Brain. These lips are mine, and the next time I hear of somebody kissing them, you will be fitted with a sign that says 'Property of Annabeth Chase'."

The rest of the day went by in similar fashion. We relaxed on the couch watching movies. For dinner I made spaghetti so that Percy could load up on some carbs for energy for the races tomorrow. Thals and Nico came back around six and we all hung out for a couple hours before we decided to go to bed, and get rest for the big day tomorrow.

I can't name the last time that Percy has woken up before me on a school day, as a matter of fact I don't think it has ever happened, but the next morning sure enough I woke up to a cold other side of the bed again.

I walk into the kitchen and laugh at what I find. Percy is sitting there with a mountain of food in front of him, a stack of 8 pancakes, a plate with what looks like about 5 eggs worth of scrambled eggs, half a plate of hash browns smothered in onions; peppers; and ketchup, and about a dozen strips of bacon. He also has a glass of milk, a glass of orange juice, and a glass of water. He has on his ear buds and I can vaguely make out the loud, upbeat music that he is playing on there, the kind people use as a warm-up song for sporting events. The part that has me laughing though is Thalia. Thalia is sitting across from him at the small table and is continuously trying to steal some of his food but is getting repeatedly blocked by Percy's fork, even though he appears to not be paying her any attention. The look of annoyance and defeat on her face makes me know that she has been at this for a while with no luck at getting anything from his plate.

I casually walk up behind him and kiss him on his left cheek, distracting him enough to reach over his right shoulder and grabbing two strips of bacon. I throw one to Thals and eat the other with a playful smile at Percy. He gives me a somewhat angry look that surprises me and he pulls out his ear buds. "What do you think you're doing?" he snaps catching me off guard, "You're ruining my routine."

"It's a piece of bacon, with that amount of food you could feed an army. I didn't realize how attached you were to it I'll leave you alone with it then." I snarled back but I'm sure he saw the hurt in my eyes.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you," he says softer as he catches my arm keeping me from leaving the kitchen. "It's just I have a ritual that I do before every swim meet, and since I haven't lost one yet. I shouldn't change it up." I raise an eyebrow at him, "What? All serious athletes have their game day rituals. Why would I be any different?"

"Would not eating all of your pancakes be considered breaking your ritual?" Thalia asks with a mouth full of food, and 3 of his pancakes are obviously missing.

He scowls and stands up, impressively grabbing all of his breakfast at once and heading to the safety of the living room. Thalia just smirks at me, "I think we broke him, who knew kelp head could be so OCD." I just laughed and cooked up a couple more eggs and the rest of the bacon from the pack Percy had left out. We were just finishing up our breakfast when I heard him shout from the bedroom, "Hey Annabeth, have you seen my lucky blue Goode High Swim tee-shirt? I had it hanging in the closet."

I looked down at said t-shirt that I in fact had seen, because I was wearing it. I just threw on the first shirt I grabbed when I got out of the shower this morning. Upon further inspection it had tiny grease spots on it from where the bacon had splattered some onto me as I was cooking it. "Oops" I said quietly and Thalia burst out laughing even more, "I guess I'm gonna break his ritual a little more, we really might've broken him." I laugh quietly to her. I smirk and take it off leaving me in my shorts and a bra. "He'll probably be less mad if I give it back to him dressed like this." I say causing us both to laugh some more.

I sheepishly walked into the room holding the shirt out; he was facing the closet looking through every shirt. "Um, I found your shirt." I said quietly when I got behind him causing him to turn. His eyes bulged a little and he looked me over not discretely at all.

He shook his head, which was kind of flattering, then focused in on the shirt in my hand. He saw the mess I had made of the shirt and groaned, "Gods are you intentionally doing these things to me?" he asked clearly irritated.

"I'm sorry I didn't know you had a specific shirt you wore the day of a meet. I just grabbed a shirt, and yours are just comfier to wear in the morning." I said I stepped closer to him trying to distract him. "You know?" I asked seductively, "you already broke part of your ritual by staying here last night instead of at your mom's apartment." I brushed myself against him, "Maybe we should start a new pre-meet ritual."

He leaned down and kissed me passionately, "As much as I'd like to take you up on that offer, we can't." he says as he pulls away, "You've never been there the day of a meet, but trust me the hallways at school are going to be crazy so we need to get there early or we'll be late getting to class."

He kissed me again and then way too soon for my liking he pulled away and grabbed a different shirt from the closet for the both of us. We got dressed and met Thalia in the living room and left for school.

Even with my warning I was in no way prepared for what I saw when we got to the school. Everyone was decked out in Goode High blue and gold. There were signs up all over the place with little catchy slogans all rooting on the swim team. The cheer squad was in their uniforms traveling from team member to team member wishing them luck and acting way to peppy for the early hour.

Percy and I had been watching "Friday Night Lights" on Netflix and we both loved it. "Wow" I said to him "you're like the Dillon Panthers, this is crazy."

He just laughed, "It is kinda similar isn't it? Does that make you my personal rally girl?" he teased back, causing us both to laugh.

We were only a couple of feet into the building when somebody spotted Percy and yelled his name, interrupting our banter. Once they yelled it more people turned and clapped and a chant of "PERCY, PERCY, PERCY" went up throughout the hall ways. This was out of control. We slowly made it to our lockers and put away our bags grabbing the books we'd need. The group of cheerleaders cornered Percy and boxed me out away from him. They told him good luck, how they'd be there watching him, and flirted with him openly. He looked slightly uncomfortable; when he caught my eye I just raised an eyebrow at him. He broke away from the group and as we started to walk to class I said, "Big, bold, red letters right around your' neck, 'Property of Annabeth Chase' maybe even add 'Trespassers will be shot on site', just to get the point across that you're taken."

He just kissed me on the cheek and laughed, "If you want me to I will, but I told you you're all I need."

"Just as long as every one of those girls knows those lips are mine only." We went from class to class the craziness never died down, causing the day to go by in a blur. Before I knew it we were heading home with a couple hours to burn before we had to be back for the meet. Percy was again acting crazy and going through his weird ritual. He sat in a dark room meditating for an hour, I think he was napping but he said he wasn't. Then he came out in the living room with me, Thals, and Nico and started to do some pushups and crunches. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't checking him out the whole time. He gave me a wink when he caught me looking once and I quickly turned away blushing. The cutest part of his routine was when he called his mom and told her all about his day saying he'd look for her in the stands and that he loved her. He was always so sweet thinking of everyone else. The last thing he did was sit in a chair in the corner with his headphones in blasting pump up music again.

When we got back to the school the parking lot was full, when we were outside the pool area by the locker room entrance you could hear everyone in the stands talking excitedly. Percy told Thalia and Nico to go ahead and go in, find his mom, and save me a spot. When they were out of site he dragged me down the hallway, around the corner and into an empty classroom. "Now what was that you were saying this morning about a new ritual?" he asked as he pushed me up against the door he just closed and kissed me fiercely. We kissed heatedly for another 5 minutes or so before we finally broke apart. "Gods if you give me good luck kisses like that before every race I'll never lose." He smirked.

I bit my lip seductively at him, "That is one of your rituals I could probably get used to." I said and he kissed me again. This one was shorter because he really did have to go get ready. We walked together to the locker rooms again and I gave him one more kiss said good luck and went in to find Sally. If I thought it was loud from out in the hallway it was deafening inside the actual pool area. I finally spotted Sally and made my way over to her. She was sitting in the middle of the stands so I had to work my way through a lot of people. Paul was sitting to her right and Piper was sitting to her left with Nico and Thalia behind her. I took the seat next to Piper after giving Sally a hug.

"So how was your little make-out session with the superstar?" Piper asked quietly so only I could hear her.

I blushed tomato red and gave her a shove. "It wasn't a make-out session, I just gave him a good luck kiss." I lied.

"Your bruised lips and messed up hair say otherwise." She laughed.

I just huffed indignantly, "What are you doing here anyway?" I asked her not really mad just acting like it to try to change the subject.

She laughed again and gave me a shrug, "Oh, Percy's like my big brother Annabeth you think I would miss this. Besides Sally invited me, we go to all of Percy's swim meets together." She smiled at me, "Now that you're living in town I guess we have a third for the car rides to the away meets."

"Will you be going to Athens with us then if he makes the Olympics? I'd hate to see what he'd do if his rituals got ruined even more." I asked curiously but smiling because of how dumb I thought the rituals were.

"Oh no," Sally said listening in on the tail end of our conversation after she heard Piper say her name, "He did not continue that stupid routine of his did he." This had all 3 of us laughing.

A few minutes later the teams were all announced with Percy getting the loudest cheer when he walked out. I couldn't blame the girls for squealing either. He wasn't wearing a speedo, but he was wearing a pair of tight spandex shorts that reached just above his knees, and good gods was it a site. All his muscles were on show out in the open and the tight shorts hugged his legs and accentuated his package very nicely. "Gods in a suit like that I'm surprised he hasn't been jumped by a pack of teenage girls in an early swim meet yet." He looked up in the stands searching for us and when he saw us he pointed to his mom, another of his rituals I was guessing, and winked at Piper then me.

Piper giggled and whispered back to me, "Still it doesn't leave much to the imagination, is he everything you thought he was?" If it was anyone else asking I'd of blushed fire engine red and ignored the question, but it was Piper and she was just trying to get a reaction out of me.

"I knew what I was dealing with before the meet, but the suit is a nice reminder." I whispered back causing her to gasp.

"Well I'll be, little miss perfect Annabeth, I am scandalized." She said in mock outrage, "looks like we're gonna have to get together soon and have some girl talk." We both started laughing.

The meet was long and drew on and on. Percy managed to win all 9 of his events in convincing fashion, but the rest of the team was underachieving according to Sally's and Piper's commentaries. They were tied in second and needed a win in the last event to win the event. Unfortunately for the team, Percy was not a part of the last race. It was the girls' 400 meter medley relay. Jane was the starter of the four girls for Goode and got them off to a little bit of a lead. She was followed by a set of twin sisters, neither of which were very good and gave away the lead so that when it was Kristen's turn the team was in 5th place with a lot of ground to make up. She shot off the stand though and knifed through the water in almost Percy like fashion. By the time she got to the turn she was in third place and with her powerful push off she passed into second closing in on the girl in first. It was amazing to watch and the whole stands erupted with cheers, everyone on their feet, us included, willing her to go faster.

It was so close we couldn't tell who hit the wall first when it was over. The stands went dead silent as we all turned to the screen on the wall that would show the final time and who touched the wall first. It popped up Pate County High 5:23.6, Goode High 5:23.4. It took a second for the news to sink in before the entire crowd erupted again. The Goode team was all rushing the pool; the girls on the team were closest and jumped in nearly drowning Kristen when they attacked her with hugs. The guys stayed out of the water and were cheering for them next to the edge. Each of them reached down and grabbed a girl out giving them a hug jumping up and down. Of course Percy pulled out Kristen, and I saw it all happen in my mind before anything really did happen. As he gave her a hug Kristen pulled back and gave him a kiss right on the lips right in front of everyone.

There were wolf whistles throughout the crowd and shouts of encouragement. Sally gave a squeak and a gasp, Piper clamped her hand on my knee, and Thalia grabbed my shoulders from behind to keep me in place. "Mortal" was all she whispered to me, but that excuse was really starting to get old to me.

Percy thank the gods only took a second to shake off the shock and surprised everyone even himself a little I think by quickly pushing her back, making her fall into the pool. He immediately searched and caught my steely glare from the stands. He drew an invisible square on his chest and mouthed 'Property of Annabeth Chase' too me. That softened me up a little. I smiled a little in spite of myself and mimicked the gesture but mouthing 'Percy Jackson' instead. His smile was huge and mouthed see you in a bit, before walking into the locker room without even glancing back at his teammates.

The crowd was still a little shocked but the other guys helped her back out of the water and some gave me a sheepish grin like they thought I'd be mad at them. I just rolled my eyes at them, but when Kristen glanced up I gave her my death glare.

I met Percy outside of the locker room when the team was released and gave him a big kiss. He led me into the large gymnasium where the crowd had moved to so that they could do the trophy presentation. He winked at me when he was on the pedestal receiving the gold medal for best individual performance. Lastly was him and Kristen on the top pedestal for the team trophy, and I saw he kept as much space as possible between them as they held up the huge trophy.

Coach Hedge stepped up between them after the trophy was being passed around and said into the microphone he had, "Let's hear it for Goode's captains one more time. Let's send these two off in style, as some of you might know they are heading down tomorrow for the U.S. Olympic team trials, and we gotta show them that we are all behind them." The cheer was deafening again.

Percy and Kristen both smiled and waved. Percy grabbed the mic, "Don't worry about missing out on us though, because as soon as we both qualify we're coming back here and winning State then Nationals for Goode High." The resounding cheers were even louder then before.

Hope you all liked it. I know it took a while to get moving, but I was just trying to get back into the flow of writing. I decided to push Miami back a chapter to get myself used to the story again but they will eventually go trust me.

Again thanks for reading. Until next time. I'm the Bomb like tic-tic.