Disclaimer ~ If I owned PJO then Annabeth and Percy would have been together by chapter two, of the first book. And Nico wouldn't be crushing on Percy. All rights go to Uncle Rick.

xxThaliaxx

I tried to get Annabeth to join the hunt; to save her from the pain that Luke caused. The feeling of worthlessness, weakness, and abandonment. I tried to save her from love, and heartbreak that comes with it.

Given, Percy is nothing like Luke. No, not at all; he's not gonna to hurt Annabeth. I can feel it, it's a cousin thing. Plus, he knows I'll help Annabeth kick his sorry ass if he does. I was honestly intimidated by Percy at first. Not physically of course, he was scrawny and like half my height. No, I was worried Annabeth would blow me off for him.

Jealous is a good word. Once I got to know Kelp Head, I realized I had nothing to worry about. He'd never get Annabeth because he wasn't good enough; didn't fit her standards. Yet, every time she would look at him her eyes would glaze over and she'd smile. I thought the hunt would be good for Annabeth, she'd realize guys are idiots and Percy would realize he had no chance.

That was until Grover told me how Percy felt when he showed him the pamphlet. He said that Percy felt hurt, shocked, nervous, but mostly scared. Scared that he was going to lose Annabeth for good. I was suspicious then but he confirmed it when he snuck out to save her; even though Chiron practically forbid it.

That didn't change how I treated him though, I was still a little hard on him. Ok, maybe a lot but hey, I had a good reason. Plus he's my cousin, it's what we do. The thing that changed how I treated him was when I found out his past was worse than mine. He'd said that he wished Gabe would've ignored him like my mother ignored me.

Hearing about his past shocked me, honestly it did. I couldn't believe that happy, carefree, laidback Percy was hit. He never showed any resentment or anger, just happiness. He said it's because that was his past and we're his future; I punched him in the arm for being sappy.

I couldn't believe how Kelp Head treated me. He was so nice when all I had done was taken my anger out on him. When he found out about my heights problem, I half expected him to fall over laughing. He didn't, in fact he convinced Grover to not take that goat ledge without telling him.

I'm just glad they finally realized there feelings for each other. I was getting sick of the tension, especially when Rachel came around. Although, watching Percy's confused face when Annabeth would stop away from Rachel was extremely amusing; for me anyway. Percy was just clueless like all boys, but Annabeth was confused. She was a Daughter of Athena and Percy was a Son of Poseidon. She was supposed to hate him, not fall in love him. Yet she did, she fell for the Not-So-Wise Son of Poseidon.

Kelp Head may be an extremely annoying pain in the neck but, if every guy in the world were like him I might not have joined the hunt.

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