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Annabeth

It had been three days since Percy had been injured. Also it had been three days since I did anything other than watch Percy.

"Annabeth, we'll tell you when he gets up," said Nico. "Now please go downstairs and eat something."

"No, I'm not hungry," I pouted. I wanted to be here when he woke up.

Nico sat beside me on Percy's bed. Percy lay under the covers eyes closed like a child's. I brushed his hair away from his eyes and wished he'd open them, just once.

"Luke has an idea to wake him up, but we'll only try it when you eat something."

"I don't want Luke to do anything," I answered coldly. "He was the one who hurt Percy in the first place. I can't trust him and I don't know why the hell you guys actually do."

"I've known Luke for a long time Annabeth. Even before he and Thalia got together, we knew him. When he was turned, he found his way to Perish Creek. Percy helped him adjust and soon he became a really close friend. One day he started acting weird. Then we found out that Kronos was inside him. Annabeth, Luke may seem like a bad person-"

"Yeah, I know he was possessed, alright? Still, do you think it will be easy for me to trust him?"

"Probably not," said a voice. Not him again, I thought, turning to see-oh what a surprise-Luke. "You should doubt me more than anyone else here. The Stolls told me about you and Percy. I hurt your boyfriend, so of course you have the right to be mad at me. You don't have to trust me right now. But I hope you will one day."

Either Luke was telling the truth or he's a really good liar. I stood up and walked passed him, down the stairs into the kitchen. Thalia was there, eating cereal with Connor. Travis was there too but he was awkwardly drinking blood. Oh, Luke's bite turned him into a vampire so…yeah he drinks blood now.

"Annabeth!"

Thalia jumped up and gave me a hug.

"Hey," I said.

"You've been up there with Percy for three days! Aren't you hungry?" she asked. Walking to the cabinet, she pulled out a bowl and poured some milk and cereal into it. Handing it to me, she sat down again. "Go on, eat!"

"Umm, I need a spoon."

After eating my cereal, I went back upstairs. Luke was standing at the edge of the room, staring out the window. Nico was still sitting next to Percy. I went to my old spot beside him.

"Do you want to try waking him up now?" asked Luke, turning to look at me. I nodded and Luke picked up a bag of blood from a small table next to the bed.

I watched as he carefully dropped a little bit of blood into Percy's mouth. Then he gradually began adding a more little by little until I could see Percy gulp it down. Once the bag was empty, Percy coughed and turned on his side. Nico shook his shoulder a little bit.

"Percy, wake up," said Nico, shaking him again harder. Percy's eyes fluttered open, but immediately closed again. He groaned and turned again, this time facing me.

"Percy," I said, touching his face. I could see the corners of his mouth twitch upward. I pinched him.

"Ouch," he moaned, grabbing my hand and holding it on his cheek. Now he smiled fully, his eyes opening again. "Miss me?"

"You wish," I said, pulling my hand away. "Were you just pretending to be unconscious this entire time?"

"Nope. I lost a lot of blood after I got staked. Even though my wounds looked healed, I wasn't able to heal myself internally. I needed blood. Thanks Luke," he said turning his head to face him. "I'd say that I owe you, but I really don't since it's your fault in the first place."

"Thanks man, I really appreciate it," said Luke, rolling his eyes. He turned to Nico and nodded his head towards the stairs. "Let's get out."

I was about to get up too when Percy grabbed my hand. He moved to sit up, crossing his legs under the blanket.

"Do you need something?" I asked, smiling. He looked at me and nodded. Gently wrapping his arms around my waist, he pulled me to him. I buried my face in his shirt, letting myself melt into him.

His arms tightened around me as he kissed the top of my head and whispered, "Thank you."

My eyelids grew heavy and soon I felt Percy pull the covers around me. Then I fell asleep in his arms.

I woke up to find that Percy was no longer holding me, but instead in the corner of the room talking to Luke. I struggled to hear their conversation.

"-my blood right? I mean, shouldn't he need all three?" asked Percy. I couldn't see him, but I could tell he was probably frustrated.

"I'm positive it doesn't matter. At least part of it can be completed with only Nico and Thalia's blood, and whatever it does, I think it's not good."

"Gee, you think?"

"Percy, we need to get the blood back. Those two bags you were talking about…Connor said they weren't there when Kronos left. He has them."

"Okay, but what's he going to do? There's no point in going on a wild goose chase when he can't do anything that will endanger us. I'll find out what he's going to do first."

"Then we go on a wild goose chase?"

"We'll see. Thanks, I'll talk to the others about it later, just please don't tell Annabeth right now. She's been through a lot and if anything happened to her-"

"I get it, don't worry. I'll head down now, okay?"

I heard footsteps then felt someone sit on the bed. He stoked my hair and I opened my eyes, greeted by Percy staring down at me, a clearly forced smile on his face.

"Is something wrong?" I asked, pretending I hadn't heard the conversation. Percy leaned down and kissed my forehead, then moved so he was lying next to me on his side. His hand cupped my cheek as we stared at each other in silence.

"Nothing's wrong," he finally answered, moving closer to me until his body was pressed up against mine. "Why would you think that?"

I could feel my heart beating so fast, and I couldn't even answer is question. He moved his hand from my cheek to my waist, slowly pushing me onto my back. His lips brushed my neck and I shivered, putting my arms around his neck.

"You know," he murmured, his lips tickling my neck. "I was a little pissed when you stopped me in Nico's cabin. You were right, though, about it not being a good time. But now…"

He moved up and planted a kiss on my jaw.

"Now-"

But I was cut off by Percy's lips capturing mine. I could feel him smile as I grasped him tighter, not wanting to let go. When he pulled back grinning (a real one this time), I felt my cheeks flush.

"You were saying?"

I just shook my head and pulled him down again.

A/N: Hey guys! So first off, I'd like to apologize…the winning story is actually Chase Me, not In Shallow Water. I'm sorry for being my sometimes stupid self, and for giving you incorrect information. So yeah, I'll be starting with Chase Me. Sorry again. :P

Did you guys like this chapter? A bit short compared to the last one, but hey, I'm not perfect. :) I wish I was sometimes, but then I realized that it wouldn't be as fun as being not perfect, you know?

Reviews? I know you want to… :D