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Percy and Chris were trying to be romantic because of the eavesdropping incident. They decided to take us out to a fancy dinner at some restaurant that I couldn't even pronounce the name of. I could barely even read it. I had to force Clarisse into a dress. She really didn't want to, but I forced her to wear a dress that she-for some reason- packed. It was crazy. I put on a sea green, three-quarter dress with a low back. I struggled with Clarisse to get her into a yellow, long sleeve lace dress. It was way girly. Silena had probably made her buy it years ago.

They were being very-VERY-romantic. Chris was attempting to woo Clarisse, but she wasn't into the whole girly romance thing. I was way into it. Percy was defiantly overdoing it. He was being very mushy. It was actually quite funny.

"How many ways can people cook pasta?" I asked in amazement. They had a whole menu dedicated to pasta.

"I think there are over a hundred, but I'm not sure. It's so hard to read!" Percy complained.

Just then, our waiter, Josh, came over with our drinks, "Here you go. Now, have you all decided on what you are going to eat?"

"Are there any specials? Anything that you think is good?" Clarisse asked.

He listed off a couple of dishes and described them. We all ordered. I could faintly see Josh wink at me as he turned around and headed off to the kitchen. Apparently, I wasn't the only one who saw it. Percy got red with anger.

"Jackson, calm down!" Clarisse ordered.

His face turned a little less red, but not by much.

"How is school?" Chris asked me.

"It was pretty good. Sierra and Zach ignored us, so that's always a plus!" I fake cheered.

"Those two sound like Drew. Drew as a boy and as a girl." Clarisse mumbled.

"Trust me, they are!" Percy confirmed.

We all laughed. Maybe we laughed a little too loudly. Everyone started to stare at us. We just kept on laughing.

After we got our food, the waiter asked for my number. It pissed me off, but Percy was even madder. He slammed his hand on the table.

"Listen, Josh, she has a boyfriend! She won't give you her number! Leave her alone!" Percy shouted and made a scene.

"Can we get a new waitress?" I asked.

Josh waltzed away with a pink face. I tried to calm Percy down. I rested my hand on his thigh and kissed his cheek. I proceeded to lean my head on his shoulder. Clarisse gagged. I just laughed and started to eat my food.

The new waitress sauntered over. Little to our surprise, it was Sierra. Sierra, the evil psycho.

"Well, look who's on a date!" Sierra teased as she came to introduce herself.

"Sierra, how good to see you out of school. Do you actually have to work? That's a shock!" I joked.

"Wait-this is Sierra? This scrawny little thing is the Sierra that you guys keep on complaining about?" Clarisse asked.

"Oh, so, Percy talks about me at home?" Sierra perked up.

"Only to complain about you all the time," Chris laughed.

"At least he talks about me!'' She sighed.

"Listen, girly, I could snap you like a twig. We all could. And what from Annabeth's told me about you, she almost did! I wouldn't try to act so tuff," Clarisse suggested.

Sierra frowned, "I could take her any day. I just wasn't expecting it that day. Plus, I wasn't feeling so good."

"You were feeling fine when you tried to flirt with me," Percy murmured.

"Is there any other person that we can get?" I begged.

"Nope, I'm the only person left." Sierra sighed.

All of us quickly ate our food so that we could leave. It didn't happen soon enough. We decided to walk back to Percy's apartment instead of taking a cab. I held Percy's hand in mine as we strolled behind Clarisse and Chris. I leaned my head on Percy's arm. Clarisse laid her hand on Chris's hand, too.

We were laughing and just talking about useless stuff. It was nice.

None of us were expecting the growling sounds we heard from behind us. Percy and I whipped around to face ten telkhines. I glanced up at Percy and found him already reaching for his sword. He looked at my purse where my Yankees cap was residing. I opened up the purse and yanked out the cap. My scream for Clarisse and Chris got cut off by a telkhine growl as my cap went on my head. Fortunately, they heard it.

Percy and most of the telkhines backed into an empty alley. I snuck up behind them, forgetting about the rest, which Clarisse and Chris ran over to help us out. I could barely hear Percy yell, "Look out!" when my hat got knocked off my head. I attempted to face it, but all I could see was black. Last thing I heard was Percy yelling, "Annabeth!"

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I woke up and everything was faded. My sight was still trying to focus in on a figure leaning over me. By the calling of my name, I figured it was Percy. As my eyes adjusted, I started to see random shapes. There was no light coming in from the window, telling me it was night.

"Annabeth?" Percy asked as I started to see his cute face. I just started to make out his eyes.

"What…um…happened?'' I barely got out.

"You should have seen your boyfriend!" Chris shouted, which was a little too loud for my recovering ears. "I mean, after you got knocked out by a telkhine he went into major defensive mode. His sword ripped through all of them!"

"Anger boiled up in his eyes. He was so mad at them that he took all of them out before we even reached the scene!" Clarisse added.

"Are you okay?" Percy asked before another wave of boasting came out.

"It was a very Ares-like thing he did," She told us.

I smiled, "How did I get knocked out?" I could now fully see their faces.

"One of the telkhines snuck up behind you before you could react. We had no idea how he knew where you were. He just did. All of the sudden, you came back into view. He lifted up a crowbar and hit your head." Chris described.

"You passed out after that," Clarisse stated the obvious.

"Again, I ask, Are you okay?" Percy asked as his hand reached up to the side of my head.

I noticed a bandage wrapped around my head, "I'm okay. I can see again. Thank you."

"Jackson, here, carried you from the alley to his apartment. He ran here. We had to sprint to catch up. By the time we arrived, we were completely out of breath." Chris pointed out.

"Thank you, again. I feel so stupid! How did I think that I could just sneak up on them?" I asked myself.

"It's okay. We've all been knocked out in battle. Actually, I don't think Percy has been," Clarisse said.

Percy stroked my cheek, "I have. You just didn't see it, Clarisse."

"I would have paid to see that," Clarisse mentioned.

"It was funny. You would have loved to see it!" I told her.

"Sierra asked about you. She was wondering why you weren't at school." Percy informed me.

"Wait-I MISSED SCHOOL?" I shouted. They all nodded, so I continued, "How much?"

"It's Monday," Chris murmured.

"I missed Friday and the weekend?" I yelled at them.

"Yeah, you did. Everyone was worried about you," Percy muttered.

Clarisse interrupted him before he could continue, "Sally had to force Percy to go to school!"

"He barely left your side!" Chris added.

I just then noticed where I was. I was lying in Percy's bed. A bunch of blankets were on the floor with pillows piled on top. Obviously, he had slept there. I wasn't even sure if he had slept. There were multiple plates on his night stand.

"You stayed here?" I asked.

Percy nodded, but Clarisse answered for him, "He wouldn't go to the bathroom or anything. All he did was stay by your side. Sally literally had Paul help her lift him up and carry him to the car. He wouldn't do anything. After a day, he really started to stink."

"I tried to at least throw some water on him, but he forced it all back at me. I got wet every time I tried." Chris told me.

"I just didn't want to be gone when you would wake up. I didn't want you to be alone," Percy informed me.

"We tried to be here, but you wouldn't let us!" Clarisse directed that to Percy.

"I didn't need anyone. I wanted to just be with you," Percy muttered as he stroked my cheek.

"Thanks, but you didn't need to starve yourself. You didn't need to worry. I told you that I would never leave you," I reassured him and tried to sit up. When I achieved this goal, I pulled him in close and wrapped my arms around his neck. He gently rubbed my back.

Clarisse grabbed Chris and yanked him out the door, "We'll just leave you two alone."

"You didn't need to do that. I don't want you to not go on because of me. I feel awful now!" I complained.

"I know, but I needed to. I couldn't stop thinking about you. At school, our friends thought I was going to die. I didn't eat or anything. I tried to get back here, but Zach was my designated buddy. He had to watch me at all times. He really didn't want me to come and take care of you." Percy explained as he lifted me into his lap.

"I don't want you to stop your life if I get hurt! Whenever I wake up, I would feel terrible! You need to keep going on. I don't care what you feel." I commended him.

"I can't, especially not if it's my fault. That would nearly kill me!"

I cut him off, "Promise me that you will go on! I don't want you to just sit by me! I want you to actually care for yourself."

"But-"

"Promise me!"

"Okay, I promise."

"Good, now, Clarisse was right! You do stink! You could have at least showered for when I woke up! That would have been appreciative!"

He kissed my lips. My first kiss in a few days. It felt good.

"Now?"

I pretended to think about it, "Well, I would say no, but I don't really want to make out with a stink seaweed brain."

"Oh, so we're going to make out?"

I poked his chest, "If you shower fast!"

Percy pushed me off of him and rushed into the bathroom. A minute later, he came out perfectly wet. He started to dry off, though, the closer he got to me. I lied down on the bed as Percy crawled on top off me.

"Was that fast enough?" He asked.

"Does this answer your question?"I asked in response before I kissed him.

We kissed. We kissed over and over again. I moved my hands from his chest to his hair. His tongue enjoying my mouth, his lips busy with mine; but they soon got bored and moved to my jaw, neck and collarbone. His hands weren't totally calm either, though he seemed to be in better control of them then I was. His hand had traveled to my thigh but was moving much higher up, breaking the dam further. His other hand softly, discretely, as if trying to go unnoticed, was sliding under my shirt to my hips. It slowly moved up higher to my waist, reaching up to the bottom of my bra.

I grabbed his hand to stop him and pulled away, "Percy-"

He sat up, "I'm sorry. I was just caught up in the moment."

"No, Percy, it's okay. I just-I'm not ready. Sorry."

"Hey, it's okay. Don't worry about it! I mean, you just woke up from days of being knocked out. You don't have to apologize."

I hugged him, "I'm still sorry. I didn't mean to lead you on or anything!"

"It's fine. Let's just go to sleep, okay?"

"Actually, I was thinking we could make out some more." I suggested as he changed into his boxers to get ready to sleep.

"You were? That doesn't seem right," Percy joked.

I brought his head down to mine, so he had to get down on his knees, "I think it does. Now, kiss me, seaweed brain!"

He planted a kiss on my lips. Again, we leaned down and started to make out.