ANNABETH! ('s pointofview)
"What was it, Annabeth?" He asked me, touching my face.
"I... I don't know." I told him, clinging to his chest.
"Shh.." He mumbled, kissing my forehead. I wrapped my arms around his neck. "It's okay, Annabeth.. juts tell me. What did you see?"
His hands played at the small of my back and I cuddled up close to his chest before telling him the story.
I was crying by the end. "Charlie.. and Selena." He mused.
"Yeah." I told him.
"What's wrong, Annabeth..? I've never even heard of them." He mumbled, touching my face.
"I felt... attached to them. They looked so scared, Percy.. Gods." I cried, hiding my face in his neck.
"Please, Annabeth. It'll be okay. Those kids.. They'll get out of it. We've been in life or death situations before. They'll get out."
He held me until I fell into a fitful sleep and then woke lazily in his arms. He was watching me closely, eyes glistening in the morning light.
"Any dreams?" He asked me.
"No.." I responded, kissing him feverishly. All of the sudden I felt like kissing him. I didn't want to go anywhere. I just wanted to kiss him. I wanted to feel his hands trail down my spine. I wanted him to kiss me and not stop.
I couldn't get those kids faces out of my mind. The girl's scared expression, her grey eyes shining with fear. The boy's ruffled hair and sea green eyes. They way he looked exactly like Percy at 12.
His body fell into step as I kissed him and after a moment I reluctantly pulled away.
"I'm sorry, Percy." I mumbled, standing up. "We need tot get ready for camp." I turned away from him and started looking for the clothes I had set out to wear today.
"Annabeth." He said, walking up behind me.
I turned around and he kissed me before leaning his forehead against mine. "Are you alright?" He asked me quietly, carefully.
"Yeah.. I'm fine, Percy. You should get back before your parents wake up."
"I think dad's already up." He said, laughing. "The gods see all." He said, waving his fingers in front of his face.
"Yeah." I said, finally finding my my clothes on top of my desk.
"It's okay, Annabeth. Don't worry about those kids. Someone will find them. They'll be alright." He told me from right behind me.
I turned around and kissed him, trailing my hands down his bare chest. I wrapped my arms around him and kissed him a little harder than before. His hands knotted in my hair and his lips trailed down my neck. I pulled his face back to mine to kiss him sweetly."Go get ready." I told him, turning to get my clothes again.
***
Sally hugged me hard when Percy went to take our bags to the car. "Bye, Annabeth." She told me, smiling.
Mr. Blofis shook my hand and smiled at me. "Have fun at camp, Annabeth."
Percy walked into the room and hugged his mom. "Bye, mom. Love you."
"I love you, too, Percy." She smiled at him and touched his face.
Percy went to shake Paul's hand but he pulled him in for a hug and patted him on the back. "Don't get yourself eaten by hellhounds this summer, Percy." It was a joke, but a weak one.
We left and started driving to Camp Half Blood.
"Annabeth. Your alright, aren't you?" He asked me.
"I'm alright, really. Don't worry about me."
"I love you so much, Annabeth. It's hard not to. Gods, it hurt me so badly to see you cry like that last night. Then this morning...." He trailed off, eyes staring off down the road.
"It... was.. I'm really sorry.. I... lost it. I'm sorry Percy..." I mumbled, nuzzling my head in his neck.
"Shh." He muttered, wrapping one arm around me. "I've got you, Wise Girl."
