I'm so sorry it has been so long. :( I've had a lack of inspiration.

It had been a while and things had just gone wild. We were back at camp. Everyone was restless. Now that the Titan war is over we don't really have anything to do..

"Hey... Beth?" Percy asked me. I'm not entirely sure when he started calling me Beth, but I liked it.. He had been extra protective ever since I told him.

"Yeah?" I asked, turning away from my sketch's. I was still adding onto

Olympus,

"Are you alright?"

I laughed humorlessly. "Yeah. I'm fine."

Tomorrow was my eighteenth birthday and I wasn't that exited.. we had graduated just a week ago. The coast line of Camp Half Blood shone brightly as I started out at the bright sunset. Percy hadn't been around much lately and his while his hand is in mine I can tell he's in another place. I don't knowwhere his head is… but it hasn't been with me for the past few days. Every time he was with me I could tell he wasn't thinking about what anyone was saying. I'd like to say I'm worried but I'm not... Percy's a big boy. He can take care of himself; Its just... what if he's thinking it all over? What if he's about to decide this was all much too terrible...? What if he is about to try to change the prophecies...? What if he's...? WHAT?!

"Percy!" Someone called from camp.

He kissed my cheek and sped away.

I sighed. Just another resigned moment...

Grr.

*

"Annabeth...?" It was Percy again and he was knocking at my cabin door.

"What Percy?" I almost growled. I'm sorry. I'm tired. It's my birthday and Chiron decided to drill me so heavily that now all I can think about is sleep.

"Shh... I'm going to go to talk to her." I heard Juniper say to him. The door opened and she came in. "Chiron needs to see you."

"What does he want now?"

"I'm not sure.. come on." She grabbed my arm and started to pull me outside.

I didn't see Percy. Where had he gotten off too? Juniper pulled me up to the big house, where we were greeted by Chiron. "Hello Annabeth."

Being a daughter of Athena you would think I could have realized the plan before hand, but no. It came as a complete surprise.

"SURPRISE!" They came from no where it seemed. Everyone in the whole camp was surrounding me. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNABETH!"

Juniper was beaming at me. I glanced down at myself. I was wearing jeans and a t-shirt while everyone else was all dressed up. I hadn't even noticed that Juniper was wearing the same dress she wore the day of Percy's party. Grover was pigging out over by the food and my cabin mates were scattered about making conversation. The only person missing from the bunch was Percy.. where could he have gone?

"Come on Annabeth!" Juniper said, pulling me over to the food table to blow out my candles. "Make a wish."

I started down at the candles. They were two numbers: 18. The numbers were rapidly changing color. Purple, blue, red, green, orange, pink. I pressed my lids closed and blew them out.

"Did you wish for me?" Percy whispered in my ear, appearing at my side.

"Percy!" I squealed, wrapping my arms around his neck. "You did this?"

"Some what." He mumbled into my hair. "Lets have some cake." He cut me a piece of cake and led me to a little table that had been set up on the porch of the big house during the blowing of the candles and sat it down. "Eat. Enjoy. I'll be right back." He kissed my forehead and walked away.

I took a bite out of the cake and beamed. "My gods that is good."

"Is it now?" Someone asked from behind me. I turned around to see Thalia. She was tall and slim with a bow slung across her back.

"Thalia!" I said, throwing my arms around her. "Its so good to see you."

"You too." She said, laughing. "Happy birthday... so how are things going with Percy?"

"Er.. good."

"I sense tension on the subject." She muttered, looking at me critically. "Things not good with old Seaweed Brain."

"No.. I just thought you wouldn't approve."

"Not at all." She laughed, plopping down beside me. "I chose this life Annabeth.. you didn't. That's okay. I'm curious. How are things going?"

I smiled blissfully down at the cake. "Great."

"I hear you are unofficially engaged."

I felt my cheeks turn scarlet. "No.."

"Oh so you don't know that one day you and Percy's children will be the ones of the next big prophecy?"

"Yeah.. but we're not engaged."

She nodded, laughing to herself. "I'm going to go get some cake." She said, standing up and walking away.

Just then Percy came back with Grover and Juniper. "I had to drag this one away from the food."

"You got Thrilia to come?" I asked him quietly as he sat down beside me.

"Yeah.. I hope thats alright." He muttered, poking his fork in his cake.

"It's perfect Percy." I told him, leaning over to kiss his cheek. "I love you."

He smiled at me. "I love you." It was barley a whisper. His nose touched mine and I leaned down to kiss him.

Juniper was giggling. Grover was stuffing his face.

I glanced over at them. "What's with you two?"

Juniper stifled a giggle. "Nothing.. I just remembered something funny Percy said this morning."

"Oh.." I laughed and ate the rest of the cake.

"Lets go down to the beach." Percy said, grabbing my hand. He led me down to the beach. The beach was lined with twinkly lights and the sea glittered as music played softly. He took my hand started to twirl me around in circles. "I love you." The beach was quiet other than the soft sound of the waves crashing against the shore and the music playing lightly in the back round. I smiled up at him and started to speak but he put a finger over my lips. "Shh.. Annabeth." He smiled a light smile and then stopped pulling me around in circles so we were standing still. "I said I love you.." He brushed a lock of hair from my face and I smiled. "Today is your birthday.. I've known you for four years now and it doesn't seem half that long.. In the past two years I have fallen deeper and deeper in love with you.. What I'm getting at Wise Girl.. What I'm trying to say is that I love you more than I ever thought I could love anyone. I'm trying to say that I never want this to stop. I'm trying to say that with everything that's happened I'm not afraid for what will happen when I say this." He paused, smiling down at me and running his fingers through my hair. "Will you marry me?"

Best birthday ever.