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Percy just didn't know what to do anymore.

Annabeth didn't remember him, she had no idea who he was or what they were together. Annabeth looked at him with distrust.

Annabeth didn't remember anything from when she met him and onwards.

Chiron had come over to the hospital. Annabeth had been happy to see him and apparently he had been able to answer a lot of the questions she had- except for one.

Where was Luke?

No one was willing to tell her that the guy she had grown up with and looked up to had become a traitor and died. Thalia, Nico, the 7 of the last Great Prophecy- Annabeth knew none of them. They all had to stay away from her, at least until she was released from the hospital.

Percy had been asked to stay away as well.

So he was here. At their apartment, sitting and doing nothing. He heard that had tried to lift the rule of Percy having to stay away but no one else had thought it would be for the best of Annabeth.

Thalia and Nico came over once, to see how he was doing. He answered their questions but never in great detail.

"How are you Percy?" Thalia asked.

"Fine." he replied.

"No you're not." Nico said. "You stink, so you haven't showered in a while, you have on the same clothes as we saw you in a week ago and your kitchen- which is a mess by the way- has a layer of dust on it. We don't think you're fine Percy, so don't think for a second that anyone else will."

Percy lifted his head from the pillow it was laying on and finally met Nico's eyes. "I'm fine Nico. The doctor said it wasn't permanent. Or it shouldn't be permanent. Or that maybe she won't remember it all ever again." his voice cracked and both of his cousins met his eyes worriedly.

"Percy," Thalia said gently. "Annabeth doesn't remember us either. It's not just you."

His eyes got distant. "I know that, but Thal's she lives here. With me. How can we live together, be together, if she doesn't know who I am?"

Nico's eyes pierced Percy's. "Try and get her to remember. Go visit her in the hospital. Who gives a shit about what the doctors say? She's your girlfriend, you go see her. Percy the doctors say she has to go back to normal routine, and frankly no one except you know what her normal routine is."

"But the doctors-"

"Who cares? She loves you! And you love her. She has to remember, I mean you remembered her when Hera took you away." Nico insisted.

Percy winced. "That's different."

"How?" Thalia asked, picking up on Nico's tactic. "Eventually she will remember just like you did. Percy we've all seen you guys. There's nothing that can keep you apart. Don't just stop trying because Annabeth doesn't remember you. Make her remember. Make her know what it's like to love someone the way you 2 love each other."

At the look of pain on her cousins face Thalia's words faltered but she kept going. "No one else can do that except for you." she whispered.

Sensing that Percy wasn't able to form a coherrent sentence at the moment Nico took over. "It's been a week. Percy you can't just stop trying. You can't give up on Annabeth, you guys are soulmates; and you don't give up on your soulmate."

Percy closed his eyes and lay on his back on the couch. "Why does it have to be so damn hard," he whispered. "to just be happy?"

Both of his cousins looked at him sadly. "Because being happy is something worth fighting for. And so is Annabeth." Nico said.

They left after that, silently, without saying another word. They just left.

Percy didn't even notice. His thoughts were too distracting.

If he went to see Annabeth it might help her remember. It would help her get to know who she now was and he would be able to tell her what was going through her head during all of their quests, and the wars. He was the only person who she had told the majority of what she had been thinking too, and he knew her better then anyone else so why shouldn't he go?

They could both get hurt. That's why.

Percy wasn't stupid. Despite what people thought of him, when it mattered he would think things through and analyze it all.

So it would be stupid to assume that Percy didn't have the slightest clue what this would mean for both him and Annabeth. Plus the doctors had said it wouldn't be wise to rush everything on her at once- that was why Percy wasn't allowed to go see her right now. People thought that he was 'everything' to Annabeth.

Damn it all. He thought. He wanted to see her so he was going to see her. No wanted isn't the word; he needed to see her.

Without a second thought Percy jumped up and headed to the bathroom. He needed to shower, and once he showered he needed to see Annabeth.

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When he stepped in the hospital Percy was bombarded with the smell of medicines, and the clean smell that occupied every hospital. He walked holdig the bag of clothes and a hairbrush and elastic, over to the cot that Annabeth now occupied.

There was a curtain around it, and when he reached it Percy hesitated but a voice snapped him out of his 3 second pause.

"I can see your feet under the curtain." It was Annabeth's voice, Percy immediatley smiled and reached to rip the curtain away. "So just come on and show me who you are already."

His smiled faltered. Annabeth should know these shoes. They were his usual Reeboks sneakers, beat up and worn. But he didn't let that stop him. Replacing the frown on his face with a smile he opened the curtain slowly and took in everything he was seeing.

Annabeth was sitting up on the little bed the doctors had placed there, and she looked much better then from when Percy had last seen her. Her face had a faint blush, she was smiling at him even though the look in her eyes said plainly that she had no idea who he was, and she had her usual 'try anything on me and my face will be the last one you ever see' look on her face.

To Percy she looked beautiful.

Around her there were several bouquets of flowers- all with 'Get Well Soon' cards, and Percy could see a big bunch of balloons. Katie had probably forced Travis to buy her something and instead of flowers- which Travis and Connor gave to no one except their wives- they had bought balloons. Percy smiled to himself.

Meanwhile Annabeth had been checking him out. He was handsome, no doubt about it, and sexy in that 'I just got out of bed and don't care how I look' way. His face was kind, with underlying love showing on it, but had slight hesitation. Like he wasn't sure he should be there.

The strangest thing about him she found, wasn't how he looked, or the bag he was carrying. No. It was the way that as soon as he had stepped into her view Annabeth had automatically relaxed, and smiled warmly at him. She felt drawn to him and even though she wasn't sure about who he was- her old friends from camp had come and told her some... interesting stories about her life since the last night she could remember, so she could guess who he might be - she wanted him to stay.

This must be Percy Jackson.

A lot of the stories of her life she had had been told had included him. There was never much detail- no one could really say what they had gone through except them- but she knew they were best friends, and that ever since he had shown up at camp they had been inseperable. Except when they fought. Which she was told, they did a lot.

What threw Annabeth off was that whenever she would ask about Percy and who he was to her they would hesitate but then just say he was a friend. A very good friend. Her best friend.

Now though, with him here, and the strange urge she had to ask him to just wrap his arms around her and keep her safe and warm, she wasn't sure.

With a jerk she realized they had just been staring at each other, without saying anything at all. What unsettled her was that she had been completely comfortable with it, and she had been lost in thought about him. She cleared her throat to snap him out of his daze as well.

"So..." she tried, but trailed off not knowing exactly what to say.

He smiled at her, though there was a bit of hurt and awkwardness in his eyes. "Hey Annabeth."

"Hi...?" she said but trailed off again, not wanting to hurt his feelings if she was wrong about him being the famous Percy.

"Percy." he supplied, trying not to let the pain he was feeling come through in his voice. "I'm Percy. Percy Jackson."

She stared at him with obvious interest. From what she had heard she had sorta kinda assumed Percy would be stuck up but he didn't seem that way at all. In fact he seemed almost... shy.

No wait. It wasn't shy. It was nervous.

"Right, of course. Percy." she said, once again snapping out of her thoughts. She smiled hesitantly at him. "I thought you weren't allowed to come see me until I was out of the hospital."

"I'm not really good at following the rules." he said abashadly. He scratched the back of his neck nervously. His eyes glanced around before coming back to look at Annabeth. "Oh, I brought you some clothes." He set the bag he was holding at the foot of her bed.

Her eyes widened in surprise. "Oh, thankyou. Everyone else who came by said they didn't know the route to where my new apartment was yet." she gazed at him questioningly. "How did you get in?"

He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a set of keys. "Of course I have a key, it is m-" He stopped midsentence. His eyes looked questioning and he looked confused. "Wait. Are you telling me that everyone who came here to see you didn't tell you that..."

Annabeth tensed. She hated it when someone knew something that she didn't. "Didn't tell me what? And you never answered my question, why do you have a key to my apartment?"

Percy looked torn. He was experiencing ranging emotion from anger, to exasperation, to helplessness. No one had told her they lived together? He got a sinking feeling in his stomach. No, as he looked at her he could see it was worse than that.

She didn't know they were even dating.

"Annabeth," he asked hesitantly. "Do you know who I am?"

Her eyebrows scrunched together. "Of course I do. You just told me that you're Percy Jackson."

He shook his head. "No, I meant do you know what I am to you? Did anyone tell you?"

Her expression cleared a little. "We're best friends."

He nodded distractedly. "Right ya, but that's not it." he paused. "Do you really not know who I am to you?" The hurt and pain he was feeling was coming out through his voice.

Annabeth looked a little annoyed now. "As I've said I know we're best friends, sorry if I can't remember; my memory isn't exactly at it's greatest right now." She snapped at him.

Percy stopped what he was doing and stared at her. "Annabeth I didn't mean..." he trailed off not knowing what to say.

She sighed. Not even 10 minutes and they were already fighting. "I'm sorry." she whispered. She quickly blinked feeling tears forming in her eyes. Gods what was wrong with her? She was Annabeth Chase daughter of Athena. Not a weakling. Plus she disn't cry in front of people. Well some people like her dad, and Luke she did.

Percy looked surprised at the tears in her eyes, and he quickly rushed over and sat beside her, wrapping his arms around her. She turned into him as he spoke. "Shhh don't cry. It's alright, I didn't mean it like that. Don't cry, it's ok. I'm here now." he said.

Annabeth stayed in the safety of their embrace, surprised at how comforted she flet with him. She couldn't help but shiver at the contact between them, because it felt like electricity was coursing through her body. She blinked and got her thoughts in order before pulling back and looking at him.

"I'm sorry. I don't mean to cry it's just... I've had a bad week." she said to him, trying to sound emotionless, not like the crazy emotional rollercoaster she was really feeling like.

Percy smiled a little at her and brushed some of her hair away. His hand made her blood feel like it was on fire wherever he touched her face. "It's alright. I can understand that."

Suddenly a thought struck her. "Are you gay?"

Percy drew back and looked at her. His mouth opened in a little o. "What?"

"Are. You. Gay. You know, homosexual, more of a circle then a line-" he cut her off.

"No. No I'm not gay." he shook his head. "Why would you think I was gay?"

She shrugged, "I dunno, cause you're great at comforting me and I feel so comfortable with you."

He stared at her for a couple of seconds before shaking his head again. "No I'm not gay. You can be sure on that." He grumbled to himself, "The reason I'm so good at comforting you is because I've done it for 7 years."

"What was that?" Annabeth asked him.

"Nothing." he replied. He lifted his left hand to scratch the back of his neck but Annabeth reached out and grabbed it with her left hand.

"That ring." she said, looking pointedly at his ring finger. "I woke up with one just like it on my hand, except it had jewels on it." She looked up at him, almost scared. "Why do we have matching rings, on our ring fingers on our left hand?"

He looked at her hand. The imprint from the ring was on her finger but the actual ring wasn't there. She had taken it off. "Annabeth-"

"Are we married?" she demanded of him and her eyes were suddenly fierce.

He laughed. He couldn't help it. It sounded a little hysterical but it was the first laugh he had had in a week. "Married? No we're not married. This is more of a... ummm, well..." he trailed off again not knowing what to say. He would have said engagement ring but then that would lead to more questions.

Annabeth looked at him, and even know he suspected she knew what he was thinking. "Why don't you just start by telling me the truth." she suggested.

Percy looked at her and suddenly his eyes were serious. "What if the truth will hurt you?"

She looked at him just as serious. "If I don't even know my own life then how can I go on living it?"

Percy stayed quiet for a minute or so before sighing heavily. "Alright then. I'll tell you everything. Not just about the ringssss, but everything from the moment we met to right now." He looked at her nervously. "You might want to get comfy, this will take a long time." Once both he and Annabeth had shifted on the bed until they were comfortable he opened his mouth to speak. "I'm going to ask you to not interrupt me. This is hard enough for me to say as it is but if you interrupt it will be even worse."

Annabeth nodded. "Alright I won't interrupt."

Percy searched her eyes, trying to find any hint of suspicion, or anxiety but all he saw was curiosity and the usual thirst to learn more. He sighed. Alright so it all started with this demon math teacher of mine..."

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Ok so I'm sorry for the delay in updating, and the fact that there's not really a shocker in this chapter. When I planned it in my head there was but when I started writing it just didn't fit, so anyone who had ideas for a shocker for this story pm me. Don't worry I'll make sure you get full credit I just need an idea. Anyways thanks to the reviewers, followers, and the people who have favorited my story. You guys are the reason I keep writing. Wish me luck on my exams!

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