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Percy raised an eyebrow. "Someone's grumpy."

Annabeth sighed and tried to stop the headache she could feel coming. "Look I'm sorry but I can't help but be surprised that I come home and find you taking a shower in my apartment."

Percy shook his head. "Our apartment."

Annabeth recoiled as if he'd shocked her. "What?"

Percy held her eyes with his own. "We live here together. It's mine as much as yours. I have every right to be here."

Annabeth frowned. "No one told me we lived together..." she trailed off feeling helpless. There was a lot of things people hadn't told her. So far the only person who had been totally and completely 100% honest had been Percy and Annabeth hadn't let him finish telling her the things she needed to know.

Percy had been looking at her, frowning but staying silent. She was wearing fitted jeans, a white t-shirt and a purple hoodie. Not much but it beat hospital clothes. He cleared his throat to distract himself.

"Look how about you let me put on some clothes and then we'll figure out what to do next, OK?"

Annabeth looked at him calculating, but only for a moment. "OK." she said hesitantly. Slowly she turned and walked out of the bedroom to explore the rest of the place.

When Percy came out of the bedroom he saw Annabeth sitting on the sofa holding a picture with her back facing him; only when he came up behind her he saw that it was a picture of them dancing. It had been Travis and Katie's wedding reception and the lights were dim enough to set a mood but light enough to take pictures and be able to make out everyone in them. Annabeth and Percy had been dancing quietly together under the flower framed door way while everyone else was either shoving cake in each other's faces (ahem Nico, Thalia, Rachel, Leo, Connor and Clarisse) or out on the dance floor.

Somehow Grover had taken a picture of the couple without them knowing. But Percy didn't mind.

Annabeth had looked so beautiful in a bridesmaids dress and he had actually dressed up and worn a tux. It had been nice for a change. Instead of worrying about the potential end of the world they could worry about whether Travis would mess up his wedding vows (which he did) or whether the Hermes and Demeter cabin would finally call a truce and make it through a night without yelling at one another.

Percy rested a hand on Annabeth's shoulders, surprised when she didn't jump or look up at him. In fact she kept her face hidden. Only when he saw a drop of water fall on the picture did he realize she was crying.

"Annabeth?" Percy asked. He carefully reached around her and took the picture from her grasp. "Are you OK?"

She looked up at him silently. Percy saw her wipe away a tear and blink fast. "Were we always that happy?" She asked him in a quiet voice.

He studied her trying to decide what the best thing to say would be. "No." he finally said. "No, at times we hated each other and couldn't stand to be in the same room without screaming at each other. We would scream until Chiron told some campers to pull us away from one another or one of us stormed off." Percy caught her wide-eyed disbelieving look and smiled reassuringly. "That was back when we weren't dating, or when I would try to get you to go out and have fun instead of reading."

Annabeth sighed. "I wish I could remember it all. When I look at you, well I feel... I don't know, I feel..." she trailed off blushing lightly. He sat down beside her quietly. When she looked back at him her eyes were sad. Very, very sad. "I wish I could remember falling in love with you." she whispered to him.

If this had been any other time Percy would have kissed her. He would have told her to stop worrying, and that they would figure it out together like they always did. But he couldn't tell Annanbeth those things because she didn't remember. She didn't remember all of those other times they had sorted everything out together, and Percy couldn't just kiss her because she still hardly knew him.

But what if Percy made her fall in love with him all over again? What if they could relive all of the good times all over again?

"How about," he said slowly. "You relive it all over again."

Annabeth turned her confused gaze to his. "What?"

"Tomorrow. We can go out on a date. Just us. We can do fun things that every other normal couple does and try to forget everything else." Percy couldn't hide the nervousness and hope in his voice. What if she said no? Maybe she would say yes. He didn't know.

It was like he was 14 years old again.

Annabeth smiled a little. "A date." she said plainly.

Percy nodded. "Yes. A date. After I finish work and you're done with your classes I'll take you out."

Annabeth smiled at him. "Alright then. It's a date." She was opening her mouth to say something else when the phone rang.

Percy jumped. "I'll get it." he said. Carefully he reached around Annabeth to the phone on the coffee table next to her. "Hello?" he answered. He waited a few minutes, listening to the reply on the other end. His eyes flicked to Annabeth worriedly and then he glanced away. "Yes. Ya she was released from the hospital today." He paused again. "Yes, she's right in front of me." Another pause. "Sure, just hold on a second." Percy covered the mouth of the phone. "It's your dad. He wants to talk to you."

Annabeth stiffened. "My dad?"

Percy nodded. "He wants to know how you are."

"Tell him I'm fine." Annabeth said coldly.

Percy studied her. "I think he'd rather hear it from you." he said finally.

Annabeth shook her head. "I don't want to talk to him."

"Annabeth," Percy said quietly and quickly. "You and your dad are close again. You guys made up. He loves you and all he wants is to know how you are."

Annabeth's eyes hardened. "Can you please just say I'm busy or something? I just don't want to deal with this right now."

Percy sighed but put the phone back to his head. "I'm sorry sir but she's not feeling well." He paused listening to the reply. "No she doesn't need to go back to the hospital, I think she's just tired." He listened to the other voice. "Yes, I'm sorry. I'll make sure she calls you back when she feels better." He stopped again. "Goodbye, say hello to Karen and the kids from us!" He hesitated a moment before hanging up. He turned to look at Annabeth with his arms crossed.

"What?" she asked.

"He really wants to talk to you Annabeth." was all Percy said.

"Well I don't want to talk to him." Annabeth said crossly.

Percy sighed. "Fine, but this isn't going to help your relationship with him."

"Excuse me?" Annabeth asked him.

He met her eyes. "I'm just saying. I mean it's not like he's done anything to deserve-"

"What?" Annabeth said. "Are you serious? Do you know that that man shut me out of his new life? That he probably wanted me to run away? Do you know how he and my step family treated me?"

"I do." Percy said. At her disbelieving look he nodded. "Really I do."

"Then how can you even suggest that I try to talk to him? How can you sit there and tell me that it would be best-"

"Because I know you!" Percy said. "I know what happened to you when you and your father made up! I know how much it means to you-"

"No!" Annabeth screamed. "You don't know! You say you know me but you don't! You tell me I love my father but how can I? I can only remember him ignoring me, making me feel unwanted!"

"Those memories are from when you were 7!" Percy yelled back at her. Seeing her flinch he quickly took a deep breath before continuing in a quieter voice. "Annabeth I'm just trying to do what's best for you-"

"Well stop! I can take care of myself! You don't have to, you're not my boyfriend!" Annabeth yelled.

As soon as the words were out of her mouth a thick and heavy silence settled over the room and Annabeth desperately wished she could take them back. No one said anything but the silence itself spoke volumes.

"I'm sorry." Annabeth whispered. She sat back down beside Percy and touched his shoulder. "Percy I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that."

He shook his head. "The only way this is ever going to work is if you stop treating me like shit." He met her eyes. "Annaebth I do know you, and all I want to do is keep you safe and happy." He paused. "But you're making that pretty damn hard for me to do."

Annabeth sighed. "I know. And I'm sorry. It's just this is all so hard and rushed..."

They studied each other for a second before Percy nodded. "I know, believe me. It's hard for me too."

For a second Annabeth saw just how much longing and sadness was in Percy's eyes but then it was gone. She nodded, unable to say anything to answer that. "Alright then."

They lapsed into a comfortable silence before Annabeth broke it. "So I'm in college?"

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