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Annabeth Pov

Beep beep beep.

Ugh. Beep beep " Shut up!" I yelled smashing my fist on the snooze button. I sat up rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. Then I remembered what happened yesterday. I smiled, looking at the clock. 7:50! I have to get ready fast! Breakfast starts in ten minutes!

I ran down stairs, expecting loud chatting. Well, they were loud, but they weren't chatting. More like arguing and shouting. I slipped into my seat quietly. " What's going on?" I asked Luke. Luke looked annoyed at something, I wasn't sure if it was me he was annoyed at. Luke shook his head angrily, his blond hair slashing around, " Chiron said that the Mayor wanted us to go to school!"

"What school?" I asked curiously

" Goode high school." He said in disgust. What's so bad about school? I wondered to myself. I didn't mind school. But clearly everyone else did. They hated it. I found myself looking for Percy. I saw him, with his hood up of course, he looked angry. His fists closing and opening every few seconds. I knew by the looks of this he was going to blow in a few minutes if this keeps going on.

" Why do we have to go to school?" One person shouted.

" Ya! Are you saying we're stupid?" Another person shouted.

"QUIET!" A voice shouted. Everyone immediately shut up. I looked up, I wasn't surprised, it was Percy. He was standing up facing everyone, "If Chiron and the Mayor says we have to go to school, we have to! Do you want to go homeless?" Percy asked daring anyone to say anything. "Tomorrow, we wake up at 7:20, no complaints, get ready and go to school." Everyone nodded reluctantly and continued eating.

Midnight/ Percy Pov

What was I thinking! Asking her to meet me at my tree house at night! I sighed, pressing the blue triangle going in the passageway.

I stepped outside, breathing in the fresh air. It was cold, I was glad I had my hoodie with me. I followed my path to my tree house. Pulling myself into the tree house. I walked around the tree house, Annabeth hadn't came yet, I had a little time to myself. Why did I tell her so much? I asked myself, who knows? She might get adopted the next day! I swung my arms in frustration, knocking over something. I sighed and kneeled down picking up the thing I knocked over. I stood up after picking it up. It was a picture frame. I turned it over, looking at the picture. A tear rolled down my cheek. It was a picture of my family, my mom, dad and me. We were at the beach my parent always brought me to. Montauk. The beach wasn't crowded at all, in fact it was always empty when we were there. We had bought a cabin there. It was dirty and full of spiders, but I didn't mind, as long as I was with my parents I was happy.

"They look so happy." A voice said. I turned around, Annabeth was standing there looking sadly at the picture. I wiped away my tear with my sleeve. I nodded, " I was three. We were at the beach, Montauk, we have a cabin there."

She nodded understandingly, "My parent never took me to the beach, they took me to museums."

" That's boring."

"Hey! I liked it!" She said. I laughed, "How can you like that? 'This was a piece from the 1678's we still keep it because, well, I don't know'" I mimicked the tour guide.

"Hey! That's not funny!" She yelled. I laughed my head off, "Sure, sure it isn't. I'm sure you're laughing in the inside!" I yelled running off around the tree house, knowing she would start chasing me. So might as well get a head start.

"Hey! Get back here! And I'm sure I wasn't laughing in the inside!" She said trying not to laugh, but failing miserably.

"Oh really? How come you're laughing now?" I asked still running. She charged at me, catching me. "Ok, ok I surrender!" I said laughing. I flopped down on the porch of the tree house. She followed my lead and lay down next to me. "Did you build this, Percy?" Annabeth asked suddenly. I nodded, "All by myself, when I was seven." I answered.

"Oh."

"Look, you can see the constellations! What's your favourite constellation?"

"I don't really have one. I never really got the chance to look at the stars. Where I use to live, you couldn't see the stars very well."

"My favourite constellation is Hercules."

"Cool."

"Hey Annabeth?"

"Yeah?" I could tell she was starting to fall a sleep so I ask the question quickly.

"How did you find the passageway?"

"I was unpacking the rest of my things, when I noticed there was a triangle in the middle of the wall, it looked like a button. I was curious so I pressed it and found the passageway. I also found all these signatures on the wall. One of them was Percy, 2004, was that you?" I nodded. We stared at the stars in silence for a while, then I noticed that Annabeth had fallen asleep. I picked her up bridle style, careful not to wake her up. I took her through the passageway, to her room. I placed her on the bed carefully, pulling the blanket over her. She snuggled in her bed. "Thanks Annabeth, I had fun tonight, which hadn't happen in a few year." I whispered to her. I thought I saw Annabeth smile faintly, but I must have imagined it. I kissed her on the cheek and left the room.

I lay down I my bed thinking, maybe I could get a wink of sleep without nightmares tonight. And for once I didn't get nightmares.

Thank you Annabeth.