Hello, hello again! Thanks guys already for the nice reviews on the other chapter I posted today! I might do responses at the bottom...we'll see.

I have a song for this chapter! Sorry about the previous chapter. It was hard finding a song that fit the mood, but I have a perfect song for this one.

Ze song is called 'Wind' by Brian Cain. A very special thank you to PercyplusAnnabeth who told me about him! He's fantastic! I also loved the song you recommended, and I think I have an idea for when I can use it :D

As always (yes, I'm still repeating this), if you have problems or are too lazy to look it up yourself, I have it posted on my profile!

Let it commence.

Percy

After double checking to make sure there was no one else in sight besides the two guards, Annabeth and I followed behind them several yards behind, walking as quietly as possible.

We didn't say much. After she realized that she had pulled me against her when we were hiding, Annabeth was avoiding my gaze. Our shoulders occasionally knocked into each other as we walked, but that was the most eventful thing.

The guards ahead of us laughed loudly and shoved each other a lot, so we had to duck behind bushes and behind trees several times, but when we did, Annabeth made sure we weren't touching again. It became extremely awkward between us. For some reason, the note was running through my mind, specifically the part that said I loved her. Annabeth was extremely beautiful, and my heart always did a little skip when she looked at me, but I just couldn't handle it. I'd known this girl for a grand total of two days: the day in the cell and the day in the bush, and when we were in the bush, she was unconscious most of the time.

I shook my head to clear my thoughts. I couldn't be having feelings about her right now. It was ridiculous.

Give Annabeth a kiss for me.

Annabeth's cheeks had been flaming red when she read that part, and I didn't know how to feel about it. I still couldn't really believe that she and I had been dating before. It was so awkward when I read it first, and she asked me what it was. I was embarrassed to hand the note to her.

Ugh. Stupid mixed emotions.

I looked at Annabeth again. She was shorter than me - her head barely came up to my nose. Her hair was in gorgeous curls. When I had washed her hair in the lake to get the blood out, I had sat there for a minute just looking at her hair. It slowly formed into the curls again and dried quickly. I wanted to run my fingers through her hair, but fought the urge. Get a grip, Percy.

And her eyes. I'd never seen anything like them. Granted, I'd only seen things for only two days since I couldn't remember anything else. I'm sure that my past self was mesmerized by her gray eyes. They seemed to be studying you, analyzing you, as if she knew exactly what you were thinking.

She glanced up, probably feeling my eyes on her, and I quickly looked away. I didn't want to be caught staring.

"Percy!"

I realized that she had been saying my name for a while.

"What?"

"Where are you going? The guards went down that way," she said, pointing down another road. I could see them in the distance, one guard laughing at the other, who had fallen on his butt.

"Oh," I said stupidly.

Annabeth

I resisted rolling my eyes at Percy. He'd been acting weird since I pulled him against me. I did it without thinking. I just didn't want to be thrown in that disgusting cell again.

When I grabbed his t-shirt and he fell against me, I could feel his muscles tense up.

Gods, Percy was attractive.

I widened my eyes. Where did that come from? And how would I know if he was attractive? He's been pretty much the only guy I've seen, ever. I'm sure that there are other guys better looking than Percy.

How did I even start thinking about Percy, anyways?

I tried to clear my head.

That's a pretty lake, I thought. The sparkling water in the sun. Water. Percy can control water.

Oh, gods.

Our shoulders knocked together again, and I could feel goosebumps erupt on my arms when our skin touched. His arms were toned, probably from lifting weights or something. Maybe he was in a weightlifting class at school?

That jolted me out of my Percy-thoughts. School. Was I enrolled in school? Did I have friends there? Were they missing me?

My family. Oh, gods, my family. Did I have a family? I'm sure I did. They'd be worried sick. I suddenly go missing from their house. They might think I was kidnapped. The police will be searching for me. And if they saw me with Percy...what would they think? He was the kidnapper?

If a thought could kick me in the gut, I would have been sprawled on the ground right now. The note said that we were dating...what if..?

I could hardly think it without cringing. What if they thought we'd...oh, man. We'd eloped?

I kicked myself mentally in the shin. Why did I think that? Ugh!

Percy...well, I could congratulate myself for getting with him. He was attractive. His hair was sticking up in the slight breeze. Jet black, it shone in the sun. I could tell that he really didn't take care of it. Maybe it'd never seen a brush before. But I liked his hair like that. It made him look...carefree.

His arms swung by his sides while he walked. He definitely did do something with his arms to make him that toned. They were tanned, and I knew that he probably spent a lot of time in the sun. If his dad was a sea god, he most likely spent a lot of time at the beach. That meant that he could swim, too. That's probably how he stayed in shape. Swimming.

His hand clenched and unclenched the letter in his fist. He was probably thinking about it.

I am thinking too much about him, I told myself. Knock it off.

What would he do if he knew I was thinking about him? He would probably laugh at me. And his eyes would crinkle up and he would show is perfect white teeth.
His eyes. Every time he looked at me with them, I practically melted. How did his eyes get so bright? They were soft, understanding. I felt like I could tell him anything.
Probably not this, though. That would be embarrassing.

I felt someone looking at me. Glancing up, I saw Percy staring at me with those incredible eyes, and he looked away quickly. He probably didn't want to get caught.
Shaking off the feeling, I saw the guards take a right down another road. I followed behind them and took several steps before I realized that Percy wasn't next to me. I turned around and walked back to him. He was staring off into space, his eyebrows furrowed.

"Percy?" He didn't answer.

"Hey, Percy." Nothing.

"Percy!" He jumped and looked around before looking at me.

"What?" he asked.

"Where are you going? The guards went down that way," I said, pointing at them.

He followed my finger and saw them laughing and pushing each other over.

"Oh."

I grabbed his arm, sighing, towing him behind me. "Come on, Seaweed Brain."

AGH I SHIP THEM SO HARD.

I seriously love this chapter. I couldn't help grinning, like, the entire time I was writing it. And I was listening to 'Wind' nonstop for the past two hours while writing, so that helped a lot, too. *le squee!*

You guys are the best. We're up to 62 reviews! That's incredible. Yesterday I was just at 37. That's insane. Gah.

REVIEW RESPONSES!

OceanaFallen: You have no idea how much your review made me laugh! That was seriously funny. Thanks for following my story! You're the best, you and your sense of humor, you.

BlueMuffins: As a response to your question, Percy was kidnapped behind the Pomerian Line, which means that he gave Riptide to Terminus. Terminus takes away weapons as people enter the Pomerian Line, so it won't return to his pocket while behind the Line. Does that make sense? Let me know if you have any more questions!

Helios Spirit: Love the username. As an answer to your question: Hazel and everyone on the Argo II was captured as well. Octavian snagged everybody who he thought would side with the Greeks, including Reyna and the people on her side. Then (it doesn't say this in the story at all. Bonus information!) he put the whole city under quarantine. Like, the people who are old and going to college and all that jazz. He's ruling New Rome with an iron fist! Dictator!

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