The Mark of Athena

A/N: Thank you to everyone who added me to story alert/ reviewed. Disclaimer: I don't own PJATO (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) or HOO (Heroes of Olympus.) All rights go to Rick Riordan. Happy valentine's Day!

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PERCY:

"Start the War Games!" I yelled.

"Yeah, Percy I know you are very anxious about the upcoming War games, but we have to leave for Camp Half-Blood!" Annabeth said.

"Really?" I asked her. She nodded. "Forget what I said about the War Games, I want to go home!" I shouted.

"Good. Because we're leaving in about 10 minutes." Said Annabeth.

"Oh. I have to go pack. Meet me by the ship in 5 minutes?" I asked

"Yeah…. Why?" she asked, glancing at me suspiciously.

"Because I want us to be the first ones on the ship."
She finally got it and said she'd be by the ship.

I raced into my cohort's barracks and threw some jeans and shirts into my backpack, ran around trying to find my extra shoes and sprinted back out the door.

I ran to the ship where Annabeth was waiting for me.

"Hey. I want to show you your room." She said.

She led me up the ladder that was probably a house story tall and stopped on the first deck. She walked towards the right side of the ship, going slightly left before stopping again.

The sign read "Percy Jackson. Ship's captain, Seaweed Brain."

I glared at Annabeth, "Will you ever stop calling me that?"

She laughed "Nope. Not ever."

I pushed the door open and glanced around. There was a huge TV in the middle of the room, and incredibly comfortable looking sofa near it, and a queen size bed. The wall paint was blue, my absolute favorite color, and there were pictures of me, Tyson, and Annabeth on it.

There was also a window overlooking the sky right now, but later, the ocean.

"Do you like it?" she asked, peering at me.

"Like it? I love it, Wise Girl. Especially because your room is right next to mine." I beamed at her.

"That's great, I knew you would. By the way, Leo installed a private room just for us. Its password protected and everything." She said, grinning at me.

"Where is this 'special room' then?" I asked.

"It's right there." Annabeth pointed to the wall where our rooms connected.

"So whenever I want to see you, and NOT be interrupted by anybody, mostly Leo, I just have to put in a password and walk through the wall."

"Basically, yeah." She explained.

"May I see this room, milady?" I asked, trying not to laugh.

Annabeth giggled.

"Yeah, we just need to set up a password. Um….. How about: P+ A 8/18?" she inquired.

"Yeah, okay." I said "I'll make sure nobody is outside to hear it."

I stepped into the hallway, which would be deserted, at least for a few more minutes, that is.

"Coast is clear." I called back to her.

"Hmm… let's see…. Okay, here we go." She said.

"Password room is set up and ready to go." She announced.

"Let's go in it." I said

"Um….Okay." she said, confused.

"Just trust me." I said, and inserted the password. The wall opened, and I stepped in it and pulled her through.

We watched as the door magically closed behind us.

"So. Where's the light…" The lights flashed on, revealing a huge room complete with video games, a popcorn machine, air hockey…Everything you could possibly want on a date.

"Wow. Leo's designs are amazing." said Annabeth, obviously shocked.

"You got that right." I exclaimed.

"So what to do first?" Annabeth asked.

Instead of answering her, I just pulled her in and kissed her.

"Happy Valentine's Day, sweetie." I said

She beamed at me.

"I don't want to leave but the others are probably screaming their heads off looking for us." She sighed.

"Fine. I love you." I smiled at her.

"I love you, also. Let's go." She said

PIPER:

Being with Jason is awesome in general and even better since its Valentine's Day.

"Hey, Piper, got a minute?" Jason asked me.

"Um. Yeah. What's up?"

"Let's go on a very- super special- Valentine's Day date." He told me.

"Yeah, okay. Just give me a second. Be right back." I said and ran to the ship to throw on the only dress I had in my wardrobe. The turquoise dress Mom had picked out for me. I ran as fast as I could back to Jason's side.

"What restaurant do you want to go?" he asked

"I don't know, it's your Camp, I really don't know." I said

"Oh yeah, I forgot. Um how about Italian food?" he questioned

"I love Italian food! Let's go."

"Alright. By the way, you look so beautiful." Jason commented.

"Thanks. You're not so bad yourself." I grinned at him.

"C'mon."

Jason led me through a crowd of couples dining out in New Rome, him laughing and waving at the crowds, while I wondered what Jason had done to make the people love him so much.

Part of me thought that Jason was the Roman equivalent of Percy, because they were so much alike based on what Annabeth had told me about Percy. She had mentioned every single thing he did with her, so basically all of his adventures which were actually really impressive.

Percy had returned a stolen master bolt and a helm of darkness in only 10 days. He'd run away from camp with Annabeth to find the missing Golden Fleece that had eventually saved the camp. He had even held up the sky, earning a grey streak in his hair. He battled Kronos and defeated his monster army and saved Olympus. And now, he had gone on an impossible quest to find the legion's eagle, found it, and came back to battle Polybotes, the bane of Poseidon. The guy was a really high- achiever.

"Piper! I found a really cool restaurant that serves amazing Italian food."
"Coming!" I called to him.

"I reserved a table, c'mon in." he politely told me.

"Hey Jason?" I asked once we were seated at a very awesome booth in a fancy restaurant.

"Yeah?"
"What did you do to become Praetor?" I inquired.

"It's a really long story. I'll tell you tomorrow when we leave for Camp half – Blood, okay? Right now, I want you to tell me about your old life in California." He asked.

"Well. I usually have to charmspeak salesmen and other people to give me stuff to get my dad's attention. Whenever the police catch me, my dad's horrible old assistant would send me to an extremely far and terrible boarding school." I said.

"Wow. No wonder you hated being back home in California. Anyway, I wanted to tell you something." He stated.

"Oh what?" I asked

"I think I'm in love with you." He blurted out.

Wow. I was not expecting that. But it was okay since I felt that way too about him and had been trying to find a good way to tell him that, and now I didn't have to.

"Really?" I asked him, he nodded, blushing scarlet red.

"I love you, too." I told him.

He grinned at me, making this the best day ever.

"Well, then I think we should go to the room Leo installed for us. You know, to recreate our not-so-real first kiss?" he said.

"Okay then." I got up and beamed at him.

This had been the best Valentine's day in a long time.