POV: Percy

I held the little black box out open in front of me.

"Annabeth Chase… I love you. When I first met you when we were twelve, I thought you were the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen. As we grew closer, my opinion never changed. I know we've been dating for four years at this point. Annabeth, Wise Girl, will you marry me?

Her jaw dropped. Eventually, after about thirty seconds, I was ready to put the box back in my pocket. I sighed and closed the box. Before I had the chance to put it back in my pocket Annabeth caught my hand.

"Of course Seaweed Brain." she told me.

She pulled the box open and placed the ring on her ring finger on her left hand.

POV: Annabeth

"Annabeth, Wise Girl, will you marry me?" he asked me.

I was still in shock from all the sweet things he said about me.

He was about to stick the ring back into his pocket when I stopped him.

"Of course Seaweed Brain." I told him.

I placed my ring in its respected place, and admired it.

I kissed him for a while acknowledging this may be the last time I see Percy for a few weeks. Maybe forever… NO! I wouldn't let this be the last time I saw him.

"I love you." I told him.

"You too Wise Girl." He replied.

The moment would've been perfect, except for one fact: I only had hours until I was called to go on a quest.

As if that WASN'T enough to worry about, guess who decided to make a surprise visit?

"DAD!" Percy called and bowed before Poseidon.

"PERSEUS!" he yelled in his human form. Thank gods! He could've blown our heads off! I thought to myself.

"I told you to stay AWAY from that Athenian girl!"

"And I told you I wasn't going to." Percy replied, while I was just feeling useless.

"Percy… don't fight over me." I whispered to him.

"Shhh." He mumbled back.

"Percy, this is your LAST and FINAL warning!" Poseidon yelled as he disappeared.

"Percy, I have to finish packing." I mumbled to him.

"Yeah, I'll help." He said "Race you there?" he asked, but I was already halfway there.