Annabeth's POV

Somehow, as Percy cried into her hair, their arms wrapped tightly around each other, an ambulance came. They ran past her and Percy to Reyna, rolling their stretcher in perfect synchronized pace with them, and immediately lifted her into the stretcher and sped off again, loading her into the vehicle and taking off into the distance.

Hazel just sat there, seemingly shell shocked at the fact she had just murdered someone.

Annabeth noticed Percy had stopped crying, but still hadn't let go of her. And she didn't mind a single bit.

"I love you," she heard. She couldn't help but smile at those three little words. Damn you Percy Jackson, she thought. "I love you too Perseus."

"Does this mean we can date now?" she hesitantly asked him.

"I suppose so. If you really want to," he said, with a grin on his face, green eyes staring into grey eyes.

"I've been wanting to," she said simply.

He nodded and said, "Me too, now that I really really think about it. You're perfect," he said, and her heart practically melted in happiness at that point.

Then he let go of her and walked over to Hazel, who slightly cringed as his arms wrapped around her.

"I killed her…" she whispered. "I killed her. Now I'm a monster like she was."

"No Hazel," said Percy. "You are not a monster. You're a victim of a monster and a girl out for revenge. Nothing that happened since you were kidnapped was your fault."

Then he pulled something out of his pocket, a little slip of paper, and said, "This is the number of a woman named Piper McLean. Just call her whenever you need someone to talk to, she knows how to help you."

Jealousy, oddly enough, flooded Annabeth's entire body. A girl gave him her number. And the numbskull never even bothered to mention it to me until now.

Then the jealousy faded as she realized, that maybe, he got the number to give to Hazel from this Piper so she could have someone to really talk to. And the she felt guilty or making that accusation of her new sort-of boyfriend.

Hazel took the slip of paper from Percy, nodded slightly, and placed it in her back pocket. She took a deep, shuddering breath, and then she broke down. It was a terrible, violent sob that made her shriek in agony and make her shake in pain, her arms wrapped tightly around her chest.

Annabeth's and Percy's arms instantly surrounded her in warmth and protection, murmuring words of comfort and jokes that made Hazel laugh before releasing another violent sob. And the pain came over her in tidal waves, drowning her and then releasing her before drowning her again.

A few cop cars rolled up then, and Percy and Annabeth were dropped off at their apartment and Hazel was driven to the police station.

During the ride, the officer asked what had happened. No one responded, so again he asked, "What exactly happened?" "Horrible things," said Percy. "Horrible things."

Another car rolled up into the apartment parking lot and jogged to catch up to Percy and Annabeth.

"Detective Nico Di Angelo," he said, shaking both their hands. "Mind asking a few questions in your apartment?"

Percy glanced at Annabeth, who took his hand and laced her fingers through his. He gently squeezed and she squeezed back.

"Not at all," said Percy.

As for Annabeth, well, she wasn't sure if she was ready to be questioned about Zeus yet. Not on her own anyway. But as long Percy was there for her and with her, she knew she would be okay.

She knew he was hers, and she was his. And she didn't want it any other way.

A/N: I know it's kinda short, but I wanna put the questions in a separate chapter for some reason. I'm not exactly sure why, I just do, so live with it :P

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