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Love the Babysitter

"Annabeth, I have a favor to ask you," Sally took a deep breath before speaking. "There is an important book conference in Maine, and Paul and I are traveling there. We called two sisters of Paul to come over and watch the kids at night, but the two women just hate Percy and they said if he was there and they wouldn't do it." she shook her head, a grimace of disgust on her face. "Can you imagine how I reacted to that? I just sent them to the place that I will not repeat. Anyway, we have no one else to care for them, and since they love you, I thought maybe you could stay for the night and take care of them. I'll pay you, I promise."

Annabeth shrugged. "When are you traveling?"

"On Friday at midnight. I think we'll be back on Saturday afternoon." Sally said.

Annabeth thought for a moment before nodding. "Sure, why not?" she said.

Sally broke into a smile. "You're a lifesaver, Annabeth."

"Yeah, I get that a lot." Annabeth chuckled. Sally hugged her, and it felt really good. Sally was like a mother to her, the one she never got.

"I'm going to tell the others." Sally said closing the door. "Bye!"

"Bye," Annabeth waved. She sighed. It was January, the first day of school after coming back of the winter break. Percy was at Travis and Connor's house doing some overdue homework.

She thought how a night in that house would be like. Pure craziness, that's for sure.

-.-.-.-.-

Friday, 10:30 p.m.

Annabeth put on her light blue sweater over her white shirt, white pants and white sneakers and brushed her hair until it fell in princess curls. She grabbed her backpack that contained a book, clothes, pajamas and more books, and left the room.

Annabeth went downstairs, said goodbye to her family, and went to Sally's house. There, Annabeth stopped at the door of the house. Sally had told her that Percy would be with some friends, and she was pretty sure there were all the almost-boyfriends of her friends. Sighing, she touched the doorbell and instantly Paul appeared, a bright smile on his face.

"Annabeth!" he greeted. "Thank you for doing this. Really, you're a lifesaver."

Annabeth smiled. "Hey, no problem." she said, and Sally appeared behind her husband with Tyson in her arms.

"Hello Annabeth!" she exclaimed happily. "Polly is very excited to see you; she has the night planned for you two, so, good luck." Sally chuckled, and despite the fear that Annabeth had, she laughed too. "Oh, Percy's friends are already here, I think they're watching some game or something, so I don't think they'll bother you."

"Alright," Annabeth nodded. Just then, Polly ran to Annabeth with an excited expression and hugged her legs as she always did.

"Annabeth, I have a lot of things that we can do tonight, and my mommy will let us bake cookies!" squealed Polly. Annabeth couldn't help but smile, the joy of that child was contagious.

"That's great!" Annabeth said.

Paul looked at his watch and then at his wife. "Honey, we gotta go or our plane will leave." Sally nodded and kissed Tyson on the head before giving him to Annabeth. Polly hugged her parents and Percy appeared behind them.

Annabeth's breath got caught in her throat as her eyes met his. He just looked so…

"Bye Perce, I trust you to not break the house." Paul warned his step-son mockingly. Percy rolled his eyes, but a laugh escaped his lips.

"Sure Paul,"

"Bye honey," Sally kissed her son's cheek. She and her husband walked to the car and got in. As Paul turned it on, Sally waved to her children and Annabeth until the car was out of sight.

Annabeth turned to Polly. "Okay, what do you want to do first?" she asked, not catching Polly's mischievous smile.

"What if we bake cookies? I like the ones with chocolate chips!" she squealed. Annabeth chuckled, and Percy left to be with his friends.

"Fine, let's go bake chocolate chip cookies," she said. "And pray that the kitchen doesn't burn" she mumble under her breath.

Polly ran to the guys, an excited smile on her face. That little girl never stopped smiling. "Percy, Annabeth's gonna bake us cookies!" she screamed.

"Us?" Annabeth asked alarmed. She walked up to Polly, and saw that in the living room, sitting on the couches watching some game on TV, was Nico, Jason, Connor and Travis. "Oh, hi guys." She greeted, and high-fived Nico, like they always did.

"Annabeth! We didn't know you were coming here," Nico said a little shocked. He looked at Percy questioningly, but Percy was scratching his neck.

"Oh yeah, a little detail I forget to tell you," he apologized.

"Nah, it's okay." Travis said. "She's gonna bake us cookies anyway," he joked.

Annabeth rolled her eyes. "The worst one for you Stoll," she said mockingly. The guys laughed, and Travis rolled his eyes.

"So mature," he mumbled.

Annabeth chucked, and her eyes fixed on Connor, who laughed nervously and his cheeks were bright red. Jason looked at him mockingly, like if he was expecting Connor to do something very funny.

"C'mon Annabeth, let's start!" Polly grabbed her hand and leaded her to the kitchen. Annabeth put Tyson on his baby chair and grabbed Sally's cook book.

"Okay, get some flour,…"

-.-.-.-.-

"Ta-da!" Annabeth exclaimed, grabbing the cookies from the oven. She showed them to Polly, who smiled happily.

"It smells delicious Annabeth!" Polly said. Annabeth felt her cheeks go red as she placed the cookies on the plate.

"Well, thanks." She said. Annabeth didn't think the cookies would taste good, but hey, she wasn't a baker. And compared to Sally's chocolate chip cookies (which tasted like heaven, if you ask), any cookie tasted bad.

Polly grabbed a cookie and ate a little of it. She ate it slowly, and when she finished, Annabeth waited for her opinion. "How does it taste?"

Polly swallowed and smiled. "Wow Annabeth, they're almost as good as my mom's!" Annabeth sighed, all the tension on her shoulders gone. She grabbed a cookie and ate it, and Polly was right, they were really good. And the kitchen was perfectly fine.

Polly took the plate with cookies and gave it to Percy. "Annabeth's a great baker!" she said.

Percy smiled at Annabeth, and she felt her knees melting. "Let's see," he said grabbing a cookie and putting it on his mouth. 'He looks so sexy when he eats,' Annabeth thought, and this time she didn't scolded herself for thinking that. He swallowed the cookie. "Woah, it's great!" He exclaimed. Annabeth smiled smugly at him, and he rolled his eyes jokingly. Polly put the plate on the table and the guys attacked it, each one grabbing a cookie and putting it in their mouths.

They chewed it, savoring each piece of the cookie until it was gone. "Annabeth, do you have any other skills that I should find out?" Nico asked, really impressed with the cookies.

Annabeth chuckled and hit him on the head playfully. "Shut up,"

"Uh- he's right. These cookies are delicious." Connor said uncomfortably, since when his friends saw that he was talking they kept silent for Annabeth to hear.

"Umm… thanks," she smiled slightly. Her eyes flicked from Connor to Percy, and saw Percy had a tiny grimace.

'Nononononononononono! Does Percy think I like Connor?' her mind thought at full speed, and she tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear nervously.

"Hey Annabeth," Polly caught her attention, cutting her thoughts off. "Let's go to my room, I have a lot of things to do!" she said grabbing Annabeth's wrist and dragging into her room. The guys were perplexed at how Annabeth was dragged away with a baby in her arms by a little girl of just seven years.

"Connor," Jason said softly. "You're a complete idiot."

-.-.-.-.-

"We can paint our nails, get makeovers, comb our hair and play with dolls!" Polly squealed happily. Annabeth closed the bedroom door and looked in horror at all the paintings and Barbies that were on Polly's bed.

Annabeth adjusted Tyson in her hip. "Uh, Polly… look, I really am not a makeup and Barbies fanatic..." her voice faded away at the sight of Polly's puppy dog eyes. Annabeth sighed, that little girl had her around her finger. "Fine, I'll play with you; but first, you have to help me to make Tyson sleep,"

Polly's face lit up. "Yeah sure!"

Annabeth shook her head and rolled her eyes. "C'mon, this big boy is gonna fell asleep in my arms very soon." She smiled a Tyson, who was yawning. Polly giggled, and the three went to the room of the little baby. Annabeth placed Tyson in his crib and she and Polly sang a lullaby until Tyson closed his eyes and slept.

"He's asleep; can we get our makeover now?" Polly insisted. Annabeth rolled her eyes and gently pushed Polly out of the room. She turned off the light and closed the door before both return to withdraw into Polly's room.

"Fine, whatever you want." Annabeth said.

Polly smiled. "I promise you will not regret it, I've had a little practice with my mom and my friends," Annabeth looked at her a little unsure, but let Polly put make-up on her face.

"And… done!" Polly said a few minutes later. She stepped away from Annabeth and looked her masterpiece. She had outlined her nanny's gray eyes, put on some light blue eye-shadow and painted her lips a dark pink. Polly opened her mouth; Annabeth looked really beautiful.

Annabeth frowned at Polly's face. She got out of the bed and looked in the closest mirror. Her eyes widened at her own reflection, she looked totally different. She never wore make-up, it just wasn't her style.

"Annabeth, you look beautiful," Polly said. "You are even prettier than Cinderella when she goes to the ball."

Annabeth rolled her eyes and turned to Polly. "Stop exaggerating," she ordered. "Anyway, what time is it?"

"Around 11:30," Polly said.

Annabeth looked at her. "Well, time to go to bed!" she told Polly. The little girl groaned and crunched her nose.

"I don't want to sleep yet!" she replied, her puppy eyes again.

"Not gonna work." Annabeth snapped coldly. Seeing that she wouldn't change her mind, Polly grabbed her pajamas and went to the bathroom to change. When Polly came back, dressed in white pajamas, Annabeth smiled. "Well, now, have sweet dreams!"

Polly yawned. "Goodnight," she said, lying stretched in her bed. Annabeth helped her to cover her with the blankets and turned off the light. She entered Sally and Paul's room, where she was going to stay, and opened her backpack to took out her PJ's (a white small T-shirt and grey sweat pants). She got changed and tied her hair in a messy ponytail.

She was about to take off the makeup when she heard some laughter from below and recalled that the boys were there, and especially the Stoll's (major prankers). Sighing, she went downstairs and walked over to where the boys were. She leaned against the wall and cleared her throat to get their attention. Mainly Percy's.

They looked at her, and almost opened their mouths at her sight. She looked like a goddess. Percy and Connor drooled over her, Nico, Jason and Travis looked at her surprised, but for them their almost-girlfriends were prettier.

"Percy, can we talk?" Annabeth asked innocently. They thought that she was obvious to their gazes? Poor idiots.

After coming back to reality after his little shock, Percy stammered. "Sure," he got up from the couch and walked behind her into the kitchen.

"Annabeth wearing make-up? No way," Nico mumbled. And that's when Connor sees the smile Annabeth gives to Percy and the look in Percy's eyes, he realized there was something more between them. So, he just tried to forget his crush on her, because it was just stupid. And she will never like him back.

-.-.-.-.-

"What's up?" Percy asked worriedly.

"Nothing serious," Annabeth said. "Just wanted to warn you if your friends or you do something while I sleep, I will-" she was cut off with Percy's smirk.

"Hey, calm down, we'll do anything" he said. "You don't trust me?"

Annabeth raised an eyebrow at him. "You better. And I dunno, we'll see." She joked. "And keep your laughter low, I don't want you to wake Tyson up."

Percy ran two fingers over his mouth as if closing a zipper. "What you say, my lady."

Annabeth rolled her eyes, but a smile broke on her lips. "Idiot." Percy chuckled. "Goodnight Percy." she said, already heading towards the stairs to go to bed.

"Night for you too," he said, his eyes following her figure until she disappeared through the door of his parents' bedroom. He walked to his friends and sat back down in his place.

"Dude, you're so into her." Nico said before thinking. All (except Connor) opened their eyes and looked at the younger twin.

He smiled carelessly. "Hey, I don't like her anymore. You can have her Perce."

"Really?" Percy asked surprised.

"Yeah," Connor smiled.

"Thanks man,"

-.-.-.-.-

"Buaaaa buaaaa," The cry of Tyson woke Annabeth up from her sleep. She opened her eyes lazily and got out of bed, feeling the coldness of the room touching her skin, sending chills throughout her body. She put on her sweater and left the room heading for Tyson's.

She came in and the noise grew louder, making her groan. It was five a.m. She picked up Tyson of his crib and cradled him in her arms, singing some lullabies. The baby his screaming, but was still sobbing. The door opened slowly, revealing a shirtless Percy. Annabeth looked at him with a raised eyebrow, but he just smiled and put his shirt that brought in his hands on. What a shame.

He walked over to Annabeth and took Tyson in his arms, pulling his head to his chest and kissing his forehead telling him things to stop crying. That was the sweetest thing Annabeth had ever seen. Tyson stopped crying and relaxed. Percy held him until he was fully asleep again.

When Percy left his half-brother in the crib again, he told Annabeth to be quiet and grabbed her hand, dragging her out of the room.

Annabeth looked at him sweetly, a tender smile that made Percy crazy. "That was very sweet of you,"

"Thanks, it kind of comes natural," he shrugged. "Hey, come with me, there's a thing I want to show you." he said, grabbing her hand again and dragging her outside.

Annabeth frowned. "What's so interesting? What do you want to show me?" she questioned. Percy stopped and turned around suddenly, causing Annabeth to crash into him.

"The sunrise," he said. Annabeth looked at him expectantly, certainly surprised. "We're gonna watch the sunrise."

"Why?" she asked doubtfully.

"Uh, because it looks great from here." he shrugged, smiling foolishly at her. Percy sat near the pool and waited until Annabeth did the same. She looked at him confused, not knowing clearly what Percy was doing. He felt her eyes on him, so he turned his to look at her. "What?" he asked.

"Nothing," Annabeth felt her cheeks turn red. A comfortable silence fell between them. After nearly a year of being together almost all day, their relationship had become very strong. They were how best friends, they played, joked, studying, doing homework and a lot of things. It was typical of them sitting next to each other and not talk, just enjoy their company.

It was until Percy broke the silence. "Annabeth…" he said uncomfortably, thinking about what he would say. Annabeth looked at him expectantly; she had no idea what he might say. After thinking hard, Percy sighed. "Oh, what gives, you know I'm not good with words." he said exasperatedly, and then he did something Annabeth never thought it would happen again.

He leaned forward and kissed her. Annabeth was surprised at first, but soon returned the kiss with the same desire. This wasn't a soft kiss like the one at the mall; it was one desperate and passionate, as if he had wanted to do this for a long time. And he was. He wanted her to understand his feelings with that kiss. He put his hands on her cheeks and kissed her for a long time until they were out of air.

They separated and smiled. The sun raised in the sky, painting it with a lot of colours. It was beautiful, since the water in the pool reflected it.

Annabeth looked at it and smiled even more. "It's beautiful."

But Percy didn't reply. He was looking at Annabeth. Her curls looked like gold with the light, her eyes sparkled and her smile was so gorgeous.

'She's too beautiful,' he thought.

She felt his eyes on her, so she looked at him. "What?" she asked frowning.

He grinned. "Uh, nothing." He kissed her again, and she felt like flying.

It was just perfect.

A/N= 2.898 words and 16 pages.

Oh my God, it was the last chapter. I'm freaking out! I just can't believe it; it's so exciting for me. I should be giving an emotional speech for you guys, but, there's the epilogue to go!

I don't know if the end was the best I could give you, but I really tried to do my best. Feel free to tell me your thoughts reviewing or sending me a PM, I'm open to everyone! Check out the outfit in my profile and my new story: 'Tell Me Why'. I thought that since this story is almost finished, I could start a new one.

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