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Annabeth POV

I squinted. Was that... Percy? I could see him making his way towards me. If it wasn't, well then... I was screwed. I touched the cold brick wall and held my breath, Percy. Percy. Percy.

A guy way too tall to be Percy came up to me. I could make out his appearance now. He was tall and dark. He had his hood up so I couldn't tell the color of his hair, but he sporting a lovely black eye.

"Um, hello?" I asked, my voice cracking. I had one hand by my pocket where I kept my knife. (yes, I will always carry one with me.)

He grinned a sleazy grin, "Hey princess. Watcha' doin' out here on a night like this?" Okay, maybe the knife would be a bad idea? Possibly. I felt a bit nervous to actually pull it out and be like, 'Hey big scary guy! I got a knife! Yeah, watch out!'

"Just going home." If he tried anything stupid, I knew where to kick.

"Hey!" A voice shouted from behind. I smiled, I knew that voice very well, "Get away from my wife." He commanded. Wife? Hmm.

the guy mumbled something and took off. I guess Percy scared him a bit.

"What was up with him?" Percy asked. "Nothing, I guess I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time."

"More like the right time. You're lucky I was here to save you."

"Please. I can save myself, husband." I said rolling my eyes. But to be honest, I was pretty lucky.

"Sure, wife." We both burst into nervous laughter. Maybe I was a pretty lucky girl.

"Of course. We've gone over this before. I am the superior one here." I laughed.

"Okay, Wise Girl. I give up. But, mind if I woke you home?" He asked holding out his arm, which I gladly took.

"How could I say no? You saved me after all?" I said slyly.

Percy chuckled and led me out of the damp alley. "Very true, Wise Girl. Saying no would be completely idiotic on your part."

I couldn't help but crack a smile. Percy was still the same old, overly dramatic seaweed brain he had been when we were 16.

"So this is your place?" Percy asked me as we walked into my apartment. The place still smelled like yesterday's Italian food we had.

"Would I be lying?" Come on Seaweed Brain. I opened the door. With my key!

"Nice." He commented looking over the place. I saw him noticing some of the paintings. He pointed to the one of Poseidon I had hanging in the Living Room. "Sweet painting." He said grinning. I blushed.

"Oh yeah. But that one's even better." I pointed over at the Athena painting.

"Not. A. Chance."

"So the old Athena and Poseidon rivalry lives on?" I laughed. It felt like the good old days. Which I missed a lot.

"Obviously, Wise Girl!" He smirked.

I searched around the kitchen looking for something to eat. The cabinets were pretty bare. All i could find were Ramen Noodles (the shrimp flavored. eww!) and some old bread. Then a few assorted sauces that I was pretty sure were expired.

"Want some Ramon Noodles? Shrimp flavored?" I asked hopefully.

"Only if you've got hot sauce to go with it." That's a bit on the gross side...

"You're disgusting." I rolled my eyes and luckily found what I hoped was hot sauce. If not... Well then poo poo for him.

I grabbed two blue bowls. Which had Josh and I's names written in pretty cursive.

"Cool bowls." Percy commented dryly.

"They're the bomb." I responded just as sarcastically.

"But seriously, the blue has a nice touch."

"Shut up."

So we ate our noodles. And that was pretty much that. I tried my best not to bring up Charlotte and Lily, even though that was clearly the elephant in the room.

MWAAAAHHHH! I tried really hard with this chapter and I hoped you liked it ;) So yeah, click that sexaahh little blue button.

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