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Chapter 5

I chased Annabeth for a few minutes, she can run fast, and finally I caught up with her. I had to take a break because I was out of breath and just ran like a mile.

"Why, why did you get Percy a gift for me?" she asked while sobbing.

"It's because he didn't want to ruin his relationship with you. He said that if he didn't get you the right gift and you didn't like it he would be mad at himself."

"Really?"

"Yeah, he told me that you were really special to him and that he said that he wouldn't know what to do without you."

"He really said that?"

"I swear on my life that he said that. You know what, he'd rather kill himself than make you unhappy."

"How do you know?"

"This morning at breakfast, while he was stuffing heart-shaped strudels into his face, he told me that, but it was sort of hard to understand with all that food in his mouth and being close to a heart attack." She laughed and rested for a little bit

"Are you better now? Come on Jasen is probably trying to help Percy. Last time I saw him, he was hitting himself with the hilt of his sword repeating the word idiot."

"Well, come on he's going to kill himself. He's done that a bunch of times already." I laughed.

As soon as we came back, Jasen was comforting Percy, who's face was now red like a tomato. When Jasen saw us, he told us that Percy almost killed himself by hitting himself with his sword and was close to a concussion.

Annabeth went over to him, she said, "Percy, calm down." He was suddenly interested into his shoes.

"I'm such an idiot" he said repeating.

"No, you're not, you just have a big heart"

"No, I don't, if I did I would have gotten you the best gift ever, you only deserve the best." She paused for a while.

"Sheila told me what you said at breakfast this morning, what you said about me."

"Really?" and looked at me.

"Yeah, she told me how you couldn't bear to be without me," she said.

"Well, I don't know what I would do without you, your special and I can't ruin what we have between us." Now her face was as red as a tomato.

"Percy that's so sweet."

"I think I can tell her now, Jasen." Me and Annabeth were confused.

Jasen replied, "I think the time is right, you better tell her now."

"Annabeth, I know, to you, this isn't the right time to tell you this. Sheila I think I should tell you too."

"Tell us what?" we asked, at the same time.

"Tell you that I have dipped into the River Styx, again."

"What?"

"I was going to tell you earlier, Annabeth, but the time didn't seem right"

"What happened?" Annabeth asked curiously.

"Me and Jasen went to retrieve Artemis' bow and arrows ,but we could only do it by having me being dipped into River Styx."

I asked, "What doesn't that mean you have one spot that can hurt you if something hit it?"

Annabeth said ,"You're right Sheila, so Percy where is your Achilles' heel?"

"Actually it isn't on Percy," Jasen said.

"What do you mean?" Annabeth asked.

"It's you Annabeth, your Percy's link to the real world and Percy's weak spot," I guessed.

"Percy is she right, I'm your Achilles' heel?" Annabeth asked.

"Yes, she's right, but it's not physical, it's emotional."

"So that's why you don't want to hurt Annabeth," I said.

"No I just don't want to hurt her at all, her being my Achilles' heel is just like one percent of the whole thing the rest is just me not wanting to hurt her."

Annabeth said, "Percy, I don't know what to say."

Since Annabeth was speechless I confessed our secret, "Actually, since Percy is confessing a secret, I need to tell you guys something too."

Jasen asked, "What?"

"We have to leave Camp Half-blood to go on a quest."

Jasen and Annabeth asked, "What? Why?"

I explained what happened in me and Percy's dreams. They were both shocked. After I told them that we should tell Chiron, we went to find him immediately.