I get off the plane to see both of them standing their, Sally Jackson holding a silly sign with my name on it. She rushes forward to hug me when she sees me and I let her hug me. Then his sea green eyes meet mine and the tears start again. I have fought monsters and almost lost my life hundreds of times, but this is different. He smells like the sea when he hugs me and I can't help but breath him in. "It's ok Annabeth. You're here now." I smile and pull away, sliding my hand into his. I wipe away my tears and give Sally a smile. "Thank you so much for coming out to get me and allowing me to spend the night." "It's no problem Annabeth! Percy be a dear and get her luggage for her." He smiled and pecked my cheek with a kiss. "Of course." "You didn't have to do that. I could've gotten the bags myself Ms. Jackson." She hugged me again. "I've told you before don't be so shy. You can call me Sally I'm not that old. And of course I had to. You're all he talks about and the past two days have been the worse of it. Also Annabeth, you can stay as long as you need. I don't mind having you, sometimes it's a little overwhelming with Percy and Paul, I need some time with a female." I laughed. It was great to laugh and see Sally so happy. "How is Paul?" Her eyes lite up. "He's fine. He wanted to come with us, but we needed someone to be home with the new puppy." Percy's laugh behind me made me jump. "Telling her all about Rufus Mom?" "Of course! Oh you will love him Annabeth." Percy rolled his eyes and I giggled. She didn't know that Percy had already told me all about the pit bull puppy his mom had adopted. We strolled out of the air port laughing together at Sally's puppy stories. It wasn't until they were halfway back to Percy's home that he finally asked, "Where do you plan on going tomorrow? Where are you going to be staying?" He squeezed my hand while he asked this. I gave him a reassuring smile. "I talked to Chiron. He will let me stay at Camp Half-Blood as a counselor." I remembered how I had Iris-messaged him, my eyes still wet with nearly frozen tears, just two hours after I had called Percy and left my family. He had smiled and offered me the chance to go back to my home, but even I could tell it was a sad smile. Chiron had practically raised me and he knew how hopeful I had been to mend my relationship with my family. Things had just started to work, but now it was over if I wanted to keep them safe. "Well Wise Girl, I guess it's a good thing that Chiron lets me still go as a summer counselor. So you're still stuck with me." I smiled and kissed his cheek. "I love you Seaweed Brain."