Beautiful Reader

Annabeth was starting to get too attached to Perseus. She wouldn't say she was falling in love, more that she has grown so used to him, she didn't want to leave him or his house.

She found a place where she was comfortable and she was away from demigod life. Though, it wasn't all fun and games, Perseus did pull out some plans for Annabeth's quest to find The Lost Legend!

That was the day after she got to Alaska. And the day she got to Alaska was a month ago. What were Annabeth and Perseus doing for a month away from civilization? Reading, cooking, sometimes joking around, and most of the time they were having long talks about anything and everything.

They would talk all day and through the night, both comfortable with each other.

Annabeth was happy to know that Perseus loved to laugh. With a laugh like his, anyone would want to make him happy just to hear it.

"Annabeth?" The daughter of Athena lifted up her head out of her book, looking at Perseus questionably.

"Yeah?" She responded and went back to the book she was reading.

"Do you want to finish your quest?" Annabeth looked up again at the question. Where was Perseus going with this?

"Yes, but I don't have any leads. I don't think I will ever find him." They had never gone deep into the topic of her quest. They seemed to find themselves always skittering around the conversation. It was sad to watch honestly.

Two strong characters acting like children when it came to the subject. One time Perseus stormed out when Annabeth went to far with her obsession of The Lost Legend. It ended with Annabeth being alone for a night and when Perseus came back, she jumped at him. She had felt so out of her depth, she couldn't handle it.

Perseus showed another side of him, the comforting side. He held her in his arms, soothing her to sleep. It was a little awkward when they woke up with each other on the floor, but they got over it.

That was the time when Annabeth starting to stop in actively pursuing her quest. She had only read by the fireplace on one of the two couches Perseus had placed in his living room. Two weeks of passed since she gave up. Three weeks since the sleeping on the floor with each other incident.

Perseus and Annabeth have long since fell into a routine together.

"What about Gaea?" That was another topic that was avoided.

Annabeth sighed. She closed her book, stood up, and walked towards Perseus. "You never told me the plan." And that was true. In the past month, Perseus was tight-lipped when it came to the plans surrounding the war with Gaea. He hadn't brought it up until now. Annabeth was a little concerned about that. What happened for him to tell her now?

Perseus only watched her carefully. He didn't say anything, but his frown said a lot to Annabeth.

"You don't approve of me being here." She interpreted.

Perseus sighed. He rubbed his face tiredly, sitting down on one of the kitchen stools that sat before the breakfast bar that separated the kitchen from the living room. "Annabeth, you gave up. You gave up on your quest. And you haven't even told anybody where you are. If you're even okay. What's stopping you, Annabeth?"

She froze. What was she supposed to say to that? 'I don't want to leave because I think I'm falling in love with you.' Annabeth pushed that thought away, she didn't want to tell Perseus the truth. Why tell him something that's never going to happen because he never sees Annabeth in that way. In the time of a month, she was still not any closer to Perseus. He was secretive and never spoke much of himself. Annabeth still can't determine who his godly parent is.

A great daughter of wisdom she is.

Anger hit Annabeth like a brink to the head. "How dare you assume that! I am not giving up on my quest! I just-" She stopped speaking, not wanting to continue that thought.

"You just what?" Perseus stood up, towering over Annabeth. He clenched his jaw, looking frustrated and angry. "Because you have done nothing in weeks! Have you really given up on your 'only hope'? Or are you trying to run away?!"

Annabeth balled her fists in anger. She soon exploded. "Of course I'm not trying to run away! I only came here because you-"

"I let you come here to use my maps and to take a day to think! I didn't realized you would take this as an excuse to hide from your problems!" Perseus stepped forward again, getting the upper hand in the argument.

"Oh why you-" Annabeth stepped forward, pausing when she realized how close they were from each other.

Perseus had bent his head down to look her in the eye, their bodies were barely inches apart, and their lips even closer.

They both stared into each other's eyes. Their slight panting was the only sound that was heard between and around them.

Searching each other's eyes, they moved closer, their lips almost touching-

BOOM!

Annabeth, startled, jumped away from Perseus. Her heart raced. It wasn't all from the explosion either.

Perseus calmly looked back over to front door, the direction of where the blast came from, seemingly not affected from the situation that occurred between them. "That wasn't a monster."

Annabeth looked clueless as she followed after him to the door. He opened it, with Annabeth's head popping over his shoulder, revealing a unique sight.

There in the yard was a bronze dragon, a white horse, and six teenagers arguing.

"What is going on here?" Everyone and everything stopped at Perseus' demanding question.

"I will not ask again." He demanded after a minute of silence.

"Annabeth?"

allen r: Thank you for the review. Annabeth meant Alaska was still connected by land, unlike Hawaii where there is an ocean separating it from the rest of the 48 states. Even though Canada is between Alaska and the rest of the states, you don't really think about the distance until you stay in Alaska for awhile. You can see it either way, but Annabeth doesn't know much about Alaska because it is known as the land beyond the gods and didn't ever think she would be going there. If that makes sense.

~MsPenguingirl1234.

Published: January 8, 2018.