A/N: I've been putting off homework to type/edit this chapter. I may be doing the next chapter as well if I want to procrastinate more. Enjoy chapter 4.

Annabeth and Malcolm had a very calm night. She did her homework while he worked on some assignment. They had classical music playing quietly in order to work more efficiently.

"How was your first day at Goode?" Malcolm questioned, looking up from his laptop.

"Good," Annabeth replied while pulling a calculator out of her bag.

"Make any friends?"

"I actually did, and they aren't just Percy's mortal friends either."

Malcolm laughed. "I'm so proud. Do you have any classes with Percy?"

"Last period. We have Ancient Greek together. Speaking of which, I may or may not have challenged a teacher today," Annabeth said with a smirk.

"Did you get detention on your first day? I know demigods attract trouble, but that had to be a record," Malcolm replied, shaking his head.

"I didn't get detention," Annabeth protested. "I have to take some test in Ancient Greek class tomorrow and get a perfect to prove that I don't need to take notes in that class."

"That poor teacher. Two demigods in his class, and he doesn't even know about it."

Annabeth laughed. "Well, he's a really good teacher, anyway. He's got most of his facts straight, but mortals think that there are different versions of the 'myths.' That's the only reason why I'm giving him a pass," she explained.

"It's kind of odd that the school has an Ancient Greek class," Malcolm pointed out.

"The teacher's name is Mr. Alexander. Maybe he likes Ancient Greek mythology and culture because of Alexander the Great. He was already a teacher at the school, he only really had to press to have this class as an elective," Annabeth replied.

"Makes sense. Now finish your homework, little sister."

Annabeth stuck her tongue out at him then went to back to her work. Once she was done, she made herself a small dinner and then showered and put on pajamas.

She was settled on her bed with a book when Percy IM'd her.

"Hey, Perce," she greeted. "Did you do your homework?"

"Of course, Wise Girl. I'm sure you, my mom, and Paul would all murder me if I didn't," he joked.

"Very true."

They talked for about an hour about little unimportant things. Then it happened.

Out of seemingly nowhere, Annabeth felt herself back in Tartarus. She was blind and couldn't get to Percy and was panicking. She involuntarily let out an ear-piercing scream, and could vaguely hear someone saying her name.

Suddenly, she could see again and saw Malcolm standing in front of her, looking concerned, with the IM gone.

"Percy's going to be here soon. What happened? Are you okay?" he asked.

Annabeth noticed herself trembling and breathing heavily.

"I-I w-was in T-tartarus," she stuttered out. "I c-couldn't see a-anything a-and Percy..." She trailed off and felt the tears roll down her face. Annabeth hadn't been this upset since right after they got out.

"Shh, Annabeth, you're not in there anymore. You got out. You and Percy are okay now," Malcolm soothed, pulling her into his arms.

After awhile, there was a knock on the door. Malcolm got up, saying it was probably Percy,

He was right, and Annabeth soon found herself in the arms of her boyfriend.

"It's okay. We're alive," he kept repeating quietly to her.

Once she was calmed down, Annabeth said, "Sorry."

"For what, Annabeth?" Percy asked.

"You came all the way over here," Annabeth answered with a shrug.

"It was a good enough reason," Percy said then kissed her forehead. "What exactly happened?"

Annabeth explained what she saw and how she felt.

"Sounds like a flashback. I've had a few myself since we got out. It's always terrifying and always something different. Luckily, I haven't had any in school yet. Imagine trying to explain that," he explained.

Annabeth let out a dry laugh then asked, "Why didn't you ever tell me about the flashbacks?"

"I didn't want to worry you. Assuming that this is your first one, you lasted much longer than I did," he replied.

"Well, now we tell each other any time that it happens so we can at least help with the aftermath."

"That sounds like a wonderful plan."

They laid there together a bit longer before Percy said that he had to go.

"Be safe, Seaweed Brain. I'll see you tomorrow at school," Annabeth said.

"I will Wise Girl. See you tomorrow," he said.

"I love you."

"Not as much as I love you."

"Gods, Seaweed Brain. Don't be cheesy."

"Fine. I love you too."

They kissed and Annabeth pushed him out the door before he could stay any longer. Saying 'goodbye,' even for a short amount of time, was hard for them, so they just opted to never really say it.

She went back to her room where she saw Malcolm waiting outside the door.

"You okay?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Annabeth replied.

"Need anything?"

"I'm just going to go to bed."

Annabeth walked past her brother and into her room where she fell into bed and promptly fell asleep.

Did you like it? This chapter was fun for me to write. I know that's horrible, but I love it when I can make interesting things happen. Now onto the QOTD...

If you had to choose a book from the PJO and HoO series, which would be your favorites?

Mine are The Last Olympian and the House of Hades. Though, I feel like Blood of Olympus is going to end up being my favorite of the HoO series.