Hey guys! This is just a cutesy recounter of Percy and Annabeth's lives together in alphabetic form! To expand this little story, each letter will be a chapter! Here's the first! Please voice your opinions and review, review, REVIEW! Thanks so much! :)

A: Animals...Annabeth POV

I raised the glass to my lips and sipped the frosty lemonade as I turned the page of the magazine I was reading. I propped my feet up on the table in front of me and leaned back. Casually, I glanced at Percy sitting in the chair beside me.

It was late on a Saturday afternoon. Percy and I decided not to waste the good weather and settled on the patio with good books. The golden sun framed Percy's broad jawline, making an luminescent glow around his form. His sea green eyes were fixed on a thick novel about "ocean parasites" and he chewed on the tip of his bottom lip.

I smiled behind my hand and glanced back down at the magazine. The waxy page was decorated with cheesy logos and paper-thin models wearing skimpy skirts and see-through blousses. At the right corner, was a tiny white chiuauaua. It's ears stuck up like triangles and it's tiny body looked like a miniscule wave could break it in half.

I looked back up at Percy. "Hey, uh, Percy?" I asked.

Percy nodded, still not looking up. "Have you ever thought about getting a pet? You know. A fish...or a cat...or a dog?" I wanted to know.

Percy's head snapped up. "What? You want a dog?" he demanded.

My cheeks flushed crimson. "Well, I just thought it'd be nice..."

Percy studied the wooden patio. "Annabeth. I'm not sure if we can...afford...it right now," he replied solumnly.

I knew what he meant. With Percy's measly job at the local marine biology center and my teaching job at the Mahattan Southview elementary school, we were barely scraping by. Our nightly meals consisted of chopped vegetables and microwavable macaroni and cheese. We had less then seven changes of clothes. Getting a dog would mean at least ten percent of our wages going directly to the dog's food and another twenty percent to vet bills. There was no way. But I liked to test how far Percy would go to please me.

"It would make me really happy. I'm home alone for a good two hours everyday...Besides, dogs are easy! They're loyal and they make good guards! We'd be saving money on a securtity system."

Percy chuckled. "Annabeth, we don't need a security system. We're demigods." I was loosing a battle. And Annabeth Chase never looses a battle. It was time to deploy Operation: Kiss.

I smiled mischieviously and scooted forward. Percy's eyes widened slightly and he held up his hands in defense. "Annabeth..."

"What's the matter, Percy, huh? What's the matter, sweetheart?"I snickered and stalked closer, swaying my hips.

He blushed hard and rubbed his palms together. "Annabeth Chase-Jackson, we are not...getting-" I wrapped my arms around his neck. "-a-" I nibbled his ear and instantly felt him relax beneath me. "Oh...dog..."

"What's that?" I mumbled between sucking the silky skin on his collar bone.

"Fine...Uh! Fine! We can get a dog!" he shouted.

I kissed him triumphantly on the lips. "Thank you so much! I love you!"

"Love you, too," he hissed.

I beamed. "I'll go get the car keys!"