REVISED CHAPTER: Some of you noticed some mistakes with the point of view and that's because I started it as first person but switched it to third so I must have missed some parts! I'm so sorry about that sometimes when I get really excited to post a chapter I forget to proofread properly :$

Percy quietly snuck back into Annabeth's room and made his way cautiously to the bed.

"Annabeth?" he whispered into the darkness. "Annaa…ARRGGHHHGHAAHHHHH," he screamed when a body jumped onto his back and a hand clamped down onto his mouth stopping him mid-scream. He fell back onto the bed forcefully with Annabeth still on his back. She climbed off of him shaking with silent laughter.

"You- HAHAH….you- should've-seen-hahah—your face!" she tried to say between mad hysterics of silent laughs. Percy glared at her,

"I hate you," he said as he crossed his arms over his chest and lay down with his back to the still-laughing Annabeth. A few seconds later he felt someone settle down next to him and felt a hand softly settle on his arm.

"Percy?" she pleaded. "Come on Percy, I'm sor-" she tried to say before bursting out into laughter again. Percy let his held-back grin fill his face as he heard her laugh and joined her.

"Shhhh," he said as he reached over to put a finger on her lips. "I must've looked pretty stupid I guess," he whispered staring into her grey eyes. She smirked as she gently removed his finger and pressed her lips to his fingers.

"Oh, this isn't the first time," she smirked. Percy glared at her and she shrugged. The silence slowly settled over them as her eyes began to close ever so slightly. Percy reached out my hand to gently trace his thumb over her cheek.

"Annabeth…," he started hesitatingly.

"Hmmm?" she mussed with her eyes still closed.

"I-I know that you don't like to talk about this but," he paused. "But- I just need to know, when-when did you realize that it was…me…and not…Luke?" Her eyes flew open in surprise. She took a deep breath and leaned away from his hand, turning onto her back and crossing her hands over her stomach. Percy felt bad and immediately wanted to take the question back. He waited for her to talk, his heart beginning to pound in my chest.

"I-I'm sorry, you don't have to answer that," he said.

"No Percy, it's okay, I-I just that was a really confusing time for me and it's hard for me to put what I feel into words."

"You know what, you don't have to explain anything to me-" Percy started and faltered as he saw her cheek pull into a smile.

"No, I owe you that Seaweed Brain," she interrupted.

"You don't owe me anything," he said.

"But I want to explain, you already know most of it but," she started. He waited. "When I was little…and Thalia and Luke found me, you know that they became my family. For the longest time, I hadn't had that sort of trust, or protection, or loyalty in my life and Luke gave that to me, he made me feel important and made me feel like I had someone who would always be there for me. But, Percy I never…loved…him. I'd always though I did but now, I know that I didn't. Because…..you happened," she paused to turn to me and look into my green eyes. I held my breath and waited for her to continue.

Her voice was softer now, " For the first day you walked into camp, I thought that you were the most irritating Seaweed Brain to ever walk the planet but you irritated me because even then a part of me probably knew that…that I would never be able to walk away from you. And then slowly, you..became…my best friend. Instead of Luke, now you were the one who was always there for me and in fact you did it better than Luke ever did. I guess when…Rachel came into the picture I realized that I truly did have feelings for you but I hated myself for it because I was supposed to be…Annabeth the girl who didn't need anyone tied to her...the girl who could only depend on herself…I shut you out because I was too proud…and stupid. But when we were in that throne room and I was looking at Luke dying and you alive I realized how naïve and ignorant I had been…and I realized that, I didn't love Luke…I loved…you," she whispered the last word.

Percy reached out his hand to take hers in his and wrapped his fingers around hers. "I-I don't know what to say…" he said.

"You don't have to say anything, Seaweed Brain," she smiled.

"I'm glad that we found each other when we did," he said. "Because I don't know what I would've done without you," he whispered.

Annabeth's eyes softened and she reached her free hand to brush Percy's hair out of his eyes. She leaned in to softly press her lips to his and he reached around her waist to pull her flush against him. He could feel her heart beating against his chest and it felt like every nerve ending in his body was a live wire. Her hands went to his chest pulling him even closer by his t-shirt.

"I don't know what I would've done without you either," Annabeth said when they finally broke apart. They went to sleep with Annabeth's head rested on Percy's and small smiles filling their faces.

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