If Percy Jackson said 'yes'

-Annabeth-

I was frozen in fear.  Maybe if I didn't move the spiders wouldn't see me.  I snapped out of it when I saw a huge wooden splinter about the size of a spear swinging towards me.  I screamed and stared at it, horrified, until I felt something really hot on my back.  I was about to turn around to look when a hand clamped over my eyes and the arm attached to it turned me sideways so the wood would have to go through him before it got to me.  The warmth cooled down and I heard the sound of ripping flesh and cracking bone.  I winced and turned around, though I really didn't want to see who had sacrificed themselves for me.  Standing there with a large piece of wood sticking out from his back, and the point in his stomach, was Percy Jackson.  I wanted to cry and kiss him and laugh and kill him and scream and thank him all at once, but he just smiled.
   "Oh, look.  I've been impaled."  He grinned and pulled out the piece of wood, ichor draining down his back and sides and soaking his T-shirt.  He held his hands out on either side of him and the water all around the boat shot up and cleared out the smoke and all of the weird things that were attacking us.  He looked fine, like he did this kind of thing every day.
   "Now, just give me a minute, okay?"  He said and ran and jumped off the side of the ship.  I stood there staring at where he has jumped with my mouth gaping and all the others looking worriedly at me.  Percy had just come and saved me.  I didn't know he was still watching me, let alone looking after me.  I thought of all the times good things had happened, and how I left the water running just in case Percy or at least Poseidon could see it.  Now her was here, and so was Jason.  Oh, Gods, Jason.  He thought Percy was dead.  It was easier for Leo and Piper, or at least Frank and Hazel.  I would have some explaining to do for Jason.  Percy shot out of the water and landed feet-first on the deck and began walking towards me like this was just a meeting for lunch, and like he hadn't abandoned me for immortality.  He stopped a few feet in front of he and held his hands out like he was about to hug me, but he didn't.
   "I suppose you want to attack me now? Something like 'Seaweed Brain, how could you?' would be refreshing right now."  He seemed so godlike it was scary.  I heaved a deep breath and said,
   "Seaweed Brain, how could you?"  And ran for him, grabbing him in a tight hug and sobbing into his shoulder, but only for a minute.  I could feel the rest of the Six's eyes on me, and I couldn't help but feel like there were supposed to be seven.  The Prophecy said we would need a god's help, so maybe it was Percy.  I pulled away and looked at him for a little while.  He was just smiling at me like a mad man.  I had to smile back.  His sea green eyes lit up, and I noticed they were more blue now.  His hair had been bleached a little by the sun and was now dark brown instead of black.  His shirt had a hole in it where the wood had been, and it gave way to what looked like a six-pack.  His shirt was slightly stained gold around the hole.  I took a few steps back and the rest of the Six looked at him.  He didn't seem fazed by the attention at all.
   "This is Percy Jackson?"  Leo asked.  I could see some fire licking at his fingers and interest burning in his eyes.  "I thought you were dead."  Percy looked like he wanted to kill Leo right then, which I suppose was the 'gods have a short temper' stereotype, though it looked pretty real to me.  He managed to calm himself down and answered the son of Hephaestus,
   "I'm not dead.  I am very much alive, thank you."  I was sure that if he had Leo's fire power, he would be engulfed in flames right now.  I panicked and grabbed his hand and led him to the opposite side of the ship deck, while the others went about cleaning up.
   "What are you doing here?"  I demanded.
   "Well, I saw you were about to die, so naturally I came to help you."  He said.  It sounded like something that would come out of Dionysus's mouth.  I shivered.
   "Yes, but why?  Why now?  Where have you been when I call for you, when I stay up every night waiting for you to appear at the foot of my bed and call me Wise Girl and kiss me?  Kiss me, Seaweed Brain.  Kiss me."  I sobbed.  It was too much for me to handle.  I knew I didn't really love Jason, but I loved Percy.  Gods, I loved him.  He pulled me in and kissed me.  It was something Aphrodite would be proud of.  He released me and I dreamily slipped out of his arms.
   "Goodbye, Annabeth Chase."  He said, and something about his tone made it sound like he should be saying 'Hazel Grace'.  (Shut up!  I'm a daughter of Athena, I'm allowed to make 'The Fault in Our Stars' references.)  And it made my heart to think that he didn't call me Wise Girl.
   He jumped off the side of the boat after warning me not to look unless I wanted to be incinerated.  I didn't look over the side, but I was still momentarily blinded my the flash of white light coming from the sea, and the tears filling my eyes.  I loved him.  Gods, I loved him.