sorry for leaving you people on suspense...haha not really. i finally understand uncle rick ;)

Annabeth now had two thoughts running in her mind. He knows. He's not saying anything. She counted to one hundred and eighteen before Percy spoke.

"A-Are you sure?"

It was such a Percy thing to say in the moment that Annabeth wanted to roll her eyes. She nodded, a little frustrated. She wiped the tears off of her face and kept eye contact. She was a very prideful girl, so the fact that she put her feelings on the line like this showed how much she liked him.

What she didn't expect was for Percy to grab her face with his hands and start kissing every part of her face. Her forehead, her cheeks, her nose. Annabeth was laughing by the time he pulled back to look at her with a big smile on his face. He leaned in slower, still holding her face, giving her enough time to escape if she wanted. She met him in the middle, her eyes fluttering closed.

Annabeth felt like fireworks were going off in her body as soon as Percy's lips touched hers. They moved in sync, like they were two pieces that were meant to find each other. Her hands went up to his hair while his were still on her back. Annabeth could feel Percy's grin in the kiss.

Even though he hadn't said it back, the kiss seemed a lot like love to Annabeth. Everything Percy did felt like love. She wondered where he had been all her goddamn life. The kiss wasn't even that heated, it was sweet and light, just like Percy's personality.

She pulled back and he opened his eyes slowly, looking like he was drunk. He rested his forehead on Annabeth's.

"I'm so in love with you, Princess," he said. "Shit." She laughed.

"Way to ruin the moment." Percy pulled her back in for another kiss.

"Oh my God, please never leave me," he begged, his eyes still closed. Annabeth smiled at him sadly.

"Percy, there's still Thalia. Imagine how bad this'll look after that fight we just had..." He started to kiss her neck and she shivered.

"Forget her. She's being a bitch right now. Plus, are we really going to go back to being friends after this?" Annabeth knew he had a point.

"So, what? We're just going to sneak around?"

"Uh, no," Percy scoffed. He tightened his grip on Annabeth. "I want everyone to know how in love I am with you." That earned him another kiss, but this one was different from the others. There was a sense of fear in it, but also trust. Somewhere in all these fucked up weeks she'd been having, Annabeth gained complete trust of Percy, something that didn't happen with Luke even after two years of being in a relationship.

They ended up going out to her balcony again and talking for hours. Annabeth realized that no other person on the earth could've made her happy after that fight like Percy had. The thought made her fall in love with him even more. And when they had to go to bed that night, they both felt a new happiness within them.

"Goodnight, Princess," Percy told her, kissing her softly on the lips. She kissed him three more times before saying that they actually had to get to sleep, but he protested and kissed her one last time.

Annabeth went to bed that night with the sappiest grin on her face and butterflies that had seemed to multiply swarming restlessly in her stomach.

She wasn't ready to forgive Thalia, but she sure was ready to be distracted by her sweetheart of a cousin. Annabeth hated her life, just a little bit.  

sorry that was short:( maybe i'll double update, i don't know. someone let me know if i should? i'm indecisive. 

thanks for reading:) i appreciate you

-reyna