Percy:

A tight knot was in my stomach As we sped along a highway and slowly left the city. The motorbike was cramped with three halfbloods on it. Lita was on the back wearing our backpack, she was holding onto Annabeth, Annabeth was in the middle, her hands were tightly wrapped around my stomach and her warm breath tickled the back of neck. How was I supposed to concentrate on driving. 

She pressed herself more tightly to my back. Over the wind ripping in my ears I heard her smooth voice whisper into my ear.

"Keep on interstate 30 and we will be in Illinois soon".

Shivers spread down my back. I laughed at myself because that was the least romantic sentence ever yet it made my stomach drop.

This motor bike must be magical because after no time we had Pasted Illinois and entered Missouri, speeding past small towns. The sun casting long shadows as it set, the sky was the same colour as our T-shirt's.

Annabeth passed me a message from Lita. Lita was hungry and needed to toilet.

We pulled up at a cabin hire. Annabeth's map told us that we were in Missouri, Shawnee National forest.

The first cabin rental we found was a place called Willowbrook Cabins.  Annabeth and Lita sat out on the motorbike, I went in to get a cabin. A bored looking guy sat at the desk.

"Hello, May I have a cabin for three"

The bored guy looked me over with blood shot eyes.

"Where are your parents" "oh my mother is sick so my father sent me in to get a cabin".

He shrugged

"For one night, that will be sixty five dollars".

I ruffed through our camp halfblood bags and passed him the money. He handed over a key to cabin 9 and then he put his head down and went to sleep.

We parked to motorbike and entered the cabin.

It was small and sweet. It had one single bed and one double.  The knot returned to my stomach. Annabeth didn't seem to notice or care that we might have to share a bed.

We all sat out side on the Porch. We made small talk but after a while the elephant in the room was brought up.

"So your father is Helios, Lita" Annabeth stated.

"I don't care" Lita looked into the forest.

"Why" I asked.

"Because it's not like he cared about me. He didn't take me from my uncle and he didn't care when I ran away, he didn't care about my mother either."

"Who was your mother Lita" Annabeth asked.

"She was a drug addict. When I was little she used to tell me that she had a one night stand with a beautiful man and then she got pregnant with me. She always told me that she wished she never had me. And then she overdosed on drugs when I was four."

Both Annabeth and I were silent.

"Then I had to stay with my uncle. He was a failure of a man. He always blamed me for killing his sister. He would yelled at me and sometimes hit me. The things he said weren't nice, stuff like ;worthless, stupid, freak, disgusting, worthless. One night he punched me to hard. I was so done with him that I hit him back. He wasn't dead but it left a nasty burn. So I ran. I was seven when i ran away from him. And my father never helped me."

Lita just looked out into the darkness. Her eyes glowing like embers. I felt so bad for her , but part of me felt the same

" Lita when I grew up, my step dad was a man named Gabe. He would Hit and hurt my mother, he would hurt me and call me names to. But what's important is not to blame our godly parents for our stuffy mortal relatives. Yes, the gods could have helped us but they didn't, you shouldn't let that hold you back."

I leaned over and hugged her tightly. Lita was so nice and warm.

She pulled away from me and rubbed her eyes. "I-I am going f-for a shower".

"You never told me that Gabe treated you like that Percy" Annabeth shuffled closer to me.

"I didn't tell anyone at camp. They would just judge me more than they already do."

"Why didn't you ever tell me"

"Because I didn't want the my horrible past to be on your perfect mind"

"I care about you Percy, I trust you to my core and want to make sure you're okay... is that why you reacted badly to the cyclops".

"Yeah, it reminded me of that time. The time I couldn't protect my mother or myself. Somethings I get scared that I might turn out like Gabe. A foul abuser and addict, someone who doesn't care about anyone but them self and would take out their own rage on others".

"You could never become that Seaweed brain."

I leaned over and gave Annabeth a bear hug. It felt like sometimes she was the only one who could understand me.

We broke the long hug. No words were exchanged between us. I looked into her gray eyes for a long time. Admiring how I could see the stars reflected back in them, how her curly hair fell into small ringlets around her ears.

We both leaned in and kissed.

My heart beat slowed. I was lost in the texture of her soft lips. My hands on her back and hers in my hairs. She went in, deepening the kissed. My heart beating faster and the knot in my gut was unraveling. She gently pulled my hair.

The sounds of a owls call startled me. We both stood up quickly. I looked over and saw the wide eyed, red faced Annabeth looking longing fully at me. hand in hand walked inside.

Lita was sitting in the single bed and was flicking through channels. "Where are the dang cartoons".

"I-ima going for a shower".

I stripped down and let the water run over me. I felt so woozy and warm. My heart was slowly going back to normal and the water steadied my nerves.

The door slowly opened. I pulled the curtain closed and listened.

"Hey Percy" it was Annabeth.

"Y-Yeah wise girl"

"Can you heal my burn."

"Y-Yes just give me a second.

I slinked my hand around the curtain and grabbed my shorts. I willed myself to become dry and I pulled on the shorts.

I pulled back to curtain. Annabeth slipped into shower and sat on the tiled floor. This wasn't like my Wisegirl, but hey I'm not complaining.

I sat on the tiles. Annabeth was in her camp halfblood T-shirt and shots, I was in just shorts, I was mega time embarrassed.

I reached out my hand and placed it over Annabeth's hand shaped burn. She gave a small gasp at the pain. I willed the water to heal me, with that feeling I let it flow into Annabeth's leg.

Within no Time her burn was gone. I went to take my hand away but Annabeth placed her hand over mine and held it to her leg.

I leaned forward and kissed her again. I couldn't focus on keeping dry so I let the shower water run over me. My hands sat on Annabeth's hips. I slowly lifted her up and set her down on my waist. I could tell that Annabeth's curiosity was stronger then mine. She moved her hands onto my chest. She was pressing herself on me with more force than before. The nervousness crept in me. I pulled back and placed Annabeth down.

"Uh please Annabeth can we .... Umm...I need a moment to breath."

She looked a bit disappointed but she left anyway.

I sat in the shower dumbfounded. I just asked my dream girl to stop going down on me. I am very crazy but part of me doesn't want to give in to my emotions. Would it ruin what we have.

I sat in the shower and just watched the droplets fall down the wall.