September had flown by. I mean, I honestly don't remember much of that September. But soon enough, October arrived. The leaves had begun to fall off the trees, and that brisk autumn wind had begun to set in on Massachusetts.

By that time, Sophia had already started making friends. She'd been pretty outgoing, and was good friends with about 30 people, and friends with close to 90. But one girl had taken a special interst in her at the very beginning of the year. That girl's name was Kathryn Sorenson. She was on swim team with Sophia, and was apparently very nice according to Sophia. The other thing Kathryn was was an expert party planner. So of course, the second Percy mentioned to Sophia that we might be having a Halloween party and that she might be of assistance, she and Kathryn jumped at the chance.

So there we were, October 29th, setting up for our Halloween Party. Kathryn had offered to come over and help, so she and Sophia were busy making the house look scary. Ghosts on tracks on the celing flew through the rooms, the light bulbs were being switched to black and orange, and jack-o-lanterns were EVERYWHERE.

Percy had decided that we needed a good DJ, and it just so happened that one of the teachers at his school was an amazing DJ. He had been planning on inviting him anyway so he had some event for Halloween planned, but now he got to work (for free, much to our delight) at his favorite hobby.

"Mikey- How's the booth working out?"

"Pretty good!" Mikey Santino gave Percy a huge thumbs up from across the room, and seeing as Percy's hands were full with food, he just smiled back.

"Mom?" Sophia came rushing toward me, platters of cupcakes in her hands. Kathryn was right behind her carrying some orange punch that they'd made earlier. "Where did you put the balloon machine? We want to fill the basement ceiling with balloons."

Of course you do, I thought, but had no itention of saying it.

"I think it's still in the car." Kathryn nodded, rushing to go get it, the punch now on the table.

Percy and I were inviting about 10 families, some of which had kids, others didn't. Sophia had invited 15 of her friends with their families, and the rest of the kids had invited three friends and their families. That resulted in us having close to 150 people at our house at one time. It was going to be chaos. Pure and utter chaos.

We'd barely been finished showered for five seconds when the guests started arriving. Everyone was in costume, so it was almost hard to spot the people we knew, and the people we didn't. I could spot Sophia easily; she was a ladybug, with the bubmle bee (Kathryn) constantly by her side. Rion was not as easy; he was a zombie, and there must've been 4 or 5 zombies that were kids. I knew Rion was the tallest child zombie in the crowd. Lena was the Mona Lisa, and her costume may very well have been my favorite. She had a gold frame around her, and she dressed exactly the way the woman is in the painting. She even had that look on her face where she was always looking at you.Taylor was Taylor Swift this year; that wasn't much of a surprise, but she loved the costume, and she loved curling her hair to the extent that it was "Busily Frizzy" as she said. Luke was dressed in one of those full body morph suits, so I had no idea where he was. Percy and I had decided to be Athena and Poseidon, which was not our normal cotume. We were normally 'Greek Goddess' and 'Greek God.' This year, Aphrodite had gifted us their actual clothes, which was pretty cool. From time to time, I saw her mingling through the crowd.

Downstairs, we had Frankenstein on for the kids. The adults stayed upstairs for most of the night. Sophia popped up occaisonally, but only once did she summon me downstairs.

"Mom, you have to come see something," She dragged me by the arm downstairs, then put a finger to her lips. "Shh... Don't make a noise. Just look."

I poked my head around the wall as Sophia whispered to look at Rion. Unlike normally, where his eyes would be locked on the screen, they were locked on something else. Someone else, to be exact.

"Who is that?" I whispered, my face cracking a smile.

"Lauren Sorenson. That's Kathryn's little sister. And guess what else? Kathryn's family is a demigod family!"

Although I was still hooked on Rion's little crush, I had to ask. "Greek or Roman?"

Sophia grinned. "Greek. Mrs. Sorenson is a daughter of Iris. Mr. Sorenson is a son of Nike. Kathryn is a daughter of Nike, and Lauren is too."

"Wow," I said, glancing back at Rion. He was now stealing glances out of the corner of his eye.

"Rion's first crush is on my best friend's little sister. Of course it turns out this way." She shook her head, but I could tell she was thrilled. "Well, at least I'm guarenteed an awesome sister-in-law." I nodded, turning to leave. I began walking up the stairs but never got all the way up. I turned to see Sophia awfully close to a boy I only knew by name.

Her arm was casually wrapped around his neck, and I could tell she was laughing. I left before I saw something that should've been private, but I had a good feeling about this boy. I knew he was right. Upstairs, Percy was looking everywhere for me.

"Gods, Annabeth, you had me scared for a minute. Where were you?"

"Downstairs. Just checking in, you know, that kind of thing," Percy pushed the hair out of my face. He looked so hot in his Poseidon outfit. He looked strong, bold, brave, yet gentle and passionate. Just like Sally must've seen Poseidon.

"Hey, you love this song," I remembered as Percy's favorite song came on. He smiled, wrapping his arms around me.

"May I have this dance?" I looked away for a moment, then stared into his eyes.

"Did you even have to ask, Seaweed Brain?"

"I hoped you'd say that."

He led me onto the dance floor, and we were enveloped in a mass of moving, singing, laughing people, but I couldn't see anyone but him. It was like we were all alone at the beach at Camp Half Blood, or at the bottom of the lake on Percy's 16th birthday. Everything else fell away, and it was just us. Strobe lights cast shadows on our faces and Percy leaned in and kissed me. His arms closed around my waist, forcing my arms around his neck, where they went willingly. His lips were soft against mine, and I could feel his every slight movement. His eyelashes sweeping my cheek bone, his finger tracing my spine, his carefree grin against mine.

It was the first time in a long time that I'd felt perfect. Everything about Percy was perfect. He was always perfect. And those kisses transferred some of that sweet perfection into me.

"I love you," I whispered.

"I bet I love you more."'

"I love to Olympus and back."

"I love you to the end of time and back." His eyes were speckled with the light.

"There is no end of time," I reminded him.

"Exactly."

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Hey guys! How is your day going? I hope it's good! I hope you liked the chapter! Who do you think the boy was? If you read my other stories, you might have a good guess :) But then again, you might not :D

I was wondering something: If I held a contest, would you participate? I know I already asked this on Hero's Daughter, but I was just wondering what PATF readers thought. Would it be a good idea, or is it stupid? Also, what kind of contest should it be? Artistic? Writing? Both? Something Else? What should the prizes be for the winners? I have been wanting to do this for such a long time, and I'd be more than happy to do one if you guys want! Just answer the Question of the Chapter :)

Also, some exciting news... We've picked out the name for our puppy! She will be named Piper Beckett (my last name inserted here :) ) I'm so happy, and thank you all so much for your suggestions, my family looked over them all! They were all as fantabulous as you are :)

QUESTION OF THE CHAPTER:

1. Would you participate in the contest? (I need at least 15 yes answers to do it)

2. What kind of contest should it be?

3. What should the prizes be?

Thanks a ton!

~PercyAnnabeth20owl