Percy was on the beach when Annabeth found him after breakfast.

Stretched out with his eyes closed, he looked asleep. She sat next to him, and he hummed, moving one of his hands so it was on her lower back. He rubbed circles there.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

Annabeth sighed, looking out unto the sound. "I'm exhausted."

"Take a nap then."

"My sleep schedule will be ruined." She reminded him.

He gave a nod. They sat like that for a moment, before Percy grabbed her hand and pulled. Annabeth laid in the sand next to him, sighing in content as he pulled her next to him.

The sand underneath them was warm and that plus Annabeths exhaustion and Percy's arm stopping her from moving was probably why she fell asleep.

Percy smiled at his sleeping girlfriend, admiring her beauty.

The slop of her nose, her upward tilted eyes. Her blonde curls that fell on her face and the small smile she only got when she was asleep. The utter relaxation in her muscles, and how peaceful and untroubled she looked.

He brushed the hair off her face, tucking it behind her ear. He stared for a moment, sighing as the light from the sun made her scars more prominent. He traced a scar that crossed the bridge of her nose, trying to remember where she had gotten it.

He was just about to figure it out when Annabeth stirred. Moaning, she stretched, her smile growing wider. She blinked open her eyes and Percy had to grin.

"Hey sleepyhead," he crooned.

She laughed lightly, before throwing a hand up to block out the suns rays, "How long was-" she was cut off with a yawn.

"An hour or so," he told her, planting a kiss on her forehead.

She nodded and smiled widely at him. "I love you, you know that? If you didn't I'd have to punch you." She told him.

Percy laughed, "Of course I love you Annabeth. You and only you."

"And Freddie Mercury of course."

"What-"

"Oh, c'mon you can't be that obsessed with Queen just because you like their music. And you also wouldn't have a huge ass poster of him in our room if you weren't at least a little in love with him."

Percy gave a shrug, "Well we all know your one true love is Marilyn Monroe."

"Do you find her attractive Mr Jackson?"

Percy gave a half-hearted shrug. "No taste," Annabeth muttered.

Percy laughed, giving her a light shove, which Annabeth reciprocated. That lead to them shoving each other and laughing loudly, not stopping until Percy managed to find her ticklish spot and extort it.

"Per- Percy, Stop!" Annabeth said between laughs.

Percy stopped and chose to instead to stare at her instead. They were now sat across from each other, knees just barely touching. Percy put his hands on the side of her face, and Annabeth gave her truest, most genuine smile.

Her lips would quirk up just a bit, showing a few her teeth. Her eyes would soften and her cheeks would be a bit red. Percy loved that smile.

He pulled her close for a kiss, and once they broke apart, Annabeth rested her head on his chest, arms around his neck. His hands were running through her hair.

They got up after a few minutes, realising they had a sword fighting class to teach right before lunch. They got to the arena ten minutes before their class which gave them time to plan and sharpen and clean their weapons.

Percy had to replace the leather grip on Riptide, which had been stained with blood from an injury on his hand during a monster attack. They sharpened their weapons, and the class came in soon after.

The class was fun, and Percy couldn't help the rush of joy he got when one of the kids finally managed to complete the disarming manoeuvre Percy had been teaching her.

The same manoeuvre Luke had taught him.

Speaking of his original sword fighting teacher, the question as to who had taught Percy came up. Annabeth spared a glance at him, slightly pained. He smiled at her.

"A guy named Luke. He was a" Percy thumbed the bead he had gotten that summer, the bead with Lukes name on it, next to heroes, "he was a hero. In one way or another."

"Is he that guy who hosted by Kronos?" One of the students cried.

That question brought a round of rapid-fire questions from the students, silenced when Annabeth said, "Class Dismissed," Her voice laced with pain.

"But-"

"Class dismissed." Annabeth snapped, hand tightening around the hilt of her dagger. Her eyes were cold.

The class awkwardly filed out, over an hour before the class was supposed to end. Percy walked over to Annabeth and brushed the hair out oh her face with one hand, taking her free hand in his.

Annabeth sighed, leaning into him. She rested her head on his shoulder, and Percy put his hands at her sides, ready to help her.

"I'm sorry Perce."

"For what? Hun, you didn't do anything wrong."

"I know, I know."

"Wheres Rocky?" He asked.

"Your cabin. We gave them a day off, remember?" Percy nodded and planted a kiss on her head.

"I remember sweetie. Let's just go there okay? I'll ask Chiron to cover our afternoon class."

"But-"

Percy put a finger to her lips, "No buts. Let's go."

He slung an arm around her as they started to walk back to the cabins. She leaned into him, her head down.

They passed by Will on the way back. "Everything okay?" He asked.

Percy nodded, "Yeah, yeah we're good. We're good." Will did not miss the way Percy seemed to be convincing himself of that as well as convincing Will.

Will looked between the two and sighed, before heading to the infirmary.

Percy and Annabeth were sat on his bed. Rocky had his head in her lap, and she was scratching the space between his ears. Tide was passed out in the bed in the corner of the cabin.

Pickles was walking around, every so often running into something. The sight made Annabeth giggle.

Percy got up at some point to talk to Chiron, and Annabeth was left alone with a sleeping dog, a blind cat, and her service dog.

She continued to scratch Rocky's head until he got up and started licking her face. Soon enough she was laughing, laughing so hard that she didn't notice when Percy came in and stood in the doorway watching with a smile. Didn't notice when Pickles tried to eat the plume on Percy's armour and how Percy had to pry the kitten away.

She didn't notice how Tide woke up and watched her, didn't notice the breeze coming in through the open door. All she knew was her dog and the sound of laughter filling her ears.

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I happen to be too lazy to give this a date and time, but it mainly happens in the late morning okay. I'm tired and lazy so cut me some slack.