Annabeth felt like life on the water wasn't all that bad. She had thought the sea would have hated her, Nico, Hazel, and Jason, but instead, it was a calm journey. Her mind went back to when she first got to Alaska. She had made the mistake of thinking Shadow hated her because of her mother when that wasn't the case. There was a lot more to Poseidon than sea disasters and rivalry with Annabeth's mother.

"Annabeth? Aren't you cold? It's the middle of the night, you shouldn't be out here without a jacket." Annabeth smiled at the mother voice that came from behind her.

"Sorry, Piper, I was just thinking." Annabeth apologized, gazing out towards the night sea as she leaned against the railing.

Piper stepped forward and stood next to Annabeth with her hands on the railing. "Annabeth? The thing you had with Perseus, the time you spent with him, was it romantic? Did something happen when you with him?" She stopped, realizing she might have gone a little too far with the questioning.

Annabeth become thoughtful. "I honestly don't know. Maybe. We could have been, but-" She sighed. "I was running away, Piper. I was hiding. I was using him as an excuse to keep away from the stress and horror of being a demigod. Not one monster attack in the month I was with him. I loved it, but I don't think I love Perseus. I could have though..."

Piper stayed silent, letting Annabeth rant. She sounded like she needed to get some of it off her chest. "Have you told him?" The Daughter of Love asked after a minute of silence.

Annabeth closed her eyes, feeling the cool air hit her face in a refreshing way. "No." She turned to Piper. "And you can't tell him about what I just told you."

"Annabeth-"

"You can't." Annabeth straightened. "You have to swear on the River Styx."

Piper looked baffled. She had heard about how the River Styx was a serious oath, you shouldn't break it at all cost. Bad things happen when you do. That sort of thing. Piper sighed at Annabeth's determined face. "Fine. I swear on the River Styx that I won't tell Perseus." Thunder sounded, sealing the oath.

Annabeth relaxed her shoulders, sighing in the relief she felt. Perseus will not know about any of that. "Let's go get some sleep." Piper nodded.

As the two girls walked off, Annabeth felt a pair of eyes following her. She looked behind her, scanned the darkness, but didn't find anything. She shook off as nothing.

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A bang woke Annabeth up, causing her to groan in annoyance. She had just fallen asleep! Who was banging her door open?!

"Sorry, Annabeth!" Her mind brought up the name Hazel. Right, the Daughter of Pluto. She was technically Nico's half-sister. "I wasn't trying to-"

"What is it, Hazel? What's wrong?" Annabeth asked, still half-asleep.

"It's Perseus..." She trailed off, sounding unsure.

Annabeth sat up. "What about Perseus?"

Hazel shifted nervously. "Nico told me to get you because you have spent the longest time with him. You would know how his is and the way he acts. We don't know if something is wrong, but he seems...he's acting..." She was fumbling over her words, not knowing how to describe how he was acting.

"Hazel. Where is he?" Annabeth demanded.

Hazel was taken back by the change of tone, but answered. "He's up on deck. You missed breakfast. Piper had said you needed to sleep in-" Was all Annabeth heard after she ran out of her room, turning right, and going up the stairs.

Everyone else was on deck, all surrounding a table that wasn't there last night. And Perseus, dressed in a simple blue t-shirt and jeans was looking down at what Annabeth thought to be a map.

Annabeth froze. Hazel could be heard running up the stairs behind her and the others aside from Perseus all stared at her frozen form. She knew that expression. She saw Perseus have that same expression twice before. She didn't know what to do, she only knew what not to do when he had that look. This wasn't going to end well.

Perseus must have noticed the demigods around him staring at something or someone because he looked up, staring right at Annabeth. The atmosphere became tense. Perseus' and Annabeth's past tension came back full force.

The moment Perseus' attention went back to the papers that covered the table, the tension disappeared and Annabeth felt as if she could breathe again.

With a small sigh of relief, she turned around and left. Annabeth didn't look back, even when she felt everyone's confused and worried looks from the outsiders of that little moment. And Annabeth knew that Perseus looked up at her when she started to leave, he didn't say anything or do anything, but she knew he did.

That brings up the question of why was he so upset? What happened? Was it something that happened last night? Of course it had to of happened last night, he was fine yesterday. That was actually three questions, not a question.

Annabeth walked down the set of stairs and headed straight, wanting to eat something. Only problem was, she doesn't know where that would be.

She's going to get lost, isn't she? Another sigh escaped her. Well, better start looking.

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Annabeth was enjoying her breakfast. It was a late breakfast, but it was her breakfast. That is until Leo came running down the stairs on fire and screaming.

Annabeth didn't want to know, so she continued to eat. Ignoring the fire user, because let's face it, Annabeth knew what he was since she met him, she didn't do anything about it.

The Flaming Valdez shot past the open doors of the dining hall that was on the ship. Annabeth continued to eat.

The Son of Jupiter ran past next, yelling for Leo to stop. That wasn't going to happen anytime soon, she knew that for a fact. Annabeth continued to eat.

And then the yelling, banging, and shouting from the two stopped in a mysterious way. Annabeth continued to eat.

When she looked down at her food and looked back up, her eyes set forward, she jumped. She bit on her lip to contain the scream that was on her tongue, almost coming out at a bad time.

"Really, Chase? I'm not that scary." Perseus calmly stated.

Annabeth took a deep breath to steady her erratic heartbeat. "I'm not afraid of you-"

He stepped a little too close for her comfort. "Oh, really? I can see the fear in your eyes." He paused to let his words sink in. He was giving her time to respond, she didn't. "You weren't scared of me when you stayed with me." He leaned in to whisper in her ear. Annabeth closed her eyes, waiting in fear of what might happen. "There was a reason I didn't tell you I was the Lost Legend. Mainly because the 'Lost' in the title isn't what you think it is."

Then he was gone and Annabeth could breath easily. She opened her eyes to see if he was still in the room, he wasn't. She didn't know if she was more scared over the fact he got so close to her or the feeling she had gotten when he was that close to her. She wanted to kiss him. More than anything Annabeth wanted to kiss him.

She was falling for Perseus. Annabeth was falling for the Lost Legend.

"MEETING UPSTAIRS! YOU BETTER BE THERE OR YOU WILL REGRET IT!" Perseus just had to be all demanding at times, doesn't he? Ugh, why would she fall for him? Why and how did she start to even fall for him in the first place?

Oh, now Annabeth remembers. Perseus was the challenge she had always wanted. The person who can, and will, go toe-to-toe with her.

That's why.

~MsPenguingirl1234.

Published: February 4, 2018.