I got home and I was practically going crazy. I couldn't sit still. My hands were shaky and I felt paranoid. I almost made coffee, but before I opened the packet of Cappachino I realised that it would probably be a bad idea. 'Cause, you know, I'm ADHD and it would probably be a bad idea to drink caffeine when I'm aready hyperactive. So, i just sat down in the corner of our cute little kitchen and triedto calm my thoughts.

But, it went down like this:

Should I give up hope for Tony? Hope is almost spelled the same as hop.Bunnies hop. Bunnies have big ears.No, not big ears. They have long ears, but do you wanna know what does have big ears? Elephants. Elephants have big ears. I wonder if their skins are as soft as cartoons make them look.

Basically, one thing lead to another and I ended up watching Finding Nemo at two o'clock in the morning.

I passed out when the credits started rolling in. I think it was maybe 3:45 am.

But that was a mistake because I had work the next day. I woke up to my alarm clock meeping away in our bedroom.

I got up sluggishly and refreshed myself with a cold shower. Then I went to the bedroom and changed.

Wait a second.

Something was definitely wrong.

Something was missing, but I just couldn't figure out what.

Ten minutes went by and then I finally realised what it was.

Where the hell was Annabeth?

Anyway, after I made blue eggs and blue toast, ate it and was busy driving to work, I dialed her office number.

"Hello?" I heard her beautiful voice.

" Annabeth?" I started the conversation with a stupid question like that.

"That's my name. Aaaand may I ask who I am speaking to?" She asked.

" seriously Wise girl, you've been so busy at work lately, you don't even recocnise the voice of the man you married. It's Percy."

"Hey Percy. Sorry I left early this morning. I had a meeting at six."

"You were home last night?" I asked.

" I was already in bed when you showed up." She answered.

" yeah, sorry about that. I was at the hospital with Tony."

" Of course! And....uh...speaking of Tony, any news?" She asked, concern lacing her every word.

" You know what? What about we discuss it over dinner? Would you like to go out on a date with me tonight? I'll come pick you up at seven from work."

"But what about-" i interupted her.

"Wise girl you've been couped up in that office for way too long without relaxing even once. It's time for us to have a date. Tonight. At six. Leave your car there. And your laptop. No work tonight." I said.

" Okay, if you say so. I'll see you then. I love you."

"Love you too. See you tonight."

With that, I hung up.

I looked Annabeth's favourite restaurant up and dialed the number that was given on the internet and got us a got us a reservation.

Soon I was at work and i was buried in paperwork.

When I finished the first pile, another was added and another and another.

It took a lot of energy to concentrate because of my ADHD and by the time it was four o'clock I was practically counting down the seconds in each minute to 5:30.

But my counting was interupted by Coulson knocking on my door.

I looked up from my paperwork and said, "Come in."

He opened my door.

"We have a mission for you."

Those six words were enough to make my day.

But, being a grown man, I have to act mature.

I stood up and walked around my desk, gave Coulson a small smile and followed him to Hill's office.

But subconciously, I was bouncing around yelling " Yaay yay yay!"

" Agent Jackson, good. You're here. You have had experience with CENTIPEDE, right?" She asked.

"Yeah, I have. Why?" I said, acting as if I didn't know where this was going.

"Then you know that they find people with special abilities and experiment on them, amplifying their abilities?"

"Of course."

"Good. Then you already know half of the things you need to know. " what?

What did she mean by that? Is there ore that I should know?

"What is this about, Hill?" I asked.

"Well, you see, they don't just experiment on people with abilities. No, there aren't many of those in the world. They started experimenting on norma people too."

"That's messed up. Why would they do that?" I asked, even though I knew the answer.

"Because they think tat normal people are weak. They think that giving people a gift and amplifying it will make tbe world a better place. But the fact it, it won't. " Maria looked at me with a look that said, "duh".

I looked at her sceptically. "So...what do you want me to do?"

She explained the plan to me. Don't worry, I'll fill you in later.

My mission started tomorrow morning at 11 am sharp in upstate New York.

I looked at my watch and saw that it was already 5:15. So I began to pack the things on my desk away.

At exactly 5:30, I went out to my car and started off toward Annabeth's work.

"Hey wise girl!" I greeted her when I saw her at the door.

"Hey... how was work?" She asked, absentmindedly

"Good-good, how was yours?"

"Just fine. I got a mission."

"Just be careful. We don't want you to be gone for four weeks again like last time" she said.

"Wise girl,  that was before the war. I can't promise anything, but I will be very careful this time. I won't let anybody take me away that easily. Not while Tony is in a coma."

"You better not. He would be very mad if you did."

We arrived at the restaurant just as the clock struck 18:00 and the waiter was waiting (ha! Lol.) for us.

"Good evening. Reservations for Jackson?" I checked. The waiter nodded and led us to our table.

Soon we were deciding between burgers and pizza.

"So Seaweed brain, how's Tony? Any news?" She asked as she looked at the menu,  searching for something to drink.

"No, but I guess he's not gonna wake up any time soon. It's been two months, three weeks, five days and twelve hours. I'm just about on the edge of giving up." I shrugged, looking at the table to hide the sadness in my eyes.

"I know it's tempting to give up that easily, but this is Tony. You know him better than anyone else. He will probably pull through at the last second. As always. Just don't give up yet. If there is, like, 0.01% chance that he'll wake up, then you can think about it. But just giving up and pulling the plug, isn't going to make it easier." She insisted.

"Wise girl,  Tony is a father to me. He can't breathe by himself. He hasn't been able to for the last two and a half months. What am I supposed to do? I'm going to go crazy if I keep seeing him like this. And you are at work all the time. It's been stressful, I know, and I respect that, but I need my wise girl now more than ever." I said. Annabeth gave me a sad look and took my hand, squeezing it.

"I am sorry for not being here for you these last few months. Maybe if I had been, it wouldve changed our current situation. I just need you to be patient with me, okay?" She smiled.

I nodded.

We ordered pizza and coke. The waiter looked at me funny when I asked if we could get the pizza in blue, so we ended up just ordering a normal margarita pizza.

If they couldn't get me a blue pizza, then I doubt they could get me blue diet coke.

Annabeth and I had a great date.

She told me about what was keeping her so busy at work these days and, turns out she is going to help build a new bank and a hotel. No wonder she was so busy!

I told her about my recent visits to the hospital, but I couldn't tell her much about what I did, because it was classified.

When we went home,  we took a dip in the pool and gazed at the stars for two hours before we went to bed.

All that I could think about was

Maybe things don't always end up as bad as you might think.

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