Chapter 1

I sat up from my bed thinking of what I would have never thought of thinking, love. Questions started pounding through my head: Do you really love him? Why do I love him? Why are you in love with Percy Jackson?! Don't you know your mother would kill you?!

I remembered when I thought Percy was going to die and I kissed him. When he kept staring at me right after I gave him that kiss that wasn't supposed to happen and my cheeks just turned red.

"But why Annabeth…" I kept muttering of myself. "Why…"

Suddenly thunder crashed and water started pouring down the sky. I brought my legs close to my body and started saying, "It's just thunder; it's just thunder…"

Everybody else in the cabin was sound asleep except for me. Thunder crashed again and the rain started to get stronger. I started shivering from both coldness and scariness, but mostly scariness.

What would my mother do to me or even Percy if she found out about my feelings about him? I would die if something ever, ever happened to him. I tried not to think of him, but he came coming over my mind again and again. His black, black hair always messy, his green, emerald eyes shining as usual, and that smile that always brings a smile to my face.

But anyway, his brain is full of kelp. He probably didn't have the same feelings I had. He probably likes that Rachel girl.

KA-BOOM. The thunder was getting worse and worse in my ears.

I don't know why, but I wanted to be in Seaweed Brain's arms right now. I wanted to tell him how much I loved him, but of course I couldn't. That would have gotten us in big trouble with our parents. I mean this is my best friend we're talking about.

When I finally went to sleep, I had the weirdest dream ever. Percy and I were running down a flower garden holding hands, nothing like my typical demigod dreams. We both looked happy.

I never wanted this dream to end, but it did of course. The sun's annoying light woke me up. Thanks a lot sunlight. Why couldn't dreams come true like in fairytales?

Well, in demigod world, I guess dreams don't come true. 'Cause if they did come true, Percy would be in my doorstep doing something romantic like Romeo and Juliet.

I got into my Camp Half-Blood shirt and my favorite pair of skinny jeans and headed to the Poseidon cabin when Silena Beauregard, an Aphrodite camper, jumped in front of me.

"Annabeth!" she exclaimed, tears were strolling down her face. "I got some horrible news! I think you might want to go to the Big House for this."