"The sight of you makes me weak. There are no words left to speak."

I was walking back to my cabin after dinner when I decided to stop at the Arena to practice sword-fighting for a bit. I stopped walking and hid in the shadows of the hall into the Arena when I heard a sword, slashing. I peeked my head out a bit. My eyes saw who was making the noise. It was Annabeth, practicing on some dummies. She was de-assembling two dummies at a time, which was pretty good, especially if they were monsters. Hey hair was up in a ponytail, as usual, but some curls managed to make their way out. Her eyes shined with pure adrenaline and her lips, curved upwards in a way that showed success and satisfaction. Seeing her smile like that couldn't make me help but smile, too. I loved it when she was happy like this, it just made her even more beautiful. You see, Annabeth never needed any makeup, just because that smile of happiness naturally enhanced her beauty even more. I don't know how I got so lucky.

I then returned to watching her, but she stopped her decapitating of dummies. She wiped some sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand while drinking some water. The sunset had managed to make its way behind her through the other opening to the Arena, making her glow. I grinned, even though that sight of her made me weak. She stopped drinking the water and sheathed her knife. She looked around the Arena, just in case the dummies started coming back to life. She saw that they weren't and made her way to the hall where I was. My grin fell. What was I going to say to her? There were no words left to speak.

"Hey, Percy." Annabeth said, smiling as she undid her ponytail. Her blonde curls cascaded around her face; her cheeks were a rosy red. When I saw her like this, it made my mouth even more dry. I was frantically searching for words.

"Um...um..uh...hi." I managed. Annabeth laughed, wrapping an arm around my waist. It was time for my cheeks to be a rosy red now. She smiled and lightly kissed my cheek.

"That's okay, Seaweed Brain. I'm sure a swim in the lake will re-energize you." My grin reappeared. Now, this statement I could respond to.

"Race ya' there!" Annabeth and I laughed as we both ran off into the sunset.