IMPORTANT NEWS/INFO

I am currently not accepting beta requests due to my very busy schedule and school. I am also working on some different fics and I hope to post/finish all of them by Christmas time. Thanks for your patience!

-ATTENTION!!! My friend, Mrs. Billy Pratt, and I have whipped up a gigantic crossover consisting of Percy Jackson, Sammy Keyes, The Avengers and Psych. (You don't need to know all of them to read it, as long as you don't mind spoilers) Our conjoined account, where we'll be posting said crossover, can be located here: TheObliviousElephants. It is now posted!

NOTES FROM THE DESK OF TIBBITOO

1/15/13

Updating news: I'm planning to post 2 new Sammy Keyes and Percy Jackson fics somewhere in the next week, so look out for that. I also have not forgotten my 2 multi-chapter stories, and I am planning on updating soon. With all my honors and AP classes, it's hard to balance school, reading, writing and church, but I'll do my best. However, since I am not going to school tomorrow (Wednesday), and I don't have school Monday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), I believe I'll be able to write if the Muses are with me. Both fics will be oneshots. And one last final note: Please vote on the poll (or PM if you have a specfic request/style. I want to know what kinds of stories you all think I excel at/think I do best/what you want me to write about. This poll is not asking what your favorite story of mine is, but the writing style. Examples: If you liked my format/topic in "When It All Comes Crashing Down", you vote for it. Or if you want me to continue to do fics related to being heroes, pick "Hero" (if you want, you can PM/review the story to tell me specifics. In fact, the PJO fic I'm working on now deals with being a hero). If you liked the way I talked about the realities of war/other themes or Paul/Percy stories, vote for "This Is War' (you also may need to specify which one in a PM/review). I'm asking you all this because I want to know what you like that I do so that I may write stories that cater towards all of you. Thanks to anyone you did/does vote, it means the world to me and it is really helpful! :)

10/12/12

I have posted a new story called "This Is War" for the PJO fandom, but I plan on having an updated chapter for "Just Give Me A Heart Attack Why Don'tcha!?" by Monday (I have Fall Break this week). I am also not accepting beta requests at this time.

ABOUT ME-

Name: Jenna Valdez/TibbiToo/Mrs.Leo Valdez...those are the names I go by

Gender: Female

Grade: 10th (15 years old)

Marital Status: Married to Leo Valdez

My Beta: love-serenades. Check out her stories if you haven't, they're fantastic!

Bookshelf:

Sammy Keyes
Percy Jackson
Heroes of Olympus
Hunger Games
Kane Chronicles
Divergent/Insurgent
Graceling
Pretty Little Liars (mostly the show though)
The bible (I love dinosaurs!!!)
Graceling
The Maze Runner

Movies/Shows:

Rise of the Guardians
Psych
Pretty Little Liars
Hunger Games
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Megamind
The Lion King
Mulan
Lilo and Stitch

Where Can you find me?

My Blog:http://obsessionsandfreak-ism.blogspot.com/

Fanpop: http://www.fanpop.com/fans/TibbiToo

EpicReads: http://www.epicreads.com/member/tibbitoo/

Tumblr:http://www.tibbitoo.tumblr.com/

My Stories:

Sammy Keyes

What is My Purpose: Sammy thinks about her purpose of life, and asks herself how she as a person could be significant. She's a trouble maker. A loose cannon. But grams has a different idea.

Excerpt: "What is my purpose? Everyone asks themselves that simple question sometime in their lives, whether it is when they have so much going on in their life, or if they have no life at all. I don't know about anyone else, but I've asked myself that question. I ask myself it every day. Behind that simple question is a complex world and subject. A subject that is hard to see what it really is, and to figure out."

My Life's What Now?!: Sammy, Casey, Billy, Dot, Holly, and Marissa all read Wedding Crasher. What will Sammy's friends think of her schemes, her internal problems, her love of Casey (oh yeah) and her funny nicknames for people? Just read, and your answers will answered and your life will be complete.

Tied by Blood: Sammy's reflection on her relationship with Lana. It's based off a quote from Cold Hard cash and Wedding Crasher. It's about how blood ties are so strong.

Excerpt: "I would have LOVED to hate her, but I couldn't. Because we are tied by blood. I often think about our negative encounters to make me hate her, but that makes me forget all that she did for me."

Jacked Ro & Jul: MAJOR NIGHT OF SKULLS SPOILERS! TURN BACK NOW! Marissa and Holly follow Sammy to figure out Billy, Casey and Sammy's big secret. What will they say about Casey and Sammy's 'situation?' This is a must-watch episode of FoxCraft and the Panther!

Excerpt: "Would you rather me compare your relationship to Justin Bieber?" -Marissa

When It All Comes Crashing Down: "And when your whole world crashes down, right at your feet, there's only one person who can put it back together. But that person's not there. He can't be there, because of her." Life's hard. It sucks sometimes. But nothing sucks more than having your mother rip away the love of your life...Indirect Cammy.

Percy Jackson

How Do You Think I Felt: Short poems dedicated to characters from the Percy Jackson series

Struggles: takes place right before the Last Olympian. Percy thinks about the prophecy, and his death sentence.

Excerpt: "If I die, I die. I've done so much in my short life, have had so much stress over the past couple of years, it wouldn't be the end of the world if I did die. I just pray that if I die, I can save the world first."

Old Times: memorable Percy Jackson quotes. They're always stuck in our head :)

Just Give me A Heart Attack, Why Don'tcha!: You've all read the "Reading the..." fics right? Here's the twist. Mortals read the book. Watch as Sally, Paul, Annabeth's parents and Bobby and Mathew react to Percy's adventures...and learn what really happened that summer.

Excerpt:

"It must be awful. Seeing all those people dying, I mean." Susan agreed.

"Yeah, all those kids." Frederick said.

"Well that just makes me warm and jolly. Thanks mom and dad." Bobby said sarcastically

BOOM!:A parody/randomness. major OOC. Who thought we'd all die because of Travis Stoll...actually a lot of us did, but that's not the point.

Excerpt: "It's been a berry nice day in Strawberryland, but not for you suckers!" Strawberry smiled at the camara. "Back to you Bar Rack Oh Mama."

Hero: Hazel wonders why Juno has taken interest in her- a thirteen year old kid- to save the world. She isn't as powerful as Jason and Percy, doesn't have cool powers like Leo and Frank...How could she ever be of any help to the other 6? She's the youngest; the runt. Percy talks to her one night on the Argo II, and shares his experience in learning that he would save the world at age 12.

Excerpt: "He told me not to compare myself to mortals and their abilities. A mortal couldn't defeat Kronos. But I wasn't a mortal. I was half god. It's what makes heroes special. It's what gives us the abilities to do incredible things." Percy explained, looking at the ocean. "We carry the hopes of humanity into the realm of the eternal. We fight the battles humanity needs to win."

This Is War: Because even though the movies get it all wrong, Paul Blofis knows. War is war, and seeing those demigods fighting for their lives, seeing the fallen on the ground, made him finally understand. This wasn't a dream, but a cruel reality where Good vs. Evil clashed and only one lived. This wasn't a book where Good always won, this was a real war, it was reality. His stepson's reality.

Stories to look out for in the future:

I'm working on or going to be working on...

Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus:

I'm working on a series of the Seven from HoO interacting. They will not be under the same story, where each chapter is a oneshot. instead, each oneshot will each be its separate story. (Like BexiChan's dreamsequence style or Whispered Touches Distractions series.)

-A Percy/Jason fic, them confiding in each other on the Argo II, and them realizing they're not the only one's who get what it's like being The Hero. Friendship.

-A Frank/Percy friendship. Percy boosts confidence in Frank, and they're brotherly bond grows. Frank tells Percy about what Mars told him, about his fatal flaw. It's always good to have someone believing in you, especially when that person is your role model and friend.

-I'm thinking of doing a multichapter fic where Sally, Paul, Mrs. Chase and Dr. Chase all have to go on a quest with their demigod children and friends to save the world. I'm not sure if I want to do this, but if you really want me to, PM me or send in a review for a story telling me so.

Sammy Keyes:

-Hudson has seen a lot of things. But when he sees him with her, walking up his porch, he couldn't help but being a little too pleased. Hudson's POV of cammy (moments in the books. i.e when Sammy first mentioned Casey, the Birthday Bash, and all those moments.) (Sorry for not having this up yet, it got deleated from my computer, and I have to restart :()

Crossovers:

I'm working on a GIANT crossover with Mrs. Billy Pratt. The following fandoms are included: Percy Jackson, Psych, Sammy Keyes and the Avengers. The first chapter is up! I hope you enjoy it!

My Communities:

"Phenomenal Fanfics" (manager)- I was going through the communities because I was trying to look for good PJO fics, and I was astonished. The "This is where the good fics are!" communities let me down. They were full of OC's, "New adventure" stories, Artemis' kids stories, and uncanon fics. If you're looking for nice oneshots (and a few multichap stories), this place is for you. Most of the fics are in my favorites. I'm pretty picky when it comes to good fics, and I hope you enjoy my selection, because honestly, PJO fics are not quality anymore, and the idea of what quality is is horrifying as well. If your fic is in my community, that's a big accomplishment. Congrats! :)

Links

Tributes:

-This is THE best PJO tribute ever. I was about to cry. You HAVE to watch it :') (This Is War) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwI1NX_e8DE

Character Themes (Percy Jackson):

-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8wcbc9VCLE&feature=related

-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxWrG-eQiCI&feature=related

-One of my favorite PJO character themes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXMJbskJW70&feature=related

Percy Jackson:

-Deleted Lightning Thief scene (from the book) http://www.facebook.com/PercyJackson

-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD THIS!!!! I'M FREAKING OUT RIGHT NOW!!!!!! (SoN) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX-UqubDqFc&feature=feedf

-AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! A NEW PEICE OF SoN!!! CAME OUT ON PERCY'S BDAY!!!! RICK READS SoN! http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2178014043851&oid=9122810019&comments

-Interview with Blackjack from the PJO series! I love Blackjack!: http://rickriordan.blogspot.com/2009/02/last-olympian-cover-blackjack-speaks.html

-I really like this pic!!!! lol (PJO related) http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=percy jackson&order=9&offset=24#/d3kdujg

-I just love this fan's art work! Super talented! http://leabharlann.deviantart.com/gallery/30740379. She does HoO work. she actually drew my profile pic!

-This is the PERFECT Percabeth/Prachel video/song! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vh9VznTdoQ&NR=1

-I also love this pic! (PJO related) http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=ion=&q=percyjackson#/d489k4w

-This fan made an Album that's all about Percy Jackson and the Heroes of Olympus. It's truly fantastic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZZoUfi9cVk.

Beautiful Song about Rachel Elizabeth Dare ;): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyoXAqjDc_E&feature=related

-Love this artwork!!!!(PJO) http://fuienu-chan.deviantart.com/gallery/30464290?coffset=20#,http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=heroes%20of%20olympus&order=9&offset=48#/d4hpsbb

Sammy Keyes

-I love Steph's blog!!! It's a blog dedicated to Sammy Keyes!!! Over all blog:http://simplysammykeyes.blogspot.com/ Favorite story ever: Storytime With Casey - A Story in Text Messages. (Posted on July 22, 2011)

-I am in LOVE WITH CASEY ACOSTA!!! http://blog.teenreads.com/blog/2010/11/wendelin-van-draanen-spotlight-casey

Hunger Games

-Best Hunger Games parody EVER! lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoHfCW-O2yA

-Awesome Hunger Games song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZQRHRFEeOE&NR=1

Favorite Quotes

“Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.” - Proverbs 31:30

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”Proverbs 3:5-6

“In their hearts human beings plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps.”- Proverbs 16:9

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” -Oscar Wilde

“There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it.” ― Athena, The Titan's Curse

“You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.” -Rick Riordan, Lost Hero

“Not all powers are spectacular. Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding.” -Hestia, The Last Olympian

“Don’t judge someone until you’ve stood at his forge and worked with his hammer, eh?” -Hephaestus, Battle of the Labyrinth

“Stupid people are dangerous.” -Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain.”

“Dance as though no one is watching. Love as though you have never lovedbefore. Sing as though no one can here you. Live as though heaven is on earth.”

“The quality of life is not determined by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away.”

“Real girls aren't perfect, and perfect girls aren't real.”

“It is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.”

“I'm the kind of girl who will burst out laughing in the middle of a dead silence because of something that happened yesterday.”

“I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.”

“Life is like a box of chocolates - it's full of nuts.”

“You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.”

“The difficulty is not so great as to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.”

“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to change it every 2 months."

“Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where the heck is the ceiling.”

“You cry, I cry. You laugh, I laugh. You jump off a cliff, I laugh even harder”

“People that don't know me think I'm quiet. People that do wish I was.”

“Why be difficult, when, with just a little bit of effort, you can be impossible?"

“You laugh because I'm different. I laugh because you're all the same."

“Being weird is like being normal, only better.”

“I'm not clumsy, the floor just hates me"

“Be insane- well behaved people never made history.”

“To the world you are just one person, but to one person, you're the world.”

“Love is like playing the piano. First you learn the rules, then you play from your heart.”

“True Love Exists.- John 3:16”

“People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason why the world is in chaos is because things are being loved, and people are being used.”

“God is writing my love story."

“I'm just an Annabeth questing for her Percy.”

“If you love something, let it go. If it comes back, it's yours. If it doesn't, it never was.”

Love wasn't put in your heart to stay. Because love isn't love until you give it away.”

“One of the hardest things in life is watching the person you love, love someone else.”

“Don’t choose the one who is beautiful to the world. But rather, choose the one who makes your world beautiful.”

“Beginnings are usually scary, endings are usually sad, but it’s everything in between that makes it all worth living.”

“It’s hard to tell your mind to stop loving someone when your heart still does.”

“You don’t realize how much you care about someone until they don’t care about you.”

“Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there. “ Amy Li

“In the cookies of life, sisters are the chocolate chips. “

“A sister is a forever friend. “

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those you mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” -Dr. Seuss

"The love of a family is God's greatest blessing."

“Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.” -Dr. Seuss

“My siblings are my best friends. “
-America Ferrera

We share a special bond

We share a special bond
that grows stronger through the years.
Looking back on things we've done,
I realize that some of my happiest memories
are of times we've shared.
You give me the freedom to be myself -
there's never a need to pretend.
I'd like you to know there will always be
a special place in my heart for you -
My Sister and My Friend.

Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.

The trouble with alarm clocks is that they always go off when you're asleep.

WARNING: Do not follow in my footsteps. I tend to walk into walls and off cliffs.

I'm not littering . . . just donating to the Earth.

I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing with you... you're just not laughing.

Note to self: Normal is just a setting on washing machines.

When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

If you want to look young and thin, hang around with old fat people.

If Wal-mart is lowering their prices everyday, how come the store isn't free yet?

Men are like parking spots, the good ones are taken and the free ones are handicapped.

There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.

Don't think of your self as an ugly person. Think of yourself as a beautiful monkey.

A stranger stabs you in the front; a friend stabs you in the back; a boyfriend stabs you in the heart, but best friends only poke each other with straws.

"We live in an age where pizza gets to your house before the police do."

Screw fire and save matches!!

Hippopotomonstrousaequipodaliophobic - Fear of long words.

My best friends are the kind that if my house were on fire, they'd be roasting marsh mellows and flirting with the firemen.

Flying is simple. Just throw yourself at the ground and miss.

I hear your silence loud and clear.

According to the latest figures, 43% of all statistics are utterly worthless.

If at first you don't succeed, change the rules.

Smile; it makes people wonder what you're up to.

Friends come and go while enemies never do; they just multiply.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kinda neat.

Generally, generalizations are wrong.

Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make ye mad.

All things considered, insanity may be the only reasonable alternative.

If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be research.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.

Enjoy every minute of life. There's plenty of time to be dead.

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.

We don't live in the world of reality, we live in the world of how we perceive reality.

A single death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.

Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

What do we want? PROCRASTINATION! When do we want it? . . . . Next week.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.

Don’t take life too seriously, you won’t get out alive.

You’re just jealous because the voices only talk to me.

I’m not a complete idiot, some parts are missing.

Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.

My mind works like lightning . . . . one brilliant flash and it's gone.

The newscaster is the person who says "Good evening" and then tells you why it's not.

Never say that! Never! Run before you walk! Fly before you crawl! Keep moving forward! Because if we fail, I'd rather fail really hugely. All or nothing!

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them more.

If Barbie's so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?

Growing old is mandatory . . . growing UP is optional . . .

When I'm stressed, I laugh. When I'm happy, I laugh. When I'm nervous, I laugh. If I find something funny, I can't stop laughing.

If you find any poisonous plants in your tea, just to let you know, it wasn't me.

Anatidaephobia: the fear that somehow, somewhere, a duck is watching you.

Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

If ya can't beat 'em, join 'em.
If ya can't join 'em, bribe 'em.
If ya can't bribe 'em, blackmail 'em.
If ya can't blackmail 'em, kill 'em.
If ya can't kill 'em, you're screwed.

If your heart was really broken . . . you'd be dead so shut up.

He who laughs last didn't get it.

If Tylenol, Duct Tape, & a Band Aid can't fix it, you have a serious problem.

They laugh because we're losers . . . . We laugh because they just figured it out.

The 50-50-90 rule: any time you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90 probability you'll get it wrong.

The person who smiles when things go wrong has found someone to blame it on.

The voices may not be real, but they have some pretty good ideas.

Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. Stupidity killed the cat. Curiosity was framed.

A wise man once said, "Ask a girl."

Fighting is mind over matter. I don't mind, and you don't matter.

If you don't like the way I drive, stay off the sidewalk.

Hate is just a special kind of love we give to people who suck.

You have the right to remain silent. Everything you say will be misquoted and used against you.

Chaos, panic, pandemonium. My work here is done.

If you don't like me, there is nothing I can do. Newsflash, Honey, I don't live to please you.

I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.

Boys are like lava lamps: fun to watch but not too bright.

It takes 42 muscles to frown, 28 to smile, and only 4 to reach out and slap someone.

I believe you should live each day as if it were your last, which is why I don't do my laundry. I mean, come on, who would wanna wash clothes on the last day of their life?

Silence is golden . . . duct tape is silver.

When life gives you lemons . . .
make grape juice, and watch the world wonder how you did it.

Be insane- well behaved people never made history.

My knight in shining armor turned out to be a loser in aluminum foil.

To the world you are just one person, but to one person, you're the world.

Your weirdness is creeping my imaginary friend out.

It's always in the last place you look . . . of course it is, why would I keep looking for it?

Happiness is just around the corner! . . . Too bad the world is round . . .

I'm not random . . .
you just can't think as fast as me.

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

The dinosaur's extinction wasn't an accident. Barney came and they all committed suicide.

Labels are for cans, and in case you haven't noticed, I'm not a can!

Excuse me. Have you seen my sanity? I think I've lost it . . .

Parents spend the first part of our lives teaching us how to walk and talk, then the rest of our lives telling us to sit down and shut up.

Some say the glass is half full, others the glass is half empty, all I want to know is who's drinking my soda!

"Sir, we're surrounded!"
"Excellent! We can attack in any direction!"

Percabeth

The Last Olympian

Page 46

Annabeth ran in right behind him, and I'll admit my heart did a little relay race in my chest when I saw her. It's not that she tried to look good. We'd been doing so many combat missions lately, she hardly brushed her curly blond hair anymore, and she didn't care what clothes she was wearing - usually the same old orange camp T-shirt and jeans, and once in a while her bronze armor. Her eyes were stormy gray. Most of the time we couldn't get through a conversation without tryign to strangle each other. Still, just seeing her made me feel fuzzy in the head. Last summer, before Luke turned into Kronos and everything went sour, there had been a few times when I thought maybe...well, that we might get past the strangle-each-other phase.

Page 48

Annabeth wiped a tear from her cheek. "I'm glad you're not dead, Seaweed Brain." "Thanks," I said. "Me too."

Page 49

We locked eyes. I thought of a different time last summer, under Mount St. Helens, when Annabeth thought I was going to die, and she kissed me. She cleared her throat and looked away. "Prophecy." "Right." I put down the scimitar. "Prophecy."

Page 58

Annabeth blushed. It dawned on me that she knew I'd been hanging out with Rachel, and I felt guilty. Then I felt angry that I felt guilty. I was allowed to have friends outside of camp, right? It wasn't like...

Page 70

I found myself staring at her, which was stupid since I'd seen her a billion times. She and I were about the same height this summer, which was a relief. Still, she seemed so much more mature. It was kind of intimidating. I mean, sure, she'd always been cute, but she was starting to be seriously beautiful.

Page 72-73

"You know..." She brushed her hair behind her ear, like she does when she's nervous. "This whole thing with Beckendorf and Silena. It kind of makes you think. About...what's important. About losing people who are important." I nodded. My brain started seizing on little random details, like the fact that she was still wearing thos silver owl earrings from her dad, who was this braniac military history professor in San Francisco. "Um, yeah," I stammered. "Like...is everything cool with your family?" Okay, really stupid question, but hey, I was nervous. Annabeth looked disappointed, but she nodded. "My dad wanted to take me to Greece this summer," she said wistfully. "I've always wanted to see-" "The Parthenon," I remembered. She managed a smile. "Yeah." "That's okay. There'll be other summers, right?"

Page 74

"Annabeth." I stopped her by the tetherball court. I knew I was asking for trouble, but I didn't know who else to trust. Plus, I'd always depended on Annabeth for advice.

Page 136

"Hold on, Seaweed Brain." It was Annabeth's voice, much clearer now. "You're not getting away from me that easily. The cord strengthened. I could see Annabeth now - standing barefoot above me on the canoe lake pier. I'd fallen out of my canoe. That was it. She was reaching out her hand to haul me up, and she was trying not to laugh. She wore her orange camp T-shirt and jeans. Her hair was tucked up in her Yankees cap, which was strange because that should have made her invisible. "You are such an idiot sometimes." She smiled. "Come on. Take my hand." Memories came flooding back to me - sharper and more colorful. I stopped dissolving. My name was Percy Jackson. I reached up and took Annabeth's hand.

Page 143

She frowned. "What is it? "What's what?" I asked. "You're looking at me funny." I realized I was thinking of my strange vision of Annabeth pulling me out of the Styx River. "It's, uh, nothing."

Page 157

"She said to tell Percy: 'Remember the rivers.' And, um, something about staying away from her daughter. I'm not sure whose face was redder: Annabeth's or mine.

Page 159

Annabeth sat at the foot of her mother's throne and cried.I wanted to comfort her, but I wasn't sure how.

Page 176

"Wait here," I told Annabeth. "Percy, you shouldn't go alone." "Well, unless you can breathe underwater..." She sighed. "You are so annoying sometimes." "Like when I'm right? Trust me, I'll be fine. i've got the curse of Achilles now. I'm all invincible and stuff." Annabeth didn't look convinced. "Just be careful. I don't want anything to happen to you. I mean, because we need you for the battle." I grinned. "Back in a flash."

Page 185

I kept my eyes on Annabeth. She nodded reluctantly. "All right. Get moving." Before I could lose my courage, I said, "Don't I get a kiss for luck? It's kind of a tradition, right?" I figured she would punch me. Instead, she drew her knife and stared at the army marching toward us. "Come back alive, Seaweed Brain. Then we'll see."

Page 190

In a flash I understood what had happened. He'd been trying to stab me. Judging from the position of his blade, he would've taken me - maybe by sheer luck - in the small of my back, my only weak point. Annabeth had intercepted the knife with her own body.

Page 199-200

Once she was gone, I knelt next to Annabeth and felt her forehead. She was still burning up. "You're cute when you're worried," she muttered. "Your eyebrows get all scrunched together." "You are not going to die while I owe you a favor," I said. "Why did you take that knife?" "You would've done the same for me." It was true. I guess we both knew it. Still, I felt like someone was poking my heart with a cold metal rod. "How did you know?" "Know what?" I looked around to make sure we were alone. Then I leaned in close and whispered: "My Achilles spot. If you hadn't taken that knife, I would've died." She got a faraway look in her eyes. Her breath smelled of grapes, maybe from the nectar. "I don't know, Percy. I just had this feeling you were in danger. Where...where is the spot?" I wasn't supposed to tell anyone. But this was Annabeth. If I couldn't trust her, I couldn't trust anyone. "The small of my back." She lifted her hand. "Where? Here?" She put her hand on my spine, and my skin tingled. I moved her fingers to the one spot that grounded me to my mortal life. A thousand volts of electricity seemed to arc through my body. "You saved me," I said. "Thanks." She removed her hand, but I kept holding it. "So you owe me," she said weakly. "What else is new?"

Page 276

I looked in the direction Annabeth had gone, but she'd disappeared into the crowd. I couldn't believe what she'd just done - saved Rachel's life, landed a helicopter, and walked away like it was no big deal.

Page 321

I pulled her up and we lay trembling on the pavement. I didn't realize we had our arms around each other until she suddenly tensed. "Um, thanks," She muttered. " I tried to say Don't mention it, but it came out as "Uh duh."

Page 335

Luke hardly paid me any attention. He stepped toward Annabeth, but I put myself between him and her. "Don't touch her," I said.

Page 341

Next to me, Annabeth's knees buckled. I caught her, but she cried out in pain, and I realized I'd grabbed her broken arm. "Oh gods," I said. "Annabeth, I'm sorry." "It's all right," she said as she passed out in my arms.

Page 351

I glanced back. Annabeth was trying not to meet my eyes. Her face was pale. I flashed back to two years ago, when I'd thought she was going to take the pledge to Artemis and become a Hunter. I'd been on the edge of a panic attack, thinknig that I'd lose her. now, she looked pretty much the same way.

Page 359

"And my daughter?" "I couldn't leave her," I admitted, my throat dry. "Or Grover," I added quickly. "Or-" "Spare me." Athena stepped close to me, and I could feel her aura of power making my skin itch.

Page 372-374(and my favorite part in the series! Eep!)

"Hey." Anabeth slid next to me on the bench. "Happy birthday." She was holding a huge misshapen cupcake with blue icing. I stared at her. "What?" "It's August 18," she said. "Your birthday, right?" I was stunned. It hadn't even occurred to me, but she was right. I had turned sixteen this morning - the same morning I'd made the choice to give Luke the knife. The prophecy had come true right on schedule, and I hadn't even thought about the fact that it was my birthday. "Make a wish," she said. "Did you bake this yourself?" I asked. "Tyson helped." "That explains why it looks like a chocolate brick. " I said. "With extra blue cement." Annabeth laughed. I thought for a second, the blew out the candle. We cut it in half and shared, eating with our fingers. amnnabeth sat next to me, and we watched the ocean. Crickets and monsters were making noises in the woods, but otherwise it was quiet. "You saved the world," she said "We saved the world." "And Rachel is the new Oracle, which means she won't be dating anybody." "You don't sound disappointed," I noticed. Annabeth shrugged. "Oh, I don't care." "Uh-uh." She raised an eyebrow. "You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?" "You'd probably kick my butt." "You know I'd kick your butt." She brushed the cake off my hands. "When I was at the river Styx, turning invulnerable...Nico said I had to concentrate on one thing that kept me anchored to the world, that made me want to saty mortal." Annabeth kept her eyes on the horizon. "Yeah? "The up on Olympus," I said, "when they wanted to make me a god and stuff, I kept thinking-" "Oh, you so wanted to." "Well, maybe a little. But I didn't, because I thought - I didn't want things to stay the same for eternity, because things could always get better. and I was thinking..." My throat felt really dry. "Anyone in particular?" Annabeth asked, her voice soft. I looked over and saw that she was trying not to smile. "You're laughing at me," I complained. "I am not!" "You are so not making this easy." "Then she laughed for real, and she put her hands round my neck. "I am never, ever going to make things easy for you, Seaweed Brain. Get used to it." When she kissed me, I had the feeling my brain was melting right through my body. I could've stayed that way forever, except a voice behind us growled, "Well, it's about time!" Suddenly the pavilion was filled with torchlight and campers. Clarisse led the way as the eavesdroppers charged and hoisted us both onto their shoulders. "Oh, come on!" I complained. "Is there no privacy? "The lovebirds need to cool off!" Clarisse said with glee. "The canoe lake!" Connir Stoll shouted. With a huge cheer, they carried us down the hill, but they kept us close enough to hold hands. Annabeth was laughing, and I couldn't help laughing too, even though my face was completely red. We held hands right up to the moment they dumped us into the water. Afterward, I had the last laugh. I made an air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our friends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey - when you're the son of Poseidon, you don't have to hurry. An it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.

Page 375

Camp went late that summer. It lasted two more weeks, right up to the start of a new school year, and I have to admit they were the best two weeks of my life. Of course, Annabeth would kill me if I said anything different, but there was a lot of other great stuff going on too.

Page 377

"You're still my best friend." He grinned. "Except for Annabeth." "That's different." "Yeah," he agreed. "It sure is."

Page 380

Annabeth, thank goodness, would be staying in New York. She'd gotten permission from her parents to attend a boarding school in the city so she could be close to Olympus and oversee the rebuilding efforts. "And close to me?" I asked. "Well, someone's got a big sense of his own importance." But she laced her fingers through mine. I remembered what she'd told me in New York, about building something permanent, and I thought - just maybe - we were off to a good start.

The Battle of the Labyrinth

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"Think positive. Tomorrow you're off to camp! After orientation, you've got your date-" "It's not a date!" I protested. "It's just Annabeth, Mom. Jeez!" "She's coming all the way from camp to meet you." "Well, yeah." "You're going to the movies." "Yeah." "Just the two of you." "Mom!" She held up her hands in surrender, but I could tell she was trying hard not to smile.

Page 15

I burst out of the alley onto East 81st and ran straight into Annabeth. "Hey, you're out early!" She laughed, grabbing my shoulders to keep me from tumbling into the street. "Watch where you're going, Seaweed Brain." For a split second, she was in a good mood and everything was fine. She was wearing jeans and an orange camp T-shirt and her clay bead necklace. He blond hair was pulled back into a ponytail. Her gray eyes sparkled. She looked like she was ready to catch a movie, have a cool afternoon hanging out together. Then Rachel Elizabeth Dare, still covered in monster dust, came charging out of the alley, yelling. "Percy, wait up!" She frowned at me. "What did you do this time? And who is this?"

Page 16-17

Annabeth stared at me for a second. Then she turned and took off. "Hey!" I jogged after her. "There were these two empousai," I tried to explain. "They were cheerleaders, see, and they said camp was going to burn, and-" "You told a mortal girl about half-bloods?" "She can see through the Mist. She saw the monsters before I did." "So you told her the truth." "She recognized me from Hoover Dam, so-" "You've met her before?" "Um, last winter. But seriously, I barely know her." "She's kinda cute." "I-I never thought about it." Annabeth kept walking toward York Avenue. "I'll deal with the school," I promised, anxious to change the subject "Honest, it'll be fine." Annabeth wouldn't even look at me. "I guess our afternoon is off, now that the poilce will be searching for you."

Page 45

Someone else slid next to me on the bench: Annabeth. "I'll tell you what it's about," she said. "The Labyrinth." It was hard to concentrate on what she was saying, because everybody in the dining pavilion was stealing glances at us and whispering. and Annabeth was right next to me. I mean right next to me.

Page 47

Annabeth nodded. Despite how serious she was acting, I was happy she wasn't mad at me anymore. and I kind of liked the fact that she'd broken the rules to come sit next to me.

Page 50

Over at the head table, Quintus cleared his throat. I got the feeling he didn't want to make a scene, but Annabeth was really pushing it, sitting at my table so long. "We'll talk later." Annabeth squeezed my arm a little to hard. "Convince him, will you?" She returned to the Athena table, ignoring all the people who were staring at her.

Page 53

Quintus kept rattling off names until he said, "Percy Jackson with Annabeth Chase." "Nice." I grinned at Annabeth. "Your armor is crooked," was her only comment, and she redid my straps for me.

Page 59

I started forward, but Annabeth stopped me. "Don't take another step," she warned. "We need to find the exit." She sounded really scared now. "It's okay," I promised. "It's right-" I looked up and realized I couldn't see where we'd fallen in. The ceiling was solid stone. The corridor seemed to stretch endlessly in both directions. Annabeth's hand slipped into mine. Under different circumstances, I would've been embarrassed, but here in the dark I was glad to know where she was. It was about the only thing I was sure of.

Page 68

"I've been studying architecture for years," she said. "I know Daedalus's Labyrinth better than anybody." "From reading about it." "Well, yes." "That's not enough." "It has to be!" "It isn't!" "Are you going to help me or not?" I realized everyone was watching Annabeth and me like a tennis match.

Page 78-80

Annabeth stood in the back of the room, rifling through old scrolls. "Knock, knock?" I said. She turned with a start. "Oh...hi. Didn't hear you." "You okay?"' She frowned at the scroll in her hands. "Just trying to do some research. Daedalus's Labyrinth is so huge. none of the stories agree about anything. The maps just lead from nowhere to nowhere." I thought about what Quintus had said, how the maze tries to distract you. I wondered if Annabeth knew that already. "We'll figure it out," I promised. Her hair had come loose and was hanging in a tangled blond curtain around her face. Her gray eyes looked almost black. "I've wanted to lead a quest since I was seven," she said. "You're going to do awesome." She looked at me gratefully, but then stared down at all the books and scrolls she'd pulled from the shelved. "I'm worried, Percy. Maybe I shouldn't have asked you to do this. Or Tyson or Grover." "Hey, we're your friends. We wouldn't miss it." "But..." She stopped herself. "What is it?" I asked. "The prophecy?" "I'm sure it's fine," she said in a small voice. "What was the last line?" Then she did something that really surprised me. She blinked back tears and put out her arms. I stepped forward and hugged her. Butterflies started turning my stomach into a mosh pit. "Hey, it's...it's okay." I patted her back. I was aware of everything in the room. I felt like I could read the tiniest print on any book on the shelves. Annabeth's hair smelled like lemon soap. She was shivering. "Chiron might be right," she muttered. "I'm breaking the rules. But I don't know what else to do. I need you three. It just feels right." "Then don't worry about it," I managed. "We've had plenty of problems before, and we solved them." "This is different. I don't want anything happening to...any of you." Behind me, somebody cleared his throat. It was one of Annabeth's half-brothers, Malcolm. His face was bright red. "Um, sorry," he said. "Archery practice is starting, Annabeth. Chiron said to come find you." I stepped away from Annabeth. "We were just looking at maps," I said stupidly. Malcolm stared at me. "Okay." "Tell Chiron I'll be right there," Annabeth said, and Malcolm left in a hurry. "Annabeth rubbed her eyes. "You go ahead, Percy. I'd better get ready for archery." I nodded, feeling more confused than I ever had in my life. I wanted to run from the cabin...but then again I didn't.

Page 125-126

I tried to fall asleep, but I couldn't. Something about getting chased by a large dragon lady with poison swords made it real hard to relax. I picked up my bedroll and dragged it over to where Annabeth was sitting, keeping watch. I sat down next to her. "You should sleep," she said. "Can't. You doing all right?" "Sure. First day leading the quest. Just great." "We'll get there," I said. "We'll find the workshop before Luke does." She brushed her hair out of her face. She had a smudge of dirt on her chin, and i imagined what she must've looked like when she was little, wandering around the country with Thalia and Luke. Once she'd saved them from the mansion of the evil Cyclops when she was only seven. Even when she looked scared, like now, I knew she had a lot of guts. "I just wish the quest was logical," she complained. "I mean, we're traveling but we have no idea where we'll end up. How can you walk from New York to California in a day?" "Space isn't the same in the maze." "I know, I know. it's just..." She looked at me hesitantly. "Percy, I was kidding myself. All that planning and reading. I don't have a clue where we're going." "You're doing great. Besides, we never know what we're doing. It always works out. Remember Circe's island?" She snorted. "You made a cute guinea pig." "And Waterland, how you got us thrown off that ride?" "I got us thrown off? That was totally your fault!" "See? It'll be fine."

Page 184

"I'm a child of Athena," she insisted. and this is an insult to my intelligence. I won't answer these questions." Part of me was impressed with her for standing up like that. but part of me thought her pride was going to get us all killed.

Page 198

I didn't dare call after her, but I didn't like the idea of her approaching the forge on her own. If those things out there could sense a god coming, would Annabeth be safe?

The Infamous Page 203(and my favorite part in this book!)

"Put your cap back on," I said. "Get out!" "What?" Annabeth shrieked. "No! I'm not leaving you." "I've got a plan. I'll distract them. you can use the metal spider-maybe it'll lead you back to Hephaestus. You have to tell him what's going on." "But you'll be killed!" "I'll be fine. Besides, we've got no choice." Annabeth glared at me like she was going to punch me. And then she did something that surprised me even more. She kissed me. "Be careful, Seaweed Brain." She put on her hat an vanished. I probably would've sat there for the rest of the day, staring at the lava and trying to remember what my name was(aww, so cute! He likes her back! You can tell!), but the sea demons jarred me back to reality.

Page 227

Annabeth turned to face the audience. She looked terrible. Her eyes were puffy from crying, but she managed to say, "He was probably the bravest friend I've ever had. He..." Then she saw me. Her face went blood red. "He's right there!" Heads turned. People gasped. "Percy!" Beckendorf(I thought he was dead, no wait, that's the fifth book--I mean, what fifth book?) grinned. A bunch of other kids crowded around me and clapped me on the back. I heard a few curses from the Ares cabin, but Clarisse just rolled her eyes, like she couldn't believe I'd had the nerve to survive. Chiron cantered over and everyone made way for him. "Well," he sighed with obvious relief. "I don't believe I've ever been happier to see a camper return. But you must tell me-" "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" Annabeth interrupted, shoving aside the other campers. I thought she was going to punch me, but instead she hugged me so fiercely she nearly cracked my ribs. The other campers fell silent. Annabeth seemed to realize she was making a scene and pushed me away. "I-we thought you were dead, Seaweed Brain!" "I'm sorry," I said. "I got lost." "LOST?" she yelled. "Two weeks, Percy? Where in the world-" "Annabeth," Chiron interrupted. "Perhaps we should discuss this somewhere more private, shall we? The rest of you, back to your normal activities!"

Page 229

Annabeth glared at me. "You are the single most annoying person I have ever met!" And she stormed out of the room. I stared at the doorway. I felt like hitting something. "So much for being the bravest friend she's ever had." "She will calm down," Chiron promised. "She's jealous, my boy." "That's stupid. She's not...it's not like...(Yes she is, percy, get that into your seaweed filled brain)" Chiron chuckled. "It hardly matters. Annabeth is very territorial about her friends in case you haven't noticed. She was quite worried about you. And now that you're back, I think she suspects where you were marooned."

Page 244-245

"We'll try, Ms. Jackson," Annabeth said. "Keeping your son safe is a big job, though." She folded her arms and glared out the kitchen window. I picked at my napkin and tried not to say anything. My mom frowned. "What's been going on with you two? Have you been fighting?" Neither of us said anything. "I see," my mom said, and I wondered if she could see through more than just the Mist. It sounded like she understood what was going on with Annabeth and me, but I sure as heck didn't. "Well, remember," she said, "Grover and Tyson are counting on you two." "I know," Annabeth and I said at the same time, which embarrassed me even more.

Page 272

Annabeth stood. "The fire's getting low. I'll go look for some more scraps while you guys talk strategy." And she marched off into the shadows. Rachel drew another figure with her stick-an ashy Antaeus dangling from his chains. "Annabeth's not usually like this," I told her. "I don't know what her problem is." Rachel raised her eyebrows. "Are you sure you don't know?" "What do you mean?" "Boys," she muttered. "Totally blind."(Tell 'em girlfriend!) (Yeah, boys are blind, annoying and stupid, If you're a guy and you are offended by this, deal with it! I only speak the truth. Although, some can be not those things.)

Page 329

Kampê landed on the Athena command tent, smashing it flat. I ran after her and found Annabeth at my side, keeping pace, her sword in hand. "This might be it," she said. "Could be." "Nice fighting with you, Seaweed Brain." "Ditto."

Page 347

Annabeth and I pretty much skirted around each other. I was glad to be with her, but it also kind of hurt, and it hurt when I wasn't with her, too.(Aww, now that's what I call a cute Percabeth moment!)

Page 348

I hoped Annabeth would be riding into Manhattan with me, but she only came to see me off. She said she'd arranged to stay at camp a little longer. She would tend to Chiron until his leg was fully recovered, and keep studying Daedalus's laptop, which had engrossed her for the past two months. Then she would head back to her father's place in San Francisco. "There's a private school out there that I'll be going to," she said. 'I'll probably hate it, but..." She shrugged. "Yeah, well, call me, okay?"(No, percy, she won't call you) (Sry, for this, I talk to the book characters) "Sure," she said half-heartedly. "I'll keep my eyes open for..." There it was again. Luke. She couldn't even say his name without opening up a huge box of hurt and worry and anger.(GGRRRRRR!! I hate Luke for getting into this!!)

Page 351

"I'm sorry," Annabeth told me. "I-I should get back. I'll keep in touch." "Listen, Annabeth-" I thought about Mount St. Helens, Calypso's Island, Luke, and Rachel Elizabeth Dare, and how suddenly everything had gotten so complicated. I wanted to tell Annabeth that I didn't really want to be so distant from her. Then Argus honked his horn down the road, and I lost my chance. "You'd better get going," Annabeth said. "Take care, Seaweed Brain." She jogged down the hill. I watched her until she reached that cabins(Yup, percy, you wouldwatch her wouldn't you?). She didn't look back once.(Aww, doesn't that let ya down perce? Yeah, that's horrible)

Page 352

"You've had a rough summer," he said. "I'm guessing you lost someone important. And...girl trouble?" I stared at him. "How did you know that? Did my mom-"(OMG! he'd just admitted to it!MWAHAHAHAHA!) He held up his hands. 'Your mom hasn't said a thing. And I won't pry. I just know there's something unusual about you, Percy. You've got a lot going on that I can't figure. But I was also fifteen once, and I'm just guessing from your expression...Well, you've had a rough time."

Page 358

"You'd better go," Poseidon said. "But, Percy, one last thing you should know. that incident at Mount St. Helens..." For a second I thought he was talking about Annabeth kissing me, and I blushed(Oh, so you did enjoy it?), but then I realized he was talking about something a lot bigger.

The Titan's Curse

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"it's okay, Ms. Jackson." Annabeth smiled reassuringly. Her blond hair was tucked into a ski cap and her gray eyes were the same color as the ocean. "We'll keep him out of trouble." Mom seemed to relax a little. She thinks Annabeth is the most levelheaded demigod ever to hit eighth grade. She's sure Annabeth often keeps me from getting killed. she's right, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

Page 12

I looked nervously at Annabeth, then at the groups of girls who were roaming the gym. "Well?" Annabeth said. "Um, who should I ask?"(Wow his head really is full of seaweed) She punched me in the gut. "Me, Seaweed Brain."(Oh, so now she likes him) "Oh. Oh, right."

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He went on asking questions. did I fight a lot with Thalia, since she was a daughter of Zeus? (I didn't answer that one.) If Annabeth's mother was Athena, the goddess of wisdom, then why didn't Annabeth know better than to fall off a cliff? (I tried not to strangle Nico for asking that one.yup, cuz you like her)Was Annabeth my girlfriend? (At this point, I was ready to stick the kid in a meat-flavored sack and throw him to the wolves.)just because you like her, you know you wanted to say yes and scream it to the world)

Page 65

I took Annabeth's baseball cap out of my backpack and set it on my nightstand. I'd give it to her when I found her. And I would find her.(So determined, Aphrodite, thank you!)

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He gave me the brochure. It was about the Hunters of Artemis. The font read, A WISE CHOICE FOR YOUR FUTURE! Inside were pictures of young maidens doing hunter stuff, chasing monsters, shooting bows. There were captions like: HEALTH BENEFITS: IMMORTALITY AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU! and A BOY-FREE TOMORROW!(Percy probably doesn't like the sound of that for Annabeth, he'd probably say, 'sorry, she's already taken.') "I found that in Annabeth's backpack," Grover said. I stared at him. "I don't understand."(Of course you don't) "Well, it seems to me...maybe Annabeth was thinking about joining." I'd like to say I took the news well.(But you didn't cuz that would mean you didn't care and you do) The truth was, I wanted to strangle the Hunters of Artemis one eternal maiden at a time.(exactly) The rest of the day I tried to keep busy, but I was worried sick about Annabeth.(Of course you would be)

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Then I noticed a pink silk scarf with a label attached to it. I picked up the tag and tried to read it:

SCARF OF THE GODDESS APHRODITE RECOVERED AT WATERLAND, DENVER CO., BY ANNABETH CHASE AND PERCY JACKSON

I stared at the scarf. I'd totally forgotten about it. Two years ago, Annabeth had ripped this scarf out of my hands and said something like, Oh, no. no love magic for you! I'd just assumed she'd thrown it away. and yet here it was. She'd kept it all this time? And why had she stashed it in the attic?

Page 87-88

But Thalia held out her spear. "You want some, Seaweed Brain?" Somehow it was okay when Annabeth called me that-at least, I'd gotten used to it-but hearing it from Thalia was not cool.(Yeah, cuz it's her pet name for you)

Page 105-106

"I don't have much time," my mom said. "Percy, whatever you decide, I love you. And I know you'll do what's best for Annabeth." "How can you be sure?" "Because she'd do the same for you."(Yup because she loves you seaweed brain, she loves your seaweed filled brain as much as you love her Wise girlness or owl headness or whatever)

Page 184-187

When she smiled at me, just for a moment she looked a little like Annabeth(Of course, because youy think Annabeth is beautiful just like Aphrodite, hey, her name has Aphro in it, like afro, hehe!). Then like this television actress I used to have a crush on in fifth grade. Then...well, you get the idea. "Ah, there you are, Percy," the goddess said. "I am Aphrodite." I slipped into the seat across from her and said something like, "Um uh gah." She smiled. "Aren't you sweet. Hold this, please." She handed me a polished mirror the size of a dinner plate and had me hold it up for her. she leaned forward and dabbed at her lipstick, though I couldn't see anything wrong with it. "Do you know why you're here?" she asked. I wanted to respond. why couldn't I form a complete sentence. She was only a lady. A seriously beautiful lady. With eyes like pools of spring water...Whoa. I pinched my own arm, hard. "I...I don't know," I managed. "Oh, dear," Aphrodite said. "Still in denial?" Outside the car, I could hear Ares chuckling. I had a feeling he could hear every word we said. The idea of him being out there made me angry, and that helped clear my mind. "I don't know what you're talking about," I said. "Well then, why are you on this quest?" "Artemis has been captured!" Aphrodite rolled her eyes. "Oh, Artemis. Please. Talk about a hopeless case. I mean, if they were going to kidnap a goddess, she should be breathtakingly beautiful, don't you think? I pity the poor dears who have to imprison Artemis. Bo-ring!" "But she was chasing a monster," I protested. "A really, really bad monster. We have to find it!" Aphrodite made me hold the mirror a little higher. She seemed to have found a microscopic problem at the corner of her eye and dabbed at her mascara. "Always some monster. But my dear Percy, that is why the others are on this quest. I'm more interested in you." My heart pounded. I didn't want to answer, but her eyes drew an answer right out of my mouth. "Annabeth is in trouble." Aphrodite beamed. "Exactly! "I have to help her," I said. "I've been having these dreams." "Ah, you even dream about her! That's so cute!"(yeah, I know, right, sister?!) "No! I mean...that's not what I meant." She made a tsk-tsk sound. "Percy, I'm on your side. I'm the reason you're here, after all." I stared at her. "What?" "The poisoned T-shirt the Stoll brothers gave Pheobe," she said. "Did you think that was an accident? Sending Blackjack to find you? Helping you sneak out of camp?" "You did that?" "Of course! Because really, how boring these Hunters are! A quest for some monster, blah blah blah. Saving Artemis. Let her stay lost, I say. But a quest for true love-" "Wait a second, I never said-" "Oh, my dear. You didn't need to say it. You do know Annabeth was close to joining the Hunters, don't you?" I blushed.(Yup you would blush) "I wasn't sure-" "She was about to throw her life away! And you my dear, you can save her from that. It's so romantic!" "Uh..." "Oh, put the mirror down," Aphrodite ordered. "I look fine." I hadn't realized I was still holding it, but as soon as I put it down, I noticed my arms were sore. "Now listen up, Percy," Aphrodite said. "The hunters are your enemies. Forget them and Artemis and the monster. That's not important. You just concentrate on finding and saving Annabeth." "Do you know where she is?" Aphrodite waved her hand irritably. "No, no. I leave the details to you. But it's been ages since we've had a good tragic love story." "Whoa, first of all, I never said anything about love. and second, what's up with tragic?" "Love conquers all, " Aphrodite promised.. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between them?" "Didn't they start the Trojan War and get thousands of people killed?" "Pfft. That's not the point. follow your heart." "But...I don't know where it's going. My heart, I mean." (Yeah, you love Annabeth, accept it!)

Page 246

I half expected Mrs. Chase to turn into a raving lunatic at the mention of her stepdaughter, but she just pursed her lips and looked concerned. "All right. Do on up to the study and i'll bring you some food." She smile at me. "Nice meeting you, Percy. I've heard a lot about you."(Of course she would)

Page 282

"I don't know," she admitted. "But thank you for rescuing me." "Hey, no big deal. We're friends."(No you're not, you are much, much more) "You didn't believe I was dead?" "Never."

Page 291

A feeling of panic seized me. "Annabeth," I said under my breath. "Don't." She frowned at me. "What?" "Look, I need to tell you something," I continued. The words came stumbling out of me. "I couldn't stand it if...I don't want you to-" "Percy?" she said. "You look like you're going to be sick." And that's how I felt. I wanted to say more, but my tongue betrayed me. It wouldn't move because of the fear in my stomach. And then Artemis turned. "I shall have a new lieutenant," she announced. "If she will accept it." "No," I murmured.

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"Was she giving you a hard time?" Annabeth asked. "No," I said. It's...fine" She studied me with concern. She touched the new streak of gray in my hair that matched hers exactly-our painful souvenir from holding Atlas's burden. There was a lot I'd wanted to say to Annabeth, but Athena had taken the confidence out of me. I felt like I'd been punched in the gut. I do not approve of your friendship with my daughter. "So," Annabeth said. "What did you want to tell me earlier?" The music was playing. People were dancing in the streets. I said "I, uh, was thinking we got interrupted at Westover Hall. And...I think I owe you a dance."(Yup, you would want to dance with her, wouldn't you?) She smiled slowly. "All right, Seaweed Brain."(Yup, she would smile) So I took her hand, and I don't know what everybody else heard, but but to me it sounded like a slow dance: a little sad, but maybe a little hopeful, too.

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"I'll fill you in later," Chiron said with forced cheerfulness. "The important thing is you have prevailed. and you save Annabeth!" Annabeth smiled at me gratefully, which made me look away.

The Sea of Monsters

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In social studies, while we were drawing latitude/longitude maps, I opened my notebook and stared at the photo inside-my friend Annabeth on vacation in Washington D.C. She was wearing jeans and a denim jacket over her orange Camp Half-Blood T-shirt. Her blond hair was pulled back in a bandanna. She was standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial with her arms crossed, looking extremely pleased with herself, like she'd personally designed the place. See, Annabeth wants to be an architect when she grows up, so she's always visiting famous monuments and stuff. She's weird that way. She'd emailed me the picture after spring break, and every once in a while I'd look at it just to remind myself she was real and Camp Half-Blood hadn't just been my imagination. I wished Annabeth were here. She'd know what to make of my dream. I'd never admit it to her, but she was smarter than me, even if she was annoying sometimes.

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Annabeth punched him in the nose and knocked him flat. "And you," she told him, "lay off my friend."

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"Annabeth..." I stammered. "How did you...how long have you..." "Pretty much all morning." She sheathed her bronze knife. "I've been trying to find a good time to talk to you, but you were never alone." "The shadow i saw this morning-that was-" My face felt hot. "Oh my gods, were you looking in my bedroom window?" "There's no time to explain!" she snapped, though she looked a little red-faced herself.

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Now, under different circumstances, I would've been really happy to see her. we'd made our peace last summer, despite the fact that her mom was Athena and didn't get along with my dad. I'd missed Annabeth probably more than I'd wanted to admit.

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The only good thing about our punishment was that it gave Annabeth and me a common enemy and lots of time to talk.

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"A half-blood hideout." I looked at Annabeth in awe. 'You made this place?" "Thalia and I," she said quietly. "And Luke." That shouldn't have bothered me. I mean, I knew Thalia and Luke had taken care of Annabeth when she was little. I knew the three of them had been runaways together, hiding from monsters, surviving on their own before Grover found them and tried to get them to Half-Blood Hill. But whenever Annabeth talked about the time she'd spent with them, I kind of felt...I don't know. Uncomfortable? No. That's not the word. The word was jealous.

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I tried to stay mad at her, but it wasn't easy. We'd been through a lot together. she'd saved my life plenty of times. It was stupid of me to resent her.

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"Then why do the gods even let me live? It would be safer to kill me." "you're right." "Thanks a lot."

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I almost didn't recognize her. she was wearing a sleeveless silk dress like C.C.'s, only white. Her blond hair was newly washed and combed and braided with gold. Worst of all, she was wearing makeup, which I never thought Annabeth would be caught dead in. I mean, she looked good. Really good. I probably would've been tongue-tied if I could've said anything except reet, reet, reet. But there was also something totally wrong about it. It just wasn't Annabeth.

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Before I could figure out how to apologize for being such an idiot, she tackled me with a hug, then pulled away just as quickly. "I'm glad you're not a guinea pig." "Me too." I hoped my face wasn't as red as it felt.

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"Don't untie me," she said, "no matter what happens or how much I plead. I'll want to go straight over the edge and drown myself." "Are you trying to tempt me?" "Ha-ha."

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She started to sob-I mean horrible, heartbroken sobbing. she put her head on my shoulder and i held her. Fish gathered to look at us-a school of barracudas, some curious marlins. Scram! I told them. They swam off, but I could tell they went reluctantly. I swear I understood their intentions. They were about to start rumors flying around the sea about the son of Poseidon and some girl at the bottom of siren Bay. "I'll get us back to the ship," I told her. "It's okay.Just hang on." Annabeth nodded to let me know she was better now, then she murmured something I couldn't understand because of the wax in my ears.

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I made a silent promise to the gods that if we survived this, I'd tell Annabeth she was a genius. The frightening thing was, I knew the gods would hold me to it.

Page 231

Which reminded me...I still owed the gods a debt. "You're a genius," I told Annabeth quietly. Then I put my head against the Fleece, and before I knew it, I was asleep, too.

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"Percy is too nice," Annabeth grumbled, but I couldn't help thinking that maybe, just maybe, she was a little impressed. I'd surprised her, anyway. And that wasn't easy to do.

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Tyson blushed. The crowd cheered. Annabeth planted a kiss on my cheek. The roaring got a lot louder after that.

The Lightning Thief

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The last thing I remember is collapsing on a wooden porch, looking at a ceiling fan circling above me, moths flying around a yellow light, the stern faces of a familiar-looking bearded man and a pretty girl, her blond hair curled like a princess's. They both looked down at me, and the girl said, "He's the one. He must be."

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She was probably my age, maybe a couple of inches taller, and a whole lot more athletic looking. wither her deep tan and her curl blond hair, she was almost exactly what I thought a stereotypical California girl would look like, except her eyes ruined the image. They were startling gray, like storm clouds; pretty, but intimidating, too, as if she were analyzing the best way to take me down in a fight. She glanced at the minotaur horn in my hands, then back at me. I imagined she was going to say, You killed a minotaur! or Wow, you're so awesome! or something like that. Instead she said, "You drool when you sleep."

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Annabeth stared at me. I couldn't tell whether she was just grossed out or angry at me for dousing her. "What?" I demanded. "What are you thinking?" "I'm thinking," she said, "that I want you on my team for capture the flag."

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"Annabeth, I'm sorry about the toilets." "Whatever." "It wasn't my fault." She looked at me skeptically, and I realized it was my fault.

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She pushed ahead, leaving me in the dust. "Okay," I mumbled. "Glad you wanted me on your team."

Page 123

I was about to join the celebration when Annabeth's voice, right next to me in the creek, said, "Not bad, hero." I looked, but she wasn't there. "Where the heck did you learn to fight like that?" she asked.

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"I've been waiting a long time for a quest, seaweed brain," she said. "Athena is no fan of Poseidon, but if you're going to save the world, I'm the best person to keep you from messing up. "If you do say so yourself," I said. "I suppose you have a plan, wise girl?" Her cheeks colored. "Do you want your help or not?" The truth was, I did.

Page 169

After a few minutes, Annabeth fell in line next to me. "Look, I..." Her voice faltered. "I appreciate your coming back for us, okay? That was really brave." "We're a team, right?"

Page 170

"You're pretty good with that knife," I said. "You think so?" "Anybody who can piggyback-ride a Fury is okay by me." I couldn't really see, but I thought she might've smiled.

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"Forget it," I said. "You're impossible." "You're insufferable." You're-" "Hey!" Grover interrupted. "You two are giving me a migraine, and satyrs don't even get migraines."

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I looked at Annabeth, daring her to criticize. She didn't.

Page 198

I tried not to drool in my sleep, since Annabeth was sitting right next to me.

Page 200

I wanted to make Annabeth feel better, but I didn't know how.

Page 202

"Can't we work together a little?" I pleaded. "I mean, didn't Athena and Poseidon ever cooperate?" Annabeth had to think about it. "I guess...the chariot," she said tentatively. "My mom invented it, but Poseidon created horses out of the crests of waves. So they had to work together to make it complete." "Then we can cooperate, too. Right?" We rode into the city, Annabeth watching as the Arch disappeared behind a hotel. "I suppose," she said at last.

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Annabeth stood behind him, trying to look angry, but even she seemed relieved to see me. "We can't leave you alone for five minutes! What happened?"

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"Are you kidding?" she looked at me as if I'd just dropped from the moon. Her cheeks were bright red. "What's the problem now?" I demanded. "Me, go with you to the...the 'Thrill Ride of Love'? how embarrassing is that? What if somebody saw me?" "Who's going to see you?" But my face was burning now, too. Leave it to a girl to make everything complicated. "Fine," I told her. "I'll do it myself." But when I started down the side of the pool, she followed me, muttering about how boys always messed things up.

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"Hey," Annabeth said, "I'm sorry for freaking out back at the water park, Percy." "That's okay." "It's just..." she shuddered. "Spiders." "Because of the Arachne story," I guessed. "She got turned into a spider for challenging your mom to a weaving contest, right?" Annabeth nodded. "Arachne's children have been taking revenge on the children of Athena ever since. If there's a spider within a mile of me, it'll find me. I hate the creepy little things. Anyway, I owe you." "We're a team, remember?" I said.

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"So if the gods fight," I said, "will things line up the way they did with the Trojan War? will it be Athena versus Poseidon?" She put her head against the backpack Ares had given us, and closed her eyes. "I don't know what my mom will do. I just know I'll fight next to you." "Why?" "Because you're my friend, Seaweed Brain. any more stupid questions? I couldn't think of a n answer for that. Fortunately, I didn't have to. Annabeth was asleep.

Page 257

"Why can't you place a blessing like that on us?" I asked. "It only works on wild animals." "So it would only affect Percy," Annabeth reasoned.

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Annabeth grabbed hold of my hand. Under normal circumstances, this would've embarrassed me, but I understood how she felt. She wanted reassurance that somebody else was alive on this boat.

Page 306

Annabeth and I looked at each other. I could tell she was nursing an idea probably the same one she'd gotten during the taxi ride to L.A., but she was too scared to share it. That was enough to terrify me.

Page 370

Annabeth sat next to me, holding my nectar glass and dabbing a washcloth on my forehead. "Here we are again," I said. "You idiot," Annabeth said, which is how I know she was overjoyed to see me conscious.

Page 374

She pursed her lips. "You won't try anything stupid during the school year, will you? At least...not without sending me an Iris-message?" I managed a smile. "I won't go looking for trouble. I usually don't have to." "When I get back next summer," she said, "we'll hunt down Luke. We'll ask for a quest, but if we don't get approval, we'll sneak off and do it anyway. Agreed?" "Sounds like a plan worthy of Athena." She held out her hand. I shook it. "Take care, Seaweed Brain," Annabeth told me. Keep your eyes open." "You too, Wise Girl."

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She touched Thalia's pine tree, then allowed herself to be lead over the crest and into the mortal world. For the first time at camp, I felt truly alone.

The Demigod Files

The Bronze Dragon

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On the blue team were Hephaestus's cabin, Apollo, Hermes, and me—the only demigod in Poseidon's cabin. The bad news was that for once, Athena and Ares—both war god cabins—were against us on the red team, along with Aphrodite, Dionysus, and Demeter. Athena's cabin held the other flag, and my friend Annabeth was their captain.

Annabeth is not somebody you want as an enemy.

Right before the game, she strolled up to me. "Hey, seaweed brain."

"Will you stop calling me that?"

She knows I hate that name, mostly because I never have a good comeback. She's the daughter of Athena, which doesn't give me a lot of ammunition. I mean,Owl-head and Wise Girl are kind of lame insults.

"You know you love it." She bumped me with her shoulder, which I guess was supposed to be friendly, but she was wearing full Greek armor, so it kind of hurt. Her gray eyes sparkled under the helmet. Her blond ponytail curled around one shoulder. It was hard for anyone to look cute in combat armor, but Annabeth pulled it off.

"Tell you what." She lowered her voice. "We're going to crush you tonight, but if you pick a safe position—like right flank, for instance—I'll make sure you don't get pulverized too much."

"Gee, thanks," I said, "but I'm playing to win."

She smiled. "See you on the battlefield."

She jogged back to her teammates, who all laughed and gave her highfives. I'd never seen her so happy, like the chance to beat me up was the best thing that had ever happened to her.

Beckendorf walked up with his helmet under his arm. "She likes you, man."

"Sure," I muttered. "She likes me for target practice."

"Nah, they always do that. A girl starts trying to kill you, you know she's into you."

"Makes a lot of sense."

Beckendorf shrugged. "I know about these things. You ought to ask her to the fireworks."

I couldn't tell if he was serious. Beckendorf was lead counselor for Hephaestus. He was this huge African American dude with a permanent scowl, muscles like a pro ballplayer, and hands calloused from working in the forges his whole life. He'd just turned eighteen and was on his way to NYU in the fall. Since he was older, I usually listened to him about stuff, but the idea of asking Annabeth to the Fourth of July fireworks down at the beach—like, the biggest dating event of the summer—made my stomach do somersaults.

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"If I was going to pick one person in the world to reattach my head," I said, "I'd pick you."

I just blurted it out—to give her confidence, I guess—but immediately I realized it sounded pretty stupid.

"Awww. . ." Silena sniffled and wiped her eyes. "Percy, that is so sweet!"

Annabeth blushed. "Shut up, Silena. Hand me your dagger."

I was afraid Annabeth was going to stab me with it.

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Annabeth came up to me and squeezed my shoulder. "Hey, seaweed brain, you okay?"

"Fine... I guess." I was thinking how close I'd come to being chopped into demigod hash in the dragon's mouth.

"You did great." Annabeth's smile was a lot nicer than that stupid dragon's.

"You, too," I said shakily.

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Watching them, with my arm around Annabeth for support, I felt pretty uncomfortable. I silently cursed Beckendorf for being so brave, and I don't mean for facing the dragon. After three years, he'd finally gotten the courage to ask Silena Beauregard out. It wasn't fair.

"You know," Annabeth said as we struggled along, "it wasn't the bravest thing I've ever seen."

I blinked. Had she been reading my thoughts?

"Um... what do you mean?"

Annabeth gripped my wrist as we stumbled through a shallow creek. "You stood up to the dragon so Beckendorf would have his chance to jump—now that was brave."

"Or pretty stupid."

"Percy, you're a brave guy," she said. "Just take the compliment. I swear, it is so hard?"

We locked eyes. Our faces were, like, two inches apart. My chest felt a little funny, like my heart was trying to do jumping jacks.

"So..." I said. "I guess Silena and Charlie are going to the fireworks together."

"I guess so," Annabeth agreed.

"Yeah," I said. "Um, about that—"

I don't know what I would've said, but just then, three of Annabeth's siblings from the Athena cabin burst out of the bushes with their swords drawn.

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But Annabeth just smiled and put us in jail. As she was heading back to the front line, she turned and winked. "See you at the fireworks?"

She didn't even wait for my answer before darting off into the woods.

I looked at Beckendorf. "Did she just... ask me out?"

He shrugged, completely disgusted. "Who knows with girls? Give me a haywire dragon, any day."

Interview with ANNABETH CHASE, Daughter of Athena

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Of all of your Camp Half-Blood friends, who would you most like to have with you in battle? Annabeth: Oh, Percy. No contest. I mean, sure he can be annoying, but he's dependable. He's brave and he's a good fighter. Normally, as long as I'm telling him what to do, he wins in a fight.

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You've been known to call Percy "Seaweed Brain" from time to time. what's his most annoying quality? Annabeth: Well, I don't call him that because he's so bright, do I? I mean, he's not dumb. He's actually pretty intelligent, but he acts so dumb sometimes. I wonder if he does it just to annoy me. The guy has a lot going for him. He's courageous. He's got a sense of humor. He's good-looking, but don't you dare tell him I said that. Where was I? Oh yeah, so he's got a lot going for him, but he's so...obtuse. That's the word. I mean he doesn't see really obvous stuff, like the way people feel, even when you're giving him hints, and being totally blatant. What? No, I'm not talking about anyone or anything in particular! I'm just making a general statement. Why does everyone always think...agh! Forget it(No I won't forget it, everyone knows and is going to remember it)

GIVE ME YOUR SOUL!