For the First Time- A Percabeth Story

Chapter 41- The Epilogue

Annabeth Chase

Smiling but we're close to tears,

Even after all these years,

We've just how got the feeling

That we're meeting

For the First Time

It's crazy how it ended this way. Seriously, it is. I went from having nothing... to having my awesome Percy and everything that I ever dreamed of. The two of us are in college now (senior year!) and at NR (New Rome), both on scholarships. Percy is training really hard in order to make it to the big leagues for swimming while I'm studying to be an architect. My dream finally came true. I get to stay with Beryl sometimes and see Thalia and Jason. (Free laundry!) Hazel, Frank and Reyna are attending the same university as us, which is fun because we get to see them every once in a while. Thalia is travelling all over the world with a group of girls who I haven't met yet. She's in some kind of training camp or something, I'm not exactly sure, but it sounded pretty cool. Jason, Piper, Leo, Calypso, Nico and the rest of the gang are going to CHB. Connor and Rachel ended up breaking up (big surprise there, huh?) and Connor is going to Olympus along with Travis (turns out, they are pretty fast!) and Katie made it to the big times with her speed. She'd even raced Travis and needless to say, she won. Travis got second place, even though he claims that he let her beat him.

Percy and I... well, we rented an apartment of our own on campus. We hardly get to spend time together during the week, because of practice and school work, but it's okay because he makes up for it with every night. Every time we kiss... it's like we're meeting all over again. Like we're kissing for the first time, and I can't help but smile. I had signed the official adoption papers on my brothers, who are now in high school going through all the drama themselves. They are still living with Beryl, of course, but they're still my brothers (well, legally sons, but who cares?) and out of the orphanage.

I still remembered when they I thought they were annoying brats who constantly drew messy doodles on my architecture notes with red crayons and always bickered over their superhero action figures when I had a huge test the next day.

"Annabeth, what are you doing?" Percy asked, pulling me from my thoughts.

"Nothing," I said, stretching my legs on the couch where I had my exam sheets spread out around me.

"Come here!" Percy called.

"Fine."

I found him in the kitchen on a barstool with his own study sheets out. It was our last exam... and then we were free! Free to be an adult that is. Hello, mortgages and cell phone bills. "What is it?" I leaned over his study guides.

"First of all, I just wanted to tell you... that I ate all the cookies that you bought." He smirked.

I smacked his shoulder and kissed his cheek before walking back to my rightful seat on the couch. I felt him grab my wrist and pull me closer to him. "What now?" I asked.

"Well, I have this theory and I want you to hear it," he told me.

To be honest, my ears perked up a little. I sat in the stool next to him and put both arms on the table, my face leaning on one of them. "Percy Jackson has a theory. I'd like to hear this."

"It's not very good, but listen to this. Well, my real name is Perseus right?"

I nodded.

"And your name is Annabeth."

"Yep, that's the name my parents gave me."

"You know back in the day, according to Greek Mythology, there were two people Perseus, me, and Andromeda, you, who liked each other. You know Annabeth, Andromeda, they kind of sound alike. What if, don't call me crazy, we were Perseus and Andromeda and just got reborn or whatever. And then met again in this life, but just forgot because of that one river that makes you forget stuff. What is it, the River Lethe? But that doesn't matter. Wouldn't that be awesome?"

I thought about. Yeah, sure, it was totally far-fetched, but there was some sort of truth to that, the slightest bit. Our names did sound similar, kind of. It would be kind of neat if that were the truth and Percy and I was destined by the fates to meet again. "Yeah, I guess, but you know that I totally wouldn't be a damsel in distress and just scream while a giant monster is there. I'd probably just kill the thing before Perseus even got the chance to. And I would not let anyone chain me to a rock."

Percy laughed. "That's true."

"Nice first theory, but I have to get back to studying."

Percy sighed. "Alright. Oh, hey, did see the new drawing I did in your book."

"What?"

"The new drawing," he repeated

"Percy..." I ran over to the table where my book was immediately flipped to the back.

"Do you like it?" he asked.

I smiled studying the drawing, tracing my fingers over the lines. It wasn't the best, but it was still made by Percy, so I loved it. I would keep it here forever. Annabeth's tower. It was pretty much just a giant rectangle with 3 extremely skinny rectangles at the top. They were probably supposed to be windows. In the middle, there was a really bad drawing of what appears to be an owl and at the bottom, a stick figure girl was walking into another rectangle. I was guessing that was supposed to be a door. At the top of the page it said 'Annabeth Tower' and beside the structure, there were dash facts that said, 'big, tall, only smart people allowed,' and in tiny print, 'and Percy.'

I went over and kissed him on the cheek. "I love it."

"Thanks."

I wasn't even back in my seat when Percy called me again. What did he want now? I sighed and walked back to where Percy was sitting. He was reading over his notes and was making a weird clicky noise with his tongue. "Okay, have another theory or what?" I said, a little annoyed.

"I just wanted to tell you... I love you." He smirked as I rolled my eyes and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before I ran away. "Get back here!" he cried running after me. He tackled to me to the ground, just like he did when playing football. It's not like it hurt or anything, but when both fell on the floor he kissed me. As I said, it was like we were kissing for the first time over and over... and over and over again.