The Life After the Battle

(Percy)
It was night time aboard the Argo II. We were gonna reach Camp Half-Blood by tomorrow. I must admit, I was excited. After all we went through to stop Gaia and her forces, it was finally over and we were headed back. There was only 2 downsides. The first one was that I couldn't spend as much time with Annabeth. Sure, there were plenty of times I could see her during the day. But I couldn't see her at night (damn harpies, them jerks). The second, I would miss traveling around in the Argo II. We all agreed that during the summer, we'd travel again. But I wasn't believing in it working out.
I was finally about to fall to sleep when I heard a knock on my door. "Percy, you awake in there?" I heard Annabeth say from outside, quiet enough so that only I could hear.
"Yeah, I'm up. Come on in." She came in and walked over. She was in a plain white button up shirt that was too big for her, and pajama pants with owls all over. When she sat down I could see a little too much of her chest. I knew she'd probably be upset if I kept looking, so I looked away.
"Hey, I was just thinking. This was our last night we'd have the chance to be together at night. So, I kinda wanted to sleep in here with you tonight." I nodded. Unfortunately, now that she was here, I was wide awake. I started thinking of all the things we'd been through during this. I mean, if going through Tartarus wasn't enough to allow us one night of sleeping in the same bed, I don't want to know what was.
"Yeah, of course. But to be honest, I don't know how long until I can sleep." She giggled a bit at that comment. "What? I'm serious!"
"I'm sorry, but it was funny. Percy, when was the last time that you felt you couldn't sleep, then fell asleep right away when you laid down and closed your eyes?" Now that I thought about it, she was right. There have been many, many times where that had been the case. She could tell I caught on. "Anyways, I'm tired. I'm gonna go to sleep. Are you gonna join me or not?"
I must admit, her personality once she was exhausted was beautiful. I couldn't very well say no now could I? I laid down next to her. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her closer, her hands resting on my bare chest. I fell asleep instantly.
That night's dream wasn't a nice one.

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