The Fall

I saw kindness and a begrudging respect radiating from the the grey eyes of Athena. I was so caught off guard and stupefied that I almost fell over.
The Goddess smiled, "Percy, we have decided to give our blessing to your relationship with my daughter. Aphrodite and your father believe you have true love. I do not believe in such things, but even the wisest must admit that you are the perfect team. As chief strategist for the Gods, it takes no effort to see that when you two are together, even the impossible because surmountable."
If my cheeks could become any redder, I would have probably exploded. The mother of my girlfriend, a Goddess who wanted me destroyed not all that long ago because I was a possible danger to the wellbeing of the Gods, was giving me permission to date her daughter. I opened my mouth, but no words came out. My eyes did all the talking for me. Thank you. You will not regret this.
"I had better not. I could still smite you at any time."
With those words, she waved her hand and the throne room disappeared around me. I was on the fore deck of the Argo II next to Festus. He gave me some clicks and whirls that I could only guess was surprise that I suddenly appeared in my jammies next to him.

I thought I was blinded by Athena sending me back, but I soon realized it was actually the middle of the day. I was not dreaming. Athena had actually transported me to Olympus.
"Oh, Gods.. Annabeth.” It struck me suddenly. I didn’t know how long I was on Olympus, but I had disappeared on her again, she had to be freaking out. I started to run for the hatch below deck when I crashed into Frank. I still could not believe the change that happened to him while Annabeth and I were in Tartarus. He had morphed from a shorter Chinese-Canadian sumo wrestler looking kid to a tall linebacker.
"Percy! Oh gods, where have you been? Annabeth…”
I cut him off before he could finish, ”I had an close encounter of the Godly kind. Where is she?"
"Infirmary. She's been there for a day and a half now."
"WHAT?" I silently cursed Athena. I didn't care if we had a fragile understanding, I was still fuming at her for taking me away from Annabeth.
I ran past Frank down into the mess hall where I got startled looks and gasps from Jason, Leo, and Hazel. Down the hallway flanked by our cabins. I almost broke my neck tripping down the stairs to the infirmary. Annabeth would have loved that. Get back to her just in time to kill myself. Super seaweed brain moment.
There she was, laying on a bed in the infirmary. She was wearing khaki capris, a grey tank top with a cartoon owl design that was popular, and a small bandana putting her long blonde hair into a ponytail. She would have been the most beautiful thing Percy had ever seen if only she had any color in her skin. Her usually tanned skin was as pale as the sheets on the infirmary bed.
It took a minute for me to realize that Piper was sitting with her, or the fact the rest of the crew was standing behind me. Hazel and Frank had their hands on my shoulder attempting to comfort my. I appreciated the effort, but my mind was only on Annabeth.
I took a seat on the opposite side of Piper, took Annabeth’s hand, and kissed her cheek softly, and whispered into her ear, “I’m here.”

Notes

I had to delete the original version of this chapter. For some reason the site was not letting me edit it.