" Annabeth. . . Come on. Let me in." No answer.
i tried a few more times with still no answer. I sighed. There was not going to be an answer. I started to walk towards the beach trying to ignore the looks of those who saw me outside the Athena cabin.
My mind always felt clear when I was at the beach. it was my home turf. Unfortunately that meant I had to think about what just happened.
I was so stupid. If I never brought it up this wouldn't have happened and she wouldn't have the thoughts that I use her as a distraction.
I suddenly hated that word. Distraction.
Stop. I told myself. I wouldn't think I didn't want to think.
So I headed down towards sword practice.
may first I practiced on the dummies but soon they were pretty much gone. Whoops.
I wanted someone to fight. Of course no one would because I was the best sword fighter of the century. Behind Luke. The thought of that war didn't make my mood much better.
I saw Jason and decided to ask him.
He looked at me like he was trying to read my mind.
I was surprised when he actually did.
"Look percy I don't know what it is you guys were fighting about," I swear I felt my cheeks get hot," but ypi should try talking to her." He said.
"I tried that. I got a nice conversation with the Athena cabin door." I told him bitterly
he sighed and nodded.
We fought sword to sword for who knows how long. Soon we were both drenched in sweat.
I heard the horn for dinner. I told Jason to go on without me. That i'd be right there. He looked at me like he wanted to argue but he didn't in the end and he left.
now, Id like to say I did something heroic like fought of a monster that somehow got through the magic borders or something but I did nothing like that. I just threw my sword across the arena in total frustration. Then I headed towards dinner knowing it would appear in my pocket any moment.

When end I came to dinner everyone noticed how I was late but I didn't care. I got my food, made a burnt offering to the gods, and sat back down at my table. I didn't look at Annabeth or the rest of the Athena table and I doubt they looked at me.
The tension in the dinner pavilion grew. And I had a feeling it had to do with me and annabeth. We always stole glances at each other during dinner. Now we were t even looking in the direction of each other.
Next was the campfire. I skipped it. Didn't bother to go. She wouldn't want to talk to me either way. I knew I should've tried but I didn't know how or want to thinking that me being stupid woul only make things worse.
i stayed in my cabin.
I wanted to iris-message someone. Who? I decided on frank and hazel.
I threw a drama into the fountain in the corner of my room.
"Frank Zhang, praetor of the twelfth legion, camp Jupiter."
IMmediately the fountain sparkled with an image of frank. He sat down next to hazel them hand in hand on a hill over looking camp Jupiter. I was about to sign off when hazel noticed the iris-message.
"Percy?" She asked
"uh hey." I smiled at them. Something occurred to me. They didn't know Leo wasn't dead.
"Oh! Leo's not dead. He's alive and at hand half blood. He brought calypso." Hazel gleamed with joy but frank gave me a look like there's more what happened and how that dude knew I had no idea.
"That's great! No that's beyond great!" Thank the gods above!" She said tilting her head back.
"Yeah it's really really really great." And I meant it.
I heard a knock on my door.
"Who's there?" Frank asked me. Not the person at the door. That'd be weird.
"Uh I don't know. " I said and told them I call them back later. And I went to the door I secretly hoped it was annabeth. But then I took it back and it went on like this until I opened the door and it turnes out I didn't get a choice. There she was right in front of me.
I looked into her grey eyes that seemed to sparkle gold under the light of the camp.
"Percy, I-" she started but I cut her off.
I kissed her while pulling her into my cabin. She shut the door with her foot while putting her arms around my neck and me putting my arms around her waist. We stayed like that for a bit "I love you, more than you could ever know." I whispered to her.
She murmured something back but I didn't hear and I didn't matter anyways. I would never let her think of herself as a distraction.

Notes

I was going to say something like: oh unless I'm doing homework then is it okay for you to be a distraction. And annabeth would laugh. And it would be better written.
But it didn't fit the mood you know?