What I'm saying... I hate it when people let me down, when things are temporary.

What if it lines up like it did in the Trojan War ... Athena versus Poseidon?'I don't know. But I just know that I'll be fighting next to you.'Why?'Because you're my friend, Seaweed Brain. Any more stupid questions?

Butch hesitated. 'Annabeth's okay. You gotta cut her some slack. She had a vision telling her to come here, to find a guy with one shoe. That was supposed to be the answer to her problem.'What Problem?' Piper asked.'She's been looking for one of our campers, who's been missing three days,' Butch said. 'She's going out of her mind with worry. She hoped he'd be here.'Who?' Jason asked.'Her boyfriend,' Butch said, 'A guy named Percy Jackson.

This is Annabeth,” Jason said. “Uh, normally she doesn't judo-flip people.

I could have killed you.”“Or I could have killed you,” Percy said. Jason shrugged. “If there’d been an ocean in Kansas, maybe.”“I don’t need an ocean—”“Boys,” Annabeth interrupted, “I’m sure you both would’ve been wonderful at killing each other. But right now, you need some rest.”Food first,” Percy said. “Please?

You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together.

The rivalry ends here,' Percy said. 'I love you, Wise Girl.

Wisdom's daughter walks alone—”“Ella!” Frank stood suddenly. “Maybe it's not the best time.

But how did you know where we were?' Annabeth asked.Advanced planning, my dear. I figured you would wash up near Miami if you made it out of the Sea of Monsters alive. Almost everything strange washes up near Miami.

Annabeth realized that if six of them went on these two quests, it would leave Percy alone on the ship with Coach Hedge, which was maybe not a situation a caring girlfriend should put him in. Nor was she eager to let Percy out of her sight again—not after they’d been apart for so many months.