Quote from Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena
She’d secretly had a crush on him since they were twelve years old. Last summer, she’d fallen for him hard.
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Quote from Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena
The meeting was like a war council with donuts. Then again, back at Camp Half-Blood they used to have their most serious discussions around the Ping-Pong table in the rec room with crackers and Cheez Whiz, so Percy felt right at home.
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He turned to Frank who was trying to pull his fingers out of the Chinese handcuffsā¦āOkay,ā Frank relented. āSure.ā He frowned at his fingers, trying to pull them out of the trap. āUh, how do youāāLeo chuckled. āMan, youāve never seen those before? Thereās a simple trick to getting out.āFrank tugged again with no luck. Even Hazel was trying not to laugh.Frank grimaced with concentration. Suddenly, he disappeared. On the deck where heād been standing, a green iguana crouched next to an empty set of Chinese handcuffs.āWell done, Frank Zhang,ā Leo said dryly, doing his impression of Chiron the centaur. āThat is exactly how people beat Chinese handcuffs. They turn into iguanas.
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Annabeth,ā he said hesitantly, āin New Rome, demigods can live their whole lives in peace.ā Her expression turned guarded. āReyna explained it to me. But, Percy, you belong at Camp Half-Blood. That other lifeāāāI know,ā Percy said. āBut while I was there, I saw so many demigods living without fear: kids going to college, couples getting married and raising families. Thereās nothing like that at Camp Half-Blood. I kept thinking about you and meā¦and maybe someday when this war with the giants is overā¦āIt was hard to tell in the golden light, but he thought Annabeth was blushing. āOh,ā she saidā¦āIām sorry,ā he said. āI justā¦I had to think of that to keep going. To give me hope. Forget I mentionedāāāNo!ā she said. āGods, Percy, thatās so sweet.
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Leo couldn’t help smiling. “That could be fun.””Fun” she said unhappily.”Blue elephants.””Blue elephants.””Kiss me you fool.””You fool.
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Frank didnāt drop you on purpose,ā she said. āHeās not like that. Heās just a little clumsy sometimes.āāOops,ā Leo said, in his best Frank Zhang voice. āDropped Leo into a squad of enemy soldiers. Dang it!
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She had to go on this quest. The fate of the world might depend on it. But part of him wanted to say: Forget the world. He didnāt want to be without her.
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