I look out at the dusty cracked window of my "room". I had just gotten home from a tireless day of work and the encounter of the prince, at least I think it is the prince.

I look out from my window and see the ocean tide flowing back and forth as the full moon shines through the sky. In our 2 story house (if you count the attic as a floor)there were 4 rooms.

My mom gets here own room; the master bedroom. My stepsister gets two rooms and the last one was the guest room.

We never have guest over, the guest room is just more space for me to tidy.

I sleep in the attic, floor that was always overrun with mice and rats, and worst off all Spiders.

The thought of the nasty little creators is enough to run shivers through my spine. I could feel their sticky legs crawl up my arm. I force my stop to stop thinking about them and focus on something else.

My mind does a quick calculation through my thoughts and settles on a thought, or a person I may say.

My brain decided to start thinking about him, the prince, the Percy. The little nasty guinea pig sitting in the corner.

I had a million questions about him.

"Why did he come to the city?'', "Why did he meet me?". "Why do guinea pigs like vegetables?"

All my questions were overrun by this picture, a simple picture of his face.

His dark black hair, his lean muscular body, and most of all those big sea green seal eyes, that I couldn't take my mind off of.

I shook my head in disgust, why him, why are my thoughts always on him? I needed to do something to take my mind off of him.

He is a prince, I am a pauper there is no way we could be together. I took out my cloak from my almost empty "closet" and I slowly creped down the stairs.

The old wooden planks creaked with the echo in in the house it seemed 10 times louder. I didn't want to Wake up my stepmother and sister or they will punish me.

I will have to scrub the floors Until my hands bleed. After my hands bleed I will have to scrub for another 5 hours. Why did father rely on me to run this family?

I found my way outside and untied the old mule that was tied to a single fence post. I saddled on my family's only animal, he was with us since I was a little kid taking me to the city on his back.

I pulled the cloak hood over my blond hair and rode off to the city for a night time ride. Or as you call it a midnight adventure.

I got to the city park and tied my horse on a nearby tree. Even at late at night there was many people there on the benches or in the grass kissing in the full moon under the stars.

I walk around the dirt roads of the park, feeling the cool breeze blowing upon my face.

When I got to the pavilion were I sang my song. I felt a tingle in my neck and I remembered this morning, again, and again.

I looked up at this handsome man staring down at me.

"That was beautiful" I blushed knowingly, this time who it was.

"Thanks" I mumbled under my breath. My cheeks were heating up under my cloak.

I looked up at his beautiful sea green eyes, that reminded me of a cute baby seal.

I wanted to stay in this moment forever of the prince looking down at me and me looking at him. Suddenly I got sucked back into real life.

I looked around at my new position. When ever I have those memory about him, whenever I open my eyes again I am always in a new place. Sleepwalking?

I don't know, it's not actually sleeping is it?

This time I ended up in a dark hallway somewhere in the city alleyways.

I sigh, now for finding my way back. I turn around and see a dark shadow raced along the walls, nearly noticeably in the moonlight.

I turned around and caught them by the arms and judo flipped them to the ground. The figure closed their eyes.

"Who are you?!" I demanded.

They open their eyes revealing a pair of sea green eyes, that I been dreaming about all day.

I take my hand and push down their heavy fleece-lined cloak.

"I see we meet again Miss Annabeth Chase" He said, grinning like a madman.

"Percy is that you" I Whispered softly in his ear.

My mouth no more than a centimeter away from my face.

"Yes, Lady Annabeth it's a pleasure to see you here" I could feel a slight blush forming on my cheeks.

I could feel the warmth of his body radiating off of mine. I put my hands on my side as I pushed myself off of him.

Percy raises to his feet as I kneel before him.

"Your Highness, I am so sorry for my inconvenience to you" I hang my head low as if in shame, really just to mock him.

"Lady Annabeth, stand up and face me." I get us and look him in the eyes with piercing him.

He take a deep Breath, going down to his knees and hung his head down low. I look down at him with confused.

"Lady Annabeth, it is me who shall be sorry. I surprised you in you umm..." I look around to see what she might be doing here at this time of night "... your evening walk...?"

I look at him with an eyebrow raised. "What do you want?"I say annoyed.

He looks at me confused, like he doesn't understand "What do mean?"

"Royals always want something from the commoners" I spat the word Royals as if it was a sickness poison death, anything but good.

"I don't want Anything, except for your forgiveness" He seems like  actually meant it but I wasn't sure if I should believe him.

I consider my options, if he really wants something, there's nothing I could offer to him anyway. Except for... I don't want to think about it.

I stick out a hand helping him up.

"You know what your highness, I believe you." I smile, and I Actually meant it.

"Percy, call me Percy, my friends call me Percy as if you don't call me that already, you are now officially my friend"

" Of course Percy, now call me Annabeth, just plain old Annabeth" I now except him, not as an endless crush, or a snooty royal but, just a friend.

We walk down the dark endless hallway, devoured in my own thoughts. I look down to my hands as I see our hands interlocked together, still holding from when I helped him up.

I could feel my ears slowly heating up as embarrassment slowly overcome my body.

He led us to the park where we have first met. We sat down on a public park bench, he looked down at our hands and, he quickly let go.

"So, Annabeth what was it like in the city when you were little," He said quickly trying to start a conversation.

"Well, I guess it isn't much different than it is now. "

"Oh," He frowned trying to think of something else to say. " Well, how is your family" I frown at the subject that he chooses for us to talk about.

" I'm sorry is there anything I said wrong?" I sigh ready to spill it all out to a royal stranger I just met.

"Its nothing, it's just my mom died when I was little and that my dad gave all our money to my older brother. He took it to a gamboling place was he hoped that he could make more money, he lost it all and he ran away in shame. My dad was heartbroken and he started drinking and got us into heavy debt and he died soon after. I am in charge of paying off the leftover debt." I finish talking out of breath.

He looked at me with sympathy in his eyes. " I'm sorry I didn't know." He put a protected hand on my body.

I felt strangely comfortable. We sat together speechless.

"Well, I guess we have very different lives."

'' You really just noticed seaweed brain."

" How did you know?" He said with a joking voice. " You know you can sometimes be such a wise girl"

We sat together as we slowly feel the warmth of the sun rising over the mountains. The sky was painted with brilliant oranges, reds and yellow.

On any other day, it would have seemed like cat throws up if you give it enough tuna fish but, today it was like a shining star.

We sat side by side silent until we could hear the melodic sound the church bells ringing.

Percy snapped out of the trance of the sunrise and quickly and started running away.

"Sorry, Annabeth I have to go royal duties." He smiled at me sadly " Meet me here tonight."

He saddled on his horse already galloping away towards the castle. I guess it another day of hard work for me today, and exciting night for me to come.