Miss Jennings silence was unusual, they had never had a problem conversing before and the more they walked in silence the more he realized the oddness... and where it stemmed from. Percy had just thought about broaching the subject when Miss Jennings herself brought the matter to light. The simple truth of it, the thoughts he had been keeping from himself began to lay themselves at his feet. The whole picture taking form before his eyes.

Percy stopped walking so great was his surprise. "Miss Jennings..." Percy started but found himself stopping for want of words, how to Express thoughts he himself did not entirely understand.

Had it not been for Maggie Annabeth was someone Percy could see himself spending the rest of his life with. But the fact of the matter was he had promised himself to Maggie. But her silence in recent weeks made him doubt again.

"Miss Jennings, I am ... flattered." Percy found himself saying. This must have been how Maggie and Miss Beaurgeard had felt when he pressed his suit. How hard it must have been for each of them. "I regard you very highly, surely you must know that, and I value your friendship." He should end this, should tell her with perfect candidness what he felt. But there was the fact that he had kept coming back, had kept thinking of her. Perhaps this had not been as platonic as he had thought. "I-I, well you've rather caught me off gaurd." He found himself saying.