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HOW THEY BECAME PERLIA

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"Percy Jackson!"

A very wet, very angry Annabeth shouted. She had just been unceremoniously dumped in the lake, again, by none other than her kelp-headed boyfriend, Perseus Jackson. But this time, not only did he dump her, but he also dumped her along with her laptop, which was given to her by Daedalus, which stores her notes and other Athena-kid things

"Jackson come back here if you know what's good for you!"

Percy then came out behind a tree, obviously hiding. He had a wide grin across his face, like dumping his girlfriend in the lake was his favorite pastime. "Geez, Annabeth. Can't you take a joke?" he asked, going near her.

"Dumping me in the lake while I was working on something is definitely not a joke! Do you even know what you just did? My laptop is now swimming in the lake because of you. Months, and I mean months, of hard work and research was in that laptop. Now I have to start all over again from scratch. Can't you be mature for once and just grow up?" her eyes were crying now. By now, all of the campers who were around were beginning to stare at them. And to add insult to injury, some of them were snickering and laughing at Annabeth, although some were trying to hide it. She stomped away from him and went directly to the Athena Cabin, and slamming the door behind her.

"What was that all about?" Nico di Angelo, the only son of Hades, came up behind Percy, and patted him in the shoulder. "Man, Perce, you sure know how to piss off a girl."

"Yeah, I know." He said, and followed Annabeth to apologize.

He knocked on the door. Annabeth's half-brother, Malcolm, answered. "What do you want?" he hissed. Personally, Percy thought that every other Athena kid except Annabeth hated him just because his father was Poseidon, who has a rivalry with their mother, Athena. But now, maybe even Annabeth hated him too, and her siblings' hatred of him probably grew ten times worse.

"I'm just here to see if Annabeth is okay." He said coolly.

"Okay? OKAY? You dumped her in the lake! You ruin her research, embarrass her in front of the others, and just make her day officially worse! Why in the world would she be okay?" he yelled at him, outraged.

"But-" Percy tried to explain.

"Leave. NOW." Malcolm said through gritted teeth. "Seriously Percy, I don't know what Annabeth sees in you. To tell you the truth, as of now, all of us think that she deserves someone better than you. Someone who really cares about her, and not just dump her in the lake for fun."

"But I do care about her! A lot!" Percy argued.

"Yeah right. If you do care about her 'a lot'," he made air quotes with his fingers, "You would also "care" if she was hurt when you dumped her in the water."

Percy knew he was defeated. There was no way he would win an argument against an Athena camper. Heck, he could barely win against Nico, and the kid was just 13.

That night, he lay on his cabin, thinking. What if Malcolm was right? What if I wasn't good enough for her? Would she even betray me like that? Would she find a new boyfriend? I hope not.

That night…

Annabeth's POV

I can't believe Percy would do that to me without thinking! I mean, sure, he does it all the time, but I was either resting or having fun with him then! That kelp-headed… IDIOT!

I cried myself to sleep that night. One of my half-sisters, Rebecca, sat on my bed and asked, "Annabeth, why are you making a fuss about all of this? The answer is simple: get a new boyfriend."

I couldn't believe what I just heard. "Rebecca, I love Percy. And I know that you just want me to dump him because his father is Poseidon."

Malcolm came up behind her. "Well, maybe at first…" he sat beside Rebecca, his gray eyes only trained on me. "…but I have to admit, what he did today wasn't expected."

Rebecca backed him up. "Besides, children of Athena should date smart people, not idiots with brains full of seaweed." She took my by the hand, dragged me off my bed, and plopped me in the couch, then sat on the sofa in front of me. Malcolm followed us, sat beside her, and proceeded in trying to break up Percy and me. I have to admit, the guy was persistent.

Finally, after about two hours of lecturing me nonstop about Percy and whatnot, I finally caved in. "Fine! I'll think about it, okay?" They seemed satisfied enough with my answer. I could see it on their faces.

As I went to sleep that night, I couldn't help but think about what they said. Get a new boyfriend? Please. I am not a two-timing cheater. But it isn't cheating if you dump him first, a voice in my head said. Wait… I know that voice anywhere.

Mother! I cried in my head. Stop trying to ruin our relationship!

Athena smirked, or at least the equivalent of a smirk in my thoughts. I am merely speaking out what you cannot say, my daughter. You are planning on dumping the sea spawn, am I correct? And it will be better for you if you do.

Well…maybe. I answered truthfully. But it does not give you the right to come up inside my mind and tell me what to do!

Fine. She said. But you know I am always right.

Hey, that's my line!

Good night, Annabeth.

'Night, mom.

What do I do now?

The next day…

Percy's POV

I woke up early today, even though I wasn't a morning person. Thank the gods, Annabeth was already up, and she was sitting in front if the Athena cabin, deep in thought. I snuck up behind her, and covered her eyes with my hands. "Guess who?" I asked playfully.

Annabeth scowled. "Stop it Percy."

I removed my hands and sat beside her. Man, was she really grumpy this morning.

"Why? What's wrong?" I asked.

Annabeth looked at me in the eyes. She was crying. "Percy, I've been thinking. Maybe our relationship doesn't work out. My whole family hates it. I mean, I love you. You are a caring, honest, and sweet person, but I-"

"Annabeth, are you leaving me?"

She cried even harder. She nodded her head and said, "Yes, Percy. I am."

I took her hands in mine. I think I was crying, but my mind was so full of Annabeth that I didn't notice it. "Please, Annabeth. Don't do this to me. I love you. If it's about yesterday, I'm sorry-"

Annabeth cut me off. "Percy, don't. Please. It's over." She ran inside. I wanted to follow her, maybe even fix our relationship, but as I knocked at the door, Malcolm answered, again.

"Malcolm, let me in!" I demanded.

"Go away, Jackson! Can't you see that she doesn't love you anymore?" he yelled back.

Jackson. He never used his last name before. "Malcolm I-"

"Leave. NOW. And don't ever come back. Or else…" he let that threat hang.

Malcolm's dark side revealed! HAHA! Tell me what you think and REVIEW.