THE GREAT ESCAPE
Throw it away
Forget yesterday
We'll make the great escape…
It was about ten forty five at night, way after I was supposed to be in bed. But hey, after five years at Camp Half Blood I was an expert at sneaking out past curfew. Currently, I was sitting under Thalia's tree. I come here a lot to think. Yeah I know, it would make more sense for a son of Poseidon to think at the beach, but lately I've been coming here. I don't know why, but Thalia's tree made me feel more…comfortable?
The wind whipped around my head making my shaggy black hair fly around in synch with the tree's branches. Even though it was the middle of June it was outrageously cold. I zippered my hoodie and put up the hood.
My head rested on the trunk of the pine and my eyes were closed. I thought about last year, and chaos of the war. Now that it's over, I feel like I can finally relax. Then I thought about her, and all of a sudden I felt tense. I tried to let everything go and forget about her, I tried not to let one more thought enter my head. My chest began to feet heavy and my head hurt.
Suddenly I felt a presence beside me; it was the girl I came to think about.
A part of me was upset; I had wanted to be alone, I had wanted to forget about her. But I knew, deep down, I was glad she came. The moment she sat down beside me all the tension melted away.
Sometimes I just wanted to be angry at her, but it was hard when I loved her so much.
Neither of us said anything for awhile. Annabeth's blonde curls flew around her face and covered it like a curtain every time the wind gave us a visit. She shivered and hugged her legs. I got the feeling that Annabeth didn't want to be here, but at the same time she knew she couldn't leave. She pursed her pink lips and then opened her mouth like she was going to say something, then swiftly changed her mind.
"Hey." Annabeth finally said, breaking the silence. She looked down her beat up adidas sneakers. I got the feeling she was ashamed. She should be, I thought.
I felt her hand around mine and looked up into her worried gray eyes. For a second I forgot why I was mad at her. But when she looked away everything came back into focus.
I decided to cut to the chase. "Where were you last night?" I demanded pulling my hand away from her.
"Huh?" I knew she was just playing dumb.
"I waited at the restaurant for hours and you never came! Where in Zeus' name were you, Annabeth?"
She shivered and hugged herself tighter. It was obvious I wasn't going to get a good answer from her right away. She looked at her sneakers again and played with the fraying laces.
"Annabeth…" I warned.
She sighed in annoyance. "Do you really want to know?" She asked, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.
"I think you know the answer."
Annabeth took a deep breath and let it out slowly. She ran her fingers through her hair and shivered again. She seemed to be thinking of a way to explain herself.
I looked at her, I watched her think. She was so beautiful. At that moment I didn't care where she was last night, all I cared about was that she was here now.
I tried to read between the lines
I tried to look in your eyes
I want a simple explanation
For what im feeling inside
I gotta find a way out
Maybe there's a way out
I stared to worry again. I thought about all the possible reasons why she didn't show up at our date last night and didn't even call: she could've been attacked, Chiron could've enabled her from leaving camp, her phone could've broke, maybe she was on her way but was sidetracked by monsters, maybe Grover needed her help with an emergency, maybe Athena picked that day to come talk some sense into her, maybe she was hurt, maybe…
"I was visiting Thalia."
Wait, what? Thalia?
Since when is visiting Thalia suddenly a good excuse to abandon me without explanation?
"So you ditched me for Thalia?" I said, more confused now than angry. I shook my head trying to make sense of everything.
"Yes." She stated matter-of-factly.
"Ummm, why?" My expression must've been very confused because a little smirk turned up the corners of Annabeth mouth.
"She wanted to talk to me" she said.
She wanted to talk to her!?
On the inside I was losing it. There's no way Annabeth would just suddenly leave me to go talk to Thalia. But on the outside, I kept it cool.
I won't try to philosophize
Ill just take a deep breath and I'll look in you eyes…
I raised one eyebrow the way my mom does when I tell her that it was the Party Ponies that destroyed my room. "Wait, so you skipped our date because Thalia wanted to talk to you? That's it? You could've called! I was going crazy worrying about you!"
If she doesn't have a good answer I am never going out with her again.
Annabeth shivered and her teeth chattered.
"I…" She stopped and thought for a second. I love it when Annabeth thinks hard; she always gets this little frown on her face. I mentally slapped myself. Focus,I thought, you're supposed to be mad at her.
"Thalia Iris Messaged me at the last minute", she began, "she told me to get Nico and—
"Nico!?" What the Hades was Annabeth doing with Nico?
"Yes Nico!" I could see she was starting to get frustrated. "So Thalia told me to get Nico and meet her at this night club—
"A night club!?" What the Hades was my girlfriend at a night club?
"Yes, a night club! Would you just let me finish?" She somehow managed to say all that and sound pretty darn angry with her teeth chattering like crazy at the same time.
"Okay," I said very slowly, "I will not interrupt anymore."
She glared at me, but continued. "Im going to start from the beginning again."
I nodded.
"Thalia Iris messaged me about two minutes before I was going to leave for the restaurant. She told me to go get Nico and meet her at this club that Dionysus owned down in the city. She said it was like a hang out place for demigods and minor gods, and it was the only place that Artemis would let her go alone. I told her I was going to see you, but she said it was an emergency and she only had one hour."
"But—
Annabeth held up her hand in a stop everything gesture. "No interrupting. Remember?"
I nodded.
"So I go get Nico and we drive to Dionysus's night club—
"You can drive?"
"Percy!"
"Sorry…"
She shot me one of her famous death glares. "It turns out that Thalia doesn't want to be a Hunter. She wanted us to think of a way to get her out of the Hunt."
That took me by surprise. The last time I saw Thalia, it seemed that the Hunt was the best thing that had ever happened to her. She was immortal and powerful and had a family of middle school girls that she got to boss around. She traveled around the world assisting the goddess Artimes with her battles. The last time I saw Thalia she was blissful. What had changed her mind? I really didn't know, so I asked.
"Why?"
Annabeth sighed.
"There's this new wave of romance that's going around and 'poisoning' teenage girls. The Hunt has lost twelve girls already."
"So?"
Annabeth shivered.
"So, now Artemis is losing it and instead of running around and killing monsters, what's left of the Hunt is going around and retrieving their lost girls. And Thalia hates it. Artemis won't let her or anyone else out of her site. Thalia was lucky she got away for even an hour."
"Can a goddess really lose her cool?"
"That's not the point. The point is, Im sorry for abandoning you, I really should've called. Thalia had this problem and even though you think it's stupid it's really bothering her and I had to help. Im sorry, okay?" She looked at me with her big, gray, innocent eyes, begging for forgiveness.
I sighed and gave in. "It's ok. It's not like me to get angry over a little thing like that."
Annabeth brushed my messy hair out of my eyes. "It's okay," a smile was tugging at her lips, trying to break through, "I actually kinda liked that you were worried about me, Seaweed Brain, thanks."
"No prob', Wise Girl." Her smile was finally freed. "But back to the Thalia thing…"
She looked at me with serious gray eyes and her beautiful smile faded.
"I was thinking--
"Well, that's a first," Annabeth interrupted.
"Shut up! Im trying to be serious here!"
"That's also a first," she mumbled and then bumped my shoulder playfully. "Go on, I'm listening..."
I started again "I was thinking, when I said that I wasn't acting like myself, that Thalia isn't acting like herself either. She's smart; she'll know it'll pass, so why is she getting upset over this one little thing?"
"Obviously, you don't know enough details." She stated.
"And you do?"
She shook her head, "I wish I did."
She shivered and her teeth chattered. For the first time I noticed that she was wearing a tank top and her arms were littered with goose bumps. That's why she was shivering so much.
"You cold?" I asked.
She nodded. "Y-you really d-didn't notice?" Her chattering teeth made it sound as if she was speaking some sort of gibberish.
I shrugged. "I think I can warm you up."
She scrunched up her eyebrows in a confused expression.
I lifted her up and put her on my lap. Annabeth is surprisingly very light. Then I zippered my hoodie around both of us. "You still cold?"
"Very." But her shivering stopped and she snuggled closer to me.
I have to admit, my heart started to race in my chest and my brain was slowly melting.
"Hey, Percy?" Annabeth murmured.
"Mhmm?"
"My lips are turned blue," She shifted her position until our noses were almost touching. "Can you warm them up too?"
My heart tripled the pounding and my brain was officially mush.
I said something real intelligent like, "Um, ok."
And then I closed the space between us.
'Cause we are finally free
tonight…..
Heyy!!! This is my first story on fanfiction so please review and tell me ALL of your thoughts, but dont be mean. :D
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