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Warnings: Rape, Pregnancy, Abuse, and Lemons in Later Chapters

The Problem

The tall male stood staring out at the ocean. It was a cold winter's night and the snow was fluttering down. He sighed slowly tilting his head back to stare at the moon, but just as quickly shifted his gaze away. It was much too painful to stare up at the moon and be reminded of the woman he loved so much. But Artemis was gone now, she had gone off with a guy named Orion. Apparently he was the "perfect man" according to most of the girls at school, but Perseus did not and never would believe it, although he wanted his best, and childhood friend to be happy deciding not to interfere. It still hurt, his heart was being crushed and broken into a million pieces as ice wrapped around it.

Closing his eyes he turned away from the calming sea and head back to his home. He still had school tomorrow and a broken heart was no excuse to skip. Plus Artemis did not even know about his feeling for her. They had known each other since they were in in diapers it was wrong to fall in love with your best friend...Right? He actually amazed that Artemis had accepted Orion's confession to date him. She was well known to turn down every and any male that tried. She was far too focused on her studies to date was always her excuse. Although Percy guessed she had agreed to date Orion because the other male had decent grades and therefore would not drag her down. A chuckle escaped his lips as the raven haired male dug his hands into his pockets. He had great grades too, even with ADHD and dyslexia, the medication he had to take helped him concentrate much more then he did in elementary school. He and Artemis would always compete on getting the best grades possible through middle and now high school where they were currently competing at the top of their class.

At the moment Artemis was wining because of one more A then he, Percy had missed school because of the flu for a few days. He was still disappointed about it too. Stepping into his house he greeted his mother with a smile telling her about his day and the news of Artemis dating. She hugged him close knowing of his feelings for the auburn haired female, reassuring him that everything would be fine that help lift his spirits he immediately began helping her set the table and cook. He wasn't the best cook in the world but he still loved to do it.

The pair grinned greeting Percy's step-father, Paul, whom Sally had married two years ago after finally accepting the fact that Poseidon her old lover, and Percy's father, a Navy officer had passed in the war. He had died when Percy was eight and since they were all close it took the longest time for them to get over it. Artemis had lost her father, a Air force officer and best friends to Poseidon. They had died together on the same day and were in the same area according to other soldiers in the area. Percy had remained strong for everyone only crying when he was absolutely sure he was alone. Other then that he was emotionless to the sorrow. No one had ever seen him cry before even his mother, as a baby he never cried. It was a running joke in the family that he was unable to do so. Percy always laughed at the joke.

Brushing his fairly long messy black hair that could never stay in place from his sea green eyes he plopped into his chair and happily began to eat chatting with his family about the day. He was beginning to feel better much to his own relief. Dinner that night was simple chicken soup and salad, everyone had agreed they were not very hungry so they decided to take it light.

Once finished Percy shooed his mother out of the kitchen and began to clean up and wash the dishes. Once everything was done and in proper places the dark haired male dried his hands and dismissed himself to his room needing to complete his homework. He sighed softly closing the door and sitting heavily in his desk chair. Staring at the photos that lined the walls, he loved taking pictures it was one of his favorite pass times. He sighed softly finding himself staring at a picture of Artemis in a simple white dress on the beach. Defiantly a favorite of his, he was proud of how it turned out. A chuckled escaped as his eyes wondered around the room, most of the pictures were of the pair of them throughout the years as well as others of scenery and family pictures.

His room was simple, the walls barely seen from the photos, were a dark blue, his bed was in the left corner of the room close to the window where a long black curtain was pulled over the glass to block out the lights from the streetlamps outside. His bed had a ocean like design on it, he loved the ocean wanting to become a Marine Biologist after college. The night stand was dark brown like the rest of his furniture in his room two pictures propped up in frames, one of his dad, mom and himself and another of him and Artemis when they were seven. His room was neat despite been a teenage boy, his mother had made sure he kept it clean, not that he minded he did not like messes it made it much harder to find things in a crowded room.

Pulling his notebook out of his back he set to work on his homework silence filling the room except the clicking on his calculator and scratching of his pencil or the shuffle of papers. Glancing at the time he frowned softly, ten' O clock. Artemis should have called an hour ago. A pang in his heart and he ground his teeth before forcing himself to calm down. She had a boyfriend now, or maybe he was busy. A growl left him as he snatched up his phone dialing the memorized number and waited for her to pick up. A boyfriend was no excuse to miss the time they normally called since middle school, he had had girlfriends and he never missed a call no matter what. Now he sounds possessive and obsessed, he had every right to be too, she was his best friend, he had been there through every single little thing that had ever happened to either of them.

"Percy?" Came a soft voice sounding sleepy, his anger melted away like a wave being swept into the ocean.

"Hey, Art." He greeted softly knowing now she had been probably sleeping.

"Why are you calling so..." Her voice trailed off, he could almost see her looking at the clock. "Oh my gods! I'm so sorry, I fell asleep!" she cried frantically clearly upset, he immediately felt better about her dating, she had not forgotten him.

"It's fine Art." He soothed her gently wishing he could pull her close to him and just hold her there forever. "Sorry I woke you up...I'll let you go back to sleep okay?"

"No, no it's fine. Are you alright though? You don't sound like yourself..." She asked softly, a creak and the ruffling of blankets told him that she had turned over in the bed.

"I'm fine." He mumbled a bit too quickly for his taste.

"You sure?" Her voice sounded a bit farther away making him smile softly. She had propped the phone up on her spare pillow and was most likely curled up while listening to him talking. She would fall asleep soon knowing her.

"Mhm.." He answered setting the phone on the bed and clicked the speaker on as he tugged off his black Avenged Sevenfold shirt and blue jean pants before pulling on plaid blue pajama pants and a loose dark gray shirt. He heard her giggle softly.

"Were you still up doing homework?" She asked through a soft yawn.

"Yup, I did the dishes and Paul got home late..." He smiled laying on the bed tucking an arm under his head as stared up at his ceiling watching the fan spinning slowly. He yawned softly stretching own before pulling a pillow over his head.

"Go to sleep. I'll see you in the morning." He blinked softly, he had always driven them to school since Artemis did not like driving and they lived right next to each other so carpooling helped save gaze by a lot.

"You'll still let me pick you up?" He asked in surprise, he had thought she would get Orion to pick her up since they were dating now.

"Of course dummy, I may have a boyfriend, but I've known you longer plus I don't trust Orion completely yet, sure he's a nice guy and all but he's not trustworthy." She replied firmly causing Percy to grin.

"Thanks, see you in the morning then." He said softly before hanging up before she could ask what he meant by thanking her. Sitting up he padded to his bathroom brushing and flossing before returning to his bedroom and turning off the light. Sliding into his bed he put the phone on the charger and turning on his alarm clock. He fell asleep almost immediately glad to finally sleep.

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