Percy's POV
"Annabeth wake up someone's coming" I whispered into her hair. Her head lay on my chest. Her eyes slowly fluttered open and she held my gaze her gray eyes filled with tears of worry, I kissed her forehead she looked up at me gratefully I got up, and held out my hand for her she took it and we ran not looking back.
I woke up in a sweat I looked around at my surroundings I was in a motel room Annabeth's head lay on my chest like it did every night. We were sprawled on a queen sized bed covered with musty white sheets, there was a bathroom a few inches away, and next to the bed was a wooden night stand and a digital clock rested upon it I glanced at the time it was 8:00 in the morning. We did not need to get up for about an hour. I looked down at Annabeth again, I felt her heart beat in rhythm with mine. If only we could stay like this forever. Life was cruel.
I remember when we first met seven years ago in sixth grade, and lets just say we did not get off to such a great start. We did not exactly have the same views on school. She loved it, and I hated it. We would always argue about how I thought she was a stuck up nerd, and how she thought I acted as though I was the god's gift to man kind. Annabeth always complained about my brain being full of seaweed. Then one day our science teacher paired us up for a project and we became best friends. I got her to have a little more fun; she got me to be a bit more studious. We ended up going to Goode high school together and in tenth grade I finally got the guts to ask her out.
After two amazing years with her, things went down hill she stopped opening up to me, and I could tell something was wrong. When she started coming to school with bruises I finally got her to tell me what was going on. That is when she told me she had to leave, and I probably would never see her again.
We were on the roof of my apartment building, and I gazed into her startling gray eyes and held her close to me "what do you mean?" I whispered hardly comprehending what she was saying. A tear streamed down her cheek, and I kissed it away and held her tighter. Annabeth shivered. "I cant tell you I just have to go" she released herself from my grasp and started to walk away, before she could get very far I reached out and grabbed her wrist pulling her back into me. I looked into to her eyes, she looked away, but I held my gaze. "You are not leaving me, tell me why you have to go I can help you" I insisted.
She spoke again her voice breaking, she looked directly into my eyes and spoke; "Percy, please don't make this any harder than it is, I just have to go I cant tell you why but I hav-"
I stopped her I pressed my lips into hers holding her tighter, I was not going to let her go she resisted at first but then gave in and kissed me back tears streaming down her face. She had never kissed me like this before with so much emotion, it was as if this would be the last kiss we ever shared. I ran my hand threw her long golden hair, and Annabeth tore away crying hard. I pulled her face into my chest and breathed in her hair it smelled of sun-baked strawberries. "Tell me what happened" I whispered into her ear.
She nodded and I lifted her chin up held her delicate face in my hands and wiped away her tears with my thumbs. She was the most beautiful woman in the world. She drew in a shaky breath and started her story. "I always hated my step mother, she stole my father away from me and treated me like an outcast, my father never noticed" I nodded she had told me this before.
She continued "two years ago when my father and my step mom got divorced I thought that me and my dad would finally be a family again; but every night my father started coming home later and later and stayed up all night on the phone. I wanted to find out what he was doing so one day when he got a call I listened in on the other line. I started staying up all night listening to his conversations. I couldn't believe what he was up to. I never confronted him but I started messing up his meetings with these people changing the times and dates so that my father always missed them, then last Friday I confronted him and asked why he was always out so late, he glared at me and stormed away. That's when I told him I knew."
Annabeth flinched as if remembering pain and then continued. "That's when he - when he." She blinked back tears. I nodded I understood. He hurt her. I felt anger flush threw me. How could anyone hurt Annabeth? I wanted to punch him make him pay for what he did, however I composed myself for Annabeth's sake. "He told me that if I told anybody about his side job I would wish I was never born. Then yesterday he said he told his boss about me how I knew, and was trying to ruin their meetings. He said the boss wanted to see me to show me this was serious, to teach me a lesson and that if I did not go then - then" I squeezed her hand again and ran my fingers threw her hair. "Percy they said they were going to hurt you. My father told them you were the only thing I really cared about." Her voice turned to a whisper "I can't loose you." Annabeth looked up into my eyes and searched my face as if taking one last mental picture. I brought her close to me again and the words fell out of my mouth I did not even need to think about what I was going to say "I won't let them hurt you. You are not going to meet this boss." She looked up at me tears swimming in her eyes "Percy this is my fault I should not have gotten involved. Now I jeopardized your safety I am going it's the only way. You are not getting hurt because of me. I love you seaweed brain." And with that she turned to leave again I stopped her "Annabeth if you seriously think I am just going to let you go you are mistaken wise girl. If you won't run away because of me then you can run with me. I am not going to let anything happen to you. I love you."
I was woken from my flash back by a small laugh. I realized Annabeth was awake, and that I had been staring at her this whole time.
AN:
Hey, this story was posted a long time ago under a different User Name. I decided to bring it back, and finish it this time. Anyways let me know what you guys think, thank you for reading, please review, favorite, and all that jazz.