I finally got my fifth good review (big sigh of relief) so here is the second chapter. I do not own Percy Jackson. Rick Riordan does.
Trouble on Olympus
Chapter 2
"What should I do?"
"I can't believe you're here!" she smiled as we walked out of the cabin.
"Yeah. Me either," I said as my expression saddened and I looked down at the deep green grass.
"Percy, what's wrong?"
"Umm…we have to talk." I grabbed her by the hand and led her over to Tyson's swing. We both sat down and were silent for a while.
"Please tell me what's up."
"Look, you don't have to…I'll understand if you don't…it's just that…"
"Percy!" I was looking everywhere. Just not at her. I didn't know how to put it. She grabbed my shoulders and looked right into my eyes. "It's okay. Just tell me."
I sighed as I looked down. "I'm going on a quest. The gods set it up. They want me to find Kronos/Luke and see if I can reverse the whole thing. One other person can go with me and I thought maybe…you could go…I figured that if someone who Luke was close to went then maybe it would be easier. But, I understand if you don't want to…it would probably be hard for you."
We sat there in silence for a while. Finally she turned to me with tears in her eyes. "What should I do? I want to see him break away from Kronos. I lo-" Great. She does love Luke. Even though the stupid idiotic moron betrayed her. "I…I mean I care about him. I think. I used to. It's just that I'm really confused right now Percy. Please understand that. And what if I go and then get my hopes up and then…and then we don't succeed or worse…" I wrapped her in a hug.
"It's your decision…I can't decide for you. But if you don't want to go I will respect that."
"Well…is there someone else going?" she asked sadly.
"I don't know," I replied.
"When do we leave?"
"I don't know."
"How are we supposed to change everything?"
"I don't know Annabeth!" I screamed. "Chiron only told me to pick someone!" She looked at the ground sadly. Tears still streaming down her face. "Sorry for yelling at you." I put my arm around her as she leaned on my shoulder.
"I'll go," she finally said.
"Thank you. You're the best friend anyone could ever have." I softly kissed her on the top of her head and we swung the morning away. "Friends," I thought. "Just friends."
Hope you guys like it. I need four more good reviews for the next chapter. Just to let you know a familiar face will show up at camp. Please review!!
