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-Annabel Jones.

Chapter 3

The dim light strenghtening against the wall woke Annabeth up. She stired and realised that she was on Percy's chest, his heartbeat echoing in her ear, one of his arm around her and the other tucked under her neck. She propped herself on her elbow, wondering how she'd ended up in Percy's bed wearing nothing- The memories crashed back in her head. Oh God. She sat bolt upright. What had they done ? She buried her face in her hands. After what felt like hours -but were probably minutes- she gently got out of the bed, careful not to wake Percy up. She gazed at his sleeping face. He looked like an angel, his features innocent and gentle, his dark hair falling on his forehead. Annabeth pushed the hair away and sighted. She spent the next five minutes fishing out for her clothes, and found her panties underneath the pillows, she was so glad no one was there to see her blush from the memories of the night. She left the flat, walking on cat's feet, trying to put as much distance between her and Percy as possible.

. . .

Annabeth took the longest possible way to come back to her own flat. She needed time to think without her stepbrothers or her parents, asking her questions she didn't want to answer. She decided that she would forget anything she and Percy had done last night, he probably regretted it. Her chest hurt at that thought. For Percy's own good -and her own- she would not speak to him again. When she got home, she realised she had six texts from Percy :

Hey Annabeth, r u all right ?

Umm.. i need to speak to u, could we talk tomorrow at school ?

I dont regret anything, but maybe we shouldnt have done that

I'm sorry

Annabeth r u here ?

Please say something

She had been right he regretted it even of he didn't want to admit it. She felt tears roll down her cheeks as she deleted his messages one by one. Then she blocked his number. For his own good, she thought.

. . .

It was nearly 10 am and she was standing in front of her front door. She took a deep breath and wiped her cheeks. She entered the flat and pulled the door closed behind her, just as her dad- who had been in the kitchen- went to stand by her in two quick strides.

'' Where have you been all night ?'' her dad looked furious, his eyes blazing.

'' I was at Rachel's,'' Annabeth lied. She never liked lying but she couldn't really tell her father the truth could she ? ''She texted me because she thought her cat got lost and we spend the whole evening searching for Buttercup.''

Her father put his hands on his hips.

''That does not explain why I never knew you were gonna sleep there. Am I not the parent anymore ? Do you now decide what you're gonna do without asking for permission ? Is that how it is gonna be ?'' His nostrils flared.

''No,no ! I'm really sorry dad. I wanted to text you but I forgot to charge my phone up last morning so it was dead by the time I wanted to tell you.''

''Couldn't you have borowed Rachel's phone ?''

''I-I didn't think of that.'' Annabel hugged her dad. ''I'm so sorry, dad. I never thought that you would worry, I just had the best time with Rachel, that's it. I hope you'll forgive me.''

Annabeth felt her dad soften and he patted her hair.

''Okay, I forgive you. I was just worried that you got attacked by monsters again,'' he cleared his throat. ''Now go to your room ! Shoo !''

Annabeth smiled as she turned to her bedroom. It vanished, thought, when she stumbled on a picture of her and Percy. She bit her lip and put the photo in a box where it would never be distracting her again. From now on, she would forget Percy as if he'd never exist at all.