Hello, hello! Wow thank you guys for the follows, favs, and review! Sunday is my brother bday so I know I'm not going to be allowed on here :/ So for now here's a chapter, that's more of a filler. I don't want to post my next update until I have more time to look at my story notes and can spell check it properly. Well enough about me, back to the story!

Disclaimer: … Rick Riordan owns PJO…

Percy

Walking out of the Arcade forty five dollars poorer I see Katara giving me a dirty look while patting Annie's back. Confused at the tough girls action I slow my walk cautiously, and glance at Anthony questioningly. He looks just as confused as me and shrugs his shoulders. Turning back to them I give Annie a smile and venture a question all the while raising my hands in a surrendering manner towards Kat.

"Hey, did something happen?" Kat just huffs and Annie shrugs.

Kat and Annie stand up and we get our things, heading towards our cars.

"Why don't you ride with Anthony, Annie? I have something to talk to Perce about." Kat says and Annie nods her head and gives me a kiss before going with Anthony to his car. He shoots me a pitying look and pats my shoulder.

"Tough break man, can I have your PlayStation 4 when you die?"

"Anthony shut up and get to your car." Kat says.

After they drive off saying they'd meet us at the party Kat motions towards the car. Swallowing I accept my fate praying to my dad, after all my mom always said he loved me a lot and to just pray to him when I need help or guidance.

"So Perce, you and Annaliese have been going out for a while right? And I know she likes you a lot, the question is, how much do you like her?"

"uh well she's different from any of the girls I've meet before, she's smart, funny, easy to be around-"

"Yeah that's all good characteristics…for a friend but what I'm asking is . . ." Then she leans over the middle counsel and grabs the front of my shirt, staring into my eyes intensely.

"Kat? Listen your one of my best friends, I respect you a lot and I'm sure you were right, not many boys see your allure…but. Annaliese looks to you with respect and admiration in her eyes, and she's my girlfriend. I have strong feelings for her, I don't ever want to see her get hurt, and, and same for you but-"

Bursting out in laughter Kat removes her hand from my shirt and pats me on my head. Then she starts the ignition and we start driving. Confused I only stare out the windshield.

Looking at me again she starts chuckling and shaking her head. By now I'm irritated.

"What is so funny? I was trying to be understanding, I didn't want to make you feel uncomfortable!" I practically yell at her.

"Oh Perce, I don't like you like that." She says still laughing and wiping a tear from her eye.

"Well then what? Does Annie think I don't have feelings her anymore or something? Cause if that's the case I'll talk to her myself you don't have to interfere. "

"No.

Kat's says voice gone scary again.

"Its nothing like that. What it is, is your willingness to accept anyone and everyone with not so much as a second thought. You allow girls to see that side if you and they take advantage of that and use your naïve thought that everyone is good, and they hurt Annaliese that way."

Narrowing my eyes I look at her Startled. Annie? Is Annie being bullied?

"What are you saying Katara?"

"What I'm saying, is a girl walked in the café earlier, blond hair, curly, pulled into a ponytail wearing a baseball cap and some orange camp shirt from Camp Half-Blood? You know her?"

Didn't that girl walk into the café? I don't think I've ever seen her around before though.

Looking back at Kat I see she's staring hard at the road ahead, I have a feeling that if I was driving that stare would be pointed towards me.

"No…I don't know her but I saw her walk into the café earlier, did she…tell you who she was?"

Looking away from the road briefly, she shoots me suspicious look.

"Yeah, she came out of no where claiming to know you, and that you guys were madly in love. Her names Annabeth, and I don't like her. Gots me a bad feeling in my stomach, like she's hiding something."

"Come on Kat, she didn't seem like the kind of girl that would cause trouble-"

"There you go again! Always seeing the good in people, Percy it may have made you popular and caused everyone to love you but that's not going to work in the real world, so you need to pull your head out of the clouds and come down to reality!"

"Well I'm sorry for being nice to people! I don't judge people based on how they look, I didn't judge you and now your one of the few best friends I actually trust and would protect with my life! Are you saying I'm wrong for doing that? That maybe I judged you wrong?"

Its quiet for about three seconds then,

"Pfft. Whatever Percy. I'm not saying that, what I'm trying to say is that your willingness to fight for and protect the ones you hold dear is a good thing but that can also be a bad thing. It can be used against you, its like…like…arggh let me think."

"…"

Hitting the steering wheel her eyes light up,

"Like a fatal flaw those hero's had in the ancient Greek stories!"

Fatal flaw…for some reason that seems familiar…

"Anyways enough of this, were almost to the party and I need to be in a good mood if I want to score a date tonight." So with that she looks at me again and shoots me one last mean look.

"You better not go anywhere near that girl if she does end up at this party, cause knowing Garrett if he ran into her on her way out he'd find a excuse to invite her there. Annaliese is a good person, one of the best you better not hurt her Percy or I swear I will bring more misery on you than even that Greek person of misery ever could."

Chuckling I say "Achlys?"

"Shut up, you know who I was talking about. "

Then looking over she gives me a smirk and punches my arm, I smile back knowing her angry side is gone. At least for now.

"Yeah I know what your saying Kat, and don't worry, I won't hurt Annie."

"Better not." She mumbles.

"We're here water boy."

"Lets end this school year with a bang, ice queen."

Then stepping out the car we go to find our friends.

Annabeth

I arrive at the beach and look around but don't see the people from earlier so taking this time I walk to a secluded spot and pull out a drachma.

Throwing in the drachma I ask for Chiron.

The water ripples, showing me the big house, and I see Chiron in what looks like a serious meeting. So not wanting to disturb them I slash through the message and contact Jason instead.

He's with Piper at the training arena, they're in the middle of combat training.

I get frustrated because seeing other couples together makes me miss Percy so much more. I slash the image and end up sitting down on a bench nearby.

When Grover and Percy severed their connection not all of it went away, if one does the other isnt in danger of dying but they can still receive telepathic messages but it takes a lot of concentration and leaves them feeling weaker than before. So when Percy sent that warning to Grover about the threat on the camp we immediately prepared for war because we knew Percy wouldn't waste his energy if it was just a few monsters. And boy was there more than a few monsters. Ever since then we have been training rigorously for the next attack. Percy never made it back and after days of no signs, Grover not being able to contact him, and failed iris message attempts I had enough. They were ready to pronounce him dead. But I didn't want us almost burning his shroud like last time only to find him alive. So after many arguments and failed pleas I snuck out of Camp, took a car and went to search for him. Leo, Jason, Grover, Frank, Hazel tried to bring me back but to no avail. Piper tried charmspeaking me but I prepared for that by putting in wax in my ears, they gave up and finally…they sent Nico to talk to me.

Nico.

I was hiking up a hill because I heard planes flying overhead and knew I'd find people close by when all of a sudden Nico appears beside me.

"Annabeth what are you doing?"

I didn't see him coming so I already had my knife out and was about to strike him when he brought up his Stygian sword and block me, but barely.

"Gods Nico! I almost killed you!"

"No maybe nicked me but you wouldn't have killed me."

Scoffing I rolled my eyes and continues walking. "I know why you're here, and you can't convince me to come back."

"I know how you must feel believe me, everyone is worried about Percy not just you but for you to just disappear like that, without so much as a word or note, you scared them."

"No Nico, you don't know I feel, you barely talked to Percy when we were on our quest. You pulled away from us, and he tried to talk to you but you would just walk away! Percy tried to help you but you never let him!"

"Annabeth you don't know what I went through!-"

"We went through the same thing as you! I've been through Tartarus, I came back scarred! So yeah Nico, I think I do know what you've been through!"

"YOU HAD PERCY!" He shouted, eyes filling with tears, face red from his anger and sadness.

He was surrounded by darkness, the air around him seemingly nothing but shadows.

Stunned I stammered "Yeah I know I had Percy with me when we through Tartarus, and it did help make it easier. Look I'm sorry Nico I know you had to go through that alone but-"

"No, Annabeth. You don't get it. You had Percy. You have him now, well maybe not now but you have him." He says this last part like he's broken.

Oh.

"Nico…I…-"

"Its alright Annabeth, I don't…I don't feel that way anymore. I have Will now and he's really great. So don't go feeling sorry for me because I don't want your apologizes okay? I meant what I said when I said I know what your going through. I don't have a crush on Percy anymore but I still care for him. So I know your need to find him is right, and I'm not here to stop you. The others at Camp were hoping I would, I was their last ditch effort but I want you to know that I get what your doing and I'll help you anyway I can."

I had no words all I could was nod, and suddenly I'm wrapped in Nico's arms crying all the tears I've held in. He mummers reassuring words and rubs my back. After a while I pull away and look at him with a new kind of respect. I see him as someone else, someone stronger.

He's been through so much pain, anger, anguish, and I…I didn't see that.

I have a new respect for this Son of Hades, so wiping my tears I smile at him and nod my head telling him I'm okay. He takes a step back and looks at me concern etched in his face.

"Thank you Nico, for everything. I've put you through so much, asked you for so many and you didn't ever expect anything in return."

"Just glad I could help."

"Hey Nico?"

"Yeah?"

"Your said you'll help anyway you can right? "

"um…yeah, of course."

"Well think you could loan me some jewels? I know Hazels the one who pulls them from the ground-"

"Say no more consider it done." And with that he gives me smile one so pure and unlike any I've seen I know its because he's gotten rid of something that's been weighing on his chest. Then he's gone and in his place is a small bag of precious metals and jewels.

I pick it up smiling. Thank you Nico.

Pulling out of my memory I lift my head from my hands and look around the beach. It's gotten crowded since the last time I checked. Standing up I stretch and make my way towards the crowd.

Well guess I better find the tough chick and her friends.

And hopefully Percy.

Finally finished! Yay, this story was quickly planned out because I didn't think I'd start on it yet but not wanting to disappoint my readers I decided why not? Don't want to you guys waiting! So it's a little poorly planned and maybe written but I have some high hopes for it! So…

Until next time!

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