Hi so I had a little bit of time to write this chapter today, it takes place the day after the fire so Saturday. I am really enjoying writing this story and I hope you are all enjoying it. Anyway enjoy chapter 3 of The science experiment!

Annabeth's pov:

I woke up with a huge headache, I had no idea why though I was fine when I came home yesterday maybe it's just my nerves from yesterday, I was still shaking but can you blame me really I could have died.

When we got back to Malcolm's yesterday the twins really wanted to stay so they did, dad rung us back after and said he was glad that I was ok, and can we drop the twins off after breakfast.

He was never really one to sympathise even when my mum died he just kept his head in his work I had to learn to fend for myself as an 8 year old.

I went downstairs for breakfast with Malcolm and the twins. We all got dressed then we took the twins home, I would go back tomorrow but for today Malcolm and I went to the graveyard, to see mum.

I had always hated coming here it was always so quiet I don't think I have ever seen anyone there.

We parked up in the car park to find that an old beat up car was there as well.

I opened the creaky gate and walked inside, we brought bluebells they were always her favourite flowers. The graveyard was quite small it only had a couple of other gravestones in it.

When we got to one that read Poseidon Jackson I think. My heart stopped, kneeling down in front of it was...

"Percy." He looked around with a neutral expression on his face.

"Annabeth." He said staring at me,

"I'll wait over here Annabeth." Said Malcolm, I nodded not taking my eyes of Percy for even a second.

"What are you doing here?" he asked not very politely.

"I have come to see my mum, what about you why are you here?" I asked him in a gentle tone. He looked to the ground then back up to me.

"My dad he died I just came to see him like I do every Saturday." He replied with quite a harsh tone.

"Are you ok? You know with the fire yesterday." I couldn't think of anything else to say I didn't know anything about him I tried to make the conversation less awkward but it wasn't really working.

"Yeah it's not like anybody would miss me if I wasn't ok." He replied. I didn't want to start an argument with him, so instead I replied,

"People care Percy your mum does and I guess I do." He just looked amused.

"You don't care Annabeth you pity me or something but you definitely don't care you don't know what I've been through in life, I may have saved you from that fire but it doesn't mean anything I only did it because yeah I've seen pain that was my fault and I wasn't going to let anybody else die, so face it Annabeth you don't care you don't know me." What he said was surprising what did he mean?

"Look Percy I'm sorry but you think I have a good life, my mum died when I was 8 my dad shut me out and drove himself crazy with work, my step mum who just doesn't care what I do as long as it doesn't involve her, that's my life I can't change it I have to learn to live with it." I said to him in loud voice.

He just looked to the ground again kicking his shoe into the grass. I had no idea what he was going to do next, but what surprised me is when he did this...

He walked up to me so his face was about 15cm from mine and he said in a quiet tone,

"At least you don't have the burden of being the cause of your father's death."

After that he ran away to his car just as Malcolm walked toward me.

"You ok kiddo." He said I just nodded whipping a tear of my cheek. Malcolm pulled me into a hug, he didn't ask me what was wrong but I think he may have heard.

Percy's pov:

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Why the heck did I tell Annabeth about my dad?

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

She doesn't care nobody does really I'd be better off dead, Annabeth knows I'm worth nothing so why does she keep coming back?

At least she has a brother who cares for her, I mean I have my mum but I never see her she works and works and works I maybe see her for an hour a week.

Nobody was ever there for me whilst I cried myself to sleep nobody was there when I was alone, scared and now I have scars to prove it. My life is a misery I have nothing of my own I live in an old smelly apartment with rats I've seen death an pain which I can't even describe my memory of them just haunts me every day and probably every day for the rest of my life.

I've learnt with my miserable 18 nearly 19 years of existence that there's no one to save you, and if they did care well there long gone. The only thing you would see if you looked at me would be pain, loneliness.

Maybe one day things will be different, maybe one day people will learn to appreciate that people care about them, and maybe one day you will learn what life is really all about, pain, suffering and then at the end of it all death. And yes that's pessimistic but I don't care it's the hard-core truth and everyone will have to face the facts sooner or later.

Annabeth's pov:

I did something I would never expect to do next, I ran after Percy, I don't know why there was just a feeling inside of me telling me I should.

"Percy, Percy, stop look I just want to talk to you."

I soon caught up to him thank the gods I'm on the track team.

"What Annabeth, leave me alone I don't need anything from you."

"No but I need something from you." I sat down on the grass; he did the same but about a metre and a half away from me.

"I need you to listen to what I have to say." He huffed and I think that was a sign for me to continue.

"When I was 8 my mum was taking me out shopping and we went into a shop and I can just remember a bang and when I looked behind me my mum was laid down with blood all round her and for years I thought it was my fault, I needed new clothes and I dragged her in that shop, I still wonder now what my life would be like if she was still alive, probably a whole lot better than this." More tears fell down my face, this time nobody cleared them away for me.

Percy just looked at the ground again with a neutral expression he showed no emotion the only thing I could see was pain.

"When I was 8 me my mum and my dad lived in the upper class part of time I was spoilt I had everything, until one day my mum picked me up from school, my dad had the day off that day so he stayed at home, when we got home my mum sent me to get changed and when I did, I went back into the living room, to find these hug guys there were 3 of them, all of them had a gun. They looked at me and laughed then told me I was the cause of what was going to happen I didn't understand all I knew was that a few seconds after, my dad was clutching his stomach, he had been shot."

I stared at Percy even though his head was still facing downwards on the floor, he was crying I didn't know what else to do, I got up and went to sit next to him. I just sat not moving I just stared blindly across the graveyard, until Percy said,

"When I was 14 I was walking home, I decided to take a short cut that day it was through dark ally's I thought that everything was fine, until I heard a scream, a girl similar age I think, this gangster was beating her up, I looked behind me and saw it with my own eyes she escaped, with a few bruises, I got stabbed in the leg twice." We both stayed silent until I spoke,

"A couple of years ago, Grover the dude with the leg problem, I saw getting beat up pretty badly I stopped the group and gave them all at least 2 broken ribs, I wasn't badly hurt although one of them broke my arm and busted my nose, but I gave it to him ten times worse."

I saw a slight smile appear on Percy's face so I decided to elbow him playfully to see if I could get him to look up, he did, and I smiled to.

"When I was 16 two nearly three years ago, I had a step dad, his name was Gabe Ugliano. One day he tooted into the house drunk like every day. He worked on the police force though I have no idea how he got in, anyway he came in drunken one day and pointed his gun at me and my mum we were terrified. I had to be the strong one, so I tricked him, I told him he was right about everything, and that we would leave right away, he bought it, and my mum and I got out but we had nothing no money no clothes, luckily one of my mum's old friends was a police officer and went round to arrest Gabe he got a life sentence."

I was shocked to say the least Percy did have it bad, really bad.

"You know I have never told anyone that don't tell anyone else."

"I won't tell anyone Percy, I promise."

So that was chapter 3 there will be more Percabeth in the next few chapters, anyway I hope you all enjoyed it!

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