Hey, guys sorry it took so long to get this one going, I have been very busy with my finals coming soon and I know this took a lot of time to write but I hope the plot makes up for the time. So anyway, I got this review on what a good plot line would be, I thought I could use it. Therefore, big thanks goes out to Percabeth842 for giving me the idea. In addition, I don't own anything, everything goes to Uncle Rick.
Early the next day Annabeth was heading to her locker; the bag Percy had given her was hanging on her shoulder. She wanted to find him before class started; she didn't want to go into a class with a bag with the name JACKSON on it. Luckily, she was able to find him in time. Annabeth walked up to him, he hadn't seen her yet, so when she stood behind him and taped his shoulder he jumped surprised to see her. He looked at her then at the bag in her arms.
"This is yours." She said handing it to him. He stretched out his hand to take the bag, his fingers slightly brushing her hand. As soon as the bag was out of her hand, Annabeth was gone. Annabeth began to walk in a fast pace to her locker, how could she be acting so strange around him. He was just another boy like the others; there was nothing special about him. Annabeth arrived at her locker; she picked up her needed books. As she was about to grab a book, her locker suddenly closed. She quickly retrieved her hand before it was crushed; Luke was standing in front, blocking her from retrieving anything. "Where were you last night?" He asked anger in his voice. "What… What… Do you mean last night?" Annabeth responded. "The game. The biggest game in the season. We were up against the Romans. WHERE WERE YOU?" He screamed the last part and people began to stare. Annabeth stepped backwards, wanting to get away. She felt a hand on her shoulder; she turned and saw Taliah standing behind her. Taliah was the only girl Luke was afraid of, when they were younger she had thrown a piece a metal at his face, he still had the scar near his eye. "Get away from her Luke, she missed one game. Big deal." Taliah kept looking at him until he finally left. Annabeth looked at Taliah wording a 'Thank you.' She just nodded her head and was off. Annabeth went to class thankful that Luke was not going to show up.
Sadly, English came around, and both of the men she did not want to see; just happened to have it the same period. Right as she walked into the classroom, she knew she did not want to be there. Percy was the first person that saw her; he was after all the one she sat next to. She quietly sat down next to him making no eye contact. It was obvious of the tension between the both of them, but they still kept their distance. In her seat the sun beamed onto her face there was no way of blocking it, she put her hands up to cover her eyes. The class felt longer than normal, because classes were an extra half hour today. Annabeth's hand was still placed over her eyes, blocking as much sun as she could but her small hands were no match for the overpowering sun. She began to feel sick; she was squirming in her chair. Annabeth looked around; the walls looked like they were spinning. Why are they moving? She thought. No, not again. They can't come now. Not during class. Schools almost over, why couldn't they come later. Annabeth didn't realize she had taken hold of Percy's arm, holding on to it for dear life. Percy looked up at her, but she didn't notice. Closer they were coming closer, she had to get away, why did they hate her so much? What had she done to provoke them? She began to run as far away as she could. As she ran, she noticed a sort of cliff. Maybe if she fell they would stop looking for her. Maybe if she fell, they would disappear, maybe they would stop haunting her, scaring her, hurting her. There was no time for maybes; she wanted them to go away. You have to do what's necessary to get rid of your demons. Annabeth stood at the edge of the cliff, looked down, and slipped off. The shadows disappearing behind her.
Percy saw her hand on his arm, why did she do that, he looked up at her and looked into her eyes trying to figure out the problem. She was transfixed on a spot on the wall and her face was white. He lightly touched her hand, trying to get her attention, she didn't flinch. As he went to take her hand in his, he felt her slip away from him next thing he knows, she's on the ground. In one swift stride he is next to her, cupping her face looking for a problem, he couldn't seem to find anything wrong with her. Percy was then shoved aggressively to the side; he looked up to see Luke kneeling by Annabeth. He took her face in his hands and examined her the same way Percy had done earlier. There was a small crowd starting to form around them. The teacher walked over, as he looked down her face turned white. She looked at Annabeth then at Percy, her hand came to her mouth, as if in slow motion. "Mr. Jackson what has gone on here?" he asked."I don't know Sir, she just collapsed. I tried to catch her but it went so fast." Percy ran his hand through his hair, taking a deep breath in. Luke then sprung onto his feet, grabbed Percy by his shirt and slammed him into a wall. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER!?" He yelled, his face burning with anger, his eyes were red. "I didn't do anything to her I swear! She fell by herself." Percy was struggling under Luke's hand, trying to loosen his grip. Suddenly someone was on top of Luke pulling him off Percy. Nico was holding Luke's arm close to his chest, not willing to let go. "Let me go freak!" Luke yelled. He escaped Nico's grasp and ran to Annabeth. "Mr. Jackson please take Annabeth to your aunt. She should know how to help her." He looked down at Annabeth Luke still by her side. Percy slowly went up to her and began to reach down. Suddenly Luke was on top of him; his fists were flying at his face and chest. Percy wanted to fight back but knew that it would just make matters worse. Luke was pulled off him, still yelling. "YOU DON'T TOUCH HER! YOU DID THIS TO HER!" He was struggling against Nico and Grover, trying to escape their grasp. The teacher now looked furious, "LUKE! The only thing you will be doing from now, is sitting in principles Zeus's office for the rest of the day. Mr. Jackson, you have a gash on your cheek, you will be the one to take Miss Chase to the nurse and get that checked out as well. Boys, please take Luke to the office to what must come of him. The rest of you get back to your seats and stay quiet. For the rest of the class you will stay quiet and work on any homework if I so much as hear a peep, then so help me I will give you detention, do you hear me!" The class nods and mumbles agreements. "Mr. Jackson you may take Annabeth and leave now."
Percy picked Annabeth up in a bridal style, and took her to see his Aunt. He entered the office and set her down on a mat. He looked down at her; she had a troubled look on her face. He wished he could do something about. He wanted to help her, but he didn't know how. His Aunt walked in ad saw him standing next to her. "What happened to her?" She asked. Percy turned, she gasped when she saw his face. "What happened to you?" Percy rubbed his neck and sighed. "Well we were in class and she got dizzy or something and she fell. I don't know what happened, she just kind-of blacked out. Her boyfriend kind of got protective and went after me." Percy looked at her, and then down at Annabeth. "Well did you see anything wrong with her?" She asked him. "Well she had her hand over her face as if to block the sun. Then she grabbed my arm and from there she just fell, I tried to catch her but… I was too slow." "Don't worry Percy, you brought her just in time, it might just be dehydration." She placed a cloth over her forehead and then turned to place a cloth on his cheek. She carefully wiped the blood off. "I hope you don't mind having a small scar on your cheek. It won't be very big, you will only be able to see it if you look closely." Percy chuckled. "I won't mind." His Aunt turned and went back to check on Annabeth. She still had the same look. Percy walked over he bent down to sit next to her. "Do you know what's wrong with her?" He asked. "Not for sure, but she should be awake soon, if not I will have to call the emergency room. Could you check if her breathing is steady? Just place one of your fingers under her nose, and please tell me if it is fast or normal." Percy did as he was told. He felt her breathing on his finger it wasn't fast, so she had to be okay. "It's steady." He said. "Good. I will be right back it seems I am missing something. It won't take me long, look after her please." She walked out of her office before he could agree. Percy looked down at her he was worried that her face would stay the same way. With a look of terror. Percy let his hand brush hers. When he did he saw her face change, it looked a lot more relaxed. Just then, his Aunt came back. "Anything happen while I was gone?" She asked him. "Nope all good." He replied. "Good. Well Percy, you are good to go. I will let you know if anything happens. You only have thirty minutes left of school. Go finish the day." Those last thirty minutes felt like an eternity, all he could think about was Annabeth. But why? She didn't even know him that much. Percy walked over to the pool. Maybe swimming could get her out of his mind. For the next hour, he swam. Percy forgot all about Annabeth. All he was going to do was swim. The pool emptied, he was the only on left now. After another hour, Percy decided to leave. Percy rinsed himself off in the showers and went back to the bleachers. As he was drying himself, he saw someone standing by the bleachers. As he got closer, he recognized who it was. It was Annabeth. She was awake. "Hey." He said lightly. She jumped a little. She must have not seen him. "Um… Hi." She said. She tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear. "What are you doing here?" He asked as he grabbed a shirt from his bag and slipped it over his head. "I… Um… I wanted to thank… to thank you." She was starting to play with her hair a bit. Percy chuckled. "What for?" Percy began walking towards her. "Well… you um… you took me to the nurse when I…you know…um…fell?" "Well Luke was going to take you, but he took it to another level so-to-say." "Oh… Luke. He is…He's not a problem. Do you know what happened to me?" She asked. "I don't really know what happened," Percy kept walking towards her, "the nurse just said it was dehydration. Unless you think it was something else." Annabeth was now just inches away from his chest. She was starting to squirm. "No I… I think it might have been that. Well um… thank you again for taking me and…um…yeah just thank you. I will drink more water now I guess. So thank you. Good bye." Annabeth hurried past Percy, her arm brushing his as she went by. Percy turned his head watching her walk to the exit. He smiled at himself. What had he just gotten himself into?
Okay guys that is it. Please leave comments on what you want to happen next. I'm sorry this took so long. Summer vacation is now on for me so hopefully I will be writing a lot more. So please comment and I will get the next chapter up a lot sooner than this one. Adios leones!
