So greenconverses is having a rough couple of weeks, so I thought I'd write her a chapter with a little something at the end of it which will hopefully make her happy.
I've also used inspiration from the song 4 in the Morning by Gwen Stefani. (Who would totally be my perfect Aphrodite.)
Waking up to find another day,
The moon got lost again last night.
But now the sun has finally had its say,
I guess I feel alright.
But it hurts when I think,
When I let it sink in,
It's all over me,
I'm lying here in the dark,
I'm watching you sleep,
It hurts a lot.
The light of the early dawn shone through the window of Cabin One and Annabeth blinked, moving her hand from under her head so she was lying on Jason's chest. Sighing, she looked at Jason, who was sleeping peacefully. Of course he was. It was four in the morning after all.
How had she ended up here?
Sadly, it was becoming all too common that she would find herself sharing his bed.
Sitting up and stretching, letting the sheet fall from her naked body, she looked around the room for her clothes.
An arm wrapped it's way around her waist, pulling her back down into the bed.
"Too early." Jason mumbled into his pillow.
"Go back to sleep." Annabeth whispered, pushing his arm.
"You woke me up." He stated, placing his hand on her thigh.
No, Annabeth. You need to leave. She thought to herself as she bit her lip.
"I have to go back to my cabin." Jason rolled over, the sheet falling dangerously low, exposing his well-defined stomach.
"You can stay a little longer." He said, sliding her on top of him. She moaned slightly as she felt his morning glory press against her.
"Again, Jason?" She asked, placing her hands on his chest. He answered by drifting his hand up to the back of her head and pressing his lips against hers. She lay on his chest, kissing him softly, tangling her hands in his blonde hair.
She moved so that she was straddling him, still pressed against his chest.
"Annabeth..." He gasped as she slowly sunk down onto him. She moaned into his neck in response as she rolled her hips, trying to drag this out as long as she could.
This time it was different. It wasn't some quick fuck in a supply shed, or on the forest floor. It was slow and romantic, him slowly moving his hips against hers, filling her in a way that made her weak at the knees.
He leaned up, pushing her backwards, kissing her as he knelt with her legs wrapped around his waist.
She quickly got the hint and linked her arms around his neck, moaning into the kiss as he pushed deeper into her, hitting that place that made her want to scream.
This changed everything.
They came together, his forehead pressed against hers, panting as he shuddered and stared into her eyes.
"I need to go." She whispered, but she made no effort to leave.
"No you don't." His arms were around her waist again and she could feel her eyes closing as she rested her head in the crook of his neck. She felt him lying back down, but she was too sleepy to care.
The next time she opened her eyes, the sun was almost fully risen. She was still lying on top of Jason, her legs stiff from being in that position for the last few hours.
"Jason?" She whispered, pushing his hair out of his eyes.
He mumbled something that she couldn't hear and kissed her hand. She took her hand away.
"No more sex, Jason. I have to go back to my cabin."
"You sure?" His hands found their way to her ass. "Cause I think we have time for one more round..."
She got off of him and rolled on her side with her back to him.
"I get it. All I am to you is something to have sex with when you're bored." She felt him rolling over beside her.
"That's not true." He said, pressing his lips to her shoulder.
"Don't try to make this something it isn't."
"I'm not trying to make this into anything."
She turned her head to look at him and he took the opportunity to kiss her. When he pulled away, she felt almost... disappointed.
"You've got to go before people start waking up." She nodded, swinging her legs out of the bed.
It was just such a shame that she would end up back in his bed the next night, even if she told herself while she was getting dressed that she wouldn't give into his words, his touch, his kiss...
You made my, heart melt, yet I'm cold to the core,
But rumour has it I'm the one you're leaving her for.
Jason knew they were talking about him behind his back.
He didn't care.
They could say all they wanted about him. He wasn't here to fend off rumours. He was here to be a leader.
And so what if he was having sex with more than one girl at a time? Of all people, the Greeks would understand his behaviour.
Annabeth had been writing this list for days.
No one else was allowed to see it, of course. If they saw it, then all of the rumours that were circulating would be confirmed.
Taking out the list, she picked up her pen and tapped her chin with it. She couldn't do this. She couldn't just compare the two boys and decide who she wanted to be with.
But she didn't have a choice.
Putting her head in her hands she sighed.
It's like my heart belongs to Percy, but my body belongs to Jason She thought to herself as she folded the list away. She didn't want to feel this way, but she couldn't help herself. She needed Jason now. Rationalising the reason why she needed him just made her head hurt, and on top of everything else this... relationship... that she had with Jason wasn't helping things with Leo and the Argo II.
She should go to see Rachel. She would know what to do.
"Annabeth, why do you look so worried?" Rachel asked, crossing her legs underneath her. How was she even supposed to start this conversation?
Rachel, I've been sleeping with someone who isn't even my boyfriend. And what makes it worse, is that I don't care about why I'm doing it.
She couldn't do it. She just couldn't come out with it like that.
She took a deep breath and looked around the room. Things she had seen a thousand times before were suddenly much more interesting than they were before. She was captivated by all of the things that meant that she could avoid telling Rachel her dirty little secret.
"I heard a rumour about you today." Rachel said, bringing Annabeth's attention back to her. Rachel was picking at her torn jeans.
"You did?" Annabeth said, turning her back on Rachel, looking through her clothes rail, noting each designer label and how Rachel had customised each item so it no longer held its original value.
"Yeah. I did. Something about you and Jason on the floor of the weapon shed in the arena." Annabeth sighed. It was now or never.
"It was a work surface, actually." She said, bluntly. Just like ripping off a band-aid.
She could imagine how Rachel's eyes would be as wide as saucers.
"So... It's true?" Annabeth nodded and tried to hide her face, trying not to let the tears that prickled at her eyes fall.
Rachel stood up and Annabeth sniffed, no longer able to hide her emotions. She was no longer able to stop the thoughts of self-doubt and shame from invading her mind.
"Did he... Take advantage of you?" Rachel asked softly, hugging Annabeth, who shook her head, her whole body shaking as the sobs racked through her body.
"He asked if I wanted to do it and I said yes."
"What, in the shed?" Rachel rubbed Annabeth's back.
"No! The first time!"
"The first- This happened more than once?" Annabeth nodded, her cheeks burning.
"Gods, Annabeth..." Rachel muttered.
"I messed up. I really messed up."
"How did this even happen?" Annabeth just shrugged.
"I don't know." She moved away from Rachel's arms and wiped her eyes. "It just kind of... Happened." She sat down on Rachel's bed, looking down at her knees. "I mean... He knew what he was doing and he offered to stop if I didn't want to, but I told him to keep going..." Rachel sat next to her.
"And that was the first time?"
"Yes... The second time I was angry at him. He'd given me hickeys and I shouted at him, but then... I don't know what happened, because one minute I was shouting at him and the next, he was taking off my clothes..."
"Wow. Didn't you think that you should probably say no?" Rachel asked.
"I... I didn't want to. And that makes me a terrible person because I love Percy!" Annabeth's voice broke and a fresh set of tears began making its way down her cheeks.
"Annabeth... You need to choose. You can't be with them both. Do you want to be with your boyfriend, or do you want to be with Jason?"
"I can't be with Jason. I just can't. I need to be with Percy. I need to find him."
"Then you have your answer."
"Yeah. I do."
Annabeth didn't feel any better. She didn't understand why even if she was protesting that she needed to find Percy, her heart still ached. She didn't want to feel so bad about choosing.
She wimped out.
There was no way that she could have done it face to face. She knew that they would have just ended up having sex and not being able to talk about these serious issues.
She'd walk up to see Rachel and they would have a girly night in and she would be forced to feel better after watching terrible movies.
She couldn't believe what she was seeing.
Rachel was stark naked, straddling Jason's leg on her bed. Her head was tilted back and her mouth was wide open as she moaned and moved her hips against him. Jason had his hands on her waist and his mouth on her chest as she moved, wrapping her arms around his shoulders, arching her back into his skilled mouth. Annabeth gulped as Rachel breathlessly moaned Jason's name, pushing him back down onto the bed, bucking her hips desperately.
She watched as Jason's tongue skimmed the freckles on Rachel's chest, finally settling on her large, pink nipples, making Rachel cry out, twisting her hands in the bed sheet.
Then they were moving again, changing positions, Rachel squirming in pleasure as Jason's hand disappeared between her dripping folds. He was on top now, kissing her and pressing his fingers into her, Rachel trying to roll her hips against his hand, desperately seeking pleasure.
Annabeth was completely speechless. How did this happen?
The clink of handcuffs brought her out of her thoughts.
That's when she decided to get out of there. She'd seen enough.
All I know is, you've got to give me everything
Nothing else cause, you know I give you all of me
I give you everything that I am
I'm handing over everything that I got
Cause I wanna have a really true love
Don't ever want to have to go and give you up
Stay up till 4 in the morning, and the tears are pouring
And I wanna make it worth the fight
What have we been doing for all this time?
Baby if we're gonna do it, come on and do it right
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