Chapter 4

Percy was going to find Luke Castellan and personally throttle him. After he beat the living daylights of him. Hold up, if you're wondering why such violent thoughts were going through Percy's head, back up a bit.

So let's start from the beginning, like normal people. Not the middle when you have no clue why as happening and the author is just in their own little world, writing away, not considering what the reader's must be thinking (Like my cousin).

Lucky for you I care very deeply for my readers since I'm such a sentimental soul and take others into consideration (sarcasm you idiots, no offence)

It all started that fine summer day. Actually no. It was Autumn and it was monsoon season and it was raining hard and the sky was all dark and moody, rumbling away. Loudly too.

Annabeth had come to the library and didn't have a ride home. Percy had gone to see some relatives, so to drown her misery, Annabeth decided to do something. Like come to the library. When it was raining and she had no means of going home.

To be fair, it was bright and sunny when she left. It only started raining a few minutes ago. How was she supposed to know that Zues wasn't feeling very happy today.

Her phone battery had died before she had even left the house, and she had brought a dead phone with her, not realising it.

She groaned inwardly. There was no way she could walk , unless she wanted to catch pneumonia. Which she didn't, thank you very much.

She was pacing around, looking for a payphone, when a boy who looked about a year it two older than her came up and asked her if anything was wrong.

She took a second to analyse him, seeing if he could be trusted. He was taller than her, with Sandy blonde hair and sky blue eyes. He had a painful looking scar running across his face.

She decide to take her chances and smiled. "I'm really sorry to bother you, but could I use your phone. Mine's dead and..." the boy cut her off by handing her his phone.

I'm not gonna clarify who the boy is excusable if you don't know by now, you have problems and I'm seriously worried about them.

She smiled gratefully and called home, telling her dad to come pick her up. She turned to the boy. "Thank you so so so much...umm" she paused. "Luke" he held out his hand and she shook it.

It was only after he had gone that she realised there was something in her hand. She opened it to find a slip of notebook paper with a number scrawled on it and the words 'call me' on it. It was little keep Luke was expecting to meet her. 'I will' she thought.

She 'call me'd' him the next day and they decided to meet up. Turns out they had a lot in common and became fast friends. Percy thought Luke was 'pretty chill'.

It was two months after this when Annabeth decided she had feelings for her friend. Sorry Percabeth shippers. She meant Luke, not Percy. I can't believe I'm writing this, cuz I never understood Lukabeth (or whatever its called)

She asked Percy what to do and he said go for it. He also said that if Luke hurts her he will face Percy's 'intense' wrath. This earned a grin from Annabeth. It was good to know that Percy always had her back.

If you think Luke rejected her and that's why Percy is currently so mad at him, you're wrong. But what did happen is so cliche, I'm ashamed I wrote it.

Turns out Luke liked her back, but was too chicken to ask her out first. Of course he said yes, and so they gradually became a couple. Then they got married and lived happily ever after with two kids and a hamster.

Just kidding. As if! What really happened is that they had been dating for two years, and Percy and Annabeth were now sixteen.

Over the years, Luke saw how insanely close Percy and Annabeth were. If it were a girl, he wouldn't have cared. But he was actually jealous of how much attention Percy got and sometimes felt like Percy was the boyfriend.

Annabeth remained oblivious to this, no matter how smart she is. So one day when she was on her way out of the school building, she was not surprised to hear moaning because couples were always making out. Not her and Luke though. She didn't do that stuff.

She would've left and never found out, had the two not spoken. "You do it so much better than Annabeth. I like intense, and you're really intense". She froze at hearing Luke's voice.

Then she heard some girl. "Oh that feels good. But baby, how much longer will we have to keep it from everyone. Dump that loser already".

'God knows how long this had been going on' she thought, choking back a sob. Then she ran as fast as she could. Initially she had absolutely no idea where she was running to, but just knew she wanted to be anywhere but there.

She went and sat on a nearby bench and, taking deep breaths, finally looked around. There were fields of freshly cut grass, bordered by a variety of flowers.

In the middle, there was a colourful play pen. With big swirly slides and high monkey bars, a complicated looking climbing frame, a sea saw with frogs painted on it and lots of other exciting contraptions. For a five year old anyway.

This gave Annabeth a blast from the past. (Hehe, I love saying that). She remembered all the times she'd come to the park with her mom and dad holding either of her hands. She'd give anything to go back to that time.

Heck, she'd even hold her parents hands and skip along to the park. If it meant they would be like they used to. She had so much going on she'd never really had time to sit down and think about how she was coping with everything that he'd happened over the past years.

Annabeth never asked for anything. But today, she was ready to beg and beg, just to go back to before all this divorce and cheating business. What had she eve done to deserve such a messed up life.

At this point, Percy was literally the only reason she hadn't committed suicide yet. She had to admit, she had considered doing it a few times. But when everything is so hard for you, the only way to get rid of your problems seems to be to get rid of yourself. For good.

But Annabeth kept her resolve. Because she knew that Percy needed her. And she practically owed her life to him for all that he'd done.

Speak of the Angel (see what I did there. See. see) Annabeth had curled up on the cold park bench and hugged her knees. She then felt a warm pair of arms wrap around her.

She immediately relaxed into this person's familiar comforting embrace. The Fates were feeling generous today and sent Percy to her.

Silence engulfed the two as they sat there, and Percy finally spoke up. "Annabeth" he whispered softly. "What happened".

Now, you must know that it was extremely rare for Annabeth to cry.(In case you fell like my whole story is about Percy and Annabeth crying, turn by turn, I didn't mean to do that. Just having a lot of fun writing this so I'm really sorry if it's rubbish).

When Percy saw her lying there like that, he was brought back to day her parents divorced. That was the last time he saw her cry and hoped it would be the only. No such luck.

Annabeth didn't respond and just buried her head into his shoulder, small tears escaping herd eyes every now and then. Percy could feel her shaking slightly.

He tilted her chin up. "Here. Look at me. C'mon, what's wrong?" He questioned her again. "We both know I'm not going any where till you tell me what happened".

She sighed. If she told Percy about Luke, who knows what he might do. Percy tended to be a tad bit over protective of his friends. Especially Annabeth.

As much as she hated Luke right now, Percy might get hurt or in trouble and that's all that worried her. He would act a little too harshly. So she quickly mad something up.

"I was just remembering the times when my parents used to be together. You know, the good ol' days" she sniffled to make it sound more convincing.

He almost believed her, but one look at her big grey eyes and he knew she was lying. "There's something else" he said. She marvelled at how amazingly he could read her. She was about o deny it, but instead gave in cuz she knew she could never win with Percy.

"I saw Luke cheating on me with some girl, I think her name is Stacy, behind the school today and i can't believe it because i thought he liked me the way I liked him and now I dot know to confront him or what to do but Percy please don't over react."

Annabeth said everything so quickly it would have been hard to understand her, had it been anyone else. But this was Percy and was not 'anyone else'.

His fists clenched, and his eyes narrowed. Annabeth could've sworn she saw them turn into slits. His breathing got ever so slightly ragged, and he took deep breaths to calm himself.

"I swear if I see that little..." He began but Annabeth cut him off with a sharp 'language!'. "Just wait till I get my hands on the son of..." "Okay Percy, enough" she said.

He stopped his little rant to look at her. "You deserve so much better than him" he said. "Who needs boyfriends like Luke when I've got my best friend " she replied.

Percy held out his arms, and Annabeth readily responded by letting them engulf her in their warmth. In Percy's arms, Annabeth felt all fuzzy and happy. She felt like home.

Percy nuzzled her head and she relaxed into him. She wished Luke could be like this, but Luke was Luke. She had always thought they had some thing. Something real. Apparently these feelings were one sided.

The next day at school, Annabeth couldn't believe Luke have the nerve to come to her with a, fake, smile and put his arm around her. She glared at him and shrugged his arm off.

He looked at her in shock. "What was that about?" He asked. Annabeth couldn't believe him and was getting angrier by the second. As if on cure, she saw Stacy the biscuit pass by and send a not-so-subtle flirty wave in Luke's direction.

She really wished Percy would come to rescue her. Scratch that, no she didn't. If Percy walked in right now and unleashed his wrath, Luke would be no more. She took a deep breath and smiled at her 'boyfriend' with fake sweetness.

"Oh nothing much, Luke. Yesterday, I just found out that my boyfriend has been cheating on me for God knows how long with some cheerleader. No biggie. How was your day".

He stared in bewilderment a moment, then spoke. "Look, Annabeth, what you saw, it was nothing. It was a mistake and..."

She cut him off. "I want to believe you, I really do. But from what I saw, you seemed to be really into it. I want you to be happy. I haven't been a very good girlfriend lately, and understand that you want more time and attention from me. Something I haven't been generous in giving"

Her eyes watered slightly, but she shook it off. "I know it's partly because I'm always with Percy. But if Stacy can give you that time, then I'm gonna make sure you be with her and be happy. You deserve better than me. I get why you did what you did".

With that, she shouldered her bag and left, just wanting to be away from everyone. Luke was shocked at how Annabeth took everything. She was the one who deserved better, but hey, he thought, you couldn't blame him for being insanely jealous.

When Annabeth said she wanted to be alone, of course Percy was an exception. He didn't count as 'anyone else.' He was a special matter. When she thought of him, she thought of him as her other half. The one that made her whole.

Needless to say, Percy approached Annabeth a little while later with a bruised fist and a ski slightly bloody lip. Annabeth saw him and rushed to his side with an ice pack. "You didn't" she groaned, placing it on his hand gently.

"I did" he grinned back. "C'mon, wise girl. You didn't seriously think I would let him go off just like that after hurting the most important person in my life. After mom".

Annabeth's heart swelled when he said this. "Stupid seaweed brain. Look, now you've gotten yourself bruised because of me. This is exactly what I told you not to do"

If you haven't caught up to us yet, Percy taught Luke a lesson. And it wasn't just a verbal one. And by that, I mean it was a fight.

"Well then" Percy replied. "You should know that I don't listen to people's instructions. And I care way to much about you to let anyone hurt you. Remember that."

With that, he opened his arms and Annabeth collapsed into them. "Seeing you like this makes me so glad I taught that b..." Annabeth nudged him before he could say anything T rated cuz this story isn't exactly.

"...taught that biscuit a lesson." Percy continued. Annabeth laughed at her best friend's slip up and how he 'ingeniously' covered it. Percy smiled really wide. He'd gotten Annabeth to laugh, and that's all that mattered.