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Percy stood up looking pale. "Rachel we were just—I was—It's not what you think we were—I-"
I know I should've felt really bad, but honestly, I was ticked off. SHE. RUINED. THE. BEAUTIFUL. MOMENT!
I noticed someone was behind Rachel. She had black hair, and dark brown eyes. I took a closer look, and the one thing that racked my brain at that moment was: SILENA?
Rachel's lip was trembling, and she looked on the verge of tears. The bad side of me thought, 'Serves her right. She STOLE MY MAN! Gods, she's being so over-dramatic. It's not like we were ACTUALLY kissing.'
But the good side of me thought, 'Percy IS her boyfriend, and no girl deserves to be cheated on. Oh my gods, I feel SOOOOOOO guilty.'
Percy tried to explain himself, but looked so nervous I felt bad for him. "Rachel its not - We were just - It's not what you think!"
She shook her head making her auburn curls swish back and forth. "You - You cheated on me! W - With h - HER!"
Percy turned towards me with a look of guilt. I honestly don't see what the big deal is here. I mean, it's not like we were actually GONNA kiss.
Well...on second thought...nevermind.
Percy was muttering soft things in her ear. He had his hands on her wrists, and was trying to comfort her, much to my displeasure. Rachel had her head in her hands, and kept shaking her her back and forth like she couldn't believe this was happening.
Honestly, I couldn't believe this was happening either. I mean, ME, Annabeth Chase, caught 'making out' with PERCY JACKSON, savior of Olympus and the rest of the world?
Never in my life would I have thought that I would be stuck in such an awkward position.
I kicked the sand casually and took a great interest in my sneakers. They were converse and were a pretty shade purple.
Silena walked up behind me and whispered. "Sorry. I thought you guys were in the sword arena, and the beach is farthest away from that. It's all my fault."
I patted her shoulder. "It's okay. We weren't doing that much anyway."
She stared at me for a moment, then scoffed. "That's the understatement of the year."
I instantly felt guilty again.
I walked up to Rachel and mumbled, "Sorry for kissing your boyfriend behind your back."
She looked up at me through her hands. I could she the redness in her eyes. She looked sincerely heartbroken. I knew I was going to regret this later, but I just had to do it. I couldn't stand to see her that depressed, even if she DID tick me off sometimes...
"Rachel, I promise to stay as far away from Percy as possible. It was MY fault. I'M the one who talked him into kissing me. Don't hate Percy for something I did." I took a deep breath. "I can now see you two really love each other, and I promise not to interfere. In fact, I swear on the river Styx I won't interfere with Percy and Rachel's relationship."
Thunder boomed ahead. My words echoed inside my, now regretful, brain. I can see you two really love each other, and I promise not to interfere.
Oh, man. That wounded me. I felt that one.
Percy looked at me absolutely astonished, but I saw flecks of disappointment in his eyes. Silena looked angry. Why the heck is she angry?
Rachel shook her head. "No. Don't say that to me. I - I understand. I can always find someone else." She sniffled. Aww. That's so nice of her!
"Rachel, I'm staying away, and there's nothing you can do about it. I don't want to interfere with you and Percy's relationship."
"Annabeth - " She started but I cut her off.
"Rachel, really. It's fine. I've got other friends besides Percy. I'm a big girl, and I can handle it."
RIGHT. IN. THE. SOUL!
For the first time in her life, Rachel smiled at me. Not one of those fake ones she usually gives me, but a real, actual smile. I had to smile back.
"Thanks, Annabeth." She sniffled again. "But are you sure? I mean, I don't want you to completely IGNORE Percy."
That's kind of the whole idea...
"I'm sure Rachel. And your welcome."
It was the first time in my life I had actually felt a softer side for Rachel. Funny. I guess seeing her all heartbroken reminded me of myself when Luke had left. I felt so miserable Like everything that I had put my trust in had disappeared. The only thing I could really trust was Percy. He'd always come through. I fund that out this year, and now I was going to be away from him...for like, the rest of the summer. WHAT DID I JUST DO?
Percy smiled at me. It wasn't a happy smile, it was a sympathetic smile. "Well...I'll see you around camp."
I nodded. "Yup."
Percy and Rachel walked away hand in hand, laughing as they went. The thing that hurt the most? Percy didn't look back. Not once.
I sighed and tried to blink the tears out of my eyes. Silena on the other hand was whimpering like a chihuahua. "Please, please, PLEASE tell me you did NOT just do that!"
I looked at her with tears in my eyes. "I think I just did."
She shook her head and placed an arm around me. "It's okay, Annabeth. Things will work out. I know it."
Suddenly, there was a bright pink light. Then the voice came, "ANNABETH CHASE! YOU JUST RUINED PLAN PERCABETH!"
Oh just fantastic. Aphrodite. She was looking furious. Aphrodite looked beautiful, as usual, but this time she was carrying a pink staff around with her.
The only thing I could think to say was, "Um...plan what?"
"Percabeth. It's you and Percy's names put together." She said clearly annoyed.
"Oh...well I - " I started, but the next thing I knew she bonked me in the head with the neon pink staff.
"WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF?"
"Ow?"
Silena stepped in. "Mother, Annabeth only did it to protect Percy's heart. If she didn't, then Rachel would've broken up with him, and Percy would've been heartbroken!"
The goddess turned on Silena, "THAT'S THE PERFECT TIME TO STEP IN! IT'S LIKE NATURE! YOU DON'T GO FOR THE HEALTHY AND STRONG ONES! YOU GO FOR THE SICK AND WEAK ONES! HOW COULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN?"
I raised my hand. "Um, I sort of did this."
She pointed her staff at me. "I. Am. Aware."
Silena started back up again, "Mother, things are going to work out because - "
Aphrodite cut her off. "We will talk about this later!"
With that, there was a bright beam of light, and the the goddess of love was gone.
Silena collapsed onto the sand and put her head in her hands. "Fantastic. Now she's gonna hate me."
I blinked. "Silena, she's the goddess of love. I don't think she's capable of 'hating'."
I saw her black mess of hair nod up and down. "You have a point. Come on, it's almost dinner time. Chiron might come looking for us."
I helped her up, and together we headed down to the dinning hall. I thought things were going to start getting better, but, boy, did I think wrong.
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