Her Green Eyes – Thaliabeth

Chapter 7-

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Thalia was in Percy's home and it bothered Annabeth for reasons she didn't know. Their secretiveness was the worst part, she had thought she were close enough to the both to be able to know the important things, it soon came to doubt her mind that maybe she wasn't as important as she had hoped. Thalia left as she walked inside, "I was too cold to her" she thought, but the worry was that Percy would notice something had happened between them. Annabeth sat down and realised the room smelt of Thalia, it felt soothing yet awkward to have her scent in Percy's home. "What's up Annabeth? Did you need something?" he asked, Annabeth completely forgot what she came here for, after seeing Thalia there it had side-tracked her. "Oh, I was just wondering if you wanted to get a little practice in today? I feel the need to exert some energy." She replied woodenly, Percy could almost see through her tone but didn't dare push. He smiled "possibly later". He sat down next to her, she inched away a little but barely noticeable for Percy to see. "Sure. So, what were you two talking about?" Annabeth was curious and couldn't shake the feeling that was growing inside her, secrets? Never, not with Percy anyway. He progressed to reminding her about the Prophecy that Delphi had told him, and how now that Thalia was around that it could mean she was who they spoke of. Annabeth shook her head "look, she may be clumsy and sarcastic at times, but that's not Thalia, she wouldn't hurt anyone." Positive in what she said, Percy picked up his pen and clicked it releasing the sword within "so you're saying I could potentially destroy Olympus?" his voice sounded hurt. Annabeth took his hand holding the sword as he gazed at it "not at all, I don't think there's a bad bone in your body Percy". He clicked the sword back and held onto Annabeth's hand, turning to look at her. "Annabeth, there's something I wanted to tell you once we got home from the last mission, it's sort of been sitting in my mind.." he looked down at his hand holding onto hers, "oh gods please don't, not now!". She began to tremble a little, but as Percy lifted his head his deep blue eyes locked onto hers and she didn't know where to look. "we've been through so much together, and you're so strong and compassionate, I may be a simple guy at times but I'd travel to Hades and back for you Annabeth. What I'm trying to say is.. I love you". There it was, those 3 words she was dreading to hear, but it didn't make her feel sick inside. Annabeth stood up and let go of his hands, she looked lost and confused "I-I'm sorry, I need to go and think about all of this, I'm so sorry Percy", she got up and headed out the door. Percy ran after her and grabbed her hand "It's okay to be nervous, and if you need time to think about this then I completely understand, I'm sorry for throwing this on you so suddenly" Annabeth looked around feeling the need to run away, but her feet were stuck. Instead she panicked, turned to Percy and kissed him, he kissed back passionately with glowing red cheeks. His heart was pounding against her chest and she could feel it, but not long after a loud roar came from the mountains and lightning struck down on a few trees in the forest, was Zeus mad at Annabeth for dishonouring his daughter's feelings?

Annabeth ran back to her cabin and jumped onto her bed, smothering her head into her pillows where tears had burst out of her eyes. She hadn't meant to kiss Percy but there was so much confusion and panic at the time it forced her lips onto his, did she like it? Who's to say. She didn't feel odd about kissing him like she did the first time, were feelings developing? She shook her head and though about Thalia, "oh, Thalia I'm so sorry, I'm so so sorry" she let out a whimper and cried even more into her pillows. Inside she felt a feeling of betrayal, that night with Thalia had meant so much to her and now her lovers father is angry. She got up and stood on the balcony, "Thalia, if you can hear me, I'm sorry, I panicked and didn't know what to do" she looked up to the cloudy sky, there were no more strikes of lightning and the thunder had stopped. She fell back onto her bed, curling up into a foetal position while clenching her heart, minutes later she fell asleep from exhaustion.

The next day she awoke and found Thalia sitting on her couch, she rubbed her eyes thinking it was a dream but alas it wasn't and soon she felt very small. "T-Thalia, good morning" she said as she sat up, realising she was still in yesterday's clothes. Thalia didn't make a sound, nor did she turn to look at Annabeth, she simply sat there silently looking at her lap. Annabeth walked over to Thalia steadily, "can I make you a drink?" she said quietly, again no reply. Soon she walked around the couch and looked down at Thalia, noticing drips of water on her hands and jeans, "Thalia? What is it?" a horrid pain struck Annabeth's chest; she knew and it was killing her. Thalia looked up at Annabeth, her eyes weren't green anymore but almost a dark grey, they were wet and red, the worst part was that she could see the pain set deep in her eyes. "I'm sorry Annabeth" Thalia's voice slipped almost, like she was ready to break, "I let things happen between me and you, when all along you were in love with Percy". Annabeth's jaw dropped but no words came out, of course she knew, that lightning was her pain. Thalia stood up and handed her a bracelet, it was one that her, Luke and Annabeth all had from when they were kids, "but I can't be around here, and watch you and him when I.. I lo.." Annabeth wanted to hear those 3 words from her, more than ever, but she couldn't spit them out. Instead, the strongest girl Annabeth had ever known, the girl who had willingly died for the safety of her friends and future half-bloods, the girl that taught her all she had known, broke down in front of her and ran away.

After that morning, no one had heard from her for days. Soon, days became weeks, weeks became months and yet still no Thalia. Annabeth searched and searched for her to never find her, not even a clue. The bracelet she returned stayed closely on Annabeth's wrist, every now and then she would go to Thalia's cabin and lay on her bed, taking in what she could of Thalia's scent. Percy helped in what he could, but he knew he could never repair the broken heart Annabeth held. Soon the seasons changed and winter came around. Everyone had been preparing themselves for the cold, but no one had prepared themselves for what was to come, and who was to come with it.

Thanks for reading Her Green Eyes Chapter 7! Shits getting real and I can't even contain myself. Keep a look out for the next chapters to come where a lot more adventure comes into it!