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Chapter 8: Dodge Ball, Tears, And Surprises

Percy POV

I have been down all day. The dodge ball game got me a bit cheered up though. The singing thing, although jocks found it un-cool, was going to be lots of fun. I can already hear the things I could sing to the other team. I looked around and realized that Annabeth was on the other team. This was going to be fun.

When the game started you could hear singing, balls falling, and people groaning as the balls made contact with their skin. I threw a ball at Annabeth making her my most important target. I sang: "Hit me with your best shot! Fire away!"

I smirked at my choice of song. Annabeth ducked and then threw the same ball back: "Stop talking bout Blah! Blah! Blah! You think you be getting this? Nah! Nah! Nah!"

I had to laugh as I ducked. She did not sound good singing Ke$ha. The ball was lost to some other person and I continued ducking and singing whenever I threw. I almost always found my target.

I heard Travis Stoll singing the Macarena: "Dale alegria a tu querpo macarena, que tu querpo te da alegria y cosa Buena, Dale alegria a tu cuerpo macarena, eh Macarena!", and Conner was singing: "You know I want ya, I know you want me, you know I want you, un, dos, tres, quarto!" I also heard Nico sing: "Off, off, off with your head, Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead, Off, off, off with your head, Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead!"

I heard Clarisse sing So What by P!nk: "I wanna get in trouble, I wanna start a fight, na na na na na na na I wanna start a fight, na na na na na na na I wanna start a fight!" and I think I heard some kid sing a bit from Sweet Home Alabama. LOL…. I might of gotten hit because I was laughing so hard but the thing was everyone else was laughing too. Drew even sang this: "I'm a barbie girl, in the barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic! you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere, Imagination, life is your creation!" that was just too funny. Leo tried to hit Jason with a ball but failed: "Don't feel like picking up my phone, So leave a message at the tone, 'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything, nothin at all!"

Annabeth got the ball again and targeted me: "Don't wanna break your heart, wanna give your heart a break! I know you scared it's wrong, like your gonna make a mistake."

I decided to return the favor. After I ducked I threw another ball right back at her:"I got the moves like Jagger, I got the moves like Jagger, I got the mooooooooooooves like Jagger!" she laughed.

She jumped to the left and got the ball again: "Your stare was holdin, ripped jeans, skin was showin, hot night, wind was blowin, where you think you goin' Baby?" I dived towards the floor so the ball wouldn't hit me.

By now there were only 5 left on my team and 4 on hers. Luke, Nico and Rachel were on her team and Thalia, Katie, Conner, and Clarisse were on mine. Clarisse managed to get Rachel out, and I 'accidently' managed to get Luke out by hitting him so hard in the head he feinted. It was fun to watch.

Thalia threw a ball at Nico and sang a bit of the Disturbia song. He got out. Thalia laughed and when she was distracted. Annabeth hit her on the leg: "We are the champions, no time for losers cause we are the champions…of the world!"

Katie got Clarisse out right after Clarisse threw the ball that hit Conner: "I don't wanna be a chicken. I don't wanna be a duck. So I shake my butt. na na na na na na na na na na na na I don't wanna be a chicken i don't wanna be a duck so I shake my butt." Then she threw a ball at Annabeth and sang the following: "Annabeth and Percy sittin in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" this distracted Annabeth so much that the only reason she isn't out is because Katie had bad aim and directed it straight into her hands. Since Annabeth caught it, Katie was out. I blushed along with Annabeth. The people already out teased.

Then Annabeth came to her senses and threw one at me hard: "I, I love you like a love song baby, I, I love you like a love song baby, and I keep hittin repeat-peat-peat-peat!"

Her choice of song caught me so off guard that it almost hit me in my belly. Before it could though, I caught it with my finger tips. I crouched down so that it looked like it hit me in the stomach. I pretended to be in pain and when Annabeth went closer to the line, I stood up smirking. The look on Annabeth's face screamed bloody murder. Just when she was about to come over there and punch me, the bell rang. I dropped the ball and went to the locker room before a certain blonde could get closer.

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Annabeth POV

I was a sore loser. We were home doing homework together. Percy had gotten back to normal after the game and although I was mad at him for winning, I was glad he was okay.

My phone rang from my room, we were in his. I told him to wait and went to answer.

"Hello? Who is this?" I said.

"Hi? Is this Annabeth Chase, friend of Selena Bauregard?(I am sorry, don't know how to spell her last name!)" a lady asked.

"Yeah, why?" I said. The woan seemed to be hesitant like what she was about to do wouldn't be nice.

"Well, sweetheart, your friend, well, she passed on…" the lady said sadly. I just stood there, this must be a mistake.

"What do you mean she passed on? I talked to her two days ago!" I demanded my anger and grief getting the best of me.

"She was found in an alleyway… she was, abused to death…" the lady said. I gasped…

"By whom? Have they caught the person?!" I felt a tear trail down my face.

"Yes, but his identity is to be kept secret. I am sorry for your loss. I must go now, I'm sorry."

With that she hanged up. I walked from my room to Percy's, phone still in hand by my side, face wet with soundless salty tears, my eyes glazed over with shock, and grief. Percy saw me and stood up, walking towards me. He didn't ask anything, he didn't even talk, he just opened his arms and I stepped into them, letting their warmth embrace me.

I don't know how long we stood there, my phone still in my hand, my silent tears still ruining Percy's shirt, my body shacking involuntarily. She had been the only friend other than Reyna, that was there for me. What would I do?

Eventually the sobs came and Percy lied me down on his bed while I kept him close to me. I wonder if he had done this with Thalia, her mom died after all. And it's not like he hasn't experienced a loved one's death before. What I appreciated the most, though, was that he didn't talk, or ask, or force me to tell him what happened. Eventually, I will have to but until then, I will enjoy Percy's arms and try to relieve some of the pain.

Selena's last request of me was to make Percy Jackson mine, and I was determined to honor it.

Nobody's POV

Percy was sad. He relived buried memories as Annabeth cried into his arms. All the times that tough, tough, Thalia broke down. All the times Calypso, his first girlfriend had cried into his arms because of her mother's and dad's death. She ended up living with her aunt and was forced to move to Australia. They hadn't talked ever since.

Percy knew that the reason Annabeth was crying was because of death, but he didn't know whom's. he didn't want to ask though. He learned how to comfort people from comforting them most of his teenage life. Thalia, Calypso, sometimes my mom and Coral, and now Annabeth. Thing was, if you care for everyone else's problems, you barely get any comfort yourself. And Percy knew this.

When Sally, Coral, Zack, and Paul got home from the supermarket, which they had gone to as soon as Coral finished her homework, Sally came upstairs to get the two teens. She had bought something they would like and wanted them to try it. She knocked on Percy's door. No response. She peeked her head in. Annabeth was crying in Percy's embrace. Percy looked up and saw me.

Someone died, he mouthed. His eyes had pain in them.

Okay, Sally mouthed back and closed the door. Later she would talk to her, for now she needs comfort, that's all.

As she went downstairs to tell Paul the problem, the phone rang. Sally answered.

"Hello? Who is this?" she asked.

"Oh, hello ma'm. Is this Sally Blofis?" a man asked. Sally replied with a yes.

"We were calling to let you know that you and your family have won an all expense paid camping trip in Virginia. It will only work this weekend. You are allowed to bring five other people and camping equipment is necessary. Anything you do not have shall be given to you." The man said. Sally remembered Paul saying something about a free camping trip. Well, it will be the perfect chance to bond and there is nothing wrong with camping, especially if it's free.

There it is! Tell me if you like it! And this one is also 100 words less than I usually write but hey lots of stuff happened. I made you laugh, I made you cry, and I made you say "Camping here we come!"

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