Chapter 9: movie or monopoly?

A/N: thank you so much guyz for the favs, followers… I had a major case of writers block and I apologize for the time delay.


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Annabeth POV

Friends, yeah we were just friends, nothing more. I smiled casually at Percy and walked out of his embrace and into the bathroom. I stared at myself in the mirror. My eyes were red and my lips were puffy.

I splashed water on my face and heard a knock on the door followed by, "you ok in there?"

"Yeah, just give me a few minutes," I called out.

The truth was I wasn't. This spider showing up brought back bad memories. I remembered my mother. I shook the memories off, took a deep breath and opened the door to reveal a worried Percy.

"Hey," I started.

"So, what happened? Bad memories?" he asked.

"Yeah, how'd you know?" I replied with a question.

"I could see it in your eyes." He replied quietly.

We stood there, my eyes staring into his. No Annabeth you are not gonna do this. A few uncomfortable moments passed and then Percy abruptly asked, "You wanna watch Jurassic World or play Monopoly?"

"How about Jurassic World?" I answered with a laugh.

I plopped down like a sack of potatoes on his couch. He went over to the DVD player and slipped the DVD in. The movie began. We were halfway through the movie when I heard a loud grumble from the left side. I looked over suspiciously and raised one eyebrow towards him.

"I'm hungry," he said.

He paused the movie and went to the kitchen. He opened up one of the top shelf cupboards and frowned while peering inside it. He grinned with joy and plucked it off. I walked over to the kitchen and stared at him, confused.

"Do you even know how to make pancakes?"

"Yeah I totally do. But, can you make it for me?" he asked.

I glared at him but snatched the box out of his hands, grabbed a bowl and asked him how many he wanted.

"Six!" he replied.

"SIX whole pancakes!" I exclaimed, my eyes wide.

"WHAT?! I am a growing boy." He said in response.

I face palmed and continued. I was just about to pour it onto the pan but he stopped me and added blue food coloring to it. I shook my head, man, he's one weird guy. I put the pancakes on the plate and brought it out to him.

"FINALLY! What took you so long?"

"I had to make six pancakes that's what."

He shrugged. He chomped down on the pancakes like a monster and they were gone in under 2 minutes. I shook my head silently.

"Lets not watch the movie…" he said.

"Great idea. So, what'd you wanna do then instead?" I paused and waited to see if he had any suggestions, seeing as he had none I said, "Let's just talk? If you want to of course…." I trailed off.

"Umm sure. So lets start with family"

"Okay, I live with my step-mom and dad. They also have 2 twin sons called Bobby and Matthew. You see, my mom passed away in a car crash when I was 7 years old." I paused and let a tear roll down, "we were very close." Then suddenly the bars surrounding the jail where all my tears were trapped broke off. It was like a waterfall down my face. I didn't know why I was telling him all this, no one knew except Thalia. He was just so easy to talk to. I looked up expecting to see him looking all sad, pitiful and worried for me, instead I was surprised by the look of understanding. He saw the confused look on my face and replied,

"My dad, he was the captain of a ship. One night he was on board when an enormous storm broke out. The ship was broken to pieces and everyone on it died. I know what it feels like to lose a parent."

I hugged him and a few seconds later he hugged me back.

"I think that's enough for tonight, don't you?" I said.

"Yeah I'm tired too." He replied.

I walked away to his room and greeted him goodnight. Before I left and shut the door he said, "You know I haven't told anyone that before. Not even Grover who's my best friend or Thalia or Nico who are my cousins. Everyone thinks he's on holiday."

"Guess what? I haven't told anyone except Thalia about my Mother either."

He smiled and went off to sleep.

I walked into his room and lay my head down and drifted off.

A/N: Hope you liked it. I promise I will make up for it in the next chapter. Read, review, share, follow etc. Thank you!