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Percy pov
Me and Thalia just sat there, and I could feel the time just ticking by.
Tick-Tock-Tick-Tock-Tic-
Ugh... I couldn't concentrate. Stupid ADHD! Thalia just sat there in her seat, obviously in deep thought... Not something I'd want to interrupt. My thoughts were interrupted by a normal stewardess coming by.
"Hello. Could I get you two something to drink?" Her voice sent chills down my spine and I shuddered at her. Her smile didn't go away from her face, even as I visibly shuddered, and it looked like she had painted it on.
"A mountain dew please?" Thalia asked the woman in annoyance.
"Just a water." I said, amazed that Thalia had asked, and I didn't have to ask for her.
"That'll just be a moment," said the woman, her smile still on her face. She dissapeared, leaving behind that damned uncomfortable silence.
"So what have you been thinking about Pine-cone face? You've just been sitting here doing nothing so far."
"I don't see you doing anything better, Seaweed brain!" Oh great, we're back to that game. And I thought we had made progress. Her look of annoyance shifted to the stewardess as she returned with our drinks. She handed them to us, still smiling even though Thalia was glaring holes in her. She scampered away to take someone else's drinks and I smiled.
The glare was shifted to me as Thalia asked, "What are you so happy about?"
"That you got rid of her. She creeped me out." I started playing with my water, and we lapsed into a more comfortable silence. I started forming water into shapes. First a drew it out of the cup and it formed a mini heart in my hand. I started playing with it, moving the water around in it to make it look like blood pumping.
Thalia noticed and watched it move around for a few. After another minute or so, there was a loud buzzing sound and Thalia's pocket started shaking. She pulled out what looked like a cell phone but was actually an email thingy that could communicate between two people in a text. She looked panicked as she read who it was from, and started pulling it out of my reach slowly.
"Who is it, Thals?" I asked, concerned. The water was still floating in my palm, and I felt totally confused as to what was wrong with her.
"I don't think I should say- Percy!" I grabbed the phone from her hand and read the message
Thalia, what happened? Are you and Percy ok?
I'm worried about you, Thals.
Oh. Gotta go.
Matt wants me to go to the creek with him.
Text back soon.
-Annabeth
My heart ached as I read this message, and I tossed the phone to Thalia. Apparently she had been looking at the heart I had made... I could see why. It looked like an arrow had pierced it, and it was squirting water out of its arteries.
The phone landed in her lap, and she looked over at me. "I'm sorry, Percy. I didn't want you to see that message-"
"It's ok Thalia. Really it is." I saw the disbieliving look on her face and decided to just go to sleep. It was 8 o'clock anyway. I layed back in my sleep and let the water drop back in the cup. The lights dimmed on the plane and I felt Thalia lay back next to me for a moment, then her head dropped on my shoulder.
So beautiful, I thought to myself, looking at her, and falling in a deep sleep.
Thalia pov
"Wow he's so adorable when he snores", I thought to myself as I watched Pecry fall asleep.
Thalia, you do not use the word adorabe on men, much less Percy! He's your cousin for Zeus's sake! And need I remind you that you are a hunter! Hmmmm?
Damn logic. It was always so... logical.
I just sat there, my body feeling so right when I was next to him. I let the feeling overcome me, and thought about what all Annabeth had done to Percy.
I can't believe she got rid of the man who had given up immortality for her. She was probably the only reason that he turned down Godhood. And if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here; I'd be dead. I still can't believe she got rid of him, just like that. For some dumb Apollo kid. I still remember when we found him...
Flashback
I was walking along the edge of the beach shore, looking for Connor and Travis. They had apparently decided to paint the whole Zeus cabin canary yellow. It was not pretty.
I was getting ready to yell for them to come out when I heard an agonized scream. It sounded worse than the souls tortured in Tartarus. I ran as fast as I could towards it, but was stopped when I saw Percy curled up on the beach.
He looked horrible. His eyes were bloodshot, and he was rocking back and forth, curled in the fetal position. I ran up to him and was about to get him to the Big House, when I felt someone grab my arm.
"You might not want to do that. It's extremely important that he not be bothered." I turned around to see Poseidon, Percy's father, and God of the sea. He looked heartbroken at seeing his son like that.
"What happened, Lord Poseid-" I was cut off by another agonized scream from Percy.
"It's not my information to tell. You will have to ask him when he regains consciousness."
"Wait, he's not conscious? Then why are his eyes open and he's screaming?" He shifted uncomfortably from foot to foot, but stopped when Percy let out another scream. He looked at his son, fear in his eyes, and I was sure you could hear him on Olympus.
"The pain is too much for him to handle in his counsciousness. So, in other words, his brain shut down, and his body is reacting to the pain on a subconscious level." He said all this as Percy's screams turned to moans.
I turned to ask Poseidon another question, but he was gone. Instead he was replace by a few campers that were looking at Percy.
"If you're not gonna help than get the Hades out of here, " I snapped at them. They started leaving, except for two Apollo kids. I turned to them and told them to go set up a place for Percy at the infirmery.
I leaned down and picked Percy up, and slung him over my shoulders. His weight surprised me, and I staggered under it. I finally got my balance back, and ran as fast as I could to the big house and when we were almost there, I heard him let out a whimper and say, "No... Annabeth... please don't... NOOOOO!" The last word being a scream.
I set him up in the bed, and went down to get Annabeth. I knocked on her cabin door and her brother Malcolm answered. He looked grim, and I could hear a soft crying coming from inside. "Hello, Thalia. Is there anything I can do for you?"
"Can I see Annabeth please?"
He looked backwards to the inside of the cabin, and then walked out onto the porch and shut the door behind him. "Uhmm... Thalia... I don't think she should have any visitors right now. She said that she doesn't want anybody talking to her."
I was ready to tell him off, and say that she was practically my little sister, but decided to just give up on the whole thing. "Then have her come see me when she wants to talk."
He walked back into the cabin, and I walked back to the Big house, where I spent the next two days watching over Percy, making sure he ate, and feeding him ambrosia and nectar.
End of flashback
I could still see his face from then and I knew it would haunt me forever.
I sat there in my seat and hugged Percy closer to me, but then heard a noise, and looking up, I saw Aphrodite standing over me, a smile gracing her lips.
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