Annabeth's POV
I hated crying, it made me feel weak, well it wasn't so much the crying as it was the need to lean on others . I hate dumping my burden on other people, its mine to deal with . Its different with Percy though, I never fell the need to be more than I am . I have no problem sharing some of my burden with him . He will always be there for me and vice versa .
Percy always told me that it didn't make me weak, if anything my pain made me stronger, that I agree with I wouldn't be who I am if I hadn't gone though everything that I have . He is always so supportive, reassuring me, helping me, always telling me that I'm better than I actually am . I rested my head on the table, after I calmed down Percy had brought me into the kitchen, right now he is making me grilled cheese .
He's so sweet, so loving, he's so good with the younger campers, patient and kind . I shouldn't think about the younger campers that makes me think of Amy . I don't see now we can save her, I hear a plate slide next to my head .
I don't want to look up, I feel the chair next to me shift, then his hand is rubbing my back . "Wise girl" he said softly "you need to eat" his deep voice was calm and soothing . I let out a breath I hadn't realized I was holding .
I glanced up, in front of me was a plate pilled high with grilled cheese and to tall glasses filled to almost the brim with chocolate milk . The tinniest of smiles wormed its way onto my face, he knew exactly what I wanted .
I sat up and grabbed a sandwich and took a bite, warmth and flavor flooded my mouth, he smiled and took one as well . "Perfect" I said after swallowing, he turned in his chair to face me and frowned as if confused, "aren't I always" he said .
Smiling I gently smacked him on the back of his head, "and humble to" I said mockingly . He took my hand and put it over his heart, I felt it beating, it was always a comfort to feel that . Feel that he is still hear, alive with me, "your to kind" he said with a terrible British accent . I laughed, he lost his poker face and smiled like he had won some sort of game, then I realized that he had, he wanted to make me smile and laugh .
The thought was so sweet and so like him that I wanted to cry again, witch was so unlike me . This whole thing with Amy is getting to me, but I can worry about that latter, right now a certain green eyed boy deserves a reward, I leaned forward closing the distance between us and kissed him .
Sadie's POV
I knew this was coming, right now I am in Carters room getting the scolding of a lifetime . He's (he being Carter) bean going on for over twenty minutes about my stupidity . How it was dangers to go on the bridge, but when I told him that I had bean in Manhattan, all hell broke lose .
He's stopped talking now, he's just pacing the room . Finally, after a long (very) awkward silence I sighed, "brother dear" I said exasperatedly . "I know that your quite aggravated right now, but we need to do something, you have to help me find them" I pleaded . "We cant just sit hear and wait", he stopped pacing and glared at me . I cant even tell you how mad I am right now, and half of it is because your right .
"Carter" I say indigenously, "you say that as if that isn't the case every time I open my mouth" .
Zia's POV
I am getting tired of Carter ignoring me, I've hardly seen him the past three days and quite frankly I'm angry . Every time I try to talk to him or suggest that we go out to eat or see a movie, he makes an excuse . I'm starting to think that I've done something wrong, I have never bean in a relationship before . And I'm always afraid that I'll ruin it, its like weaving a complicated pattern . I want to do it, but at the same time I am afraid to mess up in the middle and waist all the time and energy I've spent on it .
I set down the book I was attempting to read, I love reading so when I feel mad, upset or dejected I come to the library . Though today its not making me feel any better, sighing I put the book back on the shelf . I had grabbed it without even looking to see what it was about, I read the tidal as I slipped it back into place . "The World Of The Ancient Greeks" that's weird .
I didn't think that we had any books on Greeks hear, just as I was about to pull it back out Carter ran into the library with Sadie hot on his heels .
Percy's POV
I have become desperate, its bean three days since the attack and Amy is only getting worse . Annabeth and I are in central park headed toward the underworld . We just came from Olympus, we had asked all the gods for the cure . But none of them know were it is, they remember it being a blood red pant with circular leaves but that's pretty much it . Though when we asked Athena she pointed us to the underworld .
"it is in the realm of Hades and Death" was the only helpful thing she had to tell us . Annabeth had bean quite all day, she was probably thinking about how she was going to persuade Hades into giving us what we wanted . Though after everything we've done for the gods, I'm pretty shore he'll just give it to us .
We stopped at a large pile of rocks by the trail, and Annabeth sighed . "You aren't going to sing are you" she asked me, though she already knew the answer . "Not unless I have to, but even then, no" . She rolled her eyes and took a deep breath, she sang the chores from "My Immortal" by Evenesance .
I love to hear her sing, her voice is the most beautiful thing that I have ever heard, even more beautiful that Calypso's . That sounds really cheesy but its true .
When she finished the rocks rumbled, there was a loud CRACK! and the largest one split down the middle . I smiled, remembering my first quest, I had gone to the underworld with Annabeth and Grover . We were all scared out of our minds and we all thought that going there would be the most dangerous thing we would ever do .
Now its no big deal, Annabeth was smiling as well, she must be thinking the same thing . I took her hand, "hear we go again" I said, as we headed into the tunnel .
