Chapter Ten.

Sorry for the crappy ending last chapter, I wasn't too sure how else to cut it off. Anyways, here's chapter ten! Hope you guys like it!

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Hi, sorry I should of said that earlier. This is a mortal AU. There are no Gods or Godesses or Demigods or anything. This is a mortal AU :)

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P.S. Time skip three days. Six days until Sally's life support will be shut off.

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Annabeth was extremely worried about Percy. Since that day at the hospital, she had been keeping a special eye on him in case he fainted again. And to calm the nerves that started running around her body whenever she thought about him.

Seeing where he lived and hearing about his past didn't help much. She knew that not many people were as lucky as her financially and most people had suffered horrid accidents that damaged people in their families but Annabeth could think of so many awful people who deserved that.

Just not Percy. Never Percy.

Also, the fact that he was so secretive annoyed her more than anything. She thought of many possibilities, but Annabeth wanted the truth. So, she started to follow him.

Not in a stalker way, just as someone who was deeply concerned for him. She had been following Percy for a day and a half and it was not an easy job. He always looked around, like he was used to being watched.

She felt like an undercover spy and if she was being honest, Annabeth loved the thrill that went through her. What she had noticed was that he flinched whenever someone spoke too loudly, he would cower whenever someone moved too quickly and he always had bruises that were badly concealed with make up.

Yes, there were plenty of explanations for it. Just none that Annabeth could think of. So, she asked him. "Percy?" She tapped him on the shoulder. He spun around.

"Damn, wise girl," He laughed. "You scared me!"

She smiled at him, "So, I haven't really spoken to you lately, everything OK?" What Annabeth really wanted to ask was, 'How's your Mum? Are you still freaking out about it? What are you hiding? What's going on in that head of yours?'

Percy looked at her strangely, his eye brows knitting together in confusion, "Why wouldn't it be?"

Annabeth was vaguely aware that the way she was talking to him could come off as flirting if someone were to eavesdrop on their conversation, she felt a blush cover her cheeks at the thought. She turned her gaze to the floor and bit her lip, mentally scolding herself.

"Don't know." She shrugged and thought for a moment. What else could she say to him? "What class do you have now?"

Percy, too, shrugged with his right shoulder, "Um... English. Worst lesson in the history of worst lessons."

"Why?" Annabeth laughed.

"Hmm, let me think. I'm ADHD and dyslexic. The teacher hates my guts and if I move once, I get sent out." He explained and opened his locker to grab his books. "What about you?"

Annabeth gave a small smile, "Free. I'm going to the library to do some more research on the essay."

"How much research do you need to do?"

"Well, I am a wise girl. Am I not?" She joked.

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WARNING:

THIS PART CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND MENTIONS OF ABUSE. DO NOT READ AHEAD IF ANY OF THIS TRIGGERS YOU.

Percy was nervous. He had a feeling that Annabeth knew something but he wasn't sure what. He had guarded his secret with all that he had and if someone could find out, if anyone could find out. It would be Annabeth Chase.

Opening the door, Percy froze. Sitting around a small poker table was all of Gabe's friends. The teen felt his breath shorten. "We've been waiting for you, you little bastard."

The scars on his back and memories in his mind were still there from last time this had happened. "Please," Percy whispered. He knew that he was being a coward but having seven older, bigger men beat you was scary.

There was beer bottles everywhere, Gabe took a long swig from the one in his hand. "Don't be such a pussy." The man on his step fathers left stood up and stalked slowly towards Percy. He raised his fist and punched the boy in the jaw.

Percy's jaw was throbbing and he knew that there'd be one hell of a bruise to cover up in the morning. The next thing that he knew, Percy was shirtless and bound to his bed, face down.

Moving his shoulder like that stung like a bitch but that wasn't important and the fear that wrapped itself around his heart drowned out the pain. "This is for every single thing you have ever done."

Suddenly, something sharp and cold touched the skin on his back. It was a knife. Percy felt them drag the blade across, puncturing his skin deep enough for hot blood to leak out of his veins.

Yellow and black spots fluttered into his vision but Percy pushed them away. He wouldn't give them the satisfactory of passing out. "Stupid." Gabe whispered and wrote it into his back with the knife. "Worthless."

More blood poured out of the cuts as they wrote. Every single one of them had a knife and all of them were writing what they thought of Percy on his back. The wounds would scar, the words would remain on his back for months. Perhaps even years. Perhaps for the remainder of his life.

Finally, Gabe said five words and carved them into his back. Four words that made Percy scream. "Percy Jackson killed his Mother."

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Annabeth had been trying to get an hold of Percy for the past hour. She wanted to schedule another day to work on their project. She was panicking because they hadn't even started planning it out. All they had done was research.

All night, Annabeth had been receiving texts from Piper McLean. The two had become quite close since the ride to the hospital and Piper was smart so she was in most of Annabeth's classes.

Her phone pinged, she sighed and checked her messages. Do you think he likes me?

Annabeth wasn't an idiot. She knew Piper had a crush on Jason and that was also one of the reasons why she wanted to get in touch with Percy. To ask if Jason felt the same way. Annabeth replied to Piper and fell face first into her mass of blankets and closed her eyes.

Maybe it was the fact that she was over tired, it was causing her brain to be stupid and over think everything. But there were two things that she knew about Percy Jackson.

One, he was hiding something. Two, Annabeth had such strong feelings for him, it was frightening.