You know, having two angry demigods looming over you really puts things into perspective. I knew immediately that I made a huge mistake
"M-maybe he'll come back?" I ask hopefully. Piper shakes her head
"What part of ever again do you not understand!?" She exclaims. Annabeth has to hold her back from punching me straight in the face which I would deserve. Annabeth steps in front of her
"Now. Tell us exactly what happened" Annabeth says, her intense gray eyes baring into my soul. I gulp.
"So you know how you told me to go talk to him? Well I did, and I told him that I don't like him" I say. I chose to omit the whole argument for my own personal safety. Annabeth raises an eyebrow
"Oh? So Jason was just yelling at himself? Percy you both almost caused a storm. Now, I suggest that you tell us the full story before we have to…. Encourage it to come out" I did not want to know what that meant, so I chose to come clean
"Alright… I told him I didn't like him. He told me Piper told him otherwise so I may have accused him of making this all a big deal. Words were exchanged and it ended up that I may have told him we may not be able to be friends if he doesn't stop liking me.." As I mutter out the story, my voice gets quieter and quieter in hopes that they don't catch the final part. Spoiler alert, they do, and they do not look pleased.
"You did what!?" They both exclaim
"I'm sorry! I wasn't thinking clearly! I didn't mean it" I try to explain, but my efforts were futile
"It doesn't matter if you meant it or not. He's gone!" Piper says. I feel like absolute garbage, and I have no idea how to get myself out of this mess. I slump down on my bed in shame
"What do I do?" I whine. Annabeth is the smart one, she'll have a plan.
"I don't know… maybe try finding him and apologizing! That will be a good start" Annabeth says. See! She always has the right answer.
"Well while you two come up with a plan I'm going to go try to talk to my boyfriend" Piper says, she gives me one last glare before leaving me with just my angry girlfriend. Annabeth sighs and sits next to me on the bed
"Percy, be honest with me… do you actually have feelings for Jason?" She asks, her eyes staring deeply into mine. I can see the concern in her eyes. I think it's time for me to admit it. I mean, she has to know by now, and if she doesn't, she deserves to know. This isn't fair to her.
"Yes" I say, looking down at my lap. I feel her put a hand on my shoulder.
"There's nothing to be ashamed of you know that right?" She says. I look up to her and see that she's actually smiling a bit. I was expecting her to look hurt, so this came as a huge surprise.
"I know, I'm not ashamed" I say. She shakes her head
"I don't believe you" She says "If you were truly not ashamed, you wouldn't have caused that scene" I open my mouth to protest but she interrupts
"You went and blatantly lied to his face instead of facing the truth. You decided to run instead of face it, and don't tell me it's just because of me" She looks at me knowingly, and I can't argue with her. She's right as usual which makes me feel even worse.
"You're right… I am, and honestly I don't deserve you or Jason" I look down at my lap again, crossing my arms. After all that we've been through, I can't believe I ruined me and Jason's relationship over this. I feel so small and insignificant. I literally saved the world multiple times, but a boy is going to be the end of me. Who would have known?
"Don't say that! You do deserve us. I get it, you got scared of your feelings. We all have before, and you can fix this. You just have to figure out your feelings" She says, smiling reassuringly. I don't understand how she can be so calm during all this. Her boyfriend just admitted to liking someone else! I don't know what I would do if the tables were turned.
"Thanks wise girl… why are you so ok with this?" I ask
"Because you can't help your feelings, and I know you love me, and I know Jason would never do something to intentionally interfere with us" She says, scooting closer to me. "I'm your girlfriend and your best friend, it's my job to be here for you" She wraps an arm around me. I immediately feel better.
"I just hope that I can fix this" I say, resting my head on top of hers. I can feel her laugh a bit
"I am confident that you can. Now, I want to hear the story. When did you figure out that you liked him" She asks. I tense up a bit. I don't really want to have this conversation with my girlfriend, but it seems like I don't have much of a choice.
"Ummm… W-we were sparring, and I saw his happy trail, and it went all down hill from there" A blush creeps across my face when she bursts out laughing. She lets go of me and rolls over on her side form laughing so hard
"It's not funny!" I whine, my cheeks getting redder and redder
"I-I'm sorry! That's actually kinda cute" She says between laughs as she tries to get herself together
"Shut up! I'm serious" I say with a slight pout. She finally stops laughing and stands up and stretches
"I need to get back to my cabin, but I want to hear more later got it?" She says. Oh gods please no!
"Fine" I say, crossing my arms. She kisses me on the cheek before leaving my cabin. I finally have some privacy to think of a way out of this. I lay down on the bed to take a nap. I close my eyes and start to drift off to sleep. I am about to fall asleep when I hear footsteps. I turn around and see a very annoyed Nico standing in the middle of my cabin
"Jackson, what did you do?!" He snarls.
Welp. I'm about to die.