A/N:~ Hey y'all. Sorry I haven't updated in a while but I just found out that my aunt's cancer has spread to the point where it is in her spine and brain instead of just her lungs and I've had to deal with a lot of things revolving around that as she lives on the opposite side of the U.S.. Anyway, this chapter contains a lot of abuse so it may act as a trigger to anyone whose been through stuff like this, so if this will be a problem for you, stop here.
Annabeth's POV
"Time to punish you for being a lazy, worthless a**!" the bane of my existence says a dryly with a sadistic look in his eye.
He grabs me by the wrist and drags me to the living room before throwing me down on the carpet and grabbing a belt off of the couch. I have never seen him so angry before; it reminds me of cartoons when characters are blowing steam out o their ears.
When he has the belt in his hand and I start to sit back down, he whips me across the right side of the face cutting open my cheek and above my eye causing blood to drip down my face. Just in time, I can feel the pain medication wearing of an my ribs starting to scream with all the strain they are going through.
He brings his arm up again and again, hitting me in any open point he can until I'm covered in cuts and bruises but he still has a sadistic smile on his face. He brings his arm up for what seems to be the 100th time as I try the best I can to curl up in the fetal position when the door opens and I hear my stepmother talking with someone who I assume is a friend of hers. My dad looks panicked for a second before tossing the belt in a cabinet and pulling me up off the floor.
"Get out of sight you filthy maggot," he spits at me, shoving me up the stairs and out of sight before leaving me and heading back downstairs to clean up the mess he made.
I limp to my room and lock my door behind me before dragging myself to my bed and laying my body on it as gently as I can. My head hits the pillow and my eyes shut tightly an tears start to leak beneath my eyelids. My tears mix with the blood on my face turning them red as the run to my chin.
I sit here like this for an hour before finally getting up and going to the bathroom to clean myself off. I turn on the shower and wait for the water to warm up enough so I can get in without getting hypothermia. I strip off my bloody and ripped clothing before stepping under the warm stream of water and my eyes close peacefully as I feel the water wash off all the blood and stuff covering my body.
Time skip to after getting dressed again to when she's sitting on her bed.
I sit back against the headboard I my bed. Staring at my phone between my legs, debating whether to call Percy or not. After ten minutes of arguing with myself, I pick up the phone and set it on my nightstand.
He doesn't need to know. It's not like wee ever going to talk again. He'll just know when he sees the ton of makeup I'm going to have to put on tomorrow.
I sneak down the stairs to grab my backpack, grab a piece of bread and a water bottle from the kitchen and then head back up the stairs to do my homework while contemplating the meaning of life.
What a sh*tty situation you've gotten yourself into huh Annabeth?
A/N:~ Hey guys I need a little bit of help. I'm starting a YouTube channel where I will be doing covers of songs and I'm going to be posting the first video next week but I can't think of a good username. If you can think of one, please comment and help me out.