Chapter 11

AN: OMG THX SO MUCH FOR DA SUPPORT :D So much love 3

Guest: OMFG GET ON WITH TH P RCABETH ALREWDY PLSSSSS K I understand your concerns, but Percabeth is probably like a couple chapters later... So sorry :( But I must make this story longer...

Guest: lolollolololl innocent lil percyyyyyyy k it's good updat soon pls Aww thanks so much for the support! And Percy was definitely innocent ;)

PowersInAGoddess: Awesome! I know who will be at the beach... LUKE. Well most likely, and Annabeth, unless he doesn't go to the beach... That would be something. And Luke and Annabeth hang out at the beach. That would be even better, but it might get a little weird for Thalia, Nico, and Percy. Excited to see what's next! Keep it up PPS! XD Nice ideas! But to see what happens, you'll have to read later on this chapter :D

ForeverFoxy7: Wow... Your the first person who I've followed and actually got around to updating. I know people like reviews for support and stuff so I just wanted to say good job and keep on updating. Really? Cool! I do realize that I upload a lot but you would think some people would upload more than me...

FrostKing21: I literally was checking my email every five minutes hoping you had updated and finally a new email appeared in my inbox ... It turned out to be an advertisement for and iPhone AND I ALMOST CLICKED THE BUY THING ON ACCIDENT! Lol anyway It was hilarious how you made Annabeth bite Percy. Also did Thalia know that Percy brought her over because you said that Thalia had a guilty look? Anyway keep up the great work! Looking forward to another great chapter! Whaaaat? I'll try to update enough so that you don't accidentally buy new iPhones x3

Percy POV

I sipped the cool lemonade and relaxed under the hot summer sun. Ahh... nothing that could happen could ruin this moment. Well, besides spilling all my lemonade on me. Or meeting someone I didn't want to.

"Hey Perce, want to play with us?" I heard Luke say in a voice that was sweet as lemonade and probably as fake as the sugar in it. I spun around, and looked straight at his ugly face.

"No, and you can't call me Perce. Only my friends call me Perce" I spat in his face, and I could see that that ticked him off.

"Wow, Percy you have friends? Oh yeah that loser Nico? He was nothing but a weak little dipshit who helped you when I cheated with your girlfriend" He retorted back, and I balled my fists in anger. Deep breaths Percy, deep breaths.

"You made her drunk, you fucker. That's because you would never get a person who truly loved your stupid ass." I started walking away from him, before turning back. "And don't even try talking shit about Nico. He could kick your pretty ass into the next county faster than I whipped out a middle finger at you" I smiled, and kicked sand into his eyes before walking away.

"Oh no you stupid mother fucker. " Luke pounced me from behind, and held me down on the ground. I struggled against his strong grip, but damn was he strong. Luke called out to his friends.

"Yo Mike (AN: Mike is a random name in case you wanted to know, so no hate on the real Mikes out there), hold down this squirt" An extremely buff person, which I guessed was Mike, held my arms down as Luke rubbed his hands together.

"Now... where shall we start?"

"Anything you want, but just know that you're being really weak" Luke looked at me as if I was crazy.

"Are you crazy? You're the one who's being held down"

"And you're the one that relying on your cronies to hold me down" I spat into Luke's face.

"I see... I'll just beat up your smart mouth first"

"I would like to see you t-" Luke punched my mouth. Hard. I felt blood drip down my lip, and heard a bone crack. Dang, that guy was strong. I kicked him where it hurts, and he recoiled back in pain. He bent both of my legs back extremely far and then punched my mouth again.

"Ahhh ohh" My words were muffled by the blood in my mouth. Grinning, he shoved my face onto the sand, making me choke on the sand. I managed to get air and coughed sand out of my mouth. When I lifted my head, he kicked it and I cried out in pain.

"I see you have some lemonade. Would be a shame if someone spilled it WOOPS!" Luke dumped my lemonade on me, drenching my clothing.

"What the hell do you want you bitch" I managed to choke out. Luke hated me, but I never knew he was this violent.

"I want you dead. But then I can't torture you." He considered for a moment. "I also want that girl, Annabeth." White hot rage coursed through my insides.

"Fuck you Luke. You'll never get her-" He slammed my head on the ground again. I winced in pain at the impact.

"Shut up Jackson. Don't make me shut your lips myself." Then, he punched me in the stomach. I groaned and heaved up sand.

"It's wonderful what a nice lungful of sand will do to your body." He continued the kicking and punching for what seemed like hours, before he finally stopped.

"Okay Mike, you can let go now." Mike let go of my arms and they left me alone. You would think I would get up and walk home, but I couldn't.

Luke had broken both of my legs and arms.

I tried moving them again, and winced at the sharp outburst of pain. I had bruises all over my body, and my face was not appearing on Sexiest Man Alive anytime soon. Sighing, I managed to get my phone out of my pocket and turn it on.

"Hey Siri"

"Hello, Percy."

"Call Nico"

"Calling Nico"

"Yo Perce, what's up?"

"Uhh can you pick me up from the beach? There's been... a problem."

"Okay I'll be right there" I could hear the worry and concern from his voice. Before I hung up, I heard him calling out to Thalia. Despite my pain, I smiled. Nico would do anything for me, even take a break from his girlfriend, without complaint if it was to help me. I sighed in guilt. I didn't deserve a friend. I didn't deserve to befriend someone as kind and loyal as Nico.

But if you didn't where would you be now?

I thought about the question. If it weren't for Nico, where would I be? And the answer came to me like a bus.

I would most likely be dead.

After Calypso had cheated on me, I sunk into a depression so deep, I had suicidal thoughts. I had even planned out how I could kill myself while making it look like an accident. I owed my life to Nico.

Then again, I owed many things to Nico. I saw a familiar black limo pull into the beach. Nico climbed out of the limo and strolled onto the beach.

"Yo Nic? I'm behind you" He turned his head and when he saw me, his face twisted in horror.

"Gods Percy... what the hell happened to you?"

Annabeth POV

"Annie, have you seen Nico? He left our date for Percy and never came back" I shrugged at her. To be honest, I could care less about Percy. He had slept with Aphrodite and though she was unfazed by the sudden breakup, I was still angry at Percy for doing something like that for something as mundane as fame.

"No. Percy is probably whining about his own needs anyways." Thalia sighed exasperatedly.

"Annie, I told you to get over what Percy did!" I spun away from my laptop.

"Why the hell are you defending him, Thals? I thought that you didn't care about him any less and now your defending him?"

"No... it's just that... you wouldn't understand."

"Well tell me why the FUCK I wouldn't understand huh? Why can't you just tell me?" Thalia seemed surprised by my sudden outburst.

"You wouldn't know anything about our past. I can't tell you because you don't understand why I can't tell you."

"WHY CAN'T YOU TELL ME THALS?" I screeched at the top of my lungs and glared at her. "I thought we were over this secret thing"

"Annie, it's for the better good" She protested.

"Hah, that's what they all say. It's just a puny excuse that you don't want to tell me. Fine! But I'm going to find out that secret one day or another" I stormed off to my room fuming. How could she? I thought we trusted each other more than that.

Well maybe you should trust her more. The little voice in my mind spoke.

Excuse me? She's the one keeping secrets!

But she does have an excuse, right? After all, what if it IS for the greater good.

Are you me or a naive little person in my head?

The first one. Anyways, you just said yourself. Trust her! After all, what if it really does help you.

If it really did help me she would tell me. I mentally shut off the little voice in my head. I didn't want to listen to what they said. I was going to find out no matter what.

One day, I would regret that decision.

Thalia POV

I watched Annabeth's retreating back slam the door shut. Closing my eyes, I took in deep breaths and let my mind wander off. Could she not see that what I couldn't tell her was important? That I kept it her for a good reason? That I in fact trusted her instead of being a petty secret keeping girl? I sighed and took another deep breath when my phone rang. I looked at the caller ID and immediately accepted the call.

"Nico, what's up?" After many failed attempts of calling him different couple pet names, I settled on his actual name.

"Come to the hospital. It's urgent"

"Wait who's in the hospital?"

"Percy."

"Okay I'll call you right back" I turned off my phone and ran downstairs before hurriedly putting on a jacket. I debated on whether or not I should tell Annabeth, but decided that it was an urgent call and that Annabeth would understand later. I hopped into the elevator and rushed out of the lobby soon after. Then, I found my car, gunned the engine, and sped off.

-Page Break-

I found Nico at the lobby of the hospital. He had lines of worry etched across his face.

"Where's he?" Nico suddenly jerked up at the sound of my voice.

"Room 247" Nodding, I followed Nico to the room. He opened the door and after I walked in, I saw Percy. Shocked, all I could say was...

"Oh my gods"

Annabeth POV

After I calmed myself down, I was ready to go to the kitchen and apologize to Thalia and be friends again just like every other fight. However, she wasn't there. Confused, I ran around the house calling her name.

"Thalia? Thalia?" There was no answer, and I panicked before realizing the jacket wasn't on the coat hanger. Relaxing, my panic was replaced by a different emotion. Fear. I looked for a clue to why Thalia had left so urgently, and my eyes landed on her phone. I took the phone and entered in her password before scrolling through her calls.

"Hmm... okay here's one" I tapped a call that happened 15 minutes ago. Thalia installed something to where we could hear previous calls in case we needed to.

After I heard the call, my eyes widened in shock, before being replaced by anger.

Of course Thalia had to go off and miss out on our reunion just because of Percy Jackson. His stupid little problems were now intruding my own life! Angry, I stormed back into my room. I hated Percy Jackson so much. I didn't even know why I hated him, but all my negative feelings just bottled up inside of me and I had to release it on someone. Percy Jackson was the root of my problems I decided. I would not want anything to do with him. However, the question still remained.

How do I avoid him?

AN: OMG GUYS so I'm actually updating this at like 11:00 and it's so late! But I just spent the last hour or so writing this chapter! WOOOO! It's a nice 2000 words long and I hoped you enjoyed it! I was kind of in a rush with this chapter so it's not the best, but hey, who doesn't like two chapters in one day am I right? Anyways, thanks so much for reading and stick around as tomorrow I am probably going to upload. 3

-PPS