PERCY POV.
I ditched the meeting and ran down the pier, then jumped off the end. The water was a place I could think.
Annabeth is gone, I thought to myself. I felt a lump in my throat. Was she even alive! I lay down on the ocean floor, an air bubble surrounding me. Fishes swam by and eyed me curiously. I heard my name being called and thuds from footsteps on the pier. Nico and Thalia. I swam under the pier, surfacing so I could listen to their conversation.
"Where did he go?" Thalia asked.
"I dont know!" Nico complained.
"Well, what direction did he go?"
"I have no clue."
"Helpful!"
They shouted my name some more.
"Umm...Thalia?"
"Yeah, what?"
"Uh-Well...do you wanna go-"
"I'm sorry Nico, we have to find Percy AND Annabeth. Tell me later!" She marched off and Nico whispered what he was going to say, "-go out with me." He groaned and kicked the deck, then followed Thalia.
