A/N: Just a short explanation here, I know that some of my chapters are not as long, and did not contain much information, or content, but it's been looked as a foreshadow in my plan, it is used to hint that something big will be happening in the next chapter or so. If you didn't understand my explanation, don't bother, it really isn't that important.
She had written quite a lot of songs in high school. Never had she realized that she was that lonely. She laughed bitterly at the thought. Lonely. She was always a loner. She never socialize, she was actually unsure how she got a friend like Nico. She never really socialize with people nor interact. Always on her own. She had gotten used to that already when she left her home. All on her own. She didn't want to remember anything that happened in the past, especially that concerns her family. It disgusted her to know that Luke was her cousin. On the outside, she seemed to be a strong and tough gothic rock star, no one knew about her drug use except for Percy and Thalia, but what she had present to public wasn't the real her. She had changed on the outside, still, there was a chance of bringing the old Annabeth back. Its just time consuming. To people who truly, deeply cared about her were willing to sacrifice their time to bring her back. She was sinking, deeper each day. If there weren't Nico and Percy and Piper to accompany her, she would be a void body without a soul; an empty case without the fillings. Her soul was fading. She was fading. She would never admit it, but she needed help from the others. The once independent girl was completely destroyed and shattered by feelings and emotions. The last solid brick in her broke down last Christmas. The image would always be existing in her memory vividly. Unforgettable. Forever ungrateful.
Meal or walk? — Annabeth
Both central park in 15 — Piper
Thx. C U then — Annabeth
Annabeth smiled and clenched her phone near her chest.
New year had past with Annabeth locking herself in her little studio in her room mixing musics that were not planned to be released.
The weather was still cold out side. Even though Manhattan was a city that was never cold, but the noisiness couldn't help the weather.
Seizing her long black leather coat, and black soft comfy scarf, she grabbed her keys and put on her boots, again, in black. Every part of her clothing was black, and even her nails were black. On normal people, it would be an indication of been cool, but on her, it made her more goth like and more scary looking. What she had presented was a cold and unapproachable person, and that was exactly what she wanted.
"Hey Pipes."
"Hey."
"Ditching Jason today?"
"Ha, yea, ditching him for you will always be my priority. Why summon me? Not that I don't like it, I really need to talk to someone that is not a male too. Been spending too much time with Percy and Jason."
"I summoned you because, well several reason, but mainly I needed some air and I wanted to talk to someone that I haven't exactly pushed away, according to Percy."
"Mind if I ask, what's with you and Jason? Percy came home yesterday worrying about you and this morning you hung up on him. Jason was saying something about he knew you would mistreat him or something like that, and something about high school times. I don't know. But why though? I mean no offense."
"None taken. Honestly, I don't know. I really don't. Jason knew nothing about what happened that night, you knew about it, well, you knew what really happened. I think Jason only saw the outcome, which is the façade that he put on. I left him a note after I got him home."
"You broke up with him."
"Yes. And he probably showed it to Jason or called him or something on the next day. It happened on a Friday night."
"Okay. So what I'm getting is that, Jason is blaming you for breaking his heart because you broke up with him after you caught him making out with Calypso."
"Yes. He didn't like my know-it-all attitude, which I thought I don't have one, but maybe I do." She chuckled. "But I don't think that was what he resent me the most, what he really held against me was the fact that I am best friends with his sister, which he never gotten along with. Now that I regret that decision of befriending Thalia rather than Jason, but that's another topic."
"I want to know what exactly happened between Jason and Thalia, I mean they are twins after all."
"They are. I'll explain that later. So when Percy asked me out, I can feel the hate radiating off him, but he put up with me because of the sake that I'm his best friend's girlfriend. Percy, of course, been oblivious as he always is, didn't know that, he wouldn't notice little things. Because I was friends…"
"Wait, was."
"Yes."
"What happened?"
"Later. You missed out a lot."
"Okay, does Percy knows about this change?"
"No, he doesn't. I didn't tell him, and I probably lost my chance too."
"Okay. You didn't lost your chance though."
She waved it off, and continued.
"He, Jason, resents Thalia and her friends, but somehow he managed a fine relationship with Nico, their other cousin, but held something against me, which till now, I still have no idea of. I mean, I held nothing against him, but he always seemed to have the similar attitude as my dad."
"Uh huh…"
"Let me start from my family, so that I can fulfill Percy's last request."
"Why did you hung up on him though?"
"The simple answer is that because tons of elephants were having a party in my brain the time he called, and he woke me up, so I'm frustrated and irritated and so I didn't proceed who called. The more accurate answer would be more complicated and I will tell you, but that has to do with everything that had happened in my life so far. I will make it brief, and I know that you are good at picking up important bits."
"Start then."
"Let's have a simple start. I don't have a family. Don't gasp, because if you do it now, you're gonna be out of breath after you hear about all the shit that happened. Also, just because you're oh so interested in my love life, I'm going to tell you this. Percy knows about everything before college graduation. May I continue."
"Yes. Please."
"My parents never got married, and they never gave a shit about me, I was just a mistake, an accident to both of them. They argued about who was going to take me, because both of them don't want this responsibility, in the end, my dad took me in, but never took care of me. I ran away, and found Luke and Thalia. They gave me the home that I once dreamt of. They were two years older than me. We got into the same school, and were still close. We were in the same school all the way till after high school. Luke went, and it was only me and Thalia left. We got into the same college. I dated Luke in my sophomore year when he was a senior in high school, but then we broke up, mainly because he wanted more from me, but I couldn't grant it. We were still on good terms I guess. Never have I ever thought of him coming back on me for revenge in college. So you know what happened in that part. And I ended with Percy. Five years after our graduation, I started a band and the rest you know.
What no one knows is my downfall with Thalia. Remember that time when a drunken Thalia went to your house and got into a fight with Jason, and you called me for help but I didn't come? Yea, that's when Thalia told be that she is seeing Luke. I mean if she truly loves him, then I'm fine with it as long as Luke doesn't come bothering me. My dad wanted me home for Christmas, so I went, but it turns out that Luke's my cousin." She let out the part that she was into drugs and alcohol and self-abuse, and the fact that she was a virgin.
"What the fuck?" Piper gasped.
"Exactly right? The fucking hell. Thalia was there too. I thought staying a dinner with them won't hurt, but I was too naive, really. He asked Thalia to drug me, and he took advantage of me."
"Wait, so he had sex with you?"
"Yep."
"Does Thalia know?"
"She knew about it afterwards, after I sort of committed a crime."
"So now you got a criminal record?"
"Maybe, depends on how much information they leaked."
"How though?"
"Because I was so pissed that he drugged me and took advantage of me, I may or may not have punched the light out of him the next day morning when he was eating Thalia."
"What's her reaction then?"
"She choses him afterwards of course, but I sort of threatened her not to call the police when I was still in the crime scene, you could say. I beat him up pretty badly, but it's not fatal."
"Whoa Annabeth."
"Yea, I know."
"That's incest though, you can charge him with it."
"But the damage I had done to him was more serious than the one he'd done to me."
"You should tell Percy about this."
"I don't need him." She snapped suddenly. "Sorry Piper, didn't mean that." She added guiltily.
"It's fine."
"You're out with Jason tonight right? A date?" Changing the subject, wanting to drop the subject on her. Piper nodded. She sent her a apologetic smile when she noticed her slight disappointment.
"I'm sorry."
"No. No, no. There's nothing you should feel sorry for. Really, I can't have you forever, you need to spend time with him as well. The longer I spend with you the more might sabotage your relationship with him."
"Wait, what?"
"Don't you see? You know what really happened to me, and why I did what I did, but he doesn't, and when you asked him about me, about why he dislike me so much, you will start to defend me because you know what he said is not true. And you two will start to argue over me, and I'm not even important to your relationship. Having an argument over me and worsening your relationship is the last thing I want, okay? So, Piper, do me a favor, don't try to talk to him about me. Just don't. I don't want to ruin your happy family." Annabeth begged genuinely, she was really concerned her jeopardizing their relationship indirectly.
The rest of their lunch they talked about many random stuff that did not involve herself and other complicated stuff. They had a pretty good time, it also helped Annabeth to get her mind off.
She told Piper that she would be going back with her and tried to talk to Percy. But that was not her real intention. She was there to check on something. More specifically, a property of hers that she had hid there six years ago.
"Hey, where's Percy?"
"Out on a date." Jason shrugged. Piper spared a worried glance at Annabeth who remained her poker face.
"Annabeth."
"Jason."
They greeted each other with a nodded, but there was still tension between them.
"Make yourself at home Annabeth." Piper said before going inside with Jason.
Annabeth went under the couch. She remembered she left one of her sketch books here five years ago. Probably it's time for her to continue or finish the drawings inside and possibly start a new design. Hoping that she could find it she lifted the seat of the sofa and searched. Just as she started to flip through and get the idea resurface back into her mind and continue with her designs that she did five years ago. She saw Percy's comments on each page of her designs, and he had written the most on a picture she drew of him. She turned to a new page and grabbed the pencil attached to the sketch book in her hand.
The door opened just as she was about to start her latest design.
Two people came in. One with black hair and another with red. Annabeth looked back to her sketchpad and pretend not to notice anyone.
"Oh, you're back. Hi Rachel." Jason smiled and stretched his hand out to shook hers. She smiled shyly. Piper quickly looked at Annabeth who was lying on her stomach, drawing, oblivious to her surroundings. Piper sighed sadly inside, and turn around to greet Rachel and Percy.
"You seemed to took my advise well Perce." Jason clasped a hand on one of his shoulder. Percy smiled uneasily, but his face fell completely when he saw Annabeth on his floor with the sketch book opened.
Her head snapped up when she heard Piper asked.
"You told him to didn't you? How dare you Jason Grace?" Piper hissed angrily, so that Rachel couldn't hear it.
"Piper." Annabeth said calmly, looking up at Piper gently, ignoring the silence and the attention that everyone in the room's giving her. "Remember what I told you today. What's done is done. You know what's the last thing I want didn't you."
Piper sighed in defeat and gave one last glare at Jason and turned back to Annabeth, and mouthed 'talk to him please' while giving a slight nod at Jason's direction. 'I'll try' Annabeth mouthed back. She smiled sympathetically at Annabeth, she smiled back and shook her head gently to wave it off.
Rachel followed Piper inside the house leaving Jason and Percy and Annabeth in an awkward silence.
"Why are you all staring at me?" Her eyes darting between Percy and Jason. "Or glaring in Jason's case." She added while staring straight into Jason's electric blue eyes, not flinching a bit.
"Go have sex with Rachel." She said to Percy, and turned to Jason. "Can we talk?"
"What if I wanted it with you?" Percy walked closer and crouched down in front of Annabeth who was sitting on the floor leaning against the couch.
Slap. Annabeth's hand went across his cheek.
"Sorry. Got carried away." She mumbled and looked away, taking deep breaths to calm her nerves.
Percy did not really understand why she did that, but he did know that he crossed the line this time. Someone had cleared her throat when Percy was still regretting what he said, he didn't know that he was still in front of Annabeth who had already turned her focus back onto her designs.
"You done?" Rachel asked Percy, and glared at Annabeth's back, much to Percy's distaste. Before Percy could get a word out of his mouth. Annabeth stood up, snapped shut her sketch, and turned to Percy pointing a finger to her book.
"I'll trust you one last time. Keep it."
Percy nodded numbly and his gaze followed her going figure, and stared back at the book.
He turned back to find an annoyed Rachel standing there with her hands on her hips, looking at him expectantly.
"I'll be there in a moment.
He picked up her sketch book as Rachel went up stairs. Holding in his hand, hesitating whether to have a peek. At last, he decided against it. Putting it back to where Annabeth originally had putted, he went up stairs.
Piper opened the door of Percy's apartment expecting to be a mail, but instead she found Annabeth.
"Wow. Eh… Hey I mean." Piper was taken by surprise. "What are you doing here."
"Well, I wanna show you something." Taking off her coat revealing a very thin strapped black leather short tank top. Underneath with a pair of high waist shorts. She had a pair of very long leather boots with no heels, long enough to reach her mid thigh. "Sorry that I didn't tell you earlier." She said as she take off her boots and hung up her jacked on the rack.
"When did you get that? It's cool." Piper pointed at the tattoo on her left shoulder. It began from the bottom of the right side of her neck, and it went under her neck, above her chest, and to her left collar bone, going over her left shoulder and making an U-shape on her left shoulder blade then along the back of her neck up to near the first tattoo she had in the back of her left ear. It went around the bottom of her left earlobe and ended on her left temple near her left eye. It was a cobra with a wide open mouth and revealing its sharp teeth.
"Glad you liked it."
"And you got a piercing too? When? Why didn't you call me? I wanted one too." Piper didn't even let Annabeth finish her previous sentence, as she started to go all obsessive over Annabeth's small silver lip ring.
"Will you stop fangirling over me, you will attract to many unnecessary attention —"
"What are you squealing at?" There came Jason's voice.
"That's an unnecessary attention." Annabeth hissed, pulling Piper closer. "Unless you can get him to help, I will not forgive you for fangirling over me, and possibly lose your chance to get something cool with me next time."
Annabeth looked up and bit the ring on her lip, playing with it slightly. It became a habit of hers ever since she got it.
"Now, shall we go to your room? I remember there's a drum set." Annabeth proceed without permission. "This," Annabeth took out a piece of paper and shoved in Piper's hand, "is the new song that I wrote a few weeks ago. Personally, I prefer the acoustic version."
"Sweet Things?" Jason asked in disgust.
"Problem?" Annabeth was still been patient with him.
"Yes. Nothing in your hand would be sweet, Annabeth."
"So I've been told." Annabeth shrugged. Piper felt the tension grew in between them. She opened her mouth about to ease the tension, but was stopped by Annabeth's hand. "Piper, remember our deal?" She nodded, eyeing her quizzically. "So is it possible that I sort this out with him myself, so that I wouldn't further ruin things." Annabeth asked gently. "You can stay, but just stay silent okay?" Piper sat down.
Jason glared at Annabeth.
"Now, Jason, I don't know what grudge you're holding against me, or is because my style that you distaste. Care to tell me what have I done to make you hate me so much?"
"Well, first of all, you hurt Percy, and now that you're influencing and poisoning my girlfriend. I think that's enough information to you."
Piper was about to say something, but shut up when she got a look from Annabeth.
In the other room, Percy and Rachel were pillow talking, or rather Percy's way of dating. Moans and names could be heard loud and clear, it clearly disgusted Piper, Jason and Annabeth. All three of them were trying hard to get the image out of their mind and tried very hard to not listen. It was not because the sound proof system was bad, but because they were way too loud.
"Fine, first thing first. Get them to quiet down." Annabeth huffed. Clearly that all three of them were extremely annoyed. "Jason, will you help?"
"How?"
"Simple." Annabeth take out the music sheets. "Piper, drum or bass?"
"Drum, because Jason only knows how to play a bass."
"I'm on guitar then. So what we will do is to do the acoustic version of this song. I already got both versions, but I still wanna see if we can improve. And we make everything as loud as we could." Jason nodded. "Jason, count the beat."
Annabeth started to strum the guitar.
Evil had knockin' on my door
Evil making me its whore
I don't mind if you take what's yours
But give me mine
Evil, want you to know
I'm much too young to be owned
I don't mind if you take what's yours
But give me mine
Annabeth started to sing in a loud and low voice.
Jason started to tap on the cymbal, and Piper started, still in a low voice. But singing louder than needed because their priority was to annoy the couple next door.
"Hey, guys." Annabeth shouted suddenly, and every stopped abruptly. "I think if Jason sang this part in the acoustic version, it would be better because he has a lower voice." Annabeth still speaking in a loud voice, which looked weird because the other two were quite, but they knew why she did that. They all started laughing all of a sudden, laughing in the top of their lungs. "What about we start again and this time Jason sings it?" Piper yelled over the laughters. They sounded like they were having a party.
Jason started this time, continuing from where they left off the first.
Hey there, little girl
Come inside I've got some sweet things
Put your hair in curls
Wait you up just like a drag queen
"What the heck Annabeth? The lyrics, can it be more nonsense?" Jason stopped and pointed to the lyrics.
"Ditto." Piper replied, and Annabeth with a nod.
The door bursted open just as Annabeth opened her mouth to reply.
A very messed up Percy without a t-shirt, and a half buttoned pants stood at the door. Behind him stood a highly embarrassed Rachel with her shirt inside out and her hair completely out of order.
"Are you having a party or what? And since when do you work with Annabeth Jason?" A highly irritated Percy barked, although his eyes showed otherwise.
"Since now." Jason said nonchalantly and shrugged. Piper couldn't bear it anymore, she let out a giggle to suppress a laugh. Percy eyed her with a raised eyebrow.
"Go fuck your red-head." Annabeth snapped at him.
"I am, until you decided to have a party next door."
"Yes we are having a party because you two are making the whole house sounding like a sex club."
He left rolling his eyes, slamming the door behind.
"High five people." Piper shouted. "Mission complete!"
Jason did a drum roll on the drum set and they all started to laugh again.
"You're a bad influence Annabeth, I don't want my girlfriend to become a punk like you."
"Me? A punk? You kidding me?" She feigned surprise. Her lip ring dangling on her bottom lip as her mouth hung open. "I'm a goth. Fine maybe a mixture of goth and punk. Whatever you prefer." She added. Jason sniggered.
"You two good?" Piper asked, still unsure what had happened between the two.
"Ask him." Annabeth said while Jason said, "depends."
"So good or not."
This time Annabeth just nudged her head towards Jason's direction while strumming the guitar on her lap absently.
"Piper, as long as you don't follow her lead, then I'm good." Jason said pointedly to his girlfriend who made a face at him.
"Oh and Jason, we share mutual feelings for your sister by the way."
"Huh?"
"You tell him or I tell him?" She asked Piper. She then added, before Piper could register what she meant. "Actually, why don't you tell the story, I need to go now. My drama here's finished for today. I will be here tomorrow to interrupt their sweet talk." Annabeth said pointing to the next room.
"You two good?" Piper asked one last time for reassurance.
"Yep, it's stupid anyway." Jason mumbled and his face turned red. "What is it about Thalia?"
The door split opened, and Percy came in again.
"Can you just stop the party?"
"Why?" Annabeth asked, trying to annoy him more.
"Let's have a chat outside, Jace." Piper stood up and dragged Jason out the door.
Percy glanced behind him and around after Piper and Jason left. He then slipped inside and locked the door behind him.
"I know it was your idea wasn't it?"
"What idea?" Annabeth attempted to play dumb, trying to ignore the subject and get the picture of Percy and the red head in bed out of her head.
"You know what I'm talking about."
"No I don't, unfortunately."
"Why did you do that? We were in the middle having sex."
"That I noticed, but you were only having sex with one person, yet you made it sound like the whole house was been fucked. So shut it or quit it." Annabeth snapped her fingers in his face and glared at him. "It didn't seem like you care anyway."
Percy didn't really mind them interrupting his sex with Rachel, he actually found it amusing. He didn't care about it, it was meaningless anyway. He only paid half attention to what Annabeth had just said, what he focused on more was Annabeth's piercing and her new tattoo.
Annabeth had her long curly hair tied up in a lose low pony tail, and her ears and the side of her neck were exposed, revealing her new tattoo. Her tank top wasn't exactly a high collar shirt, so ever bits of her cobra tattoo was displayed. She noticed Percy's stare, first her piercing then her tattoo, his eyes flickered to her thigh, tried to get a peek at the tattoo in her inner thigh, but was covered with her shorts.
She bit her piercing when she noticed Percy's eyes were on them. Percy took it as seduction, but that was not what she meant.
He slowly walked towards her. With only his boxers on, he surely was 'the sexiest man alive', but she wasn't going to admit it in his face. Not that was because she was too prideful, but because she didn't want to help boost his ego, it would be a pain in the ass if he ever heard about this compliment coming from her mouth.
His actions and movements seemed like they were done in slow motions. She kept her gaze upon him. Not with a wistful lusty face, drooling over the sight, but with a blank expression. Not that she didn't find him attractive, she did actually, but all these year's hard-core training she'd down to herself, it turned her into a cold hearted woman on the outside. She usually gave her opponent a fake impression, by giving them false information using her emotions in order to give them the idea that they did not get what they wanted, and would not succeed their goal.
Percy pressed his lips on to the left side of her temple, where the head of the cobra was. As his lips moved along the tattoo, he stopped at the back of her left ear. He felt her breath hitched. He sucked on her earlobe then the tattoo behind it gently, easing her slightly. His right hand went over to her shoulder taking her hair with it as he settled to the other side. He was now sitting behind her on the bed, legs on both sides of her, his thighs gently brushed her waist. His other hand went for the guitar on her lap. Slowly, without removing his lips from her earlobe, he pulled it out of her grasp and set it on the floor without a noise.
He was enjoying the unmoving Annabeth. Moving his lips on her skin expertly. But his nourishment was soon been cut off. She turned around abruptly, causing him to jerk away, and sat on his lap, with her knees on each side of him.
"Now that you're experienced." She said slowly in a hoarse, lose low, sexy voice, inching her body closer to his. Her arms went around his neck. She pressed her chest onto his, and whispered into his ear, her warm breath tickled the side of his neck. "What are you planning?" Drawing circles with her fingertips lightly on his back. Very slowly, she sucked on his collarbone and trailing up to his neck. He let out a moan as she continued.
"Hmm… Since when are you this skillful?" He managed to breath out between moans. He tilted his head to allow her more access to his neck.
"I'm always an expert at torturing you." She mumbled against his skin as she continued to kiss his neck. He felt a smirk slowly forming on her lips.
"Did you give me hickeys?" Annabeth shook her head with a sly smile on her face. "God. You got this tattoo to seduce me didn't you." He was now returning the favor as he continued from her earlobe and to the back of her neck. "Mmm…" Was the only thing that she managed. His hand went under her leather tank top, moving up and down, trailing her spinal cord with his fingertips. She shivered at the touch, he chuckled and carried on.
Her lips moved onto his. He licked across her lips, lingering on her lip piercing, taking the small metallic ring in between his teeth, pulling it slightly. She took this chance to enter her tongue into his mouth, exploring, and tasting it like this was her first time. His hands rested on top of her bra strap. Without notice, he slid his fingers around the clip. As he was about to unhood it, he got pushed on to the bed by the shoulders.
Annabeth still seated on his waist looking down at him with an expression that he couldn't quite make out.
"I am not your fuck buddy. I remember you bringing one though. If I'm not mistaken, she is still there, half naked, waiting for you." She mumbled, loud enough for him to hear as she trailed a finger around his face, under his chin and along his sternum. She knew that this series of movements would turn him on, but for now, turning him on was easy, judging by the fact that he was already on something before she oh-so innocently intruded. She simply just wanted to tease him, and enjoy it plainly, not other intentions.
"I wouldn't mind cheating as long as it's with you and not on you." He shrugged, and smiled. Annabeth didn't know what to feel. One, she was fuming that he even had the cheek to smile after what he tried to do. Two, he just hinted that he would still do anything for her, that she was still his priority. She shook her head. Percy took this split second of hesitation, and pulled her back on to him. He peppered kisses on her left shoulder blade where the tattooed cobra made an U-shape.
"Perv." She elbowed him lightly in the stomach.
"Nope." He captured her lips, it startled her slightly. "I'm your little piece of shit." And pecked on her nose, as she punched him in the chest.
"Nuh uh, bitch, you're a goddamn motherfucker."
"You little piece of shit."
"Is that the only swear words you know?" Annabeth sat up and got off. "Sucka!" She stuck her tongue out at him, and started to gather up her things. "By the way, go through that book I left here, you will find something. Ask Piper if you don't understand." She licked her lip ring seductively. Then, she heard Rachel from the other room calling Percy's name, and telling him that she would be leaving if he wouldn't show up.
"Holy crap! I forgot her completely."
"Bullshit." She chuckled at his act. "Now, I guess it's my cue to leave. Bye loser."
One morning, Percy got up lazily, and went down stairs. Sitting on the sofa, just as he was about to turn on the TV with the remote in his hand, he remembered something. He put down the remote control, and stood up. Lifting up the seat of the couch, he picked up the large sketchbook. Opening it.
He went through each page from the beginning, and read through the comments that he made. Most of them were unanswered, however, some were replied by her, Annabeth. Till the last page, to where the newest drawing was. He saw a simple drawing of an owl. Beneath it had a few lines written.
You were drugged.
The same happened to me.
We were both the victim,
just different times.
Different places, different people, yet, with the same method.
There's no one to blame, no one to forgave.
I just wish I was never alive.
Remember,
you're the best thing that has ever happened to me.
He smiled at the last sentence. He cherished everyday and every moment he spent with her, it was good to know that she felt the same too. He just hope that he still had a chance with her. That she didn't give up on him, on them completely
He shut the book and closed his eyes. He let the words sink into him, trying to decipher what this means. He had no idea how Piper would understand such thing, but he decided to ask.
A/N: I need to apologize for a confusion here. Okay, so maybe (or it's just me) I had given you the impression of Luke is in the same year and in the same college as Percy and Annabeth, but I was wrong, he left. He and Percy never go along in high school, and Luke was after him for some reason that did not matter in this case. Everything that was said by Annabeth in this chapter is what's true, if there's something that was said previously and showed up in this chapter with a different explanation, stick with this one and forget the previous one. Am I clear? Or am I more confusing? I just wanted to apologize for this huge confusion. I am really really really sorry about it. What's posted is what's posted, it can't be changed. I so so so sorry. I really am. There isn't much about Annabeth's past written in previous chapters, so just fill your mind with her recount of her history written in this chapter.
I know I'm a horrible writer, and I will get all these nasty comments and stuff. This mess that I created unintentionally in this story just reflects how recked my life is. I'm not finding excuses, I know I didn't fulfill my responsibility as an author, again, I'm sorry, but my life is just a complete mess right now, writing is able to keep my mind off for a little while.
Dedication
Guest: Again, thank you, for both your compliment and your review. :) It really is a huge encouragement to me. You made me smile when I got it. Really, thank you. Anyway, I hope you like this chapter as well.
Islingr-kun: Thank you! I mean I know that you don't really mind how long as long as update, and from the reviews I get, I don't think most of them mind as well. I might be posting more than one chapter today, because it will probably be the last update before my school starts, and with school and stuff, I might not be able to even write on the weekends.
