Author's Note: I'm surprised you readers even read this part. Usually I'm the idiot who skips this part because it's never interesting. So, I'll try to make this note as un-casual as possible. I'm gonna ask some questions and you can answer them in the review/comment section. So, here's my question: What do you think Alexa's Oracle meant? Let's see how creative you guys can get!
"Percy… punched you?" I said in disbelief, feeling anger rising into my throat. "What the Hades happened!"
"I saw him coming my way, he looked pretty pissed. I don't know, he just went up to me and punched me! Just like that," Landon explained, clearly confused by the whole situation as I was.
"Did he say anything?" I said.
"No! He just freaking punched me!" Landon shouted, his face dead serious and fierce.
I looked down at the green grass. Why did Percy do that? Wasn't it enough that he and Annabeth walked in on me and Landon when we were in my cabin? This has to stop.
"I'm gonna go talk to him…" I sighed with frustration. "I'm gonna talk to him. Just try not to beat him up before, okay?"
"I can't guarantee that but okay, for you." Landon winced his eye and then walked back to his cabin to get some ambrosia.
All day I walked around with my iPod in my hand. I was trying to find Mr. Jackson, but he was nowhere to be found. I looked in his cabin, the training arenas—I even asked Annabeth (which sucked because I knew she wanted to bitch slap me the second I took a step towards her) and she didn't know either. But I could tell she was lying.
Dinner time came. No sign of Percy.
That night I couldn't sleep. It stressed me out, thinking of everything. So I decided to go for another midnight swim again. The night was cool and breezy, I loved it.
Diving in relaxed all my tensed muscles. The water was warm and the tides weren't too bad, it had a good pattern to it.
Lady Gaga lyrics running through my head as I think of how Percy broke my heart.
"I can't believe what you said to me last night when we were alone." —Speechless
"He ate my heart." —Monster
"Are you in the game? Doin' the love game." —LoveGame
I was upset and so I let it out. I started sobbing hard, taking big breaths as my head bobbed up and down as the waves hit my body. It felt good to finally let my feelings take hold. Being so bottled up really drove me insane all day. I couldn't find a nice place to just let it all out.
Later on…
I woke up lying on the soft sand. I yawned and looked up at the sky, cloudless blue. I sat up in a sitting position, stretched my arms, and looked around. I probably looked like I was on crack with sand in my messed up hair, and breath probably reeking of sea water. Oh shit! What time was it? Am I late for anything?
I immediately jumped up and started running back to camp—praying to the gods that I wouldn't get in trouble.
But on the way, I heard voices. It was Percy's and Annabeth's. They were angry, I could feel it. Hiding behind a large rock, or boulder—if you will, I eavesdropped.
"…you cheated on me! You really expect me to stay with you?" shouted a boy's voice—obviously Percy's. "I can't believe you did this to me!"
"Percy it's not what you think! I'm so sorry," I could hear sobbing in Annabeth's shaky voice. "It wasn't my fault, he…"
"He what?" shouted Percy. "He nothing! We're over! So you can go sleep with all the guys you want here, you slut."
Oh damn, this was intense. Am I suppose to be listening onto this? Haha, just kidding. I'll do whatever the hell I want.
I took a peek over the rock and Annabeth was in a tank top and shorts. Percy was shirtless (gorgeous as usual) and had a pair of jeans on. Annabeth started walking away, wiping her eyes as she went. Percy was trying to breathe steady but ended up getting even more pissed off. I could tell because he threw a rock into the sea which made the body of water all splash up.
He turned towards my direction. He saw me.
Oh no, I'm a dead man. Erh—woman?
