Annabeth tried several times to call Luke and insult him, but as she already had drawed up a list with the worst insults, Percy has ever read in his life, he saw himself forced to take her cell phone off her hands and put her together with Thalia on the couch.
After long discussion they decided to watch something calming and Thalia headed off to get Saw I- VI from Nico to make a girls' night.
Because of that Nico was degraded to a slave and Percy was sent into bed to rest since he was up almost the whole night, but of course he couldn't fall asleep at five pm and so he lay on his sheets, left alone with his thoughts.
Thank god Joe had set him free for this weekend, because he had too many extra hours again. Yet Percy had the feeling he shouldn't overwork Joe's kindness.
The laughter of Thalia and Annabeth resounded in the hall and Percy couldn't stifle a little smile playing on his lips.
He hoped Annabeth would get some rest too, since how ever you want to see it in Percy's sight she had tougher night than him. Also there started to come these awkward feeling for seeing the whole night Annabeth's problems.
He had the feeling that he invaded into her privacy because he saw how much the death of her mother and the behavior of her father worried her. Though Percy couldn't exactly reenact Annabeth's hate against her Dad. Dr. Chase was actually a nice person and a good father how it seems. After all he called to ask how his daughter is at ten in the morning and Percy was seriously impressed with Annabeth's acting talent. She could almost lie as well as him.
Fresh laughter from the girls, and Nico, wherefore you could hear a loud 'Boom' seconds later, like somebody dropped a sack of potatoes on the floor, and then you could hear Thalia burst out in laughter.
Percy sighed and put the legs over the rom of his bed before he went, still in his PJ, in the living room.
Nico sat on the floor in front of the couch on which Thalia and Annabeth had settled down, together with some cokes, chips and popcorn, but it seemed like Nico wasn't allowed to eat any of it since Percy saw his friend for the first in his life without food between his teeth while watching a movie.
Thalia had placed her legs on the table, just like Annabeth, who took, tucked in a blanket, distance to the food.
Perhaps she had a hangover after all.
Percy smiled and leant in the door, as the Jigsaw currently explained how his victims could escape the room, they were sitting in. It was the first movie after Percy's judgement. The best one.
"Hey, I thought, you'd get some rest?" Annabeth looked at him reproachfully as she spotted him finally.
He sighed and fell down on the coach beside her. "Couldn't fall asleep, besides I didn't want to miss how Nico is abused as a slave by Thalia."
At the last part his friend in front of him turned his head, to glare at him angrily, as Thalia clapped her hands together happily.
"Exactly! Nico get Percy a coke," she commanded, but her younger cousin just snored.
"I said I'd be slave for you and Annabeth, but not for-"
"Right now, Nico!" her voice has become a hissing and Nico almost tripped as he got up hastily and went to the fridge. Annabeth and Percy clapped their hands approvingly and Thalia made a little bow, like some tamer, before she turned her attention back to the carnage on the screen. Nico came back with a grim face and tossed the coke in Percy hands, what made Thalia smile for a little moment.
He took a sip of the cool liquid and leant his head back against the fluffy couch before he could turn his attention the movie, but somehow he couldn't focus so he started to play with Annabeth's curls. At the beginning she always slapped away his fingers, but later she lost her patience and let Percy twirl her hair around his index. Again and again.
"You've got fun, Kelp Head?" Thalia grinned as he had another curl in his hand.
Percy smirked back, "Actually yes."
Thalia and Nico laughed together with him, just Annabeth's face turned scarlet and divested him her hair, what he accepted with a small smile.
Saw I and Saw II past away.
In between Nico was forced to clean Thalia's room and righter afterwards the bathroom, which he did after three death threats and Thalia who got ready to keep throwing empty coke cans at him for the rest of the night.
While the laughter of the third Jigsaw filled the room and Thalia got this crazy expression, which she got always, when they watched horror movies, Annabeth fell asleep and her head sank on Percy's chest.
Immediately his heartbeat became faster and the warning to keep away from her for her own safety started to spin in his head, yet this time he just pushed them away and put his arms around her.
For one dammed weekend his worried could terrorize somebody else.
The morning was cold.
Since Annabeth, Percy and Thalia had slept on and Nico in front of the couch, nobody has closed the windows the previous evening and now the cool New York winter air was streaming into the living room and settled down in each of their bodies.
Goose bumps crept up his arms as Percy opened his groggily.
Everything looked like yesterday. The low table was full with rubbish like junk-food wrappings and emptied coke cans while Percy's and Thalia's legs filled the rest of the space on it. Meanwhile Annabeth had turned so that her head was still lying on Percy's chest but and her arms hung loose around his waist and her lages were placed in Thalia's lap. Whereas Nico had it much more uncomfortable. He still sat on the floor just his head had enough space on the couch and soft snores came from it on the height of Annabeth's stomach.
Carefully Percy tried to lift Annabeth's head but she just responded in tightening her grip around him and pulled her legs up to her chest to have a better reach of him.
From the movements Thalia woke up and started to cuss loudly before she got up to close the windows as noisy as possible. She grumbled, "I get a hoodie", and left the room, including to slam the door shut so loud that Nico and Annabeth also awaked.
"Morning," Annabeth murmured as she buried her head deeper in her pillow a. k. a. Percy.
"Dammed it why it so cold in here?" Nico had jumped to his feet, rubbing his arms to warm himself, "My god why didn't you close the windows?"
"We?" Annabeth looked at him angrily but didn't seem to get up. After all she had a blanket.
"Right," Thalia came back in the living room, now wrapped in a black hoodie and walked in the open kitchen, "You are supposed to be the slave."
Since Nico hadn't any arguments, he stuck out his tongue at Thalia as he grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge.
"What about breakfast?" Annabeth looked at Thalia, who was rummaging in the cupboards for something eatable.
"Now more hangover?" Percy grinned down at Annabeth who rolled her eyes. "Shut up."
"How cute you are," Thalia looked at them disgusted. "But if you have finished snuggling, you could help by tiding up this mess."
Annabeth groaned as she got up involuntarily and Nico yelped triumphantly before he tossed a bag of toast into Thalia's hands, who just started to set the table.
Together it didn't take too much time to tidy up the room and make breakfast.
"You need to chew it, you know that, don't you?" Percy looked at Annabeth who seemed to swallow the whole toast in one before grabbing another one.
"I'm hungry," she replied and started to spread butter on the golden bread before cramming it in her mouth. Lucky them, it was a big bag of toast.
"Watch out, otherwise you look like Gabe, when you're finished," Percy laughed as she started to lick her fingers greedily.
Annabeth rolled her eyes, "I will never manage to sink on the level of you father. That's impossible for humans."
"Step-father," Nico corrected and Annabeth frowned, "What?"
Thalia and Percy glared at him angrily and he smiled apologetically back.
"Guys?" Annabeth looked between them and you could see that she didn't like the fact that she didn't understand something. She wanted an explanation, right now.
Percy ran his fingers through his hair as he looked at Thalia, but she shrugged, "I think we should tell. She's probably the only one smart enough to figure a solution for this problem."
Nico nodded in agreement and Percy started to tell her everything, sighing.
"That means he abused you?" Annabeth looked shocked, yet not really surprised.
Percy nodded slightly and the room fell in silent for some time.
He felt stupid for telling Annabeth, even more stupid for telling Thalia and Nico. He has the feeling that his well-kept secrets were slipping out of his fingers and this couldn't be good, for none of them. He asked himself, when they'd knew about him being a drug-dealer.
"And you have no idea were your real father is and you didn't dare to ask your mother after the accident again."
Another nod and now Annabeth was sighing, "And how do you want to know who and where is your father, then?"
"Well, actually I thought, I just leave it," Percy answered hesitantly," I mean, if he ever wanted to know, he'd have already searched for me, wouldn't he?"
In her eyes twirled the grey excitedly, "And if he doesn't know about you."
Percy hasn't though about that. What if his mother had left his dad before Percy was born, before he even could know that his mother was pregnant. But why didn't want his mother to know him? Was he that untrustworthy? Was he irresponsible?
Percy said nothing while the thoughts twirled in his head, blocking out everything.
"Even if, Annabeth," Thalia cut in. "We have no idea how to find Percy's father. Sally is our only source."
"No," Annabeth disagreed, "Gabe knows it too."
Dun, dun, duuun! Another cliffie :)
Told you I gonna update very soon and I want to keep that, so look out for another update tonight or tomorrow morning (German time)