Chapter 13: The End of a Friendship?,

I actively avoided Percy after that. For a few days, he tried to make me talk to him, but I always made up some quick excuse. Thalia didn't know it yet, but I knew she would find out soon, and she would chew me out for it.

It had been a week since I kissed Percy on the cheek, and I was sitting in the cafeteria, contemplating my life, while chewing on a piece of celery. Thalia plopped down across from me with a sigh.

"Hey," she greeted. I just nodded as a greeting. "How's it going with your genius plan?" I shrugged. She eyed me curiously.

"What about you? How's it going between you and Luke?" I asked. Thalia just sighed. "What happened?"

"Luke asked me out," she said. I dropped the celery.

"Really?" I gasped. "That's great!" Thalia just looked at me warily.

"No. That's not great," she told me. I just looked at her, absolutely confused about why she would say that.

"Why not?" I asked her. She sighed again.

"I...I don't know...I feel really bad about deceiving him like this," she explained. I just smiled sympathetically at her.

"It's going to be okay," I said, trying to comfort her.

"Anyways, do you know why Percy looks so down these day?" she asked, grabbed a small bag of chips from her bag.

"He does?" I asked, surprised.

"Yeah, he looks so sad these days, I hope it's not because of that Rachel," she growled. "I swear if I find out who made him so upset, I'll kill them." I chuckled nervously. Oh God...

"Um...yeah, about that," I started saying. "I think that I might know who caused Percy's...sadness." She looked at me, unsurprised.

"Oh, Percy told you?" she asked me. "Can you tell me who it is?"

"Only if you promise me on your 'Iron Maiden' CDs that you won't hurt the...culprit of this...heinous crime," I demanded. She sighed and reluctantly nodded.

"Fine," she spat out. I took a deep breath.

"I'm the reason why Percy is so upset."

A heartbeat passed. Then two. Three.

Thalia was literally frozen. I waved my hand in front of her face. No response.

"Thalia?" I asked, worried. This was the longest Thalia had gone without talking for a long time. "Hello? Thalia?"

"What?" she finally breathed out. I swallowed nervously.

"I am the reason as to why Percy is so upset," I repeated myself. Thalia closed her eyes, pinched the bridge of her nose, and took a deep breath.

"Okay tell me again, but slower," she said. I rolled my eyes.

"I...am...the...reason...as...to...why...Percy...is..." I started to repeat but 'more slowly'.

"Yeah, I got it," she snapped. "What happened?"

"Well...something happened a week ago," I started to explain.

"And what happened exactly?" she demanded, eyes narrowing. My throat went dry. I can just tell that Thalia was going to kill me, even though she promised on her 'Iron Maiden' CDs.

"I...well...I kissed him on the cheek," I finished.

"Continue," she said, crossing her arms. I just looked at her.

"There's nothing left to tell," I retorted, quickly becoming irritated with Thalia's constant questions and demands.

"Well...that doesn't explain why Percy's so upset," she said, glaring at me.

"I...may or may not be avoiding him at the moment," I said. With a little huff, Thalia stood up and slung her backpack over he shoulder. I stood up also.

"Where are you going?" I demanded.

"Away from you," she responded, glaring full-on at me.

"What is wrong with you?" I asked.

"What;s wrong with me? What's wrong with you?" she retorted. "I'm the one helping you with your plan, and yet, you are the one messing it up! And you can't be at least a little bit thankful? I accepted a date with Luke because of you! Can't you attempt to like my cousin a little bit?"

"I'm sorry!" I cried, feeling the tears well up. Thalia shook her head.

"I'm not the person you should say that to," she said. Then she walked away, leaving me all alone. I ran my fingers through my hair. With a sigh, I collapsed back into my seat. I put my head on the table.

I knew what I had to do.

But I couldn't bring myself to do it.

I was afraid of the feelings that Perseus Jackson had stirred in me.

And because of that, I lost my best friends.

I needed to do something. Fast.

A/N

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