Heyy guys! So I only have one more day left till april vacation! so excited I figured id update!
"I'm so sorry Wise Girl!" I whispered urgently. I looked down at her one more time, trying to remember everything about her, before I looked back up at Nico and whispered, "Go.".
And she was gone again.
PPOV
Thinking back on all the times me and Annabeth spent together I realized just how close we seemed to everyone. How obvious I was being about my feelings that everyone in camp except Annabeth could tell.
"'I have to go,' I said. "I need to be on this quest."
'Why?' Zoë asked. 'Because of thy friend Annabeth?'
I felt myself blushing. I hated that everyone was looking at me. 'No! I mean, partly. I just feel like I'm supposed to go!'"
"Annabeth turned to me. 'Will you come?'
I didn't even hesitate. 'I'm in.'
She smiled for the first time in days, and that made it all worthwhile."
"'Put your cap back on,' I said. 'Get out!'
'What?' Annabeth shrieked. 'No! I'm not leaving you!'
'I've got a plan. I'll distract them. You can use the metal spider - maybe it'll lead you back to Hephestaus. You have to tell him what's going on.'
'But you'll be killed!'
'I'll be fine. Besides, we've got no choice.'
Annabeth glared at me like she was going to punch me. And then she did something that surprised me even more. She kissed me.
"But Annabeth just smiled and put us in jail. As she was heading back to the front line, she turned and winked. 'See you at the fireworks?'
She didn't even wait for my answer before darting off into the woods.
I looked at Beckendorf. 'Did she just . . . ask me out?'
We had way too many memories for them to end now. I can't even count how many times she's saved my life, or I saved hers. We were always in it together. We had each other's backs. I didn't even realize I was crying until the tears were already running down my face. Before I had time to react, Thalia ran into my arms.
"Percy I'm so sorry!" She said while squeezing me. "I know you just got her back but she needed to go! If she didn't she could have died!" her voice started cracking by the end of the sentence. It was then that I realized that I wasn't the only one that loved Annabeth. Thalia has been with Annabeth even longer than me. Obviously she wanted to see her again too, but here we are. Stuck in Connecticut with no way home, and without Annabeth.
After thinking about everything Thalia went through to see Annabeth, I felt guilty. Here I am moping around because I lost Annabeth again, when Thalia's going through the same thing. I wrapped my arms around Thalia's waist and held her. I heard her choking on sobs trying to hold them in while I awkwardly patted her back. We stay silent, neither of us knowing exactly what to say until after what felt like an hour, she pulls away.
I look down at her and see she has a small smile on her face. "Thank you Percy. But if you tell anyone that just happened it's not Annabeth we'll have to be worried about." She threatened.
All I could do was smile, happy she was back to normal. With a grin on my face I answered with a quick "of course"
I've seen Thalia with some pretty bad looking gashes, but not once did I see tears running down her eyes. Looking at her now, her eyes were bloodshot, while her face was covered with ugly red splotches. I guess she noticed my starting because she started glaring. "What? Is my face all red?" she asked worried.
"No. Not at all." I tried to answer but started laughing before I could finish. At first I heard Thalia yelling at me to shut up but I was laughing too hard to stop. Soon she just joined in, and by the time we were done, tears were running down our eyes again, but this time because of our laughter.
I didn't know it, but I needed this. I haven't really laughed since we lost Annabeth. Everything was about finding her, worrying if she was ok. I never really had a chance to laugh. I guess Thalia was good for something after all. I was about to thank her when she broke the silence. "So Perce. Any idea on how we're getting out of here? Because I got nothing." Crap.
I almost forgot about that. Once Thalia saw the look on my face, I guess she understood I didn't have a clue either. "σκατά" I cursed under my breath. "Now what? We're stuck here until one of us can think of a fast way back to camp! Unless you have an idea I have a feeling we're going to be here a while." I complained to her.
Thalia didn't seem to be listening to me though. She looked like she was thinking of something else. I started to get worried until her eyes grew wide as bowling balls and she jumped a foot in the air. "Percy! Do you still have that whistle?" she asked frantically.
I just started at her confused. What was she talking about? I didn't own a whistle! The only one I had been for contacting. . . Gods I'm an idiot! I searched my pockets in a hurry, trying to find the whistle that contacted Mrs. O'Leary only to come out with lint, an old ripped dollar, some change, and a drachma. Looking at Thalia I could see her whole face changing when she saw I didn't have it. "Thalia.." I started to say when I saw that once again, she wasn't listening to me. She was still looking at the items in my hand.
I could practically see the wheels turning in her head when she looked up at me and said, "Percy. Can you tell me what's in your hand right now?" in a sickly sweet voice.
I looked up at her confused. What does she mean what do I have in my hand? She can see it all! "I have a dollar some change and a drachma." I relay to her, still confused about the whole conversation.
She just looked at me like I was the stupidest person alive. "YES! Percy good! Now, can you tell me what a drachma does? Have they taught you that yet?" She asked in a scary calm voice.
Now I'm getting annoyed. "YES! Thalia! I know what a drachma does! It's like a video call! Now will you please just tell me what you want from me? I know you want to get to camp but making fun of me isn-" but she cut me off before I could say anything else.
"Gods Percy! You can be so stupid sometimes! Call Chiron! Have him bring Mrs. O'Leary here!"
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Gods, she's right I am stupid! Before she said anything I grabbed her hand and ran back towards the mansion. The look on her face showed she had no clue what I was doing so I said, "We need water, and the mansion has it. We don't need to go in but I need to get close enough to bring some to us." She nodded in understanding and I stopped us when I felt that familiar feeling in my gut.
I concentrated on the water I knew was close to me, and brought it out to us. While I did this I heard Thalia say, "Chiron, camp half-blood." and appeared right in front of us. By Annabeth's bedside.
He was talking to someone so frantically, he didn't even notice us. "Her stomach is bleeding at an unusually fast rate. Go find Will and make sure he comes to tend to her wounds." He shouted while keeping what looked like a towel against Annabeths stomach.
"Why is it always Will?" I mutter before I can realize what's coming out of my mouth. As soon as the words came out of my mouth, Chiron's eyes shot to the message.
He tried to show that he was strong, that he was calm and in control, but I could tell.
Seeing Annabeth like that was killing him.
Annabeth has been like his second daughter, seeing her covered in her own blood couldn't have been a good fathers present. Still he collected himself and said, "Percy, Thalia. Where are you two? Are you almost back?" he asked trying to remain calm. His eyes gave him away.
Thalia was the one to answer him. "Not really Chiron. We need help. We don't have a way back to camp. Our transportation was kind of ruined." We both winced at that. It was a nice car.
Chiron seemed to understand what we meant and nodded. "I'll send Mrs. O'Leary immediately. Where exactly are you?" he asked.
"Connecticut" Thalia said with a meaningful look in her eyes.
Once again, Chiron understood. "I see." He said. "Well get ready. I'll have Clarisse sent her now." Thank the Gods. "I must go though. I have much I need to attend to. Good luck." He said before he swiped the message clear.
I looked over at Thalia to see her looking at me.
Now we wait.
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