Hello internet, sorry it has been so long but I was away and I know I said I would update two weekends ago and I didn't. Sorry I am a very bad author who will not be giving any update dates in the future since I can't follow through…. Sowwy.

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Annabeth

My eyes fluttered open and I took in my surroundings, I was still in the room where I had been when I fell asleep, but I was moving. Someone or something was wheeling me out of the room on a hospital bed.

I sat up, but a hand pushed me down, "Wait until you are back in your ward and then the doctor will come and prepare you for the second part of the procedure. The drug is still in your body, so you will probably feel extremely tired and energy less and may suffer possible hallucinations and memory loss."

I frowned and blinked, trying to keep myself awake, the anaesthetic was still in me and I felt drowsy. They pushed me into a ward and pushed my bed against a wall, I felt like I was forgetting something.

Then it dawned on me and my vision jerked down to my chest. Flat. There was nothing there, I bit my quivering lip and placed my hands on my chest running them down my body. I was a boy….

I buried my face in my pillow, the nurse had said that the doctor was going to talk to me about the second part of the surgery, I racked my brains trying to remember what that was…

Plastic surgery for my face.

I took a deep breath, accept it Annabeth, you are no longer Annabeth but Anthony you need to come to terms with it. Accept your new self.

I sighed, and turned to looked out into the hallway, many people passed my door. One being a cancer patient, he had no hair and was pushing a trolley with a drip on it. My grandmother had died of brain cancer so I was familiar with the disease.

I looked away with a sigh, I had it-

"Are you feeling okay?"

I looked up to see Dr Forwood, he was leaning against the door threshold, looking pale faced and weary eyed.

I nodded, "I guess, when is the next surgery?"

He looked down, "They are going to wheel you into the surgery room in just a second. It will be the plastic surgery on your face and genital reconstruction. Just so you know, you are going to be exhausted after the surgery, Annabeth."

I bit my lip then looked up, "That's not my name."

He grimaced and nodded and as he left the room I slowly drifted out of consciousness after I felt a sharp prick on my left arm.

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I woke up feeling empty, it had happened. I was officially Anthony James Chase. I was being wheeled back into my room and when they positioned my bed in the middle of my room I let out a sigh.

I wasn't angry. I wasn't sad. I wasn't sorry. Just empty.

I closed my eyes, I was exhausted, I couldn't even keep my eyes open. Just when I was about to drift off to sleep I heard a familiar voice that woke me up completely, "Hello?"

I wasn't facing the door but I immediately knew who it was, I froze as my stomach plummeted and fear took over my body.

Slowly, I rolled over in my bed and looked up to the door, "Hey."

My father smiled at me, "How is my awesome son?"

My lip quivered, "F-fine."

He grinned, "So can we take the mask off yet?"

I frowned, "What mask?" My hands went to my face and instead of feeling skin I felt plastic, "Oh, I guess people wear these after plastic surgery."

He shrugged, "Take it off, I want to have quick look."

I shook my head, "No! It might stuff it up." I would rather look like a boy than have a ruined face.

He nodded, "I guess. Okay, so when do you come home?"

I bit my lip, "Tonight, but I have to stay in bed for a few days."

He nodded, "Okay, I will just go and talk to the doctor and then we shall go!"

I nodded, "Yeah…"

He left and I watched him leave. My vision was still blurry and my body felt numb, I was fighting fatigue and I really just wanted to go lie down in my own bed.

I vaguely remember being lifted off the bed and someone carrying me down the hospital hallway as I fell asleep.

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I woke up in my own cosy bed with the blankets pulled tight around me and my door closed. I rolled over to see a note on my bed side table, I picked it up and read it:

Anthony,

I have gone out to get dinner to celebrate, I will be gone for about two hours. The doctor said you can take your mask off when you get home.

Love dad

I put the note back down and got up out of bed and made my way to the bathroom where I stared in the mirror to see my masked face. Dad said that the doctor had said I could take it off, and I definitely didn't want to, but in the end curiosity won and I peeled it off.

I stared at my face, I couldn't see anything different. When I frowned, it was my own frown and when I smiled it was my own smile. Confusion washed over me, Why don't I look any different?

My fingers closed around the hem of my hospital gown and slowly I pulled it up, all I was wearing was underwear and a thin piece of material wrapped tightly around my chest.

Wait… what?

I was familiar with wraps because I had to use them on a daily basis to flatten my chest in public. However, the question was: Why was I wearing one when I had just had a chest flattening surgery?

I frowned and slowly began to unwrap it. I could not fathom why I would be wearing it and as I unwound it, an idea unwound in my head.

When I unwrapped it, there was not the chest of a boy but of a girl. My hands searched my entire body for any change that I could find. Any masculine features but there were none. I was Annabeth Chase.

I stumbled out of the bathroom and to the full length mirror on my wardrobe, standing in front of it I looked like myself except the hair was different.

The doorbell interrupted my thoughts and I pulled on a large grey hoodie and some loose tracksuit pants so I didn't look too feminine. I composed myself and let Anthony possess me.

I swung open the front door to find Thalia standing in the hallway. She shot me a self-depreciating grin, "Hey Annabeth."

I was too confused to even correct her and all I could do was frown and stagger backwards. Thalia bit her lip, "You must be really confused right now. I can explain, if you let us in."

Us?

I nodded and grunted in approval. She took a step forward and into the house with a familiar dark haired boy on her trail. He shot me a guilty smile and emotions exploded inside me.

Thalia turned to me, "Is your dad home?"

I shook my head quickly, not taking my eyes from Percy. Thalia clapped her hands, "Good, when is he home?"

"Two hours," I mumbled.

Percy looked up, our eyes met, and we stayed staring at each other for what seemed like hours until Thalia interrupted, "Great, that gives us time to explain. Let's go to your room."

All I could do was nod and I led them, stumbling up the stairs and almost tripping on the way. So many thought were spinning around my head but I was so exhausted, medicated and disconcerted to understand what was going on, let alone gather and sort out my thoughts.

We made it to my room and Thalia indicated that I sit down and she sat down beside me, while Percy hovered about ten metres away from me.

Thalia turned to me, "Do you want to know what's going on?"

I nodded, "Y-yes."

Thalia pursed her lips and glanced at Percy then returned her vision in my direction, "You didn't have the surgery."

I looked down, not know how to react, "I… I know."

Thalia nodded, "Great, that makes this a lot easier. So… uh… I will start from the beginning. Percy came to your house yesterday, because apparently you said you had something tell him."

I looked down and I could feel Percy's stare burning into my head. Thalia continued, "At the same time I was also heading to your house to say goodbye… again. He was there and I ran into a very… distraught Percy.

"Previously, I had told him… the truth." She looked down and all I could manage was to glare at her and she continued, "But he hadn't believed me. However, all week he had been having his suspicions about you, so I guess he found the opportunity for you to tell him what was going on a good one."

She glanced back at Percy who nodded slightly and she looked down, "So he asked me for answers and I told him everything. I'm so sorry Annabeth, but he swore not to tell anyone."

I looked down and she sighed, "So Percy decided that we needed to do something. So, we followed you to the hospital and spoke to the doctor and we organised together that you would not have the surgery and we would hide it from your father and after that we would arrest your father for life."

I bit my lip and shook my head, "Thank you… but he is going to find out Thalia, my face looks different."

"We've already thought about that. You can stick bandages on your face saying there are scars and then BAM! We arrest him for life." Thalia smiled lightly.

I looked down frowning, "And if he gets out for good behaviour?"

"You get a restraining order and the government sends him to another city and doesn't let him leave! I don't know, I'm sure there is something like that we can do!"

I considered this, "Okay."

Thalia's eyes lit up, "Okay? Okay!" She stood, well I am going downstairs to look for some bandages to stick on your face, wait here!"

She left me and Percy in the room alone and I looked down into my lap. He then came and sat on the bed beside me, "Anthon- Annabeth… I am so sorry."

I blinked and looked away. He slid up the bed to move closer to me but I stood up, "Stay away from me… Please."

He bit his lip but nodded, "Sorry, I just want to apologize, I have been horrible to you. I have treated you like shit, without even bothering to know the truth and I am going to regret it for the rest of my life. You don't have to forgive me, all I ask is that you accept my apology."

I stood there blinking at him and then I felt myself taking a step forward, and another and another. Until, I was standing in front of him with him looking up at me, I bent over and our faces were inches apart. Our noses brushed and I crouched down so we were in line, Percy moved forward slightly and kissed my nose, my forehead and both my cheeks.

Then his kisses trailed down from my temple to my lips and he brushed his lips with mine and then we were kissing. It was different from any time before because it was real and there was no guilt it didn't feel so uncomfortable and forbidden.

He pulled me gently down so I was sitting beside him and he deepened the kiss. His hand was on my shoulder and pulling me down onto him but the door swung open and interrupted us.

"I found some! Oh…" Thalia burst in but froze when she saw us, "Sorry guys…"

Percy and I sprang apart with an awkward smile at each other. Thalia laughed, "Sorry lovebirds."

So they kissed and Annabeth didn't have the surgery yay! I don't really have much to say today except please review and I will TRY and update as soon as possible.

Emily xoxo