"I should probably go to my cabin. Were still not suppose to be together." I had forgotten that it was only a couple days ago that Percy had broken up with Annabeth. So we would have to be careful. "Shit! But it's not safe for you with Seb still around" he paused for a second and leaned his head back against his crossed arms. "I could come to your cabin, stay till the morning and then sneak out. No one would expect a thing and then, well we could hang out during the day like friends and that way we wont raise suspicions and I can look after you if that prick Seb is around." He looked quite certain and happy with his plan, I didn't have any ideas, so this was the best we could do. "Ok. Should we go soon then?"
"Yeah, just let me collect my stuff for the school day and we can sneak over." With that he rolled off the bed and ran around picking up a pair of jeans and a blue t-shirt, he then nipped into the bathroom and closed the door.
So this is how it's gonna be, sneaking around with Percy, with him acting like my personal body guard, trying to come up with a plan to get Seb back. God, the idea of having to see him maybe today, even just a glance makes me feel sick. It hit me again that I was no longer a virgin, even if I have no memory of what it actually felt like to loose it, it still feels weird, probably because I had it taken in one of the worst ways imaginable, but still, I wonder if other girls feel like this when they lose it normally.
"You ready to go?" Percy said, coming out of the bathroom all dressed and smelling like fresh deodorant. "Yeah, I'm ready." He held out his hand and helped to pull me off the bed, I kissed him over where the love bite was hidden and Percy sighed happily, squeezing my hand gently. "Someday we wont have to hide" he whispered, pulling my hand out of the door and towards the forest. "I know, that day just wont come quick enough" he bent down and pressed his lips to my forehead, before slipping through the trees, guiding us towards my cabin.
When we got to the back, I noticed that the window was still slightly ajar, from when I had climbed in. I pulled it open and pushed myself up and into the house, Percy following behind, but he almost walked into my back, when he finally stood up, because I was just standing there, starring down.
The blood patches where there clear as day, taunting me. Two patches, one small and one large, I'm guessing the large one was from my head or from Seb's leg when I stabbed it. I turned round and looked at Percy, his face had gone pale white and he was having to lean against the wall, clutching at a chair. "I can't…how could he have done this to you?"
"Seb's a twisted bastard, who doesn't like to be denied what he thinks is his." Over my dead body am I his fucking possession! Percy grabbed my arm and yanked me towards him, wrapping his arms tightly around my body, he was practically clinging to me, his breathe heavy and ragged. "I swear if he even gets close to you, I'll chop of his head" he growled, "would you mind chopping of his dick as well? Before decapitating him. A simple death is too good for him." Percy chuckled darkly and nodded happily, "with pleasure."
A couple hours later Percy slipped out of the window and went back to his cabin, promising he would be close by all the time and if Seb came near at any point, to either yell or run and find him, he didn't care whether anyone found out we were together, he just wanted to make sure I was safe. So heroic and I love it! Although I do sometimes like to think I can look after myself, but after what happened last time, I do need Percy's help against Seb. I'll probably stab him again if he comes close, I'm gonna carry his knife everywhere I go now. A war souvenir and then after I've stabbed him, I'll run off and find Percy to finnish the job. I should probably tell Chiron, or one of the other teachers, there's no way a pervert like Seb should be allowed to walk around the camp. Scratch that, the persons who's gonna hurt to tell is Lyra, how the fuck am I gonna tell her, that her brother raped me! Shit they're twins, they're gonna be close, even if he is a massive ass hole, he's still her brother to her. I wonder who's side she'll take or if she will just ignore it, act like every things normal again. I mean really, were not that close, we've only been friends for about a week. She's great, but would she believe me?
I suddenly found myself really hungry, breakfast would be ready by now and it might be best to go early and avoid the crowds, not like I'm known that well, but I'm sure there will still be a bit of an up roar, since not many have probably left this place like I did.
I changed out of Percy's clothes and folded them on the bed, I then dressed in a pair of jeans and a long green vest top, that fell over the knife in my belt, just enough so that it wouldn't be noticed. Although many people walked around with swords, a dagger wasn't usual.
I left the cabin and made sure all the windows and doors were locked. As I started to walk in the direction of the sweet smelling food, people turned around and watched me walking, they all looked really confused…ok, maybe more people know about me leaving then I thought.
"CORA!" I turned round and got almost knocked to the floor by Vanessa, who was hugging me so tightly, I literally felt like my lungs were being crushed. "Oh my god! Where have you been? We've all been so worried, Lyra's gonna be so happy to see you again." I had no choice, as Vanessa pulled me towards a huge table, filled with people, mainly boys and I think daughters of Aphrodite. Lyra stood out though, sitting right in the middle, dressed in a bright white top and red shorts. "Lyra, look who's back!" Vanessa squealed.
"Shit, Cora!" Now time for an even more bone crushing hug. Lyra almost lifted me into the air as she cried about how worried she had been. When she finally put me down on the ground, she sat me right next to her and demanded I tell her where I had gone and why. Great, straight to the point, what else did I expect from Lyra?
"It's a very long story Lyra" I sighed, I didn't really feel like re telling the whole horrible experience so soon after telling Percy and especially in front of all these people. "I wasn't expecting a short one. Please Cora, tell us, no one's had any idea what had happened to you. Rumors were flying around that you had got kidnapped, that you had run off, some people were even saying that you had been eaten by one of the monsters in the forest." She looked so wild right now, gripping onto my arm. I looked around and sure enough, the whole table was gazing over at me, leaning in so that they could hear my answer. Shit, what is my answer?
"I had to get out of the camp, there was no way I could stay." I finally mummered, rubbing the back of my nervously, trying not to look at anyone, by diverting my eyes to the plate of fruit in front of me. "Why did you have to leave?" Lyra whined, pulling on my arm tighter.
"Yeah Cora, why did you have to leave camp?" My head shot up with lightning speed and I even heard the bones in my neck crack. How could he just stand there so calm, so fucking nonchalant! Seb stood with his hands in his pockets, behind the row of people who sat across from me. He was smiling slightly, but his eyes were fierce, he was angry at me.
I couldn't do this, I needed to find Percy, why wasn't he around? "I need to go" I said quickly, trying to stand up, but Lyra kept a steady hold on me, "why? Cora please stop being so mysterious and just tell me what happened to you"
"Yeah Cora, you've worried everyone sick, we would all love to know why you just ran off like that." God I hate that fucking voice! I want to tear out his throat and show it to him. I want to run away and never come back to this. I want to curl up in a ball and die.
I quickly looked around and saw Percy walking casually over in the distance, chatting away with Grover. Well at least he was close.
I stood up slowly, forcing myself to look stern, to keep my hatred down. I looked down at Lyra and held her hand, giving it a squeeze, before starring back at the monster in front of me.
"You know fucking why I left Seb." My voice was more like a bellowing growl and I swear everyone in the breakfast area was looking over, wondering what was going on. "Well? Why don't you tell everyone. Tell everyone what disgusting, cruel thing you did to me Seb?" I looked wildly around and then glared back at him, showing every feeling I had in me. "Don't be so hysterical Cora" Seb hissed. "Don't tell me not to be fucking hysterical!" I had noticed by now that Percy was hurrying his way over, keeping his eyes on Seb as he whispered something to Grover, who nodded and then glanced over to me. I guess he was going to help Percy if anything kicked off. I also saw Chiron and a couple of the other teachers were near by. Great a audience, now I could expose Seb for the monstrosity he was.
I moved my hand down to my belt and touched the handle of the dagger. "If your not gonna confess, then I'll do it for you. Hasn't anyone seen the cut on your leg, or did you keep that as one of your other dirty little secrets. You should be glad that's all I did." Everyone was mummering around me and I heard Lyra curse. Seb looked like he would kill me at any second, better make this quick.
Standing to my full height, which is pretty short. I held my head high and gripped the dagger. "The reason why I left the camp, was to get away from this bastard, because do you know what he did? Do you know what this fucking cunt did? He fucking raped me!"
There was a chorus of inhaled breathes and swear words, but I didn't concentrate on them. I was watching Seb bubble up, his calm face melting away and until he was sneering at me, barring his teeth like a dog. "I didn't, she's lying everyone."
"No you're the one who's lying! Why don't you all go to my cabin and see the blood stains on my floor. This sick bastard waited for me in my cabin, after breaking in and attacked me with a chair, knocked me out and then fucked me, while I was un conscious. When I woke up he tried to keep me prisoner, by holding a knife to my back. A knife" I pulled out the dagger from my belt and held it in the air, letting the morning sun light catch on the metal "a knife that I have here, because I got away from him, stabbed him in the leg and then ran. You can check my head, I've got the scars, you can check him he's probably got his still."
Suddenly Seb lunged across the table at me. He was lying on top of me, punching me in the head, trying to grab at the knife, but I held on and stabbed him in the arm.
As quick as he had been on me, he was off and I felt water splash across my face. I looked to the right and saw Percy directing the water from people's goblets, in Seb's direction, pulling him into a whirl pool in the air.
I scrabbled to my feet and ran over to Percy, standing behind him as he was told to let Seb go by Chiron, who was now standing near by. Percy did as he was told, though I could tell he wanted to drown Seb, but he obeyed the centaur and the water burst. Seb dropped to the ground, gasping for air and soaking wet.
Chiron pulled Seb up by the scruff of his neck and yanked his trouser legs up, revealing the small, dark cut on his thigh. "Cora, show me the cut on your head." He ordered and I did as I was told, leaning down slightly, pulling the hair out of the way so that he could see the huge patch of ever so slightly, purply healed skin. Chiron then whispered to one of the other teachers, who ran off towards the huts. He came back a minute later and nodded, probably confirming the blood stains on my floors.
Chiron looked at me "I'm sorry for all that has happened to you Cora, I promise it will never happen again, ever. I will deal with the problem, right now." He shook Seb's struggling body and then stormed off, still holding Seb up high.
Hey guys I know it's been a long time, so I wrote a longer chapter to make up for my absence. What did you guys think? Please review, it means a lot to me.
