PLEASE BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THAT I DID NOT INTEND TO LEAVE YOU LIKE THAT FOR 6 DAYS

I have a valid excuse but I think I can hear eggsmeralda and BBfunny778 getting their pitchforks ready so on with the story ....

A week had passed since she had last spoken to him, actually for a matter of fact even seen him. Percy hadn't turned up to the history lessons, on the surface Annabeth was glad he wasn't attending because she couldn't handle seeing him but deep down the lessons weren't the same without him and although she would never admit it, she did feel like she was missing a part of herself.

No.

She couldn't think like that anymore. It was his choice and she needed to accept that and her mind had but her body and heart hadn't. She longed to see his sea green eyes, for his gentle touch, for his dashing smile, for him.

Leo had been very supportive, she didn't know what she did to deserve his kindness after the way she had treated him but she was thankful anyway. He was constantly checking up on her making sure she was eating properly and attempting to make her smile at least 3 times a day.

It was nice to know she still had a friend in Leo even if he was the only one from the group, apparently Kelli and Percy weren't the only ones to see the kiss between Luke and her, the gossip spread like wild fire and the group soon heard it.

*flashback*

"What the hell were you thinking?" Piper shouted at Annabeth once they got back to their room

"I wasn't thinking, that's the point" Annabeth exclaimed

"It doesn't require much thinking to know you don't want to kiss someone and push them away" Piper remarked,

Annabeth knew she was right and felt little guilty as she knowingly kissed Luke back.

Piper let out a heavy sigh before releasing her thoughts,

"I had my suspicions about you two, that day when Percy punched him you wanted to stop Percy. At the time I thought it was so Percy wouldn't get into trouble but maybe it was so Luke wouldn't have got hurt"

"It wasn't like that" Annabeth insisted

"Sure seems like it now"

"Piper you've got to understand how confused I am about this, about everything " Annabeth pleaded frantically waving her hands in a circular motion as as she explained

"What's there to be confused about?" Piper argued "I'm assuming Percy or Leo told you what he did to Thalia? How can you even stand being around him" she spoke resentfully causing Annabeth to snap

"Because I wasn't here! I wasn't here when everything happened and as far as I'm concerned he hasn't shown any sign of the Luke you are desperately trying to convince me that he is"

Annabeth lied, she wasn't about to admit to Piper that Luke had forced Percy to drugs because 1, that was giving Piper more ammo to prove he's a bad guy and 2, since then he had been proving that he was a different guy and Silena even mentioned that she had noticed that he had changed.

"Regardless of what happens between Luke and I, I need you to still be my friend"

Annabeth could see that Piper was weighing out her choices and her face gave it away when Piper came to her decision.

"I can't do that. I can't be your friend if you're with him. There's too much history there and to me, he will always be that guy. I will be your civilised roommate but that's where I draw the line"

"If you're asking me to choose between you and Luke-"

"I'm not asking Annabeth, I'm warning you because it won't just be me you lose, it will be the whole group. Is he really worth it?"

*flashback over*

Leo was snapping his fingers infront of Annbeths face in the library,

"Hellooooo did you hear me?" He asked

"You want me to come to the Halloween party" Annabeth answered unenthusiastically

"So you are listening but that doesn't sound like an answer"

"Leo the group still hate me"

"So? There's going to be the rest of the school there"

"What about...him?"

"Percy? Yeah he will be there but the chances of you speaking to him are like 1 in 500. Literally, there will be like 500 people there"

"Those were the odds at paintball but look what happened"

"Trust me Annabeth, you need to do something to take your mind off everything"

After looking at his puppy eyed face she reluctantly gave in, "I don't even have a costume"

"It's not until Saturday" Leo said reassuringly

"That's tomorrow"

"Oh shit yeah. I'll sort something out- don't worry"

"I wasn't worried" Annabeth muttered as she turned her attention back to the book.

"Ok well I'm going to go, you eating with the others today?" He asked as he stood up, his books already in his bag as he didn't get them out because he decided to annoy Annabeth rather than actually study.

"Yeah like I usually do" she stated, not glancing up from her page.

"Well invite them to come tomorrow"

That caught her attention and she looked up at him "Is Luke included in that invite?'

Leo hesitated and she could see that he wanted to say no but didn't know how to tell her,

"He won't even need a costume" Leo smirked

Annabeth sighed, "He's not a monster Leo"

"That's debatable"

"Leo"

"Just make sure the others don't realise so it can be a peaceful party"

"Won't I disrupt the peace?"

"They will just ignore you where as with Luke... they wouldn't hesitate to rip him apart"

"Sounds great" Annabeth rolled her eyes

"It will be! I'll catch you later" He waved goodbye and hurried off out the door.

Once Annabeth had finished her chapter she left to go eat her lunch.

"Absolutely not" Kelli said "I am not going to that stupid party"

They were sitting down at their bench again except for Nico, who was leaning up against the big oak tree to stay in the shade.

"On man! The pranks we could pull and get away with" Connor exclaimed

"It's like a holiday designed for us" Travis said excitedly

"Even more reason for us not to go" Kelli argued, gesturing at Connor and Travis

"It could be fun Kelli" Katie suggested

"Anything involving Stolls having fun is not my idea of fun"

"Don't be so boring Kelli" Connor yelled immaturely

"Yeah Kelli" Travis mimicked

"It was just a suggestion, we don't have to go" Annabeth insisted

"Thanks for your input Princess" Kelli said sarcastically.

"I'd quite like to go" Nico admitted, they all glanced over at him as he took a bite of his apple.

"Well that settles it, we're going" Luke announced as he walked over which was followed by cheers from the Stoll brothers.

"You don't even know what we're talking about" Kelli replied, the Stoll brothers stopped cheering with their arms frozen halfway in the air.

"The Halloween party. We're going"

The brothers carried on cheering and Katie smiled over at Nico who was still chomping his apple whilst a defeated Kelli stared at him in disbelief.

Luke slid in next to Annabeth and shot her a grin, she smiled back at him. They hadn't spoke about the kiss. In fact they hadn't even mentioned it, they had carried on like nothing had happened but Annabeth knew it couldn't continue like that. She decided there and then that she would talk to him about it at the Halloween party.

I'm sorry it's shorter than previous chapters but I just felt like I needed to give you guys an update- I promise the next one will be longer!