It feels so good to finally update, but here you go. Hope you like it. I know this is sort of a pointless chapter, but idk...i liked the idea

I kept thinking I was alone, but I really wasn't. Annabeth swam next to me the whole rest of the day and chattered about how she was glad that I shoved Percy off, because she was a better friend. Percy trailed behind us obviously trying to decipher the whispers travelling between Annabeth and I. Zach glumly swam way behind Percy, he didn't look like he had a purpose for life anymore. I personally thought he took that a little too much to heart. All I wanted was to find my brother and end this stupid quest so that I could go back and just stop all this person drama. I remembered why I had kept to myself all these years, and scared people away. I did that because I can't take all this drama. "Yeah, I just can't believe…Emily?" Annabeth stopped swimming and tugged my arm.

I shook my head and refocused my eyes on her. I realized I hadn't really been listening to Annabeth these last few miles. "Sorry I was…lost in thought." Annabeth and I had stopped swimming so Percy caught up with us, and he made sure I was between him and Annabeth.

"What were you thinking about?" Percy asked. I knew what he was implying. He wanted to hear if I was thinking about him, but honestly, I wasn't. He hadn't been in my head at all today, mostly all I could think about was the silence in our group. Finally Zach caught up with us, and I decided what I was going to say.

I took a deep breath and replied, "Actually, I was thinking about how silent everyone has been. I wanted to say that, Percy, even though you kissed me, that shouldn't change your relationship with Zach because I broke up with him and there's nothing between us anymore." I turned to Zach, "And you…don't' think I haven't seen you moping along back there. Pick your head up and get back in the game! There are plenty of girls who would love to date you, it just so happened to not be me anymore." Now I turned to Annabeth, who looked surprised, "I love you like a sister, but can you please be quiet and stop talking about how horrible Percy is as a person, why don't you think about how horrible Percy probably feels INSIDE."

Everyone was looking down at their feet ashamed, because I had told them all of their flaws today and how to fix them. Nobody wanted to admit that I was right this one time. Percy was the first to speak up. "You're right," he looked at Zach. "Dude, we shouldn't let that come between us. Truce?" Zach nodded, speechless that I had actually taken control of this awkward situation.

Zach looked up from his feet and said very softly, "I know I shouldn't be this glum about it, but I just don't believe that there's any other girl for me."

Before I could even open my mouth and say something, Annabeth replied, "You never know, all you have to do is trust in yourself." Then suddenly she pecked him on the lips. "See? Now, I'm sure Percy feels very horrible," She looked at Percy who nodded. "but another factor you forgot to add is, he broke my heart, and that takes time to heal."

I smiled and answered, "Alright, now that we have worked out all the kinks, can we please get back to saving my brother?" Everyone laughed and Annabeth swam ahead, I followed. This time Percy and Zach trailed behind us together talking about something all I heard was bits and pieces of Zach's excitement.

"Did….she…suddenly….kissed…me….do….think?" I really had no idea what that meant, but I could certainly tell he had found a new crush, sadly I knew Annabeth would never go for him because of the same reasons I broke up with him.

I turned to Annabeth and said, "Thanks for getting him off my back."

She glanced over replying, "Now get Percy off my back if you can."