I ran as fast as my legs allowed me with all my friends behind me, some called me to stop but I did not hear them, I could not, I could not continue one more minute thinking that Annabeth was with that idiot, spelled.
Now you know what she felt when you disappeared
The voice of the goddess of love echoed in my mind but I just shook my head and kept running.
-Percy stop!- Frank was struggling to catch up with me, but I had too much of an advantage.
-PERCY!- It was the last thing I heard before I was repelled when I tried to get to the door of cabin one.
...
I woke up on the ground where I had landed, with Frank and mainly the children of Apollo surrounding me. As soon as I opened my eyes, a whole cube of ambrosia was put into my mouth without giving me time to breathe.
-Are you an idiot?-
-What were you thinking about?-
-You asshole Percy!-I looked down a little ashamed because of the scolding of the children of the god of medicine. Frank just shook his head and sighed.
-He is not an idiot-. He said to the others.- He's just in love-.
-it's the same, crashing head first against an electric field without thinking-. Michael said hitting me on the head.
-Annabeth-. It was the only thing I managed to say as I choked on ambrosia and got a burning smell, my orange camp shirt was a bit blackened and my hair was smoking a little.
-She's okay-.
-How do you know?-.
-We saw them with an iris message.-I opened my eyes terrified looking at Frank who seemed to understand me perfectly.
-Easy, they're just chatting-. He said slapping me on the arm.
-How long was I ...-.
-A few hours, it´s almost dusk-. At that moment I heard Annabeth's laughter at full volume, as if she were next to me. It made me jump up, as if Clarisse's spear had punctured my butt, something I've already experienced before (don't ask).
I instinctively walked towards the cabin but was held back by everyone again.
-Truly Percy, you're an idiot-. Annabeth kept laughing louder and louder.
-Jason! ... hahahahaha ... Stop! Stop! ... hahahaha-.I clenched my fists until my knuckles turned white. I was pulled away from the proximity of the cabin and despite the anger I had managed to articulate.
-I want to see them-. Frank quickly activated a Leo's device that made rainbows without the need for a prism or something. Michael released a drachma and said.
-Goddess Iris please accept my offering, show me Annabeth Chase, Camp Half-Blood-. They stepped aside to give me space and with much regret I finally saw what I was so afraid to see, Annabeth and Jason together.
I do not remember if I ever entered the Zeus cabin but I can assure you that it was not full of roses or candles.
On the floor there was a sea of pillows and thrown things, drinks, fries, sweets, fuck! There were even books. I knew each of those things, they were Annabeth's favorites.
At the center of all those pillows was her, writhing and spinning as Jason tickled her.
-I WILL KILL HIM-.
After what it seems an eternity for me, they stopped. But they sat very close to each other for my liking.
-Do you already know me well enough?- Jason asked.
-Enough to ...- Annabeth broke off when she saw me, I could see something in her eyes when she did it. Jason got up, grimaced, and ran his hand over the rainbow.
-There was something-.
-Like your girlfriend with another guy?-.
-Shut up Travis-. We all said as Michael hit him on the head.
-I mean something in his gaze-.
-Like what?-.
-I can't say for sure but when he looked at me his eyes sparkled-.
-That is hope-. Mumbled one of them.
-It's what we all lack, isn't it?-.
...
-We need to make a report-. We were all in the hall, they wondered why we did not meet in the Big House but it is empty. Quiron and Dionysus disappeared this morning as did Rachel. Apparently we would handle this on our own.
Make no mistake, we had everyone well under our radar, especially Jason and Annabeth.
-Okay starfish-.
-Connor I warn you, as you continue with that ...
-Okay, okay-.
-We have Nico in his box-.
-Check-.
-Katie?
-She's with her brothers in the woods, they think it's the best thing to stay away from Connor-.
-Check-.
-Clarisse is in the arena training with her brothers, she is calm but she still wants to talk to Malcom.
-Check-.
-Hazel?-.
-Leo is making another box for her, now she is inside the Argo II, Festus and some Romans are watching her.
-Check-.
-Will is in his cabin, composing something for Piper-.
-I think he's the only one who hasn't gone crazy-.
-Check-. No one seemed to want to mention the last two names on the list, so I had to do it myself-.
-Annabeth and Jason are still locked in the Zeus cabin, Iris's boys watching over them as we speak-.
-Check-.
-Anything else?-.
-Other than the obvious...
-We are alone, Quiron and Dionisio left.- Michael said as frustrated as the rest of us.
-Rachel too-.
-Don't forget about Drew-.
...
-Let's keep an eye on everyone and try to talk to them to see if they separated into groups to do patrols and to talk to them, we hoped that someone could do something to make them see reason. At least for a moment. Aphrodite's cabin was busier than ever, trying to solve this disaster, looking for stories with similar cases and how they ended. Most ended up dead bodies so I didn't have much faith in them.
-Percy I have to talk to you-. Chris intercepted me as I went to watch Annabeth.
-What's going on?-.
-It's Malcolm-.
-What?-.
-Yesterday when they told me that he was with Clarisse in her cabin ...
-Keep going-.
-When I arrived ... I ... I found them too comfortable-.
-Comfortable like ...
-They were about to kiss-. I didn't know what to say to him so he continued.
-Look, I understand that she acted like this, because of all the darts and that, but him?-.
-What are you trying to say? That Malcom is also spellbound?
-No, that's the problem. He isn't-.
-So?-. We had finally reached cabin one, I motioned to Butch but he looked at me guiltily, an awkward look.
-I think Malcolm likes my girlfriend-. What I was about to say slipped from my mouth when my jaw dropped when I saw Annabeth asleep with a hand on her waist on the blanket, the problem was that the hand was not hers.
It was Jason´s.