Chapter 9

ANNABETH POV

What the hell. Percy be a god for like, three days and BAM. You're the heir to the throne! Great. I knew Percy could see the sadness in my eyes but I couldn't help it. I told him that it didn't matter but I wondered if it wasn't true. Will I still love him if he was the ruler of the oceans? He'll probably be in his underwater palace, while I'll be here. Alone. Shut it, I chided myself. I lay down on my bunk and willed myself not to overthink. I've learned not to overthink because it'll just confuse you much more than you are. I shook my head to clear all these thoughts and drifted into oblivion.
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"Annabeth, I'll be out for a while" Percy told me as I walked over for sword fighting.

"Where will you be?"

"Coffee"

Okay...as far as I know, Percy doesn't drink a lot of coffee and it sounded a little strange but I decided not to pester him.

"Sure, go ahead" I said dismissing him.

After he left, I focused on archery. I took meticulous aim, focusing on the bullseye. I let my arrow fly. It hit just a few centimeters left from the pinhole, but it was a great shot. I smiled in triumph and took out another arrow. It was one of my advantages, being a child of Athena; we loved to learn new stuff and we worked hard for perfection.

"Good shot, Annabeth" Kayla, daughter of Apollo complimented me. I grinned in response and nocked my arrow. Just as I was about to take aim, I noticed Rachel exiting the Big House. I knew I shouldn't be worried, but I couldn't let go of the fact that something was wrong. Very wrong. I decided to take a risk.

"Hey Kayla. Do you mind if I leave early?"

"Sure, no prob" she told.

"I ran back to my cabin, put on a jacket and did my hair as quickly as I could, and ran out the door.

It wasn't that hard following Rachel. She was slow as a slug, maybe because she had loads of time. Well, this is somewhat invading her privacy or something, but I honestly didn't care. She called a cab and got into it and I quickly called one, too.

"Uh...follow that car. My uh, friend is in there" I told to the driver. He nodded and we began the chase.

Rachel took us to the city. She got out and went straight for a coffee shop down the street and I began to wonder if I should have just practiced archery instead of coming here and watching Rachel sip her coffee. I lost interest after she sat inside and ordered something but then I froze. She waved at someone coming towards her and my heart almost stopped.

Percy.

Percy waved at her and they started chit chatting and they burst into laughter. This sight caused my blood to boil. You cheater, I thought.

[Yay! Today y'all got a double update because this chap is short]