SCHOOL'S OUT! SCREAM AND SHOUT!

I am officially done with school for the year, and I'm surprisingly kind of sad. I'm changing schools this year and I don't want to say goodbye to my favorite teachers. Oh well.

And just to let you know summer does mean MORE UPDATING!

And seriously guys, FORTY REVIEWS FOR LAST CHAPTER?! That's crazy! Thank you so much to all the people that reviewed :)

So, I'm really going to focus on updating this story and GHSIY (although I'm still going to update my other stories). And once I'm finished with this story, I'm probably going to start a new one since I have a REALLY, REALLY, REALLY good idea for a new but I'm waiting to finish this one :)

Now, let's get on with the story :)

Previously on NKGHS:

"Wow…," the boy mumbled. "That was…."

"Wrong?" The girl finished the sentence for him.

The boy nodded in agreement. "Very wrong."

Annabeth suppressed a gasp as she stared, wide-eyed at the couple. She held onto the side of Rachel's wall for dear life, clutching her stomach as if she was going to hurl. Annabeth felt as if she was going to her. She felt sick, dizzy and, most importantly, betrayed.

Because that couple was Rachel Elizabeth Dare.

And Percy Jackson.

Chapter 22

Annabeth clutched her, feeling as if she would throw up on the spot. She blinked a couple of times, hoping that she just had bad vision, hoping that it would just be another guy that Rachel was hooking up with.

But no. It was very clearly Percy, very clearly the person that Annabeth was in love and who she was thought was in love with her.

Percy fixed his shirt and ran his fingers through his hair, nervously. He wiped his lips as if it was infected with germs. Rachel began to drum her fingers against the counter, refusing to look at Percy. "What are we going to do?" Rachel suddenly shouted. "We can't just ignore something like this."

Percy sighed, "We have to. It's going to kill Annabeth if she ever sees this, and she's been through enough."

"Can you imagine what Annabeth is going to do to me if she finds out about this?" Rachel mumbled. "I just gained her friendship against and this is going to make everything worse than before! But, I don't ignoring this is going to do us any good. We tried to ignore what happened on Wednesday, and do you see what happened? We kept all our emotions and let it out like this!"

"I can't tell her this…," Percy mumbled.

Rachel groaned. "Perce, either you tell her now or she finds out later. And, trust me, she would rather know now than have someone like Luke tell her."

"But it's going to destroy our relationship. She's everything to me."

Annabeth, angered by that comment, stepped out from the shadows. She cleared her throat, and Percy and Rachel turned to look at her. Their eyes widened with fear and sent each other panicked looks. "If I was everything to you Percy, this would never have happened!"

"Annabeth…," Percy gasped.

"W-we don't know what you're talking about," Rachel said, quickly. Liar.

"Oh please!" Annabeth shouted, anger boiling in her body, fueling her, coursing through her veins. "Rachel, you are incredible, you know that right? I mean, you're amazing. You were the worst friend humanly possible to me, then you tried to bully out of the school district, you play me into believing that you've truly and genuinely changed and then, finally, you steal the one thing that I cared about most." Annabeth's voice cracked, and tears welled in her eyes. Rachel stepped forward to comfort her, but Annabeth held her hand out. "Don't come anywhere near me! I can't believe you would ever be that cruel!"

Rachel opened her mouth to say something, "Annabeth-."

Annabeth held up her hand in disgust. "No! I don't want to hear it! I trusted you. I gave you a second chance and you turn around and stab me in the back!"

"It isn't what you think!" Rachel argued, tears welling in her eyes.

"Oh shut up! If you ever, ever think about getting anywhere near me, or any of my other friends for that matter, I will put an end to your life! I couldn't stand you before but now, now I hate you. I wish you were dead!" Annabeth yelled words faster than she could comprehend the meaning of them. What she had said was harsh, she had to admit that, but Annabeth was being truthful. "You're better off dead, then be anywhere near me." She was whispering now as if the painful truth of Percy's unfaithfulness had finally hit her.

"Annabeth, please," Rachel muttered, a tear rolling down her cheek.

"Shut up! And you," Annabeth turned to Percy, anger now boiling through her more prominent than ever, "Words don't even begin to explain how angry I am at you! How can you live with yourself?! Don't you care about me?!"

Percy, who was still stunned by Annabeth's arrival, snapped out of it. "Annabeth, please, I never wanted to hurt it. We-I…I don't know what happened. It was impulsive."

"It's repulsive! Does everything we've done together mean absolutely nothing to you? You literally saved my life! I told you everything! Every secret, every thought…and this is what you do. I can't believe you!" Annabeth choked on a sob and stared at Percy, her hatred toward him growing.

"Annabeth…," Percy whispered, painfully staring at the tears rolling down her cheek. He tried to grab her hand to comfort her, but she pulled away, tears practically clouding her vision. "What can I do to make you trust me again?"

"Tell me it's a lie," Annabeth forced out through clenched teeth. "Tell me that Rachel forced herself on you and that you hated kissing her."

It would have been a nice way to the end the argument: for Percy to confidently say that it was a horrible, disgusting act that Rachel forced him to do. Then, they would leave the party hand in hand, leaving Rachel dumbstruck. Their relationship would carry on through high school, maybe even further, their friendship and happiness growing with every second. The fantasy was beautiful. It was a fantasy that Annabeth so greatly wanted.

But the fantasy was shattered by Percy's reaction.

Percy hesitated, looking back between Rachel and Annabeth, debating whether to go against his values and lie in order to save his relationship, or to be honest and accept the consequences that he deserves. The silence, however, was enough for Annabeth to understand what Percy was thinking of. His truthfulness was much more prominent than his loyalty or faithfulness. In Annabeth's mind, Percy's silence signified where his loyalty lied: in the hands of Rachel Elizabeth Dare.

"Well, nice to know you care about more," Annabeth whispered. She gave Percy one last look before turning on her heels and running, making her way out of Rachel's hallway.

"Annabeth wait!" Percy called after her, chasing at her at feel speed. He grabbed his girlfriend's hand and forced her to look at him. "Please, listen to me. What happened back there means nothing to me. She means nothing to me. It's not the same with you."

Annabeth laughed. "Oh, I'm sorry, is she slutting it up a little bit more than me?"

"Annabeth-."

"You know what, save it, Percy! I've seen this happen before. I've seen how it ends for the two us if we get back together and it isn't pretty. Let's just not put each other through that kind of physical pain."

"Annabeth, please. Let's just talk-." Percy tried rationalizing it, but I refused to listen.

"Percy, we're not talking anymore. We're over!"

Annabeth ran out, tears streaming in an uncontrollable fashion down her face. She could feel the penetrating eyes of onlookers stare at her as she raced through Rachel's kitchen. In the background, Annabeth could hear Percy and Rachel call after her, as if she would stop. How could Percy do something like that to her? Wasn't he Mr. Reliable? Did he not care for her at all? Was she absolutely nothing to him? Did everything that they go through mean anything to him? And Rachel… To think that Annabeth actually thought Rachel had changed…

She let out a loud sob as she slammed open the doors leading to Rachel's backyard, knocking the high quality stereo that Rachel had purchased. The music shook, earning Annabeth the attention of literally every student that had came to Rachel's party, including Luke, who was the one. He mumbled something and hang up, staring at Annabeth with shock as he watched more tears pour down her face. Luke, who seemed to almost immediately understand what happened, rushed to his friend's side and pull her away from the practically unfriendly gazes of her peers. He tore Annabeth outside and toward his car, pulling her into a bear again.

She stood there for a couple of moments, letting out all the emotion that she was holding in when she was talking to Percy and Rachel. Sobs racked her body, and sent her crumbling against Luke, who held onto her fervently. He brushed her hair out of her eyes and stared at her in horror.

"What happened?" He whispered in her ear, shielding Annabeth with another hug, protecting her from onlookers.

"P-Percy and Rachel…" The names came out in moans, each one filling Annabeth with a horrible, twisted feeling in her gut. She looked up at Luke into his blue eyes. "Is this what heartbreak feels like?"

Luke, who immediately grasped what happened, pulled Annabeth into an even tighter hug. "Something like this…," he whispered, soft enough so that even Annabeth could hardly hear it over her sobs.

Luke, still holding his arms around his friend, carefully led her to his car. Once inside, Luke buckled up Annabeth and kissed his forehead. He tucked a strand of blonde hair behind her ear, before making his way to the driver seat. It was a silent, horrible drive that was consumed with the sound of sniffles and stifled cries. Luke clenched the driver's wheel, mumbling curse words under his mouth. He touched Annabeth's hand and gave her a comforting squeeze, although nothing would make her feel better at the moment.

"I'll drop you off at Thalia's," Luke whispered.

"I don't want to see anyone right now," Annabeth muttered, her voice hoarse from all the crying. "I just want to hide in my bedroom and never come out."

Luke sighed. "Don't let Percy control your life. You're better than him. And Rachel. Especially Rachel. Don't ever let her think that she won."

"But she did win. She has Percy."

"Percy means absolutely nothing," Luke argued. "He's stupid and doesn't deserve you."

"But I love him Luke. You know I do," Annabeth mumbled. "I can't think, I can't eat, I can't do anything knowing about this and knowing that I didn't do anything about."

Luke sighed, and rubbed Annabeth's hand soothingly again. "Don't worry about, Annie. I'll take care of this. Let's just get off you to Thal's."

"Ugh," Annabeth groaned, "Thalia. Just another mess that Rachel caused!"

"Annabeth, you know that Thalia will forgive you, especially after she finds out that Rachel did this to you," Luke said. He parallel parked and helped Annabeth out, guiding her to Thalia's door. "I'll tell them about what happened. Let's just get you inside."

Luke still kept his arm around Annabeth, still able to feel her shaking with emotion in his arms. He knocked on Thalia's door several times, waiting impatiently. A few seconds afterwards, it was opened by Thalia, Silena and Katie. There was loud music playing in the background and Annabeth could hear laughing and talking in the distance. Thalia, Silena and Katie all wore broad smiles but when they saw Annabeth and Luke and the state in which Annabeth was in, their smiles faded and they very quickly realized what happened, just by the absence of Annabeth's other half, Percy. They stood for a moment, staring at their tearful friend, before the three girls pulled Annabeth into a group hug and led her inside of Thalia's house. Luke and Thalia trailed behind, Luke quickly explaining the situation.

"Why did they break up?" Thalia whispered.

Luke shrugged. "I don't know. I just know that something pretty bad happened."

Annabeth tried to drown out their conversation in the background. She was being brought into Thalia's kitchen, which was occupied by several of Anabeth's friends. Music was blaring in the background and food and drinks were strewn across the table in a disorderly matter. On the counter was bowls of chips, fruits, vegetables and dip and a large plate of cooked hamburgers. Grover, Juniper, Travis and Connor, who were in Thalia's kitchen talking and eating, looked over, their smiles fading. Juniper turned off the music as the four took Annabeth's state. A few seconds later, footsteps from Thalia's basement were heard and up walked Nico, Chris, Clarisse and Jason, Thalia's little brother, and his two friends.

"What happened to the music?" Jason asked as led the other five up the stairs. His voice faded off, as he stared at Annabeth. "Oh." At that moment, Luke and Thalia stepped inside the room and looked around. "What's going on?"

"Where's Percy?" Nico asked.

Annabeth shivered at the sound of his name. "Uh, Percy's busy right now."

Nico raised his eyebrows. "Doing what?"

Annabeth rolled her eyes. "Rachel!" Her friends all gave her the same confused, shocked expression. "Percy and I broke up because I caught him kissing Rachel. That's why he's not with us right now."

"Wait, that's why you broke up?" Luke chimed in.

Annabeth stared into her best friend's eyes and nodded.

Luke growled, "Of course Rachel has to do that to you." Luke grabbed his keys and made his way to Thalia's door.

"Luke, where are you going?" Annabeth called after him.

Luke turned to her and smiled. "I'll be back."

Annabeth tore away from Katie and Silena. "Luke! Luke! This is my mess. Not yours!" Annabeth called after Luke a couple of times, but she was still too late. He was already in his car, zipping away.

Luke, anger boiling through his veins, poisoning his blood, stormed into Rachel's kitchen, nearly pushing at least five people out of the way, making his way to Rachel's kitchen. When he arrived, he found Percy and Rachel near each other, whispering in hushed tones, Rachel with tears in her eyes and Percy looking sick to his stomach. When Luke arrived they looked at him fearfully, as if Luke was some serial killer that had been taunting them for weeks. Luke stared at Percy and looked back at Rachel, who was cowering behind Percy in fear.

"Percy," Luke growled, making his way to Percy. He tore Rachel, who was holding onto Percy's arm, away from him and then swung with all of his force at Percy's nose.

There was a loud crack and Rachel let out a shriek. Percy clutched his nose, groaning in pain, a small trail of blood flowing down his lip and dripping on his shirt. "Luke, what the hell? Did you just break my nose?" Percy shouted. Percy took a towel off of Rachel's counter and pressed it against his nose.

"Serves you right! What the hell is your problem?" Luke spat. "Do you know what you did to her?"

"Luke, if I could take it back I would," Percy defended.

"But you can't! You can't take back all that pain! You can't undo something like that. She's never going to forgive you!" Luke shouted.

"I-I know…," Percy whispered. "Help me, Luke. I love her and want her take me back."

Luke stared at Percy with complete shock and began to laugh. He began laughing so hard as Percy had told the funniest joke in the world. "Y-you think I'm going to help you get Annabeth back? Are you crazy? Do you think I'm ever going to put Annabeth through that kind of pain?"

"Luke, you know I would never do anything to hurt her, right?" Percy pleaded. "It was a mistake, an honest, stupid mistake!"

"I don't care if it was a mistake!" Luke shouted. "I'm not here to help you win back the girl that you cheated on."

"Then why are you here?" Rachel intervened, taking a step closer to Percy, and taking his hand, "Because clearly you aren't wanted here."

Luke stared at Rachel's hand, to Percy and then back to Rachel. Luke rolled his eyes, laughing maliciously, "I'm here to warn you. Look, I don't care if you two go out and do whatever sick things you want, but I'll start caring if you even think about hurting Annabeth. If you go ANYWHERE near her, you'll be leaving with a little bit more than a broken nose. And you," Luke turned to Rachel, who was still tending to Percy's nose, "If you ever try to even talk to Annabeth, you'll wish you didn't even know her."

"You don't scare me," Rachel snapped, although her voice seemed a little shaky.

Luke smirked and took a step closer to Rachel. "How about I show you how scary I can be?" He looked at Percy, who was holding his nose in pure, agonizing pain, and then back to Rachel. "Tell me, how expensive are nose jobs? Because you're going to need another one when I'm through with you."

"Luke!" Percy interjected, stepping between Rachel and Luke, who both looked as if they were going for the kill. "We promise we won't mess with Annabeth. Just get out of here."

Luke smirked, "You better be telling the truth. Because if I ever see you near her, I'll kill you."

DUN, DUN, DUHHHHHHH!

So, I hope you like it :)

Sorry this is a somewhat poorly edited entry :(

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BTW does anyone know any good Percabeth, adventure-like stories? Or Thuke stories? Tell me in a comment!