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Chapter 24

Grover and Nico picked up Percy early the next morning for school. Percy was wearing a casual plaid shirt and pair of khaki shorts, his hair wild and tangly, just the way he liked it. But, he still felt and looked like utter crap. His heart had been ripped to shreds over spring break. He lost his friends and his girlfriend, and it showed in his appearance. Not to mention the bandages on the broken nose that he had recieved from Luke Castellan, who was defending Annabeth.

"Man, your face looks like crap!" Nico said from the backseat.

Percy threw his backpack on the ground, buckling himself up and then turning to Nico to glare at him. "Shut up, Death Breath."

Nico laughed, "At least I don't have a broken nose!"

Percy glared at his best friend. "Really? Because you're about to get one!"

Nico's smile faded. "Shutting up now."

Grover stared at the road as he asked, "How did your mother take finding out about what happened?"

Percy groaned and shuddered at the very horrible memory, "It was honestly the worst, most awful moment in my entire life."

After Luke had stormed away from Rachel, she immediately rushed Percy over to the hospital after she concluded that his nose didn't 'look right.' Rachel called Mrs. Jackson as she waited for the results from the doctor, and her conclusion had been correct: Percy's nose was broken. Mrs. Jackson arrived about ten minutes after Rachel and Percy had arrived. She found the two of them by the vending machine, looking for something to eat. She immediately pulled Percy over to the corner, away from Rachel.

"Percy, how did this happen? Did you get into a fight?" Mrs. Jackson asked, glaring at Percy.

Percy shrugged. "Not really."

"Not really? It really doesn't look like, 'not really!' Now, tell me, did you get into a fight?"

"No. I'm mean, like I said, not really. I didn't throw any punches."

"So this guy just jumped you in the middle party and broke your nose?! Was there drinking? Was he drunk? Does Rachel's parents know about this?" Sally blurted out, shouting questions faster than Percy could even think of the answers.

"No, mom. The guy wasn't drunk."

"So he just hit you for the fun of it?! I want his name, Percy!"

"Mom, it really isn't that big of deal..."

"His name," Sally said through clenched teeth, causing Percy to shudder. The only time that his mother is ever this angry is when his stepfather, Gabe Ugliano, is pissing her off. And right, she seemed to be angry. Percy knew that it wouldn't be a good idea to cross her.

"Luke. Luke Castellan."

Mrs. Jackson gasped, "Luke. You're friend, Luke? Why did he do that to you? You know what, I don't care why he did that. Oh, when I'm going to call that kid and give him a piece of my mind, he's going to be sorry he ever touched you!" His mother began to ramble, and Percy knew that this would probably be end of Luke's life, and Percy's life as well. "God, I'm going to sue the sh-."

"Mom!" Percy shouted. "He had his reasons."

Mrs. Jackson froze and looked at Percy, glaring at him. "No one has an excuse to hit someone and break their nose!"

"Yeah, well he did." Percy groaned. He leaned against the wall, running his fingers through his hair.

"Percy, what the hell are you talking about?"

Percy sighed. "You know Annabeth right?"

"You're girlfriend. Yes. She's a sweet girl."

"Yeah, well, Luke has known Annabeth for practically her entire life. She's like a younger sister to him and he would do anything to keep her safe or to defend her. And that's why he hit me. He was defending her...," Percy's voice died out near the end. It was still too painful for Percy to even talk about. He still couldn't believe how stupid he had been. How could he ever do that to Annabeth?

Mrs. Jackson stared down blankly at her son. "Percy, what did you do to make Luke break your nose?"

Percy sighed. "Annabeth c-caught me kissing her...friend...and biggest enemy."

"You kissed two other girls?! Percy, how could you?"

"Actually, I kissed one girl." Percy pointed to Rachel. "Mom, I'd like you to meet Rachel Elizabeth Dare...my girlfriend."

Grover nearly got in a car accident and Nico practically throw up his breakfast in shock. They both spoke simultaneously, "YOU'RE DATING RACHEL ELIZABETH DARE?!

"It's a good thing I told Thalia to be expecting that but...Damn boy, you got game!" Nico complimented.

"No!" Grover argued, "You should be saying, 'Damn boy, you got no brain!' You know, Annabeth probably already hated you, but this is going to make her hate you even more!"

Percy sighed, "Yeah, I know. I'm screwed. Man, I feel like I'm trapped in a fricking soap opera."

Grover rolled his eyes, chuckling, "Welcome to Girl World. You're first stop: Bad Breakup Cafe. Would you like your good ol' plate of ass kicking with a side of bitch-your-screwed? Or do you prefer our special: the I-would-watch-your-back-and-sleep-with-one-eye-ope n with a side of extra scary?"

Percy glared at Grover. "I'll live."

Grover and Nico both swatted Percy in the arm, laughing, "No, you won't.

"Trust me," Percy's cousin began, "I know girls, and I'm telling you Annabeth is gonna be more pissed off than Luke. And girls aren't like guys. Guys throw a punch. Girls don't stop until they've ruined their enemy." Percy shuddered at the thought, because he knew that Annabeth could very easily destroy his life.

Grover snorted. "Nico, you know girls the least Mr. I've-Never-Had-A-Girlfriend-In-Eleven-Years, but I will admit that Nico is right about this. Girls are malicious."

Percy sighed, "Great. Just Great."

(Before School)

Annabeth watched in disgust as Percy and Nico stepped out of Grover's truck. Immediately, as if attracted by a magnetic force, Rachel appeared seemingly from thin air and looped her arm around Percy. Percy smiled at his new girlfriend and pecked her on the cheek, earning a grin from Nico and an eye rolling for Grover. Then, Grover seemed to mimic kicking someone and then pointed his finger in Annabeth's general direction. She raised her eyebrows and Percy looked over at his ex, uneasily.

"What happened to his nose?" Annabeth asked with more concern than she wanted. Percy's face was distorted. He had bags under his eyes as if he endured painful, sleepless nights and there was bandages placed on his nose, which made it look particularly larger than usual.

Katie shrugged, "Probably broke it tripping over Rachel's clothes after their one night stand. Or he walked into a wall?"

"I'll go with the second option," Annabeth murmured. "Talk about karma." She turned on her feet, tired of looking at Rachel and Percy. Thalia and Katie trailed behind her as Annabeth made her way inside the school to her first class. "You know, I can't believe that Percy has the nerve to go out with that girl. Does he think that that's going to earn him my forgiveness?"

"Maybe," Thalia interjected, trying to keep up with Annabeth's brisk pace, "Percy is a little scared of you, and so he's trying to move on."

"Why is that?"

"You are a little scary when your angry," Thalia pointed out, earning Katie's approval.

Annabeth stopped and turned to her two friends, "I. Am. Not. Or at least, not to Percy."

Thalia rolled her eyes, "Whatever Annabeth. I'm pretty sure, though, that Percy's just a little bit scared to get anywhere near you. He probably doesn't want to leave the next fight with more than just a broken nose."

Annabeth froze. She turned to Thalia. "Percy was a fight?" She said through clenched teeth. "Thalia, what fight was Percy in? Is that how he got the broken nose?"

Thalia's eyes widened, realizing her mistake. "Um..."

Annabeth, however, didn't need much of an explanation. She was smart enough to put the pieces together. "When Luke left your party, he didn't go off to cool his head. He went over to Rachel's place and broke Percy's nose."

"Maybe," Annabeth's best friend mumbled.

Annabeth groaned. "Oh my god, Luke."

After she left her friends, she went to find Luke, which was considerable easy since Luke always waits outside of his first class with a couple of his older friends. He saw Annabeth and grinned, but Annabeth didn't seem to return the gesture. She was staring at Luke, a little uneasily. To think that her best friend, who was practically an older brother to her, broke someone's nose. Annabeth didn't know whether to reprimand Luke or thank him.

"Hey Annie," he said with a smile. "What's up?"

"Luke, can I talk to you for a minute?"

Luke raised his eyebrows, his smile dying out a little, "Um, sure." They took several steps away from Luke's friends. "What's going on?"

Annabeth cut right to the chase. "Did you break Percy's nose?"

Luke's smile completely faded, sighing. "Look, Annabeth, I-I only did it because..."

Annabeth cut him off, giving him a huge bear hug that almost caused Luke to fall on the floor. Luke was too stunned to even hug her back. "I know why you did it. And to be honest, I'm happy that you did." She pulled away from him. "But next time, leave the nose breaking to me."

Luke chuckled, "Whatever you say, Annie. Go on. Get to class before your late."

(At lunch)

Percy, Nico and Rachel stood in a line, waiting for their friends to walk to them. Percy gripped his lunch bag uneasily, "Are you sure that their going to forgive me? If Luke was that angry, imagine how the rest of them are going to feel."

"Percy, they love you," Nico pointed. "Grover and Juni still talks to you."

Percy sighed, "That's different. I'm better friends with Grover, and Juniper is dating Grover so of course she's talking to me!" Percy then noticed Annabeth, Luke and Thalia, leading the rest of their friends. Percy groaned. "Oh my god, Nico save me!"

"Oh, suck it up!" Nico said, grumbling, pushing Percy toward his friends.

Annabeth stiffened. "I'm gonna go get some water." She, then, quickly ran away, leaving her friends.

"We'll come with you," Katie started, and her other friends agreed.

"Guys, wait! Can you guys please just forgive me? If I take it all back I could," Percy rambled on, but it was fruitless. "If I could go back and undo everything that I did to her, I would do it in a heartbeat. I never wanted to hurt her, and I can't believe I was stupid enough to let that happen."

"Percy's telling the truth," Rachel added. "I never wanted to lose her."

"You lost her a while ago," Thalia snapped. She stepped closer to Percy, her fists clenched as if she was about to punch him. "And you," she turned to Percy with a malicious glare. "If you so much as think about trying to talk your way back into her life, you're wrong. I'll never let you hurt Annabeth again. I was stupid to think you were any good for her."

Nico, who was practically the mediator of the group, stepped in between Thalia and Percy. "Guys, give Percy a chance."

"With all due respect, we gave Percy a chance," Katie pointed out. "And this is what he decided to do with it. It's not our fault that this is happening to him."

Nico looked at Percy and shrugged. "Thanks for trying bud," Percy said with a smile. I can always count on you for being there."

"We're family, bro," Nico said, nonchalantly.

"Excuse me?" Thalia snapped. "Why are you still here?"

"Thalia, lay off," Grover chimed in. He was chewing on a sandwich and listening on their conversation. "Maybe Percy does deserve a second chance. It isn't his fault that Rachel forced herself on him."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Rachel interjected, angrily. She looked at Percy, and then back at the others. "You honestly think that I forced myself on him? Okay, so the first kiss was me forcing myself on him, but he wanted to kiss me. He kissed me back. Percy is not innocent here."

Percy growled, "Rachel shut up."

"No! I-I didn't force myself on him! I'm not that desperate!"

Nico rolled his eyes. He grabbed Rachel's arm, "Okay, let's go find a place to eat. Come on. Let's leave Percy to solve the problem." Rachel kept glaring at Grover as she left, and mumbled something to Nico. Nico looked at Percy and rolled his eyes. He looked as if it was painful to hear Rachel talk.

Percy scowled, turning his attention to his friends, but all had other plans. They were hardly walking away from Percy. The only person was, not surprising, Grover, who had his arm around Juniper.

"Just give it some time, Perce. Soon, Annabeth will move on, just as you did. It'll blow over...eventually."

"Wow, you're so hopeful," Grover argued.

"Man, this sucks," Percy mumbled, sitting down on the table.

"Don't feel down, man," Nico started, "Hey, I overheard Thalia, Luke and Annie planning another karaoke night. You two wanna come?"

"Are you sure that'll be such a good idea?" Rachel asked.

"Of course," Nico said, grinning. "Di Angelo is never wrong."

"And if you are, I'm gonna do everything that Luke is gonna do to me," Percy threatened.

Nico gulped, "Trust me on this Jackson."

Percy and Rachel were holding hand in hand as they walked into the cafe. They seemed to give each other a comforting smile before stepping inside the cafe. It was as if everyone knew that Percy and Rachel were coming because as soon as both their feet hit the floor in the cafe, everyone turned to look at them. Percy watched as he felt the eyes of the people that he used to be friends with stare him. Percy and Rachel very slowly made their way to Nico and Grover who were sitting in a car far away, trying not to look at anyone in particular.

"Are they angry?"

"Well," Grover started, "We told them before just so that they didn't throw a fit, and let's just say that it didn't end well. I'm pretty sure Annabeth was going to through a chair at Nico."

Nico looked up at his cousin, a large red mark on his cheek, near his eyes. "Let's just say that Annabeth has a mean swing."

Percy groaned, "We shouldn't be here."

Rachel grabbed Percy's hands, preventing him from running away. "Look, Percy, we need to stop worrying about Annabeth or about Luke. We have to stop fearing our enemies!"

"First of all, they should not be our enemy. And second of you all, Luke didn't give you a broken nose! And to be completely honest I don't think that whole 'guys don't hit girls' thing is gonna apply this situation."

"Especially since Luke is probably gonna be beating the shit out of Percy and Annabeth is gonna pounce at Rachel like a fricking rabid cat," Nico pointed, grinning.

Percy glared at his cousin, "Thanks for the vivid imagine."

Nico shrugged, "No problem, 'cuz."

Rachel rolled her eyes, "I still don't think we should be scared of them. In fact, Luke technically only said that he'll beat you up if we try to hurt Annabeth. But what happens if we're just doing something for ourselves?"

"Um, I'm pretty sure Luke will still kick your ass," Grover promised.

Rachel scowled, "Whatever! Hey DJ, I'll take the mic!"

Percy's eyes widened. "What the hell are you doing? Are you trying to get me killed?!"

Rachel rolled her eyes. "Relax, babe."

She stood up in front of the crowd, and Annabeth's friends shifted their attention toward her, their arms crossed with glares on their faces. Rachel just smirked and song started to play. Annabeth recognized it to be, 'The Perfect Two' by Auburn. She actually liked the song but with Rachel singing it to Percy, she started to really hate it. Annabeth attempted to ignore the music and try to focus on the pattern on her dress, trailing the complicated swirls on it, but it didn't hold her attention considering the fact that the crowd was going insane.

Annabeth had to admit that Rachel had a good voice, but she still refused to believe that her performance was good. It was...disgusting, as if Rachel was trying to flaunt every part of her body in the all the wrong way.

When the song ended, Annabeth was glaring with pure anger, fury and hatred at Rachel and Percy. Rachel was nearly throwing herself at Percy in front of the entire cafe and all of her friends. Most of them shifted uncomfortably in their chair and tried not to look at the public display of affection that was clearly sickening them all. However, the other audience members seemed to be oblivious to the tension between Rachel, Percy and the others, and they went on cheering their hearts out as if it was the only thing in the world that mattered. When Rachel was finished slutting it up in public, Percy helped her off the stage.

"Whoa," the DJ shouted in the microphone behind them, "What a scene? Is there anybody else hear willing to top that act?"

Annabeth, who seemed succumbed in the moment, stood up, waving her arms. She glared at Percy and Rachel, "I think I'll give it up," she said through clenched teeth. Her friends, who were all whispering angry words toward each other fell silent, looks of cocky smiles plastered on their faces. Annabeth told the DJ song that was she going to sing and stood on stage, smiling, the microphone in her hand. "I want to give a special dedication to the couple in the front."

Rachel and Percy both seemed too shocked to look angry at Annabeth's purposely embarrassment to them. Rachel's face seemed to be the same color as her hair and she was tugging on her boyfriend's sleeve, but Percy was too busy gaping at Annabeth to pay any attention to Rachel.

The music started blasting in the background and her friend's smirked as they recognized the song. (A/N: this isn't the FULL lyrics. I took some of them out just so that it wouldn't make the chapter SUPER long).

"Now go stand in the corner and think about what you did"

Ha!
Time for a little revenge

The story starts when it was hot and it was summer and...
I had it all, I had him right where I wanted him
She came along, got him alone and let's hear the applause
She took him faster than you could say "sabotage"

I never saw it coming, wouldn't have suspected it
I underestimated just who I was dealing with
She had to know the pain was beating on me like a drum
She underestimated just who she was stealing from

Annabeth seemed overwhelmed in the moment. She was singing her heat, all the anger that she had been feeling fueling her energy. The crowd ate her preformance up, some standing up and cheering, others trying hard to laugh, as if they know who Annabeth was thinking about.

She's not a saint
And she's not what you think
She's an actress, whoa
She's better known
For the things that she does
On the mattress, whoa

Rachel looked as if she was going to blow a vein. She was gripping the armrest on the chair, giving Annabeth the worst death glare that she could manage, but Annabeth thought it was hilarious. In fact, it made her enjoy singing even more.

Soon she's gonna find
Stealing other people's toys
On the playground won't
Make you many friends
She should keep in mind
She should keep in mind
There is nothing I do better than revenge

Annabeth began to do small dance moves as she continued the song.

She looks at life like it's a party and she's on the list
She looks at me like I'm a trend and she's so over it
I think her ever-present frown is a little troubling
And she thinks I'm psycho 'cause I like to rhyme her name with things

But sophistication isn't what you wear or who you know
Or pushing people down it gets you where you wanna go
They wouldn't teach you that in prep school so it's up to me
But no amount of vintage dresses gives you dignity

She could see the embarrassment in both Percy and Rachel's eyes and for a second, she almost felt pitiful about what she was doing. But just for a second because she saw Rachel reach for Percy's hands. Annabeth rolled her eyes and continued singing.

I'm just another thing for you
To roll your eyes at, honey
You might have him but haven't you heard
I'm just another thing for you
To roll your eyes at, honey
You might have him but I always get the last word
Whoa

Annabeth held the note for as long as she could, the energy from the crowd feeding off of it. The majority of the audience members were standing up, cheering up Annabeth as she finished the song.

Let's hear the applause
Come on show me how much better you are (so much better, yeah)
So you deserve some applause 'cause you're so much better
She took him faster than you could say "sabotage"

When the song was finished, the crowd went wilder and crazier than Annabeth ever expected. Most of them had stood up, cheering and whistling, their energy at their peak. As for Annabeth's friend, their reactions varied: some had stood up, cheering and yelling Annabeth's name (i.e. Travis and Connor), a few were just smirking at Percy and Rachel and others, like Thalia or Katie, were staring dumbstruck at Annabeth as if that was the most fantastic thing that they have ever seen. Annabeth just laughed, giving Percy and Rachel a very arrogant grin before heading back to her friends.

She was immediately greeted by Travis and Connor. "Man, talk about badass!" Travis shouted, patting Annabeth on the back.

"Yeah!" Connor joined in, "Who knew this uptight psycho had some fun in her?" Annabeth glared at Connor and Travis, but shrugged. It was the closet thing to a compliment that she would ever get from them.

Then, she faced Thalia, Katie and Silena, who greeted with hugs. "Annie, you're crazy!" Silena shouted, chuckling.

"Annie, you're awesome," Thalia corrected.

"Annabeth, you're insane!" Katie added.

"And Annabeth, you're a total bitch!" Shouted someone, and it wasn't Annabeth's friend. Annabeth stiffened, along with Thalia, Katie and Silena. The room seemed to fall silent as they watched the drama ensue.

Annabeth turned slowly to stare down Rachel Elizabeth Dare, who was clutching a nearly comatose Percy Jackson. Rachel seemed to half angry and half upset, her face red with frustration and her eyes red with tears. Annabeth, however, felt no sympathy, no compassion.

"You're the one to talk, Dare," Katie snapped.

"Oh please! It's one thing to take your anger out on me but to do that to Percy?" Rachel glanced at her boyfriend. Percy seemed to wake up a little at the sound of his name to the point of being able to comprehend and assess the situation, although he remained silent.

"First of all, that song had nothing to do with Percy. It was all about the girl, the psychotic bitch girl, that stole my boyfriend. It wasn't about the guy that got played by a stupid slutty whore!"

"Annabeth, that's enough!" Percy shouted, tearing away from Rachel, who was just as surprised as everyone else that Percy was yelling at Annabeth.

Percy took a couple of steps forward toward his very angry ex-girlfriend. "How could you be so heartless?!"

Annabeth chuckled without humor. "I'm heartless?! You. Cheated. On. Me. You made out with the girl that terrorized my life for years and then tried to pass off as my friend again. And you call me the heartless one? I thought I could trust you. I thought I could always rely on you, like the way that Thalia can rely Luke, or Silena can rely on Beckendorf! I thought that you were the one!" Annabeth felt her voice shake a little and a single tear trickled down her face. "But I guess I was wrong. I guess that Rachel was one for you."

"Annabeth, you broke up with me! I didn't want things to end between," Percy said, urgently.

"Did you expect me to stay with you?! After everything you did to me and everything that I've been through her? I'm not stupid! I would never stay with anyone who cheated on me and I'm sure that that would go for any other girl here."

Percy seemed to shift tones and now it sounded as if he was begging for forgiveness. "Annabeth, please-."

"Percy!" Annabeth snapped. "I can't just forgive you after you did something like that!"

Percy sighed, "I never wanted to hurt you."

"I don't care, because you did. You know, Jason and Luke and Thalia and Malcolm and all my other friends were right. I am better than you."

"Annabeth!"

"Percy, don't you get?!" Annabeth stared into Percy's bruiting and beautiful sea green eyes, which were swimming with tears. "We're over. End of discussion.

Dun, dun, duhhhhh!

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