Chapter 2: Too Late to Apologize
Disclaimer: I do not own anything…. Well… maybe I own the character Emily, and the plot, and the story… but sadly not the main characters! DAMMIT!
Percy's POV:
"I don't even know where she is!" I yelled into the phone over the overlapping sound of airplanes taking off. "Or even what she looks like?"
"You expect me to know?" My dad asked innocently.
"Well….DUH! You're her dad! What do you expect!" I was seriously pissed. I might not even know my half-sister, but I'm seriously sorry for her (and for me) to have an inconsiderate jerk as a father.
"I've never even seen her in my whole life! I just found out she's my daughter for the past month." He confessed.
"Oh that clears it up a lot." I mumbled sarcastically.
"But she'll call you later, I gave her your phone number." My dad told me.
"Glad you have a brain under all those stupid remarks." I murmured.
"Your old man is very smart Percy." He reminded me. "Now don't forget to make her feel welcomed inside your home."
"Okay old man." I took out my wallet and walked to the food court. "Now if you don't mind I'll hang up so she would be able to reach my phone." Without waiting for an answer I ended the call and pulled out a twenty from my wallet, "Can I have two bottles of Dr. Pepper, two bags of chips, and a bag of plain seaweed?" I asked the guy at the counter. I looked in the shop and saw something that made me smile, "You guys have cotton candy?" I asked the guy.
"Yeah, they are only 4 dollars each." He told me.
I grinned, "I'll have two bags of cotton candy too." I paused and added, "The blue ones please."
"Here you go sir, that will be $16 dollars." The guy told me.
Damn… food is getting pretty expensive here. I nodded and handed the guy my twenty as he paid me by with four dollar change. I grabbed my bag off snack from the guy's hand, "Thanks man." I told him and walked off as I heard them announce the next incoming flight from California.
I frowned and started looking around for anyone that seems to resemblance a mental picture of my so-called sister in my mind. Of course I was thinking that she probably have the family trait, sea-green eyes, and black hair, so I immediately started looking for someone that looks like my twin. While in the midst of looking for my sister was I pushed back by someone in front of me. I mentally cursed, "Damn… sorry I wasn't looking." I quickly and scrambled to pick up her papers and suitcases.
"It's okay, it was my fault anyways." A voice I recognized as a woman replied.
"Nah, it was my fault, I was rushing anyways, sorry again, let's hope these don't need to be organized cause I'm pretty sure I just messed them up." I chuckled as I picked up her papers and looked up to be greeted by a familiar girl with green eyes and a freckled face. The most noticeable characteristic was her frizzy red hair. It was her, it was definitely her. I held her papers in shocked and looked at them to realized they were drawings. "Rachel Elizabeth Dare." I said her name with as much hatred and distaste that I could muster.
"Percy." My name escaped her lips, I glanced at her eyes, it seems to show no remorse, only sadness. No feeling of guilt was held in her eyes. "It's you, it's really you, I thought I would never see you again!" She tried to give me a hug, but I shrugged it off emotionlessly.
I stare hardened as I pushed her hands off me, "What are you doing back in New York?" I glared at her, the memory form three years ago began to ignite.
"I came back." She told me. "I want to give us another chance."
"Rachel, when you left me three years ago, when you walked out on me, we were done!" I felt my anger rising and took a couple breath to control it. "Look I don't want to talk about it here, I don't want to make a scene. " I mumbled as I realized that I was drawing a crowd of speculators.
"Percy, I'm really sorry, I still love you, I really do." Her green eyes were full of sincere, but I couldn't believe her, not after what she made me go through. If she loved me she wouldn't have left me in pain like that, if she loved me she would've not leave me to go through a year of mental therapy. If she loved me she wouldn't have heartlessly forget about me for three years and come back and expect me to forgive her.
"If you loved me, you wouldn't have left me out there, you wouldn't have just heartlessly walked away when I needed you the most." I glared at her. Never have I hated anyone more than I hated Rachel Elizabeth Dare this moment.
"You knew I had to." Rachel argued.
"You never did have to, you had a choice Rachel, and unfortunately I was the rebound, I was the back-up in case everything failed, but it didn't right? So now you're just here to get your consolation prize after you got the grand prize." I remarked sarcastically as my head was about to explode from anger. I clenched my fist, "I hope we don't see each other again during your stay in New York." I said with finality.
"Percy, I had to take it, you know it," Rachel tried to explain, but I wouldn't listen.
"Even if you had to take it, why did you just left me there without a single call, three years Rachel, it's been three years!" I yelled. "I have nothing more to say to you."
"We'll talk about this later." Rachel said as she made a grab for my hand, but I shook her away as her face turned into a pained expression.
"There's nothing to talk about, it's too late to apologize already…" I growled and stood up, "I have to pick up someone now." I told her and walked away leaving my ex-girlfriend to stare after me. I didn't want to turn around, because I knew if I take another look at her, no doubt I'll be taking her back even with all the hurt she made me go through. I couldn't bear to go through heartbreak again, not when the last one left me in crucial conditions, both physically and mentally. I forced myself to look at the upcoming passenger waiting for my sister.
Annabeth's POV:
Let me just saying something, Facebook is a great help when it comes to stalking hot guys, but when I'm on my plane to New York I don't really need my overbearing friends and family asking me every minute where I was.
Emmy: Annabeth are you at New York yet? How is it?
BobMat: Annabeth, mom and dad weren't very happy when you left them that message you know? Hey don't forget to buy us some new games!
Emmy: Come on Annie, you could kill me later for calling you that, but reply woman!
Emmy: Annie! Annie! ANNIE! REPLY ASAP!
BobMat: Oh Matthew wants Black Ops! Yeah I want one too, don't forget to buy us memory cards too!
I sighed and closed my laptop ignoring the other handful of messages, only to find 31 missed calls from more people. I grimaced and decided to type a quick reply to Emily,
AC: Hey, sorry fell asleep on the plane, but I'm almost at NYC, any advice on how I can find your brother?
Emmy: Thank goodness u finally replied, I thought ur plane took a nosedive or the pilot decides to suicide or something, but my HALF-bro, I got his phone number, 694-5090. Call him if you must, but if I were you I would just grab a cab and buy rent an apartment.
AC: Em, you've been watching too much action movies, and HALF-brother sorry,
Emmy: Ehh.. no worries, but seriously just get a dorm at Columbia and all will be good.
AC: But Emily are you sure your father won't find out about this?
Emmy: Chill, trust me if he didn't know I existed for 23 years, I'm sure another couple more years wouldn't matter
AC: Anyways anyone sharing a dorm with you yet after I left?
Emmy: Nope, and I'm glad too, now it's peaceful and quiet XD
AC: You were always the loud one Emily….
Emmy: Yeah whatever, just tell me when you meet my retard of a half-bro, if he's a jerk, feel free to kick his ass.
AC: You didn't even meet him yet… how do you know he's a jerk?
Emmy: Anyone that my "dad" favors have to be the exact same jerk as him.
AC: You're the one your dad favors Em,
Emmy: Not the point here…
AC: Yeah… but are you sure? I'm kind of nervous going to Columbia like this…
Emmy: Positive, just don't worry about anything
AC: Okay then… wish me luck….
Emmy: Well later, I gotta get to class. Before Ms. Crazy head decide to get all crazy.
AC: Later, oh and I'm at NYC now, bye Em.
I closed my laptop as the pilot's voice rang through the intercom, "Passengers please remain seated and buckled up until the plane has landed safely."
I saw some people scurried to buckle their seatbelts as I put my laptop into my bag.
Within half an hour I was walking down New York's airport, and took out my phone dialing Emily's half-brother's number. "Hello?" a voice answered. His voice was deep but also soothing.
"Hi," I replied back a bit nervous, 'What if he finds out I'm not his sister! I'm almost the opposite of Emily. Oh damn… what if I get put in jail for fraud. Calm down, calm down.' I told myself and willed the words out of my mouth. "Um… Are you Perseus Jackson?"
There was a silence on the other line, "Yes, but it's just Percy," He told me as I rested my luggage next to me. "I'm guessing you're my half-sister. So what's your name, our inconsiderate father didn't bother to learn your name." He mumbled the last part.
I was actually a bit surprised, 'Seems like Emily has more in common with her brother than she thought. Well it's a good thing Emily doesn't use her father's last name.' I grinned. "Annabeth Chase," I told him, fidgeting with my book as I took a seat.
"You don't take after his last name huh?" He asked me with a bit of humor.
I laughed a bit nervously, 'Could he have found out already?' I asked myself. 'Don't be paranoid.' I told myself and decided to answer just as Emily would. "I didn't know he existed."
The guy on the other line stopped laughing as if surprised. "What do you mean? He's pretty much a worldwide famous jerk?"
I didn't know what to answer, then remembered that Emily's mom told her that her father was dead. I decided to play it safe. "My mom told me he was pretty much dead,"
"Ehh.. that kind of make sense, he was pretty much dead to me anyways, I only saw him like twice in my whole life." He told me as I nodded in understanding, I knew what it's like to be ignored, but I was a bit surprised that he only saw his dad two times in his life.
"And I thought it was only me who had a dead dad. I pretty much didn't exist in his life after-" I stopped suddenly and almost punched myself for almost screwing up my chance to study at Columbia. "Nevermind." I decided, but I could tell my voice was a bit nervous.
"How about I pick you up and we could continue this talk elsewhere?" He offered after a period of awkward silence. "I'm at the airport right now and my car is right outside."
"Actually if you don't mind, could you give me your address, I'll find my way around, there's a friend I want to visit." I told him remembering that Thalia lives in New York.
"Umm… Yeah sure, I'll text you the address after we hang up then." He told me and hanged up. A few minutes later I received a new text.
Percy Jackson:
Here's the address then, 105 Pinewood Drive NYC, New York. See you later then… I guess, if you get home early, there's a spare key on top of the mini water fountain right outside the front door. That's all then I'll see you later then.
I put pressed end and dialed Thalia's phone number. "What do you want now?" I heard Thalia's tired voice.
"Nice to see you are looking forward to talking to me Thalia." I grimaced.
"Wait you're not Leo…" Thalia trailed off.
"No it's Annabeth, now who's Leo?" I smirked even though I knew she couldn't see me.
"One of my brother's friend, that have been getting on my nerves." Thalia mumbled.
"Anything new?" I asked her. "Or… anyone new?" I asked since my best friend never bothered to go out with anyone and suddenly she mention this Leo… hmm…
"Nothing you need to know… " Thalia said a bit suspiciously. "Anyways… what's the occasion for calling today?" She said changing the subject. "My boss is giving me the evil eye, make it quick."
"Actually, I'm at New York right now, I'll call you back later if you want, I'm going to go exploring a bit." I told her.
"Wait you're in New York-" Thalia began obviously surprised.
"Long story, I'll explain to you when we grab some coffee later on." I told her.
"Okay later kiddo." She told me and hung up.
I frowned as I tried to pull my luggage, 'I should've at least asked Emily's brother to help me bring these home.'
"Need some help with that?" An unfamiliar voice asked me, I looked up to see a guy in his late twenties, wearing a white t-shirt with brown khaki pants. He looked at me with a good-natured smiled that match his blond hair, and sparkling blue eyes. He quickly straightened up my luggage before it could fall down and threw his small bag over his shoulder. "Luke Castellan, by the way, nice to meet you," He held out his hand.
I looked at him a bit nervously, "Umm… yeah thanks," I smiled at him gratefully as he picked up my luggage. "Annabeth Chase," I shook his hand.
"So what's a pretty girl like you doing here alone?" He asked me with a grin.
"I decided to move here to study." I told him, aware that he was very much flirting with me at the moment.
"Make sense, New York is actually a pretty good place." He said nodding his head. "Say where are you from?"
"California," I told him as he handed me my luggage. "What about you?" I asked him.
"Actually, I just came back from visiting my mom over in Connecticut." He told me. "Went over to visit my old man as well, he's a jerk, but it was Thanksgiving so decided to fly over and gave them a heart-attack." He said mischievously.
'Seems like everyone around here have dad problems.' I thought with a grim expression.
"Everything okay there?" He asked as he saw my face. "Looks like you're getting sick from that plane ride." He smirked.
"Just thinking about something." I told him.
"Oh, you said you were here to study right?" He asked me as I nodded. "Which school are you attending?"
"I'm transferring to Columbia." I told him. "How about you?"
"Sweet, same here, majoring in business." He told me flashing me a grin.
"Majoring in architecture, I always have a interest in it, and Columbia seems like the place to learn." I smiled back and picked up my bags, "Anyways nice talking to you Luke, but I have to get going." I told him.
"In a rush?" He asked me.
"Not really, just that my…" I paused, hesitating a bit, "half-brother was suppose to pick me up, but I waved him off." I looked at the mess of my bags. "Not such a good idea."
"How about I help you with your bags to the cab?" He offered. "I have to catch a cab anyways so why not go with someone I can talk with." He grinned. "And if you're lucky, I'll take you on an official tour of New York City."
I hesitated not really wanting to get too acquainted with a stranger. "Actually, I have to get to my brother's house, he's probably waiting for me." I quickly made an excuse.
Luke's face fell a bit, "Oh, okay that's fine. I could help you load these into the cab though." He offered.
I smiled gratefully. "That'll be great."
He quickly led the way out of the airport as I quickly walked to follow him.
"Here you go." Luke said as he packed the last bag into the trunk of the cab.
"Thanks again Luke." I smiled. "Well, if we're lucky, I'll be seeing you at school."
"How about we exchange phone numbers?" He asked. "That way if you're ever in need of a bellboy, I'll be willing to help."
I wasn't really willing to trust a guy that I've only met so I decided with a safe answer, "My phone is still with California's area code and I'm thinking of changing the number so-"
"No need to make up excuses." Luke said jokingly. "I'm completely understand that you don't want to be talking with a stranger."
"No that's not-" I began.
He laughed good-naturedly, "No worries Annabeth, maybe if we see each other at school, we could get to know each other more." Luke grinned.
I smiled back, "That'll be nice." I said, actually meaning it this time.
"Well, it was nice talking to you Annabeth, I'll hope to see you around New York later on then." He gave me a wink and walked off.
I felt my heart fluttered a bit as he gave me that wink, 'He is good-looking and nice.' I smiled at the thought and opened the cab door. "105 Pinewood Drive New York City, New York." I told the cab driver.
So what did you guys think so far? Good? Bad? REVIEW PLEASE! Oh yeah… DON'T CALL THE PHONE NUMBER NOR LOOK UP PERCY JACKSON'S HOUSE! IT'S NOT REAL! So I'll try to update at least once a week like with Jackson's Chase since school's still in progress, but decided to give you guys two update this week because…. I'M ON BREAK! Well kinda… now I'm off to practice for a couple hours, wish me luck!
Song: Apologize – One Republic! (DUDE YOU CANNOT HATE THIS SONG!)
Thanks for all those that reviewed! Made me really happy
Swimmr4vr: Thanks! I was hoping to think of a more original plot so I decided to stick with this one!
PurpleDreamer99: Haha siblings are always like that, gotta love them XD
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U r awesome: don't we all just wish for a life like that XD, thanks for reviewing! :D
Kiransomers: Haha I was hoping to put some laugh in there, but yeah I like Stanford's med school better, that's why Emily is staying there I guess, truth to be told I don't know much about Columbia since I live all the way across the country from Columbia, and have parents that are always like STANFORD FTW, but you know… typical parents XD
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