Chapter 11: Secrets Given Away
Disclaimer: I do not own the word disclaimer.. .because of I did… you would be dead disclaimer… *dodges ninja stars* GODS! OKAY OKAY! I DON'T OWN THE WONDERFUL PERSEUS JACKSON!
Percy: DON'T CALL ME PERSEUS AGENT ASTRO ZOMBIE! *Smack me on the head with Riptide*
OKAY OKAY! PERCY! NOW ON WITH THE STORY!
REVIEWS! Well most of you guys figured it out, Silena and Beckondorf… but who is the mysterious 3rd person :D
Fluffy Bunnies Are So Cute: I'll give you this… he does have something to do with Percy's friends death, but with what exactly… LOL even I don't know yet XD I've tried shifting my eyes XD having a pretty hard time with it :D
AzianDemigod16: HUNGER GAMES! Yep great movie! Haha aww I want a mockingjay pin! It's so pretty XD, I like Cato, but I'm cool with Peeta and Gale, I mean seriously they are all hot right? :D
GemOfOlympus: haha totally understand the laziness :D I do it sometimes haha I get the joke! Me and my friends joke about sparkling Edward Cullen all the time XD. HAHA I'll give you 2/3 of the award! I like the long chapters and all the suspense building up! Hope you update soon as well! well since Luke is human he probably reincarnated so many times XD Well we could count on Percy to finish the job right?
C-Nuggets N.L.: Oh great.. now I have to go get Apollo to heal Luke or Hermes is going to have my head.. no wait… PERCY BEAT HIM JUST ONE LAST TIME! Haha but you're right Silena is one who died, and thanks :D
Istealcookie: Thanks! Well I gotta make Percy a little bit depressed to fit my story plot you know? But maybe I'll try to make him a bit less emotional aka depressed? Thanks for reading!
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Percy's POV:
"Seriously… how did you even survive like 6 hours of boring old lecture…" I groaned as we made the way to her dorm.
"It's call having an interest in something." She replied with an edge of amusement. "So how did you cope the boredom?"
"I ran into an old friend." I admitted. "We got talking, and I guess lost track of time." I mumbled remembering that I'll have to face Clarisse sooner or later.
"You don't look happy meeting that old friend." Annabeth noticed.
"Nah…" I lied.
"Oh…" We went back to our little silence, however now it was not as awkward. I guess… I was getting used to having a sister like Annabeth. After about fifteen minutes of poking around, we came upon one of the millions of dorms on the planet.
"So… you sure they'll allow me to go into your dorm?" I asked her, pulling along her bags.
"You could say that you're my bell boy-" She suggested with a slight smile.
"No," I replied immediately.
She laughed and stopped in front of the room 273, "Or… you could dress up like a girl and pretend you learn here."
"Not a chance." I glared at her as she opened the dorm with her keys.
"Dad… I'm okay… No! I don't want to talk to Jane! I already told you! Dad… if you seriously want to spend some quality time with me… at least fly over here with mom instead of sending Jane over with a new car or whatnot!" A girl that was already inside the room yelled into of what I presumed to be her phone. "No! I am not going to whatever university Jane planned out for me… I'm already accepted into one… and I don't feel like going anywhere else!"
I couldn't help but think that either this girl has a bit of anger problem or she was seriously rude to whoever this Jane person is. In spite of the awkward conversation I cleared my throat as I walked in alone and for the first time noticing that Annabeth was still outside of the dorm.
The girl glanced up and saw my face which giving a look that said to wait a minute. "I have to go now… I got some new dorm mates coming in… "She quickly hung up and turned back to face me.
Her eyes were almost shifting its color almost like a kaleidoscope, with her brown hair cut unevenly and a simple one braid on her right side. I guess you could say she was pretty… but for some reason it seems as if she's trying to hide it. In her hand she held the phone she just used to call her dad while her other hand held onto a pencil. Despite the normal room temperature she wore a snowboarding jacket with simple faded jeans. She brushed off the dust in her jeans and stood up to greet me while her face held a look of bewilderment.
"Hi… umm… Percy Jackson." I offered out my hand to her as she shook it.
"I could've sworn the guy said… my roommate was a girl…" She narrowed her eyes as if looking at me to see if I was a girl.
"No-"I tried to tell her but was rudely interrupted.
"Unless… you're a girl…" Her eyes widen, "I mean no offense if you're a girl… I mean, I guess you do kind of look like a girl, well… except for the really short hair… and is that a mustache? I'm pretty sure Percy is a guy's name… but it sounds pretty as a girl and-"
My face was probably red as a tomato as she blabbed on about how I was a girl, "No!" I quickly stopped her little debate about my gender. "I'm a guy," I quickly said before she could talk again.
"But-"
"I'm not your roommate… hope that clears it up." I quickly said. "How the hell do I look like a girl…?" I mumbled under my breath to low for her to hear.
The brown-haired girl flushed from her mistake, "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to offend you at all." She apologized sincerely. "I mean… I knew you looked like a guy, but I was so sure that you were my roommate and thought you were a girl so I didn't want to make you feel bad and-"
My face cooled down a bit and oddly enough I wasn't the bit annoyed with her mistake knowing that she was sincerely sorry, "That's okay." I told her awkwardly.
"Wait…" She looked around the room. "If you're not my roommate then-"
"Percy! Help me with the bags!" Annabeth called from outside the door.
"If you're wondering… that would be your roommate." I motioned towards the door going towards Annabeth voice to help her carry in her bags. I walked out to see Annabeth having a bit of trouble bringing in the bags and walked over and grabbed one of the luggage. "Met your roommate…" I mumbled. "She thought I was a girl for a second." I groaned. "Tell me… do I even look like a girl?"
"I have a roommate?" Annabeth asked completely ignoring that her brother's pride have been hurt.
"Thanks for caring…" I mumbled.
From inside the dorm I heard the girl's voice coming towards us, "In here!" Her head popped out from inside the door, "Hi I'm- Annabeth?" The girl exclaimed as she quickly engulfed Annabeth into a hug. "What are you doing here?" The girl happily said as she released Annabeth from a hug.
"You're Annabeth?" I asked stupidly to the girl with the chocolate brown-hair.
Both girls looked at me with a weird expression. "Percy… I think you hit your head too hard…" My sister mumbled.
I stared at them in confusion, "Then what-?"
Annabeth (my sister) face-palmed, "I'm Annabeth…"
"And I'm not Annabeth." The other girl stated.
"Wait…" I began before I was rudely interrupted by not-Annabeth.
"I'm Piper," Not-Annabeth greeted me, holding out her hand. "Piper McLean"
Annabeth stepped up, "So this is the school you were talking about?" She asked Piper.
"Yep, I actually got admitted into here," Piper replied.
"What about Jason then? I heard from Thalia that you guys are still together." Annabeth said making conversation with her dorm buddy.
"Wait… you guys know each other?" My smart mouth blurted out.
"Glad to see you figured it out Percy…" Annabeth mumbled.
"Gee… thanks…" I retorted back sarcastically.
Piper looked at me with narrowed eyes, "You never told me you had a boyfriend!" Piper exclaimed excitedly.
I inwardly sighed, 'Why does everyone keep on thinking that we're dating… I mean… she's my sister…' I thought as Annabeth just shook her head.
"Maybe because I don't…?" Was the smart answer of the great Annabeth Chase.
"Then who…?" Piper asked.
"Percy Jackson, my brother." Annabeth introduced us. "Piper McLean, an old friend."
"No need the last name," Piper smiled, "So how come you never mentioned you had another brother, last I checked your brothers are Malcolm, Bobby, and Matthew." Piper stated.
I looked over at Annabeth whose face was bright red and almost shocked as she looked at me while trying to form words, "No…" She laughed nervously, "Those are actually my brother from the adopted family."
I nodded at Annabeth's logic, 'That does make sense,' I thought, 'She did say that she didn't find out about her real family until a couple days ago.'
"Adopted family?" Piper asked her face filled with confusion.
"I'll explain later." Annabeth said quickly, her eyes filled with evident fear.
"Are you okay?" I asked a bit worried.
"Perfectly fine." My sister said with a forced smile on her face.
Needless to say I was a bit suspicious, her face starts to take on a shade of red as she looked back at Piper. The look on her face clearly tells Piper to be quiet. "Are you sure?" I asked again.
She nodded quickly, "I think I'm okay… umm… you could go now, I'm pretty sure Piper wouldn't mind giving me a tour here… right?" Annabeth said, clearly not taking a 'no' for an answer.
Piper seem to have been knocked out of a trace, "Yeah, yeah I can show her around,"
"You could go home now," Annabeth said a bit too harshly, almost as if she wants me to disappear.
"Umm… yeah sure… just give me a call if anything comes up, and I'll give you a ride to work after this week then, " I told her a bit sad that she doesn't want me around. She's as annoying as hell, but it's actually fun being around a little sibling I guess…
Annabeth seem to have noticed that she was a bit harsh and quickly said, "I mean… I'm just really tired right now, and you're probably tired too." She corrected herself. "But thanks for helping me today." She shot me a grateful look.
"No problem, just don't forget I'm picking you up in a couple days." I reminded her.
"Okay," She gave me a weak smile, a real one this time, "I'll see you later Percy,"
"Ditto." I smiled back and exit out the door giving the two girls some time to talk about alone.
Annabeth's POV:
"What was that?" Piper asked me as soon as Percy was gone.
"What was what?" I tried to dodge her question.
"Oh, come on Annabeth… you know what I'm talking about… when did you suddenly have a brother?" She narrowed her eyes.
"What are you talking about?" I asked nervously. "I've always had brothers," Technically this was not a lie, I had step-brothers.
"Yes… brothers… but who's the new brother? I'm not that dumb Annabeth, I can tell that he's definitely not your brother." Piper said as she helped me unpack my luggage.
"He's my brother." I said a bit too convincingly.
Piper scoffed at my attempt at lying, "Please… I'm the master of persuasive talking… I can make you spill in no time… either tell me now Annabeth or I'll force it out of you." Piper said with a gleam in her eyes. I knew she wasn't kidding, she actually somehow manage to sweet talk her way into getting herself a BMW once… and believe me… the result was not one to die for.
"I already told you, he's my brother." I said slowly, fully aware of the mischievous grin on her face.
"Oh… come on… then explain why you were quick to say that Bobby, Matthew and Malcolm were your adopted family members… when they're actually you're half-brothers." Piper smiled intelligently. "So Percy is not your brother," Piper stated again.
I sighed in defeat, "How did you figure that out?" I asked her, even though I don't look like Percy, I knew it was not that easy to distinguish the difference between brothers and sisters.
"Easy… I knew about the Percy Jackson," Piper made air quotes in the air.
I nodded then realized what she had just said, "Wait what?"
"It's nothing really… remember my obsessed arch enemy?" Piper threw my luggage on the floor as she made a mess on the floor.
"Drew?" I asked wondering what Drew had to do with this, if I remember correctly Drew was long gone over in Paris or something.
"The one and only," Piper nodded. "Anyways, she was majorly obsessed with dangerous guys if you remember correctly, and Percy Jackson was famous for quite a while over here. Apparently he blew up a national monument at a young age and went missing for a while. Added to the fact he was a wanted criminal because of some misunderstanding." Piper stated.
My mouth gaped open, "How did you..?" I was seriously surprised, Percy looked almost innocent, clueless even, but to think he blew up a national monument. I wasn't really sure what Piper was telling me was exactly accurate…but I didn't want to sound so surprised so I just went along and tried to not act so freaked out.
"Know about this?" Piper grinned. "Well… That's Ms. Drew for you, but seriously, that information was on many articles, you wouldn't believe how much trouble this guy caused when he was young, but don't even try looking, all those articles are locked away now apparently for security purposes. For what I actually… I don't know, but it's useless to find out about his past even if he's a famous guy."
"Any particular reason why you remember so much about this?" I asked her. "If I remember correctly you and Drew weren't exactly buddy-buddy to each other on the talking scale."
"Okay… you got me….Drew did tell me about this though… annoying me with how handsome and hot this so called Percy Jackson was and Jason heard us talking." Piper admitted. "Jason apparently got jealous and was able to dig up some pretty messed up stuff about this Percy Jackson."
"How'd Jason get to the files?" I asked.
"Bribery." Piper stated simply, "But I only know that much."
"Well… then… how does this show that he's not my long lost brother?" I narrowed my eyes.
"Simple." Piper smiled, "His parents are divorced. His dad is Poseidon Oceanus and his mom is Sally Jackson." Piper said a bit creepy.
"Kind of a stalking information don't you think?" I frowned.
"Tell that to Jason," Piper shrugged."Anyways… last I checked your dad name was Fredrick and your mom was Athena-" Piper stopped to look at my expression then cleared her throat and continued, "Anyways… you have no relationship with him… what-so-ever." Piper concluded. "So now… tell me why exactly did you pretend to be his sister?"
"Wow…" I sighed, I knew that the plan was not so foolproof… but now that Piper pointed it out so easily… it seems almost… stupid.
"If you tell me that your plan was to pretend to be his sister because you got some benefit out of it or something… I will seriously say… that is the most stupidest plan you've ever came up with." Piper stated then took a look at my face. "Oh gods… you're kidding me right?"
I managed a weak smile, "Psych?" I said weakly.
Thankfully Piper was much more calm then Thalia, "What's the benefit then?" Piper asked a bit too calm if you ask me.
"Going to school in Columbia…?"
"Then tell me… does he even have a sister or did you just made this up?" Piper focused her attention on me.
"He actually does have a sister, one of my friends, but she didn't want to come to we made this plan." I answered quickly still thinking that the plan was pretty stupid. "But enough about that…" I said putting my clothes aside. I was still curious about Emily's brother. "Tell me about Percy Jackson." I commanded her.
"Well what do you know already?" She asked.
"Well… just about his work… I don't know anything about his past… except what you just told me." I admitted. Did I mention? I hated not knowing something…
"Well… he was a pretty bad kid, as you already know. Blew up the Arch, that was part of the reason they have extra security at that place now."
"Any reason why he blew up the place?" I asked clearly curious.
"Not sure, according to Jason, something about being chased by some killer. Apparently he was pretty much on the run when he just started middle school and was missing for a while. No one actually knew where he was hidden but he returned after about three weeks." Piper informed me.
"How about in his later years?" I asked.
"How should I know?" Piper laughed, "I don't stalk the guy, I only know the basic information about him, he's pretty secretive with his past if you ask me."
"I can tell…" I mumbled remembering his constant change of mood when I first met him. "You mind helping me with filling up my closet?" I asked my friend.
"No problem." She grinned and began helping me stuff my clothes into the cramped closet.
~PaGeBrEaK~
It's been a couple days since I first started and now it was Friday, and I'm currently just reviewing some lecture he taught us the other day. I have to say Columbia was pretty much all that I dreamed of, it gave me some hands-on design projects that we could build and all the theory of ancient architecture was rather interesting. Sadly however, I haven't had time to make any friends here on this campus, aside from Piper that is, and added to the fact I never really see the blond hair guy, Luke Castellan. Except the one time on my first day, I've never really talk to him as much, so I guess you could say I'm pretty much absorbed in my work.
"Well, class, that's all for today, please continue to read the next excerpt on the building and construction of the Parthenon and the Pyramids of Giza. I will be expecting a report in two days about your findings." The professor told us as he wrapped up his lecture. Oddly enough I like this teacher, his name was actually Mr. Brunner but he always allows us to call him Chiron, which apparently was his first name.
As each student hurried out to their next class I lingered behind, true I've never actually talk to a teacher before… yes… me a 4.0 GPA student never bothering to talk to the teacher… but there was actually this concept I never really understand about the Parthenon, and frankly the monument amazes me. Luckily I'm pretty much done with all my classes for today, for once I was glad for my early lectures. "Sir?" I walked up to the teacher as he sat in his wheelchair grading papers.
The brown haired man looked up, his brown eyes wise with wisdom, "Ms. Chase is it?" He greeted me.
For a moment I was amazed with his impeccable memory, most of the time, college and university professors could never remember their students much less their names. "Y-yes, Annabeth Chase." I stuttered.
"Well, well, are you adapting to the school Annabeth?" The professor smiled kindly.
"Yes sir," I said politely.
"Ah, no need the formality Annabeth, you could call me Chiron," He wheeled his chair towards one of the cabinet. "So any particular reason that you are here?" He asked as he reached and grabbed out a manila folder.
"Yes sir, I was umm… just wondering around the Parthenon," I said nervously.
"Ah, the magnificent architecture of the ancient Greek culture, there's one model in Tennessee, almost flawless I might add. However there a few aspect that could be improve… or rather in this case make it more true to history, but close enough," He wheeled back to his desk and I followed right behind. "Well then what is it that you want to know about this particular piece of work?" He asked his eyes twinkling with joy.
"Well, you assigned us to do a report on it, and I haven't gathered enough information about it, and the sources on the internet contradicts each other." I admitted.
"So you're hoping I could help you with this a bit," He smiled finally taking the time to look up at me. I nodded as he continued, "Are you perhaps familiar with the ancient Greek culture?"
"I know the basics of it, and occasional myths about heroes and kings," I informed him.
"Very well, then you could know that the Parthenon was also once a place of worship. The ancient Greeks believed in smaller matter of gods and have many famous buildings in representation of their gods. If you were able to look closely at the carvings on the Parthenon you would notice a scene with people, those are what the Greeks would call the gods, lowercase 'g' of course." He added and motioned me towards his computer screen which shows multiple picture of the Parthenon.
I look at the top to see many pictures just as Chiron had described, "How were they actually able to build it? I mean like for example…the Pyramid of Giza from the Egyptians were a huge feat." I said in amazement as I look at the pictures.
"There's no particular correct answer for how they build the pyramid, sure we could easily build them now, but with the technology centuries ago, it was actually very hard. Scientist have probably come up with more theories then they can remember, but none can actually be proven. Part of the assignment is to talk about the building and construction, but remember this class is also about the theory of architecture, so I wouldn't mind reading a small excerpt on these particular theories." He turned his chair to face me, "So did I answer your questions Annabeth?"
I smiled at the older man, "Yes thank you Professor Brunner,"
"Well, off you go now, I wouldn't want to keep you from going on to your next class."
"Thank you sir," I nodded politely.
He made a quick nod towards my way and without looking back, I hurried out of the room. "Whoa! Slow down!" A familiar voice called out to me as I fell towards the ground. I look up to meet a pair of blue eyes. "You okay?" He reached out his hand to help me up.
I smiled gratefully back, "I'm fine, sorry about bumping into you, Luke,"
He laughed, "Looks like you remembered my name." Under his arms he held fencing equipments.
"Did you going to practice or something?" I asked looking down at his hands.
"This?" He held up a stick. I nodded as he continued, "I'm just putting this away, I just finished." He flash me a grin. "Say… I haven't seen you since that day with your brother… how about I treat you to some food?" He offered.
I have to admit Luke was very cute and he seemed rather nice I would say. However, I just wasn't feeling all that well today, and added to the fact I do not want to look like someone who stuff their face on a first date… not that he's asking me out on a date or anything. "Thanks, but I'm good, I just ate an hour ago," I admitted.
His face fell a bit, "You want to hang out a bit?" He offered. "I heard they just opened a mall just 2 miles from here… I mean that is if you finished all your classes."
I have to admit, the offer was tempting now so I nodded happily, even though the mall is not much of my thing, "Sure, you mind if I just drop off my books up in my dorm first?"
He nodded, "Sure, I'll wait for you right outside of the cafeteria." I quickly departed away from him to put my stuff in my dorm.
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"That was just too much for me," I sighed and sat down.
"Not much of shopping person are you?" Luke smirked as he sat down beside me.
"You could say that," I managed back. We have spend more than two hours here and we didn't do anything except walk around, and even though Luke kept me entertained I couldn't help but shudder at the thought of the mall. Sure I don't mind the mall that much… but just that every time I have to walk through the health and beauty place, it reeked of chemicals.
"You want to go look at something else then? This smell is making me a bit dizzy," Luke admitted.
I nodded eagerly, "I'd thought you'd never ask," I smiled as I followed him out of the beauty section. "I saw a park nearby, you feel like taking a stroll?"
I smiled weakly, "Anything beats this place,"
"Well what are we waiting for?"
So…not much much action here, but…. Lukabeth (ewww) was kinda developed… not that I like it or anything… not my best chapter but I just needed this in here, don't know why, but I just do :D Anyways…. How was it? Good? Bad? Review!
Challenge: So… when was the first time Annabeth called Percy his infamous nickname: Seaweed Brain? How about correct answer gets… a HUG FROM PERCY JACKSON!
Song: So shall we go back to One Republic; Secrets! ONE OF THEIR BEST SONGS! If I do say so myself :D
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