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Disclaimer: I do not own the Percy Jackson series Rick Riordan does.
Annabeth's POV
This had to have been the most emotional, exhausting day of my life. Not only did I have a rampage, but I also broke down in front of Percy, of all people! It was truly one of the worst days of my life. I was just so pathetic! The whole point of me coming on campus was to change out of boring boyish Annabeth and become…well, the type of girl Percy would date. The girl who was cool and loved by everyone, not weak and pathetic.
"Annabeth? Did you hear anything I just said?" Percy asked disappointed. I glanced up at him, and then lowered my head in shame.
"I'm sorry." I croaked my voice dry from all the crying. I cleared my throat.
"I didn't mean to space out it's just been-"
"A long day." he finished. "Yeah, it's been an extremely long two days." I gave him a small smile.
"But it's okay! We have to figure this out, so continue what you were saying. I'll listen this tim-"
"What I said had nothing to do with the whole…mom situation." He admitted sheepishly his face turning slightly pink.
"Oh. Then what-"
"ANNABETH!" Thalia called from outside. Ugh! What did she want?
"What Thalia?" Percy asked for me knowing my throat was a little sore and that I was in no condition to yell back. I gave him a grateful smile and he gave me a breathtaking one in return. My heart fluttered at the sight.
"THE DORM INSPECTOR IS HERE AND HE WANTS TO SEE US!" I sighed getting off the bed. I was exhausted and in no mood to deal with this guy.
"I'll be right back." I rasped. I reluctantly let go of Percy's hand and walked to the living room where Thalia and Mr. D were waiting. Mr. D stood there with his usual snarl plastered on his face.
"H-Hi Mr. D. How can I-"
"Let's just get this over with Chase! I don't have all day." he snapped rudely. I shrugged it off, but I could see Thalia glaring at him from the corner of my eye.
"Right. So here's the um, living room-"
"I can see that Ms. Vase. Onto the rooms!" he interrupted. Ms. Vase? Really?
Mr. D walked away, leading himself into our rooms. Thalia gave me an incredulous look her blue eyes wide with shock. I just sighed shrugging my shoulders. I was about to follow him to Thalia's room when I remembered the state of mine. My room's a wreck! How am I going to-
"Hurry it up Chase!" Mr. D yelled. I spotted my phone on the couch and quickly grabbed it before entering Thalia's room. It looked exactly how it did yesterday except for her unpacked suitcase. While they were talking (more like bickering) about the room I slowly unlocked my phone. I clicked on Percy and I's previous conversation and typed what I could before I got caught.
Inspector checking room's. HELP!
"Can you please tell me what's so important that you're texting during our inspection Ms. Case!" Mr. D scolded me as if I were a child.
"S-Sorry sir." I apologized putting my phone behind my back. Mr. D continued to glare at me as he said
"Let's move onto your room shall we?" I just want this to be over with. There's no way Percy could've cleaned the room in time…
We walked down the hall to my room. He opened the door and the room was…decent? The dresser was fixed and my room looked normal except for the Greek god lying on my bed.
"Hey." Percy greeted standing up and walking over to us.
"Everything okay?" he asked eyeing Mr. D who was giving me a look of distaste. Percy's eyes hardened making them look like an angry sea storm brewing. It was beautiful…
"Ms. Lace, why is there a male in your room." He spat the word male like it was some type of disease.
"Boys aren't allowed in the girl's dorm or side of the campus unless it is a relative. I wonder what the dean would feel about-"
"I'm actually Thalia's cousin." Percy interrupted. Mr. D looked shocked for a second before he masked it with a glare.
"Is this true Ms-"
"It's true! Now you saw the room, it's clean with no signs of damage so you can leave now!" Thalia snapped. What was she doing?! I stared at Thalia wide eyed and before I knew it I was a babbling mess!
"I-I'm sorry Mr. D! She's new and she didn't mean to be disrespectful-"
"I doubt that." Percy muttered causing Thalia to snicker.
"a-and she's still adjusting to the new environment, so please forgive her behavior!"
"That's enough for now Ms. Jace, I think we're done here! I will make sure the dean is aware of your results! Have a pleasant day." he said curtly before storming out of the room. It felt as if everyone in the room stopped breathing and time stopped. I flinched as the front door slammed close. Thalia and Percy burst out laughing and I groaned.
"I'm sorry Annabeth, but that was hilarious!" Thalia laughed.
"Did you see his face!" Percy exclaimed as Thalia clutched her stomach, leaning on him for support. I didn't say anything as I sighed walking out of the room. I'm done.
I grabbed my coat and left. I let my feet take me wherever they wanted to go. It was dark out and the stars twinkled in the night sky, but I never once stopped and stared. The stars were too much like my life right now, never consistent. They shined so brightly one night, but disappeared the next.
"ANNABETH!" Percy called running outside the dorm. I speed up my pace. I went off campus and rounded a corner. I turned another one hoping that would lose him. I looked back to see if he was still following me, but he was nowhere to be found. I let out a sigh of relief as I slowed down my pace. Good. I just want to be alone right now. I don't need him to see me cry again, he'll think I'm even more pathetic!
I walked a few more blocks when I got the feeling someone was watching me. Turning around I scanned the faces in the crowd. Nobody spared me a second glance, but just in case I crossed the street and headed back. Walking back, I couldn't shake the feeling that I was being followed. I quickened my step and listened out for anyone matching my pace. This sidewalk wasn't as busy as the other so it was easy to make out footsteps.
I found one that matched my rhythm and by the heaviness of it I could tell it was a male. This made me more scared and I started sprinting. My intruder was running too now and I pushed myself to the limit. The man continued to inch closer and closer to me. My blonde hair was whipping all over the place and it blinded me. I didn't know I was in the street until an extremely loud honk caused me to freeze. The slight hesitation only gave me time to look up for a quick millisecond to see headlights speeding towards me.
It was like everything happened in slow motion. The car rushed towards me and the last thing I heard was
"ANNABETH!" before I was brutally knocked to the ground. My head slammed against the black pavement and I was enclosed in darkness.
Time Skip
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! What is that? I opened my eyes to find myself…in the hospital? I blinked a few times to adjust to the light.
I heard a sharp intake of breath and I looked beside me. There lied Percy. He was passed out in a chair, with his head thrown back sound asleep. I look down at our connected hands his fingers laced in mine.
I sighed closing my eyes. What happened?
The door opens and I open my eyes. A young nurse comes walking in and she smiles a genuine smile at me.
"Oh! Look who's finally decided to wake up." She had to be in her mid-twenties and was very stunning! She was Native American with beautifully tanned skin. She had chocolate brown hair that was very choppy and uneven, but she made it work. I couldn't see her eyes clearly from here, but their color seemed to change at every angle. She looked down at Percy and I's conjoined hands.
"Aww!" she gushed. "That's so cute! Is he your boyfriend?" I shook my head blushing, thanking god that Percy wasn't awake.
"Oh." She frowning a little and raised an eyebrow at me.
"Ex?"
"N-No! He's not my ex. We just met each other and we're friends!"
"Well I could tell he cares about you a lot. Poor guy sat here for hours, waiting for you to wake up. Ah, young love!" she sighed though she didn't seem to be any older than me. The lady walked over to me and wrote some things down on her clip board.
"Do you know how I ended up here?" I asked. She gave me an apologetic smile.
"I'm not sure! They don't give me that type of information, but I'm sure the doctor will know. I just buzzed him so he should be here any second." She said blushing slightly. Weird.
"Thanks." I looked back at Percy. His lips were slightly parted and he had a little bit of drool coming out of his mouth. His pitch black hair was even more disheveled and every now and then his nose did a slight twitch. He looked absolutely adorable, but restless. He kept shifting in the chair and he would frown once in a while.
I lifted our intertwined hands and shook them.
"Percy." I whispered. "Wake up." I get no response.
"Is she awake?" A deep voice asks. I turn my focus to the door and see a man standing there staring at the nurse. He was tall with blonde hair and very blue eyes. Something about him looked familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it! The nurse's face was really pink and she nodded her head in my direction. He looked at me and Percy and I gave him a small smile.
"Oh! Hi, I'm Jason your doctor. I didn't think you'd wake up anytime soon, so please forgive me for not showing up earlier. I'm just going to run a couple of tests okay?" he grinned. He practically oozed confidence and kept looking back and forth between me and Percy.
"O-Okay. Do I have to get up or…" I trailed off.
"No, you don't have to move. It'll only be a minute."
"Okay." I put my focus back on Percy shaking his hand again. He still didn't stir. I did it harder this time and he didn't even flinch. The doctor looked at me amused.
"Sorry. I can't seem to wake him up." I sheepishly admitted.
"I got it." He smirked. He walked behind Percy's chair and stuck his index finger in his mouth. I didn't have time to react as he stuck his finger in Percy's ear. Percy woke up immediately his eyes full of shock. I gaped at the doctor who was too busy laughing at Percy's reaction to notice. What kind of hospital is this?!
"W-Why would y-you-"
"Not cool man!" Percy glared. "How many times have I told you to stop doing that!"
"About as many times I've done it!" The doctor retorted. "And your girlfriend's up." Percy opened his mouth to say something when he saw me.
"Annabeth." He breathed moving from the chair to my bed.
"When did you wake up? How are you? Do you feel any pain? Where does it hur-"
"I think I'm the doctor here Percy!" Dr. Jason laughed.
"I'm fine Percy, but what happened?" Percy grabbed my other hand ignoring my question.
"God, I was so worried! I thought you would never wake up, or that you slipped into a coma or something! You've got no idea how scarred I was when the ambulance arrived! I should've protected your head, but I wasn't thinking when-"
"Slow down there Percy! Can't you see she has no idea what you're talking about." Dr. Jason interrupted. The nurse giggled and Dr. Jason stared at her for a second.
"Let me test her on the basics first. Can you state your full name?"
"Annabeth Minerva Chase."
"Okay I'm already bored! Look…" he sighed pointing to Percy. "Do you remember this idiot?" Percy glared at him and I nodded my head.
"And you guys met two days ago, correct?" he asked Percy, who nodded his head still glaring at him.
"So she remembers everything at least up till two days ago. What is the last thing you remember?"
"Um…I remember taking a walk and then, someon-"
"Can you leave us alone for a minute?" Percy asked cutting me off. Dr. Jason gave him a look.
"You know I can't do that Perce! Not right after she awak-"
"Please." Percy pleaded. Dr. Jason looked at the nurse who nodded her head. Sighing he said
"You've got five minutes." Both him and the nurse left, but not before she gave me a wink. When the door shut Percy leaned closer to me his sea green eyes staring at me intently. The beeping sound speed up almost tenfold and I couldn't have been more embarrassed! My entire face erupted in flames and there was no doubt in my mind that I looked like a tomato. Percy didn't seem to notice or he just didn't care.
"Do you remember someone following you when you were walking?" Percy asked.
"Y-Yeah, but I don't remember anything after that."
"You ran into the street and almost got hit by a car. I pushed you out of the way." He admitted. What the hell!
"Then how did I get here?" Percy looked away from me sheepishly, an adorable blush appearing on his face.
"Well…when I pushed you I didn't cushion your head and it slammed on the pavement. Sorry."
"It's okay Percy! I just can't believe you did that for me." I was ecstatic on the inside. Percy saved me! He cared enough to save me!
"So you were the one following me?"
"No…well yeah, but I wasn't the one chasing after you! I just wanted to make sure you were safe."
"Wait so there was another person following me?"
"Yes! Which is why I wanted to talk to you alone."
"Do you know who was after me?"
"No, but I have a good idea who sent him…" Percy trailed off. He gave me an apologetic smile and waited for my reaction. There was a long silence as I registered everything that happened.
"Don't worry!" I joked despite my watering eyes. "I'm not gonna break down again." Percy grabbed my other hand.
"I'd understand if you did…I think we should-" The door swung open. Percy and I jumped and he sprung away from me.
"Alright times up, lovebirds!" Dr. Jason and the nurse laughed as they entered the room.
"Real funny Jason-"
"It's Dr. Jason to you." he said making a serious face. Both him and the nurse laughed again, but Percy and I were not amused.
"What are we going to do?" I whispered keeping my eyes on Dr. Jason.
"I think we should c-"
"Alright Annabeth, I'm going to take an x-ray of your brain to make sure there's no damage."
Two hours later and all the testing was finally done! Dr. Jason concluded that I had a concussion and I needed a lot of rest. We were discharged from the hospital, but I had to come back in a week. Percy grabbed my hand and held me close as we walked out the building. I was too tired to even blush right now! I leaned into him smiling when he held me tighter.
He escorted me to his car and opened the door for me. I got in sinking back into the seat. He walked to the other side and got in.
"Thanks for being there." I murmured closing my eyes. Exhaustion started to take over and I smiled at his response before falling asleep.
"Always."
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