Sadie pov

It felt so so good to get my revenge on him. On the way to Brooklyn house, Carter couldn't stop laughing. Walt was smiling and shaking his head, as Carter kept getting hysterical.

"Oh! My stomach hurts! Oh! The look on his face. What am I talking about? I couldn't even see his face!" He took in deep gasps in between speaking and laughing.

"Brother dear, aren't you getting out of character today?" I asked, a smug grin plastered on my face.

"Oh relax Sadie. I'm very well in character. But c'mon, you can't help laughing at..at that! It was hilarious." Carter said. My grin widened.

"It was, wasn't it?" I said.

We three laughed together again. As we entered the Brooklyn house, Walt ran off to find Jaz, while Carter pulled me into a corner. His smile had faded already.

"Why did you do that, by the way?" Carter asked me, his one eye raised like a proud inspector interrogating a cornered suspect.

"Do what?" I asked.

"Prank Sergil." Carter replied.

"What do you mean, why did I do that? I hate him, and I think he deserves that." I replied.

"Why do you think he deserves it?" Carter asked me.

"Uh...cause he's mean and evil." I answered, not sure where this was going.

"Or was it because he was mean to Percy?" Carter asked. Oh, so this was where this was going.

"Partially, yes." I shrugged nonchalantly.

"Look Sadie, I don't want you to.." Carter started, but I cut him off.

"It's nothing like that. I don't like him that way. I just didn't like the way Sergil spoke to him about his girlfriend." I said. Carter sighed.

"What happened after you left with him?" He asked me. I made a split second decision on wether to tell him or not. I decided it was better if I told him. Besides, it was nothing worth hiding,

I started telling Carter about how Percy kept muttering things about how Sergil was lying about him Percy truly loving Annabeth and trying to forget her and all that. Then I told him about the fit, and how he had recovered immediately after I poured water on him.

Then I told him, swallowing the lump in my throat, about the little conversation he had with himself after I had left. Carter's mouth was so wide open that an ostrich could have laid eggs in it, when I told him about Percy saying his friends made him promise not to try and kill himself.

"Never knew matters were so serious." Carter said.

"Me neither." I said. After a moment of silence we separated and went off to teach our classes.

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The next morning, when we went to school, Percy was looking slightly better than yesterday. But the shattered look in his eyes hadn't left. Nico's dark circles were even darker, which meant he hadn't slept well. Nico was telling something to Percy, and he was nodding grimly.

Then Percy noticed me, and made his way over to me along with Nico.

"Hey Sadie. Thanks again for yesterday. Percy told me all that happened. It was really nice of you to stand up for him." Nico said. Percy nodded his gratitude.

"My pleasure." I smiled, but inside my heart was tearing up at the broken look on Percy's face.

Sergil didn't come that day. A good thing too. The teacher for substitution was Mrs. Allen, which was good, since she didn't bother us.

During recess, Percy was just making his way over to our table (we had forced him and Nico to sit with me, Carter, Jaz and Walt). He staring down, at the floor or at his tray, I don't know, when Dan and his lackeys blocked his path. Percy lifted his head slowly.

Dan is the official male bully leader in school, while Drew was the official female bully. I don't know why, but immediately I felt protective towards Percy, though a part of me was telling me that Percy could take care of himself. He was quite muscular, after all.

"Yes?" Percy asked gently, but with a firm tone.

"You're that Romeo, aren't you?" Dan asked.

"Actually, the name is Percy. Percy Jackson." Percy said. Our table laughed, a few people following. For a second, Dan's face showed annoyance, before he put on his sneer.

"Ooh! Look guys! The boy remembers his name! I thought the only name he must be remembering is his girlfriend's." Percy made a snarling sound in his throat.

"Oh sorry. Your ex-girlfriend. She dumped you. Forever!" His lackeys laughed like fools. Percy's fists clenched. I was afraid the fits would start, but that's not really what happened.

Dan shook his head. Looking at his posse, he said"So so sad. She was so tired of him,that she killed herself to get rid of him!" Dan then turned back to Percy, then stumbled back. If looks could kill, Dan's family would currently be taking away his dead body.

Not just Dan, but all the people in the cafeteria who got a glimpse of Percy's face, cowered back.

I thought that maybe Dan would finally back away. But the nerve of the guy!

"OMG! I'm so scared. Tragedy boy is angry. What are you gonna do? Drown me in your tears? Ha!" Percy took in a deep breath. He turned away from them and started taking the long way to our table. Good, I thought. Dan wasn't worth it.

"What kinda man are ya? Running away from a fight! Probably why your girlfriend committed suicide." Dan said. Percy stopped in his tracks. His eyes had turned crimson.

"Y'know what I think? Maybe she cheated on you and you killed her yourself." Fan said. My fists clenched as well as everyone's on our table.

Before any of us could do anything, Percy had Dan pinned to the wall. Dan was lifted two inches off the ground by his collar.

"Don't you dare repeat that!" Percy warned. Dans lackeys started to move towards them, but Dan signaled them to stop.

"What are you gonna do if I do repeat it?" Dan smirked. He got his answer a second later when Percy landed a punch on his nose and it cracked.

"That." Percy spat out. He let go of Dan's collar, and he slid to the ground, panting. Percy turned to leave.

"What are you guys looking at? Get him!" Dan shouted, tending to his bleeding nose. What happened next was a scene worth a million dollars.

The lackeys descended on Percy. But Percy, oh! He fought like a demon. And before we knew it, all the bullies were lying on the ground, half of them unconscious.

For a moment there was silence, before Percy's voice cut through it.

"From now on, if anyone, and I do mean ANYONE, says anything offensive or otherwise about Annabeth, I'll personally feed them to the sharks. This, this scene here, is just the trailer of what I'll do to you. You don't know what she was, how she was. So don't assume things about her. She was the most amazing person I've ever known, and I won't ever, ever, hear a word against her. Get it?" Percy said.

I'd never seen Percy this angry. I couldn't help but admire his love for Annabeth. Also, seeing him fight made me like him even more. Against my own will, that is. He looked amazing even when he fought.

Again, a few moments of a silence. Before Nico started to clap. Then the rest of the table. Then the whole cafeteria. Percy just walked out of there, leaving behind half a dozen injured boys, and a cafeteria filled with applause.