Healing

A/N: Hello my dear purple monkeys! I loved the fact that you guys wrote EIGHT reviews just for the first chapter! Awwwwwwww Gotta love you guys! The first thing I did when I got home from school (Well... Second one, I had to cook lunch because my poor stomach was very hungry!) was to turn on my computer and check out if you guys had liked the story. I have to admit, and I'm not proud of it, but I squealed with happiness! You guys are the BEST!

P.S.: The (1) I put on the other chapter was because I wanted to point out a 'Mark of Athena' reference! I felt like it could fit with Katie and Travis too!

Disclaimer: Warning this story might cause tufts of hair to grow out of your ear, you may start having a craving for pickle ice cream, feet can develop a greenish tint. This author is not responsible if any of this happens. Oh, I own nothing.

Chapter 2

Previously

The guy that had his head on his hands looked up and I saw him perfectly. I caught my breath.

Now:

Annabeth concluded one thing when she saw Sammuel's father: He was hot.

But she slapped herself mentally after she thought that. The guy had a son that almost died and she was thinking of his hotness! Of course, it was true, but still...

She walked calmly towards him while he did the same. Annabeth couldn't help but to realize that he seemed even hotter when he was closer to her. The hospital suddenly became hotter than it usually was, after all, it was always cold there.

"Is my son alright? Please tell me he's fine!" he asked desperaly. Annabeth couldn't help but to find cute the way he worried so much about his kid. But then again, it could be nothing, just a normal thing. Her father always forgot her, so Annabeth learned to admire this behavior.

"Your son is fine now, but he had a serious break down. I hope you don't mind if I ask you a few questions." she said with a sweet voice. Perseus nodded and Annabeth leaded him to her office. When they got there, they sit by her table.

"So... Mr. Jackson..." she started saying, but he looked in her eyes and told her to call him Percy. She nodded. "Okay, Percy. What was Sammuel doing when the pain started?"

"We were at home, eating popcorn and drinking juice while watching... a movie." he replied. Annabeth got suspicious with the pause, but say nothing about it.

"Is he allergic to something?"

"Animal's fur."

Annabeth wrote these and other things while she asked some questions to him and he answered them all. They talked for about half an hour when she felt her phone ring. It was a text message. She signed for Percy to wait a bit while she saw the text. It was Malcolm's.

The results are ready. Come quick. – Malcolm

Annabeth put her phone back in her pocket and told Percy she was going to see Sammuel's results. He nodded and she leaved the room, walking towards the exam's results room. She got in front of the door, took a deep breath and walked in the room. Malcolm was the only person inside there.

Annabeth walked until she was besides him. Her brother was turned to the computers, but he had his head on his hands. That wasn't a good sign. She put her hand on his shoulder and looked at the four computers. They were blank.

"What is it Malcolm?" she asked, but he said nothing. Instead, he clicked the mouse and the files appeared on the computer's screen. Annabeth looked trough them, horrified. "Oh no."

Malcolm lifted his head, but Annabeth couldn't look away from the computers to face him.

"You know what this means." he said, his voice in a very sad tone. Poor kid, he thought, so young.

Annabeth couldn't believe it. It couldn't be. He was just a ten years old kid! Just a ten years old kid... like Kayla. The only thing Annabeth had to do was to pray the kid had as much strength as the little girl.

Annabeth didn't notice she had fallen to her knees until her brother kneeled next to her and hugged her. He knew why she was like that. Again. She had already gone through all that, and it was probably killing her to pass through it again. The last time, she disappeared for weeks. It still was a touchy subject for her.

Annabeth was glad that her brother understood her. He was going to support her this time like he had on the other one. But she couldn't stay like that. She stood and took the paper from the desk. Malcolm stood too and they looked at each there for a moment.

"I'm going to talk to his father." she said and leaved the room, walking towards her office. When she got there, Percy was sitting in the same chair, in the same position he was before, like he had turned into a statue. She got into the office and sit on her chair, facing him. She was trying not to show any sadness, but her eyes must've failed, because he frowned.

"Is everything okay with him?" he asked, unsure.

"Percy, Sammuel has Coronary Artery Disease." she said and looked at him, searching for any reaction. But she only saw a blank.

"What is that?" he asked, worried.

"It is a result of plaque buildup in your arteries, which blocks blood flow and heightens the risk for heart attack and stroke."

Percy put his head on his hands, making impossible for Annabeth to see his face.

"Is it... Is it... terminal?"

"No, there are some ways of healing it. But, Percy I don't want to fool you, is a terrible disease. The pain he was feeling inside is one of the symptoms. There are some others, like sweating, weakness or dizziness, nausea, irregular heart beats... And we did a physical exam. It was a 100% sure that Sammuel has Coronary Artery Disease.

"What are the ways of healing this?"

"Well, sometimes the only thing the pacient has to do is to avoid high cholesterol foods and adopt a low-fat, low-salt diet, but his disease has developed and he will have to take medicines, maybe even do surgeries." she said with a sad tone.

Percy looked up and Annabeth got surprised when she saw he was crying. She thought about her father and how he would never cry if it was her. Annabeth looked at him with a sad look. If she wasn't holding on, she would be crying too.

"Would you like some time alone?" she asked him. Percy just nodded.

Annabeth got up and leaved the room, she knew it would be hard for him. It had been hard for her. But she had a strange feeling that she would be hurt again.

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Annabeth was walking around the hospital, helping the other doctors or checking on the kids. But her mind was directed towards Percy and Sammuel Jackson. When she passed in front of Kayla's room, she saw that a doctor was checking on her. The little girl then looked through the window, to Annabeth. She waved and Annabeth couldn't help but to wave back with a small smile on her face.

She kept walking until she stopped in front of room 61B. Sammuel's room. There was a tall figure standing in front of the window, that was looking at the little boy, that Annabeth recognized as Percy. She walked until she was standing by his side, looking at Sammuel, who was sleeping.

"He has your eyes." she let it out. She mentally slapped herself after saying this. Like he would care about this when his son's life was in danger! But he smiled. A small smile, but a smile. A smile that, for some reason, warmed Annabeth's inside. She looked at him.

"You know, he always wanted to have a dog." he said. Any other person would think what he said was just random and weird, but Annabeth learned that, in those situations, open up is a good thing to do.

"But he's allergic, so I never got the chance to buy him one." he said.

"I always wanted one too, but we couldn't get one because my brother Malcolm is allergic." she said. Percy looked at her.

"Why are you doing this?" he asked, and Annabeth got confused.

"Doing what?"

"Being nice to me. I thought the doctors only needed to say 'I'm sorry for your lost' and that's it."

That hurt Annabeth.

"Actually, it is. But you didn't lose him. And I know how it is to be in this situation" she said.

"I'm sorry." he said and Annabeth knew he meant it. She could tell when people were lying or not.

Inside the room, Sammuel yawned and blinked a few time, then tried to sit, but a doctor made him lay down again.

"Ready to break the news?" she asked him. Percy sighed and nodded. Annabeth felt when he held her hand for support. Annabeth was almost sure that wasn't supposed to happen when you go to the hospital, but at the moment, she didn't care. At all.

A/N: Hope you liked it! Sorry for taking long to update, but my exams' week started and I didn't have enough time to write, but the god news is that tomorrow it's the last exam, and I'm going to be officially on VACATION! Woop Woop! And that means:...More updates! Yay!

Hope you liked the chapter, and if you haven't yet, go check out my other story: "Heart Attack".

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~Mary