The next day at the dojo
We were all doing stretches when we heard the door open. We all looked to see Annabeth. "Am I still welcome. If not I'll leave now," She said not going past the door. Jerry quickly stood up. "Of course you welcome. I mean your even better than Jack!" Eddie and Milton nodded their agreement. "And you beat up that monster!" Eddie said in awe. She looked past them to Jack and me. We both also nodded. She smiled and came to sit down next to me. "How are you doing?" I asked her quietly.
"Why wouldn't I be?" She asked trying to sound confused. Most people would of believed her, but I spent most of my life reading people.
"If you don't want to tell me that's fine, but know that I'm here for you." She looked like she was going to say something, but her phone rang. "Hello?" she said quietly. "Oh hey Thalis...Thanks... Okay by
e," She said quickly hanging up.
"What was that about?" I asked.
"Oh just my friend Thalia. She said that she would call me later." Annabeth didn't sound like she wanted to talk about. I was worried about her. We sat there for a minute then Annabeth's head snapped up. "Hey, I want to see you and Jack spar," She said quickly. I could tell that she was still thinking about the phone call. Worried about who she would hurt if we didn't do what she asked, I stood up and went over to the mat. I guessing that Jack had the same idea since he practically ran over to the mat. We spared for a long time. Eventually Jack got over me. "I win," He said while straddling my body. He had a huge grin on my face. Oh how I wanted to kiss that grin. I wished that we could stay that way forever, but Jack soon moved off. I looked over to Annabeth only to see tears coming down her face. "Annabeth! What's wrong?!" I asked running over to her. The guys stood there awkwardly. I waved them off and they all went into the locker room. "Oh, It's nothing. I'm sorry," she said between sobs. I sat down next to her. "It's okay. You can tell me."
"Well seeing you and Jack fight reminded me so much of fighting with Percy. And since it's my birthday everyone has called me except for Percy."
"Is Percy your boyfriend?" She simply nodded. "So your dating a jerk." As soon as it was out of my mouth I regretted it. I saw a look of fury cross her face.
"Percy is the best person in the word. Don't you ever speak against him!"
"Sorry. So why are you worried."
"He left on a quest and hasn't contacted me in 4 mouths. Every time I try to contact him he never answers." I just stared. I couldn't believe that Annabeth had a boyfriend. "Come on let's spar." I said standing. I held out my hand and she took it. She smiled, grateful for the distraction. We spared for a while. She beat me every time. "Hey I need to go get something, I'll be right back," She smiled as I left.