Thanks for the reviews! I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while, but we are in the process of moving and we don't have the internet yet, so I have to type this up at my uncle's house, but his computer is a little messed up. Plus, my uncle has been in lots of pain, and I had to take him to the hospital a lot. Sorry for such a long wait and I'll try to get other chapters up faster! Also, I'm making this chapter Annabeth's P.O.V. because I think there should be other perspectives every once in a while, but I will probably stick with Percy's P.O.V. most of the time.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Percy Jackson series. I wish I did, though:(
-SleepingNinja
Annabeth's P.O.V.
I want to scream, because my life just got turned upside down in just a few short hours. In that amount of time I broke Percy's heart, broke up with Jared, and got the whole camp to hate me. Things aren't going well for me right now, and it all started when I went to practice my knife fighting in the arena.
Flashback
I was walking to the arena to practice my knife fighting, and as I entered the arena I saw Jared hacking away at a straw dummy. I cleared my throat to try and get his attention, but he still didn't notice me. So I snuck up behind him, pulled out my dagger and gently set it against his throat. He froze at the sudden contact. I smiled widely and whispered in his ear, "Guess who?"
I could tell he was grinning even though I was behind him. "Ummm...Is it Annabeth," he asked, already knowing it was me.
I took my dagger from his throat and he turned around to face me with a smirk plastered onto his face. "How'd you know?" I asked, teasingly.
"Not many people are good with a dagger." He said with a wink, causing my cheeks to turn a light shade of pink.
He started to lean down to kiss me, but I stopped him and said, "Not her, people might see us. Percy might see."
"Why are you still with him, Annabeth? You can't have both of us. It's either me, or him!" He said, clearly aggravated.
Uh-oh. This isn't good. I've been dating Percy for a little over six months now, but when I first saw Jared coming over the camp's border a little over a month ago, I was instantly attracted to him. I know that I love Percy, but as a brother. When he admitted he saw me when he bathed in The Styx and gave up godhood for me, and even when he showed me his weak spot, I knew he loved me. I didn't want to ruin our friendship by rejecting him, so I said yes when he asked me out. After I agreed to be his girlfriend, I knew that if I ever broke up with him, then he would get crushed and I would feel horribly guilty. Even guiltier than when I sneak around with Jared. But I can't help the feeling I get whenever I'm with Jared.
These thoughts were driving me crazy, so I looked up at Jared and said, "I'm sorry, but I can't choose yet. Give me some more time, please."
"I can't wait forever, Annabeth."
"I know, and I'm not asking you to wait forever, I'm just asking for more time," I said.
"Fine, I'll wait a little longer."
"Thanks. Why don't we go have a picnic? It's been a while since we've been on a date."
He looked surprised, "I thought we couldn't be seen together?"
"I have a place in mind that nobody will see us at," I replied with a mischievous smile.
"Oh, and where might this place be?"
"The forbidden section of the forest."
"Annabeth! That place is full of monsters! Why would we go on a date there?" He asked.
"It isn't full of monsters, that is just a silly rumor," I tried to reassure him.
"It has to be forbidden for some reason, though."
He had a good point, but I wasn't going to tell him that. "Do want to go on a date with me or not?"
His eyes widened a little, "Of course I do, but-"
"But what? We'll be fine, and if anything does happen, then I'll be there to protect you." I said with a playful smile.
"What? You protect me? More like I protect you!" He replied, just as playfully.
"Whatever, Hot Head."
"Hot Head, seriously?"
"What, you're the son of Apollo and you get worked up pretty easily, so I came up with Hot Head." I smiled at him slyly. "You got a Problem with that, Hot Head?"
"You need a nick name too. Hmmm... How about Smart A-"
"Don't you dare." I growled.
His eyes widened a lot and he quickly tried to come up with an excuse. "Ummm, I...I...I was going to say Smart A...A...Alec! Yeah, that's it! I was going to say Smart Alec!"
"Whatever, Hot Head. Meet me at the edge of the forbidden forest in thirty minutes." Before he could reply, I turned around and left the arena.
After waiting at the edge of the forest for a while, Jared finally showed up and now we are walking hand in hand to a clearing that I found just the other day. When we got there I sat down the picnic basket that I put together before coming to the forest and I laid down the blanket that we were going to lay on. When I was done, Jared sat down on the blanket and looked at the basket hungrily. "What did you make?" He had a hungry glint in is eyes.
"Nothing," I smiled slyly.
"What?! I'm starving!"
"Calm down, I brought food, but I didn't make it. Can you imagine me cooking?"
"You cooking, that is a scary thought," he shuddered.
"Hey," I smacked his arm, "that wasn't nice!"
"I was kidding. Come on, let's eat."
30 minutes later...
"I never want to see you again." Percy said with sadness in his eyes and anger dripping from his voice. I can't believe this is happening, I never meant for any of this to happen.
"I'm sorr-" I started, but he wouldn't let me finish.
"No, you aren't. You're only sorry you got caught. I don't want to hear you excuses, I heard what you said to him. I never want to see you again." He said with anger in his voice. With that, he turned around and walked away, smashing something beneath his feet on the way out.
I felt so horrible I wanted to die. I can't believe that I'm the one that is the cause of this. I crushed the heart of my best friend, the savior of Olympus, and the greatest hero of all time: Percy Jackson.
I'm sooooo sorry it took me this long to update, hopefully I will update sooner in the future. Tell me what you thought, please review!
-SleepingNinja
