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Percy POV

A scream rips through the hall. I shove Nico off of me and see Annabeth with her hands pressed to the sides of her head and her mouth open. Her hands suddenly drop and mouth snaps shut. She opens her eyes, but she isn't there. Annabeth just blankly stares ahead. I surge forward and grab her shoulders. I gently shake her and whisper her name in her ear, hoping to not make a scene in the hallway. She doesn't respond so I look frantically at our friends. They all stare in shock, but Piper quickly recovers.

"'Jason!" She shouts, slapping his arm jolting him out of his shock. "Why would you put a spider on her shoulder?! You know Annabeth is terrified of them!"

Piper puts so much charmspeak into her words I almost believe that's what happened. All the students that have turned to see what all the commotion is about turn away again. I give her a look of gratitude before turning back to Annabeth. Nothing has changed; she still has the empty look in her eyes. My head snaps up looking for a place to take her. I see Paul's room, our homeroom, a few doors down. I wrap my arm around Annabeth's waist and drag her to the room.

Paul is already there, getting things ready for the day. No one else is in the room. He looks up and sees Annabeth. She and I have been living in my mom's apartment long enough for him to know she's having one of her memory panic attacks. Paul rushes forward and grabs a chair. We lower her down to sit in it. He goes to close the door and only then do I notice my friends had followed. I look at them, not knowing what to say. Annabeth and I left Camp Half Blood right after we got back from Greece to live with my mom, so none of them knew what was going on. Frank is the first to speak.

"Perce. What in Hades was that?! Nico tackles you and she turns to see all of us, screams, then stands there like she's a Medusa victim?"

"I- I don't know. This time was different. No one said anything about Rome and it never happens like this," I reply shaking my head. This isn't how Annabeth's panic attacks happen. Normally she just curls into a ball and starts to cry or occasionally call out my name.

"This time? Percy, what just happened? What does any of this have to do with Rome?" Hazel walks up to me and puts her hand on my cheek. "What's going on, Percy? Please."

I open my mouth to explain the attacks Annabeth and I have been having since we were rescued, when Annabeth gasps. I turn to see her with unshed tears in her eyes and her lower lip quivering. She looks absolutely broken.

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