Again, sorry for not updating for a while. There just seems to be no limit to how much hell my parents and my school can drive me fucking insane. I know that excuse is getting old and everything, but it truly is what prevents me from working on my fanfictions the way I want to. Here's chapter seven though, enjoy.

Annabeth's POV

"So it seems someone has a crush." a voice said.

The voice made jump out of my daydreams and back into reality. I turned to see Malcolm standing at my door with a smirk on his face.

"What do you want Malcolm?" I asked annoyed.

"Who do you have your eyes on Annabeth? I know the look a woman gets when she has a crush on someone." Malcolm explained.

'Great, I just found out Malcom's dark secret, and now he just found mine.' I thought to myself.

"Percy Jackson." I simply said.

"Percy Jackson, tall, tan, lean muscular, black hair, and sea green eyes?" He asked.

If you're wondering how he know what Percy looks like, Malcolm went to Goode High when I was 14. Malcolm knew all the boys in my grade. This was when he was a sophomore and when Percy and I were in either grade. Our grade went on a tour to Goode High so that we could have ourselves an idea on where we could to high school at.

On the tour, he accidently bumped into Percy. Usually, Malcolm isn't a fan of seeing boys at my age, because of Luke. Malcolm never did like Luke, or anyone that hung out with him. Why, it's because Malcolm thinks popularity is nothing more than a disease. I had no idea what he meant by that back then, but now I'm pretty sure I do now. All the boys he met back then, were either popular, or were offered to be popular and was thinking about accepting that offer. Needless to say, he was very happy meeting Percy and seeing that he felt the same way towards popularity. What astonished Malcolm even more though was that Percy was offered popularity so many times, and every time he say no and have interests in popularity. Malcolm gave himself the time to get to know Percy a little better, and the two actually became very good friends. They don't see each other too much anymore though, but that's only because they go to different schools. Malcolm always does want to see him again though. They text, call, email, and iChat each other, but they wish they can meet in person like how they used to. Malcolm can easily tell that the plague called popularity has no effect on Percy, and he will always be close to him for that.

"Yeah, that's Percy. I can't stop thinking about him." I said.

"While I am happy to see you fall for a real man like Percy Jackson, why? I thought you were dating Luke." He said confused.

"I broke up with him recently. He got angry of how I've been trying to avoid him, and left me for it a few days ago." I explained.

"That son of a bitch." Malcolm muttered under his breath, but it was still clear enough for me to hear what he muttered.

"Does Percy that you like him" He asked, but in a very serious and concerned voice.

"I don't know really. I've been trying to give out the right signs for him to make a move on me, but he doesn't take them." I explained. Malcolm didn't say anything, just stared out the window as if he was deep in thought.

"Maybe Luke was right. Maybe I never will have the love of my life." I said, tears beginning to form in my eyes. Malcolm seeing this, sat beside me on my bed and put his arm on my back.

"Don't listen to Luke Annabeth. He's just a selfish bastard that has no feeling for anyone but himself. Percy is nothing like that, and you will be in his arms soon." Malcolm said.

"You really think so?" I asked, my voice filled with the hope that he's right.

"I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it, and I would never lie to my own sister." He said.

"I just wish I knew he won't make a move on me. I'm trying not to lose my mind dwelling on it, but it's so hard." I said.

"Percy has his reasons. He's been through a lot. His former relationship was a lot similar to your, but on a different measure." He said.

'Does he actually know why Percy is making a move? If he does I have to know.' I thought.

"Did he have a girlfriend that turned into a monster like Luke?" I asked.

"No, worse." He said, but paused for a minute.

'Something bad happened to him that was worse than what happened to me? Well, that would explain a little, but it doesn't fully explain everything' I thought.

"He dated this girl Rachel. They went out for a few months. Percy wanted to take their relationship slow and let it develop over time. Rachel, on the other hand, didn't want to take things slow. She wanted to rush in their relationship. She wanted Percy to have sex with her, but he refused. He didn't want their relationship to be for nothing but sex. Rachel did though, and she tried to persuade him to give it a chance, each time his answer being no. After months of her attempts, she stopped. Percy thought she finally decided that their relationship should be taken slowly not so fast. But he was proven wrong one night. He had a date planned for them, but she didn't show up. He got worried and went out to look for her, and when he did find her, his heart was severely broken. He saw her having sex with some guy named Octavian. It broke Percy's heart. It made hard for him to trust girls and made it hard for him let himself fall in love again." He explained.

'SHE CHEATED ON HIM!? JUST BECAUSE HE WAS TRYING TO BE A DECENT BOYFRIEND, AND ALL SHE WANTED FROM HIM WAS THE SEX!? HOW CAN ANYONE BE SO HEARTLESS AND CRUEL TO SOMEBODY LIKE THAT!?' I screamed in my head, after learning what I wanted. I had a feeling the reason why involved a bad relationship, but I never would've expected it to be a relationship that bad.

"I can't believe she would do such a thing to him like that." I said, feeling bad for Percy.

"Me either. So as you can see, doesn't make a move on you because he's not interested, he doesn't make a move because he scared of his heart being ripped out of him and torn apart again. He doesn't know if he can really trust any girl enough to start a new relationship. He wants to, but he too scared to, not that anyone can blame him." Malcolm explained.

"I can see what the reason is now. But I wish I can get him to give me a chance. I wish I can help him. I wish he would fully accept my feelings and try it out with someone who's nothing like Rachel." I said with a heavy heart.

"Give him some time. Spend enough time with him, and he'll give you a chance." Malcolm said.

"Thanks Malcolm." I said as I gave him a big hug. I know it sounds a little childish, a teenager saying 'big hug' instead of just 'hug', but right now I'm very happy that Malcolm is here for me, and he's trying to help me out.

"No problem. Alright well, it's almost 11:00p.m., you should get yourself some sleep." He said.

I didn't know it was actually that late. Weird how daydreaming can be such a time killer. "Okay, good night Malcolm." I said.

"Night Annabeth." He said as he got off my bed, out of my room, and into his room. When he's gone, I got into my pajamas and went to sleep.

That's it for this chapter. I know it isn't the length I usually make my chapters, but that's all I have for this chapter. Plus, I need to be working on the next chapter for my other fanfiction 'The Joys of Memory Loss'. I haven't updated for that since December, and I need to do that sometime soon. Also, there are other fanfictions that I'm trying to plan out after I finish the ones I'm working on right now. I have some of my plans planned out, some though; I still need to do some thinking on. If your curious, my Gmail is open. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Titanking666 out.