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I parked my car and looked in the mirror once more. To put it simply, I looked like schist. My little scene yesterday left me with huge dark circles under my eyes and my hair just wouldn't, for lack of better word, work. I put on my sunglasses and adjusted my Yankees cap. I sighed. Here goes nothing. I jumped out of my car and speed walked to the door. 'Almost there, almost there…' I thought when suddenly I was yanked backwards by my hair and thrown to the ground. My sunglasses fell off on impact.
"Well, well, well." Rachel said. "Look what the cat dragged in." her clique snickered behind her. I rolled my eyes.
"Listen Rachel, I would love to be insulted by you, I mean I really would but… 1) I'm really not in the mood and 2) gotta get to class." I said while getting up.
"Not so fast, loser." She said while standing in my way. "We need to lay out some ground rules." I made a motion with my hands like, Proceed. "You need to stop hanging out with Percy." I laughed.
"Please." I said "I've tried. But it isn't that simple. We kind of have to do a project together."
"Well then try harder." She sneered.
"Or what?" I challenged.
"Or this." She said. I saw her raise her hand. I tried to block but I was too slow. She slapped me. Hard. I staggered backwards cupping my cheek. I took a second to get over the pain. Then I shook it off and took a step towards to, obviously, hit her back. But two of her friends came and grabbed my arms. Now normally, no matter what condition, I would be able to take Rachel or anyone else from her group, but there were like six of them. Rachel slapped me again then she kicked me in the gut. I fell to my knees, holding my stomach. And so the beating began. They all started kicking me and punching me and pulling my hair. I curled up on my side trying to somehow block there kicks. After what seemed like an eternity, they stopped. Rachel leaned down and whispered into my ear, "There's more where that came from. Stay away from Percy." Then they left, leaving me bloody and bruised. No one was outside anymore, so no one came to my aid. I knew something was broken and that I needed to get to the hospital, but I couldn't move very much without pain shooting through my body. After a while I managed to get on one elbow, but I knew I would never be able to get to my car and drive to the hospital. I took deep breaths and tried to calm down. I tried desperately to think of a plan, but nothing came to mind. I mean, I would've called someone but my phone was in my bag which Rachel had thrown a fair distance away. I was about to give up, when I heard someone talking.
"Do you think she skipped school?" That one sounded like Percy.
"Come on Perce. Do you really think she would do that?" definitely Thalia.
"Well then where could she be?" Percy asked. I looked up and saw them walk out of the school. I rolled so that I was leaning on both elbows.
"Percy." I croaked. He whipped his head towards my voice and his eyes widened in surprise when he saw me. He ran towards me with Thalia quickly following. He kneeled next to me, his eyes filling with concern, then anger.
"Who did this to you?" he asked, gently touching my cheek. His fingers brushed against a new bruise on my cheek. I laughed a little. "What?"
"You won't believe me if I told you." I said.
"Just tell us already so I can beat them up." Thalia said.
"It was Rachel and her group." I said.
"That little… I will inflict so much pain onto her and her friends, I swear." Thalia mumbled. Percy just stared at me.
"Well," I said. "I need to get to the hospital. I'm pretty sure I broke something." With that said, Percy seemed to snap out of his little daze. I yelped when Percy picked me up.
"Sorry." He said.
"It's fine." I answered. He started to walk towards his car and I put my head on his shoulder. Thalia walked behind us. We were almost at Percy's car when I heard the snap of a picture. I turned my head to see Thalia grinning at her phone. She looked and saw me and her smile faded. I glared and then she smiled again, but this time sheepishly. Percy didn't notice as he ordered Thalia to open the door to the passenger's side while he carefully put me in the seat. I smiled at him and he smiled back. He walked to the driver's side and Thalia jumped in the back. Percy drove out of the parking lot and ten minutes later Percy was carrying me into the hospital. Thalia walked to the front desk and started telling the lady what had happened. She pointed at us and soon nurses came to take me. Percy laid me down on a gurney. He was hesitant to leave me but the nurses insisted and I told him it was fine. They did a couple of tests and soon the doctor came in.
"Hello Ms. Chase." He said.
"Hi." I answered.
"We ran some tests and concluded that the injuries are minor. You have a sprained wrist and some bruised ribs and your foot may be sore, but other than that you should be fine. You will need to wear a bandage on your wrist and take it easy, but you may be released today."
"Thank you." I said.
"You're very welcome. Would you like to see your friends?"
"Yes please." He nodded and walked out of the room. A few moments later Percy walked in. "Hey." I said.
"Hey." He said back while sitting on a chair next to my bed. "Thalia went to go get something to eat." I laughed and he smiled a little. "How are you feeling?"
"A little beat up but other than that fine, I guess."
"Was it really Rachel?" he asked. I nodded. "Why'd she do it?" he asked while looking down.
"She told me to stay away from you and I said easier said then done," he looked up at me hopefully. "Because of, you know, our project." I added quickly. He looked down again. "Anyways… it ended with her and her five friends beating me up."
"I can't imagine her doing that." He said, scrunching his eyebrows in a weird but cute way- NO. Annabeth stop it right now. I can't think of him like that… ever.
"Well… I can." I said. Percy cleared his throat and tried to change the subject.
"So, um, is your arm broken?"
"Sprained. And my ribs are bruised." I said.
"I'm sorry." He said suddenly, looking up at me.
"It's not your fault."
"Yeah, it kind of is. She did that because you were hanging around me."
"No one knew she was planning on doing that. It's not your fault." He ran a hand through his already messy hair.
"Yes it is. We need to stop hanging out. I'll tell our English teacher that we need to switch partners."
"Percy," I said while grabbing his hand. "It is not your fault. Now stop getting all worked up about it because I'm fine. Besides, they won't try anything because I'll have Thalia watching my back." He laughed and I smiled at him.
Later that afternoon I was released from the hospital and Percy and Thalia drove me home. Percy carried me to the door because the doctor said to try not to walk very much. Good thing it was Friday. We were almost at the front door when it opened and my dad appeared in the doorway.
"Annabeth? What did you do?" he pointed an angry look at Percy… no, forget angry, furious.
"Nothing dad." I said, already irritated.
"What happened?" he asked again.
"I got in a fight at school, okay? I'm really tired can we talk about this later?"
"Fine." He said. He made an attempt to take me from Percy, but he took a step back.
"I'll carry her." Percy said. My dad glared at him and I glared at my dad. After a few more seconds of that my dad finally stepped aside so Percy could carry me inside. When we got upstairs he carefully laid me down on my bed.
"Thanks." I said.
"No problem." He answered. We sat there awkwardly for a few minutes 'till he finally said, "Well, I'd better get going. My mom will be worried."
"Yeah, of course." I said. He walked towards my bedroom door.
"Night Wise Girl." He said while turning off my light.
"Night Seaweed Brain." I whispered.
The next morning I woke up with a giant headache. I opened one eye and groaned when the sun blinded it. I buried my face in my pillow and tried, but failed miserably, to go back to sleep. After about five minutes I stood up and walked, more like limped, downstairs. I saw Susan cooking, as always, and Bobby and Matthew were playing on their X-box. I walked in the kitchen to get an aspirin.
"Hey Annabe- Oh my god! What happened?" Susan asked when she saw me.
"I got in a fight at school and this oncoming cold isn't helping my condition." I answered.
"Aw, sweetheart. Here sit down." She said while pulling a chair out from the island for me to sit on. "Boys come in here." My brothers walked in and immediately screamed when they saw me.
"You look horrible!" Matthew said.
"Thanks." I sniffed.
"Matthew grab some medicine, Bobby you grab some blankets. I'll make some tea." She said.
"Susan, I'm fine really." I said. But she was already busy with the tea and the boys were doing what she told them.
"Why don't you go sit on the couch?" Susan asked me. I agreed and walked to the couch. My phone buzzed as I plopped down on the couch.
From: Seaweed Brain
Hey Wise Girl. How ya feeling?
To: Seaweed Brain
Not so great… I caught a cold.
From: Seaweed Brain
Oh no! Do you want me to come over? I'll bring Ice cream!
To: Seaweed Brain
I don't want you to get a cold…
From: Seaweed Brain
Don't worry Wise Girl. I'm immune to colds.
To: Seaweed Brain
…fine… but I warned you.
From: Seaweed Brain
Uhuh. See you soon
I rolled my eyes and turned off my phone as Susan brought me my tea and the boys brought blankets and medicine.
"Is it okay if Percy comes over?" I asked.
"Of course, sweetie." Susan said while walking back to the stove. I laid my head back on the couch, wrapped in blankets and waited for Percy to arrive.
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I'd spent the night at Percy's and the next morning I woke up in Percy's bed. I frowned. Why was I in Percy's bed? I got up and started to walk towards the kitchen, when I heard two voices. Percy and Sally.
"-called and told me everything." Sally said.
"Does she know?" Percy asked.
"She definitely has a suspicion. I mean, she saw him hit her."
"Poor, Annabeth." Percy said. I guess I made a noise because they stopped talking. "Annabeth?" Percy called. I stepped out where they could see me and Percy immediately walked over and hugged me. I hugged him back and buried my head in his shoulder. I felt Sally walk over and hug both of us. And so we all just stood there hugging for who knows how long and I had the feeling all three of us were secretly crying.
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Hey! Sorry for the short flash back, but I lack flash backy inspiration… Thanks for the views and reviews hope you liked this chapter!
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