Just as Percy and Thalia were finishing their talk on the beach, they saw Annabeth stumbling towards them, her face strewn with tears, the teensy amount of makeup she was wearing dripping. Percy and Thalia locked eyes for a second, before running towards her. Annabeth's foot caught in a root, and she yelled out and fell. Thalia ran faster than humanly possible to her, Percy at her heels. When they reached her, Thalia sat down next to her, and seemed to know what had happened. She said:
"This must be terrible for you. I lost my brother for more than a decade, and my mother is dead. I know how you feel. I'm so, so sorry Annabeth."
She held her arms put, and Annabeth collapsed in them, sobbing her heart out into Thalia's shoulder.
"Umm… what happened?" Percy asked, bewildered.
"Da-dad an-nd th-the boy-boys. My step-stepmom. De-Dead. Ca-car crash." Annabeth chocked out, her voice muffled because her face was in Thalia's shoulder. Thalia patted her back.
"Oh, gods" Percy said in a strangled voice.
Annabeth kept crying.
Thalia mouthed for Percy to check Annabeth's ankle. The second he touched it, she yelled out.
"Annabeth, I'm really, really sorry. I know nothing can replace them, but I'll buy you whatever you want. It looks like your ankle is almost broken. I'm going to have to break it completely so we can put it it in a cast. I know I swore I would never, ever hurt you, but this is going to hurt a lot. But, I'm hurting you to help you. I love you, so, so much, more than life itself, and I'm really sorry about this. I love you."
With that, he reached over to Annabeth's ankle, grabbed it, and bent it the wrong way.
Annabeth shrieked and squeezed Thalia's hand until it turned purple. But her ankle still wasn't all the way broken.
As Annabeth continued to scream, Percy said, as he kept twisting her ankle:
"I know. It hurts. I love you."
After a few minutes, they heard a snapping sound, and Annabeth let out her loudest scream yet. Her ankle was broken.
Percy held out his arms, and Thalia picked her up and put her into them. Annabeth cried the entire way Percy carried her to the Big House.
Chiron sighed as the group came through the door.
He stood up, and led them to the infirmary .
To be continued…..(review please. No more review standards)