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Chapter 10 – The Truth is Revealed

All of us had stopped. The rest turned around to check who called my name, but I remained rooted on the spot. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Nico's eyes shine, Bianca smirked and our mothers confused.

I turned around to see Annabeth and Thalia walk over to us with their mothers. Annabeth was wearing a pair of jeans and a cute orange shirt. Thalia on the other hand was wearing a pair of jeans and a 'Death to Barbie' t-shirt. It was pretty funny seeing the Barbie with an arrow through her head.

"Hey Seaweed Brain," said Annabeth smiling.

"Hey Wisegirl," I said grinning.

"You've already made up nicknames?" said Bianca surprised. We blushed and nodded. The others laughed a bit.

The woman next to Annabeth, whom I assumed to be her mother, leaned to whisper something. But she failed miserably because all of us heard her when she said "You weren't kidding when you said he's cute."

Everyone did their best to suppress their laughter. Annabeth and I just turned tomato red. My mom looked at Annabeth's mother and said "Hi. I'm Sally Jackson. Percy's mom. And that's Maria di Angelo. Nico and Bianca's mother." Maria said "Hi."

"Hi. I'm Helen Chase, Annabeth's mom. And this is Julia Grace, Thalia's mother." Julia smiled and said "Hi."

Then Julia looked at Nico and said "So you're Nico di Angelo?"

He grinned. "Unless I have a clone, I'm the one and only."

Julia turned to Thalia and smirked. Thalia blushed. Apparently the same comment Annabeth said about me was used by Thalia on Nico. I blushed when I remembered what Annabeth had said.

"Well let's go inside shall we?" my mom said.

Everyone nodded. But Annabeth blushed a bit and said "Percy, can I talk to you?"

I raised an eyebrow and nodded with a smile. The other's grinned at us and we blushed. But my mother's look embarrassed me the most. Her smile…it was creepy.

When everyone left, Annabeth lowered her head and said "I'm sorry for earlier at school. I didn't mean to hurt you and-" but I cut her off.

"Annabeth you didn't hurt me. I know you still feel insecure. But know that I'd never hurt you intentionally." Then I went to her, grabbed her chin softly and raised her head "Can you trust me enough to believe that?"

She seemed insecure at first, but then she nodded slightly and gave me a small hug. When she pulled away, I smiled at her. "Let's go inside shall we?" she smiled and nodded.

As we were going inside, I remembered something.

"So do you still need help with swimming or was that just an excuse to talk to me?" I said jokingly.

She laughed at that and pushed me playfully. "No. I still need help. Will you help me?" she said, looking at me with shiny eyes.

I smiled "Of course. I'll teach you tomorrow before school starts ok? Bianca told me that the school opens about 2 hours before the students start to arrive. So I hope you'll learn by then."

"Only if my teacher helps," she said smiling at me.

"I will, don't worry," I said, returning the smile.

With that we went inside to find our group ready with a leader to start the discussion. There were 5 separate groups. Thankfully, our group was made up of us 9.

Annabeth and I joined the circle by sitting on 2 chairs next to each other. I think they thought we were together…not that I won't mind. The chairs where next to the leader and if she started a round robin exercise, I would be either first or last. Everyone was smiling at us, especially my and Annabeth's mother.

The leader started speaking. "Ok, so now that's everyone's here, we can start the discussion. Our first exercise is a simple one. State any relationships you have or had and say how it ended or is going. Let's begin with you," she said gesturing towards Nico, who was next to her. Great. Thankfully I was last. But I heard Annabeth's breath slightly hitch when the leader mentioned relationships.

I looked at her and raised an eyebrow. She nodded back, as if telling me that she was ok.

And so our little exercise began.

Nico said that he never had any relationships before and isn't in one now. Bianca sort of smiled/scoffed, which earned her a glare.

Maria said that she had Nico from a previous guy but he had to leave. Now she wasn't in any relationship.

Bianca said she was with me for a bit before finding out she was my relative. I grinned at that, remembering the fun times we had together. Don't get me wrong, I loved the time I spent with Bianca because she was a fun-loving person. But we didn't feel the spark. So it was a mutual break-up. Then she said that she wasn't in a relationship now. Nico did the same thing she did and she did the same thing he did. It was funny to see them bickering silently.

My mother said that I was from a previous man and he had to leave. Now she was in a relationship with Paul.

Julia said the same thing as Maria, having Thalia from another man and now being a single mother.

Thalia said she never had a boyfriend and didn't have one now. When she said that, I glanced at Nico and I swear I heard him sigh and his eyes where gleaming. I guess he was happy he had a chance.

Helen said that she was in a relationship but they divorced. Then she met Fredrick Chase and got married.

But as Helen was talking, I looked at Annabeth and she was pale. Not normal pale but paper-white pale. But I wasn't the only one who noticed. Julia and Thalia were looking at her with worry. Helen finished her turn and looked at Annabeth. She noticed her face and her eyes filled with worry.

The leader turned to Annabeth and said "What about you?"

Annabeth looked at me, then at the others staring at her. Then she quickly said "Sorry. I can't." with that she quickly stood up and turned to leave, bursting into tears. But I couldn't let her hurt herself like this anymore.

So when she tried to go away, I stood quickly and grabbed her arms. She turned to me, looking straight in my eyes with big, watery ones. I shook my head. Then she did what she did in class. She hugged me, crying in my shirt. But this time, I wasn't embarrassed by our group or some of the other groups looking at us. I didn't care about my mother's shocked expression or Nico and Bianca's grin. All I cared about was Annabeth.

Yes, I admit it. I have strong feelings for her. And I'm sure they're positive. (slight reference to that piece of shit of a movie. Personally, I think they should re-make it. Who agrees?)

As she was crying in my shirt, she said sobbing "It still hurts so much."

I gently stroked her hair and replied "Shhhh…it'll be ok. I know it hurts. But you have to face it someday. And I'll help you all the way."

Then out of nowhere, I kissed her head. She stiffened instantly, but I felt a smile forming on her face. Everyone else just gasped.

I heard Thalia say "Did you just kiss her head?"

I nodded embarrassed. "Ugh…Protective instinct?" I said smiling nervously. Everyone grinned at me.

Then I turned to Annabeth, serious, and said "Do you want to sit down and tell them the story?"

She hesitated. When she didn't reply, I said "It'll help you move on. Unfortunately that's the only way you can forget. And I can't stand seeing you like this. It's tearing my heart."

She looked at me with a smile, a few tears spilling. Then she nodded.

We sat down, all eyes on us. I took Annabeth's hand and gently squeezed it. She smiled at me. When I tried to let go, she held it tight. I looked at her and her eyes where literally asking me to hold her hand. I happily obliged.

Then she started the story. I helped her a few times when she couldn't speak because it would be a bit too painful. And during the story, I squeezed her hand often to give her courage.

When we finished, everyone was silent. I heard a sniffle or 2 from those who didn't know the story. I looked at Bianca and I saw a tear trickle down her face.

Then I turned back to Annabeth. "You OK?" I knew it was a stupid question, but I didn't know what to ask her.

She nodded slightly.

"Do you want to go outside? Get some fresh air?" I asked worried. Clearly she wasn't OK.

She nodded again. I looked at the leader and she just nodded, smiling at me.

"Come on," I said, helping her up. She stood up shakily.

We left the group and slowly walked outside. I heard Annabeth sigh when we got out. Then I heard someone call our names.

"Percy! Annabeth!"

We turned around to see Bianca walking slowly towards us.

"Hey," I said slowly.

Bianca lowered her head. "I want to apologize. I didn't know what Annabeth told you was this painful. I hope you can forgive me."

I looked at Annabeth and she smiled and nodded. She let go of my hand and I gave Bianca a hug.

"It's OK Bianca. You didn't know. I don't blame you completely. I guess it's in your nosy nature," I said, smiling as I pulled out of the hug. She rolled her eyes, smiling.

"Have fun," she said, winking at me. With that, she turned around and went inside.

I turned to Annabeth, took her hand and we went to sit down on a near-by bench. We sat in silence, holding hands, Annabeth close to me.

Then she broke the silence. "Thank you."

I looked at her. "For what?"

She smiled at me. "For everything Percy. You have no idea how much you've helped me today. In 1 day I've trusted you more than I trusted Luke in 2 years. In 1 day, you've helped me with this problem more than Thalia has in 4 years."

I smiled. "Then I'm glad I helped."

We continued sitting in silence. Then she yawned loudly and blushed a bit. I chuckled.

"Do you want to go home? The club has another hour left." I said.

She nodded, sleepily. We got up and walked slowly home, hand in hand. Before we left, I called my mother.

"Hello?"

"Hi mom, it's Percy." I said.

"Hey honey! How's Annabeth?" she said. I heard some whispering in the background.

"She's fine. I'm taking her home. Can you tell Helen that?"

"Ok Percy. No Problem. Oh..here. Helen wants to talk to you."

I gulped.

"Hello Percy" I heard Mrs. Chase say.

"Hello Mrs. Chase," I replied, nervous. Annabeth looked at me, eyebrow raised. I shrugged.

"Please call me Helen. Listen. I want to talk to you. Can you wait for me at our house?" she said.

"Ok, sure. If my mom's OK with it?" I asked. I knew my mom would let me go after that small….display of my feelings towards Annabeth.

"She is, don't worry. Bye."

"Bye," I said and hung up.

Annabeth turned to me "What did my mom want?"

"Nothing. She wants to talk to me. So she asked me to stay at your place until they come back." I said.

Annabeth shrugged. "Ok, let's go." Then she yawned again. I smiled at her and took her hand.

But as we were almost there, maybe 10 minutes away, she almost fell because she was too tired. I had a brilliant idea.

"Do you want me to carry you Annabeth?" I told her.

She looked at me like I was crazy. She shook her head and said "C'mon Seaweed Brain. We're almost there." But as she took another step, she almost fell again.

I looked at her, eyebrow raised. She sighed "Fine,"

I smiled, turned and knelt. She jumped on my back, wrapped her legs around my waist and her arms around my neck. I took hold of her legs and stood up.

She gasped a bit and I smiled. Surprisingly, she was pretty light. At my dad's palace, I used to have to carry much heavier objects.

Anyways, I arrived at our home first to tell Paul where I was going to be. He was pretty surprised to find me already home and even more surprised to find a girl on my back.

"Percy. Who's the girl on your back?" he asked, confused. I blushed.

"Annabeth. And mom will tell you what happened OK? I have to take Annabeth home and her mother wants to talk to me. Bye." I said as I turned and left. Annabeth had pretty much slept on me.

I arrived at her house a few minutes later. When I arrived at the door, I felt Annabeth stir. She grumbled something and slid down.

She looked at me, eyes half open and smiled. I smiled back. She opened the door and pulled me inside. We went to the living room and a man, whom I assumed to be her dad, was watching TV on the sofa.

He looked at us, confused. "Annabeth and…who are you?" He said as he stood up and came to us. I gulped because he didn't seem like the type of person to mess with.

Annabeth yawned next to me "Percy, dad. Dad, Percy."

I took out my hand "Hello sir." I said nervously.

He smiled at me "Hello Percy. I've heard a lot about you from Annabeth here."

Annabeth mumbled something silently and said sleepily "Yeah yeah. I think he's cute. Big deal. Listen dad, mom wants to talk to Percy when she comes. I'm going to sleep." Then she turned to me "Can you carry me upstairs? I'm too tired to do it myself," she said as she leaned on me. I was pretty nervous because she just asked me to take her to bed….in front of her DAD!

Her dad looked at me, eyebrow raised. Then Annabeth looked at him and said "He knows about Luke. He's a good boy. He won't do anything bad, don't worry."

I blushed furiously. What did she expect me to do….Oh GODS! Is she serious? Did she actually believe I'd do that?

But what confused me was Mr. Chase's look. Confusion. Surprise.

"She told you about Luke?" he said like he couldn't believe it.

I nodded. "What he did to her was unforgivable. He didn't deserve to have Annabeth."

He smiled at me. "Take her upstairs. Her room is the 1st one on the left." With that, he went back to watch TV.

Annabeth leaned more on me and said "Carry me Percy." in my ear. Then she hugged me and latched her arms around my neck and her legs around my waist…again.

I started walking slowly upstairs and went inside her room. I placed her slowly on her bed and stood up. Then she asked me the most embarrassing question ever.

"Can you change me into my pajamas?" she asked me, looking in my eyes.

I was shocked. Never…NEVER…has a girl asked me this. But I knew what to answer.

"I can't Annabeth. It's wrong," I said looking at her.

She smiled, got up and hugged me.

"I knew you wouldn't take advantage of me. Thank you," she mumbled into my shirt. Then she pulled away and went to change. When she came back again, she was wearing a pink pajama with an owl on her chest. She blushed when she saw me staring at her. I blushed too.

She went to her bed and got in. Then she patted a spot next to her. I smiled and went over. When I sat, she pushed me down and gave me a hug. I placed an arm around her, pulling her closer.

"You trust me enough to let me on your bed?" I asked jokingly.

She looked up at me. "You didn't take advantage of me when I was asleep on your back. Not even after I asked you to change me. Most guys would just do what they want. But you didn't. And I know you won't take advantage of me. Right?"

I smiled "I wouldn't dream of it. I would have to be a down-right bastard to take advantage of you when you're still hurt."

She smiled at me and placed her head on my chest. We stayed like this for a while before I heard her snore lightly. I smiled and looked at her. She was so peaceful and beautiful when she slept. No tears. No sad faces. No hurt feelings. I wished I could make her stay like this forever. But I couldn't. What I could do was take care of her. And that's what I was going to do. I slowly removed some hair from her eyes and placed it behind her ear. Then I kissed her head. I don't know why I did it, but it felt right.

I continued to watch her, slowly caressing her cheek. They were so soft, I felt like pinching them. I was going to….but I was interrupted by a sniffle.

I looked to where the sound came from and I saw them.

Mr. and Mrs. Chase.

In the doorway.

Looking at me.

In bed.

With their DAUGHTER!

I blushed and gulped as I sat up, slowly removing Annabeth from her hug and placing her head on the pillow. Then I covered her. As I covered her, she turned to face me and mumbled "Thank you Percy." with a smile. I smiled at that. I was going to give her kiss on her forehead when I remembered her parents where right behind me.

So I turned and waited for the shout.

But I didn't get it.

Instead I got 2 smiling parents.

"Can we talk downstairs?" said Helen. I nodded. Before I left, I took one last look at Annabeth.

"Goodnight Wise girl," I whispered.

We went downstairs and sat down in the kitchen.

"Percy," Helen started. "1st off…I…we want to thank you. I know Annabeth probably said it many times today, but we're thanking you as parents. You see… some things happened to Annabeth after Luke. She changed a lot. Before, she was a wonderful, happy, fun-loving person. But after what Luke did to her, she changed. She got depressed, moody and other things. When she met Thalia, we saw some of the old Annabeth, but not all. Today, after she came from school, we saw the old Annabeth. All of her. When we asked her why was she happy all of a sudden, she said that she met you and that you helped her a lot." She smiled at me and I returned it, blushing.

But then her face darkened and it seemed like she was going to tell me something horrible.

"But this change effected her very much. And it almost got her…..killed."

My eyes widened. "What happened?" I said, but it came out like a demand.

Helen looked straight in my eyes with watery ones. "Percy. She was so depressed, she….she almost…..committed suicide."

And that's when the world stopped. I felt my mouth open, eyes widened, tears forming and spilling.

Helen was sobbing slightly. "Luke hurt her so much that she almost took her life. We found her with a knife at her neck, ready to take herself out. If it hadn't been for Fredrick she would've done it."

Fredrick looked away, pain all over his face with the memory.

The pain left and was replaced by anger. Replaced by hate. At that moment I swear that if I had this Luke in front of me, I would kill him. Choke him. Punch him so hard, his face changed. I bet he didn't know what she did. I balled my fists and gritted my teeth.

Helen noticed my fists and decided to continued "We're telling you all this because of her. She seems pretty attached to you. I mean, she already made you lie on her bed and made you her personal teddy-bear. And I bet she told you to change her, didn't she?"

I blushed at this and nodded.

Helen smiled "And by the looks of things you refused, didn't you? Despite her being half asleep."

I looked at her seriously "I would never take advantage of her like that."

Both Helen and Fredrick smiled at me.

"Now what we're asking you is this Percy," she said seriously. "Annabeth is a very sensitive girl when it comes to her feelings. She trusts you. We want you to promise to not lead her on if you're not going to return the feelings. But if you do return the feelings, we want you to take care of her."

I nodded. "I will don't worry. I feel… I don't know…sort of protective of her. I don't want to see her sad or cry. I want her to be happy, laugh and smile. I've never felt this way about any of the girls I've dated, not even Bianca. After Bianca and I had our mutual break-up, she tried to get me a girlfriend and I think I've went out with 30 girls, I don't know. But I've never felt anything with them. But with Annabeth it's different."

They smiled at me. I looked at my watch and sighed.

"Well, I should go. Tomorrow I have to wake up earlier to help Annabeth with swimming. And I'm not much of a morning person so I'll have to try my best to wake up early," I said smiling.

Helen nodded. "Thank you for helping her. Her previous school used to make fun of her for not being able to swim, so she's pretty grateful."

I nodded. With that, we walked to the door and I got out. But before I left, Helen said "Percy, can you not tell Annabeth what I told you? She would feel bad that you know the truth."

My smile vanished. "Mrs. Chase, as much as I hate seeing her sad, I can't lie to her. She gave me her trust after that bastard ruined her." I was pretty angry and only swear when I'm angry. "Sorry about that. Anyways, I feel that if she caught me lying to her, she would be more hurt."

Helen smiled at me "I understand Percy. But tell her after school OK? That way she wouldn't be thinking about it during class."

I smiled "Will do. Good night."

"Good night Percy. And thank you…again," she said. Fredrick bid me farewell and I left.

As I was turning the corner to enter the street of my house, I saw an owl perched on the tree opposite of Annabeth's house. But this owl was different…and familiar. I looked at it for a minute and I swear it looked straight in my eyes. Those eyes….they remind me of…Annabeth. But how's that possible? I shook my head. I was just tired and angry after what heard.

When I arrived home, I opened the door and closed it, trying to be as quiet as possible. I went to the kitchen to get a quick drink and…

…I found my mother waiting for me.

"Hey?" I said. But it came out in a question. I went to get a glass and filled it with water.

She smiled at me and came to give me a hug. "Percy, I'm so proud of you. You've helped Annabeth very much. Helen told us what happened between her and Luke and also what almost…happened." She knew about the suicide attempt. I balled my fists but kept a cool head.

I filled another glass and drank it slowly.

Then she tried to kill me. "So, is there anything going on between you and her?"

I choked on the water and coughed like crazy. She just burst out laughing. What a great motherly figure! Laughing at her son choking. But she wasn't laughing at that. She was laughing at the reason for that.

"No mom there isn't." I said. Then I whispered to myself "Not yet."

She smiled at me. "Don't worry, there will. I can feel it."

Oh crap! She heard the last bit!

I blushed.

"Listen I have to go get some sleep. I'm teaching Annabeth how to swim tomorrow morning, so I have to wake up 2 hours earlier." I said.

My mother's eyes widened. "You're actually going to try and wake up 2 HOURS earlier…for her? She means that much to you?"

I rolled my eyes and sighed "Good night mother." With that I gave her a good night kiss and left to my room.

I put on my pajama legs and slept without any shirt. I find it easier to sleep like this.

When I hit my head, I instantly feel asleep.

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