Emmy ran a comb through her hair, she was standing in the bathroom looking at herself in the mirror. In two hours she would be boarding an airplane heading home, and she wasn't as excited about it as she thought she would be. It had been a few months since she had seen her father, and he hadn't been doing so well. His love affair with alcohol had been one of the reason she left. He had always liked his beer, but once her mother died he went over the deep end. Sighing she pushed the thoughts out of her mind, she should be happy. Her younger brother, Gentry, was going to be there. He was fourteen and she still felt guilty for leaving him behind. Emmy's thoughts were interrupted by someone clearing their throat behind her. She looked in the corner of the mirror seeing a tall blonde with sharp grey eyes glaring at her.

"Hey Annabeth, what do you need?" Emmy looked at the girl nervously. They hadn't really talked since Percy and Emmy had become so close. "You have been taking up the bathroom, I need to shower." Emmy nodded and picked up her bag that held the toiletries she would need for the trip. She walked past the girl and stopped just beyond the door way. "Annabeth?" The girl turned around looking at Emmy. She was doing a terrible job of hiding her anger. "What?"
"I just want to say, I hope we can still be friends. I don't want to lose your friendship."
"I think it's a bit late for that don't you? Besides I don't usually get along with sluts all that well."
Emmy took in a sharp breath not expecting that. Could Annabeth really hate her that much? She was the one who broke up with Percy. "How am I a slut for dating one guy? It's not my fault you were a bitch to him." Her volume raised as she continued speaking. "I'm not the one you should be getting angry at. All I did was be there for Percy when you crushed him." Emmy hadn't realized she was angry at Annabeth for that. The girl had broken up with him and expected him to continue to drool over her. Annabeth reeled back, clearly not thinking Emmy had the guts to respond. "I'm the bitch? Percy and I were just on a break, but you swooped in and ruined everything. You're just a, just a home-wrecker."
"I can't control how Percy feels. You ruined what you had the moment you told him to go."

Annabeth let out a sound of pure anger and grabbed the nearest thing throwing it at Emmy. It was a flat iron Emmy had used to straighten her bangs, and it was still scorching hot. Shocked by the sudden violence Emmy only had time to side step the iron, but it still grazed her arm leaving a painful burn mark. Both girls looked at Emmy's arm in disbelief, Emmy couldn't believe Annabeth had actually done that. "That's enough." Said a voice familiar to both of them, behind Emmy stood Percy. His eyes flared with an anger that Annabeth had only seen a few times, and she hated to be on the receiving end of. "I'm so sorry, Emmy. I don't know what happened."
"I said that was enough, Annabeth." With that he grabbed Emmy gently by her unharmed arm and pulled her away. He pulled her into her room closing the door behind them. As he looked at her his rage left, replaced by a look of concern. "Are you alright?" His sea eyes focused on the red mark on her arm that was starting to blister. "Yeah, I'm fine. What are you doing here?"
"I came here to give you a ride. You were late so I got out of the car to wait, that's when I heard the yelling. I rushed in worried something was wrong." Emmy nodded looking down at her burn, it wasn't that bad, but that didn't mean it felt like sunshine and rainbows. "Want me to put a band-aid on that?" Emmy gave Percy a reassuring smile, "No, it looks worse than it actually is. Plus it's best if we just let it breathe." Percy nodded looking around her room, it was the first time he had been inside it. One of the walls was solid black, but were covered in chalk writing. One was blank white but covered in different posters layered over each other, and the other two were covered in wide purple zig zags. "Cool paint." The girl smiled walking over to the black wall and picking up a piece of blue chalk from the floor. "Thanks, want to sign my wall?"
"Won't that damage it?"
"Nope, chalk board paint." To prove this she ran her finger over some of the writing, her finger returned covered in yellow powder. He took the chalk from her starting to write. Percy stood in front of the space he was writing on, blocking Emmy's view. Once he moved the loopy handwriting was visible. "Henry is beautiful, no matter what you say. Love Fish Breath." She read aloud before laughing, "Yep that's staying there forever." Percy smirked, "Now, we better go so you don't miss your flight." Emmy nodded and slung her backpack over her shoulder. With one last look over the room to make sure she didn't forget anything she picked up the duffel bag, which Percy promptly took from her, refusing to let her carry it.

Here they were again, standing in front of the air port, Emmy's bags at their feet looking at each other. Percy bit his lip placing a hand on her slender shoulder. "Just don't forget if anything happens, no matter what, don't be afraid to call. No matter the time." He had noticed how reluctant she was to go, clearly not happy about the trip. Percy also ment when she was here in New York, Annabeth proved herself to be a loose cannon. Emmy nodded, "I know." She stepped towards him, slipping her arms under his hugging his waist. "And don't forget you got that job at the diner and start Wednesday." Percy returned the tightness of her hug, his arms resting just below her shoulders. "I will remember, don't forget to get to the air port on time." Emmy chuckled softly pulling away from him slight, looking up in to his eyes. As he looked down into hers he was once again stricken by their unique beauty. "Bye." She whispered. Instead of replying he kissed her forehead, then placed his lips on hers. They kissed gently, not the heated passion of the night before. Emmy pulled away from him and kissed his cheek, whispering into his ear. "Now, I really must be going. See you soon Percy." Completely letting go of him she picked up her bags and walked away. Percy could only watch her leave, a stupid grin on his face.