Chapter 2

Numbness slowly traveled up Percy's body. Annabeth kissed Jason. Numb Numb Numb Numb. Annabeth started kissing him first. Numb Numb Numb Numb Numb Numb Numb Numb.

He was beginning to shiver, shivering with hate for Jason and with sadness for himself. Then, as if Annabeth had heard him, she turned her head and saw Percy. Her face turned into that of shock. And she went out of Jason's grasp and started running toward Percy.

'Do I let her explain?' Percy thought. Then, the voice that was in his dreams responded, Yes, let her explain, then you may decide what to do afterward. Percy flinched with shock because the voice responded…. Annabeth misinterpreted that flinch as if Percy doesn't want Annabeth to get close to him.

"P-percy, I'm.., I'm… Annabeth started shaking uncontrollably. Percy just stared at her with blank eyes. Annabeth steeled herself and said those words that Percy never wanted to hear.

"I'm really sorry…" Annabeth looked at me with those intense gray eyes, prompting him to say something, so, he did.

"Just… why?" Percy managed to choke out. Then, Jason appeared out of nowhere and answered, "Because she loves me now, because she stopped loving you."

Annabeth glared at Jason but returned her gaze to Percy. Percy's expression changed from shock, and then to rage. Annabeth took a step back and carefully spread her arms around Jason protectively.

"L-look Percy, you have to move o-" before Annabeth could finish, Percy lifted his face and stared at her with, cold eyes, and said, his tone flat, "Ok, so that means that this relationship is over right?" Annabeth looked confused and Percy elaborated, "This means that there's nothing between us now, right?"

"Right…." Annabeth replied cautiously. Then, as if those words just registered, Percy's knees gave out, and fell.

"Are you okay?!" Annabeth held out her hand but Percy quickly brushed it away.

"Leave me alone" Percy said through his teeth, "I want to be alone right now" and he started walking toward the lake. Only was it after a while that Annabeth reluctantly left with Jason. But, after Annabeth reached her cabin, Jason quickly turned around to go see Percy.

When Jason got to the lake, he found Percy staring out at the lake with red, puffy, eyes. For some reason, when he got close to Percy, the air around him turned cold, and before long, he wished he wore and big ol' jacket instead of a t-shirt and shorts. 'Weird, Percy doesn't even seem to be cold at all….' But he decided to push that thought out of his head for now; there were more urgent matters to discuss.

"Hey…" When Percy didn't say anything, Jason said once more, "Hey Percy…" That seemed to do the trick; Percy turned his head to see who was speaking to him. When Percy saw that it was Jason, Percy's features turned into rage.

"What do you want? Are you going to brag to me now?!" Percy snarled.

"Whoa, woah, stop that! I'm not here for anything! Well…. Fine, I just want to talk to you. Is that okay with you?" Jason said calmly. Percy didn't say anything, just stared out to the lake. The sun was setting and it looked beautiful. There was an awkward silence between Jason a Percy. Neither wanted to talk about it, mostly Percy, but finally, Jason got tired of the silence and sighed.

"Are you okay?" Jason asked. Percy looked at him and gave him a look.

"Yeah, I'm okay, if you consider being dumped by a girlfriend on the day I just came back and then having to talk with the guy she picked over me, then yeah, I'm ok."

Jason was about to give him a witty comment but thought better of it, because everything in that comment was true. Jason sighed again.

"Look, I'm not trying to pick a fight here, I'm just here to…oh, I don't know! I just wanted to make sure you're okay!" Jason tried to explain.

"… I'm ok… just, leave me alone ok? I'm trying to think" Percy said in a small voice. Jason nodded and stood up but said, "We're…. still friends right?"

After that comment, Percy jerked his head to stare at Jason and glared at him.

"I'm not leaving until you give me an answer." And to prove his point, he sat back down.

Percy then glared death-glares at him. But finally, he answered, "Yes, we are still friends." After Percy said that, Percy stood, up, and dived into lake. Jason just stared at him with shock. He expected and 'I don't know' at most or the worst 'No' but instead, Percy said yes. Finally after a bit, Jason said, "Weird, water freak" while grinning.