Percy POV:

God, I really needed to get out of there.

I hated the feeling of not being able to comfort her. Even though I had only just met her I had this overwhelming feeling of wanting to be there for her. I just wanted to hold her and let her cry her eyes out.

She seemed so broken and I hated how she resorted to drinking away her problems. She doesn't even know the dangers she could put herself into.

Maybe I should ask Ryan about this.

I hopped on my motorcycle and drove back to the restaurant.

As I walked in Ryan and Reyna were in the booth having a heated conversation over something.

I walked up over to them as I sat Ryan buried his head into his hands while Reyna had tears rolling down her face.

"What's up guys?" I asked as I slid in next to Reyna.

I wrapped my arm around her and she sniffled into my chest.

I began to rub circles into her back. I really cared about her, she was like a sister to me.

"She hates me!" she cried into my chest.

I looked over to Ryan and he just shook his head.

"Babe, we talked about this. She doesn't hate you… She just needs time to get see that you changed" he replied as he reached out to grab Reyna's hand.

"No… She will always hate me. I mean look at all the crap I put you through. I'm surprised you even took me back" she sniffled.

"Babe, don't say that. You know I will always take you back. I love you and you know that!" he spoke.

"You would?" she sniffled raising her head off of my chest to look over at Ryan.

"Yes. Always and forever babe" he smiled.

I nearly gagged at their mushy gushy moments.

Reyna smiled and leaned over the table to kiss Ryan on the lips passionately.

Gosh, I did not enjoy watching my two best friends sucking face.

I cleared my throat signaling for them to remember that I was still here.

"Oh sorry" Reyna blushed as she took her seat next to me.

I just shook my head and chuckled, "its fine. You think I'd be used to it by now"

"Yea I had the same thought" Ryan laughed.

"So… How's my sister man?" Ryan asked sadly.

"Not doing so well…" I replied clasping my hands together.

"I just couldn't get through to her… Ya know?" I whispered hanging my head.

"I understand man… She stubborn and set in her ways… But don't worry she'll open up soon enough.." Ryan replied.

"Where did she run off too?" he asked

"First, the liquor store…"

"The liquor store!"

"Yea… Then she came back and asked me to take her home… But I told her that she should come back here and talk to you but then she said that she was gonna walk if I didn't take her… And I thought you wouldn't want your sister to walk on the streets at this time of the night, so I took her home…"

"Good call… She never used to drink, but ever since…."

"Ever since what?" I asked curiously.

"Ever since the dickwad of a boyfriend broke her heart… She seemed to have changed a little… I could tell when she called me yesterday…"

"How did he break her heart?"

"By cheating" Reyna answered sadly.

I know that she was really affected by that word, because that's how she broke Ryan's heart. It all happened at one drunken party while Ryan was out of town. One thing led to another and she slept with someone else. She came crying to me the next day, of what she did and I told her the only thing she could do was tell Ryan the truth. And she did. So they broke up for a while but now are finally back together.

"Oh…" I replied. No wonder she didn't understand the concept of forgiving.

"Yea, her ex cheated on her with her best friend in her bed… How fucked up is that man!" Ryan yelled.

"That's pretty fucked up…" I replied shaking my head.

No wonder she didn't let me in. She must be all kinds of pain right now. She just wanted to forget them by drinking the alcohol. But that still didn't make it right. Alcohol is not the solution for anything.

"Bro, I'm gonna need to ask you to do me a solid" Ryan said in a serious tone.

"Anything man… You know I owe you everything" I replied.

"Nah, you don't owe me a thing…" he replied. But really, I owed him everything. My past wasn't a great one. It had everything to do with alcohol, and that's why I resented it now. But Ryan helped me get over that, so I'm eternally grateful.

"But, I do need you to do something for me though…"

"Anything"

"Well, right now my sis and Reyna aren't on good terms…And Reyna just got out of the hospital… So I was thinking of staying with Reyna for a few days at her house… While you know my sister cooled down a little and Reyna gets better… And I wanted you to sort of watch over Annabeth and make sure she doesn't do anything stupid while I'm gone… Can you do that for me man?" he asked.

"Yea, sure anything for you…"

"Speaking of which… I guess I better go back to the house now huh?" I asked as I stood up from the booth.

"Yea... I guess..." he laughed.

"Thanks for doing this man… It means a lot" Ryan said as we did our bro handshake.

"No problem" I replied.

"Well, I'll see you guys later then" I said as I gave Reyna a quick hug.

"Wait... Don't forget this!" Reyna said as she handed me two take out boxes. It must have been mine and Annabeth's food.

"Thanks!" I replied as I grabbed the boxes and headed out the door.

10 minutes later I pulled up to the house.

I walked into the house and put the take out into the fridge.

The house was still quite so I decided to go check up on Annabeth.

The room that she walked into earlier was actually my room.

So I opened the door slowly as I stuck my head in to see if she was sleeping.

I noticed the bed was empty and that vodka bottle that I took away from her earlier was now lying empty on my bed.

I rushed to the bed looking frantically around for her.

Nothing seemed to indicate the whereabouts of her presence.

"Shit" I muttered as I pulled out my phone.

It was 12:30am now. Where the hell could she have gone. How was I gonna explain this to Ryan.. God he'd be super pissed that I already lost his sister.

I began to dial up Ryan's number when I heard the clanging of bottles from outside my window.

That's when I noticed that my window was open.

I quickly stuck my head out to see Annabeth leaning against the wall of the exterior of the house with a 12 pack of Heineken next to her leg. I grabbed a blanket and sighed as I began to maneuver my body to the outside.

At this point I was glad that we had a nice flat roof that was perfectly safe for people to sit on.

As I finally set both of my feet on the roof and went and sat next to her.

She looked at me for a second then took a gulp of her bottle.

The few seconds she looked at me she looked like she had been crying ever since I left. I felt super bad at this point. Her eyes were swollen, her face was flushed and she was sniffling. I wrapped the blanket around her and pulled her closer to me.

She downed the rest of her bottle and leaned against my shoulder.

"I drank all of your beer" she slurred out.

She must have been super intoxicated by now. She had a whole bottle of whiskey and vodka. And probably 12 to 13 beers. Dam, I had to hand it to her. She handled herself pretty well for drinking that well.

I spoke to soon as she turned to me clutching her mouth with both hands.

She scrambled up and jumped back into the window running into my ensuite bathroom.

I quickly followed her into the bathroom.

She was hunched over the toilet as she puked her guts out and sniffled. I sat down next to her as I held her hair back rubbing circles into her back. This brought back so many memories of my past. How I used to do this all the time for…

I was cut out of my thoughts when Annabeth pushed my hand away.

She stood up and walked over to the sink. She began to rinse out her mouth and splash water on her face.

She closed her eyes slightly as she stumbled back a little.

I quickly stood up using both of my hands to steady her.

"Come on… I think it's time you went to bed now" I whispered as I lead her back into my bedroom.

I helped her into the bed and tucked her in. I sat in the bed as I looked at her.

Her blond hair spread across the bed as she rested against a pillow. Her hands rested under her head as she gazed up at the ceiling with her swollen eyes.

After a few minutes of silence I finally spoke up.

"Are you okay?" I asked

"No…" she replied looking at me.

"I made a mistake…" she whispered as tears began to flow out of her eyes.

"Don't cry please" I whispered as I used my sleeve to wipe her tears away.

She pushed my arm away and continued.

"I called my ex…"

"You did?" I asked.

"Yea… I told him that I missed him and I wanted him back… And you know what he did! He laughed at me… He said that I was so desperate…. That he didn't miss me and didn't want me back… He said that he didn't love me at all.. He was just there to try and get in bed with me…." She cried.

"For three years Percy…. For three years, I thought he was the one… I thought that he was the one that I would end up marrying and having kids with… I thought he loved me… But boy was I wrong… All he wanted to do was get me in bed…" she sniffled sitting up and clenching a pillow close to her chest.

"Why did he do this to me Percy?" she asked looking into my eyes.

I didn't know what to say. She was so hurt over this. I felt like there wasn't anything I could say to make her feel better. I never experienced a cheating ex.

"I…I don't know Annabeth" I whispered.

"But what I do know is that he doesn't deserve you. He was just some stupid idiot that didn't know your true worth" I spoke as I wrapped an arm around her shoulder.

She leaned into me as her crying seemed to seize.

"I just don't know any more Percy…" she whispered leaning into my side.

"Don't worry Annabeth…" I whispered.

"We'll figure this out together" I whispered kissing the top of her head. Maybe I had gone too far, but I wanted her to know that I was here for her.

"Thanks" she murmured as she began to lie down.

I stood up and watched her pull the sheets up.

"We'll talk about this tomorrow okay?" I asked as she looked at me.

"Okay" she whispered.

"Okay" I replied as I grabbed a pair of sweats from the floor of my room.

I glanced at her one more time before I turned off the lights. She rolled over so that I saw her back. I smiled a small smile and closed the door making my way to Ryan's room.

I took a quick shower and decided to sleep on the couch in the living room. It was the perfect place to make sure she didn't leave or get more alcohol.

I don't know what it is about this girl, but I truly cared about her. She reminded me so much of someone I used to know… It killed me to see her going through the same thing that I went through.

I remember when I made that promise. The promise of never letting anyone have to experience what I had experienced. And I vow to fulfill this promise, even if it kills me. No matter what, I will not let anyone be ripped away from alcohol.

This time, I'm gonna do something. This time I'm gonna save her. This time I won't regret my decision. This time, it will be different. This is swear.

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