A/N: Heads up, this is extremely sad!
Annabeth POV:
I ran out of the restaurant after my brother.
I swung the door open and stepped out onto the concrete.
About 15 meters away I saw a head of blond gazing down at the concrete not bothering to look at where he was going.
"RYAN! LOOK OUT!" I yelled as I frantically ran towards him.
"Ryan!" I called again, only 5 meters away.
There was a horrible screeching noise.
"RYAN!" I screamed, he turned around slowly, unaware of what was about to happen.
Everything was happening so fast, the blue Volvo speeding then the screeching then Ryan looking up to late, me running, fighting to get to him…. But I was too late.
*eeeeeekkkkk... BOOOOOM CRAAASSSHHH*
"RYAN!" I screamed running over to my brother who was now laying on the ground. Unconscious blood surrounding him.
"Oh my god" I cried falling to my knees right in front of him.
"Ryan?" I said tears rolling down my face.
"Come on… Ry… Ryan?" I said grabbing his head putting it into my lap.
I caressed his head, moving the blond hair out of his eyes.
"Ry…?" I spoke, my voice cracking.
"Come on open your eyes…" I stuttered, tears blurring my vision.
"SOMEBODY CALL 911!" I screamed.
"Ry…Ryan? Come on stay with me… Please open your eyes… Ryan..?" I said frantically rubbing his face.
"Please Ryan? O…Open your eyes…." I stuttered.
I laid my head upon his head and cried out.
"RYAN. PLEASE DON"T L….Leave me!" I sobbed.
"Please…." I whispered kissing his forehead.
"Please don't leave us….."
"Is there an Annabeth Chase?" a voice called out.
I darted up and out of Percy's embrace quickly wiping my tears with hands.
"Th…That's me" I squeaked walking over to the doctor.
Percy stood up and grasped my hand.
He squeezed it slightly giving me the strength I needed.
"I…Is he gonna be okay?" I said trying to hold back the tears that threatened to pour out at the slightest urge.
"Please come with me" the doctor said sadly.
The tears welded up and poured out as I walked with the doctor.
Percy put his arm around my shoulder as I leaned into him closing my eyes as he guided me in the path with the doctor.
What am I gonna do?
After a few meters of walking the doctor stopped at a door.
"Please take a seat" the doctor said as I opened my eyes.
We were in front of a room, towards the right side there was a bench. Percy guided me towards it and we sat down. I pulled my knees up to my chest and leaned into Percy.
"I...Is he okay?" I squeaked again opening my eyes.
"He has suffered a severe blow to his head, multiple fractured ribs and his right knee has been dislocated. It's a miracle he's still breathing" the doctor spoke.
I sat up slowly swallowing my tears back.
"He's awake?" I asked as Percy began to massage my shoulders.
The doctor shook his head, "The good news is he is still alive"
"What's the bad news?" I asked, really not wanting to know the answer.
"He is in a coma Miss Chase" the doctor spoke sadly.
"Coma" I whispered gazing at the doctor through my teary eyes.
The doctor nodded; "If you want to, you can go in and see him" he said gesturing to the door on the side of us.
I nodded and stood up.
As I walked into the hospital room my heart broke.
In the bed laid my big brother.
He had various IV's running throughout his body. His head was bandaged and so was his torso. His knee was elevated and had somewhat of a cast on it. He had simple garments that the hospital provided.
I walked slowly over to the right side where the machine keeping track of his heart beat was. I leaned forward and smoothed down his sandy blond hair.
I kissed his forehead and pulled back looking at him.
"Oh Ryan…." I whispered stroking his hair.
He looked absolutely horrible. There were bruises and small cuts that were plastered all over his face. If he was up right now I'm absolutely positive he would be aching all over.
So, I guess it's sort of a blessing that he's in the coma. At least he won't have to feel all of this pain. But really if I could replay this day, I wouldn't have wanted him to be in a coma at all.
Perc y pulled up a chair for me. I sat down and clutched my brother's hand laying my head down on his shoulder as I cried.
*Several hours later*
The door creaked open as I stretched my arms out. I must have dozed off or something.
"Sorry miss, but visiting times are over" the nurse in her red scrubs spoke.
"Oh… Okay" I spoke standing up still clutching my brother's hand. I brought it to my lips as I kissed it.
"See you tomorrow Ryan" I whispered setting his hand carefully back on the hospital bed.
As I walked out I saw Percy sitting on the bench propped up holding what looked like a cup of coffee and plant. His head leant back against the window, his hair covering his eyes as he snored lightly.
A small smile spread on my face as I went a stood in front of him. This kind of reminded me of the time he had a fallen asleep on me at the movie theatre. The time when I was super mad at me. Who would have thought that that led up to the moment when he would be my boyfriend?
I stuck my hand out a moved the hair out of his face. His eyes flickered open right when my hand touched his face. He blinked a few time registering what was happening. He grinned a sleepy grin as he stood up.
"For you" he said with a small smile as he handed me the coffee and plant.
I giggled a little as I looked at the plant. Usually people would give each other flowers but I told Percy one time that it was useless. You just spend your money on something that is sure to die. A plant on the other hand, it still has time to grow and blossom. So you're totally getting your money's worth.
"Thank you" I smiled as he leaned in and kissed my nose.
He wrapped his arm around me as we walked out of the hospital.
"You okay?" he asked as we stood on the corner.
I let out a sigh, "I just wanna go home" I whispered.
He nodded and hailed a taxi.
He opened the door for me and closed it once I got in. He got in the other side and told the driver our address.
I leaned onto him doing my best to blink back the tears as I recalled what had happened earlier.
"It's okay to cry" Percy whispered as he took the coffee from my hand and set it in the cup holder. He held onto my now free hand with his and used his thumbs to stroke it.
"I know" I whispered.
"But I've been crying all day" I added.
All this constant crying and heart break and everything going on made me exhausted beyond belief. I felt like I had run a 10k race.
Percy let out a sigh as he rested his head on my own that rested on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry this happened babe" he spoke.
I furrowed my eyebrows, "It's not like it's your fault"
"It is. If I didn't insist on getting his permission maybe I could have prevented this all from happening." He whispered.
I quickly darted up.
"Percy you can't blame yourself for this. We didn't know that he would do what he did." I almost yelled. He didn't need this on his conscious. I mean he already had the death of his sister. He didn't need this.
"Everyone that comes close to me always gets hurt. Everyone. First Vanessa and now your brother. My best friend…. Everyone" he said as he choked on his tears.
"Percy, don't do this. You can't blame yourself for their accidents. None of it was your fault" I said as I set the plant on the space next to me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and brought his head to my chest as I ran my hands through his raven soft black hair.
I heard him sniffle into my chest.
"It's not your fault. Any of it" I whispered kissing the top of his head.
We stayed in the position all the way to the house.
As soon as the driver stopped Percy slowly got up and handed the driver to money. He grabbed my coffee and walked around the other side opening the door for me. I grabbed the plant and we walked hand in hand to the front door.
He unlocked it and walked to the kitchen putting my coffee into the fridge as I placed the plant on the small table in the living room.
After a few seconds Percy was next to me gripping my hand.
"Let's go to sleep" he said with a small smile.
I nodded as I followed him up the stairs.
Before I knew it we were showered and settling into bed.
My back was pressed up into Percy's chest as he wrapped his arms around my torso bring my closer to him. His breath tickled my neck as he rested his head on my shoulder.
"Good night Annabeth" he whispered as he kissed my temple.
"Good night Percy" I smiled as I interlocked my hands with his that rested around my body.
This moment with him felt like pure bliss. This was one of those rare moments in my life that I felt completely happy and satisfied. As I fell asleep there were no more tears.
A/N: Sorry about the accident. But it adds more to this story. Anyways i hope you don't hate me too much. I tried to add a little Percabeth fluff at the end there. What did you guys think overall? Let me know in reviews! Thanks for reading!
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