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Don't Look Down On Me
Last Time On Don't Look Down On Me: She looks up at you with red rimmed eyes and says two words. Two dreadful words. "My father."
Chapter 6: Her Tears
"That man's your father?" you ask.
She nods and tightens her death grip on your shirt, you kiss the top of her head. Her sobs reverberate through your bodies, you're both shaking heavily. "Percy," she says, voice barely audible.
"Yeah, baby?" you ask.
"Can we go home?"
"Of course." Under other circumstances, you would be elated that she now calls your place 'home'.
You look at Thalia, silently asking her with your eyes. "Yeah, I'll come." she says.
You nod at her gratefully and wait outside as she locks up, you're carrying Annabeth again because she's shaking far to much to walk on her own. You don't mind because of her light weight, people stare but you give them all dirty looks making them look away. You enter your apartment and avoid the searching looks from your neighbors, nosy bastards.
Thalia unlocks your apartment with the key you had given her when you first moved in. You walk into your room and attempt putting Annabeth on the bed, but she holds onto you refusing to let go. "Stay with me?" she asks.
Without a word, you lay down with her, she lays so close to you that from a distance you wouldn't be able to tell there's more than one person. She puts her arm beneath your shirt and hugs you hard. Her diamonds leak down her cheeks and drop onto your neck, you kiss each and every one away.
Thalia walks in and looks at you with a frown, she sits beside you and hands Annabeth a bottle of water. Annabeth takes it from her and stares at it, you take it from her and open it then give it back. She takes a sip from it and looks at you, she stares at you as if she can't believe you're real. She touches her fingertips to your cheek and pulls you close, she kisses you gently. Then you feel her tears mix with your own as you lean against each other and cry.
She pulls herself together before you do and she parts your lips with hers placing her tongue in your mouth. Thalia clears her throat oh so subtely and you jab her with your elbow. Annabeth pulls away and looks at Thalia apologetically.
"I'm sorry, I got a little carried away." she apologizes, voice cracking.
"It's alright, Percy can be a seductive bastard." Thalia comments.
You turn toward her with big eyes, you tell her with your eyes not to say anything else. Annabeth sits up and looks at you with huge eyes.
"What does she mean, Percy?" she asks.
"Nothing," you say quickly, too quickly.
The look in her eyes tells you that she knows that you're hiding something and she has a pretty good idea what about. She lays back down, this time distancing her away from you a bit. "Whatever," she says.
You lay a hand on her waist and pull yourself toward her, curving your body around hers. Despite her anger, she relaxes and leans against you, you push her hair back exposing her bare neck, which you kiss. She shudders and places her hand on your head, she kisses you back and places your hand on her thigh.
"What about Thalia?" you murmmer almost inaudibly into her mouth.
She sighs and pushes you away, but keeping your hand on her leg. "No balls," you hear her mutter.
"Thalia, will you please leave, Annabeth wants to have sex," you say, not meaning it. Annabeth shoots up and glares at you, you start laughing when she glares down at you. "Oh, so you want to inconspicously have sex under the blanket? Gotcha!"
She looks up and gives Thalia a grimace, which she returns.
"Stop being such an ass, Percy. The poor girl is going though a rough time."
You stare at the blonde whose face suddenly darkens, she hugs her knees to her chest and lays her head on them. "As you already know, that man was my father. He doesn't like me, I was always his biggest mistake. I've gone foster home to foster home my whole life but when I turned 18, it was all over. I went on my own. I had to do stuff to keep myself alive, bad stuff."
She shudders and closes her eyes, she pulls up her shirt revealing all the bruises and love bites on her skin. "Bad stuff?" you implore, not wanting to believe the truth hanging in front of your face.
"Well...I would do stuff with people."
"So you were a..." you trail off.
She closes her eyes and nods. "Prostitute."
Your anger rises and you stand up and begin to pace, you bend over in half into the fetal position and put your face in your hands. You run your hands though your hair and begin to pace again.
"No," you finally say. "No, no, no. You did NOT do that." you say, in denial.
She stands up and tears run down her cheeks. "Yes, I did. I had to!"
You rush over to her and grab her around the waist, you kiss her hard, most likely bruising her lips. Your tears mix again and you hold that position. "Annabeth," you say against her perfect pink lips.
"I didn't want to tell you," she sobs. "Once somebody finds out, they ignore me and are just horrible and talk about me behind my back. I wanted you to want me and I was afraid that you'd hate me if I told you."
"No! I could never ever do that. I promise I won't. Like you said before, I won't look down on you. You're my everything now, Anna. Don't ever talk like that again, okay?"
"It's who I am, Percy. I had to do what's best for me and I had no choice. I need you to understand that."
You can't stop crying and you can't get the words out. You can only kiss her, she kisses you back like her life depends on it. And as far as you know, it might.
That's it. Tell me what you think. Review. And any suggestions will be helpful. Mel out.
