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Don't Look Down On Me
Last time on Don't Look Down On Me: "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."
Chapter 7: Her Mummbles
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.
After about an hour, Annabeth stops crying, she won't let you up so you have Thalia take your place. You leave to go get some grocerys, Thalia offers to spend the night and help you cook. When you come back they're both asleep, holding onto each other. You lay next to Annabeth and whisper ever so softly, "I'm back."
There's silence, you don't expect an answer. "Yeah," she whispers.
You're startled but you shrug it off and fix a piece of her hair that was falling in her face. "How long have you been awake?" you ask.
A pause that stretches on long enough that you begin to think she fell back asleep. "When you left me," she murmmered.
"You should have said something."
"I figured you'd either need some alone time or maybe you wouldn't, you know, want me here anymore." Her shoulder moved slightly, in a small shrug."
"Shhh, you were wrong."
Her vise grip on Thalia releases slowly, she grabs your hand and puts it on her knee, where she holds it. "You're the best thing that's ever happened to me, it's not much saying as not many good things ever HAVE happened to me but... Well, I'm just trying to say that you're important to me."
You slide your hand under her shirt and up, she shudders and leans into your palm. "Percy," she moans.
"Don't wake Thalia," you whisper.
She quietly turns toward you and you see how red and swollen her eyes are, her hair's a mess, and she looks extremelly tired. "Hey, speak for yourself, Little Mister," she scolds.
"You look tired," you say implyingly. "You should go to sleep for a little while."
"I'm not tired!" she argues stubbornly.
"Go to sleep."
The stubborn look in her eyes dims but its not completely gone yet. "Will you leave me again?" she whispers. You shake your head slightly and kiss her cheek. "Alright."
She places her hands beneath your shirt and pulls it off, she lays half on top of you and closes her eyes. You know that your body is burning, you know she really likes that. You put your arms around her beautiful waist and hold her to you. "Oh, Percy." she moans. "I don't deserve you."
You chuckle and are ready to come up with a brilliant response but she's already asleep. You have a little trouble falling asleep also, what with a gorgeous body pressed to you but you eventually drift into a sleep filled with dreams you wish very badly would come true, but probably won't.
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"Percy!" you hear someone hiss in your ear.
You open your eyes and frown, almost jumping when you see Thalia's face beside yours glaring down at you. "What?" you snap right back.
"Listen," she says quietly.
You decide to humor her and go quiet, then you hear, very faintly, "Percy."
He scrunch your eyebrows in confusion but remain silent. "Mmm, Percy." the voice mummbles again.
You look down and realize that it's Annabeth, she's still laying on you and her nails are digging into your skin, you barely even feel it though. "Nobody can know...love you...Percy," she sighs.
You look at Thalia with a frown, she's frowning as well. "What?" you ask.
"I think she loves you, Percy." she explains.
You go silent and stare at Annabeth again. "Don't leave me," she mummbles. "Percy..."
You bite your lip and wait for more, but more doesn't come, she stays quiet, breathing lightly on your skin was her extent. You fall back asleep after a while, but you're satisfied in a sick little way. Your ex-prostitute friend-with-benefits chick loves you. And you realize something: you love her right back.
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