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Don't Look Down On Me

Last time on Don't Look Down On Me: You carry her to the door and answer it. The smile fades from your face when you see who it is. Rachel Elizabeth Dare stands at your door with puffy, red eyes.

"Hey, Percy." she says.

Chapter 10: Her Doubt

"Rachel!" is all you manage to get out.

"Can I come in?" she asks. She still hasn't seen Annabeth and you know from personal experience that she's gonna have a freak out. You feel Annabeth tighten her grip. She's so small you can believe that Rachel didn't see her.

"Now's not a good time," you say. Her eyes silently plead with you and you're powerless against her. "Fine."

She smiles a little and kisses you on the lips, making you back away from her. She frowns and finally notices the girl on your back. She walks into the house and glares at you as you set Annabeth gently on her feet. "How could you, Percy?"

"If I remember correctly, it was YOU who broke up with me for another guy," you say angrily. She flinches back and that alone gets you to settle down.

"I'm sorry," you both say at the same time.

You look at Annabeth, she' s hurt and trying to hide it, but she isn't a very good actress. She closes her eyes and wraps her arms around herself, she looks away from you and her whole posture is tense. "Why are you here, Rachel?" you ask.

"I needed a friend, and you've always been there for me when the going gets rough. My boyfriend-"

"The guy you left me for."

"He broke up with me; turns out he was a lying, cheating bastard."

"Whom you still chose over me."

"Sorry, gosh, let it go!"

"Percy?" Annabeth interrupts.

"Yeah, baby?" you ask.

"I need to talk to you alone for a second." She does not ask. She tells.

She grabs your hand and pulls you into the bathroom, closing the door only halfway. "Yeah?"

She's silent for a minute, not looking you in the eyes. "Am I just another girl you've slept with?"

"What?" you sputter, you're at a total loss for words.

"Percy, I need you to do something."

"Anything."

"I want you to look me in the eyes and tell me you love me-" You go to interrupt her but she puts her hand up, signaling you to shut up. "I want you to tell me you love me...and mean it."

You grind your teeth together in disbelief that she could actually think that you don't love her, even after telling her more than once. Regardless of your anger, you grab her face and pull her toward you, forehead to forehead. "Annabeth Chase, you're not just another girl, you're the girl I'm completely in love with."

She closes the short distance between your lips and gives you a passion-and lustful-kiss. You remember that she is on her period, but you also remember she's only wearing your shirt, as in nothing beneath it. You pull back and kiss her neck a couple times; she tenses all of a sudden and pushes you away. You look out the door and see Rachel staring at you with a deep scowl, she was also in earshot.

You place one last kiss on Annabeth's lips then pick her up, throwing her back onto your back. She laughed and held on for dear life, the sound of her laugh drives you crazy with joy. It was a rare sound and quite beautiful, kind of like polar bears: rare and beautiful. You laugh too and rub her legs that are wrapped tightly around your waist, you sigh as you feel how tense her muscles are from their little make out session.

You drop Annabeth on the bed, sit beside her, and look expectantly at Rachel. "So, just to get this straight, you came here to express your feelings about the man you left me for?" you inquire.

"Did you ever think, Percy, that maybe I want to get back together?" she snarls.

"Rach, we're over. I'm with Annabeth now, I love her."

"Just like you love every other girl who will have sex with you, no charge." You don't think she realizes that she made a huge jab at your Annabeth who you feel stiffen beside you. "Me, Thalia, Silena, Clarisse-" You shudder at the memory of that one. "And now her? How many more people are you going to hurt?"

You jump to your feet and walk toward her angrily. "You're blowing it way out of proportion! Out of YOUR whole lifetime you've probably slept with hundreds of guys!"

You stop abruptly, realizing that you yourself just made another jab at the girl you love. Rachel turns to Annabeth. "You're stupid to believe a word he says."

To your utter astonishment, Annabeth gets up and also advances on Rachel. "You had your chance with him, you blew it. He loves ME now, and guess what, I may not be amazing looking, or rich, or good, but I do have one thing you don't. And that's him." she shouts, getting all up in Rachel's face.

Your ex-girlfriend turns red- like her hair- and storms out of your apartment. You turn to Annabeth but she's already slamming the door to the bathroom.

You begin to think that you should write a book: How To Piss Off Every Girl In Your Life Within Ten Minutes.

Short chapter, yes. I feel kind of bad that I made Rachel so bitchy but w/e. But I have a huge 3 day test and I haven't had any time to write because I'm the kind of girl who likes getting good grades. I cannot fail a test, I'd die. I'm on my break now so I might start writing some more chapters. Well, REVIEW, and check out As Long As I Have You, if you have not done so already. Thanks to readers and of course reviewers, special thanks to Minesweeper62 for betaing for me. Later. Mel out.