Running with her head down, Abby could not judge where she was going. Her eyes were focused on the ground as she ran and eventually hit full force into someone. She knocked the person over and she fell on top of the person. She looked to see that she was on top of non other than Nathan. His face was tinted red a bit, but Abby didn't really notice. Her braid was a mess and she just shook her head and buried her face in the boy's orange Camp t-shirt. Not knowing what to do, Nathan sat up a bit, and wrapped his arm around her.
"Are you okay..?" He said quietly said and looked down at her. Abby remembered that Maddie explained that her, Russell, and Nathan were all the same age; they were fifteen.
"No..." She said with a sniffle, "I'm just not having a good day..." She said and looked up at Nathan. His brown eyes seemingly comforting. The two demigods stayed like that for a few more minutes before standing up. Abby took out her dark hair from the braid and it was in and her hair was now wavy. She sighed and scratched the back of her head, "Sorry about-." Abby stopped speaking when she realized that Nathan didn't stop looking at her in awe.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" She asked, her voice a bit higher than normal even though it still sounded fine.
"Because your beautiful," He said and smiled lightly. Abby laughed lightly smiling and looking back at him.
"Am not." She said crossing her arms and leaned to her right a little.
"Are to." He countered and crossed him arms as well and looked down at her. She laughed lightly and so did he. She shook her head smiling and ran a hand through her wavy hair. The two of them walked to the lake and sat there for hours before saying there good-byes. They had definitely gotten to know each other more than before. As he left to go to the Hermes cabin, he leaned down and kissed her on the cheek. Abby's cheeks turned to the shade of roses and she was thankful that it was dark so he wouldn't be able to notice.
As soon as he was gone, Abby took off her sneakers and started to wade in the lake water. She kept her clothing on and dunk under quickly to get her hair wet, but something was wrong. When she tried to get air by going above the surface, her body wouldn't respond. The water was weighing her down and she needed air. She wasn't like Percy who could breathe under water. Abby tried to will the water so it didn't weigh her down, but it was no use. She couldn't move. Her air was running thin and she practically was gasping for air. The water wouldn't respond to her at all. Her eyes started to close as her body started to fall under the spell of drowning. Her mouth parted and she realized one thing before she lost consciousness completely.
Her father was trying to kill her.