AHHH! SO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING! I finally got down to writing this tonight, instead of finishing homework. A dance rehearsal, braces, homework, Wattpad, more work, vaccinations, the list doesn't end for the reasons why, stupid projects and models to build.

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Annabeth

While in first period, I decide to take a quick glance to the left where I know my best friend is sitting and the first thing I notice is Percy muttering obscenities under his breath, while Paul, is busy writing on the board. I catch his eye, and raise my eyebrows questioningly but he just shakes his head and looks away. I wonder what's wrong with him, making a mental note to interrogate him later, and then I shift my head to the right and spot Drew smiling at me and looking between me and Percy, drawing imaginary lines connecting us. I look away and focus on the essay Paul's is giving us for homework.

"It'll be 5,000 words and I'd like it in by next Friday please." Next Friday. Today's Friday, so that means I have a week. Well, this week has certainly been hectic; maybe we'll get a little rest so I can do this properly, in peace. Hmm… I raise my hand and Paul manages to answer my question without me even asking him. "No, Miss Chase you may not do more than 5,000 words and that's it." He says it with a wink, I know he has to be strict in class. Aw, come on… I look at Percy and see him half smiling at me. I glare back and carry on making notes, feeling eyes boring into me. No doubt they belong to the pretty Asian girl everyone knows as Drew and Miss. Popular now, I can tell you Helen wasn't too happy about that…

At lunch, I notice Drew and a bunch of girls huddled together over something. Obviously some more plans to stalk Percy. Who do they think Percy is? Some kind of pop star that they have to follow him around like paparazzi? Honestly…

In P.E we are partnered up and surprisingly I get paired with Percy. He smiles down at me and I decide to ask him the question that's been on my mind all day. Careful not to let anyone hear, I say it in a low voice, "Hey Perce, what was up in English today?" He looks away and I am shocked to see sadness on his face. "Percy! Tell me!" He looks back and whispers quietly, it is barely audible, "Annabeth, Lily's getting bullied again." I stare at him in horror. No. "Jade?" I dared to ask and know the answer when Perce's jaw clenches. "Oh gods no, she told everyone didn't she? And about Jack I suspect?" Seaweed Brain looks at me in surprise. "How do you know about Jack?" I smirk back. "Well, I am a girl and like a sister to her, so Lily tells me a lot of things she doesn't tell you."

"Oh really? And what would that be?"

"Well for one, how you really stink at P.E." He raises an eyebrow at me and I laugh. "Oh you're so dead when we get out of here."

I am alive until I arrive at his house in disguise as usual though, but as soon as I knock, the door opens and Percy jumps out, grabbing my waist and pulling me inside, not putting me down. Working out has improved his strength, and he holds me aloft while I kick and struggle. "PERSEUS JACKSON IF YOU WANT TO SURVIVE UNTIL YOU BECOME AN ADULT YOU WILL PUT ME DOWN RIGHT NOW!" I scream and he just grins, carrying me around the room. Lily comes in and looks at us, smiling in amusement while I yell for help at her. "Sorry Annabeth, but I made a promise to my doofus brother here that I'd never interfere in something like this, especially when it includes torturing you." I glare at her, knowing full well she lied straight out. "Oh Lily Scarlett Jackson, you are so dead right after this idiot," I pound him on the back while talking, "puts me down!" Percy smiles again and then tosses me onto the sofa nearby carelessly. "OW! What was that for you idiot?"

"For calling me that, Wise Girl." I stick my tongue out at him and then go into the kitchen, Lily following me. "Hey, Annabeth. Can I talk to you?" She asks shyly as I grab some snacks. "Sure, Lil what about?"

She hesitates before answering. "Different stuff, but can we go into my room? Don't want Perce to know." I smile and nod in agreement, then head out into the other room where Seaweed Brain waits. "Percy, why don't you do your homework? Get started on the essay for English, Lily and I have some girl PRIVATE talk to do." I smile sweetly and walk out of the room giggling furiously with Lily at his dumbfounded expression.

"So, what's happened?" I ask as we sit on her bed. "Well, you know Jack? Well Jade revealed I liked him and all the usual stuff I'm pretty sure Percy has told you what else she said, and since then I can't even look at him, not that I did before. So today I was so ashamed to go to school, but Scarlett was there to comfort me and she beat up anyone who dared to insult me." Her lips twitch into a small smile then, and I feel horrible about the bullying. How can people be so cruel? She carries on, her face almost lighting up a little at what she says next.

"So, just after school, Jack came up to me and I was so embarrassed I looked horrible and just made a fool of myself. He was really sweet and kind about Jade and wasn't fazed by the fact he knew I liked him, because he said he liked me too!" Lily lets out a little squeal and I smile. She is so happy. "And then he asked me out as friends!" Lily goes ecstatic and squeals again, and I laugh. She's had a crush on Jack Warner for ages and I am so happy for her, she deserves something nice in her life. "Well then, no kissing or anything inappropriate if it's just friends then," I say sternly and Lily punches my shoulder playfully. "Annabeth!" I laugh again. "So what were the other things you wanted to talk about?"

"Well it's about P-" There's a scuffling noise at the door and Lily stops speaking. We quietly creep over to the door and yank it open, revealing a very sheepish Percy. "Seaweed Brain? What on earth are you doing?"

"Eavesdropping Percy? Honestly, private means private." Says an exasperated Lily. He grins. "What else was I supposed to do? Not homework surely. Who is 'P' though? Me?"

"That's exactly what we expected you to do." I answer, and sigh. Lily ignores his other question. "Now we know this doofus has been listening in, let's talk later Lily. I might call you tonight so he can't eavesdrop again." Percy smiles as if that is exactly what he wanted and we leave Lily's room, and I grab the phone. I order pizza for us, and we slump down on the sofa. "Now what do we do?" Lily asks. It's a Friday, usually we watch a movie, but no one is in the mood. "Beach?" Percy asks hopefully but that is met with groans. "Too late. You should've asked earlier." I reply and stare at the ceiling. I'd do my homework, but that's at home, so no chance.

Sally then walks in with Paul and stare at us three bored to death kids. They smile and drag us up on our feet, then we reluctantly pull on our coats after they said. "Where are we going? What's going on Mom?" asks Percy and Sally just smiles knowingly. Lily groans at that, as if realising that she isn't going to tell us. Paul is loading some random heavy things in the car, I'm not really paying attention. "Where are we going Sally?" I whisper quietly while Paul drags off the siblings to do something. Her eyes sparkle like the sea and she replies with, "Montauk." My eyes widen in delight. Montauk? Percy took me there after we became firm friends, and I absolutely loved it, except for the stray spider about. "For the weekend?" she nods and I smile. Percy is going to love this, and Lil too. "But what about my stuff?" I say frantically, realising it'll all be at home.

"Don't worry Annabeth, we'll drop by and you can tell Chelsea and get your stuff. We'll be staying for the weekend." I nod and start to head out of the door. "Oh, Sally. We ordered pizza just now; we can't leave without our pizza!" Sally laughs and shakes her head at us. "You kids and your food. Okay we won't leave before it arrives." I beam and carry on out to the car.

Perce and Lil are standing there talking about what they think is going on. "Guys! We're going to Montauk over the weekend!" I call out to them, walking over. "Montauk? Awesome!" Lily yells, punching a fist in the air. Percy laughs and we stand there talking about random things until the pizzas arrive. Percy grabs the boxes and dumps the money in the guy's hand, rolling his eyes at the delivery guy's grumpiness. "Keep the change, maybe you could use it to buy a new attitude." He says and the man scowls.

"You three! Has your food arrived? Good, come one now we need to get there as quick as possible!" shouts Paul and we hurry over to his Prius, scrambling inside together. The ignition starts and we set off, stopping at my house first so I can grab some stuff. Thankfully Dad and Chelsea don't mind me going, so I happily rush back out with a duffel full of clothes and my bag with my laptop and other necessities.

Percy

I hop out of the car with Annabeth and look around at the beach. It seems like nothing's changed since all the times I've been here, the sea reflecting the beautiful sunset, red and orange in the fading light, the sandy beach and of course the cabin. I sigh happily; it's good to be back. Mom's eyes reflect the sea as usual and Paul unloads our stuff, dumping inside the cabin.

We unpack and later, when the sky turns dark, light a bonfire, roasting marshmallows. Annabeth leans her head on my shoulder, staring into the fire. I put my arm around her and smile as she slowly drifts off to sleep. I stare out into the sea, wondering what my father is doing right now, what the campers are doing at camp. We haven't had many monster attacks since the war, just a few stray ones turning up near our apartments. I guess we three attract monsters like moths to a flame, being powerful. Lily's only had a year of training, but she's starting to really understand what she can do being the daughter of Poseidon, and met her father as well when she arrived at camp. I look over and see she's asleep too, in Paul's lap while he, Mom and I are the only ones awake.

I look at Lily's peaceful face with the flames lighting it up and suddenly, for no reason, think of the times with Smelly Gabe, how she suffered. The time she was affected most would have been right when she was nine. Other than that one time, Mom and I kept Lily more or less shielded from him, so she wouldn't ever experience childhood trauma. But she saw this, and never forgot it.

"PUNK! GET OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!" I groan and slowly walk from my room to where he is standing, his face screwed up in anger. I stare straight into his eyes, which show his rage like a fire blazing. "I SAID RIGHT NOW. NOT IN TWENTY YEARS!" he yells again, I almost flinch at his voice. I can tell by his breath that he's heavily drunk, more than usual. It's not unusual, but his behaviour isn't usually as bad as this. Gabe usually passes out after he's drunk. I stand before him and wait for about a minute before his fist collides with my nose. I stumble back in horror, blood dripping from my face in a miniature stream. I don't remember where Mom said she had to go, everything sort of disappeared from my brain and the only thing I could register was the pain.

He towers above my cowering figure, pushing me on to the floor hard. Pure fury burns in his eyes, anger towards me. "You. Useless. Punk." He mutters, kicking me at every word. I tremble, flinching at every time his boots make contact with my skin. The agony flares through me, throbbing like mad. I tense up, waiting for the next blow, but instead I'm dragged back onto my feet and forced to look into those icy eyes. "I can't believe Sally ever gave birth to you! You useless idiot, brain dead punk! Never having money, can't even behave properly around me and you just are the world's most useless punk." He keeps repeating obscenities, and for once I'm glad Lily's asleep. But as he delivers a punch to my stomach, I fly back groaning until I hit the wall.

Looking up, I find myself staring into Lily's eyes widened in fear. I start panicking, Gabe can't see her. "Lily! Get out of here now!" I whisper frantically and she does nothing but stand paralysed in fear, clutching a toy teddy. I glance over to where she's looking and see Smelly Gabe breathing heavily, stumbling his way towards us.

I push Lily away, standing up shakily in front of her and he just laughs humourlessly. "Oh little Lily. Brain tumour as well as dyslexia and ADHD like your useless brother. Another hopeless child of Sally Jackson. Honestly, how does she put up with you punks?" I step forward as Lily bursts into tears, sobbing. It breaks my heart to hear her. "You won't lay a finger on her." Gabe laughs again and I push my sister away one more time. This time she dashes away, terrified. "Oh, punk. You shouldn't have said that. Now, I have to hurt you more." I don't shy away though. Something rushes through me after Lily came. I can't let anyone touch her, and the thought gives me energy to fight back. Gabe attempts a swing at my head, but I duck, groaning again in pain from my stomach and Gabe hits the wall behind me. His head collides with it and he collapses, unconscious.

I sigh and then drag him over to the sofa, pulling him up slowly so he can rest properly. I then stumble to my room, where Lily is curled up trembling, sooth her until she's asleep and follow suit.

Mom returns later that night, horrified about the incident and she quickly cleans me up, then we all sleep, exhausted.

"Percy? Percy!" a voice shakes me into reality and I jump startled. The fire has dwindled and four pairs of eyes are looking at me in concern. "What?" I ask nervously. "You fell asleep and then did a lot of shouting." Lily informs me and I wince, remembering. I must have dozed off and then dreamt about the incident. "Oh, that. I was just having a weird dream. Nothing to worry about, let's go to sleep."

Annabeth looks at me worriedly, but I bite my lip and lead the way to the cabins. We undress and settle down, but I remain wide awake as I think about things. I usually get demigod dreams, so could this mean something? Gabe is still a statue and will remain so, but could this possibly be warning me? I shake the thought off; it wasn't a demigod dream so it surely can't be showing me a message, or a warning. Nothing's going to happen.

But as I drift off, there's an uneasy feeling inside me saying that the coming times are gonna be a Hades of a ride, both in demigod and mortal ways.

So, what did you think? Please review and have you heard that Rick is doing a crossover story with PJO and TKC? I practically died when I saw it, The Son of Sobek! Can't wait till it comes out! And do you guys know Alex Scarrow, the author of the TimeRiders series? He visited our school today, he's so cool! And I love those books, though obviously not as much as PJO :) He might be doing a new series which is a secret, but I can tell you from what he told us, it's gonna be AMAZAYN! (for all you Directioners hehe)

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