Terra's POV
The next day, I sought out Percy Jackson. The search included of me wandering around Manhattan, getting lost, trying to find my way back, getting even more lost, and attempting to ask directions from strangers, which led into a spat with a pizza delivery guy, which led to a margarita pizza in my face. By the time I finally made it back to my apartment, it was dark and I was wiping tomato sauce off my face. I saw Will standing by my apartment, and I was momentarily confused. How did he know that I lived there? I had never told him. Then I dismissed this. Will knew a lot of things.
"You were looking for him, weren't you," he said.
"What?" How could he know about this?
"I saw you with him yesterday," he said calmly, never taking his eyes off of my face. "I followed you through the park."
"You followed me? But I didn't see you!" He smiled crookedly.
"When I don't want to be seen, no one does." For a second, we just stood there, staring at each other: me, with barely concealed panic, him with a smug smile. "I already know what you can do, Terra," he said, surprisingly gentle. "I know who you are. And I know who and where Percy Jackson is."
"How?" I asked. "How do you know who he is?"
"I told you," he said bemusedly. I got the feeling that he was enjoying my reaction. "I followed you through the park and to the restaurant."
"How did you possibly get close enough to hear us and still I didn't notice you?"
"I'm just really good at sneaking around and not being noticed."
"Yeah, you're really good at stealing." I muttered. At this, he actually looked shocked, a reaction that was unusual for him.
"I steal to keep us alive, Terra! To keep you alive!"
"But why? Why do you care if I stay alive or not?!" He stared at the ground, not looking at me for the first time in our conversation.
"Iwasassignedtotakecareofyou," he mumbled.
"Excuse me?"
"I was assigned to take care of you?" he said, looking up at me with big blue eyes that might resemble a puppy's, begging for forgiveness after doing something wrong.
"You go to that camp?" I asked, incredulous.
"Yes," he said, starting to regain his courage.
"Why didn't you tell me?!"
"You already didn't trust them. If you knew I was from there, you wouldn't trust me."
"You're right! I wouldn't have trusted you at all! And I'm ashamed that I did. But it was never really trust, was it? Because to trust someone, you have to know their intentions. Not their fake stories." At this, he looked ashamed.
"I'm sorry, Terra. But you were looking for him anyways, right?" I nodded. "Well, I know where he is. I can take you there."
"Fine."
"Follow me." He started to walk away.
"Wait!" I said. He stopped and looked back at me. I took a deep breath. "Will. I know… I know that once you bring me to him, your job will be over. You don't have to get me to trust you anymore." He gazed away from me. " But… you have to know that if you want to at least be friends, you're going to have to be completely honest me. All the time." He looked back at me, or tried to, but ended up looking at his feet. He nodded.
"I'm sorry. I just did it to keep you safe. That's all Camp Half Blood is trying to do."
"Okay," I said. "Let's go."
"Yeah," he responded. Then he grinned. "But first, you should probably wipe the tomato sauce off of your nose."
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