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CHAPTER 2:

Annabeth POV

I think it's absolutely adorable seeing Angelina and Percy together. He has these natural instincts to take care of those he loves, and you can just tell that he's excited to spoil his new little sister. And you can tell that he wants to protect her from the dangers in the world.

My thoughts are interrupted when Sally comes into the room with a fresh pizza with her. A blue pizza. Who'd have thought?

Percy's eyes light up. "Blue pizza? This day would only get better if there were blue cookies also." Sally smiles, and you can see the relief in her eyes when she sees her son.

"Blue cookies? Hmm… Now, I had a feeling that you would want some of those as well, so I made a huge batch." She said, fetching the plate with the cookies.

Percy nearly falls out of his seat trying to reach the cookies, and I laugh good-naturedly and my boyfriend's stupidity.

Sally puts her hands on her hips. "Dinner first young man." She says sternly, and Percy gets that caught-with-his-hand-in-the-cookie-jar look.

"Okay mom." He says, sitting down sheepishly.

Angelina smiles at the exchange, but looks sad as well. I think she's wishing that she could have what Percy and Sally have.

Percy seems to realize that look on her face as well, because he immediately strikes up conversation with her, keeping his hand intertwined with mine. I'm just absentmindedly chewing my pizza, when I notice something on the wall behind Angelina.

A spider.

All of a sudden, the memories come back to me. Arachne. The spiderwebs. Falling. Percy. Tartarus. Everything.

I scream bloody murder, and start shaking, like I'm having a seizure. I vaguely notice Percy jumping up to kill the thing and then rush over to me.

He scoops me up in his strong arms and strokes my hair gently.

"It's alright sweetheart. Listen to me, we're out of there. She's gone. She can't hurt you anymore. You defeated her. There's no need to worry. I'm right here baby, I'm never going to let anything hurt you again." He presses gentle kisses to my head, and rocking me back and forth until I stop sobbing.

I finally manage to escape from the fear that had gripped me. "Percy. It was like I was back there. It was terrifying. You fell. Because of me. It was all my fault. I'm so sorry Percy." I say, burying my face into his shoulder.

"Annabeth. Never think that way. I couldn't let you go-I love you too much. The fates just had it in for us, huh? Took us four years to finally get together, then I go missing for a while, then you find me in Camp J, then I find you fighting her, then we fall, then there's the trip down there, then there was the last battle with Leo and all that. We just never seem to catch a break, do we Wise Girl?" I shakes my head mournfully.

"What did we do to deserve this?" I asked, feeling vulnerable and childish.

"Nothing, babe. We did nothing wrong." He said, stroking me hair gently.

Angelina POV

What was happening? All I know is that my brother (my brother, I have a brother!) and his girlfriend Annabeth had gone through something terrible-so terrible they hadn't even told Mom and Da- I mean, Sally and Paul, because they looked as surprised and worried as I did.

Once Annabeth had calmed down and was wiping her tears away, Sally walked up to the two of them. "Um… Percy, Annabeth dears, what exactly was… all that?" She said trying to be polite, but couldn't keep the curiosity out of her voice.

"It was nothing, mom. Thanks though." Percy said, not letting his eyes leave Annabeth. You could hear the tired-ness in his voice and it was very obvious that he was lying. Sally looked like she was going to protest, but Paul touched her shoulder gently and shook his head.

She sighed. "Alright, sweetie. Maybe you two should go to bed?" Percy nodded and began leading Annabeth to his room. After a moment he reappeared, rubbing a hand over his exhausted face.

"I'm really sorry guys, it's just that Annabeth and I… There's a lot we still have to get over." He said, trying to avoid what everyone wanted to specifically know.

We all nod, still confused.

He walks over to Paul and hugs him, then to his mother, whom he also hugs and kisses on the cheek before he made his way to me.

"Goodnight Angel." He whispered, hugging me tight. He kissed my forehead and then went back to his room.

"Goodnight." I called back softly.

I hope that my brother and his girlfriend were alright…