Percy's POV:

Artemis grabbed Thalia and my shoulder and teleported us to my cabin. She saw that I'm awake and blushed as she pulled her hand back. Thalia looked at her mistress weirdly but soon shrugged it off. Artemis sighed and looked at me. "Okay. How about, you take a rest, it seems like you haven't slept or eaten in years! While I go get us some food from the… Yeah (I sorta forgot what it's called. I know it's NOT amphitheater. If you know leave a comment.) Thalia, you stay with him until I get back." I shrugged and sighed as I lay on my back on my bed. Thalia looked at me a little worried and sat next to me. "So… Since when have you been, hurting yourself?" I mumbled a quick "Since that day" but of course she had to catch it. She sighed a little frustrated and ran a hand through my hair, like a mother would to a child. With the relaxing gestures and the fact that I haven't slept in weeks, I slipped into the realm of Morpheus.

"Wake up. I'm here with the breakfast. Even though it's already brunch." Artemis mumbled the last part. I groaned and turned around in my bed, missing the feeling of nothingness. Of not feeling you're alive because you have no dream. The feeling of death.

Thalia, being the one who knows me better, called my mom through an IM. "Sally, can you please-" I shot up on my bed, and out my hands up in surrender. Mom does NOT know about my girl problem and I will like to keep it that way. "I surrender. You've got me. I'll eat. Geez Thals, I never knew you are a blackmailer." She gave me a smug smile and ended her conversation with mom, cutting the connection. I looked at the tray of pancakes, grapes, bread, and orange juice reluctantly, then reached out to take the tray from Artemis. I nodded and added a quick thanks before taking a bite of the pancake. Once the little fluffy bread touched my mouth, my eyes gained a little of their signature sparkle back as I gulped everything down. It's been a while since I've eaten anything. Trust me, if I had to go through starvation again for food to taste that good, I'll do it in a heartbeat. I let a small moan escape my lips but then returned back to my sorrow state, once the food was gone. Artemis and Thalia looked at each other before letting small, girlish giggles get past their lips. Artemis seemed to have an eternal debate before smiling again.

Aphrodite's POV:

Arty, Arty, Arty. I will fulfill that promise. The promise I made you a couple thousand years ago. Everyone, everyone, has someone out there for them. Their other half. And everyone needs love. Even you, Artemis. And you Percy, didn't I promise you a difficult love life? Annabeth was just the beginning and now, here comes your end. Enjoy your free time now, because life is about to get a whole lot more confusing.

Artemis's POV:

When is the last time I've laughed, around a boy much less? I don't know but Perseus brings the bright side out of me. Even Thalia acts different around him. Calm down Artemis, just enjoy it. But I can't help shake the feeling that something is going to happen. "That was good. So what do you want to do? I mean, I'm under house arrest aren't I?" Perseus concluded. Thalia and I gave him a short nod of our head as a response. "Like what?" Perseus randomly asked.

Percy's POV:

'Why don't you guys do something fun' a voice that I've been hearing in my head since the break-up suggested.

'Something fun? Like what?" Uh oh did that last part come out? Thalia and Artemis looked at me quizzically. I smiled sheepishly and went back to my inner debate. "I don't know. Uh . . . Play, no that won't work. How about, no that won't work either. Ask them what they want to do for my sake!' the voice got frustrated. "So, what do we do?" Thalia shrugged and looked at Artemis. She opened her mouth, about to let a suggestion out, when the sound of a fist making contact with my cabin door was heard. Artemis got up and walked to the door, "Who is it?" She asked. A muffled voice was heard from the other side. Her eyebrows scrunched up together in a cute way, as she crinkled her nose. She yelled a quick, Go away! before looking back at us. Thalia looked around the room and found a paper lying on the ground, "What's this?" she asked as she picked the paper up. She read it aloud,

"You've killed me,

You've killed me,

I thought you loved me

With a leg of lamb no less

The police think it's steal

But I know what's real.

You've killed me,

You've killed me,

You act like I don't know

Our love was a bumpy ride

But hey guess what

See you on the other side."

I blushed at my attempt of writing a poem of a little story my teacher made me read. That was summer homework along with some other stuff. The story was Lamb To The Slaughter. It's actually a good story. If you haven't read it, read it. The woman is psycho. I snatched the paper away and neatly put it in a black folder. (What do you think of the poem? I honestly think it was bad. I'm not really good when it comes to poems if you haven't noticed.) Artemis laughed at this and sat on one of the bunk beds. Thalia seemed thoughtful of what we should do. "You guys wanna see something?" I asked out of no where. They slowly nodded their heads yes. "So the other day I was, er, trying to do something and found out I can do this." I made the motion of making a fist and the water from the fountain my dad gave me made the form of the fist and froze into ice. I moved my hand around, the ice mimicked my movements. "That's a unique talent you've got there Perseus." I blushed slightly at Artemis's praise. Deciding I'm on a roll, I focused on the water inside of Thalia's body. All the sudden Thalia was two feet off the ground. "Awesome!" she yelled as she made the pose of superman. I chuckled a little and set her back down. She gave a slight 'Awe' but sat down. After that little show was over, I went back to my grumpy self. I grabbed my iPod from under my pillow and scrolled through the music. Artemis raised her eyebrow.

"Hope when you take that jump, you don't fear the fall

Hope when the water rises, you built a wall

Hope when the crowd screams out, they're screaming your name

Hope if everybody runs, you choose to stay

Hope that you fall in love, and it hurts so bad

The only way you can know is give it all you have

And I hope that you don't suffer but take the pain

Hope when the moment comes, you'll say

I, I did it all

I, I did it all

I owned every second that this world could give

I saw so many places, the things that I did

With every broken bone, I swear I lived

Hope that you spend your days, but they all add up

And when that sun goes down, hope you raise your cup

Oh, I wish that I could witness all your joy and all your pain

But until my moment comes, I'll say

I, I did it all

I, I did it all

I owned every second that this world could give

I saw so many places, the things that I did

With every broken bone, I swear I lived

Oh, oh, oh, oh

With every broken bone, I swear I lived

With every broken bone, I swear I

I, I did it all

I, I did it all

I owned every second that this world could give

I saw so many places, the things that I did

With every broken bone, I swear I lived

Oh, oh, oh, oh

I swear I lived, ohhh

I swear I lived, ohhh"

I sang along to I lived by One Republic. I scrolled through my list once more. "Do you guys know the lyrics to All the Right Moves?" I asked. They both nodded their heads, knowing what's going to come. I pressed play.

Percy

Artemis

Both

"So yeah we're going down

(All the right moves in all the right places)

So yeah we're going down

Paint a picture of the perfect place

They've got it better than when anyone's told ya,

I'll be the King of Hearts, you're the Queen of Spades

And we'll fight for you like we were soldiers

I know we've got it good

But they've got it made

And the grass is getting greener each day

I know things are looking up

But soon they'll take us down

Before anybody's knowing our name

They've got all the right friends in all the right places

So yeah, we're going down

They've got all the right moves in all the right faces

So yeah, we're going down

Everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going

Yeah, we're going down

I said, everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going

Yeah, we're going down

Do you think I'm special, do you think I'm nice

Am I bright enough to shine in your spaces

Between the noise you hear and the sound you like

Are we just sinking in the ocean of faces

It can't be possible that rain can fall,

Only when it's over our heads

The sun is shining everyday, but it's far away

Over the world it's said, they've got, they've got

All the right friends, in all the right places

So yeah we're going down

We got all the right moves in all the right places

So yeah we're going down

Everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going

Yeah, we're going down

Everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going

Yeah, we're going down (going down, going down, going down, going down)

It don't matter what you see

I know I could never be

Someone that'll look like you

It don't matter what you say

I know I could never face

Someone that could sound like you

(All the right friends, in all the right places

So yeah we're going down

They got all the right moves in all the right places

So yeah we're going down)

(All the right friends, in all the right places

So yeah we're going down

They got all the right moves in all the right places

So yeah we're going down)

Said, everybody knows everybody knows where we're going

Yeah we're going down

I said, everybody knows everybody knows where we're going

Yeah we're going down (going down, going down, going down)

Yeah we're going down

Yeah we're going down

(All the right moves, hey)

Yeah we're going down

(All the right moves, hey)

Yeah we're going down"

I've got to admit, she's a great singer. Too bad she won't share that voice with anyone else besides probably herself. We sat there looking at each others eyes before blushing and looking away. What was that about? Just act like it never happened. Okay, so maybe let's not sing anymore. What else can we do?


Me: Thanks for sticking with me! I had a bunch of tests and so thus I was a little late on posting this chapter. Sorry. But hopefully this made up for it, I've been working day and night on it. I started around 12:00 pm and right now it's 9:10 pm.

Percy: You know, next chapter you better explain to me who that voice is I'm the character and yet I'm confused, aren't I supposed know this? Am I even speaking right?

Me: okay, you and I have some work to do. But first, off to bed!