Thanks to TheSweetScentofBooks! I've always wanted to be an author. ;) And Fourtris will come.
Percy's POV!
How was he gonna say it?
Percy had gathered information from Grover that Luke and Annabeth we're friends again. He'd also gathered information, or rather heard a romur, that the notorious gang, The Titans, and there leader, whos nicknamed him self as Kronos, has been working with Luke.
Now, Percy cared for Annabeth more then he'd care to admit. He wanted Annabeth to be happy, but he didnt want her hanging around with the likes of Luke Castellon.
Percy was abused as a child. He had marks ro prove it. His.. mother's ex-husband, had slapped him in the face when he was drunk, kicked him in the ribs when he was mad, and punched him in the gut when he was feeling mallice,
or all of the above because he tried to defend his mom, Sally, who deserves the world. One other, secret, Percy swore never to talk or think about ever again. Percy tended to care for others and be more, nosy, than others, for that reason.
"Where exactly are we going?" Annaberh asked as they passed the auditoriums. Percy realized that he was just walking on, thinking. The school had mostly emptied lut, for it was after school, but there were stragglers, heading to after-school activities.
"Sorry," Percy said. They rounded a corner and halted at a deserted corridor.
"Uhm," Percy said, not really knowing what to say. "You know Luke."
"Yeah, were friends why?" Annabeth said, shoving her hands into her pockets and unconsciously biting her lower lip.
"You know he's done tons of bad stuff, right?"
"He's changed, Percy."
"Maybe he hasn't." Percy said quietly.
"He has!" Annabeth told him. "Hes been getting good grades, he quit smoking, stopped stealing, doing all that bad stuff."
"Really?" Percy asked, now ready to dispute whatever she throws at him. "What about that rumor that hes with The Titans?"
Annabeth went silent. She had a half angry face and some other expression Percy couldn't read.
"Don't play with that," She said queitly. "You know The Titans have killed people."
"Just," Percy said. "Just remember what I said. There's something more to him, something we don't"
"Funny," Annabeth said. "Luke said that same thing to me about you." She had this stormy glint in her eye.
"What?" Percy said. "Why would he say that?"
"What are you hiding, Percy?" Annabeth said, getting in his face."What, Percy, kind of skeletons you have in your closet?"
Percy thought back to the forbidden memory, the thought, the action, the regret, the mallice he felt that day, the guilty vengeance when the deed was done. He didn't dare put a picture into his minds eye. Never. That's one thing no one will touch.
"How about this," Percy said. "You stop talking to me, I stop talking to you." Suprisingly, Percy felt tears swell up in his eyes, the gun, the exact gun came up into his mind. The terror, the laugh, the tears, the-.
No, he told himself, blinking back the tears. Not infront of her.
"Dont try to uncover my past." Was all Percy said before turning, not letting Annabeth counter his argument. When he was out of site of Annabeth, he ran. He ran as fast as he could. He had to pass the window of the corridor where he and Annabeth had talked. He saw her stare at him, still in the corrildor. The memory of remembering the memory came back, and the tears came back. His step faltered as he made eye contact with Annabeth, a single tear rolled down his face, but he ran on.
For he had much worse secrets then stealing or smoking.
And it was the reason he changed schools, states .even.
He wasn't going to let anyone uncover his past.
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Back to Annabeths POV.
Annabeth stared. She stared off into space. She leaned against the lockers and slid down onto them.
What was Percy hiding? What was so bad he had to run away, what was so bad she saw tears swell up in his eyes?
In that moment, Annabeth felt bad for him. He must've gone through something. Something terrible and tragic.
"Annabeth?" Thalias voice rang out from a separate corridor.
"Annnaaabettthhh!" Piper called out in a sing song voice.
"Shush," Hazel said, in her cute little "student council voice."
Annabeth stood up and walk over to the next corridor down and spotted the three latters standing there.
"Geez, say that a little louder so China can hear."Annabeth said.
"Oh shut up." Thalia said.
"Whats wrong?" Piper asked.
"I just talked to Percy." Annabeth told them. "We aren't talking anymore."
"Why not?"
Annabeth was about to answer that he was hiding something. But she thought back to when he so much as thought about that secret. How the pain came rushing back to him. Even though they were fighting, Annabeth didn't want him to be integrated about it.
"Something silly." Annabeth lied, it was not silly, but Annabeth didn't want Percy to have to remember, whatever it was. "Lets go get sherbert."
She walked forward and she put her arm around the three, and they all put their arms around eachother. Piper excitedly talking about the new lemon blueberry sherbert she was getting.
Sorry its short, I wont be able to write next week becuase I have a vacation. So i want to get in alot of chapters so your all stocked up on Percabeth and Carry!
Thats the new non-canon, ship, from my Harry Potter story. If you were wondering. ;)
