A/n:
In this one Percy is going to be going home from the hospital to surprise Paul and his Mum, it will probably be short but I felt like doing it and I only have like 20 minutes to type this. (:
Enjoy.
Percy P.O.V
I was going home today, everyone thinks that I'm going home tomorrow but I wanted to surprise my mum and Pal so I signed my discharge papers and went outside. It was weird, I'd never used crutches before and the stairs were a bit of a challenge. I've fought hand to hand with Geae herself and stairs are a problem for me! A friendly nurse helped me though and I managed it, after a while.
I left the hospital and called a cab, the cabbie helped me in (I still hadn't mastered my crutches) and I asked him to take me to my mum's apartment (A/n: I can't remember the address sorry).
He started the car and drove off, he checked on me in the mirror and did a double-take.
"Are you that kid from the TV?" That confused me.
"The TV?"
"Yeah, the one in that terrorist attack who saved that woman." Wow, I didn't realize it had been on the TV, then again I guess it was a pretty big deal, a terrorist attack in the under ground.
"Yeah that was me."
"Wow." He stared ahead and drove until we got to the apartment. I looked at the metre and handed him the money.
"Here you go, $11.75."
"It's ok, keep your money. With what you di you deserve it." Holy Hera! A New York cabbie who refused to take money for the ride!
"Wow, thanks." I must've sounded really surprised because he turned to me.
"No biggie kid, what you did was amazing. It's really the least I can do considering, you're really brave." He sounded completely genuine.
"Thank you." I said simply and left the cab. That was weird, I suppose I'd just gotten used to saving people and it'd become normal.
I turned around, breaking out of the chain of thought.
I was at Mum's apartment.
I went in slowly and started towards the stairs, then I remembered my crutches and hobbled off to the lift instead. I got in and pressed the button for the fourth floor and waited for it to get there.
The bell dinged and I hobbled along the corridor to my Mum's door.
I stopped in front of it and took a deep breath and prepared myself. I was suddenly very nervous.
Ok, one more breath and knock on the door. The sound rang through the silent corridor, just adding to my nerves. Then I heard footsteps coming towards the door. Breathin, breath out.
The door opened and I was greeted by Paul.
"Hi Paul." I said simply.
"Percy! Oh my God, I thought you were getting out tomorrow, your mother and I were going to come get you."
" I thought I'd surprise you. Surprise." And then he hugged me, tightly.
"Paul." I croaked, my side was burning.
"Om Gods, I'm sorry Percy, I completely forgot."
"It's ok Paul. It doesn't hurt that much really." He could tell I was lying through my teeth, but he let it slide.
"Come on inside, I'll make you some food. Your mother should be home soon. I'd get you some ambrosia but your condition is public and people would ask questions." He sounded so apologetic. He clearly hated seeing me in pain. I was touched.
"It's ok Paul I know. I've been through worse." He v=cringed at that, but nodded anyway.
We sat on the couch and talked for a while, my crutches propped up against the side. My side was really hurting the entire time, but I ignored it. It would stop in a couple of months and it was worth it to see that mother safe and if I did show how much it hurt it would just worry Paul more thn necessary.
The door bell rang half an hour later and I heard the keys in the lock and saw my mum come in carrying bags of shopping. She dropped it when she saw me.
"Percy!" She ran up and hugged me-well, half hugged me. She was so used to me being hurt that she knew to be gentle with my side.
"How are you felling honey?" Apparently my early arrival didn't surprise her. She knew me too well.
"Yeah I'm fine, just stings a bit and my crutches are a pain." Again she wasn't surprised and saw right through my white lies, again she knew me waaaaayyy too well.
"How are you really feeling, dear?" She smiled kindly, but worriedly at me.
"Well, it hurts a lot and my crutches really are a pain, but I'll survive. Life goes on and what-not." I tried to smile encouragingly and gloss over the details of how much pain I was in (A/n: I love the phrase 'what-not'. (: ).
She looked at me, concerned, for a while then told me that she would help me change my bandages three times a day and then she made me some blue food. Gods of Olympus I loved my Mum.
"Thanks Mum, I really appreciate it." She smiled at me and we just talked for the rest of the day, changed my bandages and went to bed. I had nightmares, but I was used to them by now and I'd gotten Hecate kid to enchant my room to conceal screams unless they were really mad so I didn't bother my mum and Paul.
It was a good day and there would be a few more calm days with just mum and Paul to come.
A/n:
There you go, not very exiting, but there will be more interesting ones to come. I hope you liked it.
-Samantha2611