Chapter 10 for you guys! Enjoy! :)

DISCLAIMER: Nope, Nope, and Nope. I do not own Percy Jackson.

CHAPTER 10

ANNABETH'S POV

I open my eyes and to my surprise, I wasn't in the pool or the clinic or anywhere in New York for that matter. What I saw was a clear blue sky upon me; such a marvellous view.

I got up slowly and rubbed my eyes. At first, I was blinking very hard to get a better view of whatever place that I was. My vision was starting to become clearer and there I was; sitting in the middle of a flower field.

I was surrounded by richly coloured flowers and green grass. I was in awe of how beautiful this place was. It looked so peaceful.

I decided to take a look around and see where I was. I stood up and began to walk. It seems like it's never ending. I think I've already walked for about half an hour and it seems to look like I haven't even moved that far from where I was before.

As I continue to walk, from where I was standing, about 10 feet away from me was a tree—a pine tree—and beside it was a tall figure of a person leaning at the tree. He—I figured he was a boy—has his back on me. He was wearing dark coloured jeans, black chuck taylor and brown coloured polo with its sleeves went half way on his arm. His hair was black, rave3n black and it shines from the sunlight.

He looked very familiar, like I've seen him before. I gently walked towards him as quietly as possible but failed. I stepped on a twig and it made a cracked sound. He was startled and he slowly turned around.

There, in front of me, was the person who I've just met recently but somehow, over the past week, have instantly become a part of my life. He looked at me with his sea-green eyes. He opened his mouth and began to speak,

"Annabeth"

The way he called my name sent chills all over my body. His voice is deep yet it sounded so calm and sweet. I took a step closer and closer and closer, until we were 5 inches away from each other. I placed my hand gently on his right cheek and he placed his hand over mine. We moved closer and closer and closer…

"Percy"

PERCY's POV

When I saw Annabeth disappeared beside Clarisse, I knew from that moment that something bad had happened. Without the coach's permission, I dived in. I went deeper into the pool to search for her.

There, not too far from the base line of the water, was Annabeth. I quickly grabbed her and held her closer to me. I swam up to the surface and carried her out of the pool.

I carried her to the benches and lay her there. I checked her pulse. Yep, good but she wasn't breathing. I clasped my hands together and gently put it between her chest and stomach. I pushed and pushed until she spouted out the water from her mouth. I checked her breath.

"Is she breathing, Jackson?" the coach askes. Everyone was surrounding us.

"Yeah. She is now but she's still unconscious." I said as I held her closer to me.

"Okay. Jackson, bring Chase to the nurse's office, ASAP! And to the rest of you, go to the other side of the pool and I'll teach you more about swimming, like not to drown yourself."

I heard everyone go "aw men!" "No way" and all sorts of complaints. The coach blew his whistle. We all covered our ears.

"Move it!"

Everyone followed and went to the other side. I glanced over at Thalia. She looked at me and I quickly understood what she wanted to say. I nodded. I carried Annabeth and went off.

When we reached the nurse's office and saw us, she quickly tended the both of us.

"What happened here?" Mrs. Sanchez, the nurse, asked. She's in her mid-forties but she still looked like she's only thirty.

"She drowned during swim class."

"Oh, dear. We better get her dry and lay her down the bed." She quickly instructed one of her helper to get Annabeth and I towels.

"You too, sweetcakes. Better dry yourself off or you'll be catching a cold."

I nodded and went to get the towel. I excused myself to go back to the lockers to get my things and quickly went back to the clinic to look after Annabeth.

"Don't you have any class, sweetcakes?" she asked as she checked Annabeth's temperature.

"I do but-"

"Now now, young man. You better be going to your class. I'll take care of her." She patted my back.

"But what if she-" She stopped me.

"She'll be fine, cupcake." She smiled at me. I didn't want to argue with her anymore and I didn't want to leave Annabeth alone. What if she wakes up? I sighed.

"Okay." I grabbed my things and took one last look at Annabeth and to my surprise, I heard her speak something that made my heart beat faster than horses can run. I turned beat red and went out of the clinic.

As I walk back to my class, I couldn't help but to think if I heard her right. Did she just call my name?
I smiled at that thought. I walked inside the class and went to sit next to Nico and kept thinking how Annabeth, who was sleeping, called my name.

ANNABETH's POV

When I woke up, I felt my head aching really badly. Like a big rock was thrown into my head. I Started to get up when I heard a sweet voice of a lady spoke.

"Woah now dear. Careful."

I looked at her and examined her. She looked beautiful. She has rich brown hair that went just above her sholders, she was slender but looked so healthy. She was lovely; she has blue with a bit of green coloured eyes and her sweet smile. Where does she go for dental cleaning? She has perfectly white teeth!

She was wearing jeans and blue coloured blouse with a doctor's coat. Guess I'm in the nurse's office, but who sent me here?

She gave me a glass of water. "Here you go dear."

I accepted it and smiled, "Thank you."

After I drank, I placed the glass on to the table beside me and scanned the area. It looks pretty normal except for the curtains and bed sheets. It looks like I'm in a nursery.

I looked at the clock and checked what time it is.

"2:30? Shoot! I missed 3 periods." I was about to get out of bed when the nurse stopped me.

"Hold on, now, sweetheart. You're excused. You're friend made sure that all of your teachers know what happened so if ever missed a quiz or something, you can still have a chance of doing it again." She smiled.

"Friend? Who was it?"

"That young man who had sea-green eyes. Peter Johnson was it? Or-"

"Percy Jackson." I said and I tried not to look like a tomato.

"Ah, yes! Percy Jackson, such a sweet young man. He wouldn't leave you side but if he didn't he might miss his own classes." She smiled once more and went back to her table.

Percy was the one who took me here? Was he the one who rescued me when I drowned? Wait. I drowned. Great! Now how on earth will I pass PE when I'm constantly drowning every time I do lapse?

I grabbed my things and quickly changed into my jeans and shirt. When I went back to the room, I saw Thalia, Nico and Percy at the bedside.

"Hey, Annabeth. How are you?" Thalia asked.

"I'm better now." I looked over at Percy.

"Thanks."

He just smiled and nodded.

We said our goodbyes to the lovely nurse, whom I just now realize that she was 46 and still manage to look like 30.

"So, you guys want to hangout or are just gonna go home and bore ourselves to death?" Thalia sure has her way with words.

"What about we got to our place?" I suggested.

"Yeah! That'll be cool! We're finally gonna meet your family!" Thalia said with so much enthusiasm in her voice.

"Sure." Nico said and for the first time, he smiled at me. Well, if you're not friends with Nico, you'll probably find his smile creepy but still, a smile is still a smile.

"Okay! Why don't we buy some food first? You know, something to give to your family?" Percy suggested. Nico and Thalia looked at him curiously then later on grinned at him.

"Okay, Perce but you're going to pay!" Thalia said with her big grin.

"What? Come on! You guys need to contribute."

Now the two are arguing. Great. They finally settled their argument, meaning Percy's going to pay for the food. After we bought the foods we took a short cut through the park. Thalia and Percy are too busy discussing something else. I don't know what they're talking about but I've heard something like "give me a free pass to Paul's grading sheet" and I did not want to be a part of that conversation. Nico was, well, being Nico; silently walking ahead of me.

When we walked pass the fountain, I saw Luke, seating into one of the benches. I wanted to go near him and invite him over since, we're kind of friends now but then, there's Thalia. He looked up and judging by his face, he saw us, more specifically, Thalia. He shifted his gaze to my direction and I waved at him. He smiled and waved back then continued reading his book.

I sometimes wonder will Thalia ever forgive Luke. He really seems like a nice guy. I just hope those two become friends again or atleast mend their problem.

"Annabeth?" I looked at them and I realized that they were further away from me. I guess I stopped at my tracks when I started thinking about Luke and Thalia. I ran up to them and we went inside our building.

When we reached to our door, I got my keys out and opened it.

"Come on in."

"Mom! I'm home. I brought friends."

My step-mom came out of the kitchen. Looks like she's already started making dinner.

"Oh! Hi! Welcome! Annabeth, you should've told me you were inviting friends over."

"Sorry. It was kind of a prompt decision as well." I sheepishly smiled.

"Okay, well, it's a good thing you guys brought pizza." She pointed at what Nico was holding.

"Yeah. For you." Nico held it to her.

"Oh, thanks. Now you kids just relax while I go make dinner."

"Okay. Wait, mom, where's Bobby and Matthew?"

"Oh, your dad took them to this arcade shop down the street. They were so noisy and I couldn't continue with my cross-stitching so he they went there. They'll be back soon." She smiled

"Now go to your friends."

"Okay. Thanks!"

"So, what are we gonna do now?" Thalia asked.

"Let's watch a movie. You're pick"

"NO!" Percy and Nico both screamed and Thalia put on a very creepy smile.

"Okay, since you said so. Let's watch, The Human Centipede."

Since I didn't know that movie I agreed. I downloaded it and we watched it. After watching the movie, well, let's just say, I won't be letting Thalia choose the next movie.

"Kids! Dinner's ready!" Mom yelled out.

We all groaned except for Thalia who looked like she watched Superman. All smile and happy. I feel like throwing up rather than eating.

We went out and Dad and the twins were already back and we sat around the table and had dinner.

It was a fun night. They went home around 8 o'clock. I freshened up, did my homework and prepared myself to bed.

I looked outside my window and saw Percy out in the fire escape, sitting. He looked my way and I waved at him. He waved back and I closed my window.

I love my new school, I love my new friends and I love my new life here. Dad was right, I can start a new life here but still, I can't escape my past. I just hope all things will go great here. Just for once, I hope to be everything to be okay.

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