I am a girl therefore I am not Rick Riordan.

PS: There is a scene here that's a bit... well... you guys just judge it, 'cause I find it a bit awkward to write. lol. and also some language are rated PG.

but anywhooo...

Enjoy my lovely readers!

NO ONE's POV

It came crashing down on her—drowning her with memories she thought she've already forgotten. Memories that she tried to supressed but then failed, it just comes back to her and haunt her through the years of moving on.

Flashback

"Annie-beth!"

Annabeth, who was playing in the sandbox in their backyard, was building a sand castle. She turned around with brows all crunched up.

"Don't call me Annabeth or I'll shove this shovel down your throat!" She said waving the shovel into her tiny hands.

"Hihi. You're so cute when you angry Annie-beth", a little boy with sparkling green eyes, olive skin with little freckles across his nose and red hair that looks like the colour of fire.

Annabeth sticked out her tongue out of frustration.

"You're so mean, Dean!"

"I'm sorry. I just found you really cute when you eyebrows stick together" the boy sat across her and helped her build the sand castle.

"Whatever! Just help me with this."

The two of them continued to do sand castles and by the time they were done, big smiles were glue to their faces as they look with satisfaction on their faces, the sand castles they made.

"I'm going to be an architect one day! I swear on that!" Annabeth said with conviction as she admire the sand castle she made.

"I'm sure you will, Annie! And I will be your assistant!"

"Yep! We're going to be partners! Chase and Wilson: Partners in crime!"

"Uh, are we burglars now? I thougt you want to be an architect?"

"Whatever, Dean! Come one! Let's get some cookies from the cookie jar while dad's still not home!"

"Let's do this!"

"Annabeth! Will you hurry up already! The bus is going to arrive any minute now!" Dean was tapping his feet impatiently as he waited for his best friend to come down.

"Chase! Get your butt down here already!"

Annabeth, hastly went down the stairs wearing denim shorts, a grey shirt and sneakers.

"What took you so long?" Dean said as they both head out of the house, saying their good byes to Annabeth's dad.

"Sorry, I forgot where I've put my cap and I had to find it."

"You know, for a girl who is as wise as you are, you're very forgetful and unorganized." He said as they made their way to the bus stop.

"Hey! I am not unorganized, okay? Well, forgetful—" She looked at Dean which grinned down at her and she instantly pulled away her gazed.

"The bus is here. Come on!" She grabbed Dean's hand and went inside the bus.

"Happy 14th Birthday Annie-beth!" Dean held a stack of pancakes with a candle on top of it.

"Make a wish, my dear friend."

Annabeth closed her eyes and blowed the candles.

"Thanks Dean! You know, I'm so lucky to have a best friend like you." She smiled at him with gratefulness.

"Partners in crime, remember?"

"Yeah, partners in crime and best friends forever." She hugged him tightly and planted a small peck on his cheek then let go of him. Annabeth noticed that his face went all red like a tomato but she just shrugged it off.

"Come on; let's eat the pancake before it went all soggy."

They ate the pancake and talked and talked like there was no tomorrow.

"Dean, what's wrong? You're starting to scare me."

Dean hadn't spoken to Annabeth ever since she started to get closer to some of her classmates. She looked at her best friend and saw the change in his eyes. They were dark and very scary from what Annabeth had noticed.

"I thougth we were partners in crime? Best friends forever? WHY all of a sudden you neglect me for those bunch of morons!" He said as he forcefully cornered Annabeth in to the wall of his bedroom.

"I…I didn't neglect you at all." She said as she felt her knees weaken at how close he is and how he looks like some crazy person. She can't even look at him in the eyes.

She was afraid. She's afraid of her best friend.

"Didn't neglect me?! That's full of bullshit, Annabeth! You did and you completely erased me from your life! Do you know how much pain it did to me?! Do you know?!"

Annabeth couldn't take it any longer; with all her might she pushed Dean and made her way to the door but Dean was fast and he caught her by the wrist and forcefully threw her on his bed. She fell on his bed and felt frail as he got on top her, pinning her hands above her head.

She struggles free from his grasp but he was too strong for her.

"Do you even know who much I love you?"

She stopped moving and looked at him.

"You… you what?"

"Damn it, Annabeth! You are so blind! I loved you ever since we met. You were my world and I knew that one day you'll love me too." He said it so softly that somehow it made Annabeth, a lot more scared than she already is.

"You love me too, right, Annie?"

"I… of course I do… but…"

She felt her grip tighten and she flinched a bit.

"But what?"

"But I… I only loved you just like a sister would love his brother, Dean, and no more."

He laughed a frightening laugh which made Annabeth tremble beneath him.

"Don't kid yourself, Annabeth. You love me. I know you do." He started to lean in slowly and smelled her hair. It smelled like lemon and apples.

"Dean, please. Don't." Tears started to fall from her eyes.

"Don't worry baby. It won't hurt. I promise. I'll be gentle to you." He leaned in and captured her lips.

It wasn't how Annabeth imagined her first kiss would be like. It was more rough and wild and she did not like it one bit. She didn't try to kiss him back instead she tried to get free from his grasp.

He started to go down and kiss her neck but the moment he did, Annabeth kneed him which made him yelp from the pain it caused. He rolled over to the side and Annabeth made her way to the door. She tried to open it but it was locked.

She looked and saw the balcony by his room and ran towards it, maybe going down from there won't be so bad, she thought.

She hurriedly went towards the balcony when something hard hit her head.

She fell flat on her face and moaned in pain. She heard a laugh.

"Oh, baby, that's not the kind of moan I wanted to hear from you." Dean was eyeing her as she went near her. She tried to get up and backed up towards the balcony.

"What were you thinking? Jumping down from the balcony? Oh, Annie. Don't be ridiculous." He chuckled as she saw him holding a baseball bat.

"You're a lunatic!" Annabeth cried as she felt something wet dripping from her head. She felt a little dizzy.

"No, I'm just crazy, Annie. Crazy for you. If I can't have you. No one else can."

With all of her might, she got up and ran towards the balcony and screamed for help. Luckily there were a group of people from across the yard that saw her but before she knew it, Dean hit her on her back. She couldn't take it anymore. She felt another pain on her head and as she turns around she saw Dean smiling madly at her.

He was about to hit her when she decided to free fall from the balcony and the last thing she saw was Dean's smile turn in to a frantic shriek.

"D..Dean" her voice barely audible. She was frozen to her spot.

"Wha—what are you doing—" she wasn't able to finish when Dean interrupted her.

"What am I doing here?" He said and she didn't like the tone of his voice. I'm here because, Annie, I missed you." He smiled at her.

Annabeth looked at him and he saw how much he changed. He was skinny than he was before probably lost a couple of pounds. His red hair was now a dark brown and he has this scar just above his right eyebrow. He even had an earring on his left ear.

"You… you've changed." She still couldn't believe it.

"Of course. That was the institution made me. It changed me, Annie. It really did." He emphasized on the word change.

She said nothing and just looked at him. He tilts his head to one side and smirked.

"Am I that attractive?"

"Wha—no! I mean…"

"Ow! That hurt, Annie." He said as he acted like he was really hurt.

"What do you want?" Her voice sounded strained but she tried to hide it.

"Aren't you going to invite me in?" He said as he leaned in a little closer to her; she stepped back and glared at him. He raised his hands up like a burglar getting arrested by the cops.

"Alright. Alright. I get it. Look, I just want to talk, apologize… from what I did before."

She was about to say something when someone appeared behind Dean.

"Annabeth?" Both of them looked at the guy who just came.

"Percy."

So that's what happened. I am sorry for keeping you guys wait for so long! I hope you guys like this chapter! Please do review this and of course to everyone who reviewed my story, THANK YOU AND I LOVE YOU ALL!

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