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Dear No One,
It happened today. I passed out in gym while we were running the mile. They called the helicopter ambulance thing to get me air lifted out. Guess who carried me to the helicopter? That's right, Percy. We bonded more then I thought we did a couple weeks ago at the dinner.
I woke up a couple of hours later in the hospital. I looked for my parents but they were no where to be found. One person was there. Percy. He came into the helicopter too. He must have been really worried.
It's always nice to know some person cares for you even when you hated or more disliked said person for most of your life.
My doctor, Dr. Eaton came in. She's a petite women with long brown-ish blonde hair that's always up in a bun. She had on the usual doctor's outfit and she carried a clip-board with her. She had a grim look on her face. This wasn't good.
Generally, passing out in gym class is not a good thing but I knew this had nothing to do with the normal passing out from dehydration (which many students in the past have). This had a bigger problem connected to it, but at that moment in time, in the hospital, I couldn't put two and two together.
Dr. Eaton came over to my hospital bed and for the first time noticing some one else was in the room with me.
"I didn't think you had a brother your age, Annabeth." Dr. Eaton said looking at Percy.
"Oh... Uh... He's not..." I was still a little to sleepy to be able to put together a full sentence.
"I'm not her brother."
"Oh! Okay, then your not supposed to be in here. Only family is allowed. You're going to have to wait outside." Dr. Eaton moved closer to Percy.
"I'm her boyfriend." Percy said, not missing a beat.
"Your my WHAT?!" I nearly screamed and I might have almost jumped out of the bed.
There was no way he was my boyfriend (even if we did become friends and almost kiss), unless we were in an alternate universe (okay, so maybe a small part inside me was hoping he ment it but I knew it wasn't true). So I freaked out a little, I know now he was just trying to stay in the room.
"Whoa! Annabeth calm down. Now Mr.-"
"Jackson."
"Now Mr. Jackson, since you are neither family or apparently boyfriend, I will ask you one more time to wait outside while I talk to Miss Chase alone."
Not wanting to make a scene, Percy reluctantly left the room closing the door behind him.
Dr. Eaton sat on the end of my bed. She gave me a look and that's when everything clicked together like pieces of a puzzel my brain had been trying to assembel. I knew right then and there what was wrong with me. In away I wish I never figured it out.
"You passed out because not enough oxygen was getting to the brain or anywhere for that matter while you were running. Have you been feeling soreness anywhere like your shoulders? Have you had trouble breathing?" She questioned.
I thought for a moment. I felt a tickling feeling in my nose and then for the first time since I woke up I realized I had things in my nostrils.
Dr. Eaton must have saw my confusion. "It's called a cannula which is connected to the oxygen tank we have beside your bed. It was helping you breath better while you were sleeping but you don't have to wear them all the time, only when your having trouble breathing. So have you felt any sore-"
I cut her off. I know that was rude but... "I haven't felt any soreness but I have found it harder to breath when I have gym or doing any exercise in general." I just passed off my shortness of breath as not being in shape.
She nodded like she expected my answer. "I wouldn't worry ye-"
"Just cut to the case." I knew what was wrong I just wanted to hear the doctor say it.
"You have lung cancer, just a small amount though. On the x-ray scan, we only found two to three small tumors taking up residence in your lungs. Nothing major like we were expecting. It was good that we caught it early though, if we didn't, I don't know how worse it could have gotten."
"There is not enough cancer in your lungs yet to make you go through chemo, so you don't have to worry about that." Dr. Eaton smiled like that was the best news I was going to get all day. "It's not as bad as it seems and we can work through this together."
I just nodded. I knew she was dumbing it down and there was way more to this then what the doctor was telling me but I excepted her explanation, I was to tired to do anything about it.
I let my head fall back on to the pillow.
A second later the door opened and in marched Percy but hot on his tail were my parents. I guess they did care after all. Percy came right over to my bed, he took my hand and just held it. He must have threatened one of the nurses to find out what was wrong with me. I wouldn't put it past him if he did. He is always protective of the people he is close to (not, that we're close or anything).
My parents were talking to the doctor in hushed voices. They glanced at me once in a while. Why do I get the feeling they know something I don't?
I have to stay in the hospital for a couple more days. Luckily the hospital staff was more then happy to give me paper and a pen.
Percy had to go home and same with my parents (visitor hours were over). The only difference was that Percy promised to come back tomorrow. I made him swear that he wouldn't skip school to do so. He said he would come right after school was let out. Somehow I have a feeling that he will still come in the morning and skip school but I can't control him. To be honest, I would like the company.
Hospitals freak me out (even though I will never tell anybody). They're a place of life and death. It seems to me that you spend the most important moments of your life in these buildings (being born is pretty significant). I don't want to spend the rest of my life in one so I hope my cancer isn't to serious.
The doctors have been pricking and prodding and scanning me, all night long (looking to see if anything can be done) and I just want to go to sleep. The doctors who have examining me haven't said if the cancer is terminal so I'm assuming it's not. Am I wrong?
But I'm only human
And I bleed when I fall down
I'm only human
And I crash and I break down
You build me up and then I fall apart
'Cause I'm only human
I'm only human and humans never last.
Thanks for listening,
Annabeth Chase
When I was first writing this story, it went from self harm to child abuse and then cancer. So I am sorry if it is alittle cliche with the cancer but it is nothing like the Fault in Our Stars, well maybe alittle but not that much. I know nothing about lung cancer so it is mostly made up. This was my longest chapter so far with out the authors note:)
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