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Dear No One,
1. No staying out late. Curfew is 9:00
2. No driving.
3. No boyfriends. Stay focused on your studies.
4. No smoking.
Who do my parents think I am? This is outrageous. Just because I have cancer doesn't mean you can lock me in the house 'till the day it gets treated. Who the hell do my parents think I am? These rules are like an insult to me.
I'm not going to go out and smoke. That's like the stupidest thing to do and it would damage my lungs even more. Why would they even put that on the list? It's like they don't trust me anymore or that I don't have common sense.
Why can't I drive? I argued this for like ten minutes before their only good excuse was 'because I said so'. I hate it when parents do that.
The curfew thing is okay, I guess. I mean it's still pretty bad but it's not like I have a social life to uphold or anything. Same goes with the boyfriend. It's not like any boys are lining outside my door just to date me. I'm not exactly top of the food chain in that respect.
My parents made up these rules right after they found out I snuck off to prom. I didn't go to prom last year (since it is technically a junior and senior prom) and I wasn't going to miss it this year (even if no one officially asked me). No illness was going to get in my way either.
My parents never said I could go. They were very worried about my health and what might happen if I pass out and such. I guess they were just looking out for my well being but it was just a prom. You only get one (special) prom in your life so you should make it count.
Plus I had a chance to dance with Percy and there was no way I was passing that up.
Personally I think they were worried about me getting drunk and making some bad decisions during the night. But I can look after myself.
I made sure to text Percy saying I was going to meet him at the hotel's entrance.
So I masterfully climbed out my window and down the tree that happened to be positioned perfectly near my window. I changed into my prom dress at a local gas station (glamorous, I know) and took a taxi to the Plaza Hotel were the prom was being held.
I saw Percy standing a little ways away from the entrance. He seemed to be looking for me. When he saw me, he came over to the taxi to help me out. The look on Percy's face was priceless though. It looked like he won a million bucks or got an A+ on a math test which has yet to happen. Which I never understood, I wasn't pretty or anything.
I was just wearing a floor length navy blue dress with elbow length white gloves and an owl necklace my father bought for me when I was seven. My hair was just down around my shoulders. The dress was my mothers. She always told me she wore it to her prom and that's where she met dad.
Percy looked way better. He looked really cute in a tux. His hair was still a messy as always. He held a corsage out for me. I don't know how Percy did it but it matched my dress.
"You look beautiful." He said as I took his arm. I'm pretty sure there was some light blush on my face when he said that but it was dark enough he most likely didn't see it.
"You don't look so bad yourself." We walked into the hotel where I was greeted by massive amounts of people, loud music and streamers. I couldn't have been more happy. This was the first high school dance I have ever been to and it was probably going to be my last so I was going to make the most of it.
This isn't the part of the letter where I tell you Percy kissed me at midnight in the middle of the dance floor nor is it when I tell you Drew dumped some fake blood on me and I went psycho. No one spiked the punch either.
Prom was normal as you would think any other high school dance would be. And like Percy said, we went just as friends.
Well, I would have liked him to kiss me and I thought he would but he got inturupted by some friend he knew from the swim team. The moment was gone after his friend left (I think his name was Jason, a thousand curses on him and his family) so we went to get some punch.
I had so much fun and I think Percy did to. Though the DJ could have played some better songs like Green Day or Imagine Dragons but I guess you don't play that sort of stuff at prom. We danced all night, my feet even started to hurt. Some of the dances I had to sit out 'cause of my lungs which was bumer. I was having so much fun, I almost forgot I had to be home before my parents noticed I was gone.
It was around one o'clock (in the morning) when we left. Percy wanted to walk me to my door but if my parents were still up they would see me come in. So I climbed up the tree again. Percy stayed down below just in case I fell.
I almost fell a couple times. High heels are tricky to climb trees with and me being dumb/half asleep decided to keep them on insted of carring them.
By the time I reached the window I was out of breath. Maybe I shouldn't have done that but right now all I cared about was not getting caught. My lungs could hold themselves together for a couple more minutes.
I waved bye to Percy and got off the window. I then noticed how my light was on and my parents were sitting on my bed, whoops. Well I guess I won't be the next world class spy. Drat's, that was my life goal.
"Uh... Hello, may I ask why your in my bedroom?" I was trying to play this cool. So I started to take my pajamas out of my draws.
"Where were you?" Helen said sternly. That has to be the stupidest question of the day/night. I am standing right in front of them, wearing a prom dress which they also knew was tonight (from me constantly asking them to go).
Did they think I was at a lau aou (lou-ow, I don't know how you spell it.)? I can't even begin to describe how stupid my parents are.
"You damn f***ing well know where I was and you can't control me." This lead to the don't curse at me young lady blah, blah, blah. This also lead to the new rules. Also the grounding for a couple of weeks.
All I was interested in was how they found out I was gone. It turned out I forgot to take one of my many pills that's supposed to be treating my cancer and they came into my room planing on telling me. Then they noticed I was gone and didn't take my cellphone. I will bet you ten bucks they knew I would sneak out and came in to see if I would actually go through with it.
So now I am in my room doing nothing. I can't text Percy, I can't call Percy and I am not allowed to see Percy. So basically I will be Percy free (that is not a good thing) until my punishment is over, then I can see him all I want. All I can do now is write these letters and think.
Luckly, I have a lot to think about.
Thanks for listening,
Annabeth Chase
I hope you guys like this chapter. The next chapter is kind of a filler but you get to know a lot more about Percy:) The next how many chapters I post are not written on an Ipad and my laptop does not have spell checker so I am so sorry about any spelling mistakes. I try to catch them but some probably still slip through. It probably does not help that I am the worst speller in the world. Till next time.
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