Disclaimer: PoJ is not mine. I am only taking license over one character who is only mentioned.
One day ago
It was the middle of the night when I woke up. I heard noises in Annabeth's room. For a moment, I thought that maybe Percy was with her and I quickly shook the idea out of my head. My sister was too responsible to be fooling around with her boyfriend under my parents' nose.
I got up and went quietly to her room. The door was slightly opened and I could see her tossing around in her bed. She was talking, grunting and sobbing. She looked in pain.
Suddenly, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I almost yelled in surprise and I turned my head to see Percy wearing pajama bottoms and a white t-shirt standing behind me.
"What's wrong with my sister?" I said quietly.
"Bad dreams, that's all" said Percy as he scratched his head.
"Is she in pain?" I said as I looked at her.
"I really don't know" said Percy gloomily. He smiled sadly.
"Are you going to wake her up?" I said really surprised that her boyfriend was just standing there.
"I'm thinking about it" said Percy looking away sadly. I felt mad at him.
"I will" I said and walked to Annabeth.
"Wait..." said Percy but I was already shaking my sister to wake her up. She gasped loudly for air as she sat in bed really scared with eyes wide open. She punched me right on the cheek throwing me to the ground.
"Ouch" I said in pain on the floor.
"What? What? Matthew? Bobby? What are you doing here?" said Annabeth looking at me in the dark room.
"I tried to wake you up and you hit me" I said as I stood up slowly touching my jaw. It wasn't broken but it hurt a lot. My eyes were watering and I started sobbing in pain.
"Sorry" said Annabeth and I walked to her. She hugged me and touched my jaw. I winced in pain. She touched me lightly checking if it was broken. I felt her tears on my hair and I looked up. She looked in so much pain. Percy was leaning on the door thinking and wondering.
"What were you dreaming, wise girl?" said Percy and sat on the bed near to us. Annabeth moved her hand and held Percy's.
"Bob" whispered Annabeth and Percy moved and hugged us tightly. Annabeth started crying loudly. Whoever was Bob, it was important for them. Maybe, he was a friend who died recently.
We were there for a couple of minutes until my dad knocked Annabeth's door. He turned on the lights and found Percy hugging us. Annabeth and I were crying.
"Annabeth, what's going on?" said dad stepping in. He had a worried look on his face.
"I had a nightmare. Matthew tried to wake me up and I punched him right in the face" said Annabeth.
"Are you ok, son?" said dad and approached us. Percy removed his arms of us. Dad touched my face checking me in the light. I twitched as his fingers touched my jaw.
"It hurts" I said in new tears.
"Well, it's not broken... I will leave you alone" said my dad and walked back to his bedroom. He probably didn't know what to say or to do in this kind of situation.
"Matthew, sorry" said Annabeth and kissed my forehead.
"Don't worry. I shouldn't wake you up. I will go to bed" I said.
"Me too. I love you" said Percy and kissed Annabeth briefly on the lips. I blushed watching them. I went to my bed and I heard Percy's steps walking downstairs.
On the morning, I woke up with Bobby inches close to my face. I gasped in surprise and almost hit my head with his.
"What happened?" said Bobby as he touched my jaw. It didn't hurt so much anymore. I was just sore.
"Annabeth hit me" I said and Bobby sat on his bed.
"Why?" said Bobby scratching his head. He was confused.
"Sister was having a nightmare and I was stupid enough to try to wake her up. I scared her and she punched me" I said yawing loud. There was a lot of sunlight in the room. It was probably around 8 in the morning. I got up and walked downstairs.
Annabeth was on the stove cooking omelets and Percy was on the dining table trying to read the comic strips. I knew that both were dyslexics.
"Good morning, sister, Percy" I said and got a glass of water from the kitchen. I drank it swiftly.
"Good morning" said both of them in unison. Bobby walked in and they greeted each other.
"Sis, where is mom and dad?" said Bobby.
"They have to leave early" said Annabeth.
"How are we going to the water park?" I said.
"Your mom's car… they took dad's car and said they would meet us at the water park in the afternoon" said Annabeth as she dropped one omelet on a plate.
"Cool" said Bobby.
We had breakfast and packed a change of clothes, towels, sun block, shades and a light car snack. Soon, Annabeth drove to the water park and we were there. I wondered why Percy wasn't driving but I didn't ask. Probably, Annabeth doesn't trust him with the car.
As soon as we entered to the water park. Bobby and I gave our stuff to Percy and ran away to the tides. Annabeth yelled something about sun block but we were too far to return.
I got a paddleboard and I was on the water having a lot of fun when Annabeth got me from the arm and started rubbing waterproof sun block at me.
"Annabeth, I'm 11. I don't need you to be like mom" I said madly as she applied sun block on my face.
"Whatever, I don't want you crying with burn shoulders at the end of the day" said Annabeth and I felt like a little kid.
"Whatever" I snorted at her. Annabeth smiled even hummed as she rubbed my shoulders with a large amount of sun block.
Once she was finished, she kissed my hair and walked away probably looking for Bobby.
Annabeth was wearing a red modest bikini swimming suit. Some guys stared at her. My sister was beautiful, breathtaking even but she has scars, a lot of scars in her body. She wasn't ashamed of showing them at all. Her boyfriend Percy has scars too as much or even more that her.
My sister is probably the most confident girl in the world, but I could tell that the stares were affecting her. She walked around the place with sun block in her and I could her hand shaking slightly. Something wasn't right with her. I walked to her leaving the paddleboard. She looked almost at the verge of tears.
"Annabeth, what's wrong?" I said. Her eyes were wide scared. She started to tremble more noticeable and some guys stared at us.
"Nothing" said Annabeth breathing in short quick shallow intakes. She was almost hyperventilating. "Trust me. I'm fine"
"Come on, you need to sit down" I said and took her hand pulling her. I took her to the nearest chair and made her sat down. She lowered her hand and started breathing unevenly. She looked like she was having a panic attack.
Suddenly, she grabbed my arm hard. She dug her nails on me drawing blood. I tried to release myself but she wasn't letting me go. Her nails just dug deeper.
"Annabeth, you are hurting me" I said softly and in pain. Annabeth raised her eyes and saw the pain in my face. She removed her hand.
"I'm so sorry" said Annabeth. Little streams of bloods were leaking from my arm. She looked the blood and started crying with her hand on her mouth.
Bobby walked in and saw at us unable to say a word. He took my arm to see the wounds. He was so worried. First, Annabeth punched me and I had a black spot on my face, now I was bleeding because of her. I probably looked like a beaten child.
"What happened?" said Bobby after a couple of seconds of seeing my arm.
"I don't know. Annabeth started to panic and she grabbed me nailing me" I said. Bobby took his t-shirt off and put it on my arm cleaning me. The blood wasn't pouring profusely anymore but it really looked harsh and bloody. Annabeth was still crying.
Percy probably saw us from the distance and ran at us because he was out of breath when he kneeled in front of Annabeth.
"What's wrong, wise girl?" said Percy. Annabeth stared at him crying with her hand still on her mouth.
"She was panicking and I made her sat down… she hurt me unintentionally" I said. Percy looked at me and I removed the t-shirt off my arm. He saw the red marks already starting to heal. Percy stared at me long enough thinking what to say.
"Boys, go and have fun. I will stay with your sister" said Percy looking sadly at us.
"Sure?" said Bobby.
"Yes, go. Don't worry. Your sister and I went to hell and back. She just need both of you not to worry" said Percy and we nodded. We really didn't want to leave Annabeth but what else could we do? I went to the slides and I tried to have fun but I was really concerned about my sister.
After of 10 minutes on the slides, I went to look for her. I found Bobby walking next to me.
"What's wrong with sister?" said Bobby.
"I don't know. Whatever happened over the summer, it must have been tough. She is so strong" I said.
"Do you think is true what Percy said about going to hell and back? Did they really go to hell?" said Bobby. I shrugged. Was it even possible for them to go to hell?
We walked for a couple of minutes around the place until we found Annabeth and Percy on the tide pool laughing and hugging as the waves hit them. We were probably worrying for nothing.
"How are you, sis?" I said and Annabeth smiled like nothing had happened 20 minutes ago.
"Fine, how are you?" said Annabeth looking at my arm. It was sore but nothing serious.
"Perfect" I said and we stayed with them. We made Percy use his powers to make the wave hit us with more force. We had fun for the rest of the morning.
At two o'clock, Annabeth took us to have lunch in the food court. I had a large delicious cheeseburger while Annabeth, Percy and Bobby got a pizza for themselves.
After eating, we stayed in the souvenirs shops making time to get back to the water. Annabeth made us wait for one hour. She can be worst than mom sometimes.
For the rest of the day, we went to every ride, pool and place in the park. Percy stayed with us making all rides more dangerous and exciting with his powers. Annabeth seemed to be okay but sometimes she rubbed her arms like she was cold and Percy hugged her and whispered something in her ear making her feel better.
By 4:30, it was clear that mom and dad weren't coming, so we decided to return home. I was tired to no measure. Percy drove the way back. Annabeth and Bobby slept as soon as they sat on the car. Percy and I talked a little. He told me about Camp Jupiter, the other camp for kids like them. He told me that there is a town where old campers have families.
We were home one hour later and I saw my dad's car on the driveway. I shook Bobby and woke him up. He rubbed his eyes as he saw the house. I helped Percy to unload the car while Bobby entered to the house. Annabeth was still sound sleeping in the car.
"Are you going to wake her up?" I asked to Percy.
"Should I?" said Percy raising his eyebrow.
"Probably not" I said shrugging. Percy nodded and took my sister in his arms. I helped him by opening the door. Percy climbed the stairs with Annabeth in his arms. Percy was really strong since he was carrying her effortlessly.
I walked inside the house and I found mom and dad were on the kitchen making dinner. Bobby was already on the TV watching a rerun of The Voice. He has a crush on Shakira.
"How was your day?" said my mom as she kissed and hugged me.
"Cool. We had a blast" I said smiling.
"That's good. Tell your brother to take a shower, you too. Dinner will be ready in half an hour. Annabeth?" said my mom.
"She fell asleep and Percy took her upstairs" I said and went to Bobby.
After a good shower, I felt so good. I must say thanks to Annabeth. I didn't feel any sunburn at all.
On the table at dinner, Annabeth and Percy were smiling and chatting about our day. Annabeth looked genially happy but something bothered me. What the hell happened to my sister this summer?
"Mom, when are we going to the amusement park? You promised us" said Bobby grinning. I got his plan. I grinned too.
"I don't think so. This week is packed with faculty stuff" said dad.
"Can Annabeth and Percy take us?" said Bobby and I got excited. It was a great idea.
"I don't think so… Can you, Annabeth?" said dad.
"I don't know if we can stay another day. What do you think, Percy?" said Annabeth looking at her boyfriend.
"Amusement park? Are you kidding?" said Percy raising his eyebrow making us giggled.
"That's a YES, hurray!" said Bobby and I excited.
"Ok, but we are definitely going to Camp Jupiter the day after tomorrow" said Annabeth sounding just like mom.
"Just be careful" said dad.
"We will definitely go with you after lunch, right Frederick?" said mom. My dad nodded.
After dinner and a movie, Bobby and I went to bed. Around midnight, I heard my sister tossing and crying again in bed. I fought over going to check on her. I was going to stand up when I heard my dad's steps and a door opening. I heard my dad saying something and Annabeth crying harder. It must have been a very horrible nightmare to cry like that.
I listened to her cries and my dad talking softly at her. Then I heard Percy walking in Annabeth's room and talking softly to her too. I don't know when it happened but I felt asleep.