Hi sorry about the lack of updating, just been a bit busy with the end of school, should be back to normal soon, anyway, a lot of you will know I have a twist planned for you, but for now here is chapter 8.

Annabeth's pov:

1st July, Monday

1.30

Me and Percy and Jason, I don't even know why he should be aloud to come after what he did, I bet Thalia put him up to it, anyway we headed out to a restaurant, that Percy said, and I quote 'serve ok food, but its cool, I know the owner' great, I thought, as we continued our journey.

The car journey there was mostly filled with Jason's laughter, from his phone, or me and Percy just casually chatting, until he said to me, "So tell me about your family then wise girl." he asked me about my most touchy subject, luckily Jason knew about my past and my family, so he stepped in and said, "Well, there is Thalia, me, her other friends, and." then Percy stopped him, and said, "No I mean your real family," I then knew I had to step in, so I said, "Its completely screwed up, trust me Percy I will tell you, just maybe in time, because, once you know you really wouldn't want to." I then thought I was going to cry, luckily I didn't, and Percy knew instantly not to ask, instead, he just nodded his head.

Jason brought a hand to my shoulder, and whispered something along the lines off, are you ok, I just nodded.

A few minutes later we arrived, it was a small Italian restaurant, which, because I'm smart, and Percy's well not, don't tell him I said that, but, the words on the sign, translated to I love you, so he brought me and Jason to a restaurant that couples go to, he really is the only person in the world that would do that, isn't he, well I don't call him seaweed brain for nothing do I?

We all got seated, and ordered, unfortunately for us it was rush hour, which means being late for work, oh well, at least I'm actually with my boss, its not like he can fire himself, haha, good one Annabeth, yeah not really.

We got our food, after like an hour and a half, considering it was now nearly 3.30, only two hours left of work, only two hours left, until I make a decision, on whether to get a new flat, or carry on with the one I'm in now, I think I know what my answer is.

Finally back to work at last, when I got a spare minute, I checked on Zeus' website, to check if they had any flats up for let nearer, Thalia, and work, luckily for me they, did, a penthouse one of two, only £450 a month, which is only £100 more what I pay more, now for my small flat, right there and then, I rung Zeus to ask him if the price and what it included, was correct, and it was, so I booked an appointment to see it, they had one open today, I took it 6pm tonight, and this is the funny part, Thalia, had taken a job at her dads flat letting company, and she will be my estate agent, hahaha, Thalia working I have got to see this.

Finally 5.30 came around quickly, well apart from, Percy, spilling his coffee all over himself, and me having to clean it up, and, then Percy, went downstairs to check his mail, and found his Maserati, being towed, and well now, me having to give Percy a lift home, but he wasn't getting a ride for free, he had to come with me to see the penthouse.

And that's how it ended up with me and Percy singing along to Taylor Swift in the car, until I extremely stupidly spit out "My dad, well, my mum divorced him, for an unknown reason, then my dad one night he, he hit my brother, Malcolm, he never touched me, ever, at the time I was 6, and Malcolm was 12, he was aware, but at the time, I wasn't, my dad told me it was a game I was too young to play, then one week, he left us alone, to go to Las Vegas, with his 'mates' then he came back, with what he called my new mum, she was horrible, she didn't care about me or Malcolm, then one day they sat Malcolm me down, to tell us that we were going to get two new brothers, and nine months later we did, when the twins were 5, I was 11 or 12, and Malcolm was 17, soon to be 18, he always promised me he wouldn't leave me, and he never did, when he was 18, he took my dad to court, to get justice, for me, Malcolm of course training to be a lawyer, won, he took care of me, he still kind of does, and still now being 22, we both still have no idea who our mother is." by the time I had finished telling my story, I was in floods of tears "Shhh Annabeth its ok, I know its hard your ok, I'm here ok." He kept whispering things into my ear, and hugging me closer, into his chest, "I understand, why its so hard for you, to use that money, so I see, that money has been in there since you have been 11 or 12, and you haven't talked to him since, I' am so sorry, I had no idea." Thank you for being there for me, earlier on the roof as well," I said. Oh and by the way, I had pulled the car over.

When I finally stopped crying, we set off again, and thankfully we got there, and when we got out, the first thing, I could say was "Wow look at the architecture of this building, its amazing." " Yeah, erm, Annabeth, what's the address, again," Percy said slightly hesitating, "It is Mount Olympus, 234th street, penthouse 1," I said looking on my phone to find the address, " Annabeth, you know if you start to rent that place, you have already met your neighbour, and your looking at him, Surprise, I live in penthouse 2" I just stood there looking at him, trying hard not to smile at that thought, ok, let me put this in a term everyone can understand, I' am 100% sure, that I will be signing a contract today.

Ok so that was Chapter 8, a lot of emotions, but also, a lot of surprising, also, this chapter was just done in Annabeth's pov, let me know in reviews, which pov you prefer, Percy or Annabeth's or even both.

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