I decided to be regular from now on, so expect more of the chapters ;) Read on, it's gonna be all about Annabeth this time! I'll stop blabbing now 'cuz I've nothing more to say... :D Happy Reading!

Annabeth sat down heavily on a chair and held her head in her hands. What wrongs had she done in her life to experience these kinds of tortures? First, she ran away from her house to come on the trip. Second, she had fainting fits and dizziness. Then, she had witnessed Percy and Rachel... The worst of all was Luke. A tear slid down her cheek.

Why? She sobbed into her hands. What had she done to deserve all of this? Luke had given her two days' time to think over her dilemma about being his girlfriend or something would happen to Thalia. Isn't that what happened in crime stories or even in T.V. shows? This couldn't be real. Maybe he was just threatening her to do so. But how had Thalia been talking to one of his friends?

Even Annabeth couldn't see the delusion in this. If he had his friends blindfolding Thalia to make her think they were her friends then Luke was capable of this, too. But she couldn't understand why she was the victim here. It finally came to her. Of course, this was because she was related to Thalia and could be the most affected by her friend's accident or whatever was going to happen. She didn't even know what lay ahead.

This thought made Annabeth even more depressed and she sobbed harder in her hands. As hard as she tried to coax herself that nothing would go wrong if she didn't agree to his terms, it was all in vain. Even though she didn't want to believe it, she knew that Luke's family was very powerful. He could get away with anything and his parents were not the type to explain to their dear boy to understand and learn from his wrong doings.

So, there was no real choice for her. She just had to accept and pray that the dating would break off when he got bored with her. She just hoped that the event would occur soon. Crying had no effect on it. It would just show Luke that she was weak and could be brought under his control. No, she would have to be brave and strong and not let anything he did break her from the inside.

Annabeth, presently, wiped her tears and stood up. She walked to the counter to get one drink for herself but found the world was swaying before her like there was an earthquake. She put her hands to her head and closed her eyes, wondering if it was really an earthquake. Her mind wandered off to how she would save herself. When she opened her eyes the world was still swaying heavily but no ceiling or pillars were falling.

What is wrong with me? She thought as she fell to the ground. The last thing she saw was a crowd gathering near her and Percy's face, with puckered eyebrows, leaning over her and easing an arm under her shoulders, saying something she couldn't hear, as her vision faded into utter silence and darkness.

Annabeth woke up with soft pillows all around her and Thalia, Piper and Hazel all sitting in chairs seated near her. As soon as she stirred, they seemed to come to life from their paralyzed position all staring at her with the same sad, worried expression.

"What- What happened to me?" she enquired, as Thalia helped her sit up.

"You fainted," Thalia said, frowning at her. "Taking half our lives with you. Don't you remember anything?"

She could, but not the details. Only... only that she was picked up by someone after she had fallen to the floor. She repeated this to the trio, who somehow looked more serious when she had finished.

"Yeah," Piper managed to voice out what they were all trying to say but simply couldn't bring out the courage to. "Percy did. He brought you to our room and... left just a few moments before you woke. He was here all along."

Of course! She remembered now, and the heavy feeling of dread that had gone away when she had fainted came back. Just a moment ago, she had been light as a balloon, not even feeling attached. She remembered about Luke and all the bad thing happening to her in her life before she had fainted. And now that it all came back to her, she felt heavy like a colossal weight had been placed upon her shoulders.

"W-What time is it?" she asked, not willing to show the girls how she really felt.

"It's nearly one. You have been out for nearly four hours," Hazel came over and held her hand, squeezing it gently. "We were so worried Annabeth."

Annabeth managed to smile. "If I had known you guys were waiting for me to wake. I should never have fainted at all. Come on, now, go to bed all of you. I'll be just fine."

Thalia looked uncertain whether to leave her but Annabeth insisted. "Thalia, what can you do now anyways? It's all over now isn't it? I mean the worst of it is. You can't protect me from my own body. Goodness knows why I'm getting these fits. And the pity is you can't do anything at all, even if you wish, about it."

Thalia calmed down at these words and nodded back. "But, Annabeth... There- there is something I want to... tell you about."

"Thalia," Piper said the word calmly but one glance of hers was quite enough to pass the message; 'Not now.'

"What? What is it?" Annabeth asked her eyes wide. Did she know about Luke? Had she muttered something while she was asleep? Did she give something away? So many questions arose in her mind, she could hardly wait for Thalia to answer.

It was Piper who saved Thalia from explaining what the matter was. "Annabeth, you are not in the right state to hear about all that now. We'll explain tomorrow morning."

"Yeah, just get some rest now, Annabeth."Hazel said and Annabeth could hardly demand any more of them.

So that was it! Yaaaayayayay! I feel so wicked muhahahahaah! Okay sorry.. Next chapter is Piper so watch out for the next one! Love ya guys XD