A Loophole (Percabeth Selection)

25- "You're Cute When You Sneeze."

WARNING:  SHORT CHAPTER, SORRY

I woke up in the middle of the night bolting to the bathroom. I nearly had no time to open the toilet before all of yesterday's food came back up.

The smell and taste of vomit filled me up and I held back from going another round. I blinked confusingly around the dark bathroom, wondering what was going on.

After taking some deep breaths and steadying myself, I managed to find my way to my bedroom door and stick my head out.

There was no guard situated right out front but one was a few doors down.

"Excuse me, sir?" I asked.

His head turned towards me and he quickly rushed over. "Annabeth?"

"Beckendorf?" I squinted. Charles Beckendorf was a large guy, strong and tall, with dark skin and brown eyes. He's been a guard for a while now and he's closer to Percy than he is to me.

He nodded. "What's up?"

"I uh- I need my maids. I'm not feeling good. Could you please get Hazel for me?"

"Sure thing," He nodded and took off down the hallway.

I quietly closed the door behind me and slumped down, leaning against the bottom of my bed resting my head in my hands.

My nightgown was sticking to my skin, I was starting to feel extremely light-headed and dehydrated.

What was happening? How did it happen? How long will it happen? Does anyone else have it?

A few minutes later the door was thrown open and Hazel and Justine rushed over to me.

"What's happened?"

"Are you okay?"

I shook my head. "I think I've got a cold or something. I just vomited and... and I'm feeling light-headed."

They both gave me sympathetic looks and they helped me back into bed.

"Where's Alicia?" I asked.

"She's still sleeping," Hazel sighed. "We couldn't wake her up."

I smiled a little and snuggled into my pillow.

Justine brought over a bucket, just in case, a glass of water and a cloth to wipe the sweat off my forehead.

Hazel was fixing up the bathroom and I muttered a sorry when she came back out.

Justine dabbed the cloth on my forehead. "I think it's food poisoning."

"Huh?" I sneezed into a tissue.

"You must have eaten something last night. Or it could be the flu," She looked at the clock on the wall and sighed. "It's 3 am, Will-"

"Needs to sleep," I interrupted."Let's just see how I go and we can call a nurse at breakfast time."

"Anna-" Hazel started to protest but I waved her away.

"I'm fine, really. I'm fine."

(Annabeth doesn't want to go to the hospital wing because of her pride. She doesn't want anyone to think of her as weak because she needed to go to the doctors)

Alicia woke up at around five o'clock and walked in on me throwing up again.

She made a sarcastic comment about my skills and then she cleaned it up.

The girls were fussing over me but all I wanted to do was sleep.

"Can I have some shorts and a t-shirt please?"