𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝 & 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟

22. Annabeth

"The one and only." I let out a humourless laugh. All that trouble, courage and stupid anxiety and he didn't even realise.

Percy Jackson would never change.

"Oh my gods!" He dragged the last syllable out for longer than was necessary.

"Do you still play volley ball? You were really good! And capture the flag! We ruled that game!"

"Yeah we did! The others sucked but compared to our team! If I remember right, you had a cabin to yourself? I was with my 'siblings' in 6." I steered the subject away from extra curriculars, my dad didn't have enough money for the uniforms so I couldn't go on after the free uniform and camp lessons expired.

"Yep! Cabin 3 and still repping CHB to this day!" He pulled up a small string necklace from around his neck. With the lights off? I couldn't see much. but I new for a fact I had the exact same one at home.

"I can't see from all the way over here."

"Well, come over then!" He beckoned. I pushed the machines over to the other bed (although it took at least half an hour. I just got back from a kidnapping, leave me alone)

We examined the beads before he pulled up the end of his tattered, broken trouser leg.

There, on his ankle, was an orange circle and a Pegasus silhouette in the middle. The minuscule letters around the outside read 'C H B' and we're sharp and flat like I remembered.

"Woah! Did it hurt!"

"Bucketloads!" He laughed as I brought a finger to trace the black ink that was I braved in his skin.

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After that, we talked and talked and talked, running ourselves into the ground. I told him about the website that held all our memories. He told me everything and anything that he wanted too. That was just him.

"Oh and-" suddenly, the light flicked on. With us both sat on the same bed now, wires and data collector machines tugged away from the wall and over to Percy's bed, we probably looked a sight entangled in each other limbs and hospital equipment.

"What are you two doing?" Came the tired, but angry, voice of Will Solace.

Percy looked at me as if asking for permission to tell Hume about the conversation, I thought it over for a moment. Dr Will Solace, a guy I would trust with my life even if her wasn't a doctor, knowing I was best friends - and I stressed that a lot in my head - with the prince when I was 12 or Dr Will thinking I'm trying to seduce the prince.

I nodded.

"This is Annabeth Chase. Or as you might have know her as from various mentions over the years, Annabel, Annalissa, Anastatsia." He gestured extravagantly over to me and Will's face fell slack and he started to laugh.

"No way! As in, blond 12 year old who told you that you drool when you sleep? As in, first-crush 'Wise Girl' who kissed you in a capture t-" Percy was up out of the bed in two seconds and covering the blond boys mouth with his hand.

"Dude." He whispered.

"Oh, right. Be cool. Let's start over." Will stepped out and flicked the light off with him. Percy sat down next to me and cringed.

"I apologise in advance for what your about to see." And with that, Will came barging in again. Apparently this was something they did a lot?

"What is going on here? I though it told you both to return to bed and sleep hours ago!"

"Oh dear doctor William, we apologies so feverishly! We have just re aquatinted with each other! If I may introduce to you - Annabeth Chase. Previously, and uncorrectly, known as various other names beginning with Anna." Percy jumped about, winding very now and then but dancing like a court jester. His expression were that of a professional actors and I was laughing along with both of them, my legs crossed and my hands cupped under my chin.

"Well, isn't that something!"

"It truely is."

He bowed at the side of the bed nearest to me and pried my arm from under the weight of my face, pressing a kiss to my knuckles.

I felt my neck rise in blush and I sheepishly smiled.

Looking back up the blond at the door, I smiled politely at his smug expression and said "To answer your question, Will, yes. I did tell him he drooled in his sleep, I did kiss him in capture the flag." I decidedly left out the first crush part otherwise it might resurface that he was mine too.

"Well, good. But you need your rest. You can talk as much as you want in the morning but for now I beg you sleep. Oh and I was meant to tell you that Aphrodite's coming for your leggings, Annabeth."

"Why my leggings?" I looked over to the chair in the corner of the room where said leggings had been folded and brushed unlike the rest of my clothes wishing had gone straight in the trash.

"Because she will make you a style icon and the next big trend will be ripped Lycra. She's going to bring you a dress for the ball as well. It seems Miss Annabeth has skyrocketed in the public vote for the next queen."

I stared blankly in shock as Will ushered me over to my own bed and Percy pushed the machines on to my wall again.

I had skyrocketed? I know last time I checked I was about 30 out of 36 girls and now I had skyrocketed.

"Now goodnight. I expect to see you both not tired for tommorow." Will shit off the light and left us in complete darkness.

"Goodnight, Wise Girl." Percy whispered from across the room.

"Night, Seaweed Brain." I chuckled into my pillow and slipped into a dream-crammed sleep.

"Good morning, Lady Annabeth!" A cold hand shook her awake and she smiled at the voice of Stacey.

She pried open her eyes and looked around. The room was once again splattered with their blood. Everything was exactly how she remembered in her brain.

The pictures on the floor, the torn bedsheets. It was terrifying.

"Lady Annabeth? Are you alright?" The hand shook her again, icy and clammy.

Turing to her right, there stood Stacey with a bullet through her forehead and her eyes gauged out. Her whole being was covered in blood.

Reaching out a hand to touch Annabeth face, she slapped it away.

she started to scream wildly.

I woke up from my dream with my hospital bedsheets wound around my legs and my body drenched in sweat.

That was a horrible dream.

"Rise and shine idiots!" Came the call of a certain blond.

"Well somebody is in a good mood," I giggled at Percy's groan into his pillow and threw my own over to him.

"Come on, Percy. Let's go!" I sat up and found the majority of my wires had been de-wired if that was the right word.

"Ah. You just be miss Chase. I can see it now 'Chase on a chase through the woods gives us the autumns trend!' Will be all over the tabloids." A huge voice that filled the room with flowery scent came from the doorway.

"And you just be Aphrodite."

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Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy........ so my hyperfixation on the pjo series has sort of drained out and new loves have come in (Julie and the Phantoms in particular...) but I have been re-reading a lot of my old stuff and I am itching to finish this story so I can reconstruct it and make it all nice. Hopefully I'll finish soon.......

ALSO!!! GOT A NEW THEME FOR MY ACC! I'm blue :))
Hope you enjoyed the chapter, see you next time!

19/12/20