this is a longer chapter than usual, because let's just say that annabeth overreacts a bit. enjoy!
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6/21/18 2:03
percy pov
why the hell would will do that to nico?
of all people, will knew him the best. will knows how sensitive nico is when it comes to things like this.
i storm into my cabin and shut the door. how can will treat nico like that? he was like the brother i never had!
i punched the wall out of hatred, and dived into my bed, landing face-first on my pillow.
will solace, you freaking liar and cheater. that little bitch, i was going to let him have it in once we're alone again.
i wasn't one to physically hurt someone. but oh boy, did i get up in their face and yell at them.
nico's family died, his best friend died, he went to tartarus and back without anyone to assist him. meanwhile, i had annabeth and we barely made it out alive.
nico has had a very rough past.
annabeth.
i can't believe i almost forgot to tell annabeth. she was going to be furious, probably beat the hell out of will.
i sprinted to the athena cabin to get annabeth. i opened the door to see malcom peacefully reading a book.
"hey, malcom. where are the rest of your siblings?" i asked.
he didn't respond. i figured he was so absorbed in his book that he didn't hear me. i knew that all to well because annabeth does that all the time. (A/N and so do i haha)
"malcom... malcom!"
dam, still no response.
"MALCOM!"
he jumped up and shut his book closed. he put his hand to his heart and sighed. "percy! you scared the shit out of me!"
"okay, yeah, maybe i didn't have to yell so loud if you listened to me. anyways, where's annabeth?"
malcom smirked. "oooh, looking for your girlfriend?"
i scowled. "seriously, malcom? how old are you,11?" gods, he can be so childish.
malcom nodded. "on a scale of 1-10, yes."
"okay, enough of this. where's annabeth?" i asked in a serious tone.
"she's somewhere close to the lake, along with my other siblings. they are all having a meeting about all the things that want to kill us. they think that they are planning to come to camp to kill everyone, and overrun this place."
i nodded. "i didn't ask for an explanation," i said as i ran out the door.
as i was running to the lake, i gracefully tripped on an arrow and tumbled down a hill. thankfully, that fall got me to where i needed.
i got up while brushing myself off and saw about fifteen pairs of eyes staring at me.
the one person standing, annabeth, started to burst into laughter.
"oh my gods, percy. that was too funny," she said between laughs.
after a second everyone else joined in and i just scowled. in a situation like this i would have made a sassy remark or laugh along, but right now i wasn't in the mood.
i grabbed annabeth's arm and started to quickly walk. she looked up at me with a puzzled look.
"what's wrong?"
"it's will."
"what about will?" she asked cautiously.
"he kissed a boy. a boy that was not nico. he cheated. i'm sure that nico is still in the infirmary because he passed out earlier, but when he finds out about what happened, he's going to be a mess."
annabeth stopped walking abruptly and grabbed my arm. she stuck her hand out at me, looking at me as if she heard right.
"wait, back it up. will cheated on nico?"
i nodded.
annabeth's eyes turned darker, as they always did when she was furious, or battling someone. she pursed her lips and took a deep breath.
"and after what i told will, he still did that," she mumbled.
she shook her head and looked back up at me, her fists clenched.
"i'm going to fucking kill him!" she yelled, causing everyone to look at us. "after all he's been through, will thinks it's okay to just kiss another boy?! that bitch!" she exclaimed.
by that time, everyone was walking closer to us, seeing what the deal was about, including no other than will solace.
annabeth scanned the crowd and her eyes landed on a certain son of apollo. she pointed at him and then the ground as if saying, you. here. now.
he hesitantly walked over and stood in front of annabeth with a frightened expression. i would be scared too if i were him.
will waved awkwardly. "uh, heeey annab-"
"how dare you cheat on nico!?" annabeth yelled. and from that comment, everyone around gasped. probably because they never expected will to cheat on anyone.
"nico trusted you, he loved you! and now you think it's okay to just go and kiss someone else other than your boyfriend?! do you not remember the talk we had?! i swore to hurt you if you ever did anything like that!"
annabeth glared daggers at him, and will gulped. in all the years i've known annabeth, i've never seen her as mad as this.
imagine an empousa combined with a minotaur combined with teletubbies. that's how scary annabeth looked.
"and now i'll live up to my promise." she said.
she swung her arm back and her first connected with will's face. everyone gasped as will fell to the ground, clutching his bleeding nose.
annabeth flipped him over so now he was on his stomach. she grabbed his arm and bent it in a way that one wrong movement can break it.
"now you know to never mess with anyone! especially nico!"
now she has crossed the line. yeah, i was mad, but annabeth was 100000 times more mad than me.
i had to pull her off of him, with the help of five other campers, and even then we were struggling to hold her back.
she kicked and punched yelling, "let me go! let me show that bastard what he deserves!"
she finally stopped struggling and i put her down.
"wise girl, i know you're mad, so am i but-"
"HEY!" yelled someone.
i turned around, and that someone was nico. he was running towards the campers circled around will.
"what the hell happened here?" he asked
he looked down and saw will on the grass, clutching his nose and arm. he looked up and saw annabeth's raged expression.
"annabeth, did you do this?"
she hesitantly nodded. "sorry, i just got really mad, and i still am, but he really deserves that."
i shrugged. "i think he deserves this, but maybe just a slap on the face would be fine, annabeth."
" i don't regret what i did. look nico, you don't know this but will did a horrible thing to you. he cheat-"
"i know," nico said.
"what?" i asked. "but you fainted when i carried you into the infirmary."
nico shook his head, "i wasn't. i saw some parts of it and heard everything. thanks for standing up for me by the way."
will groaned from the floor. i had forgotten he was there, apparently nico did too.
"right, i forgot he was there," he said in a monotone voice. "come on, to the infirmary."
he hoisted will up and let will lean on him for support.
i looked at him with a bewildering expression.
"seriously? you're helping him?"
"hey." nico said. "i may be furious with him right now, and my heart is crumpling to pieces since i saw what he did, but i'm not that heartless to just stand there and watch him suffer."
nico turned around and started to walk away.
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wowowowwowow. this story is finally starting to have a plot. i can't believe i started this five days ago. it's seems like ages. and i updated this two times a day. double wowowowowow. i'm impressed. once i'm done with this story, should i make another? i actually really enjoy writing and i think i'm going to write another. i'll do a different ship. maybe percabeth, fierrochase, klance? idk. anyways, i need to study for this major science test i have to study for tomorrow