#gonna have to reread sea of monsters but i'll never forget the picture of annabeth in his binder

[mecwmellc]

the betrayal from luke still stung, so percy was hoping that his second year of camp would be a little easier. he knew that monsters would still find him when he was at home, but he felt more prepared this time and he wouldn't have to worry about getting attacked at camp. still, the exploding dodge balls seemed to push him over the edge. was this going to be the rest of his life? he didn't know if he could do this. yeah, he had annabeth and grover and chiron, but he knew that being a child of the big three set him apart from everyone else in camp. thank goodness annabeth was there to help with the monsters, he was sure he would be a lot worse off if she wasn't and he didn't have any ambrosia handy.

the thwack definitely got his attention, he still felt a bit dazed when annabeth started talking. obviously she was right, daughter of athena and all, but percy didn't want to listen. was it so wrong to hide in his room? the gods could figure this out on their own. he took everything in and let annabeth tug him away. "ugh, fine. gonna write her a letter once i'm in my cabin," he said. percy tried to focus on that and not the fact that him and annabeth had been really close just a second ago. he wouldn't dare tell her about the bully who asked if she was his girlfriend. "how long until we get to camp? i've been looking forward to being safe from monsters for a few months." he asked. at least, if no one messed with the border like luke did. percy didn't like this whole demigod thing.

𝙏𝙃𝙒𝘼𝘾𝙆!      hand  connected  with  his  head,    knocking  him  forward.      apparently  a  good  ꜱᴍᴀᴄᴋ  was  the  only  way  to  get  his  attention.      along  the  blocks  of  new  york  city,    she  tried  ᵖᵒᵏⁱⁿᵍ,    𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜.      maybe  the  ᴀᴅʜᴅ  was  to  blame;      maybe  it  was  the  hat.            (    𝘣𝘶𝘵  𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦  𝘰𝘯.      𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯  𝘢𝘯  𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦  𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦  𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨  𝘺𝘰𝘶  𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥  𝘨𝘦𝘵  𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳  𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯    )            ʸᵃⁿᵏᵉᵉˢ  ᶜᵃᵖ  pulled  free,    braids  falling  down  her  shoulders.      thankfully  𝒕𝒉𝒆  𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕  would  hide  her  𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕  appearance  out  of  thin  air.            ❝    i  ꜱᴇʀɪᴏᴜꜱʟʏ  think  you  wouldn’t  know  someone  was  following  you  until  they  ᵏⁱˡˡᵉᵈ  you,    ❞            she  rolled  her  eyes,    tucking  away  her  hat.            ❝    𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐  𝚘𝚏  trying  to  kill  you.      𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜  ᵈᵒᵈᵍᵉᵇᵃˡˡˢ  and  you  think  it’s  𝓈𝒶𝒻𝑒  for  you  to  just  go  back  home?    ❞            annabeth  closed  her  palm  around  his  wrist,    tugging  him  away  from  the  apartment.            ❝    you  can  tell  sally  what’s  going  on  𝑤𝘩𝑒𝑛  𝑤𝑒  𝑔𝑒𝑡  𝑡𝑜  𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑝.      you’re  lucky  i’m  around  to  save  you,    ˢᵉᵃʷᵉᵉᵈ  ᵇʳᵃⁱⁿ.    ❞

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