Hi guys! So this is the (I'm hoping long awaited) second part! I hope you guys like it!

I would be lying if I said that I wasn't a little scared. Okay terrified. Percy and I had been seeing each other for 3 months, and we had finally agreed that it was time to tell Malcolm. We had somehow managed to keep our secret over Easter break, but I was pretty sure that people were starting to catch on.

For one I went to NYU pretty much every weekend. I studied on the train rides to and from the city, and used the morning before Percy woke up as my reading time. Dad may not have been very involved in my life, but he wasn't dumb. All of these visits were something out of the ordinary, and he knew it. I was fully lead to believe he knew when he pulled me aside on my way out the door and handed me a card with a OB/GYN's number on it. He then reminded me to be safe. One word: mortifying.

One top of that was Sally. I was home alone a lot more now that Malcolm was gone, but I had stopped sleeping in my normal place on the couch. Instead I was sleeping in Percy's room. I claimed it was because I liked his bed better than the couch and he wasn't using it, but it was really because I found that the smell of his room was comforting. It reminded me of him, and that was something I didn't want to give up. There was no way Sally believed me though. She was so far onto me I was surprised she didn't use me as a bridge.

It hadn't helped when she decided to pay Percy a surprise visit and we were both asleep in his bed. Luckily his roommate hadn't been there to open the door or we would have been screwed. We both scrambled to make a makeshift bed on the floor, but I'm pretty sure she heard us. I shooed Percy back into his bed and opened the door. In came Sally Jackson. Percy had gotten a lecture about making me stay on the floor, but it was halfhearted at best. Like she knew I hadn't really slept there.

We had decided long ago that the first person we were going to officially tell was Malcolm. Not only was he the closest to both of us, but he was probably going to be the only one with a negative reaction. It wasn't that he didn't like either of us, it was just that he was very protective of his little sister. It didn't help that we had waited so long to tell him either. It made it seem like Percy and I were hiding, and while we kind of were, that wasn't the main reason we didn't tell him.

Honestly, I just wasn't ready to give up what Percy and I had yet. Once everyone knew the whole dynamic was going to change. Malcolm was going to be made at both of us, and our parents were going to get stricter. Not to mention we were going to have to face a whole bunch of 'I told you sos" as soon as we told everyone. It wasn't only our parents that had been waiting for us to get together, but most of our high school as well. I could just see the rumor mill going thinking about it.

That didn't change the fact that we still had to tell Malcolm, and seeing as I didn't want to go to prom alone, it was going to have to be sooner rather than later. We could probably play the awkward 'he's like a brother' card, but honestly we probably wouldn't be able to keep it up all night. The last thing I needed was someone telling my brother before I could. That was only going to ensure Percy's death and my shunning.

Luckily, or unfortunately, spring break was this upcoming week, and we had decided that it was the right time to tell him. Percy wanted to wait until the end of the week, so that if things went really poorly we would both only have to spend a short amount of time with him angry. The only problem was that we would have to act normally for that whole week, and sometimes we did things like holding hands without even realizing we were doing it. So I argued that we needed to just tell him. Just like ripping off a band-aid.

That's what got me here. Sitting in my living room anxiously waiting for my brother to come back from school. Fidgeting does not even begin to describe what I was doing, and I'm pretty sure my dad thought that I was about to have some type of meltdown. However, he didn't say anything, so I was in the clear for now. Plus he probably knew why I was so nervous. Percy didn't get home until really late tonight, so we couldn't tell Malcolm until tomorrow. I honestly wasn't sure that I wasn't going to just blurt it out the second Malcolm walked in the door.

Speaking of which, just then Malcolm made his grand entrance. Which looked a lot like walking through the front door. "I'm home!" he called out dramatically when he was finally in.

"Hey!" It sounded so fake. He was totally on to me.

"Hey!" Malcolm crossed the room and pulled me into a hug. "I feel like I haven't seen you in forever. How have you been?"

"I'm good. I'm so close to graduation I can taste it." I laughed. Malcolm chuckled and nodded along.

"Been there, done that. I'm glad you're doing well. No boys though right?" Shit. I nervously chuckled and looked down, but never answered the question.

"How about you ladies man?" Good deflection. Go Annabeth.

"No one worth bringing home," Malcolm shrugged and went to set his bag on the couch. From what I could tell I had made a clean escape.

The rest of the night was pretty calm. Malcolm, Dad, and I watched TV and sat around. Malcolm asked when Percy was going to be home, but that was the only time his name ever came up. Talk about being thankful. Somehow Dad didn't mention how often I go to NYU at all, and any other suspicions he had stayed quiet. With every passing second I was more and more sure that the plan was going to work.

Around nine I decided to go to bed. I had a big day tomorrow, and I was going to need as much rest as I could get. Unfortunately I seemed to be the only one that cared about sleep. Percy texted me around 9:15 that he would be home in an hour or so, but after I sent he happy emoji he would not leave me alone. The texts were rapid for over an hour, until suddenly they died off. I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't a little relieved. It was way past my bedtime.

I had only been in bed for 15 minutes when the knocking started at my window. Okay, well not knocking, it was actually rock throwing. I flew to the window, and sure enough there he was. Percy was standing there in all his glory holding a ladder. "Percy what the hell are you doing? You're going to break my window!"

"Geez Beth, it's nice to see you too," Percy whisper yelled back, rolling his eyes.

"What are you doing here? Why did you bring a ladder?"

"I thought it was obvious. I'm being romantic," Percy huffed. He was such a baby.

"Being romantic with a ladder? Looks more like a robbery."

"This is so I can get in your window. Last time I checked I wasn't Superman and could fly in." This time it was my turn to roll my eyes.

"Percy, my family is home. What if they hear you?"

"They think you went to sleep like two hours ago. They aren't going to suspect anything." I mean he had a point. It wasn't like my dad ever checked on me, and I doubted that Malcolm would. "Come on let me up. I missed you."

"Fine, but don't play the 'I missed you' card. I saw you like four days ago," I said while removing the screen from my window. That was hard to do when you couldn't see, so I decided to turn my light on.

When I was finally able to get the screen out Percy placed the ladder against the house and climbed in my window. I would be lying if I said that I wasn't at least a little surprised at how much grace he had while doing it. There was no way anyone had heard him come in, not that I thought that my dad really cared all that much.

We made out for a little while, and then we decided to just sit and talk. After about an hour something occurred to me. "Percy where does your mom think you are right now?"

"Well technically she thinks that I went to sleep, but I'm ninety-five percent positive she heard me leave. So she probably knows I'm over here."

"Percy!" I whisper yelled.

"What? We are telling everyone tomorrow anyway. It's not like it really matters if she knows or not." Okay, valid point.

We sat there for a while more talking quietly. Eventually we both grew tired and sat in silence just enjoying each other's company. I was curled up on Percy's lap, and he had his arms around me. I found listening to his heartbeat calming, and often used it as a way to fall asleep when we were together. If I fell asleep now he's probably wait a bit and then go home, so I decided to start dozing off. Well, that was until my door opened.

"Hey Annabeth, I saw your light was on and I… What the hell?!" Shit. Shit, shit, shit. I was more than awake now.

"Malcolm!" I shouted bolting to life.

"What is going on here? Percy what the hell are you doing in my sister's room. Why were you guys cuddling. Percy, I swear to God I am gonna beat your ass." Mad. He was really mad. This was so much worse than just telling him.

"Malcolm we can explain," I said standing up. I put both of my hands up and walked towards him, almost as if I was acting like a peace ambassador.

"I don't want to hear a word out of you," my brother said glaring at me. "I want to hear it from you," he seethed at Percy.

"Malcolm," I tried again, but this time it was Percy who stopped me.

"Beth, it's okay. I got this," he said as he came to stand next to me. Malcolm looked at him expecting an answer. "Malcolm, I'm in love with your sister, and we have been seeing each other."

It happened faster than I could react. Malcolm came flying at Percy and sent a sharp blow to his face. "Fuck man!" Percy shouted holding his cheek.

"Malcolm!"

"You're my best friend!" Malcolm yelled. "I was supposed to be able to trust you with my sister! You were my brother! You're supposed to look after her for me, not mess around with her!" Malcolm tried to come at him again, but this time Percy was able to dodge.

"I am looking after her! Don't you think that I would be a good guy for her? I'm the one that always looked after her when you weren't there. I'm you're best friend man, doesn't that mean you should trust me?" It would have been a good emotional plea if they weren't both so angry.

"Not with her!" Malcolm yelled back.

"She's right here!" I added trying to get in between them. However, Percy grabbed me before I was in the line of fire and moved me behind him again. It was like I didn't exist.

"Annabeth stay out of this," Malcolm snarled at me. I had seen my brother mad plenty of times, but never like this. This was straight wrath.

"Don't talk to her like that!" Percy growled back. It was like watching two wolves go at it.

"Stop acting like you own her!" Malcolm shouted. "She's my sister you asshole!"

I'd had enough. This was getting dangerous. "Dad!" I cried out. I hadn't even realized I'd started crying, but low and behold there were the tears. "Dad, help!"

"Look what you did!" Malcolm shouted while throwing another punch. Percy had been looking at me, so he didn't see it coming and it hit him right in the jaw.

"Look what I did!" Percy yelled back holding his face. "This is the reason she didn't want to tell you! You scare her! We've been dating for three months and she hasn't told you yet. Doesn't that tell you anything," Percy spit out blood as he said it, and I rushed over to check on him. The only problem was Malcolm got even more angry.

"Three months! You've been messing around with my sister for three months?" I saw it coming this time, but I'd had enough of it.

"Malcolm, stop!" I yelled as I stood between them. That was a mistake. I had assumed that when my brother saw me standing there instead of Percy he would have stopped swinging, but I was wrong. The full force of my brother's punch landed just to the left of my left eye. I let out a strangled cry and fell to the ground sobbing. Damn this was embarrassing.

"Annabeth!" both men cried out at the same time and dropped down beside me.

"Look what you did!" Malcolm shouted at Percy. Percy looked like he was about to answer but I cut him off.

"You did this!" I shouted at Malcolm. "You did this to me! You're the one who hit me! Don't you get it? I'm in love with Percy and he loves me. Don't you want me to be happy? I wanted to tell you so badly, but I knew you would react like this. I knew you wouldn't be able to think about anyone but yourself and for once in your life think about how your actions affect me. Don't blame anyone but yourself for any of this." This happened to be when my dad finally showed up.

"Annabeth? Malcolm? Percy? What's going on here? Are you guys okay?" The last question was aimed at Percy and I, but I was the one who answered.

"No," I cried while moving away from my brother.

"Annabeth, I'm sorry," Malcolm tried, but I was done with the whole situation.

"I don't care Malcolm," I sighed. The tiredness slipping into my voice. "I don't care anymore. I want you to leave." He tried to say something, but I interrupted him. "Leave!" My brother dropped his head and stormed out of the room. I was honestly just too tired to care.

"So I take it he knows then?" my dad asked, still standing in the doorway.

Percy let out a sharp laugh, "Something like that." My father nodded and said nothing, but he made no move to leave. "Beth let me see your face."

I wasn't really sure how bad it was going to be, but it sure hurt like a bitch. I thought I could feel it swelling, but I also had a very low pain tolerance. However, I knew it was bad when my dad gasped and Percy cursed. "Fuck Annabeth," Percy whispered bringing his hand to the side of my face.

"You're brother did that?" Dad asked astonished.

"He was aiming for me. She tried to stop him, but he didn't stop."

My dad nodded a few times than looked at Percy. "From what I can tell he already got you a few times."

"Twice," I whispered. "He hit him twice."

"Well I'll be having a talk with him about that. I can understand why he was mad, but nothing should have warranted this type of reaction out of him." When neither of us said anything he continued. "Come on, let's get you guys fixed up."

"Actually Dad," I said rising to my feet. "I think I'm going to go over to Percy's tonight. I don't want to stay here while Malcolm is still here." My father nodded sadly, but consented.

Percy and I walked to his house in silence. He had a tight grip on my hand, but that was the only contact we made. The walk two doors down wasn't long, but the silence made it feel like an eternity. Normally everything was so fun between Percy and I. Sure, we had our arguments, but they never lasted long.

This time though we were both lost in thought. Percy had just lost his best friend, and I felt like I lost my brother. Malcolm had always been someone that I looked up to. Someone that I trusted. Now it was like I didn't know him at all. The brother I knew would have been mad, but never like that. Malcolm never hurt a fly. Let alone Percy and me. It all felt so surreal to me.

"It's weird right? Thinking about the fact that nothing is ever going to be the same with him." Percy asked as we approached his doorstep.

"I just don't even understand what happened. I knew he was going to be mad, but I never thought it would go like that." I answered, not looking at him. I could tell that he nodded in response, and then he opened the door.

We walked into the kitchen and Percy turned on the light as I went to sit on the counter. Walking over to the freezer he pulled out two ice packs and went to throw one to me, only to stop in his tracks. "Shit, Beth your eye is swelling closed." He exclaimed as he came to get a closer look. "Mom!" he yelled right in my face. When he didn't get an immediate response he turned and yelled again and again until he finally got an answer.

"Dear God Percy it is past midnight. What's the matter?" Sally mumbled as she came down the stairs.

"Mom, help." was all Percy had to say for Sally's head to snap up.

Instantly I could tell that her mom mode had been activated. She scurried into the kitchen and took one look at my face and gasped. "Oh my God! What happened to you?" Sally yelled as she got in my face to inspect me. She turned to ask Percy what happened when she noticed his face too. "Oh gosh both of you!"

"Mom, I'm fine. It's just some bruising. I need you to look at Annabeth's eye. I'm worried there might be something wrong."

"Well no duh there is something wrong. The left side of your face is black and blue and Annabeth looks like she got in a fight with Popeye and lost." I let out a quiet snort. "What happened?"

"Malcolm found out."

"Malcolm did this?" Sally asked in disbelief.

"Yeah," I whispered. "We didn't see it coming either."

Sally didn't say anything, but she nodded and handed me some ice. "You don't have contacts in right?" she asked me. I shook my head no. "Okay, well it may be best to go to the hospital. He could have damaged your eye socket. Does it hurt?"

I didn't want to lie to her, but I also didn't want to go to the hospital. "It's not that bad."

"Beth are you sure?" Percy asked me. "Maybe we should go just to be safe. You don't want to mess up your eye."

"I'm fine. Put that ice pack back on," I said with a laugh. Percy still sent me a look though, so I said, "If it still is bad tomorrow I'll go to the hospital."

"That's fine sweetheart," Sally interjected to keep Percy from arguing with me. "Annabeth I think that you need some rest. Why don't you head up to Percy's room and try to get some sleep." I nodded along catching my cue to leave and headed upstairs. Percy called a goodnight, but I wasn't planning on sleeping yet. Instead I made sure to be loud up the stairs, and make sure that they could hear the door close. However, I didn't actually go in the room. Instead I left the door cracked and quietly made my way downstairs.

"...happened?" I hear Sally ask.

"I went over there after I got home, and brought the ladder so I could climb into her room. We weren't doing anything. We were just sitting there and he walked in. He freaked out and started yelling at me, and I got offended so I started yelling back. Then he hit me and he kept yelling, so she tried to stop him. I was able to grab her that time and keep her away, but he got me again and my reactions were slow. He tried to hit me again, and Annabeth thought that if she could get in between is he'd stop, but he didn't. After that he kinda stopped and yelled at me, but then Annabeth had an outburst and kicked him out of her room. I didn't even know he could act like that," Percy mumbled.

"So he found out you and Annabeth were seeing each other and flipped?"

"He went nuclear. I've seen him mad more times than I can count, but never in my life have I seen Malcolm act like that."

"Sweetheart I'm sorry. I know how much he means to you." I could tell that Sally had pulled him into a hug.

"He's my best friend, Mom," Percy's voice cracked. "He's my best friend and he hates me."

"He doesn't hate you Percy. He's mad right now, but he'll come around."

"You don't get it!" Percy cried louder. "You didn't see the way that he looked at me. It was like I killed his family. I knew that he was going to be mad, but I never thought he would completely turn on me."

"Would you still have dated Annabeth if you knew?" I sucked in a breath. This was the moment of truth.

"I love Annabeth, Mom. She's my whole world, and I'd do anything for her. It hurts losing Malcolm, but I'd lose him everyday for the rest of my life if I had to if that's what it took to keep her." The tears were back. That was the sweetest thing anyone had ever said about me.

"Then baby I think that you made the right choice. Now I'm going to head to bed, and I'm going to tell you to sleep on the couch tonight. However, I plan to be asleep in about fifteen minutes, and I won't be able to hear you head up." I could practically see Sally winking, and based on the strangled laugh Percy gave I would guess I was right.

I took that as my cue to leave, so I headed back upstairs quietly and waited in bed. True to his word, Percy made his way into the room fifteen minutes later. I had turned the light off so Percy didn't think I could tell that he had been crying. Without saying a word Percy changed and got into bed besides me. I curled up into his chest and he wrapped his arms around me. "O love you," I whispered to him.

"I love you too," he whispered kissing my head.

So that's the second part! I thought that I was going to be able to finish this story out in two parts, but I was wrong. So yes there will be a third part where they talk to Malcolm again! Don't ask me when it will be up because I'm not sure, but I'm going to try for sooner latter than later. I hope you all liked it! It was super intense for me! How about you guys? Let me know what you think!

Emily