Percy and Annabeth have their own apartments now, so I'll just say they are eighteen.

Percy's POV

"Bye, Percy," Annabeth told me when when was getting out of my car after our date.

"Are you sure you don't want me to walk you up?" I asked when she went around to the driver's side window. She smiled and gave me a peck on the cheek.

"Percy, I think I can walk up to my own apartment by myself."

"Alright. Goodnight," I said. She turned and started walking towards the apartment building. Then she stopped when she noticed I hadn't driven away yet.

"Percy, you can go now." I glanced at the clock.

"Annabeth, it's 11:45. Would I really let my girlfriend walk all the way up to her apartment all by herself this late at night?"

"Seriously, Percy, I'll be fine." She stood there until I finally drove away. I'm not sure why, but I really didn't want to leave Annabeth alone.

Something woke me up in the middle of the night. I ignored it at first, but it kept making noise. I looked around and saw my cell phone vibrating on my bed side table. The clock read 2:28. Who would call me so early? I didn't recognize the number so I laid my head back down. After a few moments the phone stopped ringing, then it started again. Whoever was calling me really wanted to talk right now.

"Hello?" I said groggily. "Who is this? It's 2:30 in the morning!" I heard a noise on the other end of the phone and it took me a moment to realize it was crying.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Percy," a girl sobbed sobbed and though it was difficult to understand, I recognized the voice as Annabeth's.

"Annabeth, are you alright? What's going on?"

"Can you pick me up?" She said between sobs. "I'm at a tire shop called Tires and More." I tried to think of where it was, but I'd never heard of that place.

"Where is it?" I asked.

"I don't know. Could you look it up and find it?"

"Okay, Annabeth," I jumped out of bed "but what's going on?" She started sobbing louder.

"I'll explain when you get here. Hurry! And bring money." And with that she was gone. I ran to my computer and quickly turned it on. I typed Tires and More into the search box but it couldn't be right, maybe she gave me the wrong name or something. The only Tires and More was two hours away, but Annabeth was crying and obviously needed me, so I threw on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. I grabbed my keys, wallet, and Riptide just incase and ran out to my car.

"Have you seen a girl with curly blond hair and gray eyes at all?" I asked the guy at the counter of Tires and More.

"What's your name, sir?" he asked.

"Percy."

"Can I see an ID?" I gave him a confused look and he started whispering.

"She only wants a certain someone to come get her, she wanted me to make sure it's really you." Wow, something must really be wrong if she's hiding inside a tireshop at 4:30 in the morning. I pulled my ID out and he examined it.

"Twenty bucks," he said as he returned it.

"What?" I asked and he held his hand out, waiting for me to give it to him.

"Your girlfriend said you'd pay me twenty bucks for going through the trouble of keeping her hidden. Apparently she didn't have any money with her. Poor kid, looks like she's had a rough night." I quickly pulled the money out. Something was not right, Annabeth always carries emergency money in her pocket.

"Employees only door," he said. I ran over there and tried to open it, but the door was locked. I knocked and heard sobbing on the other end.

"Annabeth?" I said.

"Percy?"

"Yeah, it's me." She opened the door and flew into my arms.

"Oh, it was horrible!" She said as she sobbed.

"What was horrible?" I asked, still very confused and she just sobbed some more.

"We need to go," she said. "Before they come back" I wanted to ask who they were, but I didn't want to push her. We started walking out of the store and Annabeth kept herself wrapped tightly in my arms, making walking difficult, but it was obvious she needed me now.

We went out to my car and she locked the doors as soon as we got in. She held my right hand as I drove so I could comfort her as she cried. I wanted to ask so many questions, but I knew I would have to wait until she's ready.

"Don't go to my apartment, take me to yours," was the only thing she said during the long ride back. When we got there, she slept in my bed with me. Now I know what you're thinking, it was nothing like that, she just wanted someone to hold while she went to sleep. Something had really traumatized Annabeth, and whoever did this was going to pay big time.

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