Chapter 12

Annabeth's POV:

When we had come down the parents couldn't stop smiling at us.

And they still hadn't told us why they were smiling.

"Mum?" Percy asked, "Yes?" She replied, "Why are you guys smiling at us wierdly?" He asked her, I saw the other adults trying to keep a straight face, they must have only just realised they were still smiling.

"Yeah Mum, Dad, why are you guys smiling?" Bobby asked, he seemed just as curious as Percy and I as to why they were smiling.

"Oh are we smiling" Sally exclaimed, "Well, I'm going to tell the older kids later" She told us, but she did it with a sly smirk.

I hate to admit this, but Susan had cooked a really delicious dinner tonight, with Lasagne and Roast Lamb with gravy. But then again, she goes from the just above average cook, to I should be on freaking Master chef when we have guests over.

I wonder if Percy meant what he said before, saying that he cared for me and all that. He seemed that he was telling the truth, but I seem to have this little nagging voice saying that Luke had done all that as well, saying he loved me, that he was really falling for me, and I being the stupid person I am, believed him, listening to him thinking he loved me.

But I also had to consider that Percy had been in the exact same position as me, he thought he had been in a loving committing relationship, but she had been doing the exact opposite of that behind his back, getting screwed by countless guys. I even heard that she got screwed by more guys than me, and well, that is saying something, and people thought I was a slut.

Anyway I just wasn't ready for a relationship yet, but I still had to convince my dad that I wasn't going to be the goody two shoe daughter because I have changed my thoughts on dating.

I must have zoned out because I was interrupted by Percy.

"Hey Earth to Wise girl! Are you there?" He asked me while waving his hand in front of my face, he looked so cute there.

Wait what?! No I will not have feelings for him, even if he had them for me, those feelings will not be returned.

"Yes I am here Seaweed brain!" I exclaimed to him, I heard Sally say to my dad, "Awww, look Fredrick, they already have nicknames for each other! It wont be long before she's walking down the isle" I don't think I was supposed to hear that. And I am sure if I had been drinking some water at that moment I would have chocked on it very badly.

Were Sally and my Dad trying to set us up?

Oh Gods I hope not!

I mean we are complete opposites! The only thing we have in common are the fact that we both had one parent abandon us, that was it, otherwise, we were complete opposites, I mean even in the looks department we were complete opposite!

But there was a nagging voice, saying that there is a saying that opposites Attract.

No! I need to get these thoughts out of my head.

"Umm excuse me, I am just going to go to the bathroom" I told everyone, then Percy looked at me with an expression saying "Are you alright?"

I nodded, then he nodded.

I ran into my bathroom and I just broke down, I couldn't take it, everybody trying to control my life, reputation, school work, it was all just getting to me, then I saw my razor, I had it against my skin, and went to graze, but I just couldn't bring it down hard enough to graze it, I was scared.

I couldn't believe myself, this was the second time tonight that I was crying in my bathroom, second time to almost self-harming myself. My life was falling apart.

I must have been in the bathroom sobbing for almost 10 minutes before I heard a knock on the bathroom.

"Who is it?" I croaked, "it's me Wise girl" The voice was Percy's, "Can I please come in, I know you're not alright, so could you please let me in?" His voice was pleading.

So I got up and unlocked the door and let him in. When he came in, I made myself look so weak and just went into his arms and just cried into his shirt while he rubbed circles into my back.

"Its going to be alright Wise girl, don't you worry about anything or anyone, Ill protect you no matter what, and I don't care if you don't have feelings for me, I'm going to be here for you no matter who I have to beat up, you know that right" He told me, his voice was soothing and angelic, I almost believe him, there was just something about Percy that calmed me down, something that absolutely no one has even been able to do before.

And we just stood there like that for about five minutes.

"Hey wise girl, I think we should head down and finish our dinner, and stop your parents worrying about you" He told me with a smile, I nodded and went to fix up and re-apply my make-up.

"No wise girl, you don't need make-up to cover you beautiful face, which is beyond gorgeous" He told me, did he really think that?

"Do you really think I should just not wear any make-up down there?" I asked, he nodded, I smiled and started heading down stairs and he followed.

When I sat back down, I saw Susan giving me sympathetic looks, because as I obviously didn't reapply my makeup, so you could tell that I had been crying the entire time in the bathroom, but they didn't know I had intended to do much more than that.

But nobody knew why I had been crying, nobody knew the real me anymore, the only person we was considered even close was Percy, but even then he was far off close to knowing what I am always thinking and how I want my life to be structured out to be.

Nobody knew the real me, and nobody ever will.