Royals

XI ~ Secrets And Lies

XI ~ Secrets And Lies

They didn't come back.

Well, not for a few months at least. But it was only Luke, Frank, Octavian, Jason and Grover. No Percy.

Annabeth was in hysterics. She curled up on her bed and wouldn't let anyone in, not even Thalia who was her best friend. Finally, after a day Piper went in. She didn't say anything for a while, just watched Annabeth as she laid on her bed.

"You can tell me anything, you know." Piper said softly, sitting on the edge of the bed.

"N-no." Annabeth murmured.

"Please, I know he didn't come back but no one knows where he is. He might still be alive."

"There's no point in believing in false hope."

"But he could come back! Annabeth, you need to keep believing!"

She didn't reply. Piper sighed and walked out of the room.

•••

Rachel felt like her world had been crushed. As soon as he had returned, Octavian had kissed Reyna.

Her heart had slowly been chopped into a thousand pieces, then drained out of her body slowly like a dripping tap. She decided to go sit by the lake in the village. Sighing, she watched sone goldfish zoom around before she heard someone sit down beside to her.

"Hey." Piper said. "Are you okay?"

"I guess." Rachel sighed. They were silent for a moment, staring at the fish before Rachel spoke again. "You know that feeling when you see someone that you like, and you just love him, but he loves someone else?"

Piper's eyes looked distant. "Yeah." She murmured.

"That's how I feel every time I see him with her."

"What? Percy and Annabeth?"
"No. Octavian and Reyna."

Piper was silent for a moment. "I kinda like Jason, I guess. But he's going to go back to Olympia for a year."

"Go tell him!" Rachel urged her. "Go tell him that you like him! Do what I can't!"

"Alright." Piper grinned before hurrying off.

•••

"Annabeth, open up!" Thalia screamed through the keyhole of the bedroom door.

There was no reply. "I'll break this door down or climb in through the window if you don't..." the door opened.

"What?" Annabeth demanded. She looked terrible. Her hair was a rat's nest and she had bags under her eyes.

"I'm worried about you." Thalia said softly. "You're like a sister to me: I want to protect you. But if you shut yourself in you room then I can't!"

Annabeth sighed. "You have a point. Come in."

"No." Thalia took a step back. "Come and get some fresh air. You've been in there for days."

They walked out into the garden. The wind fluttered the leaves and some came loose before falling to the ground. But the fresh air only made it worse. Annabeth put a hand over her mouth and ran back inside to the cleaning closet where she grabbed a bucket and puked in it.

"Are you feeling okay?" Thalia asked.
Annabeth burst into tears, burying her face into her hands. "Shh, come here..." Thalia opened her arms for a hug and she fell into them, Thalia rubbing her back as she sobbed. "Now, what's wrong?"

Annabeth stopped crying and looked Thalia straight in the eye. "I don't want to raise a baby on my own." She said.

Authors Note:

Sorry guys, but unfortunately I'm going on a school camp for a few days with NO WIFI OR CELLPHONE COVERAGE so I won't be able to update or go on Wattpad during that time. Thank you, and goodbye.

P.S~ If you want to hunt down and kill me for that last cliffhanger, I live in New Zealand. *winks*