Love the Impossible

Chapter 5 - Rachel's P.O.V.

Of all the people that could point out that Octavian was alive, Perseus Jackson had to be the one who noticed first.

Of course, I didn't count on Octavian following behind me because of a stupid T-shirt! And, to make it worst, he came out shirtless, from my cave!! People talk, you know?!

"Rachel, tell me I'm sleepwalking" Percy asked me. I bit my lip. I mean, Percy is pretty oblivious. If I tell him he's sleepwalking, he'll buy it... but I can't pull that trick with the entire Camp!! "This is a nightmare..."

"Um, no" I recognized to him, grabbing the T-shirt on Octavian's hand. Well, more like I snatched it away from him "It's the only thing in your size. Now, suck it up and wear it!" I ordered him, frowning. It was bad enough he was trying to defend my father before.

"I'm not wearing it" I groaned at his stubbornness, very aware that the entire Camp had their eyes on us.

"Well, I'm sorry, Your Highness, but we don't sell CJ shirt!" I hissed at him. He raised an eyebrow at me, probably because of the nickname "What?"

"You're cute when you get angry" he blurted out. I blinked hard, taken by surprise, but I'm guessing he was shocked too, because he covered his mouth, turned bright red and took the T-shirt off my hand, running back to the cave. OK, that would have people talking...

"H- How...?" Percy stammered behind me. I turned to see him, his mouth slightly open and his eyes widen like he'd seen a ghost. Or closely...

"I don't know, I don't care" I lied at the end. But I wasn't gonna admit that "He'll leave soon"

"Why?"

"Because he doesn't wanna be here!" I snapped at him "Sorry" I apologized to Percy when I realized what I said "My father has me on edge" He nodded in understanding.

"When are you coming back?" I shrugged.

"A day, a week, a month, a year, who knows..." I admitted. I had to take the truth out of my father before leaving Camp or I'd regret it forever.

"It's probably not that bad..." I raised an eyebrow at Percy.

"Have you met my father?" Percy gasped, nodding "Exactly, Seaweed Brain"

"Hey! Only Annabeth gets to call me like that!!" he complained. I rolled my eyes again and headed towards the entrance of Camp to wait. Unfortunately, I didn't have to wait long. My father was walking up the Hill in less than five minutes.

"Grab your bags" he greeted me. I sighed.

"Wow, what a greeting!" I mocked him "No, 'Hello Rachel. Is so good to see you again. I'm truly sorry I have to cut your summer short, but we have to travel to London... I'll make it up to you sweetie'?"

"Not in the mood for jokes, Rachel" he said, serious. I crossed my arms and stared at him "Get in the car"

"Not until you tell me why are we going- no, correction, why I must go to London"

"Get in the car, Rachel"

"No"

"Rachel, we'll miss the flight"

"I don't care"

"Rachel, don't test my patient"

"Really? I wasn't being aware..."

"Rachel-"

"Why I need to go?"

"Don't push it!"

"Just tell me why!!" I shouted at him "Is the least I deserve from you after ruining my summer and ignoring our deal!!" I told him, completely angry.

"Don't raise your voice at me, young lady" I snorted at that "If you wanna know why, get in the car and I'll tell you"

I was about to nod, but the familiarity of those words made me stop on my tracks. He'd said those words before, I'm sure of it... He said them for his trip to China, Japan, New Zealand, SouthAfrica, Greece and Brazil...

"No. I know now exactly why..." I accused him "I'm not going with you"

"Rachel-"

"Don't 'Rachel' me!" I scowled at him "You think I wasn't gonna realized? It's always business! You just wanna give away the impression of the happy family, but guess what, 'daddy'?" I glared at him, grabbing my bags " You don't have the perfect family because you have a daughter who doesn't want to be turned into a freaking doll!!" I spatted at him. I was gonna regret it later, probably. But the fact he was pulling the stunt in front of everyone forced him to stay cool "I'll be here when you want to apologize" With those words, I walked back inside Camp, to face a lot of murmuring campers. That's it... "You better don't start murmuring or starting rumors about me or I swear to the gods I'm gonna hunt down each of you and feast you to the hellhounds!!"

You could tell I wasn't in the mood.

Everyone quickly shut up and went back to their activities. Me, on the other hand, left my bags in Big House and headed to the woods, again. I didn't want to go back to my cave, nor I wanted to face if Octavian was gone or not. Right now, I wanted to be alone.

Like I always am...

Alone in my family.

Alone in my friends.

And, alone in love...