HEROES OF OLYMPUS: The House of Hades

Chapter XI

**Sry I haven't updated in a while. The stupid 'publish' button was not working. :s**

CHAPTER XI

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PERCY WAS SERIOUSLY CONFUSED. AND BEFORE YOU get any sick ideas, it was not about his gender.

Confusion problem number one: He felt energized, like he had just eaten a bunch of his mom's blue espresso beans. The strange thing was that his chest felt  like it was on fire and his head hurt like heck. 

Confusion problem number two: His old enemy, Luke, who had tried(and failed, obviously) to kill him many times was standing next to Percy's girlfriend, chatting with ease.

Confusion number three: He had no shirt on(Awkward, anyone?) and when he looked down, there was not a scratch. All he saw was tan, perfect skin. Uh....he thought, I know I'm not the smartest(meaning he had flunked science with a record 36%) but I don't think that you could fall a thousand feet and not get injured in some way.

He groaned mentally and tried to ignore his throbbing head. He began to listen to Annabeth and Luke's conversation.

"Annabeth.....I think he is waking up."

"Finally! He broke a record!"

Percy could just imagine Luke's confused face as he said, "Um.....okay?"

"Oh, yeah. He's passed out so many times throughout all of his quests that I began to count how long it took him to wake up after you heal him. The first time, I think he was twelve, it took him like three days. This time, it only took 1 minute and 43 seconds!" 

Percy laughed inwardly. OCD, much?

"Okay.....what will he do when he sees me? 'Cause of the things I did..." Luke's voice shook with guilt. "I don't think he would be very happy to see me."

"Oh boohoo, he isn't going to hurt you. He didn't last time, right?"

"I know, but he was pretty woozy with pain. When he saw me he thought he was hallucinating."

Annabeth snorted and muttered something like SeaweedBrain and pickles. 

Well, Percy thought, this is depressing. His friends(would you call your sworn enemy who had tried to kill you a 'friend'?) were trying to figure out if he was gonna go all ninja and stab them.

To put it simply, he felt bad.

Right now, his Goode High school English teacher would be whacking him with a ruler. He probably would be saying something like, "Guilt washed through my heart and struck the chords of my being. I knew I would never be myself again."

Ah, the wonders of having third period English with a psycho.

Gah! Why did Percy always get so off topic?

 He groaned. Stupid ADHD.

Luke's voice cut through his thoughts. "Oh, gods. He is awake."

No shiz, Sherlock.

Annabeth leaned towards Luke, smiling, and whispered, "And cue Percy groaning and frantically looking for something to cover his chest,"

Luke laughed as Percy blushed and started to feel around for his shirt. "Hey, not cool. It's not like everyday you wake up with two people staring at your bare chest."

Annabeth laughed and threw him a new black tee-shirt from her backpack.  He pulled it over his head and tried to stand up.

"Oh no you don't!" Annabeth rushed over and pushed him back down. He pouted. "You have to rest. We just healed your back about five minuets ago."

Cue the puppy eyes.

Annabeth sighed and looked away. "I can't imagine living with you as a little kid. I don't know how Sally did it." He grinned.

Luke just smiled faintly and looked warily at Percy.

Percy returned the smile and said, "Dude, I 'aint a time bomb. I knew you came back, and I forgive you. I'm not gonna hurt you."

Luke released the tension in his shoulders in relief. "Thank gods."

Percy  just grinned and rubbed his hands together. "Anyone got food?"

Annabeth sighed and tossed a bag of some black cookies to him.

He took one bite and his eyes widened in surprise, and then disgust. He swallowed with some difficulty, and said, "What are you trying to do? Poison me!? 'Cause those 'aint Oreos!"

Annabeth smiled knowingly. "Organic foods are good for you."

"Oh really? 'Cause I'm a growing boy,"-He patted his stomach at this-"and I need my junk food!"

She ruffled his hair and kissed his cheek. "Course, but you're my growing boy."

Luke just looked between them. "So, are you two a........thing now?"

Percy grabbed Annabeth's hand. "Yup." They both said, popping the 'p'.

Percy expected him to explode and start throwing giant fake oreos at them, but he just grinned and said, "Good, I'm happy for you."

"Well," Percy grumbled, "Except the fact that we are in a giant hell hole and surrounded by evil nasties, and that I just ate a fake oreo that tasted like chalk, I guess everything is pretty happy."

They laughed, and he smiled.

Life is good.

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TAHT TOOK FOREVAH. MY BUTT HURTS FROM SITTING DOWN SO LONG. I actually had to rewrite the chapter like three times 'cause the laptop froze. NOT COOL, LAPTOP. Not cool.

I HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS. Most of it was spent restarting the darn thing. I really hope you enjoyed it. And to WiseGirl22--------Sorry about not updating. Got busy and ran out of ideas.

READ. REVIEW. DON'T HAVE 3RD PERIOD ENGLISH WITH A *cough cough* WEIRD *cough cough* PSYCHO  *cough cough* TEACHER. I hate that class.....

AND DON'T FALL INTO AN ENDLESS BUNNY HOLE.

PERCY OUT!

~<>EagleEye<>~

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