νεκρός || Annabeth Chase x Fem!OC

Vol. 3-15: IM NOT TALKIN BOUT BOYS IM TALKIN BOUT GIRLS

ANNABETH

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None of us were anxious to travel that night, so we decided to wait until morning. Grover and Percy crashed on the leather couches in Geryon's living room. Nico went upstairs to the attic and didn't say a single word to us. He carried a horrible shadow of grief, and we decided he needed to be left alone for a little while.

Tyson took Geryon's bed, since it was humongous. Eurytion went to his own room with Orthus. He watched some WWE for a little while before going to bed, though I heard a white noise machine and Orthus's two heads dreaming.

Tempest encouraged me to take a shower, since we didn't know when the next one might be. I gave in, even though I didn't really want to. I hated being dirty, don't get me wrong, but showering in other people's houses makes me feel like I'm being watched.

I hurried through it as fast I could and tried not to gag at the layers of grime I saw floating into the drain. It killed me to think I'd been so disgusting, and that Tempest had seen that. I lazily rubbed a towel all over my head, even though I know that's bad for my hair, and joined Tempest in the spare room.

I tossed the towel in the corner and brushed my hair aside. Tempest leaned over the side of the bed, digging around for something.

"Hello, Tempest's Ass."

She turned her head over her shoulder and glared at me. "You're so funny."

"What the hell are you doing?" I asked.

She stood up fully and adjusted her hockey jersey. "One of the panels down there was loose."

"Was there anything in it?"

"Nope," she said, clearly annoyed. "I wanted to snoop."

I rolled my eyes and laid down on the bed. I hesitated, but saw that Tempest was still- clearly- in a lot of pain. "Is everything okay?"

"Let's not ask stupid questions, Wise Girl."

I rolled my eyes and brought my knees to my chest. "Fine. I deserved that one." Tempest opened up the closet and started digging around in there. "You were thinking about your sisters. Weren't you?"

She nodded. "Seems you know me pretty well at this point."

I lowered my gaze. "I pay a lot of attention to you."

She didn't stop moving around. "Back at ya."

I felt my throat squeezing in. "Tempest?"

"Hmm?"

"Did you ever try to... to bring them back?"

"No," she answered. She pulled out a really ugly dress with peacocks all over it. I wrinkled my nose and shook my head, so Tempest put it back. "I knew they'd never want to come back, and I knew that wouldn't ever be possible."

"Is it possible for Nico?"

"Maybe," Tempest said. "Children of Hades are... they're a lot more powerful than people think. It's rare they survive their teenage years- rarer than most demigods- just like it's rare they're even born in the first place. Hardly anyone knows anything about them."