Over My Head // a Percy Jackson Fic

Chapter 3 // Oh, Please Stay

↠ Oh, Please Stay ↞

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Percy woke up feeling... nothing. Well, he supposed that meant he felt numb. But, what happened last night?

He swung his legs out to the side of the bed, and suddenly last night's events rushed through his mind. He found his friends were happier without him, and he cried in the arms of the infamous bully, Drew Tanaka.

And then he didn't feel so numb anymore. He felt his heart drop to the bottom of his stomach and a lump form in his throat. With a shaky sigh, he realized he had started crying and wiped his cheeks, Why am I taking this so hard? They aren't dead, just...

Gone.

And that's when it hit him; the reason he was taking this so hard was because of his fatal flaw.

You may be thinking, Wow, for once, he used his brain.

He's always been using his brain. He's made it this far, hasn't he? If he wasn't smart, he would've died long ago.

"Hey, Perce?"

Percy turned to the visitor and found it was the daughter of Hephaestus, "Hi," He greeted softly, knowing full well that Nyssa could see his tear stained face.

"So," She began awkwardly, "I heard from a very, very unreliable source that you found the Seven and..." She paused. How in the world was she supposed to ask this without sounding harsh?

Nyssa sighed heavily, "I heard that they willingly left, and were, uh, happy about it," She said, not bothering to sugar coat it, "Is it true?"

Percy nodded, biting his lip as he tried not to break into tears once again, Pathetic. I can't even keep myself together for a couple minutes.

"You want to talk about it?" Nyssa asked softly, noting how his hands had started shaking, "It's okay if you don't. I just want to let you know it's okay and... yeah,"

"I'm fine." He answered in a hard, stubborn tone. He turned his back on her and pretended to put away his clothes.

"Okay, uh, I'll be in the pavilion for breakfast if you want to- if you decide you want to talk about it," She finished, rushing out.

That went better than she expected. She's usually not good with that kind of stuff, but she'd thought she'd try. And yeah, all of her confidence may have gone to shit by the end of that, but it was worth a shot, right?

Now, Nyssa thought. I have to find Drew and ask her how she knew.

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As soon as Nyssa was out of hearing distance, Percy couldn't help it. He started bawling.

"Annab-beth, all you guys," He murmured through his tears, looking up at the ceiling, "I miss you," He looked down at his shaking hands, "Please... Please come back."

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Percy's crying session lasted 5 minutes. After those 5 minutes, he decided to go to the pavilion and get something to eat. Maybe on the way, he could summon enough courage to talk to Nyssa about it.

And so, he wiped his tears and changed into a shirt that wasn't tear stained, and headed off to the pavilion. On the way, he heard two guys talking about him.

Gods, I feel bad for Percy, One had said. I mean, he's pretty much been abandoned by all his friends. Even his girlfriend left him.

Riley! The other guy scolded and promptly hit his friend, earning an ow from him, Dude, you know he can hear you. Give him a break, you know he's been through a lot.

Okay, fine. I guess you're right, Riley replied.

Guess? No, I am right! The second guy had exclaimed. By that time, Percy was already way past them. The next conversation he overheard about himself was between two daughters of Aphrodite.

Oh, my, there's Percy. Kelsey, If the rumors are true about that Annabitch leaving him, do you think I could get with him? One had asked.

Yeah, maybe in your dreams, The second, Kelsey, muttered, I bet the kids from the Hypnos cabin can get that arranged.

The first one gasped dramatically, obviously offended, How dare you, you bitch! You're delusional if you think not good enough for him!

Yes, well, honey, that's exactly what I'm telling you. He's saved our world twice. And how many times have you saved the world? None. All you've been doing is caking your face in makeup and being a slut so hot guys will somehow date you, Kelsey responded heatedly, So, yes, Sarah, I'm saying you're not good enough.

The first one growled angrily and stomped off. By the time that had finished, Percy had arrived at the pavilion.

"Percy!" Two feminine voices yelled, causing Percy turn his head. There was a daughter of Aphrodite and the daughter of Hephaestus walking towards him. Oh, joy.

"Oh, hi," Percy greeted smoothly, heading to his table. They followed.

"Oh my gods, Percy, you would never believe this!" Drew exclaimed.

Percy immediately faced her with big bambi eyes, "What? Are the seven are coming back?" He asked eagerly. He looked like a little kid asking if Santa was real. Of course, Nyssa and Drew didn't want to tell the poor kid the truth and crush his dreams. But they knew they couldn't lie to him either.

"No, Percy, that's, uh, not the news we had to tell you," Nyssa said as softly as she could manage, "I'm sorry, though,"

Now, Percy's eyes were glassy. He ducked his head down in embarrassment, hoping no one noticed that he was about to cry. That'd be the third time today.

Drew sent a glare at Nyssa that said something like, Great! Look what you did with your nice choice of words!

"Don't think about it, Percy. Remember what I said yesterday? You'll be just fine without them," Drew said, once she was done glaring at Nyssa, "Besides, you've got us now."

"Really?" Percy asked, looking back up at Drew and Nyssa with a watery smile.

Nyssa nodded softly, "Yeah, of course,"

Percy said nothing for a minute, probably because he was thinking about how and why he could be okay without them. The sad thing was, he couldn't find any reasons to be fine without them. Every time he would think of something good, it would always evolve into something bad.

But instead, Percy nodded and mustered up a smile. "Okay," He said, pointing his thumb at the Poseidon table, "I'm going to go eat something."

Nyssa and Drew nodded, "If you want to talk about it, just tell us," Drew said smiling warmly, "Oh, and what we were going to tell you was that Nyssa and I made friends pretty quickly. You should've seen Clarisse's face. It was hilarious."

"I bet," Percy smiled and walked away, giving the girls a small wave. Maybe he would be fine without them. After all, he's already befriended two great people.

But, it won't be the same, will it?

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❝ All my life–

There you go.

Oh, please stay.

Just this once.

Anyway, ❞

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(A/N: The actual song isn't called Oh, Please Stay. The title is really Rawnald Gregory Erickson The Second, but uh, that title wouldn't make any sense at all if I used it as a chapter title, lmao.)

(edited 8/9/2017)