The After Effect

Chapter 3

I woke up with a sense of peace. I looked around my cabin and realized there was someone in the shower. Who was in my cabin?

Then it all came crashing back like a horrible storm.

Annabeth. My Annabeth, wouldn't even look at me anymore. She hated me. She didn't love me. 

I rubbed my eyes and cringed at the soreness in them. I felt as few tears leak out as I thought about what had happened.

I looked down at my arm. It was bandaged. I looked over to the floor and noticed that it too was cleaned. All the glass was gone and there was no indication that there had ever been blood spilt there.

All of a sudden the bathroom door opened. I looked over in surprise at Nico who was walking out.

"Nico?" I asked my voice cracking.

He looked at me in surprise and then quickly walked towards me. His hair was damp, having just gotten out of the shower. 

"What time is it?" I asked.

"Almost 5:00pm. You were out for quite a bit." Nico ran his hand through his hair. "Why Percy? Why did you do it? Did you want to die?"

I just looked up at him. He thought I did it on purpose. I brought up my right hand to rub the clean bandage, flinching at the sharp pain it sent down my left arm.

"Well!?" He shouted.

"She left me," I whispered. "I caused all of her pain. That's all I'll ever do it hurt people. She doesn't even love me anymore." By this time I was shaking slightly.

Nico looked at me confused. "Annabeth?" He asked as he sat down on the bed next to me.

"Yes," I said as I looked up at him with watery green eyes. "But I didn't mean to. I swear Nico! It was an accident."

I jumped slightly as Nico's arms went around me.

We just sat there for a few minutes before he spoke again. "I sent Will to let the others know that you didn't want to go to breakfast, that you weren't feeling well."

I put my head down shamefully. "She broke up with me because I reminded her of that place."

Nico shuddered as he looked away.

"I got mad," I confessed. "I mean, 6 years. I thought we could get through it together. But she left me. I punched the picture and it shattered."

I took a shaky breath. "When I started crying I dropped to the floor. I guess I didn't realize I landed in the glass. When I sat up and noticed, I pulled it out. I didn't realize how stupid that was."

Nico slowly walked towards me now that he saw I had calmed down. "I know how you feel, Percy. I felt the same pain when Bianca died. Just know that I am here for you. We all are. I'm sure Annabeth never wanted to hurt you."

I felt stupid for being upset over a teenage love. But we were best friends, there through the good and the bad. My fatal flaw is loyalty, and through our love, I thought she would always remain loyal to me too.

Nico remained next to me as I leaned back onto my bed. I closed my eyes as I tried to block out the pain. Nico stayed with me until I fell into a fitful sleep.

So once again I updated because someone (you know who you are) asked AGAIN. So here it is. It is slightly longer than my normal super short stories.

I'm also hoping to have my new story in the next few days.

So about deleting 'Black Dragons' I just didn't really know how to continue it.

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*Edited January 7, 2018*