The Other Half (Percabeth Fanfiction)

Chapter 1: The Bad Beginning

Chapter 1: The Bad Beginning

***Percy's POV***

I hadn't done it on purpose. I apologized over and over, but she wouldn't listen. "Annabeth, you don't understand. It isn't what you think!" I called to no avail. "Hear me out!"

"I don't want to hear your excuses Percy. I'm done. Leave me alone!" And she was gone. She wouldn't listen to me, never stopping to give me the time of day. It just killed me. I never wanted to hurt her. No matter what she thinks, I love her and I always will. How could I have been so stupid?

It started as just a party. It was the 4th of July at camp and like every year, the Hephaestus cabin went all out on the fireworks, turning the event into the craziest party of the summer. But it all changed so quickly. It was all my fault, I own up to it. Me and my stupidity, at a stupid party, on the stupid 4th of July..

You got me. I cheated. It wasn't big. It was only Rachel. Only a kiss. She looked so nice, dancing in the fireworks, and I was so very drunk. I really was! Yes, at camp, I got drunk. It can happen! Especially when Dakota brings his extra sugary Kool Aid. Annabeth can't really blame me. Oh gods, what have I done?

"Please. Annabeth. Listen to me. Let me make it right," I plead. Nothing. I waited outside the Athena cabin. She wouldn't just leave me out here, she can't. Can she? "I will stay right here until I can talk to you, Annabeth Chase. I love you, and that's not going to change."

Eventually she gave into my constant presence and pleading, but her answer wasn't any better than her silence. "Shut up Percy!" she shouted at me. "Go away! You can't undo what you have done. We are over. I never want to see you again!" And now here I am, heartbroken, with no one to blame but myself.

***Annabeth's POV***

Hot, angry tears slide down my cheeks. That douche, I think with a sob. How could he have done this to me? I loved him. Sobs rack through my body as I collapse against the wall. I think he's gone now. I really need him to be gone.

When I saw him kissing Rachel, I didn't understand what was happening. That isn't Percy, I thought wildly. That's not possible. It isn't him. But I could in no way deny that it was my boyfriend, kissing another girl. I couldn't help it, I screamed. The music stopped and I ran away. I couldn't be near that asshole.

I ran away and I hid. I could hear Percy running by, calling my name, persistent as he always is. It hurt me more than I thought possible to tell him that we were over, even when he had stabbed me through the heart, I was reluctant to turn the knife back on him. After a few hours I came out of the Athena cabin. I didn't know where to go, where I could be alone to grieve, so I did the only thing I could think of and I went to the Hades cabin. Luckily, Nico was at camp this week. I didn't want to talk, just to hide. Piper would make me talk, but I already felt embarrassed enough, I'm sure everyone at camp was talking about me.

"Nico," I whispered into the cabin, "Nico, are you in there?"

A black shadow appeared, forming into my friend. His pale face looked understanding. "Annabeth, come in. Percy is looking for you, you know?"

"Why do you think I'm hiding?"

"You should talk to him." My look speaks of murder and Nico wisely stops talking. "Or not. Whatever you want."

"I can't talk to him. I never want to see him again."

"Well you go to the same camp. You're going to encounter him." Nico was telling me the truth, I just wasn't ready to hear it.

"I just need some time to think about things," I said sadly. "Even I sometimes don't have the wisdom to know what to do next."