Have You Ever Felt Worthless?

Chapter Eight

Nico's POV (This chapter is going to suck because Wattpad shut down and deleted it so I'm kind of impatient, sorry.)

       No. Percy wouldn't lie to us that much.

      Would he?

      "No." Leo told him defiantly. "She's sick but alive. She's staying up in her room and doesn't really have time for him."

       Apollo shook his head. "No, I promise you. She's been dead for a little over three years."

       "No... He's been lying... Lying about everything..." Leo whispered.

       "He's not a very open person, though he might look it at first glance. Delve deeper into his life though... He's as locked up as the worlds top security bank." Apollo muttered sadly, looking over at Percy. He seemed more pale and weaker compaired to his normal self. Actually, he didn't show up for a month of school three years ago...

        "In November, right?" I whispered sadly. "When Percy missed an entire month of school. He said he was on vacation. But he was always sadder after that. Less excited, less... Outgoing. Less open."

        "I always assumed that he was in some tramatic exprience during vacation, but... This? I didn't expect this." Leo whispered.

       Annabeth was silence. "I saw him." She finally whispered. "At the cemetery. That's how I know all of what I know. I was visiting my friends grave and he was there. He started to have a panic attack or PTSD attack, I'm not sure which, but he took a bunch of pills. He gave me a blue rose from his boquet so I could put something down on Luke's grave. I never noticed him before, yet he was so kind to me. Now... Since we've found out, he's been kind of..." Annabeth trailed off.

         "Cold. Distant." I offered. 

         Annabeth nodded. "Yeah. And once he finds out you know he's been lying to you for the past three plus years..."

         "He's going to get even more distant." I muttered. Annabeth nodded again.

        "Exactly."

       *Timeskip because, well, the same reason all of my timeskips are there. I'm lazy.*

       Percy's checkup went well, and all was done while he was still asleep. Jason came in about half way throughand Annabeth filled him in on our conversation. I wanted to glare at him, but I was too worried about Percy. Plus, his arm was all stitched up and I felt kind of bad. 

        "I can't believe he lied to us. Again." Jason muttered bitterly.

        "Cut him some slack, I'm sure he just didn't want us to pity him. You know he hates attention." I said, looking over at him from my seat. He shrugged.

        "He still lied." Just then, Apollo came in.

         "He's fine, he should wake up soon. He had a breakdown and just passed out from stress, so he should be fine." Apollo told us. We nodded and thanked him. He ust nodded.

        "I have to go tend to some teenager who though holding a firecracker while it went off was a good idea, so I'll leave you to him." He left and a few minutes later Percy let out a soft groan, his eyebrows furrowing slightly. 

        Immediately the four of us jumped up and surrounded his bed. He slowly opened his eyes, which were a dull green instead of his normal, vibrant sea green eyes. "I feel like I just woke up in a lab experiment." He groaned, not looking any of us in the eye.

        "Percy..." Leo whispered. He looked like he wanted to bring up Percy's mom.

        "What really happened with your mom?" Jason asked. That idiot.