Missing

Waiting

Annabeth’s POV

The next morning at breakfast, there was still no sign of Percy.

I was starting to get seriously worried.

At least the campers were kind enough to not bother me about it and ask questions about him.

I kept thinking of that last night with Percy. Lying by the campfire, my head on his lap, his hands in my hair, a certain love goddess squealing her head off.

I thought I told that damned goddess to stay out of my head. I thought.

The memory made me sad. It reminded me of his warm embrace, his strong arms, his kind face, his soft lips and his eyes…his amazing sea-green eyes that reminded me of the sea. His eyes that reflected the world like a mirror, everything looked better in his eyes. Just like the firelight did that night…

Stop Annabeth. You’re going to kill yourself with sadness if you keep this up.

I went to my morning classes.

Ancient Greek: No Percy

Strawberry Picking: No Percy

Monster Assault Techniques: Still no Percy

Greek Mythology: STILL no Percy!

Then it was lunch. There was only one thing on my mind. If I haven’t made it obvious enough, that one thing was Percy.

I remembered what Chiron had said last night at dinner, “If Percy isn’t back by lunch tomorrow then we’ll send out a search party around camp to look for him.”

Well it’s lunch, tomorrow, and there’s no Percy.

I headed straight for the head table, marched right up to Chiron and said, “Chiron, it’s lunch. Last night you said if Percy wasn’t back by lunch we’d go search for him. In case you haven’t noticed, he’s still nowhere to be seen. Can we PLEASE go look for him?”

Chiron sighed. “Annabeth –”

“CHIRON!” I screamed, the dining pavilion went dead silent.

That’s been happening WAY too much recently. I silently thought.

I took a deep breath and regained my composure.

“Sorry, but look. It’s been more than a day. My boyfriend is missing and nobody has any clue where he is. I NEED to know where he is. And I’m pretty sure it’s not just me. I bet most of your campers are worrying – even if it’s just the slightest bit – as well. Please, please, PLEASE let me look for him.”

“Alright Annabeth.” He sighed, “If you have to make such a big deal about it I guess I can do that.” He mumbled something to Mr D. that I didn’t quite catch but it sounded something like, “And I’d really not prefer to have an angry daughter of Athena against me.”

Hades yeah you wouldn’t. I thought to myself.

“CAMPERS! Would anybody like to volunteer to go with Annabeth to look for Percy? Be aware you would be missing all of your afternoon classes up until whenever you came back.”

The sound of missing the afternoon classes brought a smile to everyone’s face. There was murmuring among the crowd but only a few people raised their hands.

I counted off the names in my head.

“I will.” Will Solace.

“Me too.” Jake Mason.

“Count us in!” Stoll twins.

“Might as well.” Clarisse.

“Me too!” Chris Rodriguez? Oh right Clarisse is coming…that makes sense.

“Okay that seems like enough people! Will, Jake, Connor, Travis, Clarisse and Chris will all accompany Annabeth in her search. If anything goes wrong report back here IMMEDIATELY. Now hurry along. And good luck.”

Then I remembered, “Chiron, wait.”

“Yes, Annabeth. What is it now?”

“Well, yesterday I searched almost every inch of the property in search of Percy. I got absolutely nothing. What good will it do to just repeat that?”

“Hmm. Yes. Good point. But I really don’t feel comfortable –”

“Why don’t we – we being the search party – just meet up in the Big House after lunch and work out an actual game plan so we know where we’re going with this? That seems like a better plan.”

“Okay, Annabeth, I’m putting you in charge. After lunch the search party can meet in the Big House and discuss their game plan. Let Argus know if you need transport, and when you’ve figured out what you’re doing, let me know as well. NOW BACK TO LUNCH!”

(A/N) OKAY! Not my best chapter. But that chapter was kind of necessary. Hopefully my writing will improve from here. I hate filler chapters.

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UNTIL NEXT TIME MY LOVELIES.

 -Percabethisendless