Who Cares?

Night Terrors

Percys POV

I go downstairs to make my famous Nachos. I get out gooey cheese, meat, chips, and alot of toppings. I cook the meat then put some nachos on a plate, I heat up the cheese in the microwave. I put on the meat and alot of toppings then put on cheese "ANNABETH NACHOS" I start eating mine and wait for a minute or two. I sigh and go upstairs and see her asleep on her bed. I cant help but stare, she looks so... pretty. And peaceful. Very peaceful. She makes a face and turns over hugging her pillow. I creep out of the room and go back to eating my nachos, I can make her some if she gets hungry again. Soon I hear her scream and it sounds like shes crying. I run up the stairs as my mom comes out of her room. I run into her room and see her eyes shut tight and tears streaming down her face, it looks like shes shaking I run over to her and pull her into my lap "Annabeth wake up" she clutches at my arm and I see some blood. "Annabeth!?" she screams again "NOO DONT LEAVE PLEASE!!" I look at her shocked "Annabeth wake up!!" I shake her and she stirs for a second before grabbing onto my arm again and probably leaving marks 'NO STOP DONT DO THIS!!" I shake her "Wake up!!" her eyes Squeeze shut "STOP PLEASE YOUR HURTING MEE!!" I shake her again more violently "Annabeth!!" her eyes open and she bolts up "What- why- what happened?" she looks at my arm "What happened??" I look at her "You were screaming and crying, you grabbed my arm" she looks down "O-oh" I raise an eyebrow "Is this normal?" she gets up and heads to the bathroom "I dont want to talk about it" she shuts the door and I head downstairs to clean up. I clean up my mess and continue to eat my nachos. What was that? Who was hurting her? Who did hurt her? She comes downstairs and her eyes are puffy from crying "Can you please tell me what that was?" she shakes her head "I just dont want to talk about it" I grab her shoulders and look her in the eye "Annabeth you were screaming about someone hurting you, who hurt you?" she looks down and shakes her head "That was in the past" I bend down so I can see her eyes "Annabeth it doesnt matter I'd like to know, just please, that scared the living hell out of me" she shakes her head "Ill tell you when im ready to I promise" I hold out a pinky "Promise?" she laughs and hooks her pinky to mine "Promise" I get up and hug her and she hugs back, it stays that way for a while till she pulls away "Now where are my nachos?" I smile and move around the kitchen heating up things till she has a plate of nachos "Thank you" she jumps up on the counter first try this time and eats her nachos. And we talked till my mom had to make dinner. Then we evacuated to her room. She stops talking "Okay ill tell you just dont talk" I raise an eyebrow but nod my head. We are both sitting on her bed and shes my the headboard and im by the end "So when I was 12 I had a boyfriend named Luke, he was amazing. Then we figured out my mom had cancer" she stops and wipes her eyes "I was still pretty happy I would blow up crying every once in a while, then my mom died October 13th I was 13 then" she lets a couple tears fall "I became really depressed and Luke-" her voice broke "Started hurting me thinking I would go back to my normal self" she breaks into tears but still tries to go on "I started to starve myself and I would cut-" she crosses her arms covering her wrists "Then I caught Luke making out with another girl one day and I thought I wasnt good enough for him so I continued to do what I was doing" She sighs and breathes "Then one day Luke hurt me so bad that my dad saw the bruises and I told him, everything. He trusted me to eat and stop the self harm, he would check my wrists and he would eat almost every meal with me. And luke moved away before my dad could do anything." She takes a deep breathe "Then I met Piper in freshman year and then You and everyone" shes still crying and I hug her and she hugs back crying I rub her back "Im so sorry Annabeth" she sobs and continues to cry "Its just so hard. I watched my mom die." she breaks into more tears "I was holding her hand when her heart- stopped" she continues to cry and I comfort her best I can.  'And I have scars and they remind me of what happened" she sobs "i just want them to go away" I hug her tighter as she grabs at my back crying "He's gone now, and im not gonna let anyone hurt you anymore" she cries for a while more. Then when I hear her breathing get quiet and even I can tell shes asleep. I lay down and try to get up but she stirs so I lay back down so she doesnt wake up. I hear my mom walk up the stairs and she knocks on the door before entering, she sees annabeth asleep with her clinging to me. I put a finger over my mouth asking her to be quiet. She nods and leaves. I close my eyes feeling exhasted and slightly confused. And before I know it im asleep.

Annabeths pov

When I wake up Percy is shaking me and im screaming and crying. Second time in a day. I immidiatly hug and cling to him he rubs my back "Its alright no one is hurting you" I spot Sally by the door as I break into tears. I hate these night terrors "Go back to sleep your alright I promise" I take a shaky breathe as I hear the door close "Your alright annabeth, no one is ever gonna hurt you again, not on my watch" I try to fall back asleep as he lays down letting me get comfortable. I dont move from how I am I dont want to let him go. I eventually fall asleep.

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I wake up exhasted and Percy is sleeping next to me drooling. I close my eyes ready to sleep more before Sunday but then I hear my alarm blare. Percy turns it off trying not to move thinking im asleep, then goes back to where he was. I snuggle up to him changing my position still clinging to him and try to fall asleep. But fail miserably. I feel Percy rubbing the palm of my hand gently clearly not going to sleep either. I feel really cold. I snuggle really close to percy, and wrap my arms and legs around him hoping to get warmer. He makes some kind of movement then throws the blanket around me. He gets up and I feel cold again. I hear him shut the bathroom door so I decide to pretend to wake up. I text Piper "Hi" she takes am inute to respond "Sooo what happened?" I sigh "I fell asleep yesturday after we talked and I had a night terror" "Uh-oh" "I explained to him about luke and my mom and everything tho" "Okay" "But I had another one last night" "2 in a day?? Usually its maybe once a week" "Ik it was really weird" Percy walks out of the bathroom "Oh your awake so If I woke you" I shrug "No problem I honestly dont care" I feel myself yawn as Piper texts me "Is piper already embarrasing you again?" I laugh "No" I look at the text "Gtg txt you Mon" I close my phone and go to the bathroom as percy heads downstairs. I go to the bathroom. Damit!! My period started. I groan "I hate periods" I search for a pad because I dont feel like using a tampon. No pads. I look for a tampon. No tampon 'PERCYYY!!!" I hear him come up the stairs "Is your mom home?" "No, why" I sigh great "In the guest bathroom, grab me a box of tampons please" "k" he runs downstairs for a minute then comes back up. He opens the door but I can only see his hand. He throws in the box and closes the door. At least he didnt look inside "Thank you!!" "Yep" he heads back downstairs as I do my ladily things and head down with him. He is making eggs sausage, bacon, and panckaes, obviously blue. "Wow a comeplete breakfast? For what exactly" "Well I know that girls are really hangry on that thing so I thought you would like some food so you dont scream at me for the next week" I burst out laughing "Okay percy you do you" "Just please help me before I burn your house down. I take care of eggs and bacon as he makes pancakes and sausage. Then we start off cooking.