(Thalia)
As much as I would like to kill Nico for taking Jason away from me, I have to admit that he is probably the best thing that happened to both of us. If it wasn't for Nico, Jason and I would probably still be getting the crap knocked out of us.
Our mother used to abuse us. What Nico doesn't know is exactly how long the abuse had been going on. Jason told Nico it was only a year. He wasn't technically lying, just not telling the whole truth. The physical abuse had only been happening for a year, but all the things she yelled and screamed at us as we were growing up couldn't have been good for our minds.
Jason is just starting to get the idea that someone besides me can love him, and I'm starting to see that not everyone is a threat. I guess that's what happens when you grow up constantly on your guard.
Nico, however, took us away from that life. He has made things safe. Jason is safe. I am safe. We no longer have to watch each other's backs. Thanks to this new life we live, I have a chance of actually living. If it wasn't for the way things are now, I probably wouldn't be thinking about joining a girls only school; I would have stayed with Jason and made sure she didn't hurt him too bad. She being our mother, but I think Nico can and will protect my brother. No more worrying.
And that's the reason I believe I could go off to this all girls academy. It's called Artemis's Hunters. It's a great school for girls that went through "traumatic experiences" according to Annabeth. My "traumatic experience" is just as bad as Jason's and I don't really believe living with my mother was that "traumatizing" but whatever. It's also well known to colleges that the girls coming from this school are wiser than the average, almost as if they have lived thousands of years. They often boost school ratings in the short time they're attending whatever college they're at. Because of this, it's more likely that I would be accepted and I could use all the help I can get to get into college. My grades haven't exactly cut it, and with it being my junior year, I'm cutting it close.
I walk into school with my grades and application on mind. I'm not really paying attention to my surroundings which is why I walk strait into Annabeth as she rounds the corner. All of her books tumble out of her hands and onto the ground with a loud thud, but before I can bend down to help her pick them up she has my arm and is pulling me into the nearest janitors closet, books be damned; I guess this conversation was extremely important because she just left them out in the hallway. Maybe it's about the family meeting I missed. Maybe something horrible happened. Maybe the Di Angelos were kicking Jason and me out of the house. Maybe Annabeth was trying to soften the blow.
My thoughts were turning for the worst, especially after I see Annabeth's face. It's a serious face. Which means my attempts to lighten the mood will end up with me receiving a punch from the wise girl. Which means I have to try and lighten the mood anyway.
"I'm sorry wise girl; as much as I liked to think your girlfriend would appreciate sharing, I don't swing this way," I say with a smirk. It gets Annabeth to blush and swing at me just like I thought she would.
"I'm not, nor will I ever come on to you Thalia," Annabeth states exasperatedly. I simply laugh at her antics.
"I dragged you in here for a reason you know," she continues once she calms down from the joke I made. "And do pray tell," I deliver to her statement.
"Ugh," she grunts before asking, "How could you? How could you let them? It's hard enough to keep him alive! We don't need to add paparazzi to the list of troubles for Percy!"
My attitude immediately sobers up. "What do you mean Annabeth," I question very slowly.
"Everyone, the whole school, they are questioning Silena about who the mysterious singer is that she keeps going on and on about. It's the latest gossip around the school," Annabeth responds with, "A person that sings the best songs she has ever heard at a place you work at; wonder who that could be seeing as how the only person that sings at your work is a person we both know!" My face goes pale. I spent all night convincing Percy that everything would be okay. That he would escape from Gabe when he turned 18 in two years and that Annabeth and I would always be there for him. He doesn't believe anyone cares about him. I just got through to him. By the time I had found him after work he already had cuts on one arm opened. We definitely don't need the whole school pressuring him about his life. Especially a school he doesn't even go to.
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