I Love... Who? (Percabeth/Lukabeth)

Chapter Thirteen

Hey hey heyzzzzzzzzz (<<my mood lemme sleep damn)

it's been so long I'm an asshole LOL

I decided I would be so painfully cliche and uncreative that it is cringe worthy: Since it is the 13th chapter, I'm going to make a Halloween chapter. *cue spooky noises* It'll be like Pretty Little Liars

It'll be great I swear *everyone looks at me skeptically*

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Annabeth POV

I sat with Luke in the infirmary, he was nursing a broken nose. I still can't believe Percy would ever do that to anyone. My Percy was about as much of a hazard as a fluffy bunny.

Well, I guess he's not my Percy anymore. Maybe that's why.

I couldn't bring myself to think that his drastic change in character was due to my actions. So instead I distracted myself with Luke. I grabbed his hand from where it rested beside him on the bed. He turned his head to look at me, smiling.

"Hey," I mumbled, and he squeezed my hand lightly.

"Hey," he replied, and I smiled weakly at him. "Oh! What're you gonna be for Halloween?" he asked suddenly, and my heart clenched in my chest. Percy and I have always coordinated costumes, even before we were dating. It was a good memory, but it made my stomach churn painfully.

"Uh, I don't know if I want to this year," I said quietly, trying to calm my stomach.

"What? Why not?" he pouted, and it was kind of cute, but it didn't even come close to Percy's puppy dog face.

I need to stop comparing my new, chosen relationship to what I had with Percy. I shouldn't have to constantly remind myself of this. I shouldn't have to remind myself that this is the consequences for the way I treated Percy.

I know I have feelings for Luke, I just don't know how to get over my, much stronger, feelings for Percy.

"I don't really know. Just not into it this year?" I said, but it came out as more of a question than a statement.

"C'mon Annie! Don't be a sour puss," he teased, and I snapped.

"Don't call me that," I warned.

"Are you okay?" He looked at me with drawn eyebrows, eyes wide.

I sighed and shook my head. "Yeah, of course. Just pretty tired." I forced a smile.

"Okay, if you're fine, then you'll be able to participate in Halloween," he said smugly.

I sighed loudly and decided I was too tired to argue. "Fine."

"Perfect. Should we match? We can be Zeus and Hera!" he said excitedly, and it would've been cute if I wasn't so down lately.

"I hate Hera," I mumbled lowly, hoping that maybe it would slide by the goddess' hearing.

"Oh, well, what do you wanna be?" he asked.

"With Percy," I whispered under my breath.

"What was that?" he said, trying to lean closer to me.

"I just said that I don't know. Uh, we could be Narcissus and Echo."

"Oh, good idea! I can carry around a mirror then," he said, teasing me with the last part, and I cracked a smile.

"There's your smile! Good, now we can focus on our costumes!" he said, grinning at me.

"Okay," I said softly, still smiling just a little.

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I had to admit, Luke looked pretty good as Narcissus. 

Even though he wasn't Percy. 

Everyone was all dressed up, and I thought it was especially funny that the Stolls decided to dress up at tree nymphs. Let's just say they don't have the right legs for those dresses. 

Halloween is kind of a big deal at camp, which seems weird, because 90% of us get killed by monsters, but I guess it's sort of for the irony. And we deserve a taste of a simple life, right? 

So far I saw Percy once- alone- at a table, costumeless. I mean, I didn't expect him to be dressed up, but it was kind of sad. 

There were cookies and punch, and chariot rides. Acting like a hay ride, just more Greek. And way more fun. 

Percy POV

It was hard to watch Annabeth strut around in a Halloween costume that matched Luke's. It was really hard, because she looked so beautiful. I mean, she always does, but she was wearing a dress. It's rare to spot Annabeth in a dress. 

Mainly I was bored, and I just ate cookies and drank the green punch. It was fruit punch, but was dyed green to give it that extra spooky feel. Grover was no where to be seen, probably off hiding somewhere with Juniper. 

I was alone, but every once in a while people would glance over at me sympathetically, but I ignored it. I have no use for pity. 

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When it was dark and I had practically eaten my weight in pumpkin shaped cookies, I decided to go back to my cabin. 

I was all settled into bed and eventually dozed off, only to be woken up about an hour later. 

"Percy! Percy! Wake up!" Someone was shaking me frantically and shouting in my ear. I groaned and rolled over to find Connor Stoll standing in front of me. 

"What Connor?" I grumbled, closing my eyes again. 

"Dude! We can't find Annabeth anywhere!" 

"She's with Luke," I said, not caring about her and her new boyfriend. 

"That's the thing, Luke's not here either." 

That's when my eyes shot open. 

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OOooOH spooky 

Sorry that I haven't updated for like 5 years man my bad. 

And this story is going to be a little shorter than planned cause I have no idea what I want to do between here and the end- which I have all planned out by the way- so I've decided to just give you the good stuff. 

Much love xx

-Destiny Rae