Percy Jackson And Sadie Kane: A Forbidden Love

chapter 34

Percy pov( first person)

It was night when I broke surface. I saw an island before me. I willed the waves to take me there. On the island, I put Sadie on the sand and dried her. As I stared at the girl lying before me, I realized I'd repeated a mistake again.

People learn from history. But sometimes you just can't help it. I realized I'd made the mistake again, which caused me endless pain. The entire reason I was in Brooklyn in the first place.

I had fallen in love.

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. I was convinced that I was the sole embodiment of stupidity. Loving a demigod is one thing. She could fend for herself. But a mortal, how could I protect her all the time? What if...what if she ended up like Annabeth?

I shook my head. Life was way too unpredictable. I had to live it while I can. Besides, in Brooklyn monsters hardly ever attacked. Dating a mortal would increase the absurdity of it all. Then again, I liked absurd.

I honestly didn't believe in the 'step-by-step' theory. I didn't get how people first liked, then cared, then loved. My eyes filled up when I realized how much I'd loved Annabeth from the start.

I could never love anyone like Annabeth. But I did love Sadie. Plus , life as a demigod was unpredictable. You couldn't take your time to go step-by-step.

I looked at Sadie again. She looked in deep sleep and I figured she wouldn't wake up for a while now. Hesitantly, I leaned down and kissed her forehead. Then I left to check out the island.

The island was so not normal. In fact it gave me a weird sense of deja vu. I'd been here before. I tried to think. In my weird messed up life, how many islands had I visited? Before I could make a list in my mind, I saw it.

There it was. Beautiful. Incredible. A lot like the one I had at home. A lot like the immortal beauty who used to plant these. Moonlace. With a rather audible gasp I realized where I was. Ogygia. I was in Ogygia.

I blinked. I thought Calypso said no man visited Ogygia twice. But then again Leo had done it. Plus, Calypso was no longer on the island, so I guess the 'one visit per lifetime' rule was off.

What I didn't get was, why did the Olympians allow this place to just float around aimlessly? I was bought out of my train of thought with soft footsteps behind me.

I turned around to see Sadie looking confusedly all around.

When she locked eyes with me, her beautiful eyes widened. She came running toward me and threw her arms around me, pulling me into a tight embrace. Without hesitation I returned it.

She was shivering, although it wasn't cold. I knew she was frightened, although Sadie wasn't the scaredy cat kind.

"Thank you Percy." She said. Slowly I pulled away

"For what?" I asked.

"For diving in after me. That's how we got here right?" She asked. Out of habit, I nervously rubbed the back of my neck.

"Yeah. That's one way to sum it up." I said. She raised her eyebrows but didn't say anything.

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Sadie pov

When I woke up, I was lying on soft sand. I got up, not sure how I'd gotten here. Someone had obviously rescued me. I couldn't have floated here by myself. Or could I?

I started wandering the place which I now recognized as an island. I looked around, taking the place in. It was a beautiful island, almost unnatural. I then looked ahead of me, locking eyes with two green ones.

My eyes widened. Standing there, staring back at me was the most amazing guy in the world, the love of my life, Percy Jackson. My heart warmed when I realized he was the one who'd saved me. He'd dived in after me in the middle of a storm. Suddenly my body seemed to have a brain of its own.

Before I knew what the hell I was doing I ran toward him and pulled him into a tight hug. He returned it, and I my heart soared. I realized I was shivering, out of gratitude.

"Thank you Percy." I said. Percy pulled away.

"For what?" He asked. I resisted the urge to smirk. What else did I expect from him?

"For diving in after me. That's how we got here right?" I asked. Percy rubbed the back of neck. I had figured long back that he did that when nervous.

"Yeah. That's one way to sum it up." He said. I raised my eyebrows but decided to drop it here.

In a comfortable silence we walked back to where Percy had put me down on the beach. We quietly sat down and for what seemed like forever, stared at the moon reflecting in the water.

My eyes got tired out of staring at the moon. Percy was a much appealing sight. I turned around to look at him the same he turned to look at me. We went in still mode. Our faces were inches part. I was still trying to remember how to breathe because of the close proximity between our lips when Percy suddenly leaned in and closed the difference between them. My breathe hitched. I couldn't think.