Don't Fall (PJO FF)

3.) Agápi Mou

C H A P T E R  T H R E E

PERCY

I woke up from my nightmare about Gabe with tears streaming down my face. I try to sit up, only to be held down by something over my stomach. I look over to see shaggy blonde hair when yesterday's events played through my mind.

Will offered to stay over saying that he missed me too much to leave. I smile slightly before carefully moving his arm. My smile is wiped off my face when I remember what happened in my dream. Gabe hitting me. Cutting my cheek with a glass bottle. So much more. They feel like I'm reliving that moment over and over like it's trying to tell me that no matter what I do I can never escape it. Never escape him.

I get off the bed and head for my bathroom, where the tears start falling again. My silent cries cause my vision to get blurry and I barely recognize when I grabbed the shiny, sharp object. After every line, my pain seemed to disappear until I felt numb. I couldn't feel the cold water after I stepped into the shower. I couldn't feel the pain in my eyes as I accidentally got soap in them. I couldn't feel the slight sting of getting water in my wounds.

And most importantly. I didn't feel sad.

I felt nothing. Numb.

I stepped out of the shower and put a towel around my waist. I quietly stepped out of the bathroom to see Will sitting on the bed.

He looked over and let out a small smile that quickly went away when he saw my face. He stood up and made his way toward me.

I slowly turned my arm so he wouldn't see the newest ones I just put into my skin. He noticed the action and slowly moved his hand to my arm and gently turned it over. He looked at me, but I face away from him.

"Percy. Did you have a nightmare?"

I nodded slowly.

He put his arms around me so I wrapped mine around him, holding him close.

"It's okay, Percy. He's gone now and he can't get you."

"I know," I said so quietly, I'm surprised he heard me. I shouldn't be though as demigods naturally have heightened senses anyway.

He pulled away from me. "Can you come with me to my cabin? I've got to get something from there." He looked at my chest. "After you put some clothes on."

I nodded and got out some clothes and walked back into the bathroom. I quickly changed and put on my jacket and brushed my teeth. I walked out of the bathroom and put on my shoes, grabbing Will's hand as we left my cabin to make our trip to the Apollo cabin.

It didn't take long for us to get there and when we did he opened the door and two people came into sight.

"Hey, guys. I've got to pick up something."

"Oh no, you don't." The girl said. "We were worried about you, Will. Where were you?"

"I was with Percy." He said and their eyes slowly drifted over to me. They glanced down at our hands before grinning.

"Does Will got a boyfriend?" His sister teased in a sing-song voice.

"N-no! He's... he's just a friend. A very close friend."

"So friends hold hands?"

"We aren't like most friends," Will says quietly. "We're just closer than regular friends, but we're not romantically involved with each other." His siblings seem to get it because their confused faces turn into... I don't really know what they turn into but they seem good now.

"Okay, so who is your friend?" Will's brother asks him.

Will looks at me. "His name's Percy. Percy Jackson. Got here two days ago."