Memories New and Old

Dinner Drama

Percy POV

I quickly walked out of the Infirmary, trusting Brooke was following me. I don't know how much longer I can take with my friends acting that way towards me. The continuous stutters and excuses to be somewhere I'm not, I'm just tired of it! Walking around, I could hear the whispers of the campers.

'Why is he still here? He's dangerous!'

'Who knew the savior of Olympus could go this low'

'I heard that when he gets angry, the first thing he sees, he freezes their blood'

Then there were the ones regarding Brooke, which I'm not pleased about either.

'Is that the mortal? What is scum like that doing here?'

'What do you think the Are's kids are gonna do to her? I was told they wanted to use her as a dummy'

'Do you think He brought her here to practice using her blood?'

The last one is what got me. I knew Brooke could hear them too so she's likely gonna run. I made my way to the beach and sat down, looking over the ocean. It's funny really. At how much me and the water are alike? One the outside things are calm and peaceful, and yet, there could be a dangerous, ruthless things underneath. Though, at the same time, there are many great qualities that lie underneath. The only difference is, when people see the ocean they focus on the good qualities, when people look at me, they see the bad.

"Done with yourself pitying?" I heard a voice say behind me. Glancing back I saw Brooke with her hands in her hoodie pockets, looking at me with a hint of playfulness, but surprisingly, understanding.

I shook my head, clearing my thoughts, "Uh, sorry.. Though I thought you would have ran by now."

She raised a brow at me, "Just becasue of some whispers and rumors? Yeah, I could care less about those." She glanced out at the ocean and back at me, "Mind if I sit?"

"Uh, yeah, sure." She sat down beside me and looked out at the ocean. We sat there for a few minutes in a comfortable silence. Honestly, I didn't exactly want it to end. I don't have an attraction to her, no, I'm loyal to my Wise Girl, but spending time with someone and them not flinch every time you move? Yeah, I don't exactly want that to end, but my ADHD got the better of me and my questions.
"Why aren't you scared that I can manipulate blood?" I asked hesitantly.

Brooke glanced over at me and shrugged, "I mean, unless you are some crazy killing lunatic, I don't see a problem. It's not the powers that make it evil, it's the person, and from what I gather, you are nowhere near an evil person."

I thought about what she said for a moment and replied in a quiet voice, "How do you know?"

She looked me up and down. I will admit, her gaze reminded me of Annabeth, analyzing everything. However, Annabeth's stormy grey gaze is calculating, finding your strengths and weaknesses so she knows how to take you down in a fight. She'd be able to to guess your fighting style and your next move. Brooke's pale blue gaze on the other hand looks like she's reading you as if you were a book. It makes you think she's reading your past, present, and could probably guess your future with enough information. To be honest, I knew what a profiler was- well, the concept, I didn't know that was the name. I remember watching a lot of cop shows where they get profiliers to figure out how certain criminal minds work and predict their next move and best way to catch them, along with their reasonings for the crime. Brooke definitely seemed like one of them, if not more advanced. Could be becasue she was taught at a young age.

I was brought out of my musings as she answered me. "The way you act. I could see the care in your eyes when you looked at the four in the infirmary and the slight anger when I mentioned people call me 'Broken' Glass. You were upset when they were whispering about you, and you were still upset when they talked about me. Most importantly. You actually helped me. Now, I'm not trying to sound byst, but I'm not like you, and clearly the people here aren't fond of people like me." she looks me in the eyes, "You helped someone you barely know who others look down upon. That shows you have a good heart and you stand by what you believe in."