The Violin That Started it Again

Part 3) Chapter Nine

peircethesleepingmen this is not the sleepover chapter. Just letting you know now so you don't get your hopes up and everything.

Also, if the mistakes and stuff are bothering you, then you can always read this on Fanfiction.net. The updates are slower though because I have to send it to my editor and everything. So...yeah. Enjoy the chapter?

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Annabeth Chase

It was the day after the event between Percy and Nico. Nico had stayed over Silena's house for the night despite the many times he tried to escape. He told her multiple times that he wanted to be alone, but all Silena had said was, "What's the difference of you being alone and me being with you without making a sound?"

"The fact that there's someone with me or not makes a difference," Nico had whispered to me, and I couldn't help but crack a smile. At least Nico's sarcasm didn't disappear after everything that happened to him.

It was Tuesday now. It was the second day of my senior year of high school. It was weird thinking that I had met Nico last year. It seemed like it was just yesterday when Nico got beaten up by Luke Castellan. But now I'm the one dating Luke. What a turn of events.

I hadn't seen Percy at all yesterday. I wanted to get a chance to talk with him and see his side of the story. I wasn't one for taking sides without even hearing the other side. I knew that Percy wouldn't lie to me about what had happened, so I was hoping to hear what happened from Percy's perspective.

I tried to think. Where would Percy even be? I dated him before so I should know Percy very well, shouldn't I? I would ask Nico since it seemed to me like he was much closer to Percy than I was, but I was afraid of bringing up a topic that should not be brought up. Percy was considered as the new He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named between Silena, Nico, and me.

My feet took me around the school in search of Percy. I didn't have a clue as to where to start, which was something that I didn't want to admit, but my feet seemed to have a feeling.

My feet stopped when I was faced by none other than Jason Grace. He had a somber expression, and his electric blue eyes looks very worried and concerned.

"Annabeth?" He asked me, and even though he was supposed to wear glasses, I was sure he knew it was me. Jason received glasses from the optometrist when he realized he couldn't see the signs very well on the side of the road whenever he was driving.

"Did you lose your glasses or something?" I teased him. "You haven't worn them for awhile."

Jason shrugged. "Yeah, it's already been a few weeks or so. I think Thalia took it or something just to make me feel frustrated or something. I asked her about it but she said she didn't know where they were, even though it seemed like she was lying."

I chuckled. "You should just search her room. School is starting now, and you wouldn't be able to read the board without them. Try asking her again or something."

"Maybe I should," he said, considering the idea in his head.

"And, what's with the sad look on your face?" I interrogated.

Jason raised an eyebrow, but he soon realized what I was talking about. "Oh, well, I just found Percy. He told me what happened yesterday morning. Did he tell you?"

I shook my curly blonde hair. "Silena told me yesterday when I found her and Nico at a park."

He nodded in understanding. "I see. I found Percy just now. He was crying ib the field."