Your cute when your worried

Annabeth's POV

"Annabeth Wait up!"

I froze. Oh gods. What does he want? I turned around smiling. "Hey Luke."

He stopped in front of me looking a bit nervous. "I honestly can't believe your here." He said. I shuffled my feet.

"Yeah..it's pretty great here. I didn't know you were from here though..or that your...Greek." His face paled.

"It never really came up..I don't really like talking about that side of my life."

I furrowed my eyebrows. "Luke, I barely knew anything about you when we dated." "So your telling me you know everything about Percy?" He retorted looking slightly frustrated.

"I know a lot about him but not-" "If you knew everything about him, you wouldn't still be with him." He said. "Excuse me?" "Hey guys." Percy interrupted putting an arm around me. "What are we talking about?"

Luke looked at me expectantly. "Nothing." I spat. "Let's go Percy." I took his hand and pulled him in the direction of his motorcycle. "What was that all about?" Percy asked. "Nothing. Just Luke trying to get into my head." I said mounting his bike.

He frowned. "What did he tell you?" I looked at him seeing him actually looking a bit concerned. "It really doesn't matter Percy. Please can we go?"

He sighed but got onto the bike. We buzzed down the hectic streets of New York until we reached his apartment building. Sally greeted us looking happier than usual. "Γεια σου, μαμ." Percy kissed her cheek.

I smiled. "Hey Sally." She hugged me. "Hello." Percy tried to read my face. "Ο Λουκ είναι πίσω." Luke is back. Sally's eyes lit up. "Πραγματικά? θα πρέπει να τον προσκαλέσουμε στο δείπνο?" Really?! Should we invite him to dinner? Percy looked at me again. I have no idea what he's saying but I think he's talking about Luke.

"όχι."

He said. Sally frowned looking between the two of us. "You are fighting?"

I blushed. "No Sally..we are just-" "ομιλία." Percy finished. Sally nodded with a raised eyebrow. "Ok. Go study."

Percy took me to his room and I sat down on his bed. "I'm sorry Percy." He rubbed the back of his neck. "Why will you not tell me what he told you?" I sighed. "It's really nothing." Percy sat down besides me.

"We have trust do we not?" I looked into his sea green eyes. I could never lie to him. I trust him with my life. I took his hands. "Luke just mentioned you having a rough past." Percy's eyes darkened. "That was not his to tell." "What did you do Percy?" I asked.

He stood up walking across the room clearly flustered. "It is over now. We do not need to focus or relive the past." I stood up and walked towards him placing a hand on his arm.

"We have trust do we not?" He sighed looking at me. "I-I was thief." My eyes widened. "What?" "It was just me, Thalia, Nico, and...Bianca...Nico's older sister. We were known thieves in Our village. It was our only way to survive. Jason and Hazel usually stayed out of it. My mother didn't know..until later." He inhaled looking away. I placed a hand on his chest. "Percy?" He turned towards me.

"Annabeth..I..I got us into some really trouble..we were at this junkyard..There were thugs. As the oldest, I tried to protect my cousins but..Bianca stepped in. She and I did everything together..But she.."

He looked like he was about to cry. "G-got stabbed by trying to save us..I got so mad that I ended up killing one of them. They took Bianca from me. They took my family."

He held his head in his hands while he quietly sobbed. I sat there stunned. Percy killed someone? I knelt on the ground in front of him. "Percy." He didn't look up. I brushed my fingers through his hair. "Percy it's ok." He looked up. "No. It is not. I took someone's life." I kissed his hand.

"Percy. You were trying to protect your cousins. I know you." He looked into my eyes. "Why do you stay with me? I have nothing to give." I smiled while standing up and sitting on his lap. I kissed him as he held me close. "Because Perseus Jackson. I care for you." He tried to read my face to see any doubt but I held my face straight.

"Annabeth..you do not deserve me." I kissed him. "Yes I do." "Why?" He asked in the kiss. "Because I know you Percy. You are loyal, sweet, and so understanding." He smiled against my lips. "And good looking?" I laughed resting my forehead on his. "Sure." He raised an eyebrow.

"Must I remind you that you were staring at me the entire time we first met? And when I had swim practice-" "Ok ok I get it. Your cute." He smiled kissing me lightly. "Good...But still...I wish..."

"What?" He looked me in the eye. "I wish Luke never existed. He may have been my best friend but I care about you more than I care about him. I don't want you to talk too him..please."