She paced back and forth across the room. After
the sun had risen that's when people woke up but luckily for Alexis they were
too tired to notice them. Leo barely made it to the dining room. The only one
who was awake enough to pay her any attention was Annabeth. Naturally she said
hi but then she saw Percy. Annabeth rushed to his side trying to wake him up.
Now Annabeth terrified Alexis, there was just something in her storm gray eyes
that made Alexis want to say everything she had done wrong. So when Annabeth turned
around and stared at her that's when Alexis knew the true meaning of fear.
"What happened to him?" Annabeth said. Alexis said everything that
happened and stopped herself from saying her last name remembering what Leo
told her. Alexis didn't even notice everyone else walking out to see what was
happening. Everyone was scared for Alexis, they recalled what happened when
Percy disappeared and was replaced with Jason. Sadly Alexis didn't know about
this, all she knew was that Percy and Annabeth were going out. Under her breath
Alexis apologized. "Sorry? That's all you have to say? You put him in such
a state of shock he passed out. I knew it was unwise to bring you here. We
should've left you in that mall." It would've been easier and less painful
for Annabeth to have just thrown Alexis off the ship. With tears in her eyes
Alexis looked at Leo and said. "How far away are we from the closest
harbor?" Leo walked to the screen. "About twelve miles. Why?"
Leo looked at her expectantly. Alexis didn't say anything. All she did was walk
down to the stables, pick up her backpack and skateboard. While she was down
there everyone left to eat breakfast leaving Percy alone on the couch. Alexis
walked back up and saw Percy on the couch asleep. Even though she didn't know
Percy that long he was still her brother. She walked over to him, carefully she
took off her sliver necklace and she put it in his hand along with a note
explaining everything. She walked onto the deck and to the back on the boat,
little did she know behind her was a one way window and Leo was the only one
watching. Alexis walked in front of the railing prepared for the cold, dark
water beneath her. Leo stood up abruptly and left the dining hall. Everyone
else thought he heard something wrong with the ship. Leo walked beside Alexis,
calmly he said. "What are you doing?" Alexis looked at him. Leo had
never seen a girl so sad. She seemed worse than Annabeth when she couldn't find
Percy. She spoke calmly, clearly she had spent years covering up her emotions. "I'm
leaving. You told me Annabeth was the daughter of Athena so she's never wrong.
And when she says something is unwise she must be correct." A single
teardrop glinted off her cheek. At this moment Leo got a good look at her. Her
dark hair contrasted with her pale skin. Her green eyes weren't like Percy's,
her were harder and darker. She was smaller than all of them. Even though Piper
gave her an Aphrodite touch her skin was had dirt specked in different spots.
He realized that Alexis was going to jump off the ship and swim back to Greece.
"You can't leave." He said. Alexis walked in front of him and looked
him in the eye. "Why? They don't want me here. Percy and Annabeth hate me.
So I'm going to go back to Greece find a way to go to South America." Her
shoulders dropped. Leo stepped back and she looked at him. He looked into her
eyes, she had started to tear up. While she was wiping her eyes she muttered
something about how she hated crying in front of strangers. She sat down.
"You're not leaving. No demigod left behind." He helped her up and
brought her inside. He took her into the commons area were Percy must have
woken up and left. He set her down on the couch where he sat next to her.
"I'm sorry." She said under her breath. He smiled. She didn't know why
but his smile kind of annoyed Alexis. "Here I need to show you
something." He stood up and walked to a room like Piper's at the end of
the hall. But this one had just a twin sized bed, a dresser with a mirror above
it, and a window that took up one wall that showed just the calm waters of the
ocean. She looked at him confused. "What's this?" He smiled. "If
you're going to stay with us you might as well have a room to sleep in. I
wouldn't want you to sleep in the stables every night." She thanked him
and set her backpack on the bed. She didn't realize that it was already getting
dark. "You should sleep." He said. She nodded. "Goodnight
Leo," she leaned over and kissed his cheek. "And thanks again."
He walked out and shut the door behind him, he knew he was bright red.
No matter how much she tried Alexis didn't sleep
that night. Her head was full of questions that she didn't want to talk about.
She realized no one else besides Leo knew she was still here. By a force of
habit she reached up to touch her necklace then she remembered she gave it to
Percy. She grabbed her backpack and pulled out another necklace she kept at the
bottom of the bag. It was a simple gold chain with a square charm. It wasn't
even real gold. She took it from a jewelry cart on 22nd street. She was sitting
on her bed with her legs crossed in front of her when someone knocked on the
door. She looked at her watch, which she also stole, it was 2:16 am. Carefully
she walked up and slightly opened the door. On the other side was Percy. His
eyes were frantic they were darting around everywhere. When his eyes set on her
he relaxed. He took her arm and hugged her. Alexis struggled her way out of his
grasp. She looked at him confused. "What are you doing?" He reached
out to touch her shoulder but before he could she pushed his hand away. Alexis
stepped away from him. She was scared because no one had ever shown any kind of
affection to her. He just noticed that. "I'm sorry. I was relieved to know
that you were still here." Percy said. "Why?" Alexis said.
"I mean you're my sister. I've always wanted a sister. Come on, we need to
talk." Percy spoke in a calm voice. "About what?" Never in her
life has Alexis ever been so confused. "Well," Percy said seeming
just as nervous. "I need to know something about my sister." He
smiled at her but she didn't smile back. Percy led her to the commons area.
Where he brought her hot cocoa. They talked all night. He told her about his
life. Her favorite story is when Annabeth had found him at Camp Jupiter and she
flipped him. That was the first time in a long time that Alexis had laughed for
real. She told him about her life too. He said when she had been a stowaway on
that ship it was interesting. He said he had been on every kind of boat except
for an actual cargo ship. The only thing that told them it was morning was Leo
walking out of his room to check on the ship's status. "Hi Leo."
Alexis said happily. That really woke him up. He hadn't heard her be actually
happy before. So it surprised him. "Umm morning Alexis, Percy." They
nodded at each other. Alexis didn't get why guys did that. She smiled and shook
her head. Percy walked her to the dining hall since they were the first one's
there they continued talking. He told all the things demigods should know from
the story of Kronos to the fact they weren't supposed to use phones. Which she
was fine with since she didn't have any friends. When people woke up and
started to file in. Leo stop them from going in. When Leo walked away they
walked in and were surprised to see Alexis and Percy talking like they had
known each other for their entire lives. They all walked away, when Annabeth
woke up she still believed that Alexis was gone and on her way back to Greece.
So when she walked into the dining room to see Percy and Alexis talking. She
was surprised but when she made Percy laugh the same way that he laughed when
she made him laugh, she got mad. Alexis noticed her. "Morning
Annabeth." Alexis smiled and walked out of there leaving Percy and
Annabeth. Alexis walked past everyone in the common. "Morning
everyone." She smiled and walked to her room.
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