(Mary POV)

So.. Basically my mother called me to say that my plan had gone wrong. Thank god I keep the mission secret from the camp or else my reputation would go down. As I was saying; the conversation with my mother made me realize that they could really have died. And I owed an apology and explanation to Annabeth for that.

A day after that, I was still thinking about that so I went to the infirmary looking for her. She had already recovered the most from the "attack" and as I guessed, she was sitting on a chair next to the bed where a boy with black hair was still unconscious.

- Hey.. - I said with a calm voice. We had never been "good friends" and i didn't knew how to start this conversation with her. My voice brought her back to reality and she looked at me with a confused face.

-Is he better? - I asked pointing to Percy.

-Why do you care? - she snapped back.

- Well is that... Can I talk to you please? Not in here.

- She looked at me with an even more confused expression, and after studying my face for a few more seconds she nodded and got up from the chair.

We walked in silence until we were behind the big house, so no one could hear us.

- What do you wanna talk about? - she asked. I could tell she was tense by her posture.

- I will tell you, but first you have to trust me and promise you won't get mad or yell.
She was starting to get suspicious about me.

-Fine. - I said gathering the courage I was gonna need to say the next things.

- You know.. The fight with the cyclops.. It was my fault - I started

-It was my fault that you and Percy almost died. And it was for a very stupid reason.. - I continued

I could tell she was getting angry so I continued before she could start yelling
:
- It was kind to help you. You see; my mother heard you fight with your mom about Percy, so she asked me to make a plan, so your mother could see you would do anything for each other.. But the plan went a bit wrong..

She looked surprised, and for a second didn't say anything.

- So what I really wanted to tell you is that I'm really sorry. I know I don't say it very often, and this may seem a bit crazy but is true. - I finished.

- Ohhh - was all she could say - I don't know if I should be mad or thank you right now... - she started to talk

- But since you made a good choice by telling me i think I can forgive you. Besides I don't think is good to be fighting here with you while Percy is here still unconscious.

- That's a good thing then? - I asked

- Yes is a good think. I don't forgive a daughter of Aphrodite very easily.

- Ahh yes! One more thing! The plan didn't worked on you mother too. So I was given a mission to make a new one, and as this is about you i thought it was better to tell you before anything happens. So, is it ok? Can I count on you to help me?

- But why are you doing this? We're not even friends!

- Well.. I don't really know. - I was being honest with myself and her.

- Ok. But promise one thing! - She said

- What?

- Don't include monsters on your plan!

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(Annabeth POV)

After the conversation, Mary left me there alone. Things were running on my mind so fast I couldn't understand them all.

I mean.. We had never been good friends.. And she made a plan to help me?

-Think rationally - I thought to myself

The plan was Aphrodite's idea. So she had something to " win" with that. But what?? I couldn't figure.

On the other hand, when she told me she wanted to help me, her expression seemed so genuine.. And either she was pretending or not, that made me feel guilty for everything I did to her..

After a few more seconds of staring blankly at nothing i started to walk back to the infirmary. There I sat again next to Percy.He was still asleep, though he was better. Looking at him like that made me remember how he was after the fight. And without noticing I started to drift into my thoughts.And as I remembered the conversation with Mary, and Percy, I started to doubt my decision of forgiving Mary. So I decided. I would forgive the fact that she created this whole situation, but not the fact that she " hurted " Percy.

The rest of the day I stayed there watching Percy. It reminded me of when we were 11 and he came to camp. He fainted after defeating the Minotaur to protect his mother. It was kinda cute how he could get himself almost killed just to protect the ones he cared about.

Of course I had some injuries too, I mean, i had been tied to a tree, but he was much worse than me.

I had not another choice, so I did as he said and went to my cabin trying to get some sleep.

Notes

Hihi!! I'm back!! and from now on, I'll keep with normal updates (one new chapter in every two weeks).

sorry (again) for the last chapter, but this now is much better XD