Hey guys, I'm back with a new story. To me, this is a lot different from my first story, Happiness (which if you haven't read yet, you totally should), but most of you may think they're very similar. Well, as always, read and review. I love any type of review. If you have a negative review, I encourage you to read it. Flames accepted, as it kinda humors me.

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Chapter 1

Annabeth POV

I'm walking to Percy's cabin when, all of a sudden, Katie comes out of what seems like nowhere and pulls me aside. By Katie, I mean Katie and Travis, her boyfriend. And by pulls, I mean drags. Part of me tells me that I don't want to know why they are doing this, but the other part says that I have to know. Despite how badly I want to see Percy, I let them drag me along to where ever it is they are dragging me. If I want to, I could kick their asses at any time, but the suspense is too intriguing.

"What's this all about?" I ask as we come to a halt in the Aphrodite cabin.

"Silena has some things that she needs to ask you, I guess," Katie responds plainly.

"Okay," I say, turning around to face Silena, "What do you need?"

"Why did you allow yourself to get dragged here when you were on your way to Percy's cabin? If you love him, wouldn't you have told Katie and Travis that it could wait until a later time?" she asks.

"Silena, you know that I'm different than you fucking Aphrodite kids. You all put love first beyond everything else. I put suspicion, school, and quests above all else. And, also, who the hades are you to tell me whether or not I love Percy?! I'll tell you who! NOBODY."

"Then, I ask, why are you here and not there?"

"Suspicion got the best of me. And you know what? You would know that that would happen. So, now the question is, why don't you want me in Percy's cabin right now?"

"I never said that I didn't. I just kind of wanted to play with you. Get you all worked up over nothing. It's an Aphrodite girl thing. You wouldn't understand."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing," she says in a sing songy voice.

"Okay, whatever. I gotta go. I'll be in Percy's cabin if you all need me again, so word of advice: don't need me again," I say with all seriousness in my voice. I can tell they know I mean it based on their facial expressions, which is kind of funny, if I do say so myself.

I exit the Aphrodite cabin and start to work my way towards Percy's. All the while, I think about what Silena had said. I mean, seriously? What makes her think that I don't love Percy? What gives her the right to speak such blasphemy? I love Percy and his immortality and everything about him.

Through all of this thought and inside battle, I find myself standing in front of Percy's cabin. I walk into the cabin to find the last thing I used to think I would ever find. What is the image I see in front of me right now you may ask? Oh, well, that would be Percy and Rachel. But, oh wait, it gets better. They were making out. I can't believe it. After all these years of friendship with Percy, then we finally start to date, and he goes and cheats on me!

"Oh, don't let me interrupt," I say as I start to turn away from the cabin, tears brimming my eyes, out of anger and sadness.

"No, wait, Annabeth!" Percy calls out, pulling away from Rachel.

"No, Percy. I'm done," I say then start to run.

It must have been five or so minutes by now, so I stop running, assuming Percy didn't follow me. I hadn't really been paying attention to where I was running, and quite frankly, I didn't and don't care. When I finally stop for long enough, I look around to take in my surroundings. I think I'm somewhere in the woods, but I'm not quite sure. Nonetheless, I'm not going back into camp tonight. I'll crash in the woods. I don't care. The way I see it, I'm doing this for Percy's benefit, despite the fact of what he did to me. I have to sleep off some of this anger before I kill him. Though, the thought of killing him does indeed make me smile right now.

When I wake up, there's sun all around me. Seems like I slept through the night just fine, despite the fact that I was sleeping on the floor of the woods. I groggily get up and make my way back towards the cabins. I keep walking until I find the lake, since I don't really know my exact location. After at least ten minutes, I finally get to the lake. I then proceed towards the cabins, that is, until I realize that Percy's cabin will be the first I come upon due to the fact that… Well, I think the word 'lake' kind of explains that.

As I approach his cabin, I see him sitting on the dock that's connected from his cabin to the lake. He and I used to sit there for hours just talking and… other things, if you catch my drift. I guess he sees me coming or something because his head jerks up and looks in my direction. I hurry past his cabin only to be met by him at the edge of the woods. I am in no mood to talk to him, as I am royally pissed off.

"Annabeth, come on. Can't we talk?" he asks, though I only push by him, unresponsive.

"Annabeth, just look at me! Please…" he asks as he stops me, grabbing my shoulders, and holding me in place.

I jerk my head up violently and stare him straight in the eye. I lift my eyebrows as if to ask 'what?' as I refuse to actually talk to him. He looks sort of relieved that I gave him a response at all.

"Look, just, meet me in the sword fighting arena at 2 and we'll try to talk about it. Or you can beat me up. That choice is up to you. You deserve it."

I walk past him and make my way towards the showers then hit up my cabin. I'll meet him at the arena, but first I have something I need to do. I'm going to go talk to that bitch, Silena. I have a feeling she may be a part of this whole thing, but then again, she may not be.