Hey guys!
These are random songfics that tie to Percy and Annabeth. I've wanted to do this for a while.
Enjoy!
P.S. I do not own PJO or "What Hurts the Most." Though I must say that Rascal Flatts is AMAZING!
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Songfics:
What Hurts the Most: Rascal Flatts
Annabeth stepped onto the hard wood of the dock. She stared out at the rain pounding mercilessly across the water, churning up the normally smooth waters of the canoe lake. Chiron was allowing the rain to fall, because he was just as melancholy as those from camp who requested it. Which was everyone. But Annabeth… Annabeth had to stay strong. That is… in public…
Here, there was no one looking up to her. No one who knew her to be the strong daughter of
Athena that she was. Here, she could wallow in her misery in peace.
Percy. He was at the Roman Camp, in San Francisco. After searching for him for over a week, he was just miles away from where she lived. Standing in front of the canoe lake, memories surged through her like slaps to the face.
The day he arrived, weak, stubborn, and slow, as he stared in confusion at the Naiads that waved to him from the bottom of the lake.
A thousand blows of his cheerful smile, as he—without meaning to—lit up the moods of everyone around him with his humorous, sarcastic outlook on life and death.
The night of his sixteenth birthday, after the others had dumped them in the water, as he kissed her at the bottom of the lake, ignoring the stares of the fish and Naiads that surrounded them.
Annabeth felt saltwater mix with the rain that ran down her face, and she made no effort to stop it. In the distance, she could just barely hear the Apollo cabin singing their hearts out, loud enough for the whole camp to hear. She sat down at the edge of the dock and hugged her knees to her chest, listening to the sad words dance through her mind.
I can take the rain
On the roof of this empty house
That don't bother me
Definitely. She sat in the pouring rain, numb to its cold embrace.
I can take a few tears now and then
And I just let 'em out
The taste of saltwater reached her mouth. Instead of calming her, it wrenched her heart more, as she remembered the comforting scent of saltwater that accompanied Percy wherever he went, and the taste of his lips on hers.
I'm not afraid to cry every once in a while
Even though goin' on with you gone still upsets me
There are days every now and again
I pretend I'm okay
Nowadays, her whole life was all pretense, as she went about her daily duties, imagining the presence of him near, as he tried to make her laugh by throwing out his sarcastic and snappy comebacks to her teasing. She cried harder as she remembered how well they used to work.
But that's not what gets me
What hurts the most
What hurt her every second of every minute of every day
Was being so close
Was the knowledge that she could have stopped him. Could have raced to his cabin before Hera took him away.
And havin' so much to say
She could have at least told him everything that she wanted to. Told him how much she cared about him. Told him that she… that she…
And watchin' you walk away
But, no. She just had to stand there and watch him leave, while unknowingly feeling the last lingering taste of him that she would for a long time. She just had to.
And never knowin'
What could've been
She would never know what could have happened over the course of these six months. With the chance that he won't remember her hanging over her head, there was always the chance that she never would know… Know if he… if he…
And not seein' that lovin' you
Is what I was tryin' to do
If he loved her too…
It's hard to deal with the pain
Of losin' you everywhere I go
Every time she would pass the Poseidon cabin, she'd visibly flinch. She hadn't been there since she found his empty bed. The Poseidon cabin was a cold place for all at camp. Yet, most of the campers came by every day to dust and such, so it looked exactly the way Percy left it.
But I'm doin' it
Barely… Barely doing it…
It's hard to force that smile
When I see our old friends and I'm alone
She forced it… but it never reached her eyes anymore. The last time that she had truly smiled was when… when he was still there… still lighting up the cold winter of camp…
Still harder gettin' up, gettin' dressed, livin' with this regret
She should have stopped this… she should have stopped this… She should have… but she didn't…
But I know if I could do it over
I would trade, give away
All the words that I saved in my heart
That I left unspoken
If she could, she would have gotten over her fear and just told him… just told him…
What hurts the most
Was being so close
She was so close to what she wanted. She was so close to building something permanent. So close…
And havin' so much to say
And watchin' you walk away
He's gone. Just. Like. That.
And never knowin'
What could've been
She should've said it. She should've told him that…
And not seein' that lovin' you
Is what I was tryin' to do
That she loved him…
Not seein' that lovin' you
That's what I was trying to do
"Percy," she whispered aloud. "We're coming. Please be there, Seaweed Brain. Please be there…"
Please be there…
Coming up: Percy's side to it, with "Words I Couldn't Say" by Rascal Flatts (also)