Letting Go
Annabeth POV:
Some days I think back to the times when we were stuck, and lost and as much as I hate to admit it, scared. That time we spent in Tartarus, was the worst thing I've ever been through, but I never would have made it through if not for Percy.
Percy POV:
Annabeth and I were just walking through the Central Park in New York
on a Saturday. We had taken the week off from camp, after we got back from Greece, Chiron forced us to go, not that we really resisted anyway.
Annabeth POV:
"Hey Perce, can we just sit here for a while?" I asked, it was my favorite spot in the park, on a hill overlooking the city.
"Of course." He responded, just how I knew he would.
Neither of us really sleep at night anymore, so we just lay there together, I refuse not to stay with him every night. Chiron made an exception for us when we got back, all though I would have snuck into his cabin each night whether he had or not.
Percy POV:
We sat there in silence for a while, in that time I was deciding if I should spill my guts to her now or later. I thought I should just embarrass myself now, when no one else is around. Less painful that way.
"Hey Annabeth," I said nervously
"Yeah?" She said.
"Remember when we were in Tartarus-"
"Percy, that's one thing I will NEVER forget, but go on,"
"Well, as we were getting closer and closer to the doors of death, I kept thinking how one of us was going to have to stay inside to close them from the other side. I wasn't, even for a second, going to let that be you-"
"Percy-" she started,
"No, let me finish." I had to get this out. She hesitated, but then waved her hand for me to continue.
"I knew I had to stay behind and leave you to get through to the others. To finally be safe..."
Come on Perce you've gotten this far, there's no turning back now.
"I was thinking about, proposing to you." I spat out, literally, I think I spit in her eye. Oops.
"Percy", she said softly with that angelic look on her face, that made her look like a goddess. I continued.
"All that time we spent in the pit of death, I kept thinking about the future, our future. I might be a little ahead of myself here, but I know that I don't want to lose you, actually no. I CANT lose you." I think by that time she was speechless, not sure if that's a good thing...
"I had to know if you would have said yes. At the time I thought that if I didn't know your answer, I would have died of curiosity." Okay that was a little dramatic, but it was tag truth.
I wasn't done and she knew that.
"I was about to ask you, but then I forgot about me and thought of you. I realized that if you said yes, then you truly loved me, but-"
"But then I wouldn't have been able to move on from you without feeling guilty" she finished for me.
"Exactly, sorry I felt like I had to tell you that."
"It's okay Percy, I-"
"Annabeth!" Shouted Thalia in the distance. "Annabeth, I desperately need your help" she said out of breath.
"What's wrong?", I asked
"Sorry Percy, it's a girl thing, you wouldn't understand." I didn't question it after that. Thalia then pulled Annabeth down the down and out of sight.
" okay, bye." I said to myself.
I felt better now that I told her but, something still didn't feel, complete.
Suddenly I saw Annabeth running back up the hill. She came up and kissed me right on the lips, then she slowly pulled away, looked in my eyes and whispered, "I would have said yes."
She then smiled, turned and ran back down the hill.
I got up, watched her go, smiled and walked the other way, finally feeling truly complete.