Nothing but a Memory
I stare at my full bowl of cereal. Only one thing is on my mind now, and it's the fact that this is soon to be nothing but a memory. Just this thought causes me to lose my appetite, and I push the bowl away. I stand up from my chair and turn around. I start walking through what would be my living room, but with all the moving boxes stacked tall, it's hard to tell that this was the place I watched TV with my family. I navigate through the maze of cardboard and finally reach my bedroom door. But it's not a bedroom anymore. It's a square room filled with nothing but memories. Memories of all the sleepovers I had with Thalia and Silena. Tears fill my eyes as I run my hand along the empty gray wall. I sit in the middle of the floor, where my bed used to be. All I think about is how I don't want to leave. How I can't say goodbye. I can't leave the place I was raised. I can't say goodbye to my friends, or Chiron, or even Mr. D. But what is bothering me the most is that I can't leave Percy, the boy I'm in love with. I can't say goodbye knowing I'll never see him again. An engine roar brings me out of my thoughts. I stand up and look out my window. The moving van has just arrived, and the men are filling the truck of all my belongings; all the things that remind me of here. As I walk out of my room, I wipe the tears from my eyes. I walk towards the back patio and pool. Saying goodbye to this is going to be the hardest for me though. I had a birthday pool party once. Percy had asked me out in this pool. Now I'm going to be leaving him and the memory where "us" started. If I had it my way, I would stay right here in Long Island. But my dad's boss has other ideas. I just don't want to leave the place I know so well. I walk to find my dad and stepmom. They're helping the men in the moving van. I can't stand the sight so I run back inside. Hours later, when all the boxes have been successfully moved into the van, it was time to leave. Percy, Thalia, Silena, Nico, Beckendorf, Clarisse, Grover, Juniper, Connor, Travis, and all my other friends from camp gathered at my house. They're bidding me their final goodbyes. Tears roll down my face as I say goodbye to everyone I love. Then it was down to the last person. Percy, who I love so much, who I won't ever see again, wraps his arms around me, embracing me in one last hug. He looks me in the eyes and tears come to his eyes too. "I love you. I don't want you to go. But please, whatever you do, and whoever you come across, don't forget about me." I'm crying hysterically now. I'm left with these final words from him to me. Don't forget about me. I won't. Ever. He kisses me for the final time, and we part our separate ways. I get in the car and stare into the rearview mirror. My friends and Percy are in tears, like me. I'm driving away from everything and everyone I love. Now it's nothing. Nothing but a place where I was happy. Nothing but a fading memory.