A/N: This is for 78meg9 who gave me the idea. You are a genius! :)
Enjoy;)
"And he probably doesn't even know who he is."
The words rang in my ears and I slumped in my seat. The whole table was silent.
I'd like to say I took the news well, but it felt like someone had taken a knife and plunged it deep into my heart, rocking my world again. I didn't want to believe it, but I knew it was true.
It took a minute for someone to speak.
"So we go over there and exchange them back."
"It's not that simple," Jason said. "We can't change back. That wouldn't align with the prophecy and, we don't know where the camp is. We need to focus on building the Argo II so we can sail there by the solstice."
I sat in shocked silence. Sure I had known, but one someone says out loud Hey! Your boyfriend had his memory wiped and is stuck in a hostile Roman camp miles away from you! it makes everything more real.
Part of me knew what he said made sense. We couldn't barge into another camp and demand a switch, we would have to work with them in the war.
Another part of me was anxious and ready to rebel. So what? We have to find the camp to get back Percyso we might as well go now!
But I was overwhelmed, angry, confused, heart broken. Seaweed Brain is gone. I stood up and ran out of the big house. I could hear them calling after me but I didn't turn.
I ran, hair flying back, tears streaming down my face.
I kept running, past the cabins and into the woods. I ran through the woods deeper than I'd ever been. Then I fell. My legs just went weak and I fell.
I fell like I'd fallen for Luke and Percy, the boys that broke my heart.
And I cried. Sobs racked my body, I couldn't stop and tears fell. They soaked through my jeans in the chilly December air.
Even when the tears ran dry, I was still crying on the inside.
Torn.
Weeping.
Crying out.
Why did this happen?
I could hear them calling through the woods.
"Annabeth!"
I don't want to be found.
I don't want to be told that everything is ok.
Because it isn't.
I was staring at my hands when they found me.
Crying on the inside.
