THE NEW OLYMPIAN

A/N: Finally, I have rewritten this part. It's definitely different from my original version. Not sure whether it's any good or not.

Disclaimer: I am not a 48 year old man so I cannot be Rick Riordan therefore I do not own PJO or HoO

Chapter 1

Percy PoV

I'm sitting on the beach that usually calms me down, thinking about how my life would be different if I didn't take the stupid offer. If I'd just refused their, oh so generous, gift. If I didn't leave Annabeth. If I had just stayed, but I knew it was impossible. If I didn't accept, we wouldn't stand a chance. No, I didn't accept godhood, if that's what you were thinking.

Flashback 4 year ago (1 year after the giant war)

Today was supposed to be the day that I propose to Annabeth. I got her a silver ring with a blue diamond in the middle and a smaller diamonds on each side, and has the engravings P and A always. Annabeth and I were sitting on our favorite part of the beach with her head on my chest. I even got permission from her mother and father, but I'm afraid that all that would be for nothing.

"Seaweed brain, do you still love me?" Annabeth asked me with a sad tone.

"Of course Wise Girl. What's wrong? Talk to me." I was starting to get a little nervous.

"It's just… You're so distant lately. I mean, one minute we're hanging out and talking, and the next you tell you have to go do something and you don't come back until the next day, and sometimes even later. I'm always left thinking if it's something I did or said. You never tell me where you go." She turned her face so she doesn't look me in the eyes. It breaks my heart to see my strong and beautiful Wise girl on the verge of tears. "Please, Percy I need to know. I can't be left hanging here anymore. "

I cup her face in my hands and made her look at me. "I'm sorry, wise girl. It's just, I'm not allowed to tell you, but I swear I was never unfaithful to you. Please believe me. I don't know what I would do without you."

"Percy, I know. I believe you would never cheat on me, we've been through too much. It's just, I don't feel like your girlfriend anymore. When someone asks me where you are, half of the time I don't know. You're keeping all these secrets from me. I feel like I know you only as much as everyone else. I'm so scared that I might lose you. Please, Percy, please." She said the last word so quietly, I barely heard her. I stared into her eyes, and i saw something foreign. It wasn't just pain. There was doubt, disappointment, and distance.

One look in her eye and I was ready to spill everything to her. I had to bite my tongue to stop myself from telling her the truth. I sighed and settled for, "I'm sorry wise girl. I love you and because I love you I cannot tell you."

"You love me? You don't even bother to lie to me. Come find me when you're ready to talk. Good bye, Perseus." She got up and started walking away. I stood up and took a few steps to chase after her but stopped myself. After a moment of watching her walking away, I fell back on the floor. A lone tear fell from my eyes and rolled down my cheek and and fell onto the sand. I wanted so much to catch her and tell her everything, but then I remembered my conversation with my father earlier that day. She cannot know. I will not rip her peaceful life away from her a minute before it's necessary. It would be easier this way anyways. She deserves some peace and happiness after everything we've been through.

I sat alone on the beach just thinking. Questioning whether i made the right decision to let her go or not. Thinking how much my life will be changes. Saddened by the thought that soon, her life will be changed too. I was shaken out of my thoughts by my father's voice from a distance. "Perseus!" My father started walking towards me. "It's time, my son." I simply nodded. He saw my saddened look and knew immediately that something was wrong but that I didn't want to talk about it. He just looked at me with sympathy and put an arm around my shoulder and guided me towards the ocean.

Annabeth's PoV (still that day 4 years ago)

Percy and I sat on the beach with my head on his chest. My mind was spinning out a thousand thoughts per minute. All the thoughts centered around Percy. For the past couple months, he seemed distant. On many occasions we were talking and laughing with each other happily, and he would just freeze. Then he would just tell me he needed to go and without an explanation and just ran off into a distance. I'm tired of not knowing anything, and I just can't keep doing this. Determined to get to the bottom of this right here and right now, I asked, "Seaweed brain, do you still love me?"

He looked at me with concern and panic. "Of course Wise Girl. What's wrong? Talk to me."

"It's just… You're so distant lately. I mean, one minute we're hanging out and talking, and the next you tell you have to go do something and you don't come back until the next day, and sometimes even later. I'm always left thinking if it's something I did or said. You never tell me where you go." I turn my head away so I don't have to look at him, scared at what he would say. "Please, Percy I need to know. I can't be left hanging here anymore."

"I'm sorry, wise girl. It's just, I'm not allowed to tell you, but I swear I was never unfaithful to you. Please believe me. I don't know what I would do without you."

Can't or won't? "Percy, I know. I believe you would never cheat on me, we've been through too much. It's just, I don't feel like your girlfriend anymore. When someone asks me where you are, half of the time I don't know. You're keeping all these secrets from me. I feel like I know you only as much as everyone else. I'm so scared that I might lose you. Please, Percy, please." I finally told him how I felt. This is the last chance for him to tell me. I can't keep doing this anymore.

I was hopeful that he would tell me but soon that hope was crushed. "I'm sorry wise girl. I love you and because I love you I cannot tell you."

I was so disappointed in him. He claims he loves me yet keeps so many secrets from me. That disappointment turned into anger. I have done nothing than be a good girlfriend to him. Supporting him in anything he does yet he's keeping secrets from me. "You love me? You don't even bother to lie to me. Good bye, Perseus." I stood up and started to walk away in very slowly, hoping that he would try to stop me. Each step I take feels like a piece of my heart is being ripped off. I didn't look back, wouldn't look back. If he has something or someone more important then I won't be the one to hold him back.

A/N: This is the new version. I changed it quite a bit. Tell me what you think of this. I could always use some constructive criticism. Excuse my grammar mistakes, I just have to get this out. Enjoy! BTW I removed all my older chapters.