I arrive at Camp Half-Blood on a dreary Sunday morning. The clouds are a miserable grey colour and reflect how I am feeling right now. But that will all change very soon, as I have come to see Percy, one of my best friends. Well, I like him a bit more than a friend should, but don't tell anyone, ok? I have been in a really bad mood lately, as my dad has been threatening to send me to this really posh school that is supposed to turn girls into young ladies. Ha! How stupid does that sound? I'm not even going to be a lady when I am forty. I am still going to love art, and have a quirky sense of style…and be in love with one of my best friends. Anyway, Percy should have been here at the bottom of the hill about five minute ago, so I think I am going to take a wall further down the lane to see if he has wandered off somewhere. I have been walking for about five minutes when I hear a rustling of bushes just in front of me, and the sound of a guy's laughter, and a girl's high pitched giggle. Curious, I walk forward a bit more and hide in a bush opposite, trying to see what is going on. When I do finally see what is going on, the sight nearly makes me through up. Sitting opposite me, curled up together in a bush, are my best friend Percy, and his obviously a bit more than a best friend Annabeth. I hiss in anger, as I watch them.
Hands touch, eyes meet
Sudden silence, sudden heat
Hearts leap in a giddy whirl
He could be that boy
But I'm not that girl
Percy seems to be whispering sweet nothings into that idiotic girl's ear. She laughs and laughs, and reaches up from her spot in his arms to kiss him. Tears well in my eyes: I have dreamt of kissing him so many times. I remember the times when he would laugh or smile with me. It would make me feel so happy.
Don't dream too far
Don't lose sight of who you are
Don't remember that rush of joy
He could be that boy
But I'm not that girl
I have imagined so many times what my life would be like if I were going out with Percy. If it weren't for Annabeth, it would be me sitting in that bush with him, having him whispering sweet thoughts to me. Why can't I be the one? We could be perfect together.
Ev'ry so often we long to steal
To the land of What-Might-Have-Been
But that doesn't soften the ache we feel
When reality sets back in
I stare at Annabeth. She is so more beautiful than me in many ways. She has long golden hair that glides down her back in a curly waterfall. Her eyes are so intense and grey, that Percy must get lost in them every time he looks at her. I bet that she has been out with loads of guys before. But she wanted Percy, and it looks like she's got him.
Blithe smile, lithe limb
She who's winsome, she wins him
Gold hair, with a gentle curl
That's the girl he chose
And Heaven knows
I'm not that girl
I have wished many times that Percy loved me, but it looks like he has deceived me. I shouldn't have got my hopes up. In the long run, my stupid, childish wishes have only hurt me. He doesn't love me, but I can't stop loving him.
Don't wish, don't start
Wishing only wounds the heart
I wasn't born for the rose and pearl
There's a girl I know
He loves her so
I'm not that girl…
The tears are running freely down my face as I realise that Percy never wanted me. I jump up from my hiding place, and I sprint back up the road, not caring if they see me or not. They do. I hear shouts, and pounding footsteps behind me. But I don't care. Nothing can stop me now.
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