Money Can't Buy You Happiness.

A (kind of) Percabeth Fanfiction (one shot)

All characters belong to Rick Riordan.

WARNING: not very fluffy!

Annabeth's POV

I believe there are two kinds of people in this world. The ones who believe money can do everything for them, the ones who worship it like a god, and the ones that don't. One type of people will do anything to get money. Money is their permanent. They don't live by the saying "money can't buy you happiness". They live the opposite. And then there are the people who realize that there are more important things in life.

I would divide the first category of people into two subcategories. There's the people who are so addicted it ruins their life. They begin to forget about the things that they care for. They lose everything they love. They spend so much time trying to save money that they forget that it's okay to have fun once in a while. They forget that life should be lived to the fullest.

Others just throw their money away. Spend it all on things that don't matter. They don't ever think to plan for the future. They live life a little too full, and they are under the illusion that that is what happiness is.

Then there are the people who don't depend on money to make them happy. They see what life has to offer and they choose to take it. They save enough for the future but they also realize that "the future is made up of nows".

I'm not sure which type of person I am. But to me? It doesn't really matter. I suppose it does make me happy when I receive chocolate or flowers but that's not a lasting happiness. My lasting happiness is Percy, and thankfully I don't have to pay for him with money. At first I was under the illusion that my lasting happiness was Luke so when he betrayed us it hit me hard. I built a wall around my heart and turned to architecture. But architecture failed me too. Even if I took measurements carefully and built it with just enough support, the wall around my heart fell. It had help from my real permanent though. Percy helped to tear down the wall I built. Slowly, one brick at a time.

So as it turns out only one thing I thought I could depend on never actually buckled under my weight. Percy. (Though he does have killer abs so its no wonder).

So I've decided that in my opinion the saying "money can't but you happiness" is neither true nor false. Money can buy you happiness, just not a lasting one. And it may keep you happy for a while so long as you don't go overboard with your not lasting happiness.