Out favorite couple, percabeth, discuss a heartbreaking topic while suffering in Tartarus

Disclaimer: I had a dream once that I was Rick Rordain. But then I woke up and realized that I do not own these characters...

Annabeth POV

Goodnight mom

"Maybe you should try to get some sleep. I'll take first shift." I said while trying to find a comfortable sitting position.

When I heard no response I glanced over at Percy who looked extremely sad and deep in thought.

Immediately sympathetic, I crawled next to him and snuggled into his shoulder, "hey Percy, you wanna talk to me about it?"

He sighed and blinked resting his head on mine, "just thinking," he almost whispered.

I let the silence linger and Out of habit I synced his breathing with my own.

He signed even heavier, "ok fine. This is hard for me to talk about so... I mean... How was it, when I... You know, disappeared."

Caught off guard I answered quickly, "It was terrible"

Agitated he ran his fingers through his hair, " well... How was... My mom?"

Really caught off guard a million memories raced through my mind. I remember the days when I could visit her when Percy was missing she was either depressed or extremely depressed. It was hard to see her like that since it was such a contrast to her usual sunny disposition.

There was a day I remember very vividly when I went over to comfort Sally and we ended up just crying and hugging each other on the kitchen floor until we couldn't anymore.

"She obviously had a difficult time handling it but she was strong about it," I sort of lied.

Percy's voice got really shaky and quiet; "I haven't seen her in months, almost a year. And after all that time she still hasn't seen me either. I haven't even gotten the chance to stop by to say 'hey guess what? Your idiot son is alive after all!'" He said bitterly.

Getting emotional all I could say was, "oh Percy"

He was really crying now, "when I thought I got my memories back, I tried to call her once and... And... I couldn't remember the number. I tried everything. I must have called several wrong numbers before I gave up. I mean much later during the quest I figured it out. But it went to voicemail. I had to tell my mom I was ok over a stupid voicemail. Gods I'm the worst son."

"Percy you can not think that everything that goes wrong is somehow your fault. Yes you disappeared and it hurt a lot of people, but you had no control of that. Yes you haven't had the chance to see your mom, but if I'm not mistaken you were pretty busy saving the world and falling with me to hell"

He smirked, "You mean falling for you."

I shoved him laughing, "There's that cheesy humor!"

"How's this? I promise you that when we get out of here and we finish dealing with this Gaea madness that first thing we will do is visit your mom."

He sniffed, "Really?...I'm looking forward to it" he said while rubbing his eyes

"You should be sleeping Percy"

He lied down, "whatever mom," he winked.

I opened my mouth to retort, but instead just smiled and rolled my eyes.

I like to mix up some flirty retorts with dramatic monologues so I hope I delivered on that.

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