Percy's P.O.V.
I walked into the restaurant holding my girlfriend Rachael's hand. We were seated at a table for two. After being seated a waiter came up. He had blonde hair and was wearing a black suit and a black tie.
"Hello my name is James, can I start you two off with some drinks?" He asked. I looked up at Racheal. All I could see was a blob of curly red hair and her green eyes scanning the page of drinks.
"I'll have a lemonade." She decided.
"I'll take a root beer please." I said. The waiter nodded.
"A lemonade and a root beer coming up." He said. He smiled and then walked away. I started flipping through the menu.
"What are you going to get?" Rachael asked from behind her menu.
"Probably a burger. A bacon burger." I said. "What about you?" I asked.
"I'm not sure. I might get a sub." She replied.
The waiter returned with our drinks. "Are you guys ready or do you need more time?" He asked. I looked up at Rachael. She nodded and then I nodded.
"I'll have a bacon burger." I said and then closed my menu.
"How would you like that cooked?" He asked.
"Medium rare please."
"Lettuce, tomatoes, onions?" He asked.
"Yes sir." I responded. He took my menu and then looked to Rachael. She was looking away. "Rachael." I said. She jumped.
She took a quick glance at her menu before saying, "I'll have a roast beef sub with lettuce pickles tomatoes onions and mayonnaise please." she closed her menu and handed it to the waiter. He smiled and then looked back at me.
"Those will be out soon." he said.
"Thanks." I said. Then he walked away. Not long after, the food came. We talked and ate and watched the game, as it was on Television. We finished eating and after I paid for the check I stood up.
"I'll be back in a second, I'm going to the bathroom." I said. She nodded and I walked towards the bathroom. As I was walking I was watching the game. My team scored.
"Yeah!" I screamed and then I practically ran someone over.
"Ouch." Said a girl's voice.
"Sorry," I said. I looked at her. She had a halo of golden curls and startling grey eyes. She had a kind face though.
"It's fine. I should have been looking where I was going."
"No, I should have, I was watching the game." I said smiling.
"I was too." She said returning the smile.
"Well I need to go." I said nodding towards the bathroom.
"Oh, yah, me too." She said laughing. We walked to the bathrooms and I walked into the men's. When I walked out I checked the time on my phone. I read 7:45pm. I looked up. The girl had come out of the bathroom. She was walking back to her table. I walked back to Rachael and we walked out of the restaurant back to my car. I drove her home and I walked her to her front door. Under the light above her door she kissed me, then smiled.
"Thanks for tonight." She said.
"Anytime." I said with a smile. She returned it and then walked inside. I walked back to my car and drove home. The next day Rachael called me.
"Good morning." I said when I answered. She was quiet.
"Rachael?" I asked.
"Percy." She said. "I think we need to break up." I froze. "It's really not you, I just don't really think its working out. I think we should see other people." I closed my eyes. I remembered last night. Our conversation underneath the light above her front door. When she kissed me. How we had always been really happy together. Or so I thought. I couldn't speak, if I did I knew my voice would waver and crack.
"Mhm." I said. My eyes still closed.
"I'm sorry." She said. "Goodbye." And with that she hung up. I threw my phone on to my bed and then I let myself fall forward onto the bed. I lay like that for a while. I'm not sure how long. I needed to clear my head, it was filled with voices, voices telling me all the smallest mistakes I could have made to make her break up with me. Everything I could have done, everything I didn't do but should have. I was falling apart and I needed to pit myself together. I changed into a t-shirt and basketball shorts and then put on my sneakers then walked outside.
I walked to the street and then started jogging up the street. A couple blocks away from my house I noticed another jogger a little up the street from me. Whoever it was, they had their blonde hair in a messy ponytail and they were wearing black jogging pants, light blue sneakers and a grey t-shirt. I jogged a little faster to catch up to them. I kept at their pace for about 5 minuets. My jogging partner didn't seem to mind that I was jogging with them. I kept that pace until I passed them. I heard what sounded like crying. I stopped jogging. My jogging partner stopped after she realized I stopped. I still hadn't looked at her.
"What's wrong?" I asked her keeping my .voice soft.
She looked at me. "Hey you're the girl from last night." I said. She nodded. I sat on the side of the sidewalk and she sat next to me.
"Percy Jackson." I said.
"Annabeth Chase." She said, her voice cracking slightly. She cried silently beside me.
"what's wrong annabeth?" I asked.
"My Boyf-friend broke up with m-me." She said, her voice wavering a little. "I-I Decided to go for a jog t-to make myself f-forget about it." She said.
"I know how you feel. My girlfriend just dumped me. I went for a jog to clear my mind." I said. She put her head on my shoulder and just cried into it for a while. I sat there not minding the tears she soaked into my t-shirt. When she finished crying she was silent.
"Sorry." She said.
"It's fine. I don't mind." I said with a small smile. We stood up and she hugged me. I hardly knew her but I felt like in the past half hour or so I got to know her a lot. I hugged her back.
"Thank you." She said, letting go of me. I really needed someone to help me.
"Anytime." I said smiling. I felt a pang of pain as I realized I said the same words to Rachael last night before she dumped me. Annabeth handed me her phone, a new contact on the screen. I did the same for her then filled in the contact information. We gave phones back and then jogged back down the street. he went to her house and then I jogged back to mine.
A/N : What's up readers. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please review so I can make my story better, also check out my other story called "Maybe?". I have a few chapters on that one. Thank you for reading!