Percy and I walked in the beach, hand in hand, enjoying the hot summer breeze. We just went swimming, and in an instant, I was dry. We both lay in the sand, just staring at the clouds. I've been hiding it since the start of the summer, and now, I have to tell him.
"Percy, I have to tell you something." I whisper, so he faces me.
"Anything, Annabeth." He answers, and I sigh heavily.
"I'm going to San Francisco next week, Percy." I tell him calmly, and his expression was still normal.
"Oh good! You visiting your dad? I'll also be having a vacation and-"
"For good." I interrupt him, which makes him shut up.
"My dad insisted that I stay with him, he said he's getting lonely. He assured that no monsters would come near me." I explain, and Percy finally speaks up.
"What? Why you -why didn't you tell me?" he asked in a straight forward question, and not the usual beating around the bush.
"I'm sorry, Percy. I didn't know how to tell you and-"
"If you told me earlier, then we could've bonded more this summer. Now we only have a week left." he slumped back to the sand, his face miserable.
"Look Percy, it doesn't matter if I told you just now. Anyway, I think a long distance relationship isn't gonna work either." I whisper, and he finally gets it.
"You-you're breaking up with me?" he shouts, the sea forming bigger waves.
"Percy, as much as I love you, I don't think we can keep this relationship with us this far. I mean, we can't Iris message every day; you'll need a million drachmas for that. And when we're far away from each other, I'm sure we couldn't help but meet others, and fall in love with them." I finish, and I know that even if his face was still mad, he knew that I was right.
Percy sighs. "Well, I would try to work it out at first, but seems like your heart is too weak, it already gave up." he stands up, and takes his shirt off, walking to the shore.
"I guess it's goodbye then, Wise Girl." he whispers, before drowning all his worries as he dived into the water.
5 years later, here I am, living in my new apartment here in San Francisco. So far, no monsters came to attack me. I lived with my father for 4 1/2 years, and after working as a librarian here in our public library, I managed to earn some money for an apartment of my own.
It was a Monday today, and I had to deliver some new books that my boss said to the library. I was running, because I was an hour late for work. I've managed to avoid the people going through my opposite direction, since I imagined them to be like training in camp. I was a few meters away from the library, when a man knocked me over, almost all of the books dumped to the canal beside me.
Percy's POV
It's been 5 years before well, you know what, and I've never heard of her. She never sent me letters, or even iris messages. I kind of missed her, actually, but she hurt my heart. If only she told me sooner...
Oh well, I don't want to talk about that right now. As of the moment, I have a new girlfriend, and her name's Madge. She has long, straight blonde hair,and baby blue eyes. She's petite, and I met her in a double date with Grover. She's actually almost perfect, except that she's so flirty and vulnerable and weak. That is why I think Annabeth's still the best. STOP IT PERCY.
Unfortunately, she's a mortal, so I have to make a lame excuse every time I stay for hours in the pool underwater. She had to visit her best friend in San Francisco, and she begged me to go with her, and of course, I refused. I remember talking to her the night before the flight.
"But, please! Just this once! And have a break with work! You can relax there. It'll only be about 4 days." she insisted.
"Madge! You know I'm an anti social right now, remember? I'd rather stay herein New York." I retort.
It's San Francisco, for Zeus' sake. Even just the name of that city reminds me of her. UGH. Get over her, Percy. She probably forgot about you already.
I stare at her. Well, she is your girlfriend after all, and not Annabeth. Might as well just accompany her.
"Fine." I say in defeat, and she smiles, pecking my lips just before she leaves.
Now I'm here, in San Francisco. It's actually our first day here, and I woke up late. Now, I was about to pick her up in Macy's.
"Percy! Good thing you're awake already. I'm paying now, just pick me up in about 15 minutes." She says, and before I say an 'ok', she ends the call.
I sigh, just walking to Macy's since I didn't want to ride a taxi anymore. It always reminded me of the Grey Sisters taxi we rode a few years back. Even just thinking about it made me sick.
I start to jog now, might as well exercise. I could already see the Macy's store not far away, when I bumped into a woman, going the opposite direction.
She fell down, some of the books that she carried dumping into the canal beside us.
"Vlacas." She muttered to herself, and my eyes widen. Hey, that was Ancient Greek. I shook my head, maybe it was just something else.
"I'm sorry. I'm really clumsy." I say, while I help her pick the books that fell on the hard pavement.
For a second, I stared at her, but she was concentrating on fixing the mess, so all I saw was her hair.
It was shiny, curly blonde hair, which reminded me of Annabeth's.
I stared at it for a while, when I notice a strand that stood out from all her pretty locks.
It was a gray streak.
Annabeth's POV
Oh Zeus, I'm late for work, and now I messed up all the books. If only Percy was here, he could've dried them all in a second. But no, he wasn't here, and now I have about half a dozen books dumped in dirty canal water.
I finally finished picking up all the books, when I notice that the man didn't help me after a while.
Percy's POV
Her hair had a single gray streak, and I couldn't help but think that she was Annabeth. Hey, some people have weird gray hair too, right? I turn my attention to the books that were all wet now.
"I bumped into you. I'm sorry, oh my gods." She says, and my eyes widen.
"OH. I mean, uh, God. Oh my God." she corrects herself, and I gasp.
She looks up, and my jaw dropped.
She looked straight at me, with mesmerizing, stormy grey eyes.
Her hair. Her expression. Her eyes.
It was Annabeth.
Annabeth's POV
Vlacas, Annabeth. Why do you keep adding the s in god. You are not in Olympus, nor in Camp.
I mentally smack myself in the head, and just face the guy.
He was wearing a pair of Ray-bans, his black hair all shaggy and messy. Oh, how he looked so much like Percy,I thought in my head.
His jaw dropped, and now I was really creeped out.
He took his shades off, and now, I was in shock too.
Twinkling, sea green eyes, now staring back at me.
"Seaweed Brain?"
"Wise Girl?"
So there's the first chapter! Please review if you want me to continue! The next chapter is ready, just waiting for some comments and reviews!