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Annabeth POV

I would be me to have to stay at work until nearly one in the morning… on a Friday night. Luckily since it was one in the morning, there was hardly any traffic. Thank the gods! Well, at least I got to come home this time today, I thought as I pulled into the parking lot and parked my silver Mustang. I wasn't home the night before on account of my ever so demanding job. That was the one downside to working for New York's number one architecture firm. Last night, I wasn't done until about three in the morning so I decided to just crash on the couch that I have in my office. Being a child of Athena sucked sometimes.

I unlocked the door as quietly as possible so I wouldn't wake up Percy, who was probably sleeping. I closed the door and started to make my way towards our bedroom in pitch black darkness by memory. However a few seconds later, I was greeted with a lamp being turned on by none other than Percy. And he didn't look too incredibly happy.

"Percy, why are you up at this ungodly hour?" I asked him, surprised that he was still awake.

"Waiting up for you. Where have you been, Annabeth?" he asked, trying to stay calm.

"I've been at work, Percy."

"Oh, and I suppose that's where you were last night too?!" he started yelling at me.

"Yes, as a matter of fact, it was!"

"Why didn't you call me? Last night, tonight? Anytime! Why didn't you tell me you weren't gonna be home? Huh, Anna?"

"My phone was dead. It's been dead since yesterday afternoon, Percy! Before I knew I wouldn't be home until right now."

"You have a desk phone."

"I unplugged it and you know what? I forgot! I just plain old forgot to call you! I'm not perfect!"

"Hmph. Some daughter of Athena you are, huh?"

"Don't even go there, Perseus Jackson!"

"You know, I called and left messages with your secretary at least six times today alone. Factor in yesterday and you'll have double digits."

"I told her to hold everything. Phone calls, messages, everything. I told her that I didn't want to be disturbed. At all."

"Yeah, I'm sure," he said sarcastically. "And another question. Am I really supposed to believe that was what you wore to work?" he asked gesturing towards my spaghetti strap, v-neck, purple dress that ends mid-thigh. Probably not the best outfit to have worn to work, but my office was hotter than Hades.

"Percy, I did wear this to work. I promise you I did. I swear on the River Styx. You don't even see me in the morning! It's not like you would even know! You never do! You don't even wake up until an hour after I leave. Why don't you trust me anymore?"

"Because there's too much proof against you, Annabeth!"

"You don't have any proof, Seaweed Brain! You have circumstantial evidence. You just think you know what you're seeing and accusing me of, but you don't."

"No, Anna Beth. I'm done with you and your lies."

"No, Percy. You don't understand," I said, now in tears.

"Stop that."

"Stop what, Perce?"

"Crying. Do you think that's really gonna do anything at this point? In all honesty, it doesn't mean much to me anymore."

"You know what? I'm done too. I'm done trying to prove myself to you, done trying to save this relationship I'm done," I said, storming out of our apartment.

I practically ran out to my car. I turned the car on and started to drive off, without any particular destination in mind. My luck today sucked. Not only did Percy and I fight like all Hades, but what other song would be on the radio at a time like this than Wicked Game (Running Away) by Three Days Grace? This brought up all of the emotions that I had hoped to repress and broke down. My vision started to blur with the tears and everything turned into a big jumbled blur of mess in my sight. I couldn't feel anything. I didn't even know I had been hit until everything went black.