A/N: This is a collection of random one shots involving a lot of my favourites pairings like Percabeth, Thalia/Luke, Silena/Beckendorf, Nico/OC and a heap of others, and some friendship fics. Yah. Well. Here's chapter one...Broken Promises.

Summary: I'm sorry I had to start with a sad one, but I've been planning this for ages. Grover and Annabeth have a heart-to-heart, as Annabeth wonders why everyone she's ever loved has left her. A story of two best friends missing their other best friend.

General POV

It was midnight. Everything was dark. Everything was silent.

Until...

Grover heard a weird sound. It sounded like someone crying. He decided to go investigate. He looked over practically the whole forest (okay, everywhere within 10 ft of Juniper's tree) until he finally realised where it was coming from.

Half Blood Hill.

Half Blood Hill was a pretty meaningful place to him. First Thalia had died there. Then Percy nearly had. Then Thalia had come back to life. And now there was a figure up there, crying, silhouetted in the moonlight.

He walked up to her. "Annabeth?" he said carefully.

She looked up and hastily wiped the tears from her eyes. "Oh, hey Grover," she said cheerfully. Obviously fake.
"Are you crying?" he asked.
"Pfft," she said. "No. Course not. What a stupid question." But as she said it, a tear rolled down her cheek. "Damn tear ducts," she muttered.
"What's wrong?" asked Grover.
"N-nothing."
"C'mon, Annabeth. It has to be something."
"It's not!"
"You really miss him, don't you?"
She looked up and opened her mouth like she was about to deny it. Then she nodded.
"I get it," he said. "If Juniper went missing, I'd probably die. You're taking it pretty well."
She made a sound that was somewhere between a laugh and a sob. "Look at me. I'm f-falling apart!"
"Yeah," he agreed. "But not in public."
This time he was sure it was a laugh.
They sat in silence for a while. Until Annabeth broke it.
"What's wrong with me?"
He stared at her. "What?"
"Well," she said. "No one seems to stick around me for long. My dad...well, you know about that. Thalia joined the Hunters and I never see her anymore. Luke..." Her voice faltered. "And now Percy."
"Hey," said Grover. "Percy didn't choose for that to happen. And the others? Who cares about them? Except Thalia, she's pretty awesome...Anyway, it had nothing to do with you."
"But..." sobbed Annabeth. "All I've ever had in my life is broken promises. My dad promised that everyone would be okay again. Thalia promised she would talk to me at least once a week. Luke promised we would be a family. And Percy promised that he would always be there for me. That he would never leave me." She was crying really hard now. "And now he's gone and...and it's just one more broken promise, one more failed relationship, one more hole in my heart."
"I've been here all this time," Grover pointed out.
"Great," said Annabeth sarcastically. "One person has been here for me. Whoop de doo."
"I'm not that bad..."
"Hey, Grover?"
"Yeah?"
"Y-you know that...that empathy link?"
"Annabeth, I'm sorry," I said. "I don't know anything. I haven't heard from him."
She just nodded. "But y-you'd know if he...if he..."
"Definitely," Grover replied. "Mostly because I'd be dead too."
She sighed. "I just want him back."
I sighed. "Me too."

What did you think? Sorry it was all emotional and stuff but I had to get that out. Next chapter will be a songfic and will be much more upbeat and happy. See ya peeps!