Because of you I don't stray too far from the sidewalk

Because of you I learn to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt

Because of you I find it hard to trust not only me but everyone around me

Because of you I am afraid

-"Because of you" Kelly Clarkson

"Percy." I sighed as he pushed me up against a tree. I didn't want this, Percy was different, and I loved him. Everyone knew that; but now…

Nothing seemed right.

That single thought kept lingering in my mind. ..

I smiled as he wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed my cheek. But then the thought pierced my heart, I pushed him away. Unable to continue.

"Annabeth?" He looked utterly confused, I couldn't blame him, I had never pushed him away.

Ever.

"Are you okay?" He took a step closer; I shook me head, and looked away.

But that just pushed him more to come and comfort me. He wrapped his arms around me and forced me to look him in those beautiful sea green eyes.

"Annabeth, talk to me. Please." He begged, I bit my lip.

"It's nothing. Simply nothing."

"You're a bad liar, sweetie." He was trying to make me smile.

I shook my head, knowing what I had to do. I couldn't go o like this, I just couldn't. I wrested myself out of his grip and looked him in the eyes.

"Percy, "I had to break his heart to spare mine," This isn't going to work out." He froze, and burst into laughter.

Men. Stupid, stupid, men.

But when he looked me in the eyes, he knew I wasn't kidding, silence trumpeted between us.

"You're…your kidding right?"

I shook my head," I wis-"…" no…Im not."

"But, why so soon? I mean, everything was going great…I don't understand."

"Its, a long story."

"I have plenty of time."I shook my head

"No. You don't; I don't. Goodbye…Percy." It hurt not to tease him by calling him Seaweed Brain. I ran off afraid to break down in tears in front of him.

Percy Jackson; the love of my life...

Was gone.

I launched myself in my bed and let the tears flow.

I realized something quickly, it was for the best. Percy Jackson would have broken my heart if I hadn't broken his. That was how the world went.

Girls gave their hearts to boys.

And the boys broke them.

So in this special case, I had changed it up. I would be that one girl; tht would not get her heart broken.

Anger boiled inside of me, it took over my depression.

I turned to the wall and stared at the pictures of me and Percy taped up. I ripped them off the walls, white hot fury boiling, controlling my thoughts. I crumpled them up and shredded them throwing them in the trash.

"Annabeth?" Thalia was in the doorway watching me with great horror.

I burst into tears once again, realizing what I had just done. Thalia scrambled to comfort me.

"What happened?" She asked as I finally stopped sobbing.

"Fate just loves messing with me." I sighed.

"Luke?" Thalia asked with horror growing in her voice

I shook my head," no. I just don't want my heart broken Thalia."She sighed, understanding.

"Look Annabeth, Percy is a wonderful person. I highly doubt that he would try to hurt you. "

"I just…"

"I know what you're thinking. If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it's yours forever. If it doesn't, then it was never meant to be. "

"Yeah...Maybe that was what I was thinking." I bit down on my tounghe knowing that wasn't the truth

"He'll come back Annabeth; he loves you too much not to."

But he wouldn't come back. I didn't know that now

But I would soon.

I was right to break up with Percy.

He wasn't the one for me,

If I made a mistake

It was that I hadn't broken up with him earlier.