Annabeth's P.O.V.

It was finally Saturday. After a long week of trying to figure out the boy of mystery there was the weekend. But that didn't mean I was giving up. I walked downstairs in my pajama's. My twin brothers Bobby and Matthew were in the living room playing on our Wii. My dad was in the kitchen, sitting at the table. I could see his sandy blonde hair and the rim of his reading glasses over the newspaper he was reading. My step-mom was sitting next to him, eating an egg sandwich. I walked to the fridge.

"Annabeth, Can you take the boys to the park today please?" My dad said as I took orange juice out of the fridge.

"Yah," I said. "Um, Where is it?" I said.

"You have to go to your bus stop, walk down James Street and after two blocks it'll be on your right." He said. I nodded. James street was the street where Percy walked down after school and came from before school.

"Boys!" I said, walking into the living room after getting some orange juice.

"Yah?" Bobby said, not looking away from his game of Mario Kart.

"Get dressed, we're going to the park today." I said. I walked up stairs after putting my glass in the sink. I closed the door to my room and went to my closet. I grabbed a grey t-shirt. I then got a pair of ripped jeans. I changed into those and then put on my light grey sweatshirt. I tied my white converse and combed my blonde hair. I walked into the bathroom and brushed my teeth. I walked downstairs and my brothers were standing by the door. I smiled.

"Ready?" I asked.

They smiled. "Yes!"

Matthew opened the door and we walked outside.

Percy's P.O.V.

Outside of my window, there's a small roof outside. I sat there when I had to think, when I needed to clear my mind. I was sitting there, a bottle of water in my hand. My hood was up. I heard voices, like two young boys talking. I then heard a familiar voice but I couldn't place it. I looked to see who was turning the corner. I saw a head of blonde hair and recognized Annabeth. She was walking with two younger boys. They looked like twins. As they walked by I watched them but only kind of. I was distracted. Today was a terrible day. Annabeth continued talking with the younger boys. I stood up and opened my window.

"Do you guys hear that?" Annabeth asked the two boys. I heard her footsteps walk out into the street as I put my leg into the window.

"Percy?" She asked. I turned my head. "Percy what are you doing?"

"Um, I live here. well, if you call it living. I was sitting on my roof and now I'm going back into my room." I said. "Is that alright with you?"

"Uh, Yah, sorry." She said. "Hey, um, we're going to the park. Do you want to come with us?" She asked.

I hesitated. I wasn't sure. Today, I wanted to be alone. I couldn't handle the death of my mom. This was the 2 year anniversary of it. It hurt like hell.

"No, thanks." I said.

"Oh," She said. "Ok." She walked back to the boys as I climbed into my room. I heard them walk away. I sat on the edge of my bed. My head was still filled with thoughts and memories and images. They were all painful.

The thing was, everyone knew about what had happened with my mom, but only my old friends knew about Rachael and what happened with her.

[Flash Back - The day Percy's mom, sally, died]

I walked into the hospital room where my mom was. She had been diagnosed with lung cancer a year and a half earlier. We hardly had the money to pay for the treatments. My mom's boyfriend Paul Blofis is a teacher at Goode High school. I had a job mowing, raking, and shoveling peoples yards. I got 8 dollars an hour. Every cent and dollar I got went towards her treatments, along with all that Paul could give to the treatments. With everything we were doing we couldn't keep up with it all. It added up too quickly and the treatments weren't working. Today, they told us they were taking her off life support in a few days.

I was breaking down. I knew it wasn't cool to be a guy who cried and freaked out or showed emotion but I couldn't hold it in. When I walked in I wasn't alone. I was with my four closest friends. I was with Jason, Piper, Nico, and my girlfriend, Racheal. My friends walked and stood around the room. They had been my friends for a while and they were knew my mom well. She tried to be close with my friends and she succeeded. Piper was crying silently into Jason's shoulder. Jason was hugging her and telling her everything would be alright but I saw his eyes. He was upset too.

Nico was standing near them, he was staring at the floor. I was standing next to my mom's bed. She was asleep currently. She had the nose plugs in, helping her breathe. She looked awful. It was terrible having to see her like that. Rachael walked up and stood next to me. She slipped her hand into mine and put her head on my shoulder. Piper could hardly take it, her and Jason left the room. Nico left so that Rachael and I were alone. I wrapped my arms around her. It was 10:30pm. Rachael's mom was coming to pick her up any minuet now. I looked at my mom. She was still asleep.

Rachael's mom knocked on the door. She poked her head in.

"Hi," She said. "Rachael honey its time to go."

"Ok mom, I'll be out in a minuet." She replied. Her mom nodded and left the room. She looked at me.

"I'm sorry, I have to go. I'll see you later. Bye." She said. She kissed me and then left. Not long after she left, Paul walked in.

"Hey Perce," He said, trying to sound upbeat. I knew it wasn't real. He was stressed. He had dark bags under his eyes. He hadn't slept for a few days. We sat for a while. Watching her. Only talking a little. We hardly talked on those last few days. Around 11:00pm her breathing slowed. And then there was a flat-line. Doctors rushed in, Paul stood up and ran over to the bed, me on his tail. There was nothing they could do. She died that night at 11:02pm. I remember when they let us look at her. I looked at her lifeless body and I couldn't. I couldn't keep looking. I looked away. Paul brought me back to the apartment. I cried myself to sleep that night. I didn't go to school the next day. My friends showed up at my house that afternoon.

[Back to present day]

Percy's P.O.V.

I put my head in my hands. I needed to clear my head. And the roof wasn't helping. I Guess i'm going to the park.