Author's note: I'm pretty excited about this one. In case anyone is confused, though with the quote I hope it's easy to figure out, this takes place after BotL and before TLO. Hope you guys like it!

Disclaimer: As I have said before I do not own anything associated with the Percy Jackson series or the song.

"Listen, Annabeth -" I thought about Mount St. Helens, Calypso's Island, Luke and Rachel Elizabeth Dare, and how suddenly everything had gotten so complicated. I wanted to tell Annabeth that I didn't really want to be so distant from her.
Then Argus honked his horn down at the road, and I lost my chance. - page 351, The Battle of the Labyrinth

Song: Bleed

Artist: Hot Chelle Rae

"I bleed my heart out on this paper for you, so you can see what I can't say... I'm dying here, cause I can't say what I want to... I bleed my heart out just for you..."

Percy Jackson had always believed that taking the easy way out was cowardly. For example: Putting what you really wanted to say to someone down on paper because you couldn't work up the damn courage to say it directly to their face.

So how did he end up in his room with a pen in his hand and a notebook laying open in front of him on his bed?

Because you know she'd never listen to you, a mocking voice sneered inside his head. The words made his heart feel heavy in his chest.

His pen hovered hesitantly over the blank white paper before scrawling down the first words in his messy handwriting.

Dear Wise Girl,

After that, the suffocating wall in his heart that had been holding everything back crumbled with a sigh of relief.

Why did you walk away from me that day on Half-Blood Hill? Why didn't you wait to hear me out?

Why do I feel like I'm walking on egg shells every time I talk to you now? I miss when I could tell you anything and not feel like I was hurting you.

Since when did everything get so complicated between us? I hate this feeling of tension every time I'm around you.

When you told me the last line of the prophecy, I thought it was about Luke. Now I'm not sure.

Why do you still believe that Luke can be good. Hasn't he hurt you enough?

What has he done since he betrayed you to earn your love and trust? What have I not done?

Why won't you give me a chance? I'm not like the others. I'm not like him.

You still love him even after he's killed your friends and tried to kill me. Why?

If you had to choose between Luke and me, who would you pick?

When I promise you I'll never let you down, I'm not sure if you'll believe me. That hurts.

As friends, we're supposed to have each others backs no matter what. But when it comes to him, I feel like you let me fall.

I can prove myself to you. Just give me a chance.

I feel incomplete when I'm not with you. It's like half of me is missing.

Come home, Wise Girl.

I miss you.

He stared at the last three words before tearing up the piece of paper and tossing it in his waste basket.

Percy Jackson had always believed that taking the easy way out was cowardly. But sometimes, it was the only way.

"And it's all here in black and white and red, for all the times those words were never said..."

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