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Chapter Four~

As Annabeth walked through the mall, she could barely contain her excitement. Or was it anxiousness? She was going to talk to the man that saved her. She was finally going to be reunited with her angel. She had been waiting three years, and then, in a candy shop of all places, she had found him. As Annabeth got to the shop, she couldn't help but let out a little squeal of excitement.

"Excuse me? Ma'am?" Annabeth asked a lady in a apron. The lady couldn't be older than forty and she radiated a familiar kindness. Her hair was dark and curly, and her eyes were a gorgeous shade of blue.

"Yes, dear?"

"Um, hi. I was actually looking for a man, about my age, named Percy Jackson?" The lady smiled.

"Hello." She wiped her hand on her apron, and held it out. "I'm Sally Jackson, I'm his mother." Annabeth smiled, and took her hand.

"Annabeth Jackson." The older woman's eyebrow rose. "Oh, no, no, no. No relation, I mean not really... He helped me out of a tough place a while back and let me take his last name, so my ex boyfriend-fiancé wouldn't be able to find me." Sally nodded.

"I see... Well how can I help you, Annabeth?"

"Well, I'm trying to find him-"

"Oh, you just missed him, he just left for his lunch break." Annabeth's heart fell. She had been building up this moment in her mind for so long, she didn't even think that it was lunch time, and that he wouldn't be there.

"Dear?" Sally asked.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. Thank you anyway-"

"He usually takes his lunch breaks in the food court." You could see a bit of him in her, she held the same kindness in her eyes.

"Thank you!" Annabeth exclaimed over her shoulder as she rushed to the food court. Not paying any attention to her surroundings, she ran over a few people in her haste to find her guardian angel. She spotted him sitting by the indoor fountain. Annabeth took a second to fix her hair and smooth out her skirt. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before doing what she had been waiting forever to do. Confront him.

"Hey," Annabeth said coyly. Percy looked up from his cellphone, to see her standing in front of him. "Can I sit down?" She motioned to the seat across from him. He simply nodded.

"Thanks..." She was quiet for a moment and then thrust her hand across the table. "I'm Annabeth, but you can call me Anna." She looked at him, waiting for the name to click in his head.

"Hi Anna, I'm Percy, it's nice to meet you." He smiled at her. His smile was beautiful, but not what she was looking for.

"You too. I don't know if you remember me, but-"

"Yeah, you were the one with Tyson at the store yesterday. You're the one he called pretty." He grinned at her again, his eyes sparkling. "You are, by the way. Pretty, I mean." Annabeth tried to hide her disappointment.

"Thank you... Is that all you remember?" She tried again, nervously biting her lip.

"I'm sorry, should there be more?" He asked hesitantly. She could see him struggling to remember something.

"Yes. No. Don't worry about it." Annabeth sighed and got up, turning to leave.

"Listen, I-"

"Save it, have a good day, Percy."

"Anna!" He called after her, but she was already gone. "Annabeth!" He got out of his seat, and ran to catch her. When he finally caught up to her, she was already to the middle of the food court. He caught her by her wrist and spun her around so that she was facing him.

"Annabeth... wait. I want to talk to you about this-"

"Talk about what, Percy?" She demanded. "I came here to tell you that I turned my life around, for you. I left my old life behind and I got my dream job! For you. And now you don't even remember! It really was nothing to you, was it...?" She laughed in disbelief. "God, I was so stupid!" She run a hand through her blonde curls, shaking her head at the irony of the situation. "I can't believe I actually thought you would remember me..." Percy looked at her helplessly. "To think that I thought you were my guardian angel... Well, I was wrong. You're no different then anyone else," she hissed. "Let go of me." He didn't.

"Annabeth, wait. That's not fair-"

"Fair?!" She cried incredulously. "You wanna talk about "fair" with me?! The world's not fair, Percy. Believe me, I learned that the hard way." She had tears in her eyes. Percy let her wrist slip from his grasp. She turned and hurried away from him. He stood there, watching her.

"So did I," he whispered softly.

Annabeth ran to her car. She slammed the door shut and clutched at the steering wheel, allowing a couple of tears to fall from her grey eyes. She dialed her best friend's number.

"Thalia?"

"Yeah? How did it go? Should I start packing your things? When should I expect grandchildren?"

"He didn't remember..."

A/N: Hey guys! So here is another chapter of Jumpers. Yes, believe it or not this actually is on time... We hope you enjoyed it and apologize for it's shortness. We have been really busy, with color guard and swimming and what not... The good news is that Katherine only has two more days of swimming and then she has the rest of the month off. The bad news is that I will be starting my color guard season soon and the end of summer (and all our free time) is rapidly approaching. We haven't really had much time to write really long chapters... Sorry! Be sure to R&R!

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