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AnnabethPOV
I can't believe he is here. He can't be here. He can't know how much his leaving affected me. He can't see this side of me. It's bad enough his mom saw how much I changed. How bad I was effected. I remember one of the first times I really bonded with her. It was at the funeral we put together for Percy. At the time no one thought that they would ever see him again including Sally and I. I stayed strong all throughout the service. If you could even call it that it was just Sally, Grover, myself and a couple other kids from camp talking about how happy we were for him. After everyone left I stayed after to help Sally clean up and completely fell apart. She was so kind to me and treated me like the daughter she never had. She just held me while I cried and occasionally cried with me. As time went on I could see myself changing and I just hoped she couldn't tell. Sally had become a mother to me and I didn't want her to worry. But all of my hopes were crushed when I saw the worry in her eyes it was less than a year after Percy left and I had started to go on any quests I could and even some that I snuck away to accomplish. I overworked myself to the point of exhaustion all so I could have a dreamless sleep. So I didn't think of him. Before at some points I would wake up screaming and crying with the rest of Athena house staring at me. As soon a I felt ready I left the camp. I stayed with Sally for a while, but didn't ant to burden her any further. I sold some of my more expensive thing and got a job so I could afford a decent house. I bought a fake ID that said I was twenty-two so I could but whatever I needed. But still not a day went by that I didn't think about Percy. The only thing I could find to numb the pain and sorrow was alcohol. Not even the adrenaline of going on quests work as well as alcohol. I guess that is how I ended up in my present situate. Being face to face with the person I never wanted to see me like this.
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