Hey, everybody. It's Update Day (is it me or does that sentence sound confusing?). Well, this is going to be a long and wonderful two weeks, well for me at least. Tomorrow will be my birthday, I'll be turning (blank) years old. Then the day after that will be Independence Day (Fireworks, whoo-hoo!). Then more family birthdays followed by a week at (blankity blank). I'll be going on vacation next week and I am going to have the time of my life.

Anyway, enough about me. Let's talk about this story. I've been wondering if I should add another scene to this story but I haven't gotten the amount of reviews I was expecting this story to get. So, here's the deal, if I can get 45-55 reviews by chapter 11, I'll consider writing this bouns scene. That's something to think about after you finish reading this chapter which I should let you read. Enjoy.

Chapter 5

I'm Coming Back Home

Third Person P.O.V

It has been several months since he got the letter. Why would Annabeth do this to him? Now he didn't know what to do.

He was sitting at a table with a pen, paper and the letter Annabeth sent. He picked up the pen and began to write.

Dear Annabeth,

I understand how you feel, but I don't think I can do that. How would I be certain that you won't be with him?

Percy pushed the paper aside and place it on the pile next to him. No. I can't send that, Percy thought to himself. He brought his hands to his head and looked down at the letter that Annabeth sent him. For the thousandth time that day, he read the letter.

Dear Seaweed Brain,

I know that you said that you'd only come back if I take you. But you know what I am and you know that I'll do what I want, so making a decision like this was hard to make on the spot. After some time thinking, I realized that, for you, I won't leave, I can't hide and I cannot be until you're resting here with me. So please, for me, won't you come back? For I won't sleep, and I can't breath until you're here with me.

Look, I know that this is something you have to do. So take your time, I won't go anywhere and I'll keep your things right where you left them. But when you've seen what you need to see and when you find you, just please come back to me. I promise that when you come back, I won't be with Jessie anymore. I swear.

Your friend,
Annabeth (Wise Girl)

How can Percy respond to a letter like that? Percy can feel that Annabeth poured her heart and soul into that letter but he didn't know how to respond to it. He just didn't know if she kept her promise after four months of him not replying to her letter. It's not that he doesn't want to send the letters that he piled up; it was just that they weren't good enough and she deserves better than his lame excuse for a letter.

While Percy was debating with himself on how to write his letter, Robert - or Roger - went over to him.

"Hey, Percy. How you doin'?" Robert asked him. Both him and Fred - also known as Frank - knew about the letter Annabeth sent. Percy shook his head while still looking at the letter. "Do you want to talk about it?" he asked.

"It's just that I don't know how to respond to her letter. Now, I just feel that I'm living someone else's life and even though we are surrounded by millions of people, I still feel so alone." Percy responded and placed his head on the table with his arms wrapped around it. "I miss her," he mumbled.

Robert started to chuckle but stopped when Percy lifted his head to glared at him. "What? I just laughing because there's a song that says those exact words." Robert said with his hands raised in surrender.

Percy raised an eyebrow at his band member. "Really? What's it called?" he asked. Robert answered him and they both searched for the song on the internet. "That's it! That's exactly how I feel!" Percy exclaimed once they finished listening to the song.

"So what are you saying that you're going to do?" Fred asked.

Percy smiled at him. I'm glad you asked, he thought. "We're going to modify the song lightly, send it to her and do what the song says." He simply answered. Fred and Robert, taking this as good news, began to cheer at Percy proclamation.

Later that day, the three of them recorded the song onto a CD, wrapped it as a package and placed two drachmas on top of it. Almost instantly the package disappears into thin air. Smiling, Percy faced his friends and said, "Let's get going. We don't want to be late." The small group only had a little over six hours to get to their destination, so they took a quick pit stop and rushed over to the location in mind.

Meanwhile

Annabeth had sent her letter over four months ago and yet she hasn't heard from Percy. It was starting to worry her. What if he didn't get the letter? What if he doesn't want to have anything to do with me? Not even our old friendship? What if he's dead? Annabeth thought time after time. The feeling of not knowing was eating at her; she had to get an answer soon.

She had kept her promise that she wrote to Percy. Right after she had sent that letter, she went in search of Jessie to break up with him. Jessie had questioned Annabeth at first, then he began to begged her to take him back and that he'll change but Annabeth rejected him. When Annabeth finally broke, she told him, "I'm sorry, I know we had great times but I recently realized that I wasn't, and still not, happy." Now Jessie was wondering if there was someone else and if so, who this person was.

The day was just about to end when Annabeth was heading back in her cabin. Part of her wanted to breakdown but the rest of her told her not to. That she had to stay together and pull through, at least for appearances. When Annabeth had finished eating her dinner, she had went straight for her cabin for some alone time. She walked through the threshold of her cabin and crashed on to her bunk.

Annabeth thought of what she was going to do with her life. She knew that she couldn't wander the camp grounds in despair, or anywhere in fact. She had to change her attitude on her life. While she was setting her resolve on this, her cabin mates started to file into the cabin and take to their beds.

After everyone had settled into their beds, Annabeth called 'Lights out' and soon afterwards there was no more sounds except for their heavy breathing. For what seemed like an hour later, Annabeth finally brought herself to fall into unconsciousness.

Subsequently, Annabeth did not see that a mysterious package had appeared at the foot of her bed just a few moments later.

The Next Morning

Annabeth laid in her bed with her eyes closed, trying to wake up for the day. She shifted in her bed when she heard something drop beside her bed. Rubbing her eyes open, she saw a box on the ground and went to pick it up. She looked over the mysterious box and saw that on the corner of the box, in messy handwriting, was her name.

Annabeth, with curiosity growing inside her, opened the box. Inside the box was full to the rim with packing peanuts, she had to dig her way to the bottom of the box to find a CD box. She pulled it out and saw that there was a note on top of it. It read, Just for you and there was a CD inside.

How in Hades am I going to know what's on this disc? Annabeth thought before realizing that Chiron owns a boombox. She did not hesitate to rush her way towards the Big House and enter breathlessly.

"Chiron!" She yelled into the depths of the house and trying to catch her breath.

Running out of a corner, Chiron asked, "What's wrong?" He saw Annabeth bend over with her hands on her knees breathing deeply. "What is it, Annabeth?" He said a little more calmly but still filled with urgentence.

"I... got this… before… I woke up." She said between breaths and showing Chiron the small box that was in her hand. "It's a CD." she explained.

Chiron took the box in his own hands and looked over it. "And you do not know who sent this?" He asked.

"No," she said, her breathing back to normal. But I might have an idea who it was, she continued in her mind. Chiron went over to his boombox and opened the CD slot.

"Well, let's find out what's on it, shall we?" He didn't wait for an answer and played the disc. There was silence at first, the only noise being a faint static sound. Then suddenly, music began to play - first the melodious sounds of a piano that was intertwined with the struming of a guitar and then the almost soft beat of drums. After a short twenty seconds, a voice booms out from the speakers. "It's him. It's Percy." I absently blurted out.

Another summer day
Has come and gone away
In Paris and Rome
But I wanna go home

May be surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh, I miss you, you know

And I've been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you
Each one a line or two
'I'm fine Annie, how are you?'
Well I would send them but I know that it's just not enough
My words were cold and flat
And you deserve more than that

Another aeroplane
Another sunny place
I'm lucky, I know
But I wanna go home
I've got to go home

Let me go home
I'm just too far from where you are
I wanna come home

And I feel just like I'm living someone else's life
It's like I just stepped outside
When everything was going right
And I know just why you could not
Come along with me
'Cause this was not your dream
But you always believed in me

Another winter day has come
And gone away
In even Paris and Rome
And I wanna go home
Let me go home

And I'm surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
Oh, let me go home
Oh, I miss you, you know

Let me go home
I've had my run
Annie, I'm done
I gotta go home
Let me go home
It will all be all right
I'll be home tonight
I'm coming back home...

As suddenly as it started, it ended. Annabeth and Chiron stood there, wondering what this song meant. Chiron began to rub his chin and looked at the floor, his back facing the door. Annabeth's mind was buzzing with questions.

"What do you think this means, Chiron?" she finally brought herself to say. "Do you think he's coming back?"

"I have no idea, Annabeth." he responded, still thinking.

"Why don't you just ask him," said a voice from the front door. Annabeth looked over to see who was eavesdropping but let out a strangled gasp when she saw who it was.

… To Be Continued.

How's that for an ending? Who can this stranger be? Could it be Jessie? You'll just have to wait and find out in the next installment of Love & Distrust.

So, remember if I get 45 to 55 reviews by chapter 11 (may I remind you that this is chapter 7), I'll add another scene to this story. Other than that, I'll update again once I get back from vacation to (blankity blank) unless you know I get five reviews before then. Lates!