Sorry I haven't updated sooner, but things were pretty busy with me. On top of that, I wasn't really in the mood to write, and I've been doing a lot of reading instead. Like in the past week, I 've read Ruined by Paula Morris for the tenth time, The Prophecy of the Sisters, and The Demigos Files.

So anyways, here's chapter 9. It takes place two years after TLO.

Highlight of the Day: I went to go see Santa at the mall today with a couple of friends. I was the oldest out of all the kids there (Most were five or under). So I went to sit on Santa's lap and said I wanted an Easy Bake Oven, My Little Pony, Barbie Fairytopia, and a whole bunch of other little kid stuff. At the very end, I said "And I want a bag of weed and my virginity back" as a joke. His expression? Priceless.

Percy POV

I could see the sun setting outside of my cabin. The view from the floor was amazing, but it still didn't make me feel any better. I had a feeling that nothing on the earth could console me. She was flooding into my mind non-stop, and it was simply crazy for that to happen.

I'd seen Annabeth for the first time in months this afternoon, the first day of camp, and I couldn't believe my eyes. I had to catch my breath just because she looked so cute. And all it did was break my heart. You see, the whole time that I was stuck in the past, Annabeth florished. She back to Sanfransico with her dad after we broke it off, and we kind of lost all contact. It had been so long since we stopped going out, so why couldn't I take my mind off of her?

I will admit, I feel a lot better than I did before, be still all I do is go back over the times when she was with me, when everything else in the world didn't matter. It was just us. And back when we didn't see the complications, and life was a playground for us to discover. We'd sneak out after hours to hang out in the woods, or sit underneath the stars and think of where our lives were going to go.

How we thought we'd be together forever. And I miss everything about her. The way she'd scream and hide behind me whenever she saw a spider, and I'd become her hero whenever I killed one. Or the way she'd call me stupid, know the answer to a question, but leave it to me to find the answer it on my own. Or the way her hair always fell out of her ponytail and she'd get angry at it.

And then it was the night everything went absolutely wrong.

"Seaweed Brain, hurry your lazy ass up!" Annabeth called back after me.

I never really understood why girls liked picnics, but because this was Annabeth, and she'd get extremely mad and kill me if I didn't do what she wanted every once in a while, I agreed.

See, we weren't supposed to be out tonight, but I'd found a way to sneak her out of boarding school and I'd left my apartment as soon as Paul and Mom were asleep.

So that's how we got here, on the beach, having a 2:00 a.m. picnic.

The water waved softly, and the moon cast the white-blue light everywhere. The temperature wasn't too hot or too cold, and the breze was noticable, but still very light. I decided everything about the night was perfect, especially Annabeth.

I threw down the blanket on the ground, and Annabeth fixed it, then we popped open a coke and passed it back and forth for a while, just talking about how our lives were going. Overall, very relaxing, and Annabeth seemed to glow in the moonlight. She stopped moving for a second, then started to hold my hand. It was normal, a habit, so I thought nothing of it until she looked me dead in the eyes.

"I love you." she whispered.

I have no idea why, but things just went downhill from there. We just... I don't know, everything became difficult and awkward and angry. Everytime we solved one of our problems, another one took it's position, and things were spinning out of control. Sometimes I felt like I wanted her to just leave forever, and maybe I'd finally get the peace I wanted. Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.

I'd never thought much of the saying until it effected me. We decided that we couldn't go on any long, and parted ways, and ever since, she's all I can think about. I feel sad a lot of the time and I know that if I could take it all back, I would. I would--

A brisk knock on the door startled me. Most people who knew what was best for them left me alone.

"Hello?" I yelled.

"Seaweed Brain, can we talk?" Annabeth's familiar voice rang through my ears.

"Sure." I got off of the ground, and went to the door. She was the same old Annabeth, gorgeous, but dangerous.

"I wanted to say hi, and that I hope you've been okay and everything."

No, I've been completely fucked up. "Yeah, you?"

She smiled. "Things have been great. I've started looking at colleges, and I wanted to say that I really miss you, but I've realized that nothing lasts forever."

She sounded like she did a few years back, when she said everything happy in her life hadn't lasted too long.

She cleared her throat. "I want you to know I don't regret it. It was an unbelievable expreience."

My heart stopped. So basically, she's telling me that she doesn't still feel any sort of sadness about it, and that she's doing great without me. I wanted to cry, but big guys don't cry and it would be kind of embarssing.

"Annabeth, archery!" Malcolm called at her.

"I gotta go." she said, and she ran away before I could say anything else.

"I miss you more than anything in the world." I whispered, even though she wouldn't hear it.

I lowered my head, and turned to go back into my cabin.

She may have gotten a tan, but I still have a sunburn.

She took my hand in hers and whispered her love for me
The lantern died that night, but we didn't have to see
Implying that she's the bee's knees nad I am the cat's meow
It's funny how she recalls what I can't remember now

When her smile came back
And I didn't feel half as horrible
She gave me a heart attack
Just because she looked so adorable
We both put our sunblck on
Lay on the beach
And vowed that we'd live and we'd learn
Yeah but she got a tan and I got a sunburn

Owl City - Sunburn

Gods, I love that song! The whole songs better suited, but I'm not going to type out all the lyrics for you! Besides, I chose this song because I have a history of break ups, and lets just say I'm not the one who gets the tan.

Thnks to everyone who reviewed, I might not update soon because my cousins from Australia are coming for christmas, but then again, I just might update!

Meow