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Chapter 14

Annabeth POV

I walked home rather quickly. I could not believe what had just happened. Well, the break up part I could believe. I don't really know why Luke would want to date me in the first place. He never even told me. I wondered if that was his plan the whole time because I honestly couldn't think of a reason that he, or anybody for that matter, would want to go out with me.

I didn't come to Manhattan to find a boyfriend or friends. I came back here to escape myself. I came here to try to avoid situations like the one Luke just put me in. I have now made the biggest mistake ever. I started to fall for someone. I started to fall for Luke and I know I shouldn't have. I was so stupid!

And, to top it all off, Luke heard me mutter that I wanted to die. And he told me to go. That was the best advice anyone had ever given me. I'm not one for following others' advice, hell I'm not the one to even ask for their advice, but this was single handedly the most valuable piece of advice I'd received form anyone in a long time.

I got to the apartment and thankfully I beat Percy home. I found that to be super odd since he had the car and I was walking. It definitely did not compute in my head, that's for sure. Sally and Paul were still at work (thank gods), so this was going to be rather easy.

I went straight into my room and over to my dresser where I had stored some things that I couldn't exactly have Percy and his family see. I sifted through a few of the drawers and finally found a pill bottle full of pills. Some of them were mixed. I made sure to put in some pills that could be deadly if combined so I could easily kill myself without having to take a gajillion pills.

I went and grabbed a glass of water out of the kitchen. I went back into my room, took the pills, and lay down on my bed to wait for the pills to take effect. I'm not really sure about how long I was lying there, though. All I remember is Percy rushing through the door shouting my name. Then, everything went black…

Percy POV

I made my way from the gym lobby to my car, sprinting the whole way. I had to make it home before Annabeth. I knew she was gonna try to kill herself again based upon what Luke said happened. He told her to go after she said she wanted to kill herself. I knew she was going to at the very least attempt. I couldn't let her succeed no matter what.

I sped home. If I were a cop and saw someone driving this fast, I would, without a doubt, pull him or her over and give them a ticket. Thankfully, though, I didn't run into any cops on the way back to the apartment. I wasn't sure if I was going to beat Annabeth back to the apartment. I had a feeling, however, that she had beaten me back. I didn't see her while I was driving home. It makes sense seeming as though I had left a good ten minutes at least after her and she was literally running and it looked like she was never going to stop until she got back into the apartment.

I finally got back to the apartment. When I did, I saw a shadow in the apartment. Annabeth. I got out of the car and started running up the stairs to the apartment. However, I got there a little too late. I didn't hear her moving around when I got to the door of the apartment. That scared me way too much.

I opened the door and called out to her.

"Annabeth!"

I didn't hear a response, though. I went down the hall and to her bedroom. Her door was open for a change. But I didn't like what I saw. Annabeth was lying on her bed, immobile. There was also a note.

Hey, Perce. Looks like I beat you home. To be quite honest, I'm thankful for that. I appreciate you putting up with me for the past few months. You took me in when I had nowhere left to go. I would say no questions asked, but you did ask. Too persistently and too often, quite frankly. I know you were probably just trying to prevent situations like this, but it was my story to tell when I wanted to tell. I feel as though you rushed me to tell you. But, that's not why I did this. I did this to escape my past. Escape myself. I'm sorry, Percy. Don't get too upset over this. If I were you, I would actually be quite happy that I died. I left without telling you five years ago, Percy. I have never been able to forgive myself for that. You already know what happened back in San Francisco. I don't think I need to tell you all of that again. I don't think I have it in me to even write it. It's too painful. When I came here and you took me in, I thought I could start a new life, not be who I was, or what I was for that matter, in California. It didn't work out how I thought it would. Grover looked at me like he knew all of my secrets. I wasn't as pretty as Silena. I wasn't as social as Rachel. Wasn't as strong and tough and Clarisse, Chris, and Charlie. I wasn't as clever and witty as Thalia and I definitely wasn't as daring as Nico. And I wasn't as funny as Luke. Luke. He's part of this now. I didn't mean to come back to New York to meet friends or get a boyfriend. I came to run from everything. Then Luke came along. I don't know why he ever asked me out. If I had to guess, I'd say it was to get to you. I saw the way your eyes looked when you saw us holding hands. I know you didn't like it. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said yes to him. I know that now. I never expected that I'd come here and fall for someone, let alone him. Then, he said something when we broke up. "Then go." Those words rang in my head until I got home this afternoon. Now, I had already decided I was going to kill myself prior to dating Luke. I knew I had a choice. This was mine. Remember the fight we had in the car the other week about my life being my choices? This is my choice. I couldn't live with myself anymore. I'm sorry, Percy. I know you wanted to help, but I don't think I wanted any. My mind was set, so it wouldn't have done much anyway. You know how I get when my mind is made. It's pretty hard to change it. I'm so sorry that I didn't say goodbye in person to you. I wish I had. But our last words that we spoke to each other this afternoon before I ran? I knew they would be our last. Everyone I spoke to today, I knew they would be the last conversations I had. Or some of the last anyways. I knew I was going to commit suicide, I just didn't know when. But now I do. There were so many factors in this decision. You never could have made the list of why I killed myself. You would have been a reason to stay alive, but there were too many reasons to die. I love you, Percy. And if you really love me, you'll realize that I did this to come to peace with myself. I did this to find peace. Let me have my peace, please. I'll see you in many years. I'll miss you. And thank you, Percy. Also, do me a favor? Thank Luke for me. He has allowed me to find peace as he was part of the decision to kill myself. This was such a hard decision considering you, but I needed peace. I'll always love you, Percy.

-Annabeth xoxo

I couldn't believe what I had just read. I frantically check Annabeth for a pulse. She still had one. Thank gods. I picked her up bridal style and went to the car. I had to get her to a hospital and fast…