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*Hiding in a corner of the room* Don't yell at me! I can't type any faster! (I'm kidding :P)

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Annabeth PoV

My breath hitched as I started to make my way over to the note. It'll be fine. I bit my lip and picked it up. My vision blurred as I started to read the message. I blinked and rubbed my eyes to clear it.

I'm leaving and I'm never coming back.

Mom

I reread the message at least ten times before I realized what this meant. Both my parents left me, and both of them weren't coming back. I sunk to the floor and hid the note away in my pocket. I couldn't bear to look at it anymore, the pain made it too hard. I could feel tears gathering in my eyes and sliding down my cheeks. It wasn't fine. This couldn't be happening; it's all just a bad dream. I'll wake up and my dad would be there and he would have a plate of pancakes waiting for me on the kitchen table back in California. I'd tell him the dream and we'll have a good laugh about it and that would be that. My mom would tell me it would be okay, and that would never happen. I closed my eyes and opened them again, but it was still the same scene in front of me. I was still the same lonely girl. I was still lost in this big world. I buried my head in my arms and started sobbing. What was I going to do? I had no money, no family, and I wasn't going to go chase after my mother. She doesn't want me and she doesn't need me. Nobody wants me right now. Nobody but…

Percy.

Could he comfort me again? Could he show me why?

I pulled myself up and stumbled blindly to my room. My vision was filled with tears making it difficult to see. I reached my window and looked across. Percy's room was filled with darkness. He's not home.

"Percy!" I sobbed desperately and sank down to the carpet while leaving my arms on the windowsill. I put my head on top of them and cried. I hate my life. I should have known. I might have been able to catch her before she left, but now it was too late. I couldn't help her now. Percy wasn't here to comfort me either. Then out of the corner of my eye I saw something light up. Was I finally dead? I heard the sound of a window opening and I looked up. There he was. The person I needed the most. The person that could actually be my only hope. The person who wanted me, the person who cared.

"Annabeth…" he seemed loss of words. I hoisted myself up so I was sitting up on my windowsill. He pulled himself up so he was on his windowsill and stepped over to mine and sat across from me. He took me in his arms and pulled him closer to me. I was sure he could feel my heart beat rapidly, but right now I didn't care.

"Percy, this world is too hard to live in." I cried and wrapped my arms around his neck.

"No Annabeth, you're not giving up." Percy told me. "I don't care what the case is, your going to make it through this."

I felt the note in my pocket still; it burned against the fabric and went to my heart. Why did there have to be pain in the world? Why couldn't everything be good? None of this would have happened, and I would have my family back. I wouldn't have a drunken mother at all. She wouldn't have left. I crept one of my hands to my pocket and pulled the note out. It burned my fingers, but I put it into Percy's hands. It wouldn't burn him. I didn't trust myself to speak. I watched as he read over it swiftly and then looked back to me. His eyes were full of sympathy.

"My dad is dead." I explained but then my voice broke again. It was the first time I ever spoke those words. My dad is dead. It hurt just to say them, it's like I just confirmed that he was dead. I started crying more dramatically and pressed my face against his shirt. I need to pull myself together, but how?

"You hadn't even thought to tell me until now?" Percy asked. I nodded and didn't look at him.

"It was not that long ago and… I guess I just needed time to process it." I explained and choked up. I buried my face deeper into his shirt and held onto him. I took deep breaths until I calmed down. "She became an alcoholic after and…she started doing crazy things. She ripped all the pictures of him and burned all his designs. And now, she's gone. She's never coming back and I'll never see her again." I sobbed. "Everything's haunting me. All my good memories and the bad ones."

"You are going to see her again, and you are going to make through this. " he ordered. "You're strong Annabeth, maybe even stronger then Thalia. If anyone can make it through, you can. I made it through when my dad got lost at sea. You are going to change your life and your mothers. You're going to show everyone that anything's possible, but first you need to prove it to yourself before you prove it to others. That's why I'm here."

I pulled away so I was looking at him.

"You really thing so-" I said and then suddenly slipped off the window and started falling toward the ground below. Oh hell no. I almost screamed- but then I realized I wasn't falling. I was standing still in air. Well not exactly. I looked up and realized that Percy was holding onto my wrist. He smiled at me. God, he looks so cute. I watched as his hair fell in front of his eyes. I thought it just made him look hotter.

"I'm not letting you go that easily." He raised his eyebrows. I blushed and smiled back at him as he pulled me back up to the windowsill.

"Thanks." I continued smiling as he continued holding my wrist. His hand slid down to mine and pulled me and toward him. My heart started beating rapidly as I could feel his chest against mine. His faces were inches away from mine. I stared into his eyes and got lost in them. He leaned down and sealed his lips around mine. My eyes closed as I kissed him back. It was a slow soft kiss that held so much emotion. A kiss I would remember forever. A kiss I would never forget. Suddenly, the note didn't seem like much. I would make it through. I was going to show everyone that anything's possible. I was going to prove it to myself and to other people.

Before the kiss could any more intense, I heard the rustle of bushes. I opened my eyes and pulled away from him. He looked disappointed, but then I looked down to the ground.

Guess what I saw?

Guess who I saw?

Violet.

In.

The.

Bushes.

She.

Heard.

Everything.

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