Ever since I met up with Nico, the first thing he said was why my left cheek was so red, I had to explain to him how a bump on a street light would cause extra redness of the skin even though it was a complete lie.

When we arrived at his house, I saw Nico organizing the items inside the grocery bag but I went straight to my room and just let the tears start to flow. It's the first time that I ever truly cried for a girl but ever since Channing Tatum can cry in Dear John, heck, why can't I?

I've been sleeping a lot lately, never going outside and not even caring when Thalia knocks at my door and telling me that it's time for me to eat. After awhile, someone opened the door to my room and peeked inside, I didn't even tell that person if he or she can get inside but it doesn't matter. I just wanna stay and maybe sleep until I'll die of starvation or whatever…

"Percy?" oh great, just what I need, it's Grover… I pretended to be sleeping and rolled over to one side. I know he won't be giving up that easily so I wasn't surprised when I heard his heavy footsteps coming closer to my bed, "look man, Thalia called last night, said you've been wallowing up here for two days now. She even told me you weren't eating anymore."

I don't want him to know I'm awake so I just closed my, not uttering a single word, "Nico told me that you ran into someone until you got all depress and locked yourself in here…"

When I didn't answer him back, he sighed and sat down on the bed right near the edge, "Percy, I know you're not sleeping so why not just tell me who it was you ran into?"

I guess his right, I should've known better than to do that to one of the persons who knows me too well. I groaned and turned to face him and said, "It was Annabeth. She slapped me when I said something so horrible to her, G-man. I feel like I'm the worse friend EVER."

I made an emphasis to the last word and he just shook his head, "Percy, what I do know is that you're not anymore qualified on being Annabeth's friend ever since you left her here. I just wish you've seen how awful she looked after those days when you left."

Wait, what? She was depressed? I've been wallowing up in self-pity that I made her…depress?

I sat up from the bed and look at Grover seriously, "What do you mean, Grover?"

He shrugged and looks down on me, "I mean she wasn't herself at that time. Always going early to work and been keeping herself busy that even Dan can't maintain his relationship with her anymore because of it. She misses her best friend at that time, Percy and you weren't there for her when she needed you the most"

"Dan broke up with her?"

He nodded, "Yeah that was a month ago. Dude, like, you smell so awful that I need to hold my breath. Can't you take a shower first before we can talk? And you could brush your teeth; it's like five times of morning breath over there."

I glared at him but did as he requested because I know he won't tell me everything unless I'm all cleaned up.

After I was done, I put on a clean white t-shirt and jeans. When I went downstairs, Grover was already at the living room with Juniper. Once I sat down on the couch, Juniper got up, "I'll go make some breakfast for you, Percy. You've lost a lot of weight."

I didn't need to argue with her, telling her I'm fine since my stomach is already growling when she mentioned breakfast. When she was out of earshot, I look at Grover again. He clasped his hands, "Well, I think you already know about how Annabeth feels, right?"

I furrowed my eyebrows, not getting what his trying to tell me. He laughs then shook his head, "Man, you aren't all that smart aren't you? What I mean is, Annabeth likes you."

A warm feeling came rushing to my whole body and it feels like I'm floating in midair.

Grover looks at me, "Drop that smile off of your face, Jackson. Just because she likes you doesn't mean you have to go all out on it like making that goofy face."

I drop it instantly but my insides are already working in hyper drive.

Juniper peeked in like she wants to know if we're done talking but when she saw that me and Grover are already quiet, she announced, "Breakfast is ready! Hope you two like bacon and eggs oh, I added muffins on you, Percy. You need to gain weight if you want to win Annabeth back."

I grinned some more and Grover slung his arm to my shoulders while we followed Juniper to the dining room. I whispered on Grover's ear, "Dude, are you sure Annabeth likes me?"

When he was sure Juniper was out of ear shot he whispered back at me, "Dude, she wore the necklace you gave to her on her birthday and looks constantly at the pictures inside. She keeps on talking about you until my ears would go numb, if she doesn't like you then I don't know what the hell she feels for you."

I didn't get to whisper back to him because Juniper pushed us towards the table to eat and with me smiling all the time.