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take this crap
~niclo
Say something I'm giving up on you
She is four and bright eyed.
Her brown hair flying in the wind as she and her dad sat side by side in the sand. She was happy, and nothing could stop her from laughing and smiling. She was whole and pleased with the world.
She was just Piper.
I'll be the one if you want me to
She's twelve and things are changing.
Her dad's career is getting bigger, better roles and suddenly she can't be just Piper anymore. She has to be Piper McLean, she has to deal with everyone knowing who her dad is and they never have any time together anymore. Her friends don't feel real and she doesn't know what to do and everything is falling apart.
She makes trouble and all it does is stick her in a new school and force her to start over. No one cares that she's falling apart.
Anywhere I would've followed you
She's fourteen and she's falling apart.
Her dad has no time, she has no family, everyone she's ever loved is either dead or off somewhere and stealing a fucking car isn't enough to get his attention anymore and she's so done with it all. Worst of all she cute off her hair, which she had been so proud of at one point, in a moment of absolute self hate and rage. She regrets it, but she's going to keep it that way because at least her dad took the time to notice the change.
One of many changes, most of which he ignore, but at least he noticed something for once instead of just ignoring it like he almost always did. She finally found a way to get his attention. But at what cost? Now she was unhappy with one more thing in her life. Add that to the list.
Her thoughts blur together in a storm of tears.
Say something I'm giving up on you
She's sixteen and things have taken a sharp turn.
Jason was fake. It was all fake, but now it's real again somehow.She listens to angry music and Percy might be a great friend and Annabeth might be her sister but for some reason she just couldn't be completely happy. Because she lost her dad all over again, and she gained a mom that a fairly large part of herself absolutely hated and wished she had stayed missing.
She pushes the feelings down and contemplates the height from the deck of the Argo II to the ground.
Say something I'm giving up on you
She's twenty and life is better.
Things are calm and Percy and Annabeth have sorted out their issues from the year before. Hazel and Frank are living the great life at Camp Jupiter and LEo finally decided to reappear. They were able to breathe. It was great, life was great. It was all great.
Sure her relationship with her dad wasn't anywhere near perfect, but she'd come to realize it never would be. Not after all the problems and the hurt and the heartache she'd gone through. They'd both gone through.
Life wasn't perfect yet, but it was getting there.