Hey my wonderful readers! So today, I want to apologize for such a long update first thing but also because...well...there aren't any dedications. I know this sounds fairly pathetic but I am super busy this week especially and I am just...so disappointed for not writing any of the reviews (especially to the sweet reviews that all of you guys sent me) BUT don't give up! Dedications will be posted on this random chapter and will be deleted once I update Chapter 51. Before expecting Chapter 51, look forward to Chapter 50's dedication update THAT WILL SOON BE DELETED.

Okay...once again, I apologize. I am super busy; in fact, I feel like I let down all my readers and that hurts me so bad. You guys had given me breathtaking reviews, and all, and all I do is read them, stay happy, but never update fastly. I never knew school could bring me up to the state where updating is very hard, and my computer is a little...ulky at the current moment and-

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Percy POV:

"Father-"

"For us...please. This will surely make a wonderful alliance. By this magazine, you can rise with all you know."

"Father-"

"For us..." he whispered. "For us."

I just stared at him.

And as I hated this so much...I nodded.

Annabeth POV:

"Could you go examine the modeling station? We are going to have to model pics. Oh, and Mallory chose Peter to be the lead man role," Ollie beamed, speaking faster than ever. "Can't wait! You are supposed to manage the shooting. The Chairman instructed you so..."

"Of course," I smiled, clutching my work bag. "Why not?"

"Annabeth...you look a bit upset..." Ollie's smile faded. "Is everything alright?"

"Don't stress," I reassured. "Everything is fine."

"You sure?" she questioned, a suspicious look plastered on her face.

"Totally," I reassured, though deep inside I wanted to crumble. Peter to be the lead man role? Why out of all people, does it have to be him? Could it have been Johnathan? But my Percy...

MY PERCY?!

Ulk, Annabeth, you are disgusting yourself. He isn't YOURS. You were never HIS. Period.

So stop sulking and being all disgustingly romantic.

Because he is never going to come back.

Understand?

Yes Annabeth!

I sighed, grabbing the blue binder off my desk and walking out of the office. I walked down the hallway to the elevator, and clicked the down button. I had to go wait in the bus station to go to the modeling shoot.

And see Mallory and Percy model...

I closed my eyes, hearing the ring of the elevator bells to step inside. I snapped out of my trance and adverted them to entering inside.

I stepped inside and before it closed, Johnathan and Percy randomly slipped inside.

Woah.

"Hey Annabeth," Johnathan blushed.

"Hey Johnathan!" I beamed. After Percy and my break up, I decided to be kind to Johnathan. He can't stop me from having friends. Also, he can't be jealous. Because he hates me. And when he hates me, he treats me like crap. And I know I am a piece of crap and so he wouldn't care.

"Ready for the modeling shoot?" Johnathan asked.

"Definitely. I am ready to you know...take charge of things!" I laughed and so did he. Percy rolled his eyes, and that hurt. But I decided to ignore and stay happy.

Besides, I got a split headache, blacked out, realized I had a fever afterwards, and had an emotional breakdown just because of Percy.

Don't I deserve to be happy for once?

"So Annabeth...are you going by car?" Johnathan came closer to me and I smiled.

"Eh...the bus works fine-"

"I can drive you there," he interrupted, blurting out those words quickly.

"Actually," Percy intercepted. "I think she prefers the bus-"

"I would love to go, Johnathan," I grinned, not even staring at Percy.

"Of course," he smiled back as the elevator door opened.

And together, we had a friendly conversation while leaving Percy behind...

...

"We came the earliest! You one good fast driver!" I laughed and he beamed.

"Thanks," he exclaimed. "I like to you know...drive..." he laughed and so did I.

"Well...what do we got here?" I poked the keyboard. "Here is the computer that goes along with the camera...they are connected so we could change any formats...loving it!"

"Of course you do," he touched my shoulder but I backed away. It somehow felt weird, and I couldn't help but use my reflexes to back away.

He bit his lip and stared at the screen.

"And so-"

"I'm here!" Percy burst into the room and I froze. He just stared at my eyes, and they somehow locked. Sea-green to grey. The moment seemed so perfect, like the normal days or when we were about to sleep and we had kisses. It seemed so wonderful, almost like fantasy, and now, it is the harsh reality blocking the beautiful story I had created.

"So Annabeth," Johnathan tapped me and I adverted to his direction. "Want to check if the cameras are wired perfectly? Sometimes they could get disconnected. We can maybe model together-"

"Sure...and so do we have to model there-"

"Annabeth, come," Percy's voice echoed around the grand modeling room and I bit my lip.

"What do you mean, come?" I stated with mock.

"Come. You said you wanted to test if the camera is connected with the laptop. I can model with you."

I got off my chair and crossed my arms.

"What if I want to do with Johnathan-"

"Let's testify together," he smirked. "Like we always did."

Something broke inside my heart, but I bit the insides of my cheek so I wouldn't show the true reality. That I was hurt. That I wanted to kill him for telling the truth. No, to kill him for really feeling that way towards me. To play with my emotions, and to look darn handsome all the time. To always wear luring sea-breeze cologne rather than the gag worthy cologne that he usually wears. The ones that I would always complain earlier. How they would give me a headache. Like the past.

And another thing is...why would I even accept this jerk in my heart? I knew the consequences and now-

"LET ME GO!" I screeched when he grabbed my wrists to the modeling camera mode.

"Johnathan, can you quickly see if you can take a picture?" Percy asked.

Johnathan froze but slowly nodded.

"Of course," his voice broke and that somehow made me feel bad in some way. Was he alright?

And when he let go, before I could ever leave, he quickly wrapped his arms around my waist as my arms stumbled to his chest, and a flash of light blinkered. I gasped and accidentally looked straight at the camera.

"Hilarious," he whispered in my ear. "Any more pictures?"

"Oh man...it is disconnected. Like it can save...but like...it isn't showing the settings...could we take another picture?"

"Most definitely," Percy pulled me closer as I saw Johnathan's hands clench an unhealthy white on the mouse.

"Ready?" he asked while positioning the camera.

"Of course," Percy said.

"Smile Annabeth," Johnathan grinned and I grinned softly.

Percy tightened his grip.

"Say cheese-"

And then, it felt like the world stopped.

Everything happened so quickly, and the thing that made me go crazy was the fact that I never stopped him.

I was twirled around and he slammed his lips on mine. The lights blinkered but he held my chin, kissing me with his horrible lips. The lips that I should be disgusted of but somehow love. His kisses were like magic; they messed around with my emotions and I felt so beautiful with just those stupid lips that manipulated every part of my emotions.

His lips were so soft, and it was so hard to let go...

Like...he would never even gasp for air, but much less constantly kiss me with every sort of...

What?

Love?

What love is he showing?

Is it just my heart or is this what he is really showing?

I breathed and suddenly realized...

What am I doing?

Why is he kissing me?

Why am I being so submissive and responding?

I hate him.

I hate him.

I HATE him.

I pushed him across and he stumbled back. I gave him a glare but he just smiled.

"Hey! I don't think I ever wanted to take a picture of you guys kissing!" Johnathan yelled, his face red with rage.

"Sorry funny boy," Percy yelled back with an amused tone. "Just wanted to kiss her. See if that would look great with Mallory."

I froze and suddenly, I couldn't take it anymore.

I just blinked a couple of times, and suddenly clenched my fists.

"Was this everything you wanted?" I muttered quietly for only Percy to hear. He smirked.

"Of course."

"You know," I took a few steps back. "You are correct. I was-"

"Let's talk this in another place," Percy grabbed my wrists and pulled me away from the modeling shoot itself. We exited the door and Percy pushed me away.

"Your point is-"

"You are correct."

"Of course I am."

"Good that you have confidence in your words. Because I am starting to feel confident about my words."

"And that is..." he questioned.

"I am so glad that you broke up with me. I don't think you would ever love a girl who wears baggy shirts and boots that are worn out to the point where people would really say to go buy a new pair. A girl that could not afford but a few clothes, a house, and food. You don't need to worry or concern about hurting a girl who tries hard to feed three other mouths. You are pretty much lucky to break up with a girl like me, a girl who has unattractive grey eyes and a snappy personality. That is right, snappy. I don't know what must've been for my cruel mother to bless me with these lips but either way, you are lucky that..." my voice cracked with hurt as tears were reaching out to trickle down my face. I shouldn't be crying so I bit my lip. "You are glad that Mallory signed the contract. To have some business romance. Sounds amusing, doesn't it? So much people swoon for that kind of stuff. Books...dramas...all of that. It is so romantic."

"Your point is?" he looked as if he didn't care. Somehow that broke every bit of me.

But I croaked, "So I want to tell you...thank you so much for telling me. I...I won't be naïve. I won't love men like you. I was too foolish and naïve that had driven me to this state. I wish you the best luck with Mallory and...stay happy for me...will you? Just stay happy and...thank you so much for breaking up with me. That kiss you gave me...funny thing...it had no affect. Was just some stupid lame kiss..."

"Of course. You are afraid to admit your feelings," Percy grinned. "Your messed up, crazy feelings about me. You love me either way-"

"You know," I looked at the ground. "FINE!"

I looked up and tears were already tumbling down.

"Annabeth-"

"You are right!" I screeched. "You are right about me! I am so afraid to freakn' admit my crazy feelings, I am so ashamed of showing myself to you and just knowing that either way, whether you loved me or not, that I could not impress you with anything other than baggy shirts and worn out boots...this is me! And you decided to mess up this freakn girl who has this freakn' hideous life! And you are the one that weirdly been my only source of comfort after everything happened to me...so much...just so much happened to me and now you decided to break every part of me! Was it fun? Was it fun to break a girl who has the most wrecked life? Was I that much of a joke-"

"Yeah!" Percy shouted. "You are right! You were a joke! And I hate every part of you. I wish you would just disappear, out of my sight! Get away from me!"

And with that, he left.

...

"Mom...I hate being hurt," I cried, as Mom pulled me into a hug.

"You are strong enough to at least call the department that you couldn't lead the shoot and had to leave early. I would just leave without notifying the company if it meant for that moment to happen. I am so sorry dear," Mom patted my back as I cried. We were sitting on the couch as the T.V. was turned off, blocks were scattered on the carpet, and me sobbing while holding a mug of hot chocolate and a pillow.

"I just..." tears piled into my eye. "I just hate being hurt. Percy loved me but left me and...and..."

"And what dear?" Mom asked and I froze.

Should I really tell her about Athena?

"Nothing," I blurted and she sighed.

"You seriously don't trust me?" Mom's voice crackled with hurt.

"No Mom...I just...it is very complicated," I sighed and Mom patted my back.

"I will leave you be. Tell me when you can," she soothed. "Oh, and does the hot chocolate taste good?"

"Most definitely," I grinned, though it even hurt to smile.

"Percy is a jerk," Mom bit her lip, almost as if she was hesitant to say that.

"Mom...why are you hestitating?"

"What? I am not!" Mom complained childishly and I laughed.

"You most definitely are," I grinned.

"I am not!" Mom retorted.

"Mom, spill it-"

"It's just that Percy really looked as if he loved you!" Mom spilled it immediately and I froze.

"Mom...he is really good at manipulating girls-"

"It's just...he looked exactly how Fredrick stared at me...after your mother...left..." Mom bit her lip.

"She isn't my mother," I corrected. "She's Athena. And YOU'RE my mom."

Mom cracked a smile.

"What could I do without you?" Mom pulled me into another hug and I smiled.

"Best Mom on earth," I smiled.

"Of course," she grinned and we pulled away. "Just joking...go on and go to bed."

"Uh Mom..." I frowned. "It's 4 P.M.-"

"You must be tired," Mom chided. "Go to bed."

"I'll pass," I sighed. "Mom...I seriously want to let you know how happy I am to have a wonderful mother like you."

Mom grinned.

"Quit yapping, you're making me blush," Mom grinned. "Now you go snuggle up or watch T.V. or something."

I clicked the power button to the remote.

...

"Coffee."

"Thanks."

For a few weeks, it had started out with Walter and my cycle; I would come inside and he would already get the bitter deliciousness of coffee right in front of my eyes. In those few weeks, not only had I began to strengthen myself together, but I had been working on a major project. We were (ugggg) building Mallory's model gallery and she is so self-centered enough to build her own "shrine". But it was actually kind of fun; she wanted it beautifully made and working with Walter and Sophia was pleasant. Walter would just be staring at his work with me while Sophia would be playing with this hair or giving him kisses once in a while on the cheek. And she would present the greatest ideas that I couldn't even think of either. She was a very great helper.

And something that I had mastered...well not exactly...but something that I felt pride from was...

I got over Percy.

It is true. I would sometimes feel sparks but I had at least mustered from not staring at him and concerning on my work. It was very hard weeks, and I still feel tingles when he is near me...but I am proud that I can focus better when he is there.

He even sits right beside me, and I mastered that. I am absolutely proud.

I don't know...I guess it had been rough times, and I just want to...be happier? I want to look for better oppurtunities. I told Malcolm none of this though...told Mom to not tell a word to him. I don't know why; Malcolm could make me crack a smile a minute after getting the news. He would full on curse and make Percy look so bad to the point where I'd laugh.

But Annabeth, a voice chimed. You don't want him to make fun of Percy. Isn't that the truth-

Shut up Annabeth.

Finally entering my work office, I saw Percy already writing notes. We were still on the modeling project and today I had to review the model shoots that Percy and Mallory had posed on. I opened my laptop only to be greeted with many emails.

I pressed on the starred email.

The modeling pictures.

Downloading the file, I grabbed a lime green sticky note and added in: modeling shoot email. Must approve and meet Percy and Mallory...and Sophia...

The file finally downloaded and I clicked the full view. Out popped Percy and Mallory first for the magazine shoot, which had Peter's name but also Mallory's. There came them in the screen, Mallory's hand was on his chest as Percy's nose was touched on her cheeks. I could see Mallory clearly enjoying the experience of the modeling together, and something boiled inside of me. Something rotten...disgusting...absolutely terrible...I hated every minute of it.

I clicked next.

There was a new view, a garden with a beautiful house. There he was...with her...holding hands. I cringed in disgust, hating the view.

He could be with anyone else EXCEPT her.

Wait...

Why would I care?

I bit my lip and kept scrolling to the next photos.

There came them in a look to kiss, in picnics...laughing, hugging, putting arms around each other...

And I had to approve of this?

I rolled my eyes and I pressed next.

Then...

I stopped.

There I saw the somehow the kiss. I looked absolutely terrible. My hair looked somehow neat (that was out of meeting though) but like...my arms flailed around like a blubbery walrus. My clothes weren't as fashionable as Percy. I looked absolutely terrible, just looking so ugly in front of him. While he was all business suit with beautiful sea-green eyes and a sexy smile, I was there with a pathetic gasp, flailing walrus arms, unattractive grey eyes, followed by a bit baggy clothing.

Call that somehow attractive.

I bit my lip, exiting out of the traumatic photo I just saw.

Was this why Percy used me?

I could see the reason right here.

I was too ugly.

The minute I started to make fun of Mallory and how gag worthy Percy and her look together...

I look WAY worse.

I always thought Percy and I were the cutest couple. We snuggled, kissed, and fought but it would turn out memorable in the end. I thought that was us, and blinded by all of that, I even thought we looked perfect together.

But reality is saying that I look super ugly with him.

Like...SUPER unattractive in front of him.

And the thing that breaks my heart is that...well...I am not beautiful, and he never loved me and so...that breaks my self esteem.

Thanks a lot.

I groaned, staring at the clock. I had to approve these! I finally approved seven hurtful photos and sent them to the manager. I realized I needed a file that Percy had so I turned around to ask and-

Why on earth is his desk empty?

I looked around only to see Percy walk inside, the manager gone and him stepping inside an office...

Wait...

That is the head-chief's office.

I stood up, storming inside there no matter how rude I was. I charged inside and felt weirdly pathetic when Percy turned around, staring at me. I felt a strange tingle inside of me, and I could already sense eyes staring at the office, trying to understand why I just stormed inside of there. The office looked different; the walls were painted black with a Eifel Tower model right on a table. I saw the name plate, which addressed Peter Johnson. I bit my lip, staring at the new interior. There was black leather couches in the middle of the room with a nice, oakwood table. The window blinds were down and the wall that once had no windows had windows. And the funny thing was that it was facing the office, and I never noticed any construction.

Was I TOO into my work?

Percy was wearing a business suit, his hair gelled up and his sea-green eyes boring into mine.

"Mrs. Chase, what is your business?"

I gulped, feeling every bit of embarrassment flood against me. He just stared at me to the point where I felt guilty for even barging in.

Well Annabeth, you did barge in rudely-

Shut up Annabeth.

"I..." I bit my lip and looked down on the floor. "Is this...is this your new position?"

"Of course. Why, shocked?" bitterness was laced in his voice.

"I just...I was just asking," I muttered. How on earth had he become the head adviser? The manager? How...how?!

"Sure," he straightened the packets of folders and papers. "I would like you to get back to work. Unless you have something else important to say?"

"I'll leave," I bit my lip, ducking as I headed for the door. Stupid me! How stupid could I ever be?

I returned to my desk and slapped my forehead. I am so, so stupid. Just barging in with whatever instinct and confidence that I felt. How stupid was I...

Shaking my head one more time, I took a sticky note and began to jot down more notes regarding to a different file.

Forget about it Annabeth.

He is never for you.

His abilities are way better than you.

Proof?

Being the head manager.

Personality?

One through ten, I fell for him for a reason.

Let's give him a 10.

So just stating...

I am so stupid.

For loving him.

For falling for him.

I should stop rambling.

I know this hadn't been one of my BEST written chapters but I put great amount of effort, since school gets stressful and you know...all of that sort. Love you guys so much for supporting me. Thank you so much *hugs*. Anyway, dedications will be updated soon, before Chapter 51! So make sure to look forward to that! I am busy at the current moment but you know...I can manage, ey? I will probably update the dedications this weekend...who knows?

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