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PERCY POV:

I walked back to the cafeteria, brow furrowed and heart heavy.

What had just happened? Annabeth had seen me in the cafeteria with Rachel and then freaked out.

I was having lunch, and then she started crying. Annabeth never cried.

Was it really such a big deal to have lunch with my friend? We had gone on one date, and Annabeth had even been there.

I wasn't sure what I had done wrong, all I knew was that something to do with me had made the girl I loved cry.

The guilt built up in me and rose to my throat, where I could feel my Adam's apple bobbing up and down.

Calypso stood to meet me, her expression genuine and worried. She had tied up her hair into a ponytail and finished her lunch. "What just happened?"

"I… I'm not sure. I think Annabeth just tried to break up with me." It was hard to say, it just sounded wrong. I couldn't even wrap my head around it.

Calypso stared at me for a couple of seconds, and then took a deep breath, like she was preparing herself for something.

"What's-" I started to say but Calypso had other plans.

She rose to the balls of her feet and then she grabbed my neck down and kissed me, forcing my mouth down on hers.

She tried to keep me there for a couple seconds but I pushed her away.

I stepped back immediately. "What the hell was that?" I cried out, shocked.

Calypso's face burned. "I'm sorry. I just- I don't even know what I was thinking. I know you love her. I'm sorry. I- I have to go."

She sped out of the cafeteria and back to the gallery while I stood in shock and silence.

Calypso had just kissed me.

Annabeth had just cried.

And I still needed to get back to work, even though my mind was in shambles.

…

Beckendorf only laughed a little when I told him what happened as we assembled the dolphin habitat.

"I'm glad my misery is so appealing to you," I said sarcastically.

Beckendorf just laughed again. "Has anyone ever told you you're oblivious?"

I nodded. "Yeah, all the time. Why?"

He looked at me. "Because you're acting all oblivious. Kind of obvious, little guy."

I glared jokingly at him, crossing my arms. "You can stop calling me that. I'm almost as tall as you and you're only a couple years older."

"But I'm a thousand years wiser."

I couldn't argue with that. Annabeth and my mom had told me before that I acted like a kindergartner.

Gods, what was I going to do about Annabeth?

"Can you please just tell me what to do?"

"This one is on you, little guy, you have to figure it out for yourself. But I can tell you this. You have to tell Annabeth that you and Calypso kissed."

"We didn't kiss. She kissed me. Was it even that? And Annabeth would freak out even more if she knew."

Beckendorf nodded. "That's the point. If she ever found out later, it would be so much worse. Also, it sucks lying to someone you love."

I sighed, and nodded. It was the right thing to do. Beckendorf slid the last piece of glass into place and screwed it down.

"Well, that's all you needed to do today. Go get your girl."

I grinned. "I'll do my best."

I walked out the door and headed straight to Annabeth's dorm.

It was freezing out, it being winter, but I didn't stop by my desk to grab my jacket.

I couldn't waste any time. I simply walked out of the building and rehearsed in my head what I was going to say.

When I finally reached her dorm, my heart was pounding like a maniac. I took a deep breath.

After hyping myself up, I knocked a couple times. No one answered.

"Annabeth, it's me. Please open up." No response. "Annabeth, come on, we have to talk."

That's when I noticed that all the lights were off and through the window I noticed Annabeth's jacket that she always kept on a coat rack was gone.

Neither her or Thalia were home.

Oh well, I thought to myself as I sat down against their door. I'll just wait for them.

Waiting took a long time, and I felt my eyelids begin to feel heavy. But I needed to talk to Annabeth. I just needed to stay awake.

Even though I was so tired..

…

I woke up to someone kicking my leg. "Wake up, Fish Face."

I looked up to find an apprehensive Annabeth behind an aggressive Thalia.

She kept kicking.

"Jesus, I'm awake, Thalia, you can stop."

She glared down at me. "You drool when you sleep."

I wiped it away from the corner of my mouth. "I've heard that before, actually."

Annabeth turned red and looked anywhere but me. I turned to her. "Hey."

She gave me a small fake smile, her eyes darting to me nervously. "Hey."

Thalia rolled her eyes. "You two are impossible. Go in there and talk."

Annabeth shot her a look, and Thalia returned it.

Finally, after a couple head shakes and quick glances to me, it seemed like their silent conversation was over. And it seemed like Annabeth had lost.

She unlocked the door while Thalia tapped her foot impatiently.

I stepped into the dorm after Annabeth and sat when she gestured for me to sit at the desk chair. She leaned on the desk.

"So… what are you doing here?"

My eyes almost popped out of my head. "You cried today."

Annabeth's gaze dropped the the floor. "Uh, yeah."

"Are you okay?"

"I don't know," she sighed. "I don't know anything anymore."

"You know that I love you. That's something, right?"

"Do I know that?" Her voice was quiet and resentful.

I frowned. "Of course you do."

"Do you cheat on someone you love?"

I frowned even more. "No, obviously not."

"Obviously not," she scoffed sarcastically. "Obviously not."

"Annabeth?"

"You love her, Percy. And it's even okay with me. I just wish you had the decency to at least break up with me first."

"Wait, what? I don't love anyone except you."

She sighed in resignation. "You're in love with Calypso, Percy. Please just stop lying to me."

"Annabeth, I am not lying. There is nothing between me and Calypso. You know me. I would never do that to you. I wouldn't do that to my worst enemy."

A small gleam of hope appeared in her eyes.

"Listen. I swear on the River Styx. I am in love with you."

"Really?"

I nodded my head. "Really. I love you."

She sniffed a little. "I love you too."

I rushed toward her and pulled her toward me as fast as I could. Holding her was like going home.

"Oh, thank gods, Annabeth I'm so glad we're okay."

"You promise you love me?"

I held her tighter. "I promise. It was just one tiny kiss, quick and-"

Annabeth pushed me away, tears welling up and betrayal shining in her eyes. "Wait. You kissed?"

Oh Percy. Oh, Annabeth.

Smh.

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