Hey guys! Here's the next chapter, I hope you enjoy it (as much as you can enjoy angst)!

The last time she saw him, she cried. Her train had just come, and bustling passengers left the crowded station, about to get on.

And Percy spoke the words that would hurt her forevermore. All of it felt so emotionless. Everything felt… gray. It felt like color was fading from the world.

"This isn't going to work out." He had said to her. She was lucky that the weather sucked, or else she would have been given away. Raindrops fell down, masking her tears and her true feelings. "Annabeth, I think we need to let go." He then said, and his expression looked so cold. As if he had been planning this. As if this was expected.

It sure wasn't. They'd talked about this."Yeah, maybe." Annabeth said, biting her lip, wanting to turn away.

"I just don't think it was ever going to work out." He continued. Annabeth could see he was furrowing his brows. Why did he have to do this now, right when she had to leave?

For once, it would be better if he just texted her. She wished he'd taken the cowardly move, and let her deal with her feelings without being in hispresence.

But…maybe Percy didn't want to do this, because he didn't want her to be hurt. Maybe they had to let go. Either that, or, he just didn't want to deal with having a long distance girlfriend. Either possibility was equally horrible and likely.

"Yeah," Annabeth's eyes hardened as she tried to mask her feelings further. "Maybe," She repeated, successfully preventing another voice crack.

When the train came, he helped her put her bags on, like the gentleman he was. At least chivalry wasn't dead. And as the train pulled away from the station, she looked out the window, seeing Percy's figure become smaller and smaller. Maybe this was a sign- one telling her that Percy was gone- possibly forever.

Shit.

She put her head to her knees and cried. That was all she could do. This was a mistake- it had to be, right? They were high school sweethearts, the perfect couple. Disgustingly sweet, always made fun of for their "canoodling." Everyone knew: Percy and Annabeth, they are inseparable.

Oh, the irony. If those people could see them now.

She cried more- not caring that people were watching her- judging her, casting those sympathetic looks she hated. Once she had seemingly "run out of tears," she texted Thalia. The only person who could help her. Thalia, her best friend- practically her sister.

"Percy broke up with me," She typed and sent.

Thalia called her seconds later, and Annabeth sobbed to her on the phone. About how it happened- the coldness in his eyes. Everything.

Thalia snarled. "I'm going to beat the shit out of him up when I see him next."

She knew Thalia could. She hadn't left for college, and Percy lived only a few blocks away from her. "Thalia- please don't-"

She was cut off. "No, I'm going to give that kelp-head what he deserves. What the hell is wrong with him?"

A rhetorical question. Obviously. She simply nodded, though Thalia couldn't see her, and sharply inhaled. "I'm going to go now," She whispered into the phone, and hung up.

She curled up in her seat, trying to disappear, because no matter how much she missed him, no matter how much she felt for him, she couldn't text him.

Hours passed on the train, with Annabeth checking her phone over and over again, to see if possibly, he had texted her, anything. Her eyes once perked, when she saw the three dots come up once, but soon they disappeared, and she was left to her feelings again.

She cried some more, until tears couldn't come out anymore. Other passengers asked her what was wrong, but the thing was, Annabeth couldn't speak. Her words were changed into cries, sobs, whatever, and she just wanted to-

"Hey." A voice interrupted her thoughts. Standing in front of her was a girl- tan skin, dark hair braided into an intricate braid and wow, she was beautiful. "I'm Piper. Do you need someone to talk to?"

Annabeth closed her eyes, and wiped her tears away. She managed a single word. "Yeah."

Piper glanced at the empty seat next to her. "Can I sit?" She asked, and Annabeth nodded. Piper made her way to the seat, and sat down next to her, turning to her quickly after she was situated. "Where are you headed?"

"Berkeley. College." She said, the one thing she had been looking forward to was ruined by Percy. Ruined by Percy. Maybe she shouldn't be feeling sad about this, she should be feeling angry- angry that he'd ruined this for her, right as she was headed to college, the place where she would earn her degree and start her career.

"It's a small word." Piper said, and Annabeth tried to smile. "I'm headed there too."

That was nice. She'd at least know someone there. "Now," Piper said, turning serious. "What happened? You've been crying non-stop for the last couple of hours."

Annabeth opened her mouth slowly, and began to tell the story- starting from the beginning, of the boy that had broken into her heart.

"Percy Jackson happened," She started, her voice shaking. "My boyfriend- well, ex-boyfriend."

"We'd had been bestfriends since eighth grade. Inseparable. We had this connection, everyone could see it. We loved each other from the start. We had pet names, we sat together at lunch, we did everything together."

"Once we got into high school, something changed." Annabeth continued. "New feelings- romantic one's emerged. It wasn't out of the blue. People had been 'shipping' us together for a while. To close friends, spending time together, everyone 'ships' them together. It's just what teenagers do."

"So we eventually started dating, which was good. It was so good, I loved Percy- I still love him now."

"But…?" Piper said, her eyes preening, wanting to know what had happened, presumably so that she could help Annabeth feel better.

Annabeth's eyes simply hardened, and a frown appeared on her face. "But then he broke up with no reason."

"Oh." Piper said simply, her eyes widening in sympathy.

Annabeth shrugged, wiping another tear away. "Yeah. Well, what's done is done, and I shouldn't be crying about it. I should be angry. At him. Because he's a coward."

"Yeah." Piper scoffed. "Sounds like one. A jerk too- you deserve better."

Percy wasn't a jerk, Annabeth knew that. And he probably had his reasons. But he could have given her some explanation, at least. Telling her that it "just wasn't going to work out," didn't tell her anything. Percy must have been avoiding something, a fear, an insecurity- whatever, and that made him a coward.

They always talked through their problems, and this time shouldn't have been any different. If Annabeth could at least understand why he was doing this, she would at least be able to rationalize her thoughts.

But of course that hadn't happened, and Percy had just left her during the biggest transition point of her life.

Wow, this is getting heavy *wipes forehead* well, don't worry, like I've said before this IS PERCABETH, though it's angst. I'm not spoiling anything when I say that they will reunite, as it's pretty obvious.

Also, I just wanted to apologize. I was reading through Chapter One the other day, and noticed one really big plot hole that I want to make sure is cleared up. Annabeth and Percy live in New York. Annabeth is leaving for California, and because the two of them live in a smaller town, Annabeth is taking the train to a plane.

Anonymous8, Thank you so much! Wow, your review really brightened my day. I'm so happy when I see that people are enjoying my stories, and am super flattered. Thank you so much!

RandomFanAuthor, other characters will appear, but they won't necessarily break up or even be in a relationship when they are introduced.