Hey guys! Before I start, I'd like to let you know that Percy and Annabeth were both eighteen years old in the last chapter, and at this time skip both will be twenty-five.

Disclaimer: If I had written the Percy Jackson, I'd be living the high life. Plus, that'd be weird, writing fanfiction for my own book series.

Six Years Later

Annabeth shuffled her papers into an orderly pile, and put them beside her desk. She'd been working at this architectural firm almost straight out of college and absolutely loved her job. It wasn't just the work she was doing- it was the people too. She'd met a variety of different people, and was now, gearing up to design a new building, on-site, in a different state.

She loved California, but was still excited to go to another state. Piper, who was working as a therapist nearby, and had told her that if she could find a job in the new location, she would come with her, which was exciting.

She would be getting an email any minute, which would show her where she was working, and what she was working on.

Picking up a stray pencil on her desk, and putting it in the little jar she kept next to her computer, she anxiously played with her hair, waiting for the email to come in.

Any minute now, she thought, continuing to twirl her hair.

Her computer beeped, signaling the arrival of an email, and Annabeth hastily went to the website, clicking on the first new email she saw.

She looked closer at the email, and realized it was just a lousy promotion deal- for mattresses, no less. Rolling her eyes, she clicked back to the tab she was working on, and scrolled through the plan she had been editing. It was a simple plan, just an addition to a building nearby, but nonetheless, had to be edited clean for approval.

She scrolled through detecting no mistakes, until another beep rang on her computer. This time, the headline read "Annabeth Chase Relocation for Minerva's Architects firm."

She clicked onto the email, this time slowly, and read through each paragraph, her excitement growing. She'd love to go to a state she'd never been to before. It would be an adventure, interesting fun, and plus, the firm would be paying for her housing and trip there and back.

And then she got to the location. For the state, it read New York. That was fine. Nothing bad about New York, sure she'd been there before, but only one area of it. It probably wasn't even in that area, it was probably somewhere big, like the city.

But-

Shit, did she really have to be so unlucky?

On the city section, it read the name of a town, a place she had been avoiding for the last six years. Because of one person- and one person only.

Percy Jackson.

Percy Jackson- who had utterly shattered her heart so many years ago, as she was just about to leave for California. Percy Jackson- who had said so many times that he loved her, but instead pushed her away at a time of transition- when he was the one she needed most.

And Percy Jackson, who apparently was still living in her hometown, working as a swim coach and a waiter. According to Thalia, at least, who lived there.

God, she really didn't have to do this. She didn't want to see him again. That was the point of all of this, right? To forget about him. Everyone constantly told her that he didn't deserve her, but the thing was, there was no imbalance in the relationship they had. They deserved each other- that was a plain and simple fact.

But that didn't matter. Because even if she still had feelings for him (which she didn't), and no matter how true it was, that when she closed her eyes now, she could perfectly invision him, standing in front of her and smiling, that didn't mean anything.

Annabeth would never go back to him. He'd torn her heart into shreds, and then emotionlessly left her to deal with the pieces. To build herself up to what she was now- a strong, independent woman. And, she was happy, right? She had the perfect job, great friends, and a nice home. She lived in California, for god's sake. She'd had her fair share of other relationships, not that any had worked out.

Annabeth was sure that with time, she'd find the right person.

But Percy did really have an effect on her. It made her mind think- But what if you already have?

Going back to her home town wouldn't mean anything. She'd have Piper, and Piper would defend her- not let anybody touch her.

She looked closer at the email, and saw that she'll be designing an addition to a gym- one she'd actually been to before. It's nice that it's still there.

She forwarded Piper the email, so she can figure out logistics, and see if there is a job opening for a therapist there, and then decides to call Thalia, and let her know she's coming.

Thalia picked up at the first ring. "What's up Annie?" She said, using the nickname she knows Annabeth despises.

"It's Annabeth." Annabeth replied, and smiled. "So, I'm going to be coming over there."

After a couple of seconds, Thalia spoke. "Wait, seriously?"

"Yeah."

Another pause. "Annabeth, that's awesome! I can't wait to see you!"

"Yeah, I'm excited too. Sort of nervous, but excited."

"Are you going to tell your dad?" Thalia asks her, and Annabeth shrugs, even though Thalia can't see her.

Annabeth bit her lip. "I kind of want it to be a surprise." She says, "Could you keep it a secret?"

"Sure," Thalia replies, "My lips are sealed."

There's silence for a while, an elephant in the room that needs to be led out.

"What about, you know?" Percy, yeah, Annabeth knows, and Thalia knows it too. That's the enormous elephant in the room.

Annabeth pretends not to care. She shouldn't, she should be over him by now, and she (maybe?) is. "I'll be fine. It's not like we'll ever bump into each other."

Thalia clicks her tongue in response. "It's a small town," She finally says. "Look, I gotta go, but text me more details later. I'm excited to see you."

Thalia hangs up, and Annabeth's sighs out loud, which makes a couple of people at work give her weird looks. Whatever. She has bigger things to deal with.

Those things, of course, being Percy.

Thanks so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, cause *spoiler alert* it's kind of obvious, but our two buds (ew, never saying that again) will reunite!

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