A/N: Hey guys! A little longer drabble for you guys this time, hope you like it!

Maybe Percy had had a little crush on Annabeth Chase. But that was a long time ago when they were young and wild and carefree enough to let themselves fall a little bit in love.

Now, time had passed and with is people had changed. He wasn't as much of a wild spirit as he had been and she…well he didn't know what she was anymore. It had been too long and communication too little for him to know the person she had grown into.

It hit him like a wave on the ocean when he saw her there next to the drinks in the packed room. She was talking with a woman with long brown hair that he almost didn't recognize until she turned. Undoubtedly, it was Piper, but a grown up mature Piper who hadn't chopped her hair off to make a statement.

He hesitated for a second, old high school feelings cropping up, but ultimately pushed through the crowd towards the two.

Annabeth saw him approach and he could see the surprise on her face. Yeah, he had always said he'd never come to the reunion.

"Percy?"

"Hey." he gave a small awkward wave.

She smiled at the gesture and moved in for a hug. So many things might have changed but she still smelled like lemons and it brought back so many old memories.

"Hey Piper." He nodded at her and she smiled brightly back.

"Hey Percy, let me go find Jason." And with that she made a hasty retreat, leaving the two alone. He wondered if she remembered his crush on Annabeth. Probably, knowing Piper.

"It's good to see you." Annabeth had a soft smile on her face as if she was also remembering the old days.

"Yeah, it's good to see you too."

There was a moment of silence as they just stood there before Annabeth asked about his mom and the conversation went from there.

The most striking thing, he thought later, about it all, is that he had expected after so much time that she would be more like a stranger to him.

But as they talked, he realized that despite the changes it was still her, he could see it in her smile and the way she pushed her hair behind her ear and the way her eyes still lit up at things she loved. It was comforting, like he wasn't seeing this stranger he had envisioned but simply catching up with an old friend.

The familiarity brought back more than just comfort, but the old feelings that he never quite resolved. His biggest what if, what if he'd told her how he felt back then.

They were so close, good friends with a flirtatious streak, but it never went anywhere. They never did anything about it.

The what if.

Talking to her after all these years felt good, like maybe, if they were in a good enough place, they could find out.

But they'd have to start over, learn each other again, become friends with the people they are now, not just the memories of who they were back then.

She smiled in a way that gave him hope and they exchanged numbers in the hopes of keeping touch. In the hopes of trying again.

But it needed a push he hadn't had back then.

So, the next day when he's making breakfast, he takes a stand.

He used to love her, and seeing her again, he realized that he doesn't think he really stopped.

He types out the words.

"Hey"

A minute later the response comes back.

"Hey!"

And maybe they answer that lingering question once and for all.

A/N: So what did you think? I wanted a resolution to the what ifs of the world and thought I'd do it through Percabeth, because that's how I do everything apparently.

But yeah, just exploring a what could have been and making it so. Also just the concept of people change and grow but there's always some core things that don't and I think you can find that when you talk to old friends.

But yeah, a nice hopeful one for this week!

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