A/N Hey everyone! I'm sorry for not updating like I said I would. I will promise to try harder to keep a once-a-week updating schedule.

Annabeth's POV

Great. Now Sally's worried. I'm so relieved that she's not mad at me. I would be mad at me if I were her. I mean, come on, it doesn't get much worse than kicking your son out of a perfectly good relationship and then he is nowhere to be found.

I've got to get to camp to tell Chiron. But then arises the big question: should I keep my pregnancy a secret? Chiron is like a father to me and I don't know how he'd feel about me being pregnant because... well, you know. So I guess I won't. Then again, I don't even know if I'm going to be able to raise her. I think it's best to keep it a secret until I've made up my mind completely. I think Sally knows that too, so she won't tell anyone. Plus, it's her grandchild, she has to know. I don't know... I'm so lost. Honestly, if Sally wasn't her supportive self, I don't know if I'd make it this far. I'm so lost and sad and mad and... I don't even know how to feel! I won't lie, suicide has crossed my mind, but I don't want to take the potential of this baby girl's life away because of my selfish actions. She deserves to live, even if I don't.

Mission 1: Tell Chiron about Percy being missing and help formulate a plan for the search party.

Mission 2: Don't let anyone know I'm pregnant.

Oh this is going to be hard.

I set out to find the most flow-y clothes I have. Nothing will seem suspicious since it's still summer.

I run down the stairs, well more like waddle, and hail a taxi. We talk a little about literally nothing but he seems oddly suspicious for some reason.

"Are you sure this is the place, miss? It's just a strawberry field."

"No, this is the place, sir. Thank you." I reply. Then he turns around. Gone are the human features replaced with female ones. Huh? And part snake? Ohhh... Echidna.

I need a plan, and fast. I pretend that I didn't see him/her(who knew they could change genders when pretending to be human?) and was "rummaging" through the bag I brought. Really, I was getting my knife. Before I could sit up straight, I stabbed her with the knife right in her chest. Maybe I stabbed her heart, if she had one.

"Ahhhhhggghhhh! Crazy girl! I should've known, I should have knowwwnnnnnnnn" And then she turned to dust and melted away.

"Geez, dramatic much?" Maybe the monsters are learning from those disney villains or something. I mean, Disney Plus is really popular. Well, can't dawdle when there are Annabeth-killing machines on the loose, can we?

Phew. Finally, I made it to camp. The walk seemed a lot longer than usual. I guess this whole pregnancy thing is really real. I'm grateful that my pregnancy hasn't been too hard compared to other peoples.

Now I just gotta pretend I'm not pregnant. Well, that's something I never thought I'd say.

*knock knock* I clear my throat. the door swings open. He looks a little surprised to see me.

"Oh, hi Annabeth. I didn't expect to see you here. Is something wrong?" Well, hello to you too, Chiron. What a way to greet a person.

"I know you're busy, so I will get right to the point" I say. Should I tell him that we broke up? No, not yet at least.

But before I am able to say anything else, the door bursts open and Thalia comes flying in. Like literally. "KELP HEAD IS MISSING!" Hey, I wanted to tell him.

Chiron says, "what? really? Annabeth, how come you didn't tell me this sooner?"

Are you serious rn? "I was going to tell you," I start, "but then Thalia-"

He puts up a hand to shush me, "We don't have time for excuses right now Annabeth."

"Tell me more Thalia" he says.

"Well, I received a note in the mail from Greece from him saying that he's going on a long trip and is currently figuring out what his next step is. He also said to not look for him, but that's not important" she said, and Chiron soaked up her every word.

Wait, did he say anything about me?

"No Annie, not everything's about you, you know. You're not the center of the universe." Thalia snaps. Oops, I said that out loud.

"Guys, how come you aren't turning towards me here? I'm literally his *pause* girlfriend" I say, slipping up a little at the last part. I don't get why Thalia and Chiron are literally ignoring me here. As far as they know, we're still together and I'm not pregnant. They're treating me as their inferior and a stupid little kid. I'm glad I didn't tell them about our break up or my pregnancy, then they'd treat me even worse!

"Annie," Thalia says, drawing out the name. "Is there something wrong going on between you too?" Uh oh. Is there something going on between us? No, they shouldn't know. I know Percy didn't mention it in the letter because he wanted me to decide what people know and don't know.

I muster up my most confident voice. "No, why would you say that." I think it sounded harsher than I intended because they both shrink back a little.

But Thalia springs back quickly. "Geez Annie, angsty much? Just a simple question. But seriously, if there's nothing wrong between you guys, how come he just left? Hmm?"

I remained silent. "I knew it!" Thalia says, "What happened?"

Just then, the door bursts open. "PERCY AND ANNABETH BROKE UP!" Will yells.

"Jeez, Will. Say it a little louder, I don't think our friends at camp Jupiter heard you" Nico says. Will offers a sheepish smile. If it were Percy, he'd say it again, and louder. Trust me, it has happened before. Haha... oh... before.

"Whaaaaat" Chiron replies. "They broke up?"

Thalia rolls her eyes. "Gosh, Chiron, you sound like a teenage girl gossiping about the latest trends. Was that whole "being wise" thing all a facade"

"Oh, um" he clears his throat, "I mean, how do you know they broke up?"

"We don't," says Nico flatly.

"Hey, lighten up," Will gives him a gentle nudge. "So basically, we received a note from Percy and apparently he's in Greece and he is having like a mid-life crisis. Anyways, we think that they broke up because-" He stops abruptly. "Oh hi Annabeth, hehe, didn't see you there" Ur kidding, right?

"And this is why you shouldn't just start preaching things you don't even know about. Don't worry Annabeth, he's just being extra" Nico reassures me.

"Yeah," Will scratches his neck, "now that I think about it, it doesn't add up."

"Well, we need a plan" Thalia interjects.

"Okay, so how about one team goes to Greece and ..." Chiron is talking but nothing registers. I can't believe that they aren't even listening to me. I'm the one who makes the plans.

"Fine. Make the plan yourselves. Go ahead and ignore me." I turn around and storm out the door, slamming it behind me for good measure.

As I walk down the steps I hear, "Geez what's wrong with her?" "Yeah, she's super moody today" "I think she's on her period"

Uuuughhhhh, why is the world so against me right now!

Usually, when I feel down, I just rant to Percy. He always listens to me and after I get everything out, we cuddle until I fall asleep.

But now I'm all alone.

I guess everyone's changing. Maybe I should too. If people are going to act like I'm a dumb kid, maybe they don't deserve to hear what I have to say. Maybe I should runaway, like Percy.

A/N Just to clear some things up, Annabeth is experiencing pregnancy mood swings, so that's why she's not very emotionally stable and not acting her best sometimes. But what will she do now that she thinks everyone is against her?