"Percy….I love you."Annabeth whispered, coughing up blood on to my shirt. "No!"I screamed her body already going limp in my arms. Somehow looking peaceful when my world was falling apart. I didn't even get to tell her I loved her back.

I stayed holding her till everything was cold. Everything. I gripped riptide with both hands and plunged it deep into my chest. As long as we're together.