A/N: Hey thanks for all the reviews! Hope you enjoy this one!
Told from Percy's POV
You come back from the funeral a bit shaken by Annabeth's encounter and by what Thalia said. Is it true? Could Annabeth be lying to you? You shake your head. She can't be. She would never do that to you. Would she?
"Agh!" you scream out, your head throbbing. You walk to you medicine cabinet and take an aspirin to cool the pain. You slump against the cabinet holding yourself up. You look at your reflection, but there's someone different there. Sure it's you, but you look too different to be you. The glimmer in your eyes were replaced by dullness, the circles under your eyes have gotten darker, and you hair has been even messier if it were possible. You still keep thinking about Annabeth. What did she want to say?
You decide to go to the beach to get your mind off of her. It's an hour drive and you should arrive around noon. You change into your trunks and you don't even bother with a towel. On your way out, an Iris-message appears and it is your mother. She's has been in France with Paul for the past five months on vacation and it occurs to you that your mother has not heard of the news about the breakup. Even though she was mortal, she had the ability to Iris-message so you left drachmas for her.
"Hello Percy," she greets you.
"Hey Mom, how was France?" you ask realizing that she was back at the apartment.
"Oh it was amazing. Percy you look so different. What happened?" she asked concerned. If it was one thing she knew about you, she could immediately tell what was wrong. You remember she called a mother's instinct.
"Um, Annabeth and I broke up about four months ago," you quietly answer.
"Oh my goodness. Why did you guys break up? You were so good together," you know that she treated Annabeth like a daughter and your mother always teased you saying that the two of you would marry and be her official daughter-in-law. You always responded in a blush and an excuse to leave the room.
You explain the whole story from the day you visited her to the funeral yesterday about the encounter and Thalia's doubt.
"You know, I think Thalia's right. I see it in Annabeth's eyes when she looks at you; she loves you more than anything. And that same glimmer is in your eyes when you look at her, Percy. You still do love her, so go fight for her back. Get her back, I know you can," she says and you know that she's right.
"I'll think about it Mom. It seems like everyone wants me to do that,"
"It's because everyone knows you both are meant to be," she wisely answers. She bids you farewell and wipes her hand through the message. You sit in the same spot for a few more moments pondering over what she had said. You mother was always right, but was she right now? You forget about the beach and spend the rest of the day pondering about what you'll do now.
Short as usual. I'm really sorry, but it has to be short to make sense. I'll try to update as fast as I can, but no promises. Review!
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