A/N: Thanks for all the reviews! This will be one of the longer chapters! Over 1,000 words at least!

Told from Percy's POV

It was good to be home. You're lung capacity has not yet been fully recovered, but you're head was fine. You're at home right now, watching some show that you haven't been paying attention to. Letting your mind wonder, you thing about the past week or two. You've been out for a week and everyone has been visiting, from your mom to Thalia. But not Annabeth. She only visited you once with a simple "How are you doing?" and a "Get better, Percy" but that was it. And that hurt. After years of being together, couple or not, you thought she would visit you at least more than once, but you were wrong.

Hearing the phone ring, you pick it up, distracted by your thoughts and not bothering to look at the caller I.D.

"Hello?" you answer.

"Hey, Percy. It's me Annabeth, um, I think we need to talk," you nearly drop the phone in shock.

Getting you vocal chords working, you reply, "A-Annabeth? Um, what do we need to talk about?"

There was a pause. Should you talk to her or not? You have nothing to lose you think.

"Can we just talk? Meet me at my apartment in fifteen minutes," she avoided the question.

Taking a deep breath, you reply, "Okay, I'll see you later," not waiting for a reply, you hang up the phone and head out the door with keys and wallet in hand.

The ride there seemed to take hours, but within minutes, you're at the front of her door. You walked up to this point mechanically, not thinking about what was going on, but more about what will be happening.

Knocking on the door, she answers.

"Um, come on in Percy," she steps aside, letting you in.

"So what do you want to talk about?" you ask. Both of you are standing awkwardly on either side of the room.

"Percy, you might want to sit down for this. I-I've decided to tell you the truth Percy, starting from the beginning," she took a seat at the other end of the couch. Instead of sitting on the couch, you sit in the armchair. You know that she notices the look of confusion displayed on your face, but she chooses to ignore it.

"What truth?" you ask, hesitantly.

"Percy before I start, look, I'm so sorry. I didn't think before I said it and I'm sorry for all the pain my lie put you through," she took a deep breath. What the Hades could this secret be? Why would it hurt you? Questions buzz through your head at lightning speed.

"Percy, remember that I told you that I had a boyfriend and I loved him?" How could you forget? The very thought haunted you. She was over you, moved on, past you. Not able to speak, you nod. You look at her straight in the eyes and you can see the tears pooling in her eyes, threatening to fall out.

"Well, I, um, lied about that. I-I told you because I, um, still l-love you. I stupidly believed t-the Aphrodite cabin and I-I wanted to get back at you. I-I am so sorry," she stuttered. Tears were streaming down her face.

The confession hits you hard. You can't believe it, she lied. The lie put you through hell the past months. Tears were in your eyes now, your hands were shaking. Thinking about Annabeth and how she believed the Aphrodite cabin, already hurt you, but then she went and told you that lie that she was with another man put you in pure agony. Now that you know that it was a lie, you lose your temper.

"Y-you lied! Annabeth, do you know how much hell you put me through? I was in agony when you told me that you loved some James Addison! You nearly destroyed me! I couldn't get up in the morning; I couldn't go a meal without a drink! I had nightmares about you and your mystery man; I couldn't sleep!" You stood and ranted.

"And when I was in the hospital, you barely visited me! I know it was a harsh break up, but do you still care about me? Do you care enough to visit me after I was in a terrible accident? I'm guessing no! Only once did you visit and you barely spoke more than ten words. I mean, come on Annabeth, we've known each other for ten years! Doesn't that account for something?" you continue. You haven't regained the full capacity of your lungs yet, so the rant leaves you breathing hard, struggling for breath.

"How dare you say that I don't care about you? That's the reason I couldn't visit you! I cared too much. I couldn't stand to see you in that shape, battered and bruised! Of course I care about you!" she yells at you equally loud. After that, tears were gone and it was complete silence. Neither of you moved an inch, just standing there, staring at each other. It felt like hours until Annabeth broke the silence.

"Percy, I'm sorry. It just came out. I couldn't take it back, it was my pride. I never wanted to tell you that. I was so angry at the time and later on, I was scared. I was scared because I lost the one person who meant everything to me. Percy, I wasn't mourning because I lost a boyfriend, I was mourning because I lost my best friend and the man I love," she softly says. Temper gone, you can see the truthfulness in her eyes. But wait, did she use 'love' and not 'loved'? You were too angry earlier to notice, but you notice now.

"Annabeth, did you just use the present tense? As in, you are still in love with me?" she looks away, finding the floor very interesting all of a sudden.

"Look at me, Annabeth. Answer me, do you still love me?" you ask. You walk closer to her and lift her chin up. You stare into her piercing grey eyes, the shocks running up and down the arm that held her chin.

"Yes, I still do. I've never stopped loving you since the day we met," you have to strain your ears to hear the quiet answer. You pull back in confusion.

"But why did you lie to me if you still love me?"

"I lied because I thought you cheated, so I wanted you to feel the pain I did. I wasn't thinking so I told you the lie, Percy. I may have lied, but it doesn't mean that I didn't still love you at the time," you can't understand why she would do that, but you know not to ask or she'll have to repeat herself.

"Percy, now that I've told you the truth can I ask you a question?" you're hesitant. You're pretty sure she's going to ask if you still love her, but she interrupts you train of thought.

"I'm not going to ask if you still love me, I want to ask if you still care about me enough to still love me and rebuild this relationship," you stare at her in shock.

Ah! What will Percy say? Well, I know, but you'll find out in the next chapter. Remember to review! More reviews means faster update!

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