Annabeth's POV
I sat next to Percy, hoping that he would wake up and say hi to me. A week had passed since it happened. I shook my head as I thought about it. Why did things always have to come to this? Why do bad things happen to good people? Why? A tear formed and streamed down my cheek. I glanced at Percy. He was still in a coma. I gently caressed his cheek with my hand. When was he ever going to wake up? Was he ever going to wake up? Percy was getting paler and paler everyday. If this went on, then it wouldn't be long before Percy… passed on. Tears escaped out of my eyes and dripped on the floor. Percy…wake up! Wake up! Please! Wake up for your family. Wake up for your friends. Wake up for me. Please. A tear from Percy's eye and streamed down his cheek. I gasped.
"Percy? Percy! Are you awake?"
*No reply*
"No…" I said sadly. Where are you, Percy? I wished that I could have been with Percy's soul right now. I could help him and together we could get out of the word lost and into the word found. I wished that I were with him. Chiron walked in.
"How is he doing?"
"Okay… he's getting paler and colder."
"That's not good."
I looked away as tears formed in my eyes. I didn't want anybody to see me cry.
"Will he get better?"
"I don't know, Annabeth."
"Annabeth, you really should get out of the infirmary every once in awhile. You haven't eaten anything for two days."
"I'm not hungry."
"Annabeth, you're a wise girl. You know what you should do and what you shouldn't."
"I know that I should be with Percy."
"Damn you Aphrodite…" he muttered as he walked away.
I focused back on Percy. Please, Zeus, Apollo, Ra, Jesus, whatever. Please bless Percy and allow him to live. I closed my eyes and tears came out. I lay down beside Percy and hugged him. Where are you? Where is the stuff that's inside of you? Can't you see I need you? Can't you see I can't think of anything but you? I cried and rested y head against Percy. I didn't feel Percy at all. What I felt was a bunch of coldness and emptiness and se faint heartbeats. No liveliness at all. No warmth and affection either. Why aren't you here for me? I thought as a cried. After an hour, I cried myself to sleep. The first time I slept in a long time. In my dream, I dreamed of me and Percy, enjoying the sunset on the beach. Our fingers were intertwined and we stared into each other's eyes. And just before we were going to kiss, the earth rumbled. The forest burst in flames. The sky turned blood red. The ocean churned. And Percy was… slowly fading away.
"Percy! Don't go!" I screamed.
I try to grab hi and pull him back to me, but my body is frozen. And I watch Percy slowly leaving me.
"NOOO!" I screamed as rivers of tears flowed down my cheeks.
And then I wake up next to Percy. I was relieved at first, but then I realized that the real Percy wasn't in there. I start to cry again; the tears running down my cheeks and staining the sheets. I felt alone. Nobody in this world could help me. I felt vulnerable. There was no life in me without Percy. I felt… lost. Lost in myself. Lost in this world of confusion and sadness. You never realize how much you need someone until you lose that someone.