Chp 7
Annabeth's POV
I woke up as I heard movement. I opened my eyes and saw Percy pulling his shirt over his head. I propped myself on my elbows. "Percy?" I asked, a bit confused. He looked up and gave a small smile. "Hi." He put his phone on his pocket and put a gym bag on the edge of my bed.
"What-?" I didn't even have to finish my sentence as he understood. "Annabeth, we made a deal a month and three weeks ago. We gave it two months, and that is now up." He said. I felt like a ton of bricks hit me. I scrambled to my feet and said, "But we- we still have a week." We were standing extremely close that I could just pull him into my embrace.
"We knew this was coming, I'm just saving from having to do it when I know I'm even further into this then I thought." He said. I felt the tears start to trickle down my cheeks. "But- but what- we need to-." I couldn't finish my sentence. It felt like the air had been sucked out of my lungs.
"You made the deal. I'm just giving you what you wanted. A broken heart." He said. I grabbed his hand. "Please Percy. Don't leave. You can't." I said. He gave my hands squeeze and said, "Goodbye." I stood there, watching him pick up his bag, go out my bedroom and close my front door.
I fell to the floor. I cried. I cried till my throat was sore. Till I didn't have any tears left. And I felt completely spare. I felt as if all my life had been stolen and I had been left with a useless body.
I didn't realize how much I really needed him. Not having him nearby, knowing he wouldn't be calling me up and asking me round for a coffee or whatever. No wonder he had been surprised when I said I had never been through this.
I don't know how anyone survives this, survives feeling lost. So I sat on the floor at the foot of my bed, sucking all of it and being left with a feeling that seemed as good as death. I felt it in averything. My whole body.
Numb.