I paced that night.

From the door.

To the closet.

Then the bathroom.

After that, the dresser.

Repeat.

All I could think about was that damn kiss! I was in the middle of the 6th loop of pacing when my phone rang. My heart fell as I saw it was Henry,

"Annabeth! You'll never believe what happened to me!"

"Hi-"

"My Uncle finally did meet up with me, and guess what?!"

"What?"

"He offered me to own his company in Venice! How awesome is that?! He even has a huge house set aside for us, just wait until you see the pictures, large pool, awesome columns, open space-"

"Venice? As in Venice, Italy?"

"I don't think there's another Venice, silly. As soon as you come back we'll pack and go! I'm not sure yet when we'll have to leave, but better to get there earlier than later, right?"

"Henry-"

"You don't sound very excited,"

"I can't just go and live in Italy,"

"Well, why not?"

"I'm almost the CEO, I can't leave now, that's the whole reason I went to Manhattan in the first place-"

"I'll see if my uncle can land you a job, even one extremely high up and large pay,"

"No offense to your Uncle, but I can't. I can't leave my family, work, my life."

"Remember, we did talk about moving, you seemed all for it then,"

"Yeah, to New York if I got the job. Not halfway across the globe! What about my family?"

"New York is on the other half of the US! This job would be great for me, you hardly see your family now"

"Yes, it would be, but I cannot go across the globe to Venice just like that,"

"You must be tired, let's sleep on it, and talk about it tomorrow. I'll start packing our stuff,"

"Henry! No, don't pack our stuff! What about your job now?"

"It doesn't pay 1/10th of what I'll get at this other job,"

"Find another job at home! It'll be easy"

"Annabeth, I don't like your whiny tone. We are going to be married, and will compromise on these things. We'll talk tomorrow, goodnight."

"Henry, I can't sleep now-"

"Well you're just gonna have to. You're not making smart choices right now. Tomorrow you'll be all better and ready to move to Venice."

"A night of sleep will not make me ready to move to Venice! Listen-"

"Annabeth, go to bed. Good night. I love you."

The call was ended before I could protest.

I paced more, than decided on getting some help. Hazel creaked the door open, and after a lingering gaze at the sleeping figure of Frank, she slipped into the hall. Her night shirt-presumably Franks's-was larger and brushed mid-thigh, and had a faded graphic. Together we tip-toed over to Piper's, entering. We were startled to see her sitting criss-cross apple sauce on her floor, staring at her phone.

"Piper," Hazel whispered, touching her shoulder. Piper shrieked

I settled down next to her, Hazel flicked the lamp on. It cast an amber glow across the room, "I need to have a girl intervention, immediately."

That set her off, "Spill everything."

So I sat there, and told Hazel and Piper everything. Starting at the first time I bumped into Percy, and finishing with Henry's demand.

"Woah," Hazel murmured, "That's tough, Venice?"

I nodded, "Venice,"

Piper's hands threaded through my hair, and started braiding, "How are you going to break it to him? It won't be easy to break his heart,"

"Who?"

Her hands squeezed my shoulders, "You know who,"

"Ugh, God. I feel like a living Twilight book!"

"Listen to me. Yes, you have to chose between two boys. Yes, you can feel like a YA novel. Your emotions are important, and bottling them up is like keeping a pile of dog poop in your pocket. The more you keep it in there, the more it'll stink and get grosser. Percy is a giant doofus and-well, I don't know Henry-but he's seems like a good guy. You have to fall in love with someone who enjoys you, not someone who forces you to change. If you love 2 people at the same time, choose the second. Because if you really loved the first, you wouldn't have fallen for the second,"

"What if what I feel for Percy is just old feelings?"

Piper's hands hesitated, but continued, "As much as some people use it as an excuse, old feelings aren't real. What you feel for Percy and Henry, those are real. In the present. And they affect you just like anything else,"

Hazel started to say something but my mind raced.

I love the way his hair feels, the way his eyes sparkler when he laughs. I love the way he can make me smile, and how he'll just smile at me knowingly.

I love him. And he should know, I should be shouting it from the rooftops. What was I even thinking? This was so obvious, and I'm just being an idiot and it's time to tell him.

I stood up, Piper and Hazel smiled at each other, I marched out the door and was 100% ready and confident.

AN: This chapter is a little rocky, and I really struggled with this. So sorry if it's bad