"Henry?"

"Yes? Wait a minute, isn't it late there?"

"Uh, yeah. Listen, about Venice-"

"I knew you'd come around!"

"Actually, no. I-I" My heart seemed to shatter, "I can't marry you. If you don't understand why I can't move to Venice, well then we have no business getting married. I'm sorry,"

"Annabeth, can I be brutally honest for a moment?"

"Sure, go ahead,"

"I've had this feeling looming over me that something will happen to us. Isn't part of you happy?"

"No-"

"Be absolutely honest. We we first started dating, or the rare moments you'd talk about Percy, your eyes get this far away look. And besides, if you love 2 people at one time, chose the second. Because if you really loved the first, you wouldn't have fallen for the second,"

"Why does everyone know that?"

"Johnny Depp said it," He cleared his throat, "So, I guess this is the end..."

"I guess it is. Maybe it's just me, but I expected more tears and yelling," With the mention of tears, some welled in my eyes. When I was younger, I used to hang around a girl on my street, her name was Katie Gardner. When we'd have play dates, her parents would fight and scream vile things at the top of there lungs. We only were friends for a short time, for once her parents got divorced her mother picked her up and moved her to France. I always thought divorces were caused from vicious fighting. The weight of what was really happening crashed down on me. I am ending my engagement, I will not be Mrs. Miller in 6 months. It will never be Annabeth and Henry ever again, Henry would become a memory and be no longer my future. I'm breaking this engagement. I won't have the wedding I spent a year planning, I won't walk down the aisle in that lacy white dress with my father holding my arm. None of that is happening. What stung, was how easy Henry gave it up, how quickly he ended it. I could see my father's face, he absolutely loved Henry-even more than me. I would no longer call his home my home, I would no longer come through that door after a long day at work. No longer wake up entangled with Henry, no more early mornings where'd he'd kiss my face until I woke up. None of that would happen ever again. This future I built up with Henry for myself since the moment he asked me to marry him is crumbling to pieces. And while my entire body aches, and my heart is so damn heavy-something small fluttered inside me. A white butterfly in a body of pain.

"Annabeth, you're not making a mistake. Yes a lot of things will never happen and that wedding that took forever to plan will not be a thing, but this isn't a mistake. If it is, we can get back together-"

"What will I tell people? I fell in love with another man while engaged?! I talked you up like Mr. Perfect, and you are,"

"I am still Mr. Perfect, just not your Mr. Perfect. You can try to be everyone's perfect but that's impossible, because everyone has their own Mr. or Mrs. Perfect. One girl's Mr. Perfect would have long hair, while another's would have a buzz cut, and to each girl-both guys are Mr. Perfect. I was your Mr. Perfect, but then your version or perfect morphed and it's no longer me,"

"I feel completely awful doing this to you, what about all the money spent on the wedding?"

"Don't be sorry. Besides, you and I both know my parents are drowning in cash. They'll survive. And when people ask, let's just say my Mrs. Perfect changed. I won't be alone for long, there are a ton of hot girls in Italy. And if I say so myself, I'm quite the looker."

"You're sure you'll be alright? I feel like a total douche,"

"Annabeth, you're not a total douche. In a way, it's better we broke this off now. It would've been messier to get a divorce, divorce would raise more questions."

"I'll miss you Henry, you'll make some Italian chick very happy one day. Thanks for a amazing 4 years, I'm sorry it couldn't be longer"

"Stop being sorry. You helped me a lot in those 4 years. It won't be the same without you. Now go after your new Mr. Perfect. You've had a hard life, and deserve that happy ending. Goodbye Annabeth,"

"Goodbye Henry,"

The call ended, bathing me the silence of night. I did it. I have no Fiance, no place to call home. I felt small and young again, the real world looming over me. But I wasn't that same teenager. I conquered Helen, and my issues. One of the most amazing things that can happen is finding someone who sees everything you are and won't let you be anything else. They see the potential of you. They see endless possibilities. And through their eyes, you start to see yourself the same way. As someone who matters. As someone who can make a difference in this world. If you're lucky enough to find this person, never, ever, let them go. And this time, I won't ever let Percy go.