Love Me, Hate Me, But I Promise You Won't Break Me
A PJATO Fanfiction
By: xXxDaughteroftheKingxXx
AN: Well, I REALLY like writing in Piper's POV. And if it's second POV, EVEN BETTER! :] So, I hope I didn't frickin murder her character, but Leo and Piper would be a cute couple too... My mind is open for possibilties. I mean, SERIOUSLY. I like things like Jason/Annabeth or Leo/Drew or Clovis/Nyssa or WHATEVER! I'm weird like that.
Enough of my rambling... Enjoy the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own PJO/HoO
17. You don't realize how much you care about someone until they don't care about you.
You took him for granted.
He was there the entire time for you, even if you can't say the same thing about yourself. He blended into the shadows, yet somehow, he was always there for you—through thick and thin. He chose to stay in the background, rather than be the hero—the leader, and he did it without complaining.
You were always worried about him. It was always about that big-shot hero, never about the kind, sweet sidekick. You were the 'damsel in distress'(Psh, as if.); he was the sidekick; and everyone knows that the sidekick and the hero's girl don't get together.
Then the day came when you desperately needed him. Your 'hero' had just dumped you for another girl (No surprise there.), and you needed someone to lean on. Who better than the hero's sidekick to go to?
But when you go to his cabin, you find he's not there. You search the entire camp for him, and you eventually find him wrapped in another girl's arms, looking happier than he ever had been.
A pang of guilt and jealously fills your heart. Why wasn't that you? Why couldn't it be you? Why, of all girls, was it her?
In truth, he was more amazing than your 'hero'. He was sweet, kind, caring, and he actually knew the real you. He could see behind your mask, and when he was alone with you, he took down his mask. He trusted you with his deepest secrets. He was the one for you. He could've been your hero.
But you took him for granted. He'd been there waiting for the hero to break your heart, for you to finally see the light, but that day came too late. He wasn't yours to hold anymore. You couldn't use him anymore. Now, he was in the arms of another girl.
And you'll never get a second chance.