A/N Alright, so yes, this chapter has been posted before, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT! I edited it so I could do future chapters, so make sure you read it! And sorry for the AN at the beginning!

Chapter 3

Breakeven

Percy Pov

"Hey Percy, can I talk to you?" Rachel asked me as we came out of Math class…my last Math class in Ohio.

"Sure," I said, "What's up?"

"Well, I think we should break up. You know, you're moving away, and I kind of just don't feel anything anymore…" Wait. Hold up. Rachel's breaking up with me?

"What do you mean you don't just 'feel anything anymore?'"

"I just…well I do feel something but…Percy, it's not you, it's me. I need to find myself, find who I am, and focus on myself, for once. Right now, I…can't be…distracted" So I'm distracting.

"It's…it's okay Rachel. I understand," I forced a smile. "Well, I gotta go. Have to do last minute packing." I started to turn away when Rachel caught my arm.

"Are we at least still friends?" she asked me. Right now, I was too hurt to be friends with her. I did want to, but I just…couldn't.

"Not right now Rachel. But someday…someday we will. I promise," and with that I left.

Now I was on a plane with nothing else to think about, nothing to keep me busy. I knew I was alive, but it felt as if I was struggling to breathe. I had so much time on the plain, just to be sad, and Rachel had all the freedom she could want.

My worst days will probably be her best. She'll probably tell me when she gets together with someone else, probably Ethan or Jacob. Then I'll spend my nights wide awake, when she has no trouble getting to sleep. While I'll probably be sad for awhile, she never was.

"Percy, are you still sad?" My mom asked. My mom was one of the best people in the world. Whenever things were bad, she would always find some way to cheer me up. After all, she had been through enough herself. With her parents dying, her having to drop out of college, and raising me without my father. She could normally find a way to make the worst situations a bit better.

"Yeah," I told her.

"Well, you know bad things always happen for a reason, maybe you'll meet someone new here?" I guess this time it was too bad for my mom to help…even her wise words couldn't stop the pain.

What was I going to do? I always considered Rachel the best part of me. When she broke up with me, I could barely choke out the words I said, but, I guess she was fine…

She's got everybody's heart. She was the girl everybody wanted in the school, the one who always got who she wanted. Sure, she was really nice, but with everybody liking her, I bet once liked someone else she couldn't help but think of the possibilities and compare them to what she had at the moment. Couldn't help but compare them to me.

I guess when a heart breaks, it doesn't break even.

A/N Alright, so I have the next chapter written, and if I get 13 reviews or over I'll post the next chapter today/tomorrow, but if not I'll post in two/three days like usual. Thanks guys, and read and review!