p class="p1"span class="s1"ANNABETH POV:/span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1"I don't know what came over me. I knew it wasn't his fault… I thought it wasn't him. I ran upstairs and into his room with my legs pulled close to my chest and my arms wrapped around them. I couldn't breathe. The only thing that kept me alive was my thoughts…about him… I am not usually like this. I do not know why. Maybe It was the food I ate or the fact that I'm leaving tomorrow or maybe even-/span/p
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p class="p1"strongspan class="s1"Annabeth/span/strong/p
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p class="p1"emspan class="s1"I don't feel like talking/span/em/p
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p class="p1"strongspan class="s1"Please, Let me explain it wasn't-/span/strong/p
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p class="p1"emspan class="s1"I know Percy./span/em/p
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p class="p1"strongspan class="s1"So you understand?/span/strong/p
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p class="p1"emspan class="s1"Understand what?/span/em/p
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p class="p1"strongspan class="s1"That it wasn't my fault./span/strong/p
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p class="p1"emspan class="s1"we all have our limits, Percy./span/em/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1"He sighed in relief/span/p
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p class="p1"emspan class="s1"But-/span/em/p
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p class="p1"strongspan class="s1"But?/span/strong/p
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p class="p1"emspan class="s1"I can't do this. /span/em/p
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p class="p1"strongspan class="s1"What do you mean?/span/strong/p
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p class="p1"emspan class="s1"This is all pointless! You won't remember me after tomorrow, and I can't hold this any longer, I won't remember you. Percy this is all too much. I love you I really do, but can you please help me know that you understand-/span/em/p
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p class="p1"strongspan class="s1"UNDERSTAND? YOU WANT ME TO UNDERSTAND?/span/strong/p
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p class="p1"emspan class="s1"Percy-/span/em/p
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p class="p1"strongspan class="s1"No Annabeth! How am I supposed to understand? You are leaving me! Me! Your being selfish Annabeth at least have a second to think about weather your going or not! We can just enjoy our lasts together! Be happy!/span/strong/p
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p class="p1"emspan class="s1"I'm am not happy if we continue this conversation./span/em/p
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p class="p1"strongspan class="s1"There it is again! The selfishness! People told me you were a dumb blonde, never knew it was true./span/strong/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1"I looked at him directly in his eyes and could instantly tell that he regretted every word he said. He was a good person, he just didn't know how to control it yet. Everyone knew not to call me a dumb blonde./span/p
p class="p1"Soon, My palm met his face resulting with a pink shade around it. He was lucky my fists were on vacation./p
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p class="p2"And that is when I could feel knives in me heart just jabbing me everywhere. If he really loved me he would have thought about how this is good for me. Apparently not. I don't understand how I'm supposed to be selfish. Im trying to let everything go and there he is just screaming at me after he kissed someone, apologised and shouted at me. /p
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p class="p1"emspan class="s1"I-I just can't. If you have really loved me then you would have let me go. Apparently not. /span/em/p
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p class="p1"strongspan class="s1"I-I do! I really love you!/span/strong/p
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p class="p1"emspan class="s1"Those words are special Percy. Say them to someone when you really mean it. I have to get going./span/em/p
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p class="p1"strongspan class="s1"I CAN'T BELIVE YOU!/span/strong/p
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p class="p1"emspan class="s1"Percy./span/em/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1"I picked myself up and went to a front door. I opened the knob knowing that this was the last time I will ever see this again, all these memories with Sally, I twisted the knob and I felt a slight tub on my wrist./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""Annabeth-" The empathetic Percy came out, but this was not the time. I had to get away from him. Forever./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""Percy please, your making this harder for me"/span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""Don't leave me-"/span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""Percy!" I got my wrist out of his hands with a slide and got really pissed at him on how he was making this a worse situation. I stormed out of his house not looking back because if i did, I knew I would have regretted what I had done. And this is way too far to even think about it. /span/p
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p class="p1"emspan class="s1"I-I can't./span/em/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""Annabeth, Thalia is here" Great, just who I wanted. All I wanted to do was be alone, this was hard./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""Annabeth.. Whats wrong?" Thalia said sitting next to me on my bed. She always knew what was wrong, always./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""No-Nothing" I hesitated/span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""It's something. Open up."/span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""P-Percy" I shivered when I said his name./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""That jerk! I will break him weather he is my cousin or not!" Thalia stood up with her waisted clenched but I pulled her down motioning that I was fine./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""Your not fine Annabeth.."/span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""It's okay Thalia… Everything would be forgotten by tomorrow"/span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""Annabeth thats not the way to deal with things!" She half shouted at me. I knew she was pissed because I was so stubborn but I couldn't help it./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""It fine Thalia!" I shouted at her /span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""Annabeth, listen to me" He placed her hands on top of mine trying to comfort me. "I know this is hard, but he's a nice person. He really is. Just a bit stubborn, thats all. Listen carefully Annabeth, He loves you, but Atermis can't just wait for you." Her eyes were very sincere. /span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1"I just simply nodded./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""Okay, good. Just don't blame him. I know I say I will kill him and all, but he is really a sweet person inside." I swear It was like she was reading my mind. Creepy../span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1"I just simply nodded./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""Why don't we go watch a movie or something? To keep you distracted." I love Thalia but I just needed some space./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""It's okay, go without me, I think I need some space" I whispered very weakly. I knew she could hear me so she just nodded./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""I understand. I'll pick you in the morning to meet up with the other hunters, Just make sure you don't overload your brain with thinking about this too much. Sometimes I want to kill him but just try not to think about it too much k?" He said already holding the knob of my door./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1"I just nodded in response and she lead herself out the door leaving with a tiny smile and a wave. I sat there, laying down on my grey bed with a pillow to comfort me, thinking. /span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1"After a quick nap I lifted myself off the bed to see the time. 1AM. With a big sigh I dragged myself down the stairs mentally slapping myself for waking up. I knew I needed a little midnight snack to help me forget about this pain. /span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1"I opened the fridge and poured myself some orange juice./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""You're early Annabeth, I thought Thalia was going to pick you up later?"/span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1"I was shocked and turned around to find my one and only dad behind me./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""Y-yeah just couldn't sleep much." /span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""Are you okay Annabeth?" /span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""Can I ask you a question dad?" I asked him. I knew I would regret saying this but I couldn't help it./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""Sure, Honey"/span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""How did you feel when mom left?" I knew that hit him hard. A big shocker./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""Well.." He started "It was hard at first, but I knew that I can't hold a grudge forever. I knew It wasn't her choice. It was Zues's, They made this rule saying once a god or a goddess have had a baby they may not visit or keep in contact with them incase the other starts getting influences by humans. Cruel, I know. This rule was set for Poseidon and his son." I shuddered once I knew who he was talking about. "But I forgave her and I know she is up there,up on olympus, just watching you grow to become a grown woman." /span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1"I held my breath and decided to not say anything making an award winning silence. My dad finally broke the silence/span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""It's getting late, Annabeth, you don't want to be late when Thalia picks you up." He said with a smile./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1"I nodded and kissed his cheek "G' night dad"/span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""Night, honey"/span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1"And with that I could finally understand how it felt in my dads shoes. I understand how mum feels regrets. But I also understand It was not her fault./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1"Hopefully this was a whole mis-understanding? /span/p
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