. Lonely Lullaby

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Chapter 4: Apartment Hunting.

Annabeth's POV

I've been in San Francisco for officially two weeks now and Luke has decided to take me apartment hunting. So basically we got to walk around with a realtor all day while he showed us different places but there was only one that really stuck out.

The apartment had all white walls, with a ceiling to floor window that showed New York's skyline, a full bathroom, a master bedroom, and a living room and full kitchen separated by a bar. I squeezed Luke's hand and he smiled down at me.

"I think this one's the one." I say and he motions to the realtor. "Um sir?" I ask.

"Yes?" Luke cut in for me.

"She'd like this one please." Luke says.

"Are you sure there are a few more?" He asked.

"Yes I'm sure." I pipe up.

"Well okay then. We can just go back to my office and finish all this stuff up." He slaps his hands together and we walk out.

~A few weeks later~

I tied my hair back and opened my laptop. I've started different architecture program and I think my skills have gotten better. San Fran is a nice but lonely city. I miss my friends, I miss my room, I miss Percy a lot, basically I miss my old life. I miss Piper and Hazel, Thalia, everyone, even the twin terrors. Luke is supportive but in a different kind of way, it's like he doesn't really care what I'm saying but he'll through money at my cause because he can. The fact is I think I want to go home. I don't know how Luke would feel about it though. He'd probably say it was homesickness, which is mainly what it is, but this isn't my life, this isn't me, I'm scared here in this world alone.

That's right you heard me. I'm scared, I'm not ready to be on my own, I'm not as strong as everyone thinks I am and I'm breaking into pieces. It's the absolute, complete, truth. I need to go home, to New York.

"Luke I want to go home." I say as I sit at his place eating Chinese takeout. He has chow mien halfway into his mouth and looks at me like I'm the insane one.

"What?" He asks in disbelief.

"I want to go home. This city, it's just not where I belong. It has a bad aura to it." He looks really pissed off now.

"Annabeth, think about this, I paid for basically everything while you've been here. I paid for your apartment, first month's rent, and you're telling me you want to drop everything and leave because you're scared. You have me protecting you." He spat out.

"I'm sorry it's just this doesn't feel right." I say hugging myself.

"Okay Annabeth if this doesn't 'feel' right then why don't you get all your shit out of my apartment and get in your car and then drive away. You can pay for all that gas right; you know I heard gasoline went up three dollars." I was on the verge of crying now.

"I won't leave then. I'll stay here with you, we can drop that apartment and I can live with you here." I say quietly and a more satisfied look crosses his face.

"Okay good. I'll have my guys fetch the stuff from your apartment and we can move you into the guest bedroom." I nod and he goes off to the kitchen to make a call. I walk down the hall to his room and slip under the covers. A few minutes later I feel the bed sink and hear him pull the covers on his side back up. He pulls me against his chest and his left hand rests on my stomach under my shirt.

Percy's POV

I broke away just long enough from Rachel to get some air. It's like she want to suffocate you, you know sometimes it's like she's a dementor and I'm what's his face? Sirius right? Well my lack of air didn't stop her from entangling her hands in my hair and shoving her tongue down my throat. I finally get the courage to just push her away.

"While I'd love to sit here and make out with you I feel like you're trying to suck the air out of my lungs." She smiles and wraps her arms around my neck.

"Well you should get used to it because I have a bit of an obsession with you and your lips." She says and slides off the couch to get her coat. "I'm having lunch with Drew today, bye sugar." She said and slammed the door behind her. She was over for four hours and that was the only sentence she said to me. It's nice to see where this relationship is heading.

I to the closet in my dorm and put on a night shirt and plaid pajama pants but when I pull them down from the closet shelf a small slip of paper falls off with it. It's the note. When I pick it up I can feel the guilt creeping its way into my heart, turning me cold, angry, and out of place. I didn't want her to leave. She was my rock. It seems wrong of me to think seeing as how Rachel's my girlfriend now but it doesn't feel right. Nothing about our relationship feels right.

For the next two hours I sat alone, in my dorm, on a Saturday night. Maybe this is completely normal for some people but for me, this is alien. On Saturdays I was usually at a party but this is college. College is a much bigger pond then high school and there are bigger and better fish then you no matter how much you don't like it. It doesn't even matter that you're taking the swim caption's place next year, it will still be different.

You change as a person a lot. Something's stay others don't. If were talking physical makeup, you're never ever the same person you were six months ago because cells are dying and being replaced just like people. The only difference is that some people cannot be replaced easily. Nobody can truly be replaced ever, two individuals can have the exact same attitude, but those two people are so different. So amazingly different and unique, it's absolutely beautiful if you think about it this way.

My life's different now, I'm not exactly the same person, this is all something new and I love it.

Hey guys sorry for the super late update, I didn't have any inspiration and well I'm going to shut up now. As for my updating schedule try to think of it ranging from Thursday-Sunday. Well Sunday afternoon's if I'm at church. So I hope you enjoyed the chapter. You know the drill, Review, Favorite, follow.

Xoxo,

KC