How could you forget? (percabeth)

A painful Reminder of our past,

Percy.

'Percy? Who's Percy?' Who's Percy? Did she just say that? I saw Ruth whip around as the door closed behind me. I could already see tears in her eyes.

'Oh, God.' Annabeth began, 'That's him isn't it? That's Percy'

She didn't remember me. I thought, the love of my life doesn't know who I am.

'Can someone please explain this to me?' Annabeth said. She was crying as well now. I recognized her features as I'd seen this cry many times before. She was crying because of stress and frustration as she didn't know what was going on. She was frowning and trying to hold back the tears.

I was still speechless. I couldn't quite get it through my head. As I felt myself slide down the wall I became aware of the wetness on my cheeks, the tears already beginning to spill.

'Well? Say something!' she was angry now, another emotion I knew so well for her.

I saw Ruth back away, and head towards the door.

'I'm going to get a doctor, this can't be happening!' I heard her mutter as she left the room.

'You're Percy, I can tell why are we connected? How do I know you?'

At this stage I had gotten through the worst of the pain, it was starting to set in. I got up slowly, seeing the doctor pause at the door, frowning. He must've decided to let us be a little while. I walked slowly over to the table next to her bed where the box I had set up for this moment was sitting. I picked it up gingerly and set it in her lap as I lost control of my emotions.

Annabeth

This boy was so familiar. His hair, how it fell in his sea green eyes as he looked down, His presence in the room but no matter how much I looked and felt I couldn't dig up who he was.

Percy I never knew anyone called Percy but his name rolled so easily off my tongue. As I said it I felt my heart beat a little faster, a warmth spreading everywhere.

My thoughts were confirmed as I read the letter in the mysterious cardboard box that was set in my lap.

I was aware of Percy sitting on the ground, holding his head in his hands.

My dearest Annabeth,

I threw this together as soon as I heard they were waking you up. I decided that if anything happened to me on the way to the hospital I wanted you to have everything in this box and especially one thing, but I have that, it's waiting for you.

I think you'll be proud of how organised I have become.

I just want you to know, I love you.

Your Seaweed Brain.

Seaweed brain. It was such a simple phrase yet I could feel the weight of it in my heart as I read those words.

I gently set the letter aside. Percy looked up slightly, watching me.

Inside the box was an Orange T shirt, But I could tell there were still things under it. The T shirt smelt so familiar, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. I held it up, letting it unravel, The words 'Camp Half-Blood' Were written on it, arched, in black letters. There was a pegasus in still motion flying under the arch of letters. I buried my face in the shirt as I remembered my favourite summer camp my dad sent me to.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw a corner of Percy's mouth lift slightly, it was cute.

Under the shirt were so many photos. The first photo was of Percy and I kissing under the Eiffel tower at night, we looked so young, yet he was in a suit and I was in a sleeveles dark green dress. I felt very overwhelmed as I processed the picture. I flipped it over and saw the words We're staying together, you're never getting away from me. I could just recognize the writing, it must be Percy's. I quickly took another look at the beautiful photograph before laying it on top of the camp shirt.

The next was of Percy and I standing in the opening to the NYC university/college. We were holding hands and I looked so happy. Percy wasn't looking at the camera, he was looking down at me and I could almost see the love in his eyes. My heart twisted as the thought fully set in. We were in love.

There were many more photos, one of Percy, and woman with dark hair who had the same warm features as Percy, it must be his mother, me and my family in a restaurant, I think, or a small cafe, I couldn't tell.

In a lot of the photos Percy wasn't looking directly at the camera. His eyes always strayed to look at me. I could tell we lived together as there was a photo of us smiling in front of a sold sign on an apartment building. The architectural design of the building was outstanding, must be why we bought it, I thought.

i eventually got to the bottom of the box. It was almost disappointing.

Percy got up as I started to put the things back in the box.

'So, what was the other special thing?' I asked. Percy looked nervous before answering, and putting the box back on the table.

'Uh, well, um-' He struggled before digging around in his back pocket. He pulled out a small, grey, velvet box. As he passed it over to me I could already tell from his expression of what it was.

I gently opened the box. Inside was a golden ring. I was 3 bands of gold plaited together. The simplicity of the ring made it perfect.

'I, uh, I was going to-to ask you to marry me, and this is kinda anti climatic I hadn't really thought that yo-' His voice trembled, 'You wouldn't remember me.'

'Yes, that does make it difficult,' I smiled slightly through the newly formed tears. I had taken the small ring out and was now putting it back in the perfect box. I began handing it back to him when he stepped back. Waving his hands in hands lightly in front of him.

'Oh no, that rings meant for you, keep it. It's not that I don't want it-' He was struggling again. 'But, it's meant for you I can't keep it, not now' He said on the verge of breaking down.

'Oh,' I began, my hands now in my lap, the ring box wrapped safely in my fingers.

'Look I gotta go, I'll come by, sometime but yeah, I really have to go, like now.' Percy said, stumbling through his words. My stomach dropped as I saw him walk out, leaving me in the dark of knowledge.

'I'm sorry' I whispered to myself.