The End of Me

Chaos

I bearly touched my food at lunch. Tyson was trying to cheer me up by making silly faces and wiggling his one huge,bushy eyebrow. He usually made me laugh but worry was creeping in the back of my mind every second that I was away from Annabeth.

*hours later*

The day went by so slow it was agonizing. I couldn't focus on anything, I couldn't think of anything but her. My heart skipped a beat when I saw Piper at dinner, hoping she had some good news from Annabeth I walked up to her "hey, how's she doing?"

"She's doing a lot better now, she'll be out for the campfire soon." Piper gave me a reassuring smile.

"Thank you Piper,for being there for her."

"Of course- oh look, here she comes." She nodded towards Annabeth walking up the steps of the dinning hall to meet me. I ran to her and embraced her with a relieving sigh,her soft blonde hair in my face has never felt better.

"Are you ok? What happened?" I asked as we pulled away. Her eyes were slightly swollen from crying but she still managed a small smile.

"I'm fine now, I'll tell you what happened with my dad later," she held my hand "come on seaweed brain, let's go to the campfire."  I wasn't too happy with the fact that she was gonna keep me waiting even longer but I nodded and followed her as she led the way.

Things weren't the same. Sure we still sang the same campfire songs that we have been for 4 years (or even longer) but the spark we once had was gone. Nothing felt right anymore, I could tell everyone was trying hard to put their spirit into it but it was no use. Leo was gone, a lot of campers were still injured and there was a gloomy tension in the atmosphere. And knowing there might be bad news after this didn't make it any better.

*after campfire gathering*

"So, what happened with your dad?" I asked as we walked hand in hand on the dock by the lake under the moonlight.

Annabeth sat down once we reached the edge so that her legs were dangling and took a deep breath. "Well, he wasn't too happy about our plans to go off together after graduation."

"Yeah, I kinda knew that already." I sat next to her, looking at our reflections in the water. She leaned her head on my shoulder as I wrapped my arm around her waist.

"Percy, my dad doesn't hate you. We both want you to know that, okay?"

She made me start to worry, the way she spoke calmly and wouldn't meet my eyes in our reflection in the water. "Alright, so why was he so upset then?"

"He was not upset, he was more, concerned for me. That's why he made a scene about it, he had some bad news for me."she hid her face in my chest and began sobbing,the suspense was killing me almost as much as seeing her cry. Annabeth rarely cried and feeling her shaking in my arms was unbearable.

"Annabeth, please tell me what's going on!" I held her tight, wishing I could absorb all her pain into me, I hate seeing her in pain.

"We're moving Percy. We are moving to Florida with my step mom and brothers." She cried out as she clung onto me. The words hit hard where it hurts, right in the heart.

"H-How come?"

"They both got  job opportunities down there with some relatives,  my dad says it would be good to get out and travel. Explore the world and try new things!" She mimicked what I assumed to be her fathers encouraging voice. I chuckled at her failed impression but it soon turned into a laughing fit, Annabeth looked up at me confused "what's so funny?!" She sniffled.

I bent over trying to catch my breath,laughing but when I looked up at her I lost it.  My laughing turned into crying as I held her hands "Please,don't leave me."

"Oh Percy-" Annabeth hugged me as I cried on her shoulder. We sat there for gods knows how long crying on each other, hoping that maybe if we hugged any tighter we could push back the broken pieces of our hearts back together.

We pulled away after a while and she wiped my cheek "I can't believe you're crying, seaweed brain!" Annabeth let on a small,sad smile with her hand on my cheek. I shook my head vigorously "hey,hey it's ok." She tried calming me but that's not going to happen.

"No it's not ok,this isn't happening! You're not leaving, it's just some sick joke, I know it is. It has to be!" I looked up at her eyes with my blood shot green ones, she sighed and shut her eyes like she wanted to cry but we've both run out of tears to shed.

"I know- I know, it's not ok. It's not fair but there's nothing I can do about it, Percy."

"I don't want you to leave me. You can't, I can't lose you again."

"Percy-I-I'll be coming back, every summer I'll come here to camp, that's not changing."she lifted my face with both her hands so I could keep my eyes on her, she noticed that they kept drifting down in despair.

"But what about all the time in between? What about Christmas and Valentine's and-and our birthdays?!" I cried out as I grabbed her hands, I could tell from the look in her eyes she was trying to be strong but there is simply no way. Our world was falling apart and there was nothing we could do about it.

"Percy I'm trying to make things easier, please look on the bright side. We could write letters to each other, we could iris message or-"

"Annabeth, there is no way this is gonna be easy! I'd much rather be thrown back into Tarturus with you than go through this!" I stood up, furious now but not quite sure at who yet. We've always had a bone to pick with Hera.

"Don't say that! We better pray to Zeus that he didn't hear you!"she shot up next to me "look at me,"I bit my lip to keep from crying,not that I had any more tears left  "I'm trying here Percy, don't you think I'm equally angry as you are?! I am furious at The Fates that they won't let us have a chance to be happy together like normal teenagers but we're not! We are Demigods and we always go through some tragedy, we are destined to  live a life of misery and die a horrible death but I am fighting to change that. We have to fight to change things Percy, for us!"

I looked down at her so that our foreheads were touching as I softly spoke " I know, I'm sorry-" I closed my eyes and wrapped my arms around her waist to bring her in close to me "I'll fight for us, no matter how long it takes for us to be finally be happy at peace.I love you,Wise Girl." I kissed her forehead and buried my face in her hair.

"I love you too, Percy. Just promise me you'll be strong-"

"You're not leaving me just yet, we still have 2 weeks before summer is over."

"Well,yeah but-"

"Let's not talk about this anymore. We've had enough water flow out of our eyes that we might die of dehydration," she chuckled as I put my arm around her shoulder and turned so we could walk off the dock "we'll enjoy the time that we have left together,won't we?" I asked

"Yes, we will."she answered and slipped her arm around my torso. I walked her back to her cabin for the night then dashed to mine, hoping no one would ask me what happened. I didn't want to bring the subject up and cry like a baby.

The cabin was quite besides the small fountain in the corner near the statue of my dad and Tyson's snores. I quietly climbed into my bunk trying not to awake him, if I did he wouldn't let me go to sleep without some brotherly therapy. I was expecting to stay up until sunrise crept through the curtains but once my head touched the pillow I was out cold. All the heartache and crying had drained me.