Missing

Iris Messaging II

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Disclaimer: I'll make this simple for you. I DO NOT OWN PJO OR HOO. End of conversation.

Annabeth POV

As the song in my mind ended, I let myself drift away from the fantasy state my mind had entered and returned to the present.

I was sitting on the floor of the Poseidon cabin, underneath an open window, while it was pouring rain outside, wearing one of Percy's hoodies and crying.

I didn't feel anything like Annabeth Chase. I felt like a character from one of those melodramatic soap-operas.

And I hated it.

I hated what my new reality had become.

I put that thought out of my head and tried to cut off the tears that were still falling from my eyes.

By the amount of saltwater that built up when I closed my eyes, I knew that my feelings were far from over. There were plenty still bottled up inside of me.

Another time. I told myself.

I opened my eyes again and was happy to find only a single tear fall and my eyes were dry. Well as dry as an eye can be after a waterfall of tears has just been cut off.

From my position with my back to the wall, I bent my knees and wrapped my arms around them. I took three deep breaths to stop my body from shaking and to fully recover control over my emotions.

After I had calmed myself down, I stood up. It was then that I realised how tired I actually was, but because of the rain, I decided it would be best if I just slept here, in the Poseidon cabin, for the night.

So – still wearing his jumper – I climbed into Percy's bed and pulled the covers up around me tightly. I took one more deep breath inhaled the sweet scent of the ocean before closing my eyes and allowing myself to drown in the wave of tiredness that was threatening to crash down on me.

I feel into a sleep.

A fitful and interrupted sleep.

But still a sleep.

I woke up really early the next day. Much earlier than I should've.

This bugged me for three reasons:

1. I HATE waking up early.

2. I went to sleep really late and woke up constantly last night so waking up early just meant that I was going to be more tired today.

3. There were more waking hours for me to dwell on Percy's disappearance.

I sat up in the bed and noticed that I felt a little better. I guess last night had, had some benefits (the raging heart-ache that had grown stronger was definitely NOTone of them), but I knew it wasn't enough. I still had many emotions locked up inside of me and the remaining days until I Percy returned would only bring on new tears and heartache.

So right now my emotional life was like this:

Old pains + New pains = MAJOR EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN

How I was going to manage so long withoutletting anyone else see me in my distress I had no idea.

But I knew that nobody could see my true feelings.