Just like the Sea

Percy's POV

I was leaving camp with my mom, knowing that I might never see my friends again. It was 3:00am and the rest of the camp was asleep. At the top of the hill, I turned suddenly and ran back down the hill towards camp. I could hear my mother say loudly but still trying to be quiet say, "Perseus." But I didn't slow down.

I knocked on the Athena cabin. Malcolm answered the door. He was in his Pj's and his blonde hair was messed up with sleep. He rubbed his gray eyes and looked at me annoyed, "What? Cant this wait till morning?"

"No." I said sternly. I pushed past him and stalked towards Annabeth's door while Malcolm warned me not to. I knew that she got pushy when she woke up and she definitely did not like it when people came barging into her room at 3:00 in the morning.

I knocked and flinched because it was so loud. I heard a slight tapping noise followed by a thump from behind the door and then I heard a faint "come in." I walked in. Annabeth was sitting on her bed typing away on her laptop. She looked like she couldn't get any sleep. She was wearing a tight tank-top that hugged every curve and pajama shorts. Her hair was up in a messy ponytail and her eyes were the same beautiful stormy gray eyes that I love.

"What is it, Seaweed Brain? You're not usually up this early." She smiled that smile that made my stomach do back-flips and my brain turn to goo. When she looked more closely at me she asked in a more concerned voice, "Percy? What is it? What happened?"

"Annabeth," I looked up at her and regretted it. She had the most concerned face I've ever seen on her. "I'm moving." I announced. She froze. She wasn't like she usually was. She looked like her heart was breaking slowly and painfully and that was the last thing that I wanted to do.

"You cant be leaving."

"I am."

"But Percy where are you going?"

"Texas."

"Why Texas?"

"Mom got a job there."

She got up and walked over to me and hugged me. She said the two words that I never ever wanted to heard her say to me. "Good bye." I could feel her tears staining my shirt but I didn't mind. I pulled her closer. I did not want to let go of her and lose her forever.

There was a knock on the door and my mom walked in. She smiled sadly at us but then pointed to the door and then her watch. I drew back from Annabeth and mom saw the look on her face. My mom hugged Annabeth good bye. As I was walking out, I stopped and slowly kissed Annabeth good bye. I felt her arms go around my neck to pull me closer. Her lips smiled as I kissed them. I never wanted to pull back. But air was an issue and my mom had been poking me the whole time to get to the door. "Finally," Mom said before she pushed me out the door and into the brisk morning air.

At the top of Camp Half-Blood hill, I looked back and sighed. I was really going to miss this place. I followed my mom down to our car and we drove off for Texas.