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The ocean was weirdly calm compared to the storm inside of him. Usually the ocean reflected his emotions, but he guessed since his dad was so relieved and happy, the ocean wasn't going crazy. With the sun reflecting off of gentle waves, Percy thought he had never seen a more beautiful blue. It was almost as beautiful as the sparkling blue of his eyes…

Percy squeezed his eyes shut and covered his face with his hands as he felt tears prick the corner of his eyes. No. He couldn't think about Luke now. It was too… raw; the wound that he left. He remembered Luke's pleading blue eyes fixated on him as he made Percy promise that this would never happen again. He remembered the love shining in his eyes when he took his last breath, the love directed at him.

He had to hold back a soft sob and forced himself to get it together. Luke wouldn't want him to be like this, a heaping sobbing mess where everyone could see. Percy would grieve later, when he was safe in the hidden confines of his cabin. His confidence wavered slightly. That would mean he would have to get rid of all of Luke's stuff…

"Hey." Annabeth's voice brought him from his inner torment and he glanced up as she slid next to him on the bench. "Happy Birthday." In her hands was a blue plate with a huge misshapen cupcake with blue icing.

At first he was confused, not quite understanding why she was saying that or giving him the cupcake. Luke had died. Why should he be eating cake? Wasn't cake for happy times? Luke was dead. Nothing could be happy anymore. But instead of voicing his thoughts he just asked, "What?"

Annabeth raised an eyebrow at him, and the corners of her mouth curved upwards. "It's August 18th. Your birthday, right?"

Percy was stunned. It hadn't occurred to him, but she was right. He had turned sixteen this morning-the same morning he had chosen to give Luke the knife. The prophecy had been true to its words, completed right on time. He didn't even think about the fact that today was his birthday. He never wanted his birthday to come. Especially since now it meant he couldn't celebrate it with the one person he truly wanted; Luke.

Annabeth didn't seem to notice his inner turmoil though, instead she gestured to the cupcake. "Make a wish."

Percy wished Annabeth would leave him alone, but then he mentally smacked himself. No. This was Annabeth. "Did you bake this yourself?" he asked, hi gaze inspecting the blue cupcake that looked kind of like a brick.

"Tyson helped." She gave a small smile, as if remembering when they made it and Percy nodded, surprised to feel a small grin forming on his face. "That explains why it looks like a chocolate brick with extra blue cement."

Annabeth laughed in reply, and he felt a small sting in my heart. Her laugh sounded like Luke's, just more feminine. Percy closed his eyes and prayed up to the gods, I wish I could have Luke back, and then he blew out the candle.

The two of them cut it in half and shared, eating with their fingers. Annabeth stayed in her spot next to Percy and they both watched the ocean as the sun sunk behind the horizon. Percy forced him to think about how good the cake surprisingly was and that he was definitely going to give Tyson lessons to make him a better chef. Anything to keep his mind off of Luke and the War. It worked, at least until Annabeth started talking. "You saved the world."

"We saved the world.

"And Rachel is the Oracle, which means she won't be dating anybody."

Percy gave her a small glance from the corner of his eyes. She was still staring out at the ocean; her body posture more relaxed then he had ever seen it before. "You don't sound disappointed." He noticed.

Annabeth shrugged, popping a piece of the cake into her mouth. "Oh, I don't really care." But for some reason Percy thought otherwise, but he shrugged it off. Girls were weird.

He hesitated for a moment, the silence between them a little too uncomfortable for his liking. Or maybe it was just him. Although since everything was okay between them right now, maybe now would be the perfect time to ask. "About that…" Percy began, not knowing a better way to start the conversation, so he picked up at the end of their last conversation. He was nervous, extremely nervous. He's never been this nervous before, not even when facing off against Kronos… Luke… he shook it off and was about to start talking when Annabeth cut him off.

"What? Wait… Don't tell me you have feelings for… her." She said the word with disgust, the same way that she always talked about spiders; except this time the fear wasn't there it was just disgust.

Percy's eyes widened slightly. Was that what she thought? No! He didn't like her! He wasn't even into girls! "Wha-no Annabeth. I-I um…" he bit his lip, gods why wasn't it easier to say this. "L-Look you see I-"

"Can it, Jackson." She cut him off again, and she stood up, looking down at him. Her eyes were suspiciously glazed, reflecting sadness and anger, though there was something else there that he couldn't quite put his finger on. "I get it."

"No, Annabeth! That's not what I-" he began speaking again, trying, hoping that she would let him explain, that she wouldn't leave him to deal with this by himself.

"Percy don't." She started backing away, and Percy was almost positive there were tears in her eyes. "Just don't." she shook her head when he tried to speak again, this time her words were more fierce. "No! Don't talk to me Percy; just... just leave me alone." Then she took off, and so Percy did the only logical thing he could think of. He ran after her.

"Annabeth!" he called, his heart racing when he started to realize where she was heading. The Artemis cabin. "Wait, please let me explain!" He tried to go faster, but he was still exhausted and his energy was depleted from all the fighting he had done. He watched helplessly as she ran into the Artemis cabin and he tried to follow but was blocked by two hunters that he didn't recognize.

The struggle Percy put up against them was futile, he knew they weren't going to let him in but he still had to try. "Annabeth!" There were tears in his eyes by now, and they threatened to spill over as he heard what was being said in the cabin.

"Are you sure? There's no going back once it is done." Artemis' voice, he would recognize it anywhere. Horror settled over him as he realized what she was about to do. "No! " His struggles were growing panicked, his voice louder and he knew he was drawing a scene. Percy didn't hear what Annabeth's reply was, but he heard a hesitation before Artemis spoke again. "Very well. Annabeth Chase, I'm happy to welcome you into the Hunters of Artemis. Serve me well, young won."

Those words were a blow to his heart. His best friend… she was leaving. He was never going to see her again. His last connection with Luke… gone. His struggling had stopped now, and he knew there were tears leaking down his face, but he couldn't help it.

Percy stumbled back, his eyes still fixed on the closed door of the cabin before he ran off, trying desperately to keep in his tears before he made it to his Cabin. Once he was there, he slammed the door shut and threw himself onto his bed. It was all too much to take. The one person he loved was dead and now his best friend was leaving him. The Hero of Olympus, reduced down to this, a sobbing mess. Now what was he supposed to do? He just wanted his best friend to help him… and now she was gone. Probably for a long time.

When he woke up the next morning and managed to get himself presentable and out of bed, he was greeted to the entire camp cheering and celebrating, calling him a hero. He took the whole thing as if nothing was wrong, with a large grin and laughs. Though on the inside he was falling apart. No matter how much he looked, not once did he see the familiar grey eyes and curly blond hair.

What do you guys think? Normally I'm a big Percabeth shipper but I was struck with this idea and I HAD to do it. Review pretty please? Feedback is always nice! Should I continue with this or not… DX You guys let me know if I should!