Hey guys. I wrote this when I was depressed, lonely and sad. It is a little short and crappy, but who cares. No one is going to read it anyways. So enjoy this little pile of crap. Review if you want. But I doubt that anyone will.

He was always put aside. In school, in games, even in the Giant War. He never felt like he was part of the group. Never someone made him felt like that. Never. He thought that with friends like Jason or Percy, he won't be ignored anymore. But no. It has been the same. The same thing all over again. Like always.

Even when he sits with the seven, planning some strategies for the war, he doesn't feel at home. He feels he doesn't belong with them. And he was always ignored. It doesn't matter by who exactly. But he was ignored. Like always.

He remembers in pre-school, he was always bullied by some big guy calling himself 'tough Billie'. 'Billie' always bullied kids like him. Weak, vulnerable and insecure. He thought he got over those traits in his personality. But he was wrong. Oh boy, he was wrong. Like always When he 'met' Jason, he thought he might be a little more popular. He was wrong again. Like always.

That day, when they discovered that all the memories they shared with Jason were fake, he broke. His best friend was an illusion, nothing more. This was when all those nightmares and insecurities returned. He couldn't sleep at night or focus on anything. He just worked. Worked and built. Like always.

When he met Calypso, she told him that she had a crush on Percy. Don't get him wrong, he is deeply in love with her. But he is her second choice. Like always.

Whatever he did, whatever he does, or whatever he will ever do, he will always be the seventh wheel. Like always.

Like always...

And this is the end of 'Like Always'. I don't like it much myself. But ehh. I wanted to publish it anyways.