Chase.

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[@ObscuredAce.] -- more and more similar to her mother, as the years passed. "It wouldn't be much of an effort for you."

[@ObscuredAce.] -- feeling in that moment; frustration, anger, and sadness. But apart from that, her body was still; she was becoming --

"Maybe we should avoid each other then, @ObscuredAce." Even if her voice sounded controlled, her eyes displayed everything she was --

| btw that 'you' is not only Percy. Annabeth has been let down by way too many people in her life.

─ The mistake was mine, for trusting you.

-- hypocrite, @ObscuredAce. I can't and won't pretend."

[@ObscuredAce.] -- eyebrows furrowed, and for the first time Annabeth looked at him directly. "I'm not a --

[@ObscuredAce.] -- we going to do? Talk about the weather? Have a small chat? Pretend everything's okay?" Her --

[@ObscuredAce.] -- was the reason why Annabeth stopped hoping. "Even if I do stay," She said finally, shaking her head slowly. "What are --

[@ObscuredAce.] -- time, he was her biggest /disappointment/. He was the reason why Annabeth forced herself to shut her heart down. He --

[@ObscuredAce.] -- thought of them being together tortured her every day ─ he was her biggest 'what if'. At the same --

-- inhaled deeply, closing her eyes for a brief moment. If she could, she would spend all her remaining time with @ObscuredAce. The --

| she's crying for him bc he is an assh OL E

[@ObscuredAce.] The blonde huntress did not speak immediately after; she pressed her lips together, and --

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[@ObscuredAce.] -- should go. I don't want to waste your time any further."

[@ObscuredAce.] -- fear. Fear that she won't be able to hold his gaze without feeling her heart ache in her chest. "I should ─, I --

"Ah, thanks the gods." Annabeth let out a bitty sigh of relief. She still refuses to meet @ObscuredAce's eyes ─ both for pride and --

-- if @ObscuredAce descended from Olympus, maybe there was a reason behind it. Hopefully, nothing that involved another possible apocalypse.

[@ObscuredAce.] -- our camp now. Why are you here, anyway? Something happened?" Annabeth raised a brow, genuinely curious; --