Couldn't feel worse. I had to leave him, but I couldn't. I sat down at the cliff, close to the water, letting my thoughts out. I didn't notice her at first but she sat behind me, starring at me. "I know how you feel" Clarisse said. I looked at her. "No you don-" she interrupt me. "You think Im a fool? I get it. Pain, suffer, dead. Wondering about life and what you will do with it. I know" now she sounded like the sad, depressed one. "But its okay. I get it. Its okay" she didn't seem to speak with me anymore. More likely to herself. I had to leave this behind. Stay strong. I couldn't ruin it al. I looked at Clarisse again. She didn't speak but I could see her sorrow. I knew why. "We need to move on. Whatever happens, we need to move on" I said. She was silent. "But never forget" she said as she left me alone. Never forget. I didn't want to forget. I didn't want to do this but I had to. I sat there for... for hours till I made my way back to the others.

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Annabeth was back and she screamed with happiness as she hugged me. "Annabeth" I laughed. I felt her closeness. But I couldn't feel for her. Piper was back hugging Jason. I stared at him behind the huggs. He nodded. We had to let this go. "How did it went?" They spoke for hours. The project was to built a statue in the honor of Afrodite for something she have done for the olympians. They told me about everything but I could see it. She was hurt. She was... She had the same eyes as Jason did. She... I thought about the prophecy. Hungry hatred, grief and pain, will take the courage from the sane. Cursefull man shall Pierce the blade, and love will have to make a trade. And love will have to make a trade. I looked at Annabeth, she was starring at Piper sadly. Love will have to make a trade. I looked at Jason, hyperventilating, then laughing. Laughing like never before, it was scary, I couldn't stop. You were wrong Jason, you were so wrong. We could have, have better. Much better. Both Piper, Jason and Annabeth starred at me for interrupting but I couldn't care less. It al felt so wrong, why were we even doing this? Pretending like this? I left them sitting there with each other, miserable. I couldn't take this anymore. "Don't you see?!!! Don't you see???" Other people were now looking at us. "Its al in the words! In the prophecy!" They looked at me strange. "Percy, whats wrong?" he looked dead serious. I looked at him back, disgusted. "Its not meant to be this way Jason, you know it" he stood up. "Then lets do this together" he looked at me with an hurt smile. I kissed him. It felt incredible, it felt free. It felt. It felt like the most amazing decision Ive ever done. Who cared about what would happen later? Who cared about what would happen after this moment? I didn't. And apparently neither did he. And it couldn't be better.