Give up   von Lluvia
                       (eine 'Percy Jackson' Fanfiction)
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                                    Give up
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The moment he opened his eyes, he knew that it was a dream. But not any dream,
of course not. Percy Jackson was having a regular demigod dream, meaning he saw
what happened somewhere else. Or maybe it already had happened, but not that
long ago.
So he found himself in a familiar room. It was the living room of Annabeth
Chase, his girl-... ex-girlfriend. A familiar pain went through his chest as he
corrected himself. He still loved her, but just two years after his
self-proclaimed ‘best underwater kiss of all time’ she simply... started
drifting away. At first he didn’t think anything of it and tried to give her
more attention so she didn’t thought he wouldn’t love her or anything, but
it didn’t help. Only a few month later, she broke up with him.
Of course she told him, that it wasn’t his fault, but he knew better. He knew
she had loved Luke for a long time, seeing him as her hero. But then, Percy was
there, saving the world and defeating Kronos. And suddenly, Luke was simply her
‘brother’, while she seemed to love the son of Poseidon more. Who had
already fallen for her quite hard.
But after that, nothing happened. No other Titan wanting to destroy the world,
no danger worse than the occasional monster to defeat. And as Percy liked it
that way, because he finally could relax and just live his life like he wanted,
Annabeth grew bored of him. He didn’t want to run around, searching for more
dangers or adventures. So she left him and got a new boyfriend. One, who was
more into the whole ‘travelling the world searching for adventures’-thing.
But why did he have a dream of Annabeth’ house? Was she in danger? 
Confused, he began looking around in the room, before he heard a sound from the
direction of the front door. He already wanted to go looking for the source of
the noise, but then Annabeth entered the room and he forgot. She really looked
stunning with her blonde hair, carefully styled until it was good-looking but
would not hinder her should she need to fight, something very important as there
always was a monster who could suddenly jump in front of you wanting to kill
you. Her outfit was great too - since it wasn’t time for Camp Halfblood yet
she didn’t need the orange camp T-Shirt and wore something practical, but it
still looked awesome on her.
As he still admired her looks, she suddenly started to smile. Right in his
direction. His eyes widened slightly as he wondered if she could actually see
him, even though he was fast asleep at home. But then he got it. She wasn’t
smiling at him. She smiled at someone behind him, looking right through her
former boyfriend.
He really didn’t want to turn around and find out who it was, but as Annabeth
went to that person, his eyes followed her nearly automatically. And he saw,
what he never really wanted to see. 
Annabeth kissing some guy - thankfully Percy didn’t know him, otherwise he
didn’t know what he might have done with him - and both of them seemed to
really enjoy it.
The pain in Percys chest got stronger as he watched them kissing. He really
wished, that he could look away, maybe flee into another room, but it was just
like those moments, when you watched an accident and the scene looked horrible,
but you just could not look away. Or move.
Just as the pain in his heart seemed to overtake his body and he felt ready to
collapse, he heard another voice.
“Percy, wake up!”
Someone was shaking him and as he slowly opened his eyes, he found himself
staring right into the face of someone else. At first, his still clouded brain
thought that it was Annabeth, waiting for him to wake up, like many times in the
past, but then he finally got his thoughts together. The person was way too
young to be Annabeth. And in fact, it was a boy. 
“Finally! I thought I would never get you to open your eyes...”
Nico di Angelo rolled his eyes, but Percy could still see worry in his face.
“What’s wrong?”, he asked, wondering if something bad had happened while
he was asleep. It was a habit, which he still needed to get out of, since right
now, everything really was peaceful. Well, at least the world itself. His heart
was a different matter.
But he had no time to think about that, since Nico answered him at once. “You
are wrong. I don’t know why, but you started shaking pretty violently the last
few minutes and I thought you’d appreciate it if I wake you before you fall
out of your bed. Was the dream that bad?”
Percy nodded slightly, but he didn’t really want to talk about it. Also, he
was still confused. “What are you doing at my place?” They hadn’t seen
each other since forever - a shame, since it was pretty nice to talk with the
son of Hades - so what was the reason for this visit?
“What, did you forget your own birthday? I was visiting you. Though your
mother might not know that I’m here yet since I shadow travelled directly into
your room. But don’t change the topic, what did you dream about? There is no
new danger out there that could destroy the world or something, is there?”
The son of Poseidon silently shook his head, still a little bit dazed from the
pain in his heart, which sadly wasn’t limited to his dreams only.
“So... you dreamt of her?”
That  question stayed unanswered, but Nico knew that this meant yes. He was one
of the few people who really got what Percy was going through as he lost
Annabeth nine month ago to another guy. Though he also was the one who voiced
his distaste of Annabeth’ decision - and Percys hope, to get her back - the
clearest.
“I told you again and again that it is no good to just look at the past. And
you should know best that I know what I’m talking about...!” Since the
younger demigod didn’t remember his past before the Lotus Casino at all and
his sister couldn’t really help or even comfort him, as she was dead and
everything, he was probably right. But still...
“What can I do? I still love her... there has to be a way to get her
back...!”
Percy knew that he probably sounded stupid and he already used that sentence in
more arguments than he could count, but his feelings stayed that way. And most
of the time, no one had any good answers for him. Though today, Nico seemed
prepared, as he looked Percy straight in the eye before talking. “Do you know
the quote ‘There are other fishes in the sea’? I mean, as the son of the sea
god you should know. And I’m only telling you this once: You might be blinded
through your love, which probably won’t ever be returned again, but there are
other people out there who really care about you. Keep that in mind should you
finally think about the one thing you have to do sooner or later: Give. Her.
Up.”
His voice was pretty intense and somehow Percy got the feeling, that there was
something else Nico wanted to say, but instead, he simply turned around.
“Anyway, I’ll go and greet your mother. Do whatever you want.” And with
that, he opened the door to Percys room and went to the kitchen, leaving the
owner of the room confused.
‘Giving up, huh?’, Percy mused, as he stood up and changed. Right now, that
idea didn’t sound that stupid anymore.
Maybe it really was time to give up. Give up, and move on.
‘And maybe’, he thought, while following Nico to the kitchen, where his mom
was baking blue pancakes, ‘a reason to move on is nearer than I think.’

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