Percy

I slowly crept out of my study, wincing as the door creaked behind me. I self-consciously messed with my hair. The shortened length was unfamiliar to me even though it had been that length for most of my life. Plus, it was clean now. I had also been eating a bit more so I didn't look too much like a skeleton and my clothes fit me better. They were also clean.

It was the middle of the night so I didn't have to worry about Thalia, Nico, Zoë, or Bianca finding me. I made my way into the lounge which looked exactly as I remembered it. The shrine was in the middle of the room and I smiled sadly when I saw it, running my hands over it. I sat on one of the couches, thinking.

I didn't know what had come over me. I just knew that if Annabeth knew how I was acting she would be mad at me. I had to get over her. I had to move on with my life. I was going to live forever, anyway. It wouldn't do any good to mourn forever and act as if I was dead.

My elbows rested on my knees. My hands shook and I jiggled my knee up and down. I knew I had to start living again. I had to go back to being Percy. I had to go back to being Annabeth's Seaweed Brain. And there was only one way that I thought I could start down that path to becoming myself again.

I sat there throughout the rest of the night, debating with myself. Luckily I managed to keep myself from running and disappearing for another ten Earth years. Faster than I knew it, the night had passed and sounds came from outside the lounge as my team woke. I steeled my nerves and waited for them to enter.

Thalia burst in first, freezing in the doorway as soon as she saw me. I heard grunts as the rest of them stumbled into her.

"Move it, Thalia, what's gotten into you?" Zoë growled and pushed her way past Thalia, also stopping when she laids eyes on me.

"Come on, guys," the di Angelo siblings spoke together and forced their way into the room. Now all four stood frozen, watching me.

My knee kept jiggling and I started to sweat, suddenly very nervous. I swallowed, "Um, hi." I greeted.

I knew they wanted to shout at me. I knew they wanted to blow up. They wanted to show how mad at me they were. But the only thing they could think at the moment was how happy they were to see me functioning.

Thalia recovered first. "Hey, Perce," she said as if nothing was wrong. "How are you?"

I looked around the room, wanting to run and hide again but knowing that I couldn't anymore. "I'm--I'm better," I finally said.

They piled onto the other couches, treating me with caution. I mentally smiled, grateful that they were gentle and caring.

"That's good," Nico said. "Uh, do you--do you want to do something with us today?"

I shrugged. "How about Capture the Flag?" Bianca suggested.

I fiddled with my eyepatch, which I had recently replaced. I thought of Annabeth and how she would have enjoyed our version of Camp Half-Blood's game. Then I scolded myself for thinking about her.

You have to move on! Let her go.

I took a deep breath, thinking of all of the memories I had with Annabeth. And then I pushed them aside. I locked them away, deep in my mind so that they wouldn't bother me. But I would always be able to reach them.

I tore my mind away from Annabeth, glancing up and facing my team. A small smile came across my face as I forgot about the past and focused on the future.

"I'd love to."

A/N: All right, I know a lot of you thought this book was over. So did I. When I posted the first part, some of you wanted me to write more. At first I had no idea what I would write, but when I looked at it today just to give it a try, I thought of this. I liked it. Short and sweet, it adds a little happiness to the darker chapter before this one. I think it's a fitting end.

That means that this is the real end. Thanks for reading The Memory Trilogy and Lost Love, everyone! I'm so glad everyone liked it and I hope you enjoyed this last little bit. But this time, there really won't be any more.

Onto other news: The next work I will be writing is a re-written version of The Memory Trilogy. I will be leaving the originals on my profile still though. I haven't decided whether or not the revised versions will have the same titles, but you'll find out when I post them. I hope you all read them and enjoy them!

Thanks again for reading!

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