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Hey! I haven't updated in a while and I left ya'll on a cliffhanger... I feel bad 😔...

...jk

Anyway imma a update now.

Also, Jasper because now I ship it even tho they broke up. I have a problem.

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Percy's pov

The door creaked open signalling my arrival. I'd thought over and over what I was going to say to Annabeth. There was no scenario, at least in my mind, where this conversation wouldn't end in bad news.

Annabeth was lying on her bed, and for a girl who'd just been in hospital, she was still the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. But I did notice something else, she looked sickly pale. Like someone had used a vacuum and sucked all the life and energy out of her and only left flesh and bones.

She opened her eyes and saw me, slowly she lifted her head. "Percy?"

"Hey..." I gave an awkward little wave, "how are you feeling."

She looked down at her floral print sheets. "I... need to tell you something," she gestured for me to sit down but she didn't meet my eyes.

I sat down on the edge of her bed bracing myself for the news.

Annabeth bit her lip and started, "when I was at the hospital Dad told me you thought I was... pregnant."

My body stiffened again.

"Well... I... you'll be happy to hear that I'm not pregnant."

Relief filled my body like a flood filling the streets, but it was short-lived because that meant there was another, possibly worse, reason for her condition.

Annabeth's eyes, so devoid of any life or energy, met mine. She didn't say anything, instead, a single tear ran down her hollow face.

I wiped it away with my thumb before it could fall, "hey it's okay, whenever you're ready, Sweetheart."

She sniffled and nodded. "I... th... they told me... I... I was... An-" Her voice broke but she kept talking. "Anorexic, they said that I was Anorexic."

I had no words at that moment, my mind ran blank. My Wise Girl had an eating disorder and even though I didn't want to believe it, the evidence was right in front of me.

It had been in front of me for months now and I'd been too stupid to notice. If I had, she wouldn't have been diagnosed with this terrible news.

It was so clear... the way she rarely ate anything, how she'd been getting paler and skinnier, the way she would excuse herself to the bathroom...

I was an idiot and a horrible boyfriend. What kind of guy doesn't notice that his girlfriend has an eating disorder? What kind of person lets that happen?

Annabeth's voice broke me out of my trance, heavy tears were falling down her face. The dam had broken. (you are not allowed to laugh rn if you do you deserve to go to Tartarus. Sorry, I don't make the rules.)

I pulled her into my arms and ran my hands up and down her back. She whimpered and buried her face into the crook of my neck. I held her and let her cry into my shoulder. She finally calmed down after a while, but her face was still buried in my chest.

She lifted her head and looked at me, her eyes were bloodshot, her face was streaked with tears, her curly blonde hair was more or less a tangled mess and yet she still looked gorgeous.

Annabeth's arms lost their grip on my neck and she started fiddling with her fingers. "Tell me," I said grabbing her hands.

"I think... we should break up."

"What?" No, no, no.

"I'm sorry. This is all my fault. I... you're an amazing guy Percy, you really are and that's why we should break up. You could do so much better than some girl with an eating disorder, you deserve so much better. I never really understood what you saw in me in the first place... I still don't think I understand but I know you'll find someone way better."

This could not be happening,

I was not going to lose my girlfriend to Anorexia.

I brushed a curl behind her ear. "I don't think you understand, there is no one better. You wanna know what I saw in you? I saw how smart and talented you are, you're an amazing dancer and an amazing person too, I saw how hardworking and determined you are, when you put your mind to something you can definitely achieve it, and well it's a plus that you're absolutely stunning-"

"Percy I'm not any of those things; I'm not smart or talented, I'm not even chorus girl material (again no offence), I'm not hardworking or determined, I'm a liar and I ruined everything for everyone and I'm definitely not beautiful or gorgeous or stunning or anything. I'm not anything special, Percy, I'm not anything at all."

God, I hated this, why couldn't she see herself the way I did? Because she was all those things and more. She was special to me and everybody else.

"Yes you are Annabeth, I could never find anyone better than you. I don't care if you have Anorexia, you're still my Wise Girl and nothing will ever change that. I'll be here for you, whatever you need. I'm yours. I'm not leaving, Sweetheart." I wrapped my arms around her waist and leaned my forehead against hers.

She was crying again. "I... I don't want to be a burden and-"

I kissed her. I gently moved my lips against her's until I got a response. She wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me, she seemed a little unsure at first but eventually, she was moving her lips in sync with mine. I smiled.

When we came back up for air I said, "you will never be a burden. I love you and it's going to take a lot more than an eating disorder to change that."

Annabeth gave me a small smile for the first time today, "I love you too... thank you."

I wasn't going to give up on her.

Not now, not ever.

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Ok, I'm sorry this took SO long, I just was in a big writing slump and couldn't get anything done, if you're a writer you'll understand. Thank you guys for bearing with me and thank you especially for zeus_is_stupid for telling me to update. This is not my best work but I still hope you liked it.

Anyway, let me explain the actual plot thingy. So yeah, she's not prego, she's anorexic. I wanna remind everyone that I'm not a doctor and I've been fortunate enough to never experience it myself. So this may not be 💯 accurate no matter how much research I do. So please don't be too hard on me and take this fanfic TOO seriously. What actually is serious is the disorder, it's no joke and it will not be treated as one, it affects many people and those people are SO strong for enduring it. And if you are a survivor of Anorexia or are going through it and you're reading this fanfic, please feel free to point out mistakes I make (this applies to everyone else) I would love a little bit of constructive criticism, I also want you to know that you are a strong person who has a bright future and a lot of people that love them.

Ty for reading everyone! ✨😊

P.S. if you can read this sentence in Urdu you have figured out what my name and age is.

میرا نم نویرہ ہے - می چردھ سال ک ہوی

I've been learning to write in Urdu (I already know how to speak fluently) so there might be some spelling mistakes but I'm pretty proud of myself tbh. (Also Urdu is read right to left)

- نویرہ ❤️