Percabeth One-Shots

Remembrance~33

A/N: AU where Percy doesn't remember Annabeth

I had seen his black hair in the crowd when I was on the ship. That made me even more eager to see his face, to feel his lips, to hear his voice. I missed him, so deeply much that I couldn't bare not being with him anymore.

I was the first one off the ship and onto Camp Jupiter's ground. Percy was here, he was somewhere less than a mile from me. Just a little more searching, and I would have him. He'd be right there in front of me.

Piper, Jason, and Leo all followed behind me, trying to copy my pace. Jason ignored the whispers that were being passed about him being back. Piper seemed to be gripping even more to his arm, as if she'd lose him, too. 

And then, I saw him. It felt unreal, more unreal than it had felt when he was first missing. I hadn't seen him for eight months. And then there I was, looking straight into his green eyes, that hadn't changed one bit.

I surged forward, and saw some Romans raise their weapons towards me, but I wasn't scared, because I was in his arms again. Then I felt my body being shrugged off of Percy's. I looked up, and it wasn't one of the Romans who did it. Percy did.

He looked back at me confused, his eyebrows furrowed together, like they had been when I stabbed in the shoulder. "Er, I'm sorry but I don't think you have the right person."

My heart dropped to my stomach. "Percy, I-I'm Annabeth... You're girlfriend."

Percy looked at me like I was insane for saying such a thing. He shook his head, and scratched the back of his neck, awkwardly. "I'm... I'm sorry, but I don't remember you."

I bit down on my tongue, I was not going to cry in front of the Romans or Percy. It wasn't his fault he couldn't remember me, I know that, but I couldn't help but feel like it was. I'd searched for him for so damn long. And what was it for? He didn't remember me. Percy didn't remember anything.

Thankfully, Piper pulled me out of there before I started sobbing. I looked back at him one more time before the crowd blocked my view. And gods, his expression was awful. He looked like he just did something horrible, and like he was about to cry, too. Which maybe he was, but I hope not.

When Piper had finally gotten me back to my bunk on the ship, I broke down. She just pulled me into her arms, letting me cry into her shoulder. Piper really was a great friend. I could feel my throat closing up and my lips quivering, but she really did make it better.

"It'll be okay, Annabeth." She assured me quietly after I had calmed down a bit.

I clenched my teeth together before shaking my head. "He doesn't remember me! Everything we've ever done together, gone! When we retrieved the lightning bolt, when he held the sky for me, our first kiss is all gone to him!"

"Shut your mouth right now, Annabeth. He loves you, even if he can't remember it. We'll just have to work with him to get him to remember. He's strong, Annabeth, and so are you. You guys will get through this, together." Piper said sharply lifting my head out of her shoulder.

I just nodded dimly, not wanting to talk anymore.

Eventually, Piper left the room, probably to go tell Jason and Leo. And I just lied there, breathing in and out, reminding myself that it'd be okay. That Percy and I would be okay. Soon after, I fell asleep, with the creaks of the ship being the only sounds around me.

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I woke up to the sound of the door opening, though I ignored it, and closed my eyes again. I could hear someone kneel down beside me, and felt them take my hand. The hand was familiar to me, so I didn't open my eyes to see who it was.

"I'm sorry." Percy said softly, making my heart race a little faster. "Please know I didn't choose to not remember you. I may not remember what we've done together, but I do know that you're important to me. I'm going to do everything I can to remember you, Annabeth."

I involuntarily grinned, and hoped he didn't suspect that I was really awake.

He moved his hand to my cheek. "I don't know how I could forget something so beautiful."

Then, he left my room.

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Percy agreed to come back to Camp Half-Blood with us. Everyone would be more than happy that he'd be back, especially Chiron and Grover. I Iris Messaged Chiron telling him he couldn't remember most, trying not to cry when I explained what happened when I hugged him. Now no one will get their hopes up like I did.

"Hey, uh, Annabeth?" I heard someone ask, making me look away from my book.

"Yes, Percy?" I tried to respond as steadily as possible.

He took a seat beside me, and looked like he was trying to focus on something. "Did-was our first kiss underwater?"

There was my spark of hope. My mouth turned up into a smile, and I could feel some happy tears coming. It was just one thing, one moment, that he had remembered and yet, it was so much more than that. His mind was digging up fossils from the past, it was going to be okay.

I nodded. "Yeah, it-it was on your 16th birthday. In the lake at Camp."

Percy smiled, like a little kid knowing he got something right. "Could you show me where? Maybe even, uh, how it happened?"

I busted out laughing at him. It felt so good to laugh, to laugh with him. Even if he couldn't remember me now, he would, just like Piper had said. I love him so much. Probably too much for my own good. But I didn't care, because it felt so good to love him.

He'd remember us eventually. I just know it. And gods, I hope this never happens again.

A/N: This is a favorite of mine, honestly. Hope you enjoyed! Thank you so much for 1,000 votes, too! Love you all so much!

<3-Anne<3