So this is going to be kind of a long author's note. First, this story has language and references to adult themes so just remember, I have forewarned you! Second, I'm going to describe some stuff. Okay, there will be some song lyrics at the beginning of the chapters. These will kind of describe the chapters that it's in. Also, I will have a quote from the next chapter at the end of the chapter. Just to tame your waiting rages a little. :) Third, I update on Tuesdays and Fridays. If it's not up on Tuesday of Friday, it either means I'm late or early. (If I'm early, I'll still update on Tuesday and Friday.) Okay, I think that's all that needs to be said! Enjoy!

Post Script: I edited this because I didn't like the formatting I used, since I typed it on my phone.

Annabeth: Well this story seems okay.

Me: Yes. It seems okay. *Tries to laugh evilly and fails*

Percy: I don't like the way you said seems.

Me: You shouldn't.

Rachel: I'm scared.

Me: Good.

Make new friends,

but keep the old.

One is silver,

the other is gold.

A circle is round,

it has no end.

That's how long,

I will be your friend.

"Are you gonna eat that?"

Rachel pointed to my tray, which held my untouched ham sandwich. (Or at least that's what the cafeteria ladies said. To me, it looked more like frozen pink slime.)

"How can you eat this stuff?" I asked.

"Simple." she said as she took my 'sandwich'. "I didn't eat dinner last night."

"Why not?" I asked. She has enough money to buy dinner. Rachel's parents are rich. And I mean rich. They have 2 beach houses, a lake house, a ski resort, a boat, a private jet, and a private island. If you think that's a lot, you should see their mansion. I'm pretty sure it would qualify as a castle. Plus, her parents spoil her, so I'm surprised that she didn't get to eat a 4-course-meal complete with a layered cake yesterday.

"I was at a protest." she answered.

Even though her parents spoil her, she's not really the 'spoiled' type of person. She likes going to protests and rallies to save the earth or something like that. She also likes community service, raising money for needy, and a bunch of other stuff that make her sound like a hero.

Or at least she seems like a hero when compared to me.

"So what does that have to do with not eating dinner?" I inquired.

"Well, the protest ran a little late." she said. "We were trying to save this island with this endangered species. It's called the Spirit Bear. Did you know that they're basically black bears but with white fur? But they're genetically unique, so it counts as a different species. Oh, and they-"

"Alright!" I interrupted, knowing she could go on for ages about this Spirit Bear. "Get to the point!"

"Fine." she said. "Well the protest-wait, my hair is stuck in my zipper."

Rachel has long curly red hair, so it gets stuck in a lot of places. (One time it got stuck in a bra, but that's another story.) She also has bright green eyes, and a splash of freckles on her nose. She kept pulling at her jacket, which was paint-splattered. Her jeans were paint-splattered too.

Did I mention she likes to paint?

Rachel finally got her hair out of the zipper and pumped her fist up in triumph. "Anyway," she continued. "The rally ran until 11, and then I had to finish my homework, so I slept right after that and I didn't eat."

I nodded, then looked over to the other side of the table. Grover and Nico were just sitting down, talking about Mythomagic. Nico had on his usual black pants, shoes, shirt, and jacket. He was supposed to be in 8th grade, but he skipped kindergarten. He was paler than usual, but that might be my imagination. Grover had on a green shirt with blue jeans. His brown hair was a little messier than usual, but who knows.

"Hades is obviously better." said Nico. "He can become invisible and kill you by just standing there! 500 attack power right there!"

"That's only if you have the Helm of Darkness card. Pan can do panic without an extra card."said Grover. "Which is 450 attack, but if you add the Reed Pipes, it's 600."

The two of them kept geeking out while Rachel and I kept rolling our eyes. Lunch was going the same way it usually does. Until we heard another tray slide onto our table.

The newcomer brought a silence to our table. I analyzed him intently. He had dark hair, which looked windswept. He had green eyes, not quite as bright as Rachel's. He was tanned and had an athletic build, so he probably did sports. Overall, not bad looking.

"Are you new here?" asked Rachel.

The newcomer nodded.

"Well, I guess we should introduce ourselves." said Grover. "I'm Grover, this emo guy here is Nico, the redhead is Rachel, and the blonde brains is Annabeth."

"I'm NOT EMO!" yelled Nico.

"My hair is AUBURN." complained Rachel.

"Are you calling me dumb?" I asked hotly.

Grover smiled at the newcomer. "Aren't they a lovely bunch?"

"You're not much better, treehugger." said Nico.

"I'm not a treehugger! I just care about the environment!" protested Grover.

"That's what a treehugger is." said the newcomer.

Grover glared at him. "Who's side are you on?"

The newcomer laughed. "Well, I'm Percy Jackson. And I like the sea."

"We weren't saying what we like." I said.

Percy looked at me. "Well I learned something about all of you, so I might as well tell you something about me."

I smirked. "Okay, Seaweed Brain."

Percy raised his arms. "Oh c'mon, you can do better than that Wise Girl!"

"Aw, you guys already have nicknames for each other!" teased Nico.

"PERCY AND ANNABETH SITTIN IN A TREE! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" sang Rachel.

"Real mature." I said sarcastically.

Soon the five of us were joking like old friends. Percy did this thing where he tried to balance a straw on his lip, then ended up choking on it.

He glared at me with watery eyes when I laughed. "Not funny!" he choked out.

"On the contrary, it's very funny." I said.

Another glare was sent in my direction.

After lunch, I headed to my locker to get ready for biology. I just closed my locker door when a certain face with green eyes came up to me.

"Hey, Annabeth." said Percy.

"What do you want?"

"Rachel told me you have biology too."

"Oh, good. For a second I thought you were stalking me."

"Oh I was. You just didn't see me because of my ninja skills."

I laughed. "Alright then, Seaweed Brain. We better get to biology before we're late."

Percy and I walked to the biology classroom. Most of the people there were goofing off. The jocks were throwing around a paper ball and the popular girls were sitting in the corner doing their nails. I sat down at the table in front of the teacher's desk. Percy sat next to me.

"Don't you want to sit next to the guys?" I asked.

"Well, I'd rather not sit next to them, it looks like they're having a spitball war."

I was about to answer when I was interrupted with a girly giggle. I turned around to find one of the popular girls behind me. She had long blond hair, with a ton of makeup. She was wearing all the latest trends, an Abercrombie and Fitch shirt, a Forever 21 leather jacket, Aeropostale jeans, Uggs, and a Vera Bradley bag.

What? I can be a girl.

The girl gave a little wave with her hand. "Hi!" she said to Percy. "My name is Stacey. I'm guessing you're new?" Without waiting for Percy to answer she kept going. "Well if you need any help, here's my number." She handed Percy a slip of paper with a phone number on it. "You don't have to hang out with Chase here." she added in a not-so-quiet whisper. Then, she sashayed back to her giggling gang of girls.

Through this whole thing Percy had seemed kind of dazed. I waved my hand in front of Percy's face. "Hello? Earth to Percy!"

He did this kind of jump and smiled at me. "Oh, sorry. I was trying to tune her out. It didn't work. Why'd she call you Chase?"

"It's my last name." I explained.

Percy fiddled with his pencil. "She wasn't very nice." he said, looking at his shoes.

"It's fine," I said, "I'm kinda used to it now. My friends and I aren't what you would call 'popular'."

"I just feel like I should've helped you or something." he said, still looking down.

"Really, it's fine." I assured him. "I can handle it."

The door opened, and a girl I hadn't seen before walked in. I had expected it to be the teacher, old Mrs. Crums, but this girl was a lot younger. She had curly brown hair, and had this preppy look. She looked too old to be in high school, so she probably was a substitute.

"Good morning class!" she said. "Your old teacher, Mrs. Bums I think, retired. Something about not wanting to teach a bunch of babbling baboons. But no matter! We'll have a great rest of the year together!" She wrote her name on the board. "My name is Ally Dawson, but please call me Ally, Miss Dawson, or Ally Dawson. I'm 25, so I basically just got out of college. I have a boyfriend, but I'd rather not bore you to death before class starts!"

"We'll start by getting to know one another! Please state your name, first and last, and a fun fact about you! You can start first!" She pointed at me.

"My name is Annabeth Chase." I said quietly. "And I, um, read a lot."

Snickers and calls of 'Nerd!' started coming from the class, but they stopped pretty quickly.

"My, you must have a ferocious glare!" Ms. Dawson said to Percy. "And what about you dear?"

Percy turned around, and I must admit that he did have a ferocious glare. His face returned to normal, then he said, "My name is Percy Jackson. My father is an Olympian."

"There must be a fun story behind that!" said Ms. Dawson.

"Explains why he's so toned." 'whispered' Stacey.

"How about you next then, since you already started talking."

Stacey sat up confidently and said,"My name is Stacey LeRange and I think you're too peppy."

Most of the class laughed, either wanting Stacey to like them or to impress her. I thought Ms. Dawson would get mad, but all she did was beam at Stacey. "I get that a lot." she said. "Next person please!"

The process of introducing ourselves went on until we reached Josh Dupoint, then Ms. Dawson clapped her hands together. "Well! I think we're all warming up to each other. I will go over how I'll run the class. You'll never have pop quiz or homework-" A cheer went up at this. "-but you'll have a test every Friday."

Nobody cheered at this. Ms. Dawson was greeted with angry silence. Percy and I exchanged an annoyed look.

"It doesn't sound fun, but trust me, you won't regret it."

Again, she was greeted with angry silence.

"Well, we still have about fifteen minutes, what do you guys want to do?"

"Let's hear about your so called boyfriend." said someone in the back.

"Alright then!" said Mrs. Dawson. "My boyfriend's name is Austin. Austin Moon."

Shouts erupted across the room.

"THE Austin Moon?"

"But then, you're Ally! His songwriter!"

"Whoa!"

"What are you doing here?"

Ms. Dawson put her finger to her lips and everyone became silent.

"Austin was offered a movie role here in Manhattan, he's playing Jim in the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. I just finished college at MUNY, so we bought an apartment here. I'm working here for the time being. And then he did the sweetest thing. He proposed!"

She showed us a shiny gold band with a diamond in the middle on her left ring finger. Lots of squeals from girls came from the room (including myself) and once again, she put her finger on her lips. Again, the class became silent.

"Well, I think I've bored you enough with my love life." she said.

"Oh, but we're not bored!"

"Tell us more!"

"When's the wedding?"

"I'll tell you more later." she said. "But the bell's about to ring now."

As if on cue, the bell rung and the whole class filed out.

"That was an interesting biology class." I said.

"Yep." replied Percy. "What class you have next?"

"English with Mrs. Sutton."

"Me too."

"Well you're in for a surprise." I said. "Rachel, Nico, and Grover are all in that class too. And we have one more spot at our table."

Percy pumped his fist in the air. "Yes! Score!"

I laughed. "C'mon Seaweed Brain, let's go."

When we got there, Rachel, Nico, and Grover were already there. They cheered with delight when they saw Percy with me.

"Oh man. We're going to have so much fun." said Rachel.

"Did you guys hear? There's a teacher who's Ally Dawson!" said Grover.

"I know, we just had her." I said.

"Tell us all about her!" said Nico.

The whole time, we were just talking about Ms. Dawson. Actually, the whole class was talking the whole time because Mrs. Sutton got a call from the hospital about her son, and left us alone the rest of the period.

It also turned out Percy had math and art with me, so we ended up walking to all of our classes together.

Mr. Herbert gave us a pop quiz in math. I finished early, and Percy didn't have to do it since he was new, so we passed notes.

You wanna hang later? He wrote.

Can't. I wrote. Busy.

Bummer. He wrote back.

And we talked all of art too, because it's one of the only classes we can talk. Plus, Mrs. King is nice about it.

The five of us walked out of the doors. Rachel, Nico, Grover, and Percy all walked off together because they lived in the same area. I walked off in the opposite direction.

Most of the kids in Goode High live in the suburbs, in three story houses. But I don't. I take the bus into the city and walk two blocks to my apartment.

I take out my keys and unlock the door. As soon as I do, the stench of beer and cigarettes fill my nose. I glance at the mess in front of me.

Yep. I think. I'm going to be very busy tonight.

So that's the first chapter of STLF folks! Review, Favorite, and Follow!

I forgot to do this at the top so, DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN PJO.

Okay, next chapter quote is from, Annabeth!

"Do you know how hard it is to pretend you don't love someone? And even if he's done horrible things to you, you know that deep down, you still love him because you think he'll change."