Percy's POV:

My name is Percy Jackson. I have green eyes and black hair. I'm seventeen years old. Now I may not be steroid buff but I am strong enough to hold my own in a fight if need be. I love to swim, I just water in general! All the swimming I do help keeps me in shape. I live with my mom and step brother Nico. Both of our dads have passed away unfortunately, but my mom is doing great as a single parent. She does have a boyfriend named Paul though, so she's not alone.

Nico is seventeen just like me. His dad married my mom when we were 5. His dad passed on about three years ago. Nico has black hair and dark brown eyes, there're really dark almost black. (A\N This is what people say about my eyes) He and I may be the same age but that's about all we have in common. He's really into the color black, heavy metal, depressing poetry and just about anything emo. While I like the color blue and I like to have fun! Considering our huge personality differences Nico and I get along pretty well. Nico doesn't have a lot of friends at school, people just find him scary and unapproachable. I have a decent amount of friends but I wouldn't consider any of them my "best friend" I can't really talk to them about anything.

At schools most girls try to flirt with me or are blunt and ask me out, just to be turned down. Trust me I like girls, but I just haven't found any girl that seems interesting to me. Well I do know one girl who's "interesting" but not the kind I'm looking for. Her name is Rachel and she's obsessed with me. She has had a crush on me forever and doesn't try to hide it. She is convinced she and I are dating. She is always putting notes in my locker, calling me nonstop or sending treats to my house, but with the latter my family and I don't complain.

Nico has never had a girlfriend before but he likes this girl named Thalia. She's a lot like him; she's into the whole Goth thing too. Personally I don't understand why you would want to be mad or depressed all the time, but hey whatever floats their boats.

Nico and I are actually going to the mall to meet up with Thalia today. Nico asked me this morning to take him after mom left to go on a date with Paul. After we ate the breakfast my mom made us, blue pancakes (don't ask it's a family joke) Nico went to take a shower while I went to my room to change. I put on simple blue jeans and a green hoodie with my green converse. I watched TV while I waited for Nico to finish getting dressed. When he was done we locked up and got in the car. The mall was a good thirty minutes from our house so I turned on the radio to help pass the time. Nico seemed a little nervous so I turned down the radio.

"Hey man what's up why do you look so anxious?"

His leg kept bouncing up and down and he was playing with his fingers.

"Well I was going to ask Thalia out today but what if she says no? Or says no then laughs in my face?"

I was a little surprised at first because Nico wasn't acting like himself and it was because of a girl! So naturally instead of responding I laughed….for a good five minutes.

"Nico Thalia has been your friend for a while so she knows how weird you are."

Nico glared at me when I said this.

"I don't know if she likes you or not but what's the harm in asking? You're a good guy Nico I'm sure she'll say yes."

Nico smiled at me which was kind of unusual for him. "Thanks Percy." I think we were having a brother moment but I wasn't sure. Besides I didn't really want to ruin whatever it was by thinking about it too much.

"You know Percy, Thalia said she was bringing her friend, and she's our age."

I just rolled my eyes. This "friend" is probably no different from any other girl I've met. We were about two minutes away from the mall when Nico's phone started to buzz, which meant that he was getting a text. I took the goofy smile on his face as a good guess that the text was from Thalia.

"Thalia said they will be here in five minutes."

Called it. I pulled into the parking lot and Nico and I got out. We decided we were just going to walk around until the girls got here. After about five minutes Nico went off somewhere so I just started mindlessly walking around. I was about to turn into the football section of the sports store we were in when I collided with something, or better yet someone, sending us both to the floor with me on top.

When I looked down I saw a pair of gray eyes staring back at me. I don't know what was happening but I couldn't bring myself to look away. I think gray just became my favorite color. I took a better look and noticed I was on top of a girl; a beautiful girl. She had blond hair and slightly tanned skin, and lips I had the urge to kiss. Before I knew what was happening I was shoved off of the girl and landed with an oof! Man she was strong! The girl glared at me and began to walk off. I stared at her retreating figure and sighed. Remember how I said I've never met any interesting girls? Well I was wrong. Whoever that girl was i was going to get to know her. It would probably help out if I knew her name. Crap.