Chapter 1: Let's play Truth or Dare!

I walked out of my cabin. The warm, summer breeze hitting my cheeks. I closed my eyes. I took in the smell of camp. The one I've known since I was twelve. I smiled. I felt like I was walking on air. I opened my eyes to see Chiron, our activities director, trotting up to me. Yeah. Trotting up to me. He was a Centaur. "Ahhh. Percy, Thalia was looking for you earlier." Chiron said.

"What did she want?" I asked.

"I don't know. But you had better find her lad." Chiron said. He then trotted off. Gods. What did she want this time? I already polished her cabin floor. I am so not doing that again. I walked around for awhile. I even looked in her cabin. Oh well, I can now go to the lake. I loved the lake. The feeling of water being present soothed my mind. The smell of water crawling into my nostrils. The sound of wave crashing together. It soothed me.

When I reached the beautiful river I saw 12 figures sitting on a blanket. One, I could make out was Thalia. So I yelled, "Yo Thals! What did you want! And by the way I'm NOT polishing your floors again!" By now I was jogging to get to the others. When I reach there I saw, Travis, Conner, Juniper, Annabeth, Grover, Nico, Thalia, Katie, Clarisse, Rachel, Malcolm, and Selina.

"Gods! It took you long enough! Now that everyone is here…LETS ALL PLAY SOME TRUTH OR DARE!" Thalia said.

"Sounds fun, but…" I trailed off. There was an awkward silence. The breeze hit my cheeks once again. I was now looking out at the water. I did not want to see Thalia's face. Either she's really mad or she she's really pissed. Gods. What will I do now?

"BUT WHAT!" Thalia demanded. Crap. She's super pissed!

"But, I don't want to play. Every time I play Truth or Dare with you I end up

having to either, lick the ground or polish your cabin floor. So, no." I said simply. Now, I really didn't want to look at her face.

"PERCY JACKSON YOU ARE GOING TO PLAY TRUTH OR DARE! OR ELSE!" Thalia screamed at me.

"OR ELSE WHAT?" I spat back at her.

"OR ELSE I'LL…CRY!" Thalia screamed.

"No." I said. I herd sniffling. Crap. I looked at Thalia who was bawling. I had NEVER seen her cry. Finally I gave in. "Fine. I'll play." I said.

Thalia took her red face out of her hands and said, "Really?" She sounded like a three year old after a melt down. I just nodded and joined the circle. "Can I g-go f-f-f-first." Thalia said.

"Sure." We all mumbled.

"Selina, truth or d-dare?" Thalia said.

"Truth." Selina said.

"Do you still like Beckendorf?" Thalia said.

"Nope. Percy, truth or dare?" Selina said.

"Dare." I said confidently.

"I dare you to go kiss Rachel" Selina said grinning. I looked around. Rachel was read, I bet I was too, and Annabeth looked stunned.

"Okay. Here goes nothing." I said. I walked over to Rachel. Crouched down in front of her and pressed her lips to mine. About 2 seconds later I pulled away. I felt like no one else was there except for her and I. It felt like I was floating with her. Then I said, "Rachel, do you wan to be my girlfriend?"

"SURE!" Rachel screamed while pulling me into a bear hug.

"I need to go." Annabeth said quietly. She then ran away and I swear I saw her shed a tear.

"Connor, truth or dare?" I said.

"Dare!" Connor said.

"I dare you to kiss Katie."

"Ok." Connor said. He looked over at Katie who was sitting next to him. He leaned forward planted a kiss on her lips. "Will you be my girlfriend" was the first thing Connor said after they pulled apart. She only nodded excitedly. Travis and Selina looked about as hurt as Annabeth did. Instead of saying goodbye, Travis just got up and ran away. Selina mumbled something and ran off. "Okaaaayyyy. Why does everyone keep leaving? Gods." Connor said. "Grover, truth or dare?"

"Truth." Grover said.

"Why are you dating a tree?" Connor asked curiously.

"The same reason you're dating Katie. You're in love." Grover replied. "Malcolm, truth or dare?" Grover asked.

"Dare." Malcolm said.

"I dare you to kiss Thalia. Man there is a lot of kissing today." Grover said.

"Okay." Malcolm replied. He walked over to Thalia crouched down and kissed her. When he was done Thalia was staring at him longingly. He just walked back to his spot and said, "Nico, truth or dare?" Thalia got up, mumbled to herself, and ran off.

"Dare?" Nico said.

"Well…are you sure." Malcolm asked.

"Positive." Nico said.

"Okay. I dare you to leave." Malcolm said.

"Why?" Nico asked furiously.

"Because you're annoying me just sitting there so leave." Malcolm said.

"Fine, if that's the way you want it. But Juniper. Can you do my turn?" Nico asked.

"Sure." Juniper replied. "Ok, Clarisse, truth or dare?"

"Dare." Clarisse said confidently.

"I dare you to propose to Mr.D." Juniper replied. With that we all started to crack up.

"Fine, punk. Gods, I'm going to get my ass kicked out the window…" Clarisse said. Once she was out of hearing range we started to crack up.

"We should continue tomorrow so Clarisse can have her turn." I said. Everybody nodded while still cracking up. We all got up and started to go our separate ways. Rachel walked with me while holding my hand. Then Rachel and I tripped over something on the ground.

"Do you mind?" Travis said grumpily.

"Sorry, but guess what." I said.

"What?" Travis replied.

"Clarisse was dared to propose to Mr.D." I said while cracking up.

"Cool. Now go, please?" Travis said.

"Whatever." I said. With that, Rachel and I continued our stroll.

"I have a few ground rules about this relationship." Rachel said.

"Like what?" I asked.

"Like…you're not allowed to go to the lake-" Rachel said.

"What? Rachel, I can't give up the lake!" I said.

"You never let me finish. You're not allowed to go to the lake without me." Rachel said.

"Oh, okay. Anymore?" I asked.

"Yeah…you're not allowed to talk to Annabeth anymore." Rachel said.

I stopped dead in my tracks. "What?" was all I managed to say. Now the wind was blowing so hard it was piercing my skin. I could not believe she just made THAT a rule!

"Percy, she's trying to steal you from me. I know she likes you." Rachel said.

"No. Annabeth is my best friend. I can't just ignore her from now on." I said.

"Percy, if you want me then you're going to have to give up Annabeth. Well…which is it?" Rachel said.

I sighed. I wanted Rachel and if we broke up I could start to talk to Annabeth again. Besides, if I stopped hanging out with Annabeth I wouldn't have to deal with her moods. "Fine. You win. I won't talk to Annabeth anymore." I said. It felt so wrong to say that, but I have to.

Rachel smiled and said, "You're so cute Seaweed Brain." It also felt wrong with her saying that to me. I just faked a smile.

Suddenly, the horn blew. "Well, we'd better get to dinner or Chiron is going to be mad at me again." I said.

"Okay." Rachel replied.

When we reached the dining pavilion I got some food, scraped some offerings, and mumbled, "To, Poseidon." I walked over to my table to see Grover there waiting for me.

"Perce, Clarisse isn't going to be able to play Truth or Dare for awhile." Grover said.

"Why?" I asked.

"She asked Mr.D and now she has to clean the ALL the toilets." Grover said. With that he busted out laughing.

"Hey, G-man. Have you seen Thalia, Annabeth, Nico, Travis, and Selina?" I asked.

"Well, Travis and Selina are planning some prank, Thalia and Nico are both eating at their tables and Annabeth, well no one has seen her since she left Truth or Dare." Grover replied.

"Good." I replied.

"Why is that good?" Grover asked.

"Because, I think I saw Annabeth cry and whenever she has problems she always comes to me." I said.

"So you just don't want to help her?" Grover asked.

"No. I want to help her, but Rachel said as long as we were in a relationship I couldn't talk to Annabeth." I replied.

"What? Annabeth is your best friend!" Grover replied.

"I know, but I have to forget about her. For Rachel." I said.

"Gods, Percy! I didn't think you were this dumb!" Grover said. With that he got up angrily and left. Well…that was interesting.

As I left the dining pavilion I decided I would go to the river. I walked and walked and walked till I FINALLY reached the river. There was someone sitting on the ground, but I didn't think anything of it. As I walked up all I noticed was the water. I could still hear Rachel's 1st rule in my head, "You're not allowed to go to the lake without me." I just knocked Rachel out of my brain. I need to just think. Without all this drama weighing me down. I sat down on the ground just staring at the beautiful waves. Then someone spoke, "Hey. Can we talk?"

I turned to see Annabeth. The person was Annabeth! Crap! If Rachel sees I'm dead. "Sorry, Wise Girl. I'm not allowed to talk to you anymore." I replied.

"What?" Annabeth asked.

"Yeah. In order to stay in a relationship with Rachel I'm not allowed to talk to you, but she never said anything about writing." I said grinning.

"Writing? As in writing letters?" Annabeth asked.

"Yep. Sound like a plan?" I said.

"Sure." Annabeth said. I could hear a bit of happiness in her voice. With that she left. This was perfect! I got to write to Annabeth! Well…stay in contact with Annabeth. I then decided to go back to my cabin and go to bed. At least one thing was cleared up.

When I got to my cabin I opened the door. I walked about three more feet to see my girlfriend, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, sitting on my bed reading something. "Really Percy? 'I'm so glad you said we could write! This is going to be so great!' and 'So, I'm guessing you're not going to tell Rachel, Seaweed Brain.' I thought we agreed that you can't talk to Annabeth anymore. She tries to flirt with you every sentence in this letter! Gods! How could you be so stupid! I thought we agreed!" Rachel screamed.

"Rachel! We don't do anything beyond friends! I don't know what you have against Annabeth, but you have to get over it! I'm not going to throw all my friends away because my girlfriend wants to boss me around! Besides, why are you in my cabin!" I screamed back.

"I wanted to tell you goodnight!" She spat back at me.

"Sure! I bet all you wanted to do was see if Annabeth and I were in here having some connection!" I screamed back.

"She wants to take you away from me!" Rachel screamed.

"How would you know?" I screamed back.

"I can just tell!" She shouted back.

"Sure Rachel! Whatever lets you sleep at night!" I screamed.

"Gods! You did not just say that to me!" She screamed back.

"But I did! Now get out of my cabin!" I screamed. Tears streamed down her face as she ran out.

About five minutes later there was a knock on the door. By now, I'm laying face down on my bed. I said a muffled, "Come in."

"Hey. What crawled up Rachel's ass and died?" Annabeth asked.

I flipped over to look at her and said, "She yelled at you too?"

"Yep. So, she found out about the letter?" Annabeth asked.

"Yep. She went into my cabin, read my letter, and she plugged my toilet." I said.

"She plugged your toilet?" By now, Annabeth was sitting next to me cracking up.

"Yeah. Now it sticks really badly." I said.

"I'm gonna see this myself." She replied. She walked to the bathroom, took in a breath of air, and then walked in. About thirty seconds later there was a flush. Annabeth ran out of the bathroom and slammed the door shut. Then, she started gasping for air. "Gods. I never want to share a bathroom with Rachel!" Annabeth said.

"Thanks. I don't know if I could've done that." I said.

"No problem. Hey, my Malcolm and I had this whole fight. So, I was wondering if I could sleep here. On the floor or something." Annabeth said.

"Sure." I said. I scooted over in bed and patted the spot next to me. She just smiled and snuggled next to me. I then turned on my water TV (Yeah, I got it from my dad at Christmas). She made her way under my arm. The last thing I remember was feeling like Annabeth should be with me…

Note: So…like or dislike? Please don't be all judgmental. I'm trying. I think this one will turn out to be good. –Melrose 3