Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or any characters involved except Jenna, Jennifer and Lola.


It was no secret that my roommate was a weird nerd who never does anything fun for a living, but it still came as a surprise to most people exactly how nerdy she can be. We've been living together in this dorm room for over a year now and I still haven't seen her do anything other than study or work on some weird architectural drawing.

This is the second year in a row that we've been roommates, and that is no coincidence. Our high school is associated with the nearby primary and middle school, so we rarely ever have students transferring in or out after we join. At the beginning of junior year Jenna, my then roommate transferred out because she was moving to France with her family. I was so jealous of her, she was going to meet lots of cute French boys and buy amazing French clothes and eat lots of French fries and French toast. My going away gift to her was a Fitbit. She gave me quite the look when I handed it to her, but then shook her head and gave me a hug. Anyways, about a month after that, she moved in.

My lack of a roommate gave way for her to move in with me. I was pretty excited as my last roommate was so amazing, but that feeling quickly faded away. She walked in with very little amount of clothes, all of them baggy sweatpants, jeans, old t-shirts and no dress. I wondered then if she was homeless. She looked pretty good even without even trying. She had a fit body, tanned skin, and blonde princess curls, fitting into a typical Californian blonde category except for her stormy grey eyes.

The rest of her stuff was books and architectural designs… What was it that she called them? I don't know… and I don't care. Since then she just sits in our room with those designs until she gets a text on her phone, then she runs off to the library. I can count on one hand the number of times we've engaged in a conversation that got past the 'Hi's. And being my roommate, everyone knew of this within a week. She didn't even bat an eyelid at that, as if she didn't even care about her social life. It didn't take long for me to confirm that she actually didn't. She also doesn't do much other than study. Most of the time she has a determined look on her face while she's with those designs or a sad look when she's not. One thing was for sure, she always aced her tests no matter how hard they were, as if she always knew every answer. Definitely the biggest nerd I've met, I just regarded her as a statue or a vase in my room that just keeps shifting around from place to place. I didn't even spend any time in my room with all the parties and the dating.

Then she surprised us all at the room shuffling on the last day of our junior year. In our dorm, we are allowed to choose our roommate for the next year by drawing lots on who gets to choose first. Her number was pretty early on the list and she chose me again. We all thought she would choose one of those nerds she was hanging around with and I wanted to room in with Emily. Most of all I didn't want her as a roommate again, so I went around asking all the nerds who she was supposed to hang around with in the Library to switch rooms with me. I got the surprise of my life when all of them denied having ever even seen her in the Library, let alone talk with them. To them, she was the Bermuda Square or something, a mystery.

That brings me to today, a month after we started senior year while I'm outside in a disguise, following my roommate, Annabeth as she is walking in the opposite direction of the Library, towards the main gate. We have curfews and stuff for us to get back on time, but none at two in the afternoon. I follow her as she walks out of the main gate, down the street and into the Pizza Hut near our campus. I walk in a little while after her and sit down a few tables behind her and lean left into the sofa so she can't see me directly but I can see what she's doing from behind. The place is relatively empty as most people still have class. As seniors, most of our work is to study in our rooms and attend the mock tests.

Jennifer, a classmate of my elder sister from college is a waitress here and when she sees me, she walks over, waving her hand.

"Hey, Lo-" Silently I gave her the shush sign and pulled her down to sit next to me. Whispering, I asked her about Annabeth.

"Does that blonde over there visit here often?"

"Yeah… she does… almost once every two weeks. Why do-"

I cut her off. "And what does she do here… other than the obvious."

"Generally she's-" She suddenly stopped and made a motion towards Annabeth. "Look."

I glanced over to her and saw my roommate get up from her seat and reach over to hug a raven haired hunk. Needless to say, I'm going to have to mine the floor for my jaw later. And then they started kissing, passionately.

"ANNABETH!"

"Lola!" I made my way over to her as fast as I can.

"ANNABETH, WHO IS THIS?" I pointed at the… the hunk.

Jennifer pulled me back from Annabeth's face. "Turn it down a bit." Was I screaming? I don't know, but this deserves my screams. I got a good look at the guy, he looked really good standing next to her. He was tall, taller than my roommate by at least 5 inches and she was already really tall at 5'10''. His biceps close to ripping his shirt as his stomach showed off a six-pack. But the most striking features are his goofy smile and his blueish-green eyes that looked like the ocean. As far as guys go, she certainly hit the jackpot with him.

"Lola… Meet my boyfriend, Percy." BOYFRIEND.

"Lola, I told you to stop screaming…" I must have said that out loud, really loud according to Jennifer's face.

"Y-yeah…"

"How? What? When? Is… is this what you do when you have to go to the Library?"

Annabeth blushed as she let out a meek sound of agreement.

"Wow, we really misjudged you. Everyone always thought you would end up alone with a bunch of cats and your drawings."

Mr. I-would-totally-die-for-you started sniggering behind Annabeth as irritation masked her features. "Wow, Wise Girl... You left quite the impression on you classmates." She smacked him on his head. I could see her smile creep back onto her face as the corners of her lips turned up.

"Anyways, how long have you two been dating?" Jennifer asked.

"Yeah, we need details." Eagerly I pushed on.

"We've known each other since we were twelve, we became best friends and have been dating since we were sixteen. Percy goes to that Roger's High School near the Golden Gate Bridge."

"Why don't you guys go together?"

"We wanted to get into UCLA together and get majors in the subject we wanted. I want Marine Biology and Annabeth wants Architecture. These were the High Schools we had to go to get those majors." Percy answered this time. I could see Annabeth fidget slightly as if she was uncomfortable. If she didn't want to tell me, then why did she make me her roommate?

"Annabe-"

"Lola, they seem to be on a date. Interview her when they get back." Annabeth visibly relaxed a little.

"Okay, okay… just one last question."

"Shoot" Percy put his hand around her waist.

"Why did you choose me as you roommate if you don't feel comfortable to tell me anything?"

She paused for a second. "You're the one who I'm most comfortable with in this school. I actually didn't want to tell anyone about Percy, and you never asked anything last year. I was happy with that so I chose you again."

I was about to ask something more but Jennifer pinched my arm. "You have an interview waiting." I told her before walking out. She was definitely going to tell me her entire life story tonight.


I always wanted to try out these PJO cliches, so here's the first one. I don't know when I'll upload another but here we go. Reviews are always welcome. I'll update my other stories by my birthday, the 15th of July.