I was walking down the hallway after last period ended. I got my stuff when I saw my best friend, Reyna Avila Ramirez Arellano, lip-locked with some blonde guy. He had her pinned to the wall and was groping her all over. I shook my head, absolutely disgusted, and walked out of the building to wait for her.

Let me explain. I. Am. Queer. No one knows because as confident as I am, I'm pretty scared to come out. No one knows except for my sister Thalia and best guy friend, Percy. She's not really my sister because we were both adopted by the Chase family. To make matters more complicated, I had a teensy weensy microscopic -ok forget it- a full blown crush on Reyna. It's never a good idea to have a crush on the hottest straight girl in school. I needed something urgently to distract me and took out my biology homework

A few minutes later, Reyna came out of the school, hair messed up, lipstick smudged and panting heavily. I stared at her and tried to look irritated.

'Why didn't you tell me you had a new boyfriend?'

'It was a dare,' she grinned.

I rolled my eyes and started walking home without her. She yelled at me, jumped on my back and refused to get off until we reached her house. She kissed my cheek and waved me goodbye. I half-heartedly waved back and walked to my house which was just next door.

I stepped in and saw Thalia with a smirk on her face.

'Does she do that everyday?' she questioned, arching an eyebrow.

'Yeah', I replied, 'but she was making out with a blonde guy in the hallway today'.

She gave me a look that said that 'I'm-going-to-make-an-idiotic-joke-and-you'll-hate-it' and I slammed my hands over my ears.

'You know Denial is not just a river in Egypt'.

I groaned, slapped my hand to my face and trudged up to my room. I fell onto my bed, quickly falling asleep.

The next morning, I got to school earlier than usual. One of the teachers had called me in, asking if I could show a new student around the school. I agreed and took the new girl, Piper McLean, on a tour. Holy Cleopatra, she was one of the hottest girls I had ever seen. Her eyes sparkled with a mischievous gleam and the way she presented herself held a level of confidence that I never could reach.

We had turned a corner, talking about a new movie that had just came out when she froze on the spot. I looked to where she staring and saw the blonde dude from yesterday.

'J-jason?'

She turned on her heel and walking back the way we had just come from. I raised my eyebrow in confusion and chased after her.

I caught her arm and asked her, 'You okay'?

She nodded and said. 'That was my ex-girlfriends brother. We broke up because I moved schools and she got adopted. She was in a car crash where her mother died and her brother lost his memory'.

Ouch, my head hurt from information overload.

Tentatively, I asked, 'Could her name possibly be Thalia'?

She nodded her head slowly. I felt my throat constrict and my mouth dry up.