Hello! I literally only just finished the Percy Jackson series and this is my first ever Percabeth story. Please go easy on me!

At times of struggle, my father would always use the carefully worded phrase "When life hands you lemons...yatta yatta, blah blah blah." But as of today, I would like to write a strongly worded letter of complaint to whoever decided upon this saying and insist that they correct it;

"When life hands you lemons, cut them in half and squeeze the juice in your eyes because that's what life will do after a while anyway."

Okay so first of all, Camp Half-Blood is out of question for me this summer. No, the camp isn't in danger and no, I didn't get kicked out...well, I technically did. But not for breaking the rules or anything. According to Chiron, a war has been ignited between the gods again (Shocker, I know.) Athena - oops sorry, mommy - got into a bit of a debate with Hera and Aphrodite.

Apparently, when Peleus and Thetis got married, all the gods and goddesses were invited except Eris. So Eris got pretty ticked off and decided she would cause trouble between the goddesses for revenge. She tossed a golden apple into the middle of the wedding with "To the fairest" written on it, so naturally, Athena, Aphrodite and Hera all started arguing over who was the prettiest and to put it simply; it didn't end well.

So camp wouldn't be safe for the Athena cabin or the Aphrodite cabin, fights were bound to happen, the goddesses have it in for us basically and I'm sure Hera wouldn't rest until she saw the whole Athena cabin covered in cow poop in the depths of Tartarus. Some may have decided to stay this summer, but Chiron insisted that I kept away, at least until things died down.

And that is why I'm standing on a farm in the middle of nowhere, my hair damp from the rain and mud all over my jeans. This would be my camp this year, some old couple I'd never even met had offered rooms for me, and like 12 other half-bloods that were in danger - as long as we all helped out during the week and shared our rooms with a ridiculous number of demigods.

THANKS MOM!

I trudged over to the big old house, I looked like a drowned rat. After three harsh knocks to the wooden door, it swung open, revealing a small old woman with white hair in a bun and blue eyes, her smile was so warm that I instantly felt bad for resenting this place. "Oh, dear! You must be freezing!" She exclaimed as she pulled me inside.

To say the house was cozy was an understatement. Picture you grandparent's living room and a fireplace, now picture it at Christmas, now times that by a thousand and you'll get the idea. It just felt homely.

There were half-bloods sat in front of the TV, the older ones on the sofa and the youngest sat crossed legged on the floor. Most of them weren't my age, but I assumed that's because most demigods my age would be spending their summer doing something - I dunno, cool?

"You must be Annabeth, my name is Alison." The old lady said softly as she wrapped a blanket around my shoulders. This caught the attention of the kids in the living room and they ripped their eyes from the television long enough to take a good judgmental look at me.

I noticed someone from the Aphrodite cabin, he awkwardly waved and I returned a smile.

After a moment of silence, I decided that I would make 0 friends this summer as I regarded their blank expressions. I wasn't cute or funny or interesting, I was just another person they'd have to squeeze into their already tiny room.

"Welcome to the farm, uh, Annabeth." Someone said kinda shyly.

I looked down to see a boy - about my age - sat on the floor with all the younger kids, I hadn't noticed him until now, which was surprising been as he had sea green eyes and a pearly white smile.

"Um, thanks." I said politely, feeling sort of self conscious now that a cute boy was looking at me, not to mention my wet hair and probably see-through shirt (I was thankful for the blanket at this point.) I looked a mess, and he looked...well.

The boy kind of smirked and looked away after a little while, which was a good thing, I suppose.

"Come on now dear, better get you in some dry clothes. We've all got a long day ahead of us tomorrow!" Alison cooed.

The whole room erupted with UGHHHH's and OHH MYY GODSSSS's, which just filled me to the brim with motivation and encouragement.

Not only would tomorrow be an evidently long and boring day, but this would be a long and boring summer. No Camp Half-Blood, no Thalia and no training. Great.

Sorry if you thought this chapter was short and boring but I can't just jump straight into the Percabeth, there's more of that to come later ;). Please review guys! x