I woke up to my phone buzzing. " I swear Thalia." I grumbled.

From: Thals

Hey, Annie! Could you give me a ride to school?

To: Thals

Sure. BTW, thanks for waking me up.

From: Thals

Yay! Thank you, and you're welcome. Also, can my cousin catch a ride too?

I frowned. 'Please don't be him, please don't be him.'

To: Thals

Which one?

From: Thals

…

To: Thals

Thalia?!

From: Thals

He'll be nice, I promise!

To: Thals

Do you know who you're talking about?

From: Thals

Umm… my super sweet but annoying, kelp headed cousin? Come on Annie, please? I'll buy you a book or something.

To: Thals

Fine.

Fifteen minutes later I was standing in front of a mirror, checking if my outfit was okay. I was wearing a light grey sweater, light blue jeans and my grey converse. My curly blonde hair was pulled up into a ponytail. I shrugged and walked downstairs, to be greeted by the smell of freshly baked pancakes.

I sat down at the counter as my stepmom, Susan, put a plate of blueberry pancakes in front of me.

"Thanks, Susan." I said while drenching my pancakes in syrup.

"No problem, sweetie." She said turning back to the stove. As I was eating I checked the time on my phone.

"Crap, I gotta go!" I said as I grabbed my bag and car keys and ran out of the door. I quickly walked to my dark blue car.

Ten minutes later I was parked outside Thalia's house. I honked my car horn a few times to make sure Thalia knew I was here. A few minutes later a grumbling Thalia walked out in her usual black clothes and eyeliner, with Percy Jackson in tow. Thalia got into the passenger seat, while Percy got in the back.

"Gosh, Annie. What's up with the impatient honking?"

"You were taking a long time, and I'd rather not be late for school."

"Whatever." She grumbled as I started the car. I looked up into the mirror to find that Percy was staring at me, a small smirk on his face. He nodded his head to me.

"Chase." He said, almost amused.

"Jackson." I said back through gritted teeth. He chuckled and I gave Thalia the: I'm-never-doing-anything-for-you-ever-again, look. She just rolled her eyes and looked out of her window as I pulled out of her driveway.

"Did Jason not need a ride?" I asked, keeping my eyes on the road.

"Nope. He's catching a ride with Piper." Thalia answered while turning on the radio. Demons by Imagine Dragons came on. I smiled as I softly hummed along.

"Wow, Chase. I didn't know you listened to Imagine Dragons." Percy said while grabbing one of my curls and twirling it around his finger.

"You don't know a lot of things about me." I said while swatting his hand away. He chuckled and leaned back in his seat, as I pulled up in the schools driveway.

I got out and grabbed my bag. I started walking towards the school when I felt Thalia walk next to me. I was about to say something when I saw Percy come next to me on my other side. We walked inside ad I went to my locker to grab my books. Percy was now leaning on a locker next to mine and was staring at me. It was getting quite annoying.

"What?!" I shouted as I slammed my locker door shut, causing a couple of glances from other people in the hall.

"Nothing. I just enjoy looking at beautiful people."

"Seriously? TFIOS quote. Now you're looking at which books I've been reading."

"Yeah, well…"

"Whatever." I said as I tried to pass by him, but he stuck out his arm to block me from passing.

"Not so fast, Wise Girl." He said. "I'm not finished." I groaned but stopped walking.

"Well you better hurry, 'cause I'm about ready to connect my fist with your face." I said, mad that he used my old nickname.

"Pain demands to be felt."

"Dude, seriously?"

"Anyways… You know RED right?" I rolled my eyes. RED, AKA Rachel Elizabeth Dare, was the definition of popular. And with popular comes the great ability to be a brat. She hated me after I found her making out with my boyfriend, I broke up with him and he left her trying to get me back. But hey, the feeling was mutual. I tuned out as Percy started rambling on about their former relationship. I know what you're thinking. 'Relationship? What's he talking about?' Let me just go ahead and clear some things up. Yes Percy and Rachel were in a relationship. Why? No idea.

"So I need your help."

"Wait, what?"

"I need your help."

"With what?" he looked at me with a raised eyebrow.

"You zoned out at RED, didn't you? Yeah you did." He said answering his own question. "I said, I need your help to get her back."

"Oh my gods." I said. "You did not just ask me to do that."

"Actually it wasn't really a question." I gave him my best death glare (which was pretty darn scary) and I saw him flinch a little.

"And why exactly would I help you? I don't like you."

"You used to." He said so quietly that I almost didn't catch it.

"Yeah well, we both know who's fault that is." I said while looking away. The memories flooded into my mind. I blinked away the tears that were threatening to fall and faced Percy again. He was looking at his shoes with a guilty expression on his face.

"I'm sorry." He said while looking back up at me. I met his eyes and saw the pain and guilt swirling in them.

"I should get to class." I said. I passed him but before I was out of reach he grabbed my wrist.

"Annabeth…"

"No." I said, cutting him off. "You broke your promised. You left." I said the word like it was poison.

"I-" he started.

"Save it for someone who cares." I snapped while ripping my hand from his grasp.

~o0o~

"Hey, Wise Girl." I looked up from the architecture book I was reading, to find myself face-to-face with a raven haired boy.

"Hi Seaweed Brain."

"Will you ever stop calling me that?" he asked while sitting next to me on the brown park bench I was currently occupying.

"Nope." I said as I continued to read.

"But you've been calling me that for years."

"And I will continue calling you that for years."

"Wha-" he started but my phone cut him off as it started to ring. I picked it up and looked at the caller ID.

Unknown Number

"Who is it?" Percy asked.

"I don't know…" I said. I answered the phone. "Hello?"

"Annabeth, sweetie."

"Mom?"

"Where are you?"'

"In the park with Percy."

"Come home right now."

"Mom… what's wrong?"

"Just come home. We need to talk."

~o0o~