Bobby Chase was having a normal enough day.
He sat on the steps, talking to his friends and brother. The boys were shoving each other around, talking about sports and girls and teachers they hated. Suddenly, his friend Chad stopped. Chad was popular-very popular, actually. Seventh grade was a very hard year. He was at the top of the social ranking, and so were the Chase boys.
"Who's that chick? She's hot..." He said. The other boys turned to look.
"Wow!" Nick wolf whistled. "Check that out!"
"How old is she?"
"She's got to be in high school or something! Look at her b-"
"What are you guys looking at-" Mathew stopped mid sentence. That wasn't...no, they couldn't possibly mean her, right?
The girl in question was leaning against a car. She had on sneakers, jean short-shorts and an orange T-shirt. Her curly blond hair was over one shoulder, and her gray eyes were searching for something.
Bobby choked.
"What? You mean her?" He asked, blinking.
"Yeah, the hot blond over there."
Mathew gagged, and Bobby was pretending to fall to the floor and die.
"Don't say stuff like that, man!" Bobby said.
"But-but that's-" Mathew started.
He stopped. The girl was walking towards them, grinning. The rest of the boys glanced at each other. Chad winked. The girl ignored him.
"Hey guys! Where were you? You told me 2:30." She said, ruffling Mathew and Bobby's hair and planting a kiss on each of their heads. They reached up and hastily fixed their hair, the rest of the boys gaping at them.
"Not the hair, Annabeth!" Mathew whined. She rolled her eyes.
"Who're your friends?" She asked, looking at the boys around them. The twins looked at each other.
"Um, can we just-" He was interrupted by Chad.
"The names Chad. Nice to meet you, gorgeous." He winked. Annabeth's eyes widened.
"Excuse me?" She asked, crossing her arms. Chad just stepped closer to her.
"So, what's your name?" He asked. She looked like she was trying not to laugh.
"Um, Annabeth? Look, were kind of in a hurry here. Percy wants to take you two to play paintball and-"
The boys immediately looked interested.
"Percy's here?"
"Does he have his paintball gun?"
"Did he bring us presents?"
"Can I play with Riptide again?"
"What about Mrs. O'Leary-"
"Guys, you know what I say about deadly weapons! Remember last time? You broke at least twenty glasses!" Annabeth said sternly. They frowned.
"You're no fun." Bobby grumbled.
"Wait, you know them?" Mike spoke up.
"Uh, yeah? I happen to be their sister..." Annabeth frowned.
"Dude! You didn't tell us you had a sister! Let alone a really hot one..." Nate said. Annabeth glared at him.
"Yeah man, you've been holding out on us!" Joey knuckle punched Nick. Annabeth was about to open her mouth when another voice did.
"Excuse me, what's going on?" A guys voice spoke up.
The younger boys stared at 18 year old Percy Jackson. He had his fist clenched and wrapped one arm around Annabeth protectively.
"Are they bothering you, Wise Girl?" He asked. The boys just stared at him. Annabeth sighed.
"They're just my brothers annoying friends, Percy. Now come on-dad wants them home to finish their homework before you take them out." Annabeth said, shooting the boys a disgusted look. They were still staring.
"Oh, hey Bobby, hey Mathew. Grab your backpacks." Percy said. He shot the other kids a glare, then walked to his car with Annabeth. Before he left, Mathew stopped and looked at Chad.
"I think I'm going to be sick." Bobby muttered, shaking his head.
"Dude, I can't believe you hit on my sister. Gross..."
So I got this idea when yesterday we were walking past my car on the way to the locker room and one of the popular girls I really don't like mentioned that she thought the guy in the car-who just so happened to be my brother-was hot. Two others agreed. I nearly puked. People, don't say stuff like that! And after I told them it was my brother, they shrugged and were like "Well it's true...". I looked mortified. So did my two other friends-they don't like my brother either. Siiigh...