HEY GUYS! This is my second story. I know I said I would take my oneshot "Good! Annabeth's at Goode!" and make it into a story, but honestly, I wasn't feeling it. So now I rewrote it and I'm going to make this one a full-fledged story, along with working on my "Mortals: Meet Percy and Annabeth" story. I personally think it's very good. Enjoy!

I walked up to the first person I saw.

"Hello. I am new here, and I was wondering if you could help me find my boyfriend."

He smirked at me and said, "Does he look like this?" while waving his arms up in down in front of himself.

"Ah, no. His name is Percy Jackson," I told him quickly. If he could help me, great. If not, I would find someone else.

"Oh, of course! Everyone just want some of Jackson. WELL GUESS WHAT? I'm his real friend, and he already has a girlfriend, okay? So just leave him alone and find a new dream," he yelled at me. He sounded very exasperated.

"Listen, I'm the 'girlfriend-he-already-has", okay? Now, how many girls hit on him, because I swear I will..." I trailed off because I was saying some pretty dark things in my head that I didn't want a mortal to hear.

"I'm gonna take you to Percy and we'll find out if you're real or not," he announced as he beckoned for me to follow him.

I pulled my hair out of my ponytail so it fell like a curtain around my face. I slouched a bit so that I appeared shorter and to have bad posture. Finally, I shoved my hands deep into my pockets. Good, maybe he won't recognize me right away.

The guy I had been talking to led me to a large group of teenagers. They were laughing and joking around, and mostly being obnoxious. At the center of the group was a certain raven-haired, green-eyed guy.

"Percy, you've got another secret admirer. This nerd here says she's your girlfriend," he gestured to me and the group fell silent. Apparently they found it very interesting to see Percy turn down girls. If only they knew how interesting it was about to get.

I shyly stepped forward, acting totally out of character. I had become a pretty good actress after years of lying to mortals, and I knew just how to drag my toe on the ground to seem like an innocent little runaway.

"Umm, do I know you?" he asked kindly.

Aww he's such a gentleman. No wonder I'm in love with him.

"Well, I would certainly hope so, Seaweed Brain," I said while I picked up my head.

The look on his face was PRICELESS!

"ANNABETH?!"

"That's my name, don't wear it out," I teased as I threw my hair into a ponytail in under a second. Years of throwing it up in dangerous situations gave me such good practice, I could do it in record time.

"Oh my gods! I can't believe you're here! I missed you so, so, so, so, so much! I mean, I talked to you last night, but that's still not the same!" he yelled really quickly.

When he kissed me I had the sensation my brain was melting. (A/N: Sound familiar..? MUAHAHA) I heard a collective gasp from the entire student body.

"I know, I know, I'm awesome. But I have more good news, too. Someone with red hair and a no-dating policy will be joining us next week..." I was taunting him, I know, but it was always fun to know more than Percy.

"Seriously! Oh my gods! How do you know? Did she IM you? How come she didn't IM me? We were friends first. Ugh, this is so unfair. I wish I could have stayed at camp with you guys. I'm so out of the know!" he complained in a whiny voice.

I laughed at him and hugged him again.

"Let's go talk somewhere we can actually talk and I'll tell you everything. And tell him," I used my thumb to gesture to the kid behind me, "to come. And I guess the rest of your close friends. They probably want to know what the Hades is going on."

He nodded in agreement and we, along with about four other kids, walked to Paul's english classroom. When Percy opened the door, Paul looked up from his desk.

"Annabeth!" he said with a happy smile.

He got up and hugged me tight, and I was genuinely happy. Being around Percy's family can do that to me. They're like my second family. Sally is like a mother to me, more than my step-mom ever will be. And Paul, well, I get along better with Paul than I do my own dad.

I'm pretty sure me knowing Paul was just the icing on the cake. Percy's friends looked like their heads were about to explode. I can't blame the poor kids. This is a lot to take in.

Paul let us borrow the back six desks in the class to talk until the bell rang.

Percy sat down across from me and said, "All right. 20 questions. Let's go."

I nodded and held up my hands so I could count on my fingers.

1-"Where are you staying?"

"Your apartment."

2-"My room?"

"Ew! Guest room, Percy. Gods, get your mind out of the gutter!" He blushed when I said that.

3-"Did my parents know that you were coming?'

"Yes."

4-"How long did they know?"

"About a month."

5-"Why didn't they tell me?"

"I told them not to."

6-"Why?"

"I wanted it to be a suprise."

7-"Oh, okay. Why are you here? Not that it's bad or anything, just wondering."

"I missed you!"

8/9-"What's the real reason you're here? Is it stuff we can't talk about?"

"Yes. I'll tell you later. And by the way, that counted as two questions," I informed him with a smirk.

10-"Does your mom know that you're here?"

"Well, you see, I got a little, um, nervous. And I chickened out. But she'll find out eventually and I'm sure Aphr- I mean, our aunt who loves us together, will convince her to let me stay."

11-"Smart! So your dad was fine with you staying?"

"Yeah, you know my dad. He's a little absent-minded sometimes. It's really infuriating, actually. But anyways, I said I needed to come and he said okay."

12-"Will you help me clean my room when we get home?"

"Fine, but only if you promise to watch a documentary with me later tonight," I bargained.

13-"Deal! But can it be about marine biology?"

"Okay," I agreed happily. That worked for me.

14-"How many questions am I at?"

"Fourteen."

15-"Cool. Hmm, will you hang with my friends and me during lunch?'

"Oh, shoot, sorry. I have to go sit with my secret boyfriend...maybe tomorrow?"

16-"Ha ha, funny. Now you're DEFINITELY sitting with me. Have you gotten your schedule yet?'

"Not yet. Wanna take me after our conversation?"

17-"Of course, my dear. How's camp been?"

"Awesome! We got a new camper and he's an even worse shot than you. And he's in the *Apollo* cabin," I whispered the Apollo part so only Percy could hear.

18-"Did you know that asking someone you know inside and out twenty questions is suprisingly difficult?"

I laughed, and told him, "Yes, I did. I did it to you last night."

19-"What do you want for dinner?"

"Hmm, I think your mom mentioned cooking so we'll probably just stay home."

20-"Do you want to IM camp tonight with me? I made a bet with the Stolls that I have to pay off."

"Sure! Okay, that was twenty questions. Game over," I said, but he cut me off.

"Wait, wait! I have one more question: Do you love me?" he asked with a cheeky smile.

I did the universal "tsk-ing" sign with my fingers.

"Well, now I can't tell you, the game is over. You should have asked me that instead of asking how many questions you had left," I said back with a smirk, because teasing Percy is my favorite pastime.

"Okay, guys," he directed his gaze to his friends, "this is Annabeth. My girlfriend that I told you about..."

"My name's Mike, and I just want to say, I'm so sorry for yelling at you earlier, I thought you were a faker and-" the kid I met this morning said to me.

I interrupted him because I knew he would just keep rambling.

"It's fine, don't worry about it Mike. I just need one thing from you," I informed him, my voice deadly calm.

He nodded in agreement.

"Be a lot worse to any girl that tries to flirt with Percy. Okay?"

He laughed and said, "Yeah, of course, that's fine. It'll be fun."

Percy pulled me by the hand to the door.

"Bye Paul! I mean, Mr. Blowfish. Blofis! I swear I said Blofis!" he yelled over his shoulder, cursing under his breath for messing up. I smiled and squeezed his hand.

"Let's get my schedule now. I'll need a couple minutes to deciper and translate it into Ancient Greek before class." I told him while we walked.

He laughed and answered with, "I know! I'm dyslexic, too, you know. But that reminds me-wait until you see who's teaching gym."