Hey I'm still pretty new at this so reviews and constructive criticism are welcome. Again this is probably going to be my only authors note so enjoy the story and I will try to update frequently.

Chapter 1

My relationship with him? Well…

He used to be my best friend. Like a puppy to indulge and give treats to when he acts amusing but not to be taken seriously. Let me give you a physical description of him. It might help you understand. He is a chubby boy with messy black hair that is too long and greasy. His face is round and doughy and he is a whopping 5 feet 3 inches tall. The only good quality about him is his eyes which or more often than not covered by his hair. Then he left for the summer to see his dad. The dad who he joked lived under the sea. It was right after eight grade graduation. When he was gone I ignored his calls when I was with my new friends, they were smart and popular while he was the fat idiot of the grade. Don't get me wrong, I didn't hate him and I understood he ate a lot because he felt lonely and neglected by his father but he was really starting to become a hindrance to my growing popularity. Luke, the most popular, sought after guy in the school was finally noticing me. Whenever he was mentioned in our conversations I would be overcome with embarrassment I pretended not to know him when hanging out with people who didn't know our history. He was dragging me down the social ladder and I had to let him go before I ended up hitting rock bottom. I still remember the last call…

"Hey Wise Girl" Percy answered the phone with his usual promptness like he was waiting for it to ring for a while.

"Percy honestly" he just laughed while I was full of shame at the reminder of my old nickname.

"Just kidding. You know I miss you, right?" Why did he have to make this harder could he not tell form how I had been treating him all summer that we weren't friends anymore?

I tried to prolong the conversation before I had to break the news to him "So… what are you doing?"

"Oh nothing, just helping my dad with his work."

"What does he do?"

"It's a secret." Yeah, right Percy. I think he is just saying that to sound cool and mysterious but it is not working. "Why have you been ignoring my calls Annabeth?"

"…" I tried to think of a way to break it nicely now that he has brought up the subject.

"Never mind. I'm sure you had a good reason." Yeah it's because you embarrass me. "Hey can I see you when I get back?"

"No!" Why can't he take a hint!

"Ummm… Why?" He sounded so confused and hurt I almost felt bad for him but then I remembered what he does to me socially and how he is always holding me back from my rightful place on the top.

"Because, Percy, sometimes you can be such a loser." Well, all of the time but no need to hurt his feeling more than I had to.

"What!" He sounded so incredulous like he really didn't know where this was coming from.

"You embarrass me stupid! When you come up to me in the halls or try to give me a hug do you know how degrading it is for me? You are below me and it will always be that way." I was just so frustrated I yelled at him. At this point I just wanted to end the call so I could hang out with my cool friends.

"Well if that is how you feel then we shouldn't be friends anymore." No duh stupid that's what I wanted, that is why I finally called before 9pm.

"Good" I couldn't help it if I sounded satisfied. He had ended our friendship on his own free will. Stupid of him since I was the only thing keeping him from sinking to rock bottom. Oh well, all the better for me.

"Fine."

And that was the last phone call I ever made to him.

Skip ahead a week and a day and wha-la you are now in present time. It is the first day of high school and I cannot tell you how excited I am. I check my outfit one more time (wine colored, following top, dark skinny jeans which hugged my hips and make my legs look great and gold gladiators) and put the finishing touches on my makeup.

Just before I was leaving I heard a knock on the door. I open the door to see my best friend Thalia.

"Hey Thals, are you excited because I-" I couldn't finish my though because at that point she slapped me. Hard.

"What the hell was that for?" I glared at her and demanded an explanation for this. Now I would have a mark on my face for the rest of the day.

"For hurting my cousin you bitch," and with that she slapped me again, harder, on my other cheek. Did I forget to mention that Percy and Thalia are cousins? Strange they never seemed that close.

With those words she walked away leaving me flabbergasted on my steps. I stood watching as yet another ex-friend leaves me. Oh well she can always be replaced.

I started walking to Goode High, my new school, and I arrived there 15 minutes later. I ran inside to get to homeroom and just as I was turning the corner I ran into something. Scratch that, someone. He looked to be about 5'11'' or maybe 6' tall and he had the perfect swimmers body, lean and strong with clearly visible muscles through his tee-shirt. And I can tell there is more muscles than meets the eye because running into him felt like running into a brick wall. He had midnight black hair that ended halfway down his neck and his skin had a nice tan to it. This day just got good. That is until the boy in front of me turned around. That is when I saw his eyes..

"Percy?"