I first saw Annabeth in kindergarten. Her long blonde hair flew around her face as the wind picked up. I just stared at her while her grey eyes were trained on the sky, as if she was daring it to come and fight her. After a few minutes, she just smiled gently, picked up her bag and went to meet her parents. Her mother, a world famous mathematician and author, shared her grey eyes but had black hair. Her dad, a professor of American and Military history, was tall and athletic with sandy, blonde hair and intense brown eyes.

As we grew older, she became more beautiful, intelligent and athletic. Annabeth was popular and I was not. I hid myself well with the crowd and admired her from afar. Many boys had asked her out, including her best friend, Percy and his arch-nemesis, Luke. She had turn down everyone single one of them for a reason that was unknown to the whole school. With my short, choppy hair and tan skin, I was very different from her appearance. I was in love with Annabeth and did every goddamn thing to hide it. Occasionally, she would glance at me and shoot me a smile but I would always blush and look down.

One day, there was a flyer pinned to the notice board.

'Auditions for new band in music room 112 after school. Bass player, lead singer and drummer needed'.

I grinned and mentally fist pumped. I could play the bass and I could sing. When last period ended, I grabbed my stuff and hurried to room 112. Inside were roughly 15 kids sitting on and around the couches and 2 were standing on the stage. The two on the stage were the Grace twins.

The girl, Thalia, had short and spiky hair and had a wardrobe that almost purely consisted of black . The guy, Jason, looked nothing like his twin except for their shared electric blue eyes. He had blonde hair and a small scar on top of his lip.

'Okay peeps, let's get started!'

The auditions went by and a few days later I got a call from Jason.

'Hey Piper,' he said, 'What do you think of being the lead and bass player?'

'That. Would. Be. Amazing!' I yelled across the phone.

Jason chuckled. 'Rehearsals are on Wednesday after school. Don't be late.'

I thanked him and did a victory dance before going to bed. I was absolutely ecstatic and couldn't fall asleep.

When Wednesday came around, I walked to the music room, trying to contain my excitement by humming a song I had heard and tapping on my bass' cover.

'Hey Piper!'

I waved timidly and let a small smile spread across my lips.

'Awwww! Is wittle Pipey shy?' Thalia teased as grabbed her guitar and began tuning it.

I blushed and took my bass out. It was a deep grey with green and silver swirls etched on it. The rest of the band stared at it in awe. Jason just stood there, his hands on top of the keyboard and jaw wide open. Nico's drumsticks fell out of his hands and on to the drums, making a loud crash. Thalia was gaping.

'Woaaaaaaah'.

I squirmed uncomfortably and started strumming and singing the song I and been humming before.

I'm bullet-proof, nothing to lose

Fire away, fire away

Ricochet, you take your aim

Fire away, fire away

By then, the rest of the band had recovered from its shock and started playing along with me. I closed my eyes and let the music take over.