Chapter 4 – I get a super smart flat-mate

Okay, have any of you ever wondered why moms think of everything? Well, my mom thought of everything she could do to make Annabeth living with us as uninteresting as possible. First of, she made me make the bed and vacuum the spare room which has been used as the storage room for or our old junk (which she made Dad take down to Goodwill). Then she got this carpenter to seal the link door so there was no way we could sneak and….talk.

So on Sunday, when Annabeth came with all her stuff, the spare room was sparkling clean and so tidy, it looked like a different room. Mom attacked her with a killer hug and she shook hands with Paul since it was the first proper meeting they'd had. I seriously thought I would get no time with my girlfriend. But I finally got the alone time I wanted after mom told Annabeth about the time when I was three and shoved a spoonful of mashed potatoes into my pants and yelled "POO POO!"

"Wow, Percy!" Annabeth laughed as I dragged her out of the room, "That was super smart of you!"

"Whatever, laugh all you want but I bet you did embarrassing stuff as a kid." I replied.

"Me? Nah! I was way too perfect!" she joked.

"Well…you wanna talk about baby stories? 'Cause I have much better ideas of what we could be doing right now…"

Annabeth gave me look which clearly said I see where you're going with this, Seaweed Brain but she didn't actually have time to say it because her mouth was way too busy doing something else.

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My mom, thank gods, had the sense to leave us alone for an hour. When we finally stopped…talking…Annabeth, ever the nerd, decided that we needed to study for a pop quiz Boring was giving us tomorrow.

"How do you know we're having a pop quiz?" I asked, "Isn't the whole point of a pop quiz the fact it's a surprise?"

"Rachel texted me." Annabeth shrugged like she hadn't been willing to kill Rachel a couple of months ago. But she and Rachel had gotten really friendly and for some reason were, like, the best of friends now.

"Seriously, Annabeth, isn't that like cheating?" I said hoping to distract her again because I would rather watch the Ares pick his nose than study.

"Nope, it's obviously what my mom wants for me and since you're with me, I'm dragging you in too."

"Well, I'm going to turn on ESPN now…" I said getting up.

"No you're not!" Annabeth exclaimed and pulled back down, "Tell you what, Seaweed brain, you get at least a B on this quiz and I'll take you out for pizza."

It's really quite surprising how much fun studying for a pop quiz can be.

Chapter 5 – Annabeth gets a big surprise

The next day at school, everyone stared at me and Annabeth. I could practically hear them whispering what's she doing with him? He's such a loser and she's so not! But Annabeth totally acted like nothing was happening. Sometimes, I really admired how she handled bad situations.

We had English straight after homeroom so I was all ready for the pop quiz although it meant extra Boring time.

"Right, class, settle down!" Boring yelled as a cheerleader screamed at another girl for wearing the same shoes as her, "We're having a pop quiz today!"

I leaned over to Annabeth and whispered "Shocker!" which made her grin which, in turn, mad me almost pass out.

After forty minutes of answering questions that didn't make any sense, I was glad to be out when the bell rang. I carried Annabeth's bag since that's what all the guys in movies do and we walked down to our lockers.

Which is where we got the biggest surprise of our lives: stuck to Annabeth's locker door was a note which read

"Roses are red

Violets aren't blue

You're so lucky

Cuz someone luvs u!"

Love from CH