Thank you for those of you who are reading! I didn't expect to have readers so soon. And thank you for the review (right now there's 1 by the time I post this there could possibly be more. If so… Thank you!) it made my day, and I'll try to write longer chapters.

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I was tackled to the ground right when I walked inside.

"Annabeth!" my half-brothers, Bobby and Matthew yelled.

"Hey, guys." I grunted.

"Mom made cookies." Bobby said and with that he and his brother got up and ran into the kitchen. I got up and followed them to say hi to Susan, knowing that my father wouldn't be home. He barely ever is.

"Hi Susan." I said poking my head into the kitchen.

"Hey Annabeth. Want some cookies?" she answered.

"No thanks, I'll be upstairs."

"Alright." I climbed up the stairs and opened the door to my room. I sat on my bed and put my head in my hands. I didn't have the strength to hold back the tears anymore, and since I was alone it wouldn't hurt to show a little weakness right? Today was so exhausting. Percy apologized and I wanted to forgive him… but he betrayed me. He hurt me too much and I couldn't just let that go. I sat there for who knows how long just crying, when I heard a knock on the door. I hastily wiped away the remaining tears on my face and walked towards the door. I was surprised to find Thalia and Piper standing there.

"Hey." Piper said softly seeing my blotchy cheeks and puffy eyes. "We brought White Chicks and-"

"And food." Thalia cut in. "Lots of food." I rolled my eyes as Thalia smiled sheepishly. She walked towards my bed with bags of popcorn and chocolates. I followed her while Piper started the movie up on my small TV.

After the movie was over and the snacks were gone Piper and Thalia both faced me.

"Spill." Piper said.

"Spill what?" I asked innocently.

"Why were you so quiet today?" I sighed and pulled my knees against my chest.

"You know why." I answered.

"I told him not to do anything." Thalia grumbled. "Don't worry, Annie. When I get home he and I are gonna have a nice long chat." I laughed breathlessly.

"Would it help to talk?" Piper asked. I hesitated. Would it? I sighed again.

"He asked me to help him get Rachel back, then apologized." Thalia cracked her knuckles which made me smile. Thalia can be very scary if she wants to be. Piper leaned over and hugged me. I felt her motion for Thalia to do the same. They were now most likely arguing telepathically and Thalia will join the hug in…3…2..1… Thalia leaned over and, you guessed it, joined the hug. I laughed at Thalia's annoyed expression. Thalia doesn't lose a lot of arguments with Piper, but if it has something to do with a couple she ships or comforting a friend, Piper always gets her way. She just makes you want to listen to her. We call it Charm Speak.

The next day I drove Thalia to school but she told Percy to get his own ride, which I was totally fine with. Thalia walked with me to my locker. I grabbed the books I needed and together we walked to first period, algebra. Thalia groaned as we walked inside. I shot her a look and sat in the back corner of the class. A few moments later Thalia sat next to me. I sent a questioning look her way.

"The Stolls were asking for a beating." She answered simply. Travis and Connor Stoll were the trouble makers, prankers, clowns of the class… call them what you will but you get the idea.

"Aren't they always?" I asked.

"True." She said as she put her head on her desk. I started to read the new book she'd bought me, it was really good. Ten minutes later our teacher, Mr. Hendrix, walked in. He was always late but he was alright. He was around fifty with gray, balding hair and he was pudgy and short.

"Hello class, sorry I'm late."

"What up Mr. H?" Connor Stoll asked kicking his feet up on his desk.

"The sky. We are not in a Zoo Mister Stoll, so feet off the desk." He said tapping Connors feet with his ruler. Travis laughed.

"Cough-Loser-cough" he said, to which his brother shot him a glare. The rest of algebra went by pretty fast. We just did a couple of problems that were super easy.

In no time it was time for lunch. I made my way towards my locker to get my lunch and groaned inwardly when I saw Percy standing there waiting for- Now I'm just going out on a limb here- me. You know what? Lunch isn't that important. I turned on my heel and started to speed walk away from my locker, praying to anything that he wouldn't see me. I was almost out of the hall when I felt someone grab my arms and pull me against them so that my back was pressed against their chest.

"You have 3 seconds to release." I said already knowing who I was talking to.

"Calm down, Wise Girl. I just wanna talk." Percy whispered in my ear. His breath tickled my ear and I shivered. "Yeah, I kinda have that effect on people." He said in result to me shivering.

"Back to our cocky ways are we?"

"Always." He said finally letting me go. I turned around to face him and glared. He just smirked.

"I should get to lunch, Thalia will be worried." I said hoping that he would buy it. I secretly knew he wouldn't, but a girl can dream right?

"No she won't." I sighed.

"What do you want, Percy?"

"I want you to reconsider my offer." I rolled my eyes and scoffed.

"It wasn't an offer, you didn't even offer me anything. Also, and I need you to listen really closely okay? I. Do. Not. Like. Rachel. Thus I shall not help her in any way, shape or form… ever." I walked passed him and towards my locker, deciding if I was here already…

"I really don't get why you hate her," Percy said quickly following me. "She's not that bad once you get to know her." I laughed (Not one of those happy or amused laughs. More like…mocking.)

"I don't like her because she is just, plain evil. She would probably be an Empousa or Dracaena in another life" I mumbled the last part under my breath.

"You're just overreacting." He said leaning against the locker next to mine. I grabbed my lunch and faced him.

"Please elaborate."

"You don't know her. She feels threatened so she acts that way around you."

"Oh, and you do know her?" I asked crossing my arms over my chest. "Let me just ask you something. Are you really happy when you're with her?" Percy didn't say anything. "Why don't you just think about it." I said and with that I walked away.

It was the last period of the day, and I was anxious to get it over with. I walked inside the classroom and sat in the back corner, as usual. I was not looking forward to this class considering I took it with some people who I didn't want to see. I put my head in my hands and took a deep breath. I didn't notice someone sat next to me until I heard them talk.

"Hey." He said softly. I peeked at him through my fingers. He smiled softly at me and I groaned.

"Why do you do that?"

"Do what?" Percy asked.

"You completely ignore me, then you're a cocky jerk face and then you act all buddy-buddy with me. I don't know if you noticed but we are not friends. Not anymore." He ran his hand through his hair. He opened his mouth to say something when the teacher walked in.

"Hello class." She said. "Today I will assign you all a partner, with whom you will work with for the rest of the semester." With that she started to read names off of a list. I heard the occasional groan and cheer. I zoned out until I heard my name being called. "Annabeth Chase with… Percy Jackson." I banged my head on my desk and groaned. Can't I ever get a break? "Is there a problem, Ms. Chase?"

"No not at all." I said quickly realizing that everyone's eyes were on me.

"Okay then." She said finishing the list.

After class I darted out of the door and raced towards my car. I jumped in the driver's seat and started the vehicle. The last thing I saw before I drove away, was Percy running out of the school and yelling for me to wait.

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I opened the door to my house and immediately heard the yelling.

"Mom, Dad?" I called. I walked into the living room just in time to see my dad slap my mother. I screamed as she fell to the floor. My dad turned to me in alarm.

"Annabeth, this isn't what looks like." He said putting his hands up to show he didn't mean any harm. But it was too late. I looked down at my mother who was laying on the floor, sobbing. There was a thin trail of blood in the corner of her mouth and a bruise was starting to form, where he slapped her. She looked up at me.

"Annabeth, sweetie." She croaked. "I'm sorry I told you to come home. That wasn't right. Why don't you stay the night at Percy's?"

"Mom," I sobbed. "What…?" I trailed off. My dad tried to walk towards me and I backed up instinctively. I saw pain flash in his eyes, but I didn't care. "Who do you think you are?" I yelled at my dad.

"Annabeth…" he started but I held up my hand.

"Save it."

"Annabeth you will not speak to me that way." He said sternly. "I am your father and you will treat me with respect."

"You aren't my father." I said. I turned around and started to run. I eventually found myself in the park again. I ran to a tall oak tree and I started to climb. I sat in the tree for who knows how long and it had started to rain. I was freezing and soaked to the bone, but there was no way I was going back home. I leaned against the trunk of the tree and slowly fell asleep.

I woke up to someone calling my name. It was still raining and I was sure I had caught a cold.

"Annabeth!" I heard someone call. It was Percy. "Come on, Wise Girl. You're gonna get a cold." I smiled to myself. Leave it to Percy to state the obvious. He walked towards the tree I was currently occupying and he started to climb.

"Oh my gods, Annabeth!" he said. "I've been looking forever. What the heck?" he panted.

"I-" I started, but ended up bursting into tears. Percy sat in front of me and pulled me into a hug. After a good five minutes of sobbing into his shirt, he pulled away.

"Now we're going to go to my house to rewatch Walking Dead episodes. Okay?" I smiled and nodded. He climbed down first and I went right after. But when I got down he picked me up bridal style, and started walking to his car.

"Percy." I started to protest. But I saw the look in his eyes and knew it was pointless. So instead I buried my head in his shoulder and eventually let sleep take me again.

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Hey! Here's Chapter 2! I hope you likey. I'm going to try and update every week, but if that doesn't work I'll let you guys know. Review!

-DaughterofPoseidon34