I forgot to do the disclaimer thingy on the first chapter. Sorry for that.

I DO NOT OWN ANY CONTENT FROM PJO, BUT RICK RIORDAN DOES. :) Happy reading!


Annabeth's POV

As I enter the building, I was greeted by a high-pitched scream coming from the hall of the students' lockers. I turned for that direction and saw where that squeal came from. It's from a tanned-skin pretty girl, who is also my friend, named Piper. She was running pretty fast towards me so her hug almost made us fall.

"Oh! Piper, relax. Nice to see you, too!" I said while laughing.

"Annabeth! Oh my gods, I've missed you so much!" letting me go from her bear-crushing-hug.

"I've missed you, too, Pipes. But you don't have to crush my bones." I replied and pretended to be in pain.

"Ha. Ha. Ha. As if you are THAT weak, you can even handle a punch from Thalia, and she's pretty strong... and scary." Piper retorted.

"Touché" I replied.

She is followed by my bestfriend Thalia, who wears nothing but black, whenever I ask her why, she just simply replies 'because I love black, Chase' and shoots me this look that most of the other students are scared of, and Piper is one of them. Maybe it's because of her piercing electric-blue eyes. I, being her bestfriend since I got here in Goode High, know her too well and am not afraid of her. I like her that way. She is not one of those crazy girls who only cares about their physical attributes. I like her because we are closely alike. She loves music. She knows architecture. She's athletic. She is always there for her friends. I think that's why we clicked when we first met. We are both new students to this school that time.

"Hey, Thals! I've missed you as well, don't be jealous to Piper." I joked.

"Oh shut up, Annie. We just saw each other yesterday. And Piper, what were you saying about me being scary?" she said, a mischievous smile on her face. Typical Thalia, scaring Piper again.

"Thalia Grace! Don't call me Annie! I'll kill you"

"I did not say anything! I promise! Please, don't kill me."

We practically screamed at the same time, but, well I'm angry, and Piper, on the other hand, is scared.

Thalia being annoying as ever, smiled triumphantly as if she got the expected reaction from us. "Okay, Annie. I will not call you Annie anymore and Pipes, don't worry I won't kill you" I stared daggers at her while she is scaring poor Piper with her piercing blue eyes.

"Okay! Thanks, Thals! Bye!" with that she practically ran away from Thalia. I punched Thalia's arm while she was laughing so hard about Piper's reaction.

"Ow! ANNIE! That hurts." Thalia screamed at me.

I smiled at her and said, "Good! And don't call me Annie!" I punched her arm again and smiled innocently at her.

"DEAL!" she said, rubbing her arm.

We both smiled at each other then suddenly burst out laughing. Our good time is interrupted by loud giggling and squealing. Thalia and I groaned. We both knew those sounds, its from our stupid "bestfriends". It's from the group of Clarisse, Rachel, their so-called leader Drew, and few other girls following them like lost puppies.

"OMG, did you already saw the movie Catching Fire? Like, Gale is soooo hot. I want to drag him into my bedroom and have sex with him." Drew said.

"Umm, NO! Peeta is so much hotter and a true gentleman. I wonder if he's gentle on bed..." Rachel countered and daydreamed about who-knows-what.

"You, guys don't have any taste! Didn't you see Finnick? He's like the sex god! I bet he's hotter when he's all over me." Clarisse said.

I'm mentally vomitting, hearing their conversation about this fiction guys having sex with them, when I heard one of the girls following them say,

"They are all hot, girls, and Katniss is gorgeous in that movie. She's really cool, right?"

"Umm, since when do you get to join our conversations and do I look like I'm talking to you?" Drew spat the words at the girl.

The girl seems startled and confused and said "Uh, sorry, Drew, umm, I just thought we are friends now, I just-"

"Friends? Since when? Tell me, Sharlene." she said while laughing with her friends.

"It's Silena." the girl said in a low voice. "What?" Drew asked harshly.

"I said my name is Silena!" she screamed at her and Drew was shocked and pissed at her outburst.

Drew's face was priceless. I snickered and told Thalia, "She definitely did not expect that. Good for her." Thalia laughed and tried to imitate Drew's expression. I also burst out laughing.

"Got something to say emo girl?" Oops! Drew heard us. Well, who cares she can't scare us. Wait, did I heard her right? Did she just called her emo? Oh no, this is bad... but definitely good for what will happen to Drew.

"What did you say?" Thalia growled and is now gripping one of the strap of her backpack as if she is imagining that the strap is Drew's neck.

Drew probably noticed it because she backed away and said, "Whatever, Grace. Just mind your business. You, too, Chase." Typical Drew, can't finish anything she had started specially when it comes to Thalia.

As much a I want to strangle Drew and her minions, I try very hard to calm myself and keep away from fights, and besides, Thalia is always the first one to be angered by their group so I'll just hand the strangling to my bestfriend.

The group of Drew finally left the hall. I noticed Silena leaning on her locker. I don't know this girl but I feel bad for her. I don't understand why she have to follow Drew, Clarisse, and Rachel around because I think she's not like them and if she thinks she would gain popularity, well I would like to disagree to her. She can be popular without them, she's much prettier than them even without make-up.

I walked towards her, Thalia following beside me, and heard her muttering to herself, "Stupid bitch."

"You only realized that now?" I asked. She snapped out from her deep thought and finally replied, "I knew it ever since I laid my eyes on her."

"Then why are you even following them?" Thalia asked, annoyed by the idea of being friends with those crazy girls.

"You see, I just moved here in New York last month and found out that my childhood friend lives in the same neighborhood as mine. You guys, know Clarisse?" she asked us.

"Yes. What about her?" Thalia answered. "Well, she is my childhood friend or should I say was." She said, sadness evident on her face.

Silena was about to say something but the first bell rang signalling that it's 10 minutes before the class starts. "Hold that thought. Let's talk about it later over lunch, okay?" Thalia asked.

"Umm, you want me to be with you at lunch?" Silena asked like it is a ridiculous idea.

"Yeah, why not? You're one of our friends now. Oh wait, is it okay with you?" I aksed.

"No, I mean yes! Yes! Sorry, I'm just surprised that you want to be friends with me." Silena stated.

"Oh please, anyone who has the guts to startle Drew and her minions is definitely a friend to me." Thalia said and smiled at her.

"Yup! Her face was so funny, you practically screamed at her face and she did not expected that." I said then holding out my hand to her. "So, friends?"

She accepts my hand and said, "Friends!" She did the same gesture to Thalia.

"So what is first class for you, guys?" I asked my bestfriend and newly found friend to know if we are in the same section.

"Math." they both said and smiled at each other. "Well then, let's go! Don't want to be late in our very first class, right?" They both smiled and nodded. Together, we went to our classroom and I'm still thinking about what Silena was about to say before the bell rang.


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