(A/N; Thanks for the faves and the reviews! Sorry I was late, I think I'll just update every four days. The new character will be a major character for this story.)

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Chapter 2: First day might not be so bad after all… Or so it seems.

Nico's POV

Seeing Thalia bounce up and down like a girly girl was enough to freak me out for the whole homeroom period. I mean, sure she got reunited with her "long lost best friend" and all, but seeing her like that? Weird.

She and the new girl were like;

'Annabeth?'

'Thalia! How are you? It's been a long time!'

'Annabeth, how's Bobby and Matthew? How's…Luke' Thalia's voice softened at this part.

Well, you see Luke was her ex- boyfriend. Technically, they're still together as they never got a formal break-up. That jerk is the reason why my cousin is still single, she is still thinks that he still loves her. But Luke just left her, without even saying good bye, how can she still think about him loving her? I mean no good-byes. Mean right?

Anyways they got over the Luke part (I don't even know why she asked Annabeth about Luke) and started talking about something else. Something girly. And Thalia never talks about anything girly, except when she's in a conversation with my sister Bianca. So it was very rare.

Grover was still in the state of aftershock (in seeing Thalia like that). His mouth was still open, good thing there weren't any fleas in our class. When the teacher came, she immediately spotted Annabeth and made her introduce herself in front of the whole class. There weren't any major events in homeroom so there's nothing much to tell.

My summary of the class;

Homeroom is boring,

There is nothing much to do,

Oh, being bored sucks.

No, I'm not interested in poetry; well that's what you get when you're living with Thalia's brother Apollo (Nico-Note; he drives you mad by making you learn how to make haikus). I mean, seriously, who keeps on making random haikus about everything?

Annabeth's POV

I guess my problem is solved now. I won't have trouble making new friends. You see, a few moments ago, I found out that my best friend; Thalia Aellai Grace Jackson (yeah, I had to mention her full name, so what?) is my classmate. Plus, she even invited me to sit on her table at lunch!

There wasn't anything special during the first period. So I was happy when the bell rang for the next period.

'Annabeth, what do you have next? Thalia asked, after the bell rang.

'Well, I have English, then Geography…' I told her my schedule and she just frowned.

'Crap, we've got nothing together.'

'Anyways, Thalia-' I was snapped from my statement.

'Annabeth, you have English right? So you better come with me fast, the English teacher doesn't like late students.' Percy said while grabbing the door knob.

'Oh, ok. Bye Thals.' I waved good bye to my best friend and exited the room.

'I'm sorry, for interrupting your conversation with my cousin, it's just I have to make sure that you don't get lost or anything.' Percy said while walking towards a group of high school teenagers. They seem to make way for us as we walked.

'Oh it's ok' I replied. My cousin? He's Thalia's cousin?

'Yeah, because I agreed to guide you everywhere'

'Sure but, don't you have a class or something?'

'Chiron, I mean, Mr. Brunner, was the one who arranged my sched so that I can personally guide you everywhere. He said your dad requested that someone should guide you.'

'I don't want to be a burden for you.' I said.

'Oh, I don't mind' He replied while smiling.

I smiled back.

I noticed a few girls glaring at me. I ignored them. Percy doesn't seem to notice them either. Even though they were obviously trying to flirt with him. He seems to be different from the typical school basketball players who enjoy when girls dropped to their knees and kissed their feet. When he walked her across the halls from room to room, everywhere he passed, girls swooned and made googly-eyes at him. He just… well, ignored them, as if they didn't exist. He is just so…different

.

'You're late' the teacher said when we entered the door. But as soon as the teacher saw it was Percy and me, she just shook her head.

'Good morning ma'am' Percy said. That was strange. Usually boys our age would just scoff at the teacher and ignore them. But as I said before, he is different. 'Ma'am we we're only late for exactly 2 minutes.'

'Fine just take your seats. And Ms. Chase, welcome to Goode. I'm Ms. Dodds your substitute English teacher and your pre-algebra teacher. But for now, let's go with the Sub English teacher.'

'Yes, thank you ma'am' I replied.

'You can sit next to Mr. Jackson'

'Yes, ma'am' with that I drifted to the seat next to Percy.

'Alright class, our lesson today will be about ancient western literature, Greek literature to be…' The teacher stopped talking as soon as she saw Percy. He was doodling, clearly not paying attention. 'Mr. Jackson, what are you doing?'

Percy looked up and stopped doodling. 'Sorry, ma'am' he said while scratching the back of his neck.

'Well Mr. Jackson, if you know so much about this lesson, why don't you answer a few questions?' Ms. Dodds said with a tone of annoyance.

'Sure, what is it about?' Percy asked, completely clueless about the lesson.

'We're learning about Greek literature and their culture.'

'Sure, I'll answer.'

'Fine.' She said. 'Who was the author of Iliad?'

'Homer.'

'Who was the patron god of Athens?'

'Athena'

'Who fought with Athena for that position?'

'Poseidon'

There was a heavy question and answer session and it went on for twenty minutes, until the teacher got annoyed and ordered Percy to sit down.

'Percy that was awesome.' A guy behind him said.

'Hmm? Oh, thanks Travis.' Percy replied.

Well, it was impressive. These days no one on our age group is interested on myths.

The class went on. I could hear the guy behind me saying 'Come on… two more minutes.'

Then finally the bell rang, for lunch.

Thalia's POV

Oh, come on bell. Will you just ring? You see, I'm having math class now and the teacher Dr. Thorn was blabbing something about Pythagoras theorem. Yeah, and being an ADHD person, the lesson was killing me.

On my side my cousin Nico (who is also ADHD) already fell asleep. Great.

I was being bugged by this girl next to me named Lacey and I am seriously getting annoyed with her.

Come on just ring… I'm freakin' hungry. Ugh… Besides I want to spend time with my best friend. It's been a long time. You might be wondering, how can I be best friends with the cousin of the guy who broke my heart. Well, Annabeth supported me whenever Luke and I would fight. She was the kind of best friend anyone would want to have. She… well, she was one of the only people who actually understood me.

Don't get me wrong. I. Am. Not. Emo.

The bell rang. Finally!

I was about to go when I saw Nico still sleeping.

'Dude, wake up.' I said

'Five more minutes…' Nico replied.

Ugh…boys.

'Nico, the bell rang already.'

He groaned and said 'So what?'

I lost my temper, like what I did in the morning.

'NICHOLAS DI ANGELO IF YOU DON'T GET UP RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO PERSONALLY DRAG YOU OUT OF THE FREAKIN' CLASS ROOM!'

'Holy Hades! What the heck is wrong with you?' he sighed. 'Don't shout like that. Now my ear hurts.'

'Well, it's going to hurt more if you DON'T GET YOUR BUTT OFF THIS PLACE!'

'Gee, Thals…'

He saw my expression and said 'Ok, ok dude. Why rush?'

'In case you didn't notice we're the only ones left in the room and its lunch. AND-' I was snapped by a voice.

'Mr. and Ms. Jackson what are you still doing here?'

Me and Nico turned and saw Dr. Thorn glaring at us. It was sort of creepy. Now you might be thinking; Thalia is scared? The Thalia is scared? My answer is yes. Yes, because he looks weird. He has two different eye colors; one blue and one brown (the blue one is blind). Who won't be scared after seeing a teacher with two different eye colors?

'Umm…sorry sir. I think we better get going, Nico' I said.

'Uh, sure Thals,' Nico said

We both hurried outside.

'That sir gives me creeps.' Nico said.

'I know.' I replied.

'I'm hungry, come on.'

We reached the cafeteria and went towards our table.

Annabeth's POV

'Thalia said you could sit with us in the cafeteria, right?' Percy asked.

'Um, yeah. She did.' I replied.

'So, uhh… Follow me. I'll take you there' Percy said.

'Sure'

We reached the cafeteria and saw that Thalia was already there, sitting on their table. She was with other teenagers. As we got closer, I noticed that their table was the only one different. It was white and big; good enough for ten people. The other tables were red and small. She saw me and waved her hand.

'Hey, I see you made it' Thalia said. 'Come, sit'

'Uh, sure.' I replied. Percy sat next to me. I blushed.

'Guys, I'd like you to meet someone.' Thalia waved towards me and told me to introduce myself.

'Hi. I'm Annabeth Chase' I said. After I said that everyone started introducing themselves.

'Beware, they introduce themselves very formally.' she whispered.

'Hi! I'm Silena Beauregard Mclean, daughter of Venus Mclean, the CEO of the upsilon division in the Olympus group of companies' a girl said. She was extremely pretty. She had perfect features, and a sympathetic smile that can brighten up your day. She seems cheerful and kind. She was sitting next to a guy so seemed to be her boyfriend.

'Hey, I'm Charles Beckendorf Valdez, son of Vulcan Valdez, the CEO of the eta division, you can call me Beckendorf.' Beckendorf said. He was buff like someone who spent their entire childhood lifting weights. He was an African-American guy. They're older than us I think.

'I'm Nicholas di Angelo Jackson, son of Hades Jackson, one of the founders of Olympus group of companies. But you can call me Nico, Nicholas seems so formal' Nico said 'I'm the cousin of Percy and Thalia'. He was that Goth guy who was with Percy in the music room.

'I'm Bianca Alexia di Angelo Jackson, sister of Nico, daughter of Hades. Call me Bianca' she said while shaking my hand. She had black eyes like her brother and dark brown hair. She seems to be older than us.

'Hey, I'm Grover Underwood, son of Pan Underwood, CEO of pi division' he said. He was the only one on Thalia's table with a small goatee.

Wow, I'm being introduced with a group of rich kids on my first day of school… I feel welcome.

'And I'm G. J. Lee, daughter of S, the CEO of the Omega division, call me G.' she said.

'Uh, does G. stand for something?' I asked.

'Well, yeah. But I prefer being called G.' she replied while smiling.

She had straight black hair and pale face, like really, really pale face. She has a kind expression and a mischievous smile. She has Asian eyes; the one with no line across her eye lids. She was wearing a black short sleeve t-shirt with a turquoise three-fourth long sleeves under it. She looked like Thalia, except for her eyes. She looked like a Korean. She seems younger than us for at least a year.

'Well, there goes everybody.' Thalia said

'Hey G!' a voice called out.

We all turned, and saw two guys who looked exactly the same, but they weren't twins.

'Hey Travis, hey Connor. ' G said.

'Oh hey, the Stoll brothers' Nico said. Stoll?

'Hey, everybody!' the Stoll brothers said. 'G did you bring the blue prints?'

'Oh, yeah. I did. Um, guys excuse me for a second.' G. said. With that she left.

'Oh what is she up to again?' Thalia said

'The Stolls are probably asking for another prank plan.' Bianca said

'Prank plan?' I asked

'Oh sure. G helps everybody even if involves getting in trouble. She is a brilliant strategist. She's really smart. She is a lot like you, you know?' Thalia said.

'She is like a little sister to all of us, especially to Percy and Nico. Well, in Nico's case; you could say that she is like a younger twin. They have a lot of common interests. She calls us by our names and ends it with nii or nee; nii means big brother in Japanese and nee means big sister.' Bianca said.

'She's Japanese?' I asked

'Yes and No, her grandparents are Americans but their ancestors were Japanese.' Bianca said

I noticed that they all seem to care for G, they talk about her as if she was something fragile who might break if you don't handle her well.

'What was the blue print about?' I asked.

'We don't really know. But if the Stoll brothers are involved, we can only assume it's a prank.' Percy said.

'She's pretty good at 's why everybody asks for her help,' Beckendorf said. 'Go ahead. Try her.'

'What do you mean try her?'

'Ask her anything'

'But she is still talking to someone.' I said

'Oh it doesn't matter she'll answer you without even turning.' Nico said

Thalia nodded at me as if she was approving.

'Ok.' I said 'Hey G! What was the name of Thor's armour in Norse mythology?' I asked. I saw that everybody was nodding.

'Mjolnir' she said without even turning. She was still facing the Stolls.

'Impressive' I said.

'Exactly' Thalia said.

Then I saw a girl. She was walking towards the cafeteria. She had red hair and a splash of brown freckles on her nose. She was wearing skinny jeans with marker doodles and and she had green eyes. Two girls we're following her. She was pretty and (as the guys would say) she's pretty hot.

'Who is she?' I asked. I hope they weren't getting annoyed with me asking too many questions.

'R.E.D.' Nico replied

'What's R.E.D?' I asked

'Robot extermination devices.' G. said without turning, completely absorbed in the blue print she held.

Everybody did face palms.

'G, we are talking about the other red. Will you come here now?' Bianca demanded.

'Yes, yes just wait…' G replied. 'Oh there got it? Now you just have to follow these steps and… Voila! The automation rat will be complete.'

She finished her business with the Stolls and came back to her seat.

'So,' she said 'Did I miss something?'

'We were talking about red.' Silena said

'Oh yeah, speaking of Reds, do you have the new game on X-box; BenTen Ultimate alien?' Nico said.

Grover face palmed.

'Oh sure! Wanna come over and play it—' G was stopped by Bianca who cleared her throat loudly that even the next table heard it.

'See, what I said about common interests.' Bianca said.

'G, back to the point please.' Thalia said.

'Oh ok, R.E.D means Rachel Elizabeth Dare. That is her name. You see Annabeth, Rachel used to be one of us until she reached High school. Her dad is the CEO of alpha division.' G explained.

'I'm listening,' I said 'Go on'

'Yeah and she started to change. The way she act, her clothes, her friends, everything. That is because of her stupid teenage hormones.' G said. Bianca cleared her throat again.

'What? I just said—'

'The thing is she started liking my cousin' Bianca said snapping G. She looked over Percy who just choked on his cheese burger.

And I said something really intelligent like 'Oh, ok'

'Yeah, and when Percy-nii rejected her, she stopped hanging out with us.' G said.

I looked over Percy who was pretending like he didn't hear anything.

'Anyways Anna, why don't you tell us about your self.' Silena said

'Oh, I grew up with my dad and stepbrothers. My mom and dad got divorced when I was two. During that time my mom was busy with her and her brother's company. So she told my dad to take care of me. I never saw her after that but she still sends my dad support for my education. And my stepmom died when giving birth to Matthew my second stepbrother. After her death we started to move all over the country, I mean, my dad's job needs constant travelling so that's why I keep on changing schools' I said

I looked up and saw that Silena was wiping a tear and Beckendorf was giving her his hanky. Grover sniffed and Bianca looked at me sympathetically.

'Annabeth?' G asked

'Yeah?' I replied

'What's the name of your mom's company?'

'Um… Castellan enterprises. Why?'

Her eyes widened when she heard the company's name, as if she realised something that no one has ever realised before.

'Is Thalia's— '

'Luke is her cousin.' Thalia said, it seems that she already knew what G was going to ask.

'Oooh.' Nico said intriguingly. He and G looked at each other and nodded. They stood up smiling mischievously.

'You know Annabeth, when Thalia was still with Luke she always sang this song everyday' He said and he motioned over to G and G started singing;

Kiss me
out of the bearded barly
nightly
beside the green green grass
swing swing
swing the spinning step
you wear those shoes and
i will wear that dress.

ohhhh...
kiss me
beneath the milky twilight
lead me
out on the moonlit floor,
lift your open hand
strike up the band and
make the fog lights dance
silver moon sparkling.
So, kiss me.

G's voice was awesome, you won't even think that it was her who was singing. Now I could see that Thalia's face was red as a tomato. Everybody, including me started laughing.

'G, I swear-'

'And after she got heart broken all she sang was-' G said while pointing to Nico. And Nico sang;

The day a door is closed
The echoes fill your soul
They won't say which way to go
Just trust your heart

To find you're here for
Open another door
But i'm not sure anymore
It's just so hard…

Nico stopped as soon as he saw steam coming out of Thalia's ears. Nico's voice sounded good but not as good as Percy's. G and Nico started laughing so hard. They didn't even care to see if Thalia was hurt. I looked over Thalia and she doesn't even seem to be hurt, but she was angry instead.

'Ignore them Thals, you know how they act.' Bianca said

'Nah, it's ok. As soon as I get my hands on them, I gonna—'

'You know Annabeth she used to hum those songs in the shower' G said

'Yeah! I remember.' Nico agreed.

'So what if I sang them in the… Wait a minute. How do you know that?' Thalia said.

'Umm, ahh… Who are we talking about?' G said.

'Yeah, who are we talking about?' Nico said. As soon as he said it, G elbowed him.

'I said; how do you know that I hum those songs in the shower.' Thalia said. 'If you don't answer…'

'Nico-' G said nervously

'What? Say it slowly.'

'Nico-nii told me to hack your intercom because we noticed something weird in your actions and I did' G said.

'Why only me?' Nico asked

'The point is, we did it because we were worried about you.'

'Oh.' Thalia replied.

Then everybody was silent.

'So anyways, Thalia-nee did you invite Annabeth to the big house for the weekend?' G said, trying to break the ice.

'Oh yeah, Annabeth would you like to come to the Big house for our weekly sleepover?' Thalia said. 'All of us here in this table go there every weekend' Wait, weekly sleepover?

'Um, I don't know If I'm allowed.'

'It'll be fun, Anna' Bianca said.

'I can't come this weekend' Silena said. 'I have to go with mom and Piper somewhere.'

'Me too, I have to be with my dad this weekend' Beckendorf said

'Aww man,' G said 'How about Leo, is he coming?'

'Yeah I think so.' Beckendorf replied.

'Cool.' Nico said

'So are you coming Annabeth?' Percy asked

Hearing it from Percy convinced me…a lot. So I said 'Yeah, sure' Darn you Annabeth, what's wrong with you?

Upon hearing my answer, G looked at me suspiciously and gave me a sly smile.

'Oh this is going to be fun'

G's POV

How am I supposed to explain this to Thalia-nee and Percy-nii? Few moments ago I just realised that nee's best friend and nii's potential future girlfriend (assuming that she'll be his future girlfriend. What? There's nothing wrong in assuming!) is the daughter of his dad's mortal enemy.

You see Annabeth's mom; Aunt Minerva and Luke's dad; Uncle Hermes was previously working for Olympus. Aunt Minerva used to be the CEO of theta division while her brother; Uncle Hermes was the CEO of epsilon division.

Even Luke (Uncle Hermes's son and former boyfriend of Thalia) used to play with us when I was four. But Annabeth wasn't there; no one even knew that Aunt Minerva had a daughter. Then there was this slight misunderstanding between Uncle Poseidon and Aunt Minerva which led to a major conflict. Uncle Hermes supported his sister and resigned from Olympus. We stopped seeing Luke but Thalia-nee and Luke still managed to make contact. I don't know how, but somehow they did. After they resigned, they built their own company called Castellan enterprises.

I don't think anyone of us on our table knew about that. When I tried to ask Annabeth about it, Thalia-nee cut me off. She thought she knew what I was trying to say, but she doesn't. Why do people think I'm too young to understand? The thing is, it's really them who don't understand. My dad was probably the only one who actually told his child about Uncle Hermes and Aunt Minerva (among the CEOs of Olympus). He is the only person who trusted his kid about matters like this.

I know, I'm just fourteen turning fifteen in a few days (September 21) and I already have serious problems. I sighed in frustration. How is the super-cool ultra-awesome genius G supposed to tell her nii and nee about this problem? The problem that our new friend; Annabeth was the daughter of Minerva, the owner of Castellan enterprises and the number one rival of Olympus? Yeah, I know, it seems to be a small matter, but all big problems start as small right?

Okay, perhaps I can hide this from them. No one seems to notice anyways, but what if someone does? What will I do? I'm sure they'll blame me for it. 'Cuz if there is something that needs to 'be known' I'm always the first to know about it. I guess I'll just hide this from them, but if they notice... Perhaps I'm taking this too seriously, I don't know...

A/N: Review, review, review! And pls tell me about my errors and stuff. Feel free if you have any suggestions.

Proud to be Pinoy! God bless,

G. J. S. (my initials)