(Three weeks before)
I was sitting in the cafeteria with my friends Thalia, Grover, Nico, Bianca, who almost died from cancer, my brother Tyson, Beckendorf, Juniper, and Silena until Annabeth came along with her minions. "Hello Jackson," she began. "How'd you like failing that math test?" Annabeth was awesome at math, so I decided that I needed to embarrass her with something I was good at that she was not. There was only one thing: swimming.
"How'd you like failing that swim test, Annabelle?" I asked her, smirking. She hated failing things, and she always failed her swim tests. Also, she hated being called Annabelle. That's how I enjoyed to push her buttons.
She looked like she was about to punch me, but then stormed away. "I have better things to do, Jackson.
"Mm-hmm," I agreed. Tyson laughed.
"You crack me up, brother." I smiled. I really did love Tyson. He was a great brother. He liked to hear me argue with Annabeth, because he said I always won. I had to agree with that. The bell rang, signaling the end of lunch. Luckily, it was gym and we were swimming today. I would like to see Annabeth's face when I beat her by a landslide.
My friends and I gave our trays back to the cafeteria lady and left to gym class. Coach Lavigne told us to all go change into our swimsuits in our locker rooms. I rolled my eyes at the boys who stared at Annabeth. "Okay!" shouted Coach Lavigne. "Girls verses boys. You can choose who you would like to compete against." Annabeth and I locked eyes immediately. Just like me, Annabeth was very competitive and was probably going to give this swim race more effort than she ever has before. Even if she tried as hard as she possibly could, I would still crush her. "Who would like to go first?" Annabeth and I both raised our hands. "Okay then. On your mark, get set, go!" Immediately I glided past Annabeth and began moving as fast as I could to the end of the pool. I glanced behind. Annabeth was an okay swimmer when she was trying to compete against me, which is really something because normally she sucks. Well, I sucked at math so much it was probably the equivalent of this anyways. I finally reached the end of the pool, feeling miles away from Annabeth.
My friends and brother cheered, while everyone else gave us dirty looks. Obviously they were giving us these looks because we didn't worship Annabeth-I'm-So-Perfect Chase. What was the problem of that. I used the ladder and stepped out of the pool. I didn't really pay attention to the rest of the swim races. I was just happy how much I beat Annabeth by. Unfortunately, I paid for humiliating her. She told everyone I couldn't find the answer, which of course made everyone laugh hysterically. Everyone loved Annabeth, and she hated me, so I was very unpopular. Little did I know, Annabeth wasn't as bad as I thought.