Chapter 2

Annabeth's POV

I staregive a very deadly stare to everyone who passed by me. I'm really not in a good mood today. Why? There's this big football match that everyone's going crazy about. What about it? Big match means a lot of practice. A lot of practice means no time. No time means no Luke.

And to prove my theory, Luke just spending time with me at lunch, which wasn't a lot time, considering he still have to give that time for his friends too. And after school, he's going practice. I've got nothing to do.

Thalia? Well, if you ask me, I'm a bit lost here too. Thalia seems to be busy nowdays. I don't know why and what she has been doing all this time, I seriously don't know. I guess I have to ask her next time.

I sighed. I really don't know what to do, since I'm alone afterschool. I didn't feel like coming home. School has just started. So there's no homework or project to to. So I went to the place I like the most. Library.

The favorite thing about library in New York is, they never run out of books to read, and they have everything here. As soon as I got there, I go to architecture section, and started reading.

I think I spend 3 hours of reading there, and I had enough, I want to go home. I'm hungry. I'm about to leave when I saw him. Percy Jackson. He's reading very seriously, so I decided to talk to him for a while.

"Hi."
He was so shocked, he literally jumped from his seat. His face was so funny, my laugh exploded. Everyone in the library 'ssshhhhhh' me, so, with a few failed attempt to stop, I finally stoped.

"Not cool, Annabeth, not cool." He said to me with this confused, annoyed, and smiling? Face.
"Hey, I just passing by and I saw you here. what are you reading?"
"It's an biology book, about sea animals." He took the book and show me the cover of the book.
"Oh, so that's where your dead serious face come from." I said, smiling.

He stay quiet, and look at me with this ashamed face. I raised my questioning eyebrow.
"I'm having dyslexia. So it's hard for me to read it." He said looking down. He's very shy.
"Oh." I said, not knowing what to say and do. And again, awakward.
"Umm, I have to go home. It's 5pm anyway."

"What?! It's 5pm already?" He said, looking at his old watch.
"Hey, nice watch."
"Yeah, it's my father's." He said mysteriously.
"Ok." I think hes not telling me the whole truth. But then again, I never bother to know it. it's his business, not mine. In life, the lesser you care, the happier you will be.

Since we're neighbours, we walk to our apartment together. Surprisingly, we have a lot in common. Okay, we have only 1 thing in common as fas as I know, and that is reading. We spend the rest of our time together talking about books, and believe it or not, that is very interesting.

Much to our dismay, we reached 33th floor, and we went to our seperate apartment.

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Finally! Today i'm going to spend my days with Luke. Well, actually, it's Luke and Thalia. I decided to bring Thalia along, because this is my first date, I don't know what to do, and I don't want thing to get awkward between me and Luke, so I decided to bring her along.

I'm so lost in my own thoughts I don't realize that there's someone behind me "Boo!"
"Whoa!" That scared the hell out of me! I almost jump!
And then, that person started to laugh. I spun around. And found, the one and only, Thalia.

"Thals! What the heck! You scared the hell out of me!"
"Whoa, relax princess, I'm just messing with you." She said still chuckling "So where do we go now?"
"I don't know, maybe we should wait for Luke."
She rolled her eyes "Whatever."

"So, I noticed that lately, you've been busy. What's up?"
"It's my cousin, he just moved here. So I helped him."
"Thalia? Helping? Is the world ending?" I said with a grin on my face
She frowned "You got a problem with that? Or should I show you some of new uppercut punch?"
I raise my hands "No, I really got no poblem with that."

Speaking of moving, I just remembered about Percy "Hey Thals."
"What?"
"I got a new neighbour, he's my english teacher and his son."
"Your english grade must be great this year." She said sarcastically. It's not my fault if I love studying!
"What do you mean by that?" I narrowed my eyes. "Anyway, his name's Percy, and he seems to be a good guy."

Thalia stiffened. "Wait who?"
"Percy Jackson."
"Oh my fucking god! I forgot that Olympus Apartment 33th floor is your apartment!"
I can guess what she 's going to say next.
"He's my cousin!"

"I never know that your uncle is an english teacher."
She frowned. "His father is an english teacher?"
"What? How come you don't know your own family?"
"I don't know anything about his mom or dad, what I know is that he's my cuz."
"How come?"
"You know that my dad have a lot of brothers and sisters, right?"
"Right."
"I don't know which family he came from, he just come to my family reunion. I don't know how far our relation is, cause my family reunion is more like a party than a reunion. there's so many people there."
"Oh, I get it."
"Great, cause Luke's coming." I turn around and see Luke running towards us. He's dressed with a massy shirt, and a massy hair.

"Hey! Sorry I'm late! The practice took longer time than I thought. After it ended, I immediately went here in a hurry."
"Oh, it's ok, we just arrived." I smiled.
Thalia snorted and muttered "Yes, half an hour ago." I hit her ribs a little with my elbow.
Luke narrowed his eyes towards her, but shrugged it off.

The rest of the day went really great. Well, at least for me and Luke. Thalia must be feelling like a third wheel cause after only an hour, she decided to go, cause she want to visit her newfound cousin. I knew that she's lying. She's been my best friend for 6 years anyway. But I shrugged it off this time.

Me and Luke go around the mall, just chatting and hang out in Starbucks. I'm really having a great time there, cause I don't realize that this is 8pm now.

"Luke, I got to go."
"Why? Does my little Annie have a curfew?"
I flinched a bit, I don't like people calling me Annie, but since it's Luke, I decided to let it off."
"No, but I wnt to go home."
"Why? You said that you're away from your parents right? We still have so much stuff to do." He frowned.
"Just this time, ok?"
He groaned "Oh come on Annie, next time will be a long time. I hardly have time because of my upcoming match."
"I'm sorry Luke." I really want to stay, but I never back down in my own desicion. "Bye." I waved aat him, and turn around. I swear I heard "What? No kiss? Whatever." But when i turned at him, he's already on his way home too. Once again, I sighed.

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I'm going to unlock the door when I heard a faint laughing noise coming from Percy's apartment. It sounds like Thalia. I decided to go there first. It seems like Thalia's not lying after all. I knocked 3 times.
*Knock knock knock*
I hear a faint "Come in" noise.

I opened the door and I saw Percy and Thalia watching a Big Stan film.

"Hey, Annabeth. Your date's over?" Thalia asked.
"Yes it is. I feels like going home."
"Well that's great then, so you can join us!" Percy said "Thalia came here a frew hours ago."
"So Thalia, you're not lying about visiting Percy?"
"No, actually I lied that time. I feels like a third wheel to you and Luke, so I decided to go. But I don't want to go home, so I end up visiting this kelp head here." She said innocently while hit Percy's back head.
"Hey!" Percy protested.

I laughed. They're getting along very well.
"So, am I going to wait here all night or you're going to spare me some room in your sofa?"
They moved from their original spot, and leave them for me. "Thanks."

We laugh a lot during the movie, and finally, the movie's over.
"Man, that movie sure is great!" Thalia said
"Of course, I picked it myself." Percy said
"You're lying. I know your mom pick it for you, cause I know, you can never picked a movie like that. Your sense of humor is strange."
"AM NOT!" Percy pouted
"Yes you are, tell me 1 joke."

"Well, there's a mermaid washed up on the shore, and there's a sailor who's going to help her, and he said. 'Hold on mermaid, I'm going to rescue you.' and then, the mermaid splashed him with a water. The sailor got surprised. 'What's that for?' and the mermaid said 'That's for calling me MrMaid. First, I'm a girl, therefore, I'm Mrs, not Mr, and second, I'm not a maid.'"

After finishing his story, he rolled on the floor laughing, and me and Thalia just sit there and watch him laughed. "Don't you get it?" More laughter "Mermaid" More laughter "MrMaid" He said still rolling on the floor, and finally, he stopped.
"How's that?" He asked

Thalia decided to stand up, and go get a glass of ice cold water. Percy still sat on the floor, confuse. I'm confused too. But with Thalia, I think she's going to do something epic.

Thalia's still holding the water, and she's walking towards Percy, and after she's on top of him, she pour the freezing cold water on top of Percys head.
"I hope this water can stop your kelp growth in your head."
"But Thalia, water is helping kelp growth right?" I said, holding my laugh
"Right, but as you can see, he's abnormal."

Okay, right now, I can't hold it anymore. I laugh my ass off right there. Soon, Thalia joined me. Percy, being a little bit slow, eventually join us too.
"It hurt my pride, but I have to admit that one's funny." Percy said in between his laugh.
"You have no pride to begin with kelp head." Thalia retorted.
After that, we laugh one more round.

Later that night, I'm going back to my apartment because Percy's dad, Paul, and Percy's mom, Sally, just arrived after their date. Well that, and because Thalia had left. I feel sorry for ditching Luke like that. But on the other hand, I'm happy to get a great time from Percy and Thalia.

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I don't know if you find that joke funny or not. I figured it out myself. I'm bad at writting jokes. But i'm good at making jokes spontaniously.