Garrison Peters POV

When I first met Annabeth, I immediately thought she was cute. Then, when she didn't ignore me like everyone else and was really nice, I thought she was my soul mate. When I found out that she was even smarter than I was, my infatuation grew. She was perfect: beautiful, kind, and smart. Also, she stood up for me. When Mark Russell, the school bully, came up to me and started shoving me around, she judo flipped him and warned him to quit bugging me. She was loyal and strong.

The only problem?

She didn't like me back.

And she had a boyfriend.

She was always talking about him. Percy did this, Percy did that, I love Percy, I can't wait for you to meet Percy… She never stopped! At first, he was just her friend. Then, after she came back from a summer trip to New York, suddenly he was her boyfriend.

According to Annabeth, his name was Percy Jackson and he had a bit of a "troubling past."

"But he's still a great guy," she said to me once. "He's gone through a lot, but he's still a wonderful, modest, humble person, which is surprising, because he's accomplished a lot more than many people accomplish in their entire lifetimes! You'd think that he'd at least take advantage of the bragging rights, but nope!" She'd smile a little dreamily. "He's still my Seaweed Brain."

And he was coming to San Francisco. To see Annabeth.

Now I got to suffer through the torture of my soul mate babbling about her perfect, amazing boyfriend.

Oh joy.

I sat down in front of my computer. The moment before I turned it on, I glimpsed my reflection. Dark brown hair, slightly mussed the way she likes it, button down shirt, a face that is reasonably attractive, and blue eyes. I mean, I'm not a troll. I have plenty of girls crushing on me. I'm cute.

Of course, Percy Jackson, from what Annabeth says, has pitch black hair all messed up like he just took a walk on the beach. He's over six feet tall. He has a great tan. Best of all, his "beautiful eyes" are sea green. According to Annabeth, they "sparkle like sunlight on water."

How did he make her this girly? She was never this girly. Mark Russell is girlier than she is.

Well, it didn't matter. What mattered is what Percy Jackson's "troubling past."

If he had a history of thievery and kidnapping innocent girls and she didn't know it, I'd have her for sure!

I typed the name "Percy Jackson" into the search box.

I did not expect to see what I saw.

At twelve, he was subject of a nationwide manhunt and accused by his stepfather of murdering his mother! Then his mother was found and he was pardoned.

At thirteen, he was subject of ANOTHER nationwide manhunt for blowing up his school gym! Wait, he was pardoned for that, too…

There was also a list of how many schools he'd been kicked out of.

Six.

Six.

I'm going to die.

How could Annabeth like this… this delinquent?

Then I saw a picture.

Oh. Well that explains it.

He's a swimmer. An amazing one. He wins every swim meet he competes in. He's known for being better than some Olympic level swimmers.

So, to add to list the list of physical traits of Percy Jackson: swimmer's body.

This guy has it all.

Including a very incriminating past.

An evil grin began to form on my face, then slides off.

Annabeth wouldn't just go out with a guy without knowing his past. She would do a background search. Heck, maybe he told her himself! You never know.

Well, despite knowing that Annabeth would be happier with me, I thought that maybe I should let this lie. I didn't want to hurt her or have her and her boyfriend hurt me. I didn't want to break her heart or have her hate me. Or both.

Well, Jackson was coming to Cali the next day. I'd see what he was like then.

I quickly changed into my pajamas and climbed into bed, dreaming of Annabeth leaving Jackson and her lips touching mine.

#$%^&*! (A/N Is the line break weird? If so, just let me know! Heh. Rhyme.)

Annabeth dragged me to the airport with her.

"As my best friend from school, you should be there to meet my best friend from New York," she said in her this-is-so-obvious voice.

Then I got stuck holding the sign she made. For some reason, it was in Greek. I'd been taking Greek recently (because Annabeth takes Greek) and I knew enough to decipher the words written on the blue poster board in green letters: Καλώς ήρθατε στην Καλιφόρνια, φύκια εγκέφαλο! (Welcome to California, Seaweed Brain!)

"His flight just landed," Annabeth said to me, excitement clear in her voice. Her hair was braided over her shoulder with silver threads. A grey feather hung from the bottom of the braid. She said she'd taken the hairstyle from a friend named Piper. She was wearing a long, flowing grey tank top with two buttons and a pocket on the left side of her sternum over a white tank top. White jean shorts and green converse completed the look. She looked beautiful. As usual.

Then I heard a voice yell, "Wise Girl!"

Annabeth turned away from me. "Seaweed Brain!"

She started running, running towards a guy.

That guy had pitch black hair. He was tall and had a great tan. I couldn't see his eyes, but I knew that they were green.

He grabbed her and lifted her into the air, spinning as he did so. Annabeth threw her head back and laughed.

Then he placed her down and

kissed her.

Kissed.

Her.

He kissed her.

Oh, Jesus, he kissed her.

He's so dead.

But I didn't move. Why didn't I move? Why were my hands not forming fists? Why was I not smashing that guy to bits?

Because Annabeth was there. She looked so happy. She was hugging him, whispering something to him, and he was laughing, looking happy as a clam, love in his eyes.

Love in his eyes.

He really does love her.

And that's what took the fight out of me. When Annabeth dragged him over, I didn't try to beat him up. When he held out his hand for a handshake, I accepted. His handshake was firm. His eyes were warm.

"Hi, I'm Percy," he said, smiling. "You must be Garrison. Wise Girl over here has told me a lot about you."

I returned his smile. "Yeah, same here."

I'll never be able to like him, but if he makes Annabeth happy, it's good enough for me.

Okay peeps, hope you enjoyed! I'm having a little trouble with my next chapter, but I'll update as soon as possible! I try my best, and there are so many viewpoints to explore! If you have any specific viewpoint that you want a chapter to be from, just tell me and I'll try to get it done. Also, if you have any questions, I'll try to answer them, so send 'em in!

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