The elevator made a dinging sound, signaling that they had arrived on the third floor. As soon as the door was open, Annabeth was out, walking down the hallway and searching for studio 3b.

Annabeth knew it was rude to leave Percy behind like that, but she really couldn't care less. The two of them had hated each other for over half of their lives, and now Percy was trying to be civil? Annabeth thought it was disgusting. She figured it was some sort of prank, it wouldn't be the first time.

Annabeth found the door she was looking for and walked in, slamming the door in Percy's face, who had been trailing behind her after catching up. She heard an indignant cry of "Hey!" before the electronic lock clicked again and Percy walked in, looking irritated. Good.

Mr. D saw the two walk in and scowled.

"Finally, I was beginning to think the two of you would never show up." He said.

"We're fifteen minutes early." Annabeth said, confused.

"Whatever, Anniebelle." Percy snickered behind Annabeth. "Here's your script. You too, Perry Johannsen."
This time, Annabeth laughed. She took the script from Mr. D and walked over to where a couple others were standing.

"Uh, hi?" Annabeth said awkwardly. The two people turned to her.

The first person was a girl, about Annabeth's age, maybe a year or two older. She had long caramel colored hair, and she was wearing a simple white dress with Greek style sandals. She almost looked like a Greek goddess, if they existed.

The second person was a boy, also Annabeth's age, with brown hair and wisps of a beard starting to grow. Annabeth recognized him immediately.

"Grover!" Annabeth exclaimed, pulling him into a hug which he automatically reciprocated. Annabeth hadn't seen him since he left the theater four years ago to accept a role in a Broadway show.

"Hey, Annabeth!" Grover said, releasing her. "How have you been?"

"Great! We just did Dear Evan Hansen, which was a lot of fun."

"Let me guess, you played Zoe?" Annabeth laughed.

"Only on the last day, but I actually played Cynthia. Besides, Percy played Evan. You actually think I could survive playing Zoe the entire time?"

"What about me?" Percy interrupted. Annabeth rolled her eyes, promptly turning away from the conversation.

"Hi, I'm Annabeth." She said to the girl who was standing next to Grover.

"I noticed," the girl laughed. "I'm Calypso."

Behind her, Annabeth could hear Grover and Percy's conversation.

"Still at it with Annabeth, then?" Grover was saying.

"Unfortunately," Percy said. Annabeth rolled her eyes at that. "I tried talking to her yesterday, and I even got here early hoping to talk to her, but she seems really adamant to hate me."

"You've only got yourself to blame for that, man."

Annabeth sighed, annoyed at Percy. Obviously she hated him. Besides, he hated her too. Right? They always argued, pulled tricks during rehearsal, and flat out insulted each other at every possible moment.

"I see you know those two," Calypso said, pulling Annabeth out of her thoughts. "Anything I should know?"

"Well, Grover's alright. That's the one with the brown hair. Percy, however," Annabeth trailed off, looking at the two boys. Percy turned to her at that moment and gave her his trademark troublemaker smile before turning back to Grover. Annabeth rolled her eyes.

"Percy's nothing but trouble. I would stay away from him at all costs." Annabeth finally told her.

"Why? He seems nice enough." Calypso reasoned. Annabeth sighed theatrically.

"You poor, sweet, naïve child. Just you wait until he gets comfortable and shows his true colors."

Calypso laughed, causing Annabeth to laugh as well. Grover and Percy looked at them.

"Talking about us?" Percy asked coyly.

"Actually, yes, we are." Annabeth replied.

"All good things, I hope." Annabeth snorted.

"About Grover, yes." She said smirking, causing Percy to roll his eyes.

"Whatever, Chase," Percy said, walking over to the circle of chairs in the center of the room.

"If you believe that he's trouble, then why were you flirting with him?" Calypso asked Annabeth when Percy and Grover were out of earshot.

"I wasn't flirting with him," Annabeth said defensively. Calypso gave her one of those "I know you're lying but I'll let it pass" looks. Annabeth rolled her eyes, but didn't say anything to further defend herself as Mr. D started talking.

"Alright, people, sit in the circle, and let's get this read through over with. We have three hours, so we're going through the script twice, without the songs both times. We'll do music tomorrow. Got it?"

Everyone did as Mr. D said, not really seeing a reason not to.

The first scene included Annabeth's character, Jayda, Jayda's mother, named Leslie; she was played by a woman in her late thirties named Hestia. The scene also included Jayda's best friend, Rose. Calypso played Rose, which Annabeth was happy to learn.

The scene lasted about five minutes, and soon Annabeth heard Percy talking. She immediately looked at her script, trying to figure out who he played.

No way.

Annabeth re-read and then re-re-read the name, hoping that there was another character whose name looked similar to Shane, because then she could blame her dyslexia, but unfortunately, Annabeth wasn't that lucky.

Annabeth looked up from the papers in her hand to glare at Percy, and he caught her stare, smirking. Annabeth just hardened her glare before turning to look at Calypso, who was obviously trying not to laugh. Annabeth glared at her too. Was nobody on her side today?