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FRIDAY

The rest of the week, and today in fact, was pretty much like the first day. Every time I wanted to talk to her, I'd either chicken out, or well... Chicken out. It's not that I don't know how to talk to girls, it's just that I've never been really good at talking to people. I always assume that they don't want to talk to me, or that I'm boring them, or I'm in the way of something, or etc. The list goes on and on. Either way, nothing really interesting happened except for maybe this one thing in 5th period History on Thursday.

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THURSDAY

I was actually paying attention in class for once (Thalia had Physics, for which I was both sad and thankful for). We were studying Ancient Greece, interesting stuff, when the teacher announced that we were gonna have to pair up on a group project about the Gods. It was an important one, cause this project counted for 30% of our grade! We had 6 months to work on it, so we had to choose our partner wisely. After that every one started to pair up, well... except for me. None of my friends were in this class so obviously I was freaking out just a teensy bit. But then something weird and yet amazing happened. Annabeth Chase, Thalia Graces BEST FRIEND (I cannot stress this enough!), came up to me.

Here's a little background on Annabeth Chase: She has blond princess curls and the only thing more intimidating about her than her stormy grey eyes was her dresses and acts pretty similarly as Thalia Grace, but seemed more reserved. Where Thalia was this hard to miss presence, she was a more subtle one. Thalia was more 'in-your-face'than Annabeth. You'd have to keep your eye out for her, but once you see her, she's hard to miss. She has a competitive streak and a pride bigger than all of the oceans combined. You'd see her with a scowl more often than not. In fact, I haven't seen her smile once, since I came here. That seems like enough background for now, back to the story then:

She came up to me and said "Hey you're that emperor penguin guy, right?"

I blushed and answered "Er... Um, yeah. That's me. I suppose Thalia told you that?"

She laughed, she's actually really pretty when she laughs, and said "Of course! Thalia gets hit on, like a lot, but that was the first time in a long time a guy managed to have leaved her speechless. Frankly when she told me that, I laughed my ass off, yes, but I also thought that it was kinda sweet. In a dorky and lame way of course."

I did not know what to do. After that there was an awkward silence, and I felt a random ocean fact coming up, but before I could embarrass myself she said

"So... You're probably wondering why I came up to you."

"Er, um, well kind of? Unless it's a habit for you to bring up my mortifying moments?" I said.

"Be careful there Percy... It might become one" she said with a wink. Wait... Is she... Flirting? With me? Nah, probably misreading the situation It couldn't be!

"Anyway I just came up to you to ask if you wanted to be my partner?" she asked me. Is she asking me to be her boyfriend?! I mean I guess she's really pretty and smart and now that I think about it, maybe it could work out if- Wait what am I thinking?! I have to let her down gently. I like Thalia. Right?

I must've looked confused and zoned out, cause she waved her hands in front of my face and said "Umm, Percy are you alright?"

"Huh? Oh yeah, sure. I was just, uh, in another place. What did I miss?" I said.

"Nothing much, I was jus asking you if you'd like to be my partner? For the project? About the Gods?"

"Ohh, that's what you meant! Yeah, sure I'd love to!" I answered.

"What else could I have meant?" she asked me confused.

I blushed and said "Nothing else." I had to change the subject. Fast! OH, I know! "Umm.. Hey did you know that oysters can change from one gender to another and back again, depending on which is best for mating? Pretty cool, huh?" I said.

"Uhh, yeah. I guess so." she said while looking at me weirdly. "When can you work on this project with me?" she asked.

"Oh, doesn't really matter. How about Friday?"I responded.

"No can do."

"Okay, Saturday?"

"Not sure" she said uncertainly.

"So, Sunday then?" I was starting to get a little irritated at this point.

"Definitely not. You know what, Saturday will do. Hope you don't mind that Thalia might be there, we kinda have plans. But don't worry, it's in the afternoon." she answered hurriedly.

Suddenly, my mind tarted to wander. Thalia will be there? Maybe she'll wear a short dress that'll show off her magnificent legs, that are just attached to juiciest- Bad Percy! Focus! You have an important school project! 'Oh, shit, answer her idiot! But! Be cool.'

"Oh? I guess I don't mind, much. Thalia's the one with green eyes right? Oh, wait that was Amanda! Could you refresh my memory, cause I'm drawing a blank here." I said nonchalantly as I had not a care in the world. 'Damn, I'm totally pulling this playing it cool off! Self mind five!' I thought.

"Um, Thalia's my best friend. Awesome punk rock chick with blue eyes? The girl you sprouted emperor penguin facts with? That ring a bell?"

"Hmm, now that you mention it, I might recall her. Guess I'll have to see Saturday. Or not. Whatever." And after that I stood up to leave cause right at that moment the bell rang. And let me tell you, I kinda felt bad ass.

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FRIDAY

And here we are now. I just finished school and was on my way home, when a black truck, Nico's, stopped right beside me blasting Victorious by Panic! At the Disco. Nico rolled down his window and said five little words that changed everything. "We're going to a party!"

And that's a wrap! Sorry this chapter took so long, holidays ya know? It doesn't help that I've written and rewritten this chapter at least a dozen times, or so. Anywho, once again thanks for reading I hope you enjoyed. And if not, please tell me why and what I can do better next time. That's all for now, so... Merry Christmas guys and a Happy New Year!

Oh, and I posted a poll on my profile, you guys should check it out. It's about who you'd like to see Percy end up with. I'd really appreciate if you guys voted, so that I can see what you guys wanna read. I've already sorta got a plot in my head, but it's nor set it stone. I could easily see it ending another way than i originally imagined. So, please vote so that I can see what you guys want to read. Ciao for now.