Annabeth's Pov
After the others fell asleep, I whipped out my phone and dialed a number.
"Hi Annie, what's up?" says a groggy voice.
"Hey, can you bring your girlfriend out here till June?" I ask.
"Why?" Asked the voice.
"The Sirens need a little style help." I said with a smirk.
"Okay then. Yeah, we'll be out by morning"
"Thanks Beck, I owe you one. Bye!" I say, closing my eyes. .
(Next Morning)
"AAAAHHH" I shout, waking to see Silena Beauregard standing over my bed. The others wake up at my scream and leap out of bed to attack Silena with hugs.
"Where's Beckendorf?" Hazel asks quietly.
"setting up the guest rooms!" Silena chirps softly. "Now let's get started!"
(1 hour later)
I looked in the mirror with my friends. We looked good. It was all part of our plan to subtly get revenge. We wanted to show our former classmates who we really were, to make them feel bad for how they treated us. Thalia looked like the scary punk rocker badass we all knew she was. Her dark hair was spiked and filled with bright streaks, and her dark makeup made her electric blue eyes even more unnerving. Her outfit was ripped black jeans with safety pins holding them together, a blood red tank top that had a picture of a grinning skull on it, and a leather jacket covered in patches. To top it all off, she had her black converse that were covered in what looked to be blood, but she swears it's red paint. Hazel looked sweet, almost too sweet, clearly going for the guilt trip of our group. She was wearing a flowy yellow sundress with some white ballet flats, causing her to look even younger and more innocent than normal. Her eyes were done in a gold shade that made her eyes look almost Tim Burton like, far too big for her face. Her cinnamon colored curls were pinned up in a messy bun atop her head. Piper had a kind of effortlessly gorgeous aura, like she could just wake up in the morning and steal your boyfriend or girlfriend without even trying. She had her chestnut brown hair curled slightly, so it looked natural. Her eyes were rimmed in an earthy brown tone that meshed with her tanned skin and went with every color of her eyes. She wore a flowy cropped tank top, and a black skirt. She topped off the look with black vans and a pale blue flower crown. I tried to dress girly, yet slightly nerdy, to remind people that we still are those girls who got laughed out of school. I wore a beige cardigan and a white and pink sundress. On my feet were my old gray converse, the pair I'd worn the day we left. The back of the shoes still had faint stains on them from Drew's lunch. Silena had curled my hair, leaving it in waves down to my elbows. My bangs were pinned back with a gray bow. We grabbed our stuff and headed for the car.
"Ok guys, how about we perform this song today?" I said, flipping to the breakup song section of my songbook. We had asked to perform at the assembly today as part of our plan.
"Sounds good," says Thalia, with a troublemaking smirk plastered on her face.
(Assembly Time)
"Please Welcome the Sirens!" said Principal Brunner.
We stepped onstage to the sound of cheers. Once we were in position, Thalia taps her sticks.
(Annabeth, Piper, Hazel, "Thalia", all)
Here's the thing
We started out friends
It was cool, but it was all pretend
Yeah, yeah
Since you been gone
You're dedicated, you took the time
Wasn't long till I called you mine
Yeah, yeah
Since you been gone
And all you'd ever hear me say
Is how I picture me with you
That's all you'd ever hear me say
But since you been gone
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so moving on
Yeah, yeah
Thanks to you
Now I get what I want
Since you been gone
How can I put it? You put me on
I even fell for that stupid love song
Yeah, yeah
Since you been gone
How come I've never heard you say
I just want to be with you?
Guess you never felt that way
But since you been gone
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so moving on
Yeah, yeah
Thanks to you
Now I get what I want
Since you been gone
"You had your chance, you blew it"
Out of sight, out of mind
"Shut your mouth, I just can't take it"
"Again", and again, and again, and again
Since you been gone ("since you been gone")
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so moving on
Yeah, yeah
Thanks to you (thanks to you)
Now I get, I get what I want
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so moving on
Yeah, yeah
Thanks to you ("thanks to you"), now I get ("Iget")
You should know ("you shouldknow")
That I get
"I get what I want"
Since you been gone
Since you been gone
Since you been gone
The applause was deafening. The guys had stunned looks on their faces. I assumed that they realized the song was about them. They just sat motionless, staring up at us in shock.
"For our last song, we dedicate this to you guys. Not the good friends of ours, but the people who humiliated us out of school. " Says Thalia, moving from behind her drum set to pull down the projection screen behind her. She grabs her laptop and sets it up to run on the projection screen. Meanwhile, Piper runs to turn off the lights. When they return, Hazel plays the keyboard intro. The projection screen begins a slideshow chronicling our years of suffering here.
Skies are crying
I am watching
"Catching teardrops in my hands"
Only silence, as it's ending, like we never had a chance
Do you have to, make me feel like there's nothing left of me?
You can take everything I have
"You can break everything I am"
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
As the smoke clears
I awaken, and untangle you from me
"Would it make you, feel better to watch me while I bleed?"
All my windows, still are broken
But I'm standing on my feet
You can take everything I have
"You can break everything I am"
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
Go run, run, run
"I'm gonna stay right here"
Watch you disappear, yeah
Go run, run, run
Yeah it's a long way down
But I am closer to the clouds up here
You can take everything I have
"You can break everything I am"
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper, Ohhh woaah
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
"Like a skyscraper"
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
The slideshow finishes with a picture of us at the end of our last tour. We sat in front of the Eiffel Tower with our arms around each other, laughing as we looked over the city.
"this was our story: we were just ordinary girls, bullied for doing something that the popular girls didn't like." says Piper quietly.
"You may think of us as idols, but the truth is, we are just like you." I say.
"if you are bullied, get help. If you bully, step back and think about what you are doing. Do you want the guilt of causing a classmate's death?" whispers Hazel, staring down at her feet.
"And for the love of all the gods, never just watch someone get bullied! Doing nothing is almost as bad as being the bully!" cries Thalia.
"Contrary to what you might think, I'm not a socially inept loser," I say.
"I'm not a homeless bum," says Piper sadly.
"I'm not a weak idiot," says Hazel timidly.
"I'm not a violent gang member." Says Thalia quietly.
"I am Annabeth" I state
"I am Piper"
"I am Hazel"
"I am Thalia"
"And I am unique" we say in unison.
We exit the stage, and head back to the car. Of course the guys are sitting there waiting for us.
"Oh. It's you. What do you want? Says Hazel coldly. Hazel is typically the sweetheart of the group, so when she's angry; you know you're screwed.
"we just want to talk" says Jason
"Talk! After all this time you want to talk? You could've called us last year if you wanted to talk!" shouts Piper, her kaleidoscopic eyes narrowed in disgust.
"Let's go girls. if you try to follow us, there'll be some serious pain" says Thalia plainly, as if she was saying the sky was blue.
Percy puts his hand on my shoulder as I turn to walk away. "Look Wise Girl-"he starts. With that I whirl around and flip him over my shoulder.
"Never. Call. Me. That. Again." I say. "Not now, Not ever. You lost that right in the cafeteria last year, idiot." I practically spit. I walk over to the car and hop in, to see the girls staring at me with expressions of awe. Not many girls can flip the swim team captain flat on his ass.
"Step on it Argus." I say angrily.
We peel away from the school excited to work on our songs.