Chapter Four: You're SO dead

Drew turned on her heel and sashayed away, gleeful at having the last laugh. Piper slowly turned around to stare at Annabeth. "Annabeth?" She asked nervously. "She is lying. She is, right?" Annabeth asked. "I'm sure she is," Piper said. She was afraid that Drew's charmspeak might have worked. "But- but" Annabeth faltered. "She must be lying," Piper assured her. "Don't let her charmspeak fool you! You're a daughter of Athena, for gods' sake!" "I- but- you're right," Annabeth declared. "That no good, dirty rotten, boyfriend stealing absolute beachball is SO going down. I mean look at what we got! This recording is absolute GOLD."
Annabeth grinned triumphantly at Piper. "Right?" "I- what?" Piper said anxiously. "Of course. Right. Gold." "Are you OK?" Annabeth asked Piper. "Y-yes," Piper said. "I'm-I'm fine. I just- I-" She broke off, sounding worried. "What's wrong?" Annabeth asked. "Nothing," Piper said, sounding more confident. "No, I-I'm fine." Again, she faltered a little bit. "Ok," Annabeth said cautiously. If Piper didn't want to talk, she wouldn't push her to. "So...Do you want to ride in my brand new silver awesome car?" Annabeth said to brighten the mood. "Sure!" Piper grinned, obviously thinking about Drew's reaction to when Annabeth had talked about her driver's license. "Oh, wait," Piper said. "What?" Annabeth said. "I - I actually have a, um, thing," Piper muttered. "I - don't worry, I will get myself there." "I can drop you off," Annabeth offered. "I mean, I'm sure Percy won't mind." At the mention of Percy, Piper looked a little paler. "No thanks. I don't want to - um, to trouble you." "Ok," Annabeth said, totally mystified. "Sure thing." Annabeth headed back to her car, where Percy was. "Hi Perce!" she said cheerfully. "Hi Wise Girl." He smiled. "Sorry I took so long. Piper and I totally got Drew. This recording is absolute gold," Annabeth laughed evilly. "It better be for all that time you just cost me," Percy said in mock annoyance. "Oh, it is," Annabeth said confidently. She tried not to show her anxiety about what Drew had said. After Percy listened to the recording, he shook his head. "That's just…" "So Drew?" Annabeth supplied cheekily. Percy rolled his eyes. "Well, yes. And as for Luke, I have to say, I am surprised he didn't draw his sword." Annabeth snickered. "There are security cameras, though." "Whatever." When they got back to Percy's house, Annabeth and Percy walked in on Paul and Sally making out. "Eww mom!" shrieked Percy. Annabeth dragged him upstairs. "You're so childish. Sorry , !" Finally, Percy and Annabeth got started on their homework. "I don't understand," Percy complained. Annabeth came over. "Don't understand what?"
"This!" he shoved his Geometry homework in her face. "What is the area of a rectangle that has the dimensions 45 centimeters and one foot, in centimeters?" Annabeth read. "Gee, Percy, I really don't know! You're Geometry teacher must be really mean! Giving you such difficult homework on the first day?" She shook her head. "Ah, such a struggle."
"Shut up," Percy growled. "I only need to know how many centimeters are in a foot, OK?" "You should have said that, instead of, 'I don't get it!," Annabeth replied, rolling her eyes. "There are 3,452 centimeters in a foot." "Same thing," mumbled Percy as he punched in, '3,452 x 45' into his calculator. Annabeth stifled a laugh.