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"You look like you haven't slept a wink."

Penny slumped into the room and pulled out a chair,knocking down another one in the process,but she took no notice of this. She sat down messily and grabbed a granola bar from the basket. From what I've seen,she really likes granola bars. She munched on it slowly.

"I didn't. I was up all night."

"Well,I heard you talking on your phone last night. Of course,I could hardly hear anything you were saying." Piper mentioned. Penny shot her a suspicious look. Piper rolled her eyes "Girl,the doors and walls are made of wood and cement,not platinum and lead. So who were you talking to?"

"I was...talking to.."

"Lemme guess. Solace? Maybe he was refusing you a one-night stand." Percy smirked arrogantly. Penny shot him a disgusted look.

"No,I wasn't. I was-I was talking to my dad."

It felt as if the atmosphere was getting colder. I could see Percy's smirk fade and he exchanged looks with his sister before looking away hastily.I glanced at Piper,who was pretending as though she hadn't heard what Penny had just said. I did the same,but I had the feeling that there was something going on. For a whole ten seconds nobody spoke,until Piper cleared her throat.

"Oh,okay. Just checking. So plans today?"

"I'm headed out. Probably will be back early morning." Percy said,messing up his untidy black hair.

"Gunna bang someone again?"

"I have my ways,sis."

"You're disgusting."

"That usually isn't what the girls say. They usually say,'Damn,your di-"

"O-kaaay,can I just say;Way too much information?" Penny chuckled nervously,scooting away from her brother,who shrugged. This idiot seemed so casual about everything. How can any girl fall for him? He's pathetic.

"Suit yourself. Well,I love seeing the bare legs of you ladies-Not you sis-but I'm off to see someone else's at the moment." his green eyes rested on me and he winked before walking out. Did I mention that he's really pathetic? If the world runs out of air due to air pollution,the stock inside of his head will last us all a lifetime.

"How are you two related?" I asked Penny,who sighed,shaking her head.

"Believe me Chase,I ask myself the same thing everyday."

oOoOo

I've never felt more free in my life. In San Fransisco I was under the devil's eyes,always seen as the troublemaker,the nerd,the one with no friends. True,I've always wanted some friends of my own who were as studious as me,but I honestly think that these girls are amazing,even if Penny can be a bit of a...Percy.

"Luke." Penny inclined her head,grinning slyly. It was a bit similar to the grin Percy had whenever he got cocky. She was addressing the same guy who had given me coffee yesterday. He pulled the bill of his cap,his eyes twinkling.

"Penny. The usual?"

"Yup." she nodded. He smiled at all of us,his eyes widening a bit when he saw me.

"Well if I'd known you were a friend of Penny I wouldn't introduced myself earlier. I'm Luke. Luke Castallan." he said,shaking my hand. Penn was right,he actually was kind of cute.

"Annabeth Chase."

He was about to say something when somebody shrieked. We all turned. A girl was standing,looking furiously towards another guy who was drenched in coffee. Now I understood what Luke had told me yesterday/ He sighed.

"I'll come back to you girls later." he inclined his head and walked towards them.

"You know,if Percy had an attitude like that,he would actually have a proper girlfriend," Penny mused,watching Luke break up the couple with an amusing look "Castallan is a fine piece of french loaf."

"French loaf?" I giggled.

"I-I visited Paris once," she said,her grin suddenly fading,but it returned as she turned towards us. "Doesn't matter. So what should-heads up Pipes." she nudged Piper,looking at the door. We turned. I watched as Jason and another guy,who was probably Apollo came walking towards us. Now that I think about it,both of them did have different features. Jason had this scar on his lip and was more stockier,while Apollo was lean,his skin having a glowing tan too it. I glanced at Piper,who went a little red.

"Hey ladies. Ah,Jackson,beautiful as ever." Apollo smirked. Penny smirked back.

"Keep the flirting to yourself Solace. Hey Jason,where's Percy?"

"At Rachel's." he said casually,drawing up to chairs towards our table. We scooted over to allow space for them. I was just happy Percy wasn't here.

"So! Whatcha ladies plan on doing later on?" Apollo grinned. I literally couldn't stop staring at his teeth;It was blinding white.

"Well...we haven't planned anything." Piper shrugged. Just then,Luke came over to us,holding three cups on his plate,which he put down for us. He turned towards the boys.

"Need anything guys?"

"Nah,I'm good. I'm already drinking in the sight of the girl in front of me." Apollo said,his eyes resting on Penny,who rolled her eyes. But I could see that she was flustered. Playing hard to get.

"Yeah,me too," Jason muttered "I mean,I'm good. Not..agh,never mind." he looked a bit nervous,and Piper went as red as a brick. Right,because she was right in front of him. Really,those two should just get together. I'm normally not a matchmaker or check our guys,or even think about love,but these guys were cute. Luke nodded and then smiled at me."Enjoy." he winked before walking away. I felt my face go hot for a moment and hid it by trying to hide under my locks of golden hair. Unfortunately,it didn't work. Penny raised her eyebrow.

"I think he's interested in you." she said. I blinked.

"What?"

"Luke."

"I hardly know him,and no,he isn't interested in me." I said,taking a sip of coffee to relax,but then someone walked in,almost making me spit out my coffee. Percy walked in,his arm around the waist of another girl. She had pale skin and freckles with blue eyes and curly red hair. I assumed this was Rachel,or another poor girl he liked. His eyes went towards us,and they came towards us. Great. Just great.

"Well! This is a nice reunion! Be right back babe." he added to the girl,conjuring up two chairs between me and Jason. She nodded and planted a chaste kiss on his lips before plopping down next to me.

"Hey guys."

"Heyyy Rachel!" Penny said in a false cheery voice "I see you and Percy have bonded."

Rachel beamed "Oh yeah,he's the best." she said. I nearly choked,and Piper grinned at me. Penny looked like she wanted to shove a jar of common sense up her nose so hard it would reach her brain. Just imagining that brought laughter to me,but I hastily willed it down.

"So,you guys are good in bed?" Penny asked. Even the others couldn't hold it. Piper spat out a bit of coffee,while Apollo burst out laughing. Jason simply smiled. I expected Rachel to look flustered,but she gave a weird smile to Penny.

"Right to the point huh? I'd say we're good in and out of bed."

"Here ya go!" Percy came back,putting down a cup of coffee for her. He then plopped himself down in the seat between Rachel and Jason."Now,what's going on?"

"We're having coffee,Perseus," Penny said patiently in a computerized female voice "Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans."

"I don't see you two having any." Percy said to Apollo and Jason,ignoring Penny's coffee lesson.

"I'm having her." Apollo said plainly,inclining his head towards Penny. She smirked.

"Dream all you want,loverboy. Dream allll you want." Penny said,taking a long sip of coffee from her cup "And I don't see you having anything brother."

Percy wrapped an arm around Rachel's shoulders "Well,I'm having something else big tonight." and with that they both started making out. "Ugh,gross," Penny wiped her lips in disgust. I put my forehead in my hand,hoping that they'd stop. This was seriously getting into PDA mode.

"Not in front of us guys." Piper groaned. Finally,they surfaced.

"My bad McLean." Then his eyes went to me,as if waiting for my reaction. I made it clearly shown that I was disgusted by shaking my head and draining my cup. Penny stood up.

"Well,I hate to break it to you ladies and Jason,but we gotta go."

"Wait," Percy held up his hand "How come Jason's the only guy here?"

"Because I said so. And because Piper isn't gay."

"Penny!" Piper kicked her shin,going bright red. Jason pretended as if he hadn't noticed,but he looked a bit abashed. It was obviously that they both liked each other. Apollo gave us a cocky smile.

"So you saying that you're gay?"

"No,I'm just saying that I'm not interested in a guy who bangs a new girl every night." Penny said kindly. She put a few dollar bills under her cup and inclined us to follow her. As we walked past the guys,I caught Percy giving me a wink when Rachel wasn't looking. Hypothetical Creepy Doofus.