Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I really like this chapter because this is kind of how I felt most of the time during my school year. I really hope that you guys like this chapter as much as I do. I am going to start putting quote at the beginning of chapter, I don't know why, I just feel like it. T
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Percy
"Okay, people, we are going to take five minutes then we are going to have that meet. So, don't go anywhere." Thalia shouted into the microphone.
Since no one knew where Piper, Annabeth, Hazel or Thalia was going to start meeting people, everyone was spreading out through the area trying to see them first.
"Come on let's go," Drew said. Reyna, Khione, and Rachel were standing behind her ready to leave.
I remember actually liking Rachel. She was really down to earth and loved art, she use to always wear only one shirt with many paint markings on it. Then during the beginning of high school, she started to become more popular obsessive; meaning that she only cared about being popular, what the trending topics were, and how much make up you can put on your face in a day. Rachel is the one who actually asked me out and being the idiot I am, I said yes. Now that I think of it, she probably only asked me out because of my popularity.
Even though some girls did ask me out when I was with Rachel, most of them knew that that Rachel was my girlfriend. Except this one girl who was a freshman and didn't know who was dating who. Now that I think of it, I never saw her again. Crazy right?
Rachel grabbed my hand, "Come on Percy, and let's go back you your house."
I shook my hand no and pulled myself out of her grip. "I'm going to stay here and see what happens," I trail off.
I didn't want to tell her the real reason for me wanting to stay. To be completely honest, I really wanted to see Annabeth. Don't call me a cheater because I'm not, I wouldn't cheat, not even on Rachel. I really wanted to see Annabeth though.
"Why? You want to see Annabeth don't you?" Rachel shouted at gained some attention, heads turned toward us.
"What, no?" I said shaky. I'm not a great liar.
Rachel's eyes turned cold, "You know what? Fine, let's go girls."
Without another word, they left. Would it be bad to say that I was happy when they left? It took a weight off of my shoulders that I didn't even knew I had.
"You wanted to see Annabeth didn't you?" Jason said to me when they left.
With no shame I nodded my head yes. I miss Annabeth a lot. I would never admit it to Rachel though, that would be a death sentence.
"But Jason, don't you want to see Piper? Nico, don't you want Thalia? And Frank, don't you want to see Hazel?" I asked them.
They all nodded their heads yes. "I heard my name," we say behind us.
We all turned around to see a very happy Hazel; she was smiling like no tomorrow.
"Frank?" Hazel said as her smile faded.
"Hazel, you don't seem that surprised to see me, well us," Frank said.
Frank stepped closer to Hazel, but he looked kind of hurt when Hazel took a small step back, almost like she didn't want to see us.
"Well, Piper actually saw you guys when she was singing I Would You Would, I just didn't expect that you would stay and meet us. Also where are your girlfriends? Piper said that she saw them with you," Hazel said.
I noticed Hazel cringing when she said the word 'girlfriends'. I sort of cringed when she said 'girlfriends' too because I really wish that she-Rachel wasn't my girlfriend.
The guys and I would sometimes just go to my house, in my room, and just share ideas of what would it be like to see the girls again. Mine would always be how Annabeth and I would randomly run into each other at one of her concerts, or she would come to my school, or we were Demigods saving to world together. Jason's would normally be him going out to find Piper and they would live happily ever after. Frank's were about Hazel running into him, like mine, but she would normally be helping out at our school as a teacher's assistant. Nico's would normally start from the very beginning. Us never hurting to girls and he would ask Thalia to listen to Green Day together all the time.
I know that none of that was going to happen, I know that Annabeth would come running into my arms and forgive me for what I-we have done. I know, I know, I know; but sometimes, I really what that picture in my head to be real. So I could have a happy ending. But isn't that what everyone wants, a happy ending?
"They wanted to go, and we wanted to stay," Frank told Hazel.
Hazel opened her mouth again, just about to say something but then a boy came running over to her. I saw Frank tense up, was he jealous or something?
"Hey Hazel, I'm Justin, and I was wondering if I can get a picture with you? I'm a huge fan," the boy-Justin said. Hazel's face brighten.
"Yeah of course," Hazel said,
Justin handed the camera to Frank. "Do you mind taking to picture?" Justin asked Frank.
Frank gave him a tight smile, man, this must be killing him, "Sure man, just stand over there by Haze". Justin went over to Hazel and put an around her waist and Hazel put an arm around Justin's shoulders.
I looked over at Jason and Nico and they had their hands over their mouths trying to stiffen their laughter. Frank took the picture, and handed the camera back to Justin. Right before Justin was about to leave, he gave Hazel a quick peck on the cheek and ran away. I could see Frank burning with jealously.
"Does that happen often?" Nico asked in overprotective brother mode.
"The taking of pictures? Yes. That happens all the time, but the kiss on the cheek thing, that's new. That normally happens with Piper and Annabeth," Hazel said.
Now I'm burning with jealously, I looked over at Jason and so is he. The thought of random people kissing Annabeth kills me.
"Well, the girls and I have to go to the studio and record stuff for our album," Hazel said, as she started to back away.
"I thought that you guys had to meet everyone that went to the concert?" Jason asked her.
"We already did, we all split up so we could cover more area, Annabeth's plan. Also haven't you realized the time, it's almost 11:30," Hazel told us.
"It was nice seeing you Hazel," Frank said.
Hazel gave us a bright smile and turned to run to a car that was waiting for her.
"This might sound crazy, but I really want to follow that car," I told them.
"Then, let's go," Nico said.
We hopped into Nico's car and slowly followed them. I know that this all sounds really creepy, but I just really need to see them.
We followed them to a small building that had a big neon sign that read: STAR SPACE RECORDS we parked about a block away.
"Are you sure that you want to do this? Guys?" Nico asked us.
"I just want to see them," I told him and we got out of the car.
"How do you know that they are even going to let us in?" Jason asked me. I honestly have no idea; I'm just making it up as we go.
"I don't know."
When we walked in, I was surprised that there was no one there. There were two doors, one said: Recording and the other door said: Viewing Booth. I walked over to the door that said: Viewing Booth I turned the door knob and opened it. We all walked into the booth; there was a couch and a one-way glass mirror that took a great chunk out of the wall.
"Be quite, if we are too loud then they could hear us," Frank whispered to us.
We all nodded our head and sat on the couch.
"I think that they taking a break right now," Jason whispered, but loud enough for all of us to hear.
Hazel and Piper were lying down on the floor listening to music, Thalia was half lying down, half dangling off of the piano bench, Annabeth was doing something on her guitar, and the best thing was that we could hear everything that they were saying but they can barely hear us.
Piper lightly tapped Hazel, "Where were you? We were sitting in the car of like 15 minutes."
Hazel sat up. "I kind of ran into them and I don't know why but I could feel jealously off of them" she told the rest of the girls. That got their attention.
"I told you I saw them when I was singing I Would You Would," Piper said. I looked at Jason, only to see him beaming hearing Piper's voice.
"Whatever Beauty Queen, and Hazel, you're too young to know about boys being jealous. Let's just start recording stuff of our next album," Thalia said.
Everyone nodded, "So, anyone got anything new?" Annabeth asked to girls. I love hearing her voice; it was quiet in the studio.
"Did anyone actual write anything beside Piper?" Annabeth asked them again.
Silence.
"Well," Piper said. "If I remember correctly, on the bus, Thalia was sleeping, eating, or listening to music."
Thalia smile and nodded, "You got that right."
And she high fived Piper, I glanced at Nico to see him smiling. It's been such a long time since I've seen Nico have a genuine smile on his face; he and Thalia used to be best friends.
"Hazel and Annabeth were having a challenge to see who could read the most books until the tour ended. And that left me to write most of our song for the album," Piper said again.
She was looking in her bag; she pulled out a sky blue note book, probably full of songs. "I have a bunch of pieces of songs and only one or two finished songs," Piper told them, sitting down at the piano.
"This one I called Clean." Piper said and started to play softly on the piano.
(Piper: Bold Italics)
The drought was the very worst, ah ah
When the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst
It was months, and months of back and forth, ah ah
You're still all over me like a wine-stained dress I can't wear anymore
Hung my head, as I lost the war, and the sky turned black like a perfect storm
Rain came pouring down when I was drowning
That's when I could finally breathe
And by morning, gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean
There was nothing left to do, ah ah
When the butterflies turned to dust, they covered my whole room
So I punched a hole in the roof, ah ah
Let the flood carry away all my pictures of you
The water filled my lungs, I screamed so loud but no one heard a thing
Rain came pouring down when I was drowning
That's when I could finally breathe
And by morning, gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean
I think I am finally clean, ah
Said, I think I am finally clean, ah
Ten months sober, I must admit
Just because you're clean don't mean you don't miss it
Ten months older I won't give in
Now that I'm clean I'm never gonna risk it
The drought was the very worst, ah ah
When the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst
Rain came pouring down when I was drowning
That's when I could finally breathe
And by morning, gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean
Rain came pouring down when I was drowning
That's when I could finally breathe
And by morning, gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean
Finally clean, think I'm finally clean, ah ah
Think I'm finally clean
Piper trail off as her song finished.
"That was really good Pipes, we should use that for our next album," Hazel said as she put a hand on Piper's shoulder.
"Do you want to tell us what that song was about?" Thalia asked Piper. I looked over at the guys and they were all looking at one another.
"Who do you think that song is about?" Jason asked.
"I think it's about you bro," Frank told him.
Then at that moment, I think that is dawned on us how much we really hurt them.
"Did we really hurt them so badly?" I asked them, with obvious sadness in my voice. No one answered.
"Well," Piper began and we al lift our heads up to see what they answer was to Thalia's question. "We all had a rough year. You know with everything that has happened. Us becoming a successful band and now we have to go back to school here."
They are going to school here? "Did you guys know that they were going to school here?" I asked them in a quite voice.
"No," they all said in unison.
Piper continued, "Also everything that happened when we were at school, I guess, I just want to feel clean again and I think that I finally am."
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