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Jessica's POV
I nearly snorted out loud when I saw the new girl. I mean, please, I heard rumors about her. People are even comparing her to me. Seriously? This new girl isn't even worth one strand of glossy hair from my head, how could they ever see her like me? No make-up, no hair highlights, no designer clothes, no nothing. She was a plain girl with sea green eyes and black hair. She wore a gray t-shirt with a wolf on it, which totally disgusts me. Who would want some flea infested mutt printed on their shirt? And get this! She wears last season jogging pants! Who wears those anymore? The only way I had even heard of her was because of the Pool Incident months ago. I decided to show everyone once and for all that they will no longer compare this lowly rodent of a girl with a totally in season girl like me. When I spotted her, she was with her group of friends. I grinned, this was also a chance for me to make a good impression in front of Percy Jackson and get him to dump his nerdy girlfriend for me. I walked towards them. Leo turned and saw me,
"Leave us alone Jessica," he snapped,
"And why should I listen to you?" I asked, still advancing towards them. Their group stopped and looked at me,
"Stop following us Jessica, you know I'm not interested," Percy said, rolling his eyes,
"Who's this?" the new girl asked,
"Timothy, this is Jessica Lelon," said Nico, the goth kid, "Most popular girl in school SO FAR," I gritted my teeth when he loudly emphasized so far. Then, I relaxed, his voice caught the attention of the nearby kids. Excellent I thought gleefully, the more kids that are listening, the quicker they would stop comparing me to a lump of dirt.
"I'm sorry Nico, did you say her name was Jessica Lemon or Jessica Melon?" the new girl Timothy asked, her eyes mocking. Oohh's and snickering rose up from the crowds around us. I felt my face start to burn with embarrassment and anger. I choked it down and tried to replace it with a smile,
"It's Lelon dear," I said as sweetly as I could. I scanned her up and down and pretended to be surprised, "Dear, I believe you are wearing entirely last season jogging pants." I said. More snickering from the crowds but Timothy didn't even bat an eye. Thalia stepped up to say something, but Timothy beat her to it,
"Really? I'm sorry, I'm not much of a fashionista. Another thing I don't know much about is how you are stupid enough to think that you can trick other people into thinking you have pink glittery eyelids," Timothy replied with a smug expression,
"Get burned!" A kid called from the crowd, and everyone started to bust out laughing. Their mocking laughter rang in my ears, I glared at Timothy, all the fake friendliness gone,
"My last name is Morale, thought I'd give it to you so you can remember me by," she smirked,
"Don't you ever think for a second that this is over," I snapped,
"Toodles Lelon," she said, waving her hand. She and her friends walked away, still giggling and smirking. Only I stood there, just me and the mocking laughter.
Thalia's POV
"Dude! Where did you learn to burn like that?" Leo asked as we walked away from the crowd. I expected Timothy to get mad and tell him to stop calling her "Dude," but Timothy just smirked,
"I got a few tricks up my sleeve from the Hermes kids before I was claimed," she replied,
"For a sister of Percy, you're really good," I teased,
"Hey!" Percy complained, but Timothy only laughed,
"How did you become so immune to insults?" Annabeth asked. For a moment, just a moment, Timothy's smiling face darkened, it quickly returned to a smile,
"Well, if you know how to burn, you have to know how to prevent
them," she said with a shrug, "But with Jessica it was easy, she doesn't
even know how to burn," Timothy rolled her eyes.
"Hey guys," said Percy, "It's almost spring break, and I'm going to be
on vacation at this hotel, I was wondering if you guys wanted to join me?"
"Sure," we all said,
"Great! You should start packing your bags; we are going to California!" Percy said enthusiastically,
"We're going to CA? Nice!" said Nico. Percy looked at Timothy uncertainly,
"Are you sure your mom is going to let you come?" he asked,
"Yep," she replied, almost immediately, he shrugged,
"If you say so,"
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First Day of Spring Break
"Hi Annabeth, hi Thalia," Percy greeted as we walked into the airport, "Where's Nico, Leo, and Timothy?"
"Carpool," Annabeth and I said in unison,
"Let's go wait for them at the entrance," Percy trotted off to the sliding door of the airport and we followed him.
After a while, a yellow taxi pulled up in front, our friends got off and waved to us,
"Hey guys!" I called. We ran to help with their luggage and the driver helped too. When we were done, we thanked the driver and tipped him. He wished us a good trip and drove off,
"So, when's our flight? You told us to be here at five but you never told us when we're leaving," said Leo,
"Around seven thirty I believe," said Percy, checking the tickets, "I wanted everyone to be here early so we could have some extra time to look around in the stores,"
"Cool beans," said Timothy, she gave Percy a fist bump, "Come on, let's get all this stuff inside, it's so cold," she shivered,
"You want a jacket?" Leo and Nico offered at the same time,
"Nah, I'm fine," she said, "Thanks," she picked up her carry-on suitcase, "Come on, let's go find some carts to put our luggage on,"
"I saw some over there," Annabeth said, pointing,
"What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Timothy grabbed Nico's and Leo's wrists and dragged them into the airport.
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