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Chapter Four
When the bell rang, Annabeth bolted out of her chair, grabbed Katie by the hand and thrust her out of the door. She was practically sprinting down the hall until she finally reached her locker, which was right beside Katie's. Annabeth had at least five minutes before her next class, so she could feel free to rant about Percy.
"I just," Annabeth said while beginning to hyperventilate. "Made out with…."
"Percy Jackson," Katie finished to Annabeth. "Yeah. The whole class saw. I can't believe Mr. Carson talked about tongue baths." Katie faked a shiver. Annabeth stared at Katie with annoyed wide-eyes. She still hasn't stopped hyperventilated. "Girl, take a chill pill! I don't even think Percy cares that much. See? He's over there by his locker and getting ready for his next class. Stop freaking out. Just take deep breathes. Deep breathes."
"Hey Annie!" Annabeth hear Thalia yell. "I can't believe you locked lips with Percy. Nico's going to freak."
"Wait, why would Nico care?" Katie asked.
"Percy and Nico's cousin. Duh," Thalia scoffed. "Besides, you two making out is all the school!"
"Shit," Annabeth cursed. "I have to get to PE. Do you know where Luke is? We're supposed to walk together."
"Down there, talking to Nico and the Stoll Twins." Thalia pointed in their general direction.
"Thanks," Annabeth muttered as she nearly sprinted off to Luke.
The next couple of periods were fun, mostly because Percy wasn't in them. PE was okay, even though Rachel Elizabeth Dare was there. Architecture was fun, of course. Her mother was even mentioned in the presentation. Math was okay, pretty boring though. Of course, having Juniper, Chris and Clarisse made the class more fun. Now, Annabeth was being accompanied to lunch by Juniper, Chris and Clarisse where they would meet up with the rest of her friends.
Inside the cafeteria, people were bustling around, trying to steal any open spot. The populars were pushing people aside and forcing their way to a table farthest away from the entrance. Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Mark and their friends occupied the table directly in front of the populars. Then there were the jocks, who walked in and stole a couple of nerds food before getting their table. A new wave of freshmen students desperately tried to find a table without getting in the way of huge seniors.
Finally, Annabeth laid eyes on her and friends. Luke was picking at a piece of cheese pizza while keeping one arm Thalia. The Stoll Twins were pointing at different people and talking about new pranks that they were going carry about while Katie and Grover were having a conversation about the environment. Then, Annabeth laid eyes on Nico and Percy. She stiffened but then she felt Juniper nudge her on the back. Quickly, Clarisse, Chris and Juniper took their seats. Then, Annabeth realized that the only open spot was by Percy. Annabeth sighed, irritated, as she sat beside him. Annabeth awkwardly looked at him but when Percy refused to make eye contact with her, she narrowed her eyes. Was he trying to ignore me? Was it that bad?
"Everyone," Nico said, "I'd like you to meet Percy, my cousin. This is Luke, Thalia, Juniper, Chris, Clarisse, Travis and Connor Stoll, Katie, Grover and Annabeth." Percy nodded and smiled. "Try to make him feel welcome."
"Yo sis!" Someone called out from a distant. Annabeth turned around to see a golden blonde haired boy bound toward them. Behind him were a girl with curly hair and earthy green eyes and an elfish boy with curly black hair and dark brown eyes. Annabeth swore that she heard Thalia growl. "Thalia!"
"Wait a second," Annabeth said, "This is your brother?!"
"Yes," Thalia snapped.
"I don't see the resemblance," Nico said, jokingly. "He's much better looking."
"Shut it, Di Angelo," Thalia snarled before facing her brother. "Jason, what are you doing here? What part of 'leave me alone in school' don't you understand?"
Jason shrugged. "I wanted to meet your friends." He faced Annabeth. "Hello," he said in a flirtatious voice, "I'm Jason."
The girl hit Jason on the shoulder. "Sorry about him. My boyfriend can be a little bit of joker. I'm Piper McLean and that's Leo Valdez. Do you mind if we sit here?" Piper pointed to the remaining open seats besides Annabeth.
"Sure," Annabeth said, warmly.
"Thanks," Piper replied. Piper grabbed Jason's hand and she sat beside Annabeth. Leo squished himself at the very end. "So how were your first few classes?" Suddenly, Katie snickered. If Annabeth had been anywhere near Katie, she have kicked her so hard that there would be a bruise the size of a tulip. "What?" Piper asked, curiously.
"Nothing," Percy replied, speaking for the first time this whole lunch.
"Really? I thought I heard something interesting happened in English," Clarisse said mockingly.
"Nope," Percy replied, casually. Annabeth her eyebrows. What did he just say? "English was boring as ever. The teacher's really weird, though."
"Annabeth," Leo said, "You okay? You look like you just got punched in stomach."
Annabeth shrugged, "Everything's fine. Percy's right. Nothing," she snapped, sending Percy an irritated glare, "Happened in English.
For the rest of lunch, Annabeth didn't say one word. She didn't even listen to Jason while he told embarrassing stories of Thalia when they were younger, or listened to very long and boring debate about the earth or even paid any attention to how Piper and Jason met. She just couldn't forget about Percy. How could he just say that nothing happened in English? Didn't Percy like Annabeth almostas much as Annabeth likes Percy?
"Is everything okay?" Luke asked Annabeth after lunch and on their way to homeroom. Grover and Juniper were trailing behind them whispering to themselves. "You haven't been the same ever since lunch."
Annabeth looked up at Luke with huge, curious gray eyes. "Before you Thalia went out, did you have this moment where you sometimes wonder if Thalia didn't actually like you and that she wanted nothing to do with you at all?"
Luke grinned. "This is about Percy, isn't it?"
"Luke, just answer the question."
Luke sighed. "Yeah. There were times that I thought that Thalia wanted nothing to do with me."
"And what did you do?"
"Well, I tried to do it, too. I tried ignoring her. I tried to stop liking her but I couldn't."
"Then what?"
Luke shrugged, "I just tried to be her friend. I figured that even though she won't like me, it doesn't hurt to just be a friend that she can talk to and trust. Just being there for her is enough."
"Be good friends? That what you suggest?"
"Yeah."
Okay, Annabeth thought to her as she rounded the corner to her homeroom class, just be friends.
"Annabeth, homeroom is right there," Luke said, pointing to an open door. As Annabeth and Luke went inside, Annabeth froze. "Holy shit," Luke whispered.
Annabeth gasped. In front of her was Rachel Elizabeth Dare kissing Percy Jackson.
Sorry, I had to do a cliffhanger! Don't worry, I make sure that people reading this finds out what happens to Percy and Rachel and how Annabeth will react.
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