Candy Waverly

Percy Jackson is the hottest hottie ever. Black hair, green eyes…. oh, he makes me melt.

The only problem is that he makes every girl melt, including my so-called "friends."

Now, Kimberly is staring at him longingly as he walks out of the locker room in his swim shorts. I swear she's drooling. Not that I'm much better.

Brianna, on the other hand, is making the most of the situation, secretly snapping pictures of his perfect pecs, abs, etcetera. I wouldn't mind if she gave me one picture, but I know that she's just gonna take them, blow them up, frame them, and hang them in her room, with one of his face to keep under her pillow.

But right now, I'm in no mood to stop her. Just watching the captain of the swim team make his way to the pool is enough for me.

Percy says he has a girlfriend. I know because he said so to both Kimberly and Brianna when they asked him out. He politely declined both girls, mentioning a "girlfriend in San Francisco." Please. He's waiting for me. I know it.

"The meet is starting!" Kimberly hisses, spitting drool in my direction.

I nod at her. When she turns away, I wipe the spittle from my arm in disgust. She may be moderately pretty, with platinum blonde hair, fair skin, and light blue eyes, but her general paleness makes her look washed out. Her spit flying everywhere did not make her look any more attractive. Besides, she was your stereotypical dumb blonde. I only hung out with her because she was a popular type and I needed to make sure she didn't join Amber and her crew, the other popular group.

Brianna is smarter and I like being her friend more. She has brown hair with red highlights and dark brown eyes. She has a tan and she and I go shopping all the time… without Kimberly, usually. Kimberly has okay taste, but Brianna has amazing taste, and Kimberly's dumb comments ruin the mood.

I brush my perfectly trimmed black bangs away from my bright green eyes. Well, my eyes aren't actually green. They're dark blue, but I wanted to match Percy and I already had the hair and the tan, so I just got contacts. If Percy even glanced in my direction, he'd see someone perfect for him. Unfortunately, he is too focused on swimming and basketball and his "girlfriend" to pay attention to the girls at Goode.

Percy is winning his race, as usual. He's like a very attractive bullet, or a dolphin… something elegant, fast, and breathtaking.

After Percy's first race comes Zack Daniels' race. Zack is pretty good, but he's nothing on Percy, who's so fast, he could be Poseidon from Greek Mythology class (which I take because- you guessed it- Percy's in it). He even has the Greek language down and he knows pretty much every myth we learn about. Some even seem to incite very personal reactions in him, like he's met some of the monsters and gods….

But that's ridiculous, because they're myths. They don't exist.

Suddenly everyone starts cheering. We won!

Goode won the swim meet and I barely paid attention, but who cares?

We were up against some dumb brainiac school, all architecture-y and smart-alecky and ANNOYING! I saw a few girls from the school, and they were PRETTY! They're brainy! They're supposed to be nerdy and frumpy, but NO! This blonde girl with a great body tucked into a tank top and jean shorts was laughing her head off with a girl from our school! How did they even know each other?

Agh! Off into a tangent. Sorry.

Anyway, I ran up to Percy to congratulate him, but that blonde from earlier got there first.

"Great job, Seaweed Brain," she said to him with a smirk. Up close, I could see that her body was toned to perfection. When she turned slightly, I saw grey eyes. Pretty, but disconcerting. Calculating and freaky and shit.

How the hell did this brainy bitch know Percy?

"Thanks, Wise Girl," Percy replied, his smile-smirk melting me into a puddle. Figuratively, of course, though I wouldn't be surprised if I literally melted.

"I didn't know you'd be coming," he added, snapping me out of a daze.

This so called "Wise Girl" smiled, like she knew something he didn't. "Well, that's because I never told you that I went to Wright High."

Percy laughed. "Yeah, I thought you went to a fancy girls' school, not a prestigious academy. What's the difference?"

Blondie didn't answer.

"C'mon, Annabeth, tell me what the difference is!"

Annabeth? Hmph.

"Fine, Percy. There's basically no difference. You win," Annabeth muttered.

Percy grinned and cried, "I won against Annabeth!"

Immediately, a bunch of random kids materialized around him.

"Well done, Kelp Head!" a spiky haired girl cried. I vaguely remembered her name to be Thalia. She's pretty enough, but too dark to be considered part of my group. Besides, she hates boys. It's too bad, really; if she was a bit girlier and liked boys, she would be a valuable asset, because she's Percy's cousin. They don't exactly look like it, but they do have the same hair. That's pretty much it.

"Yeah, you won against Annabeth for once. Good job," an emo kid muttered. Nico, Percy and Thalia's other cousin. Kind of the odd one out, but they accepted him. I guess it's a family thing? Go figure.

"I've won against Annabeth before," Percy replied in outrage.

"Sure, Perce," a girl with choppy brown hair said. Piper, who is amazingly pretty and popular but refused to be part of my group and Amber's. She was the one talking to Annabeth earlier!

"Yeah, I bet you've beaten her, like, a gazillion times, man!" a super hyper kid named Leo cried with one of his signature nutty grins.

Jason Grace, Thalia's brother and a hottie (though not as hottie as THE hottie, Percy), shook his head and said, "Dude, we'll never believe that you've beaten her more than once. Might as well give up on trying to convince us."

Percy pouted and mumbled something about inconsiderate family members.

I sighed in relief. So Annabeth was just family.

I walked up to Percy, fixing on a winning smile.

"Hey, Perce!" I said happily. "Great job out there!"

He turned to me, looking confused. "Well, thanks, I guess," he muttered, rubbing the back of his neck in discomfort. I make him nervous! Eeep! "And you are..." Wait. He doesn't know me?

"It's Candy," I said, keeping the hurt out of my voice. "Short for Candace, but I prefer Candy."

He nodded.

Leo stepped forward and said, "Why, hello, Candy! Your name suits you, sweetness."

I drew back in disgust. "Watch it, Valdez," I hissed. "I don't want you getting machine grease all over my new shirt." I smirked and turned back to Percy. "Sorry about that, Per-"

"What did you say to him?" Percy asked. His voice had turned hard.

I stared at him in confusion. Leo Valdez was a dork. Why was popular Percy defending him?

"I told him to not grease up my clothes," I said slowly.

Percy's gaze became a glare. I swallowed, and it must have been audible because his friends started laughing. At me! Candy Waverly, popular princess and queen of Goode High, was being LAUGHED AT!

"Shut UP," I declared menacingly.

They just laughed harder.

Annabeth was laughing the hardest.

Then, suddenly, she straightened up and slapped me. Hard.

"I don't like it when self-obsessed bitches like you flirt with my boyfriend," she whispered darkly, eyes cold and deadly.

I couldn't speak. I simply massaged my burning cheek and watched as they walked away.

Just before they left the pool room, Annabeth turned and kissed Percy. Deeply. On the mouth.

"AGH! PDA!" Thalia cried, pushing them apart.

They allowed her to drag them from the room, embarrassed but still grinning like a couple of idiots.

Just before they left, Annabeth shot me a contemptuous smirk.

As I walked back to Kimberly and Brianna, I decided that Amber wasn't worth my time anymore. My newest enemy was Annabeth.

Percy would be mine.

Of course, now that they're engaged, I think my chances are pretty slim.

Okay, so how was it? Is Candy an idiot or what? Sorry if you don't like cursing, but she's a popular high school girl. What did you expect?

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