Rachel POV

I admit, I am super nervous right now walking over to Percy's table. Even though Annabeth is by my side and I've changed, I'm not sure if Percy and his friends will accept me. I glanced over and saw Percy staring at Annabeth, lovesick. Aww, they're so cute together. Percabeth, Silena had called them. I missed her a ton, but I know she died a heroic death.

Anyways, as we got closer, I started to have second thoughts about doing this. It's not that bad I tried to convince myself, but I realized it didn't work. Everyone kind of looked somewhere else, or started having side conversations. Well, Percy was rushing up to Annabeth to talk to her, and one girl, I think her name is Stacey, was glaring fiercely. I was about to leave, when I realized that she was actually glaring at Annabeth and Percy, not me.

Well, she should back off, cause Percabeth will never break.

Stacey POV

Why does that dumb blonde have to ruin everything? She stole Percy from me, and I can't keep on pretending to be nice to her forever. That's it. I'm going to talk some sense into her and tell her to back off, she's just a bratty California girl. (AN: No offense to California, my cousins live there, just part of the story).

In fact, I was ready to do that. When I ditched English and ran to the bathroom, I met a girl named Drew Tanaka, who had the same problems as me. But, unlike me, she actually did things. If there was a girl hitting on her guy, she would beat them to pulp. If she had a crush on a guy, she would impress them with makeup and flattering clothes. I looked down at myself. Jean shorts that stopped right below my knee, long pink shirt, sandals. No short-shorts, crop tops, or heels. I looked back at her and realized that she was looking at me, too. "We're going shopping this afternoon," she said, and went away.

Later I had asked her how I should get to Annabeth. I was expecting a wise response, but instead I saw fear in her eyes, and her face went blank. I racked my brain, how would Drew know Annabeth? She changed the subject, and I forgot about that.

Percy POV

"Annabeth this is Brandon, Grace, Garrison, Vanessa, and Stacey." She looked at all of them, and I saw something 'click' in her head.

"Yeah, I know them. I met them this morning after I had gotten my schedule."

"Well." There was a pause. "So…were they nice?" I said with a mischievous tone.

She hesitated. "Yeah. Awesome." She looked over at Stacey.

"Brandon and Grace are dating. Garrison and Vanessa are, and Stacey's my best friend."

She glanced over at Stacey again. "So. Tell me about everyone."

"Well, Brandon's loud and obnoxious." That earned me a glare from the left. "Grace is kind and usually keeps Brandon on track. He's just too hard to handle sometimes." That got me a smile and another glare coming from the same direction. "Garrison and Vanessa are usually quiet, but they're there when you need them; awesome friends. And Stacey, well she's Stacey." I took a breath.

"They seem awesome, Seaweed Brain, and flashed a genuine smile at everyone." This was going to be a good year.

Annabeth POV

Oh, these were all Percy's friends. They were probably just being loyal. After all, if some random girl suddenly said that she was dating my super hot and popular best friend, then I wouldn't believe her either. Stacey still didn't seem super nice yet, but the others were great, and I'm sure that Stacey would be to.

Near the end of lunch, I asked Percy, "So Perseus, wanna take a walk after school?"

He smiled his million dollar and one smile at me. "Of course."

"Percy," Brandon whined. "You said that you had swimming practice today."

"Oh, I can just ditch once."