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Who Cares?

'Why is the most difficult question, because it's harder to find an answer to that question than to the others.'

Even if Hazel left the library just minutes after Percy and Annabeth, she couldn't find them anywhere. She dared to think to ask someone, but she quickly crossed out the option, she knew the people were going to pretend she doesn't exist.

She put a lock of her long, dark brown, curly hair behind her ear as she walked down the hallway, her golden eyes analyzing every corner for a blonde or a black head. She still didn't believe two persons talked to her in the same day. She spent all her life in the outside, looking in. She was the usual lonely girl no-one talked to. She was the loser, the stupid one. The weird one.

And she still tried to figure out why. Why people treated to her like that. Why anybody talked to her. Why nobody let her in. Why her mother looked at her like she was nothing. Why her mother sent her to a boarding school. Why her father left her when she was born. Why her mother didn't want to tell her about her long time lost half-brother. Why Frank didn't remember her. Why girls looked at her like she was shit. Why boys made fun of her. Why everyone laughed of her. Why she kept trying to fit in.

A lot of why's without an answer.

Sighing, Hazel kept walking. She felt how hope was growing inside her again. If Annabeth and Percy talked to her, she may will be lucky in this school and meet some friends. But her smile faded away, things never change. She will be lonely girl until the very end, or maybe until she ended school.

Hazel got out of the school and witnessed the beautiful garden for the first time. The grass was green, it had all kinds of trees; apple trees, orange trees, and who knows what else, and there were a lot of different and wonderful flowers. A big fountain was in the middle of it all. There were benches, and a lot of students studying, playing, joking, kissing and a lot more. It was a beautiful picture, maybe for a movie. Hazel was amazed for it, and she would have watched it all day if a voice hadn't screamed in that moment.

"LEAVE ME ON THE GROUND NOW, YOU IDIOT, YOU… SEAWEED BRAIN!" It was Annabeth's voice, no doubt. Hazel frowned when she heard those words, what were they doing? It was something strange, since all the heads looked at them. Hazel followed the example of everyone and looked at Annabeth and Percy, and almost let out a laugh when she saw Percy carrying Annabeth over his shoulder, the blonde hitting his back and cursing at him. It looked like in the Shrek movie, when Shrek carried Fiona on his shoulder to leave her on the castle.

Percy scoffed, a mischievous smirk on his face. "Maybe if you stop hitting me, or screaming." He joked, and Annabeth sent at his back a death glare. Hazel started to walk up to them as most of the heads started to look away of the lovely 'couple'. As Hazel walked closer, she could hear Annabeth and Percy's little conversation.

"Put me down!" Annabeth pleaded to him, sending to his back cold stares. Percy chuckled, but didn't respond to her. Annabeth gritted her teeth, trying to calm down. "You're insufferable, did you know that?"

"Yeah, a lot of people tell me that," Percy smirked, knowing how Annabeth was getting angry. Annabeth returned to hit his back, squealing irritated. Hazel smiled shyly, and finally approached them, trying to look confident and not intimidated. Percy was the first to note her presence since Annabeth couldn't look at her, and he smiled.

"Hey Hazel, I thought you weren't coming," he said, grinning. Hazel's eyes lit up, where they really waiting for her?

"Of course I was coming, I was pretty bored before, so…" she tried to sound careless, shrugging, when inside, she was jumping of joy. Percy smiled to her, and she couldn't help but think people could confuse him with a Roman god. Her family was from Rome, and she loved Roman mythology, so… yeah, you get the point.

"Hazel, help me!" Annabeth said suddenly. Hazel looked at her back and smiled, but she also noticed Percy was surely enjoying having Annabeth's butt near his head/face.

"You should put her down Percy," Hazel tried, and to her surprise, Percy sighed and started to put Annabeth down. When Annabeth was down, the blonde hit him hard on his shoulder and sent him the best death glare Hazel saw on her life.

"You're an idiot," Annabeth mumbles, crossing her arms over her chest. Percy looked funny at her, making her raise an eyebrow.

"I thought you said I'm a seaweed brain," Percy joked. They started arguing, almost fighting, but Hazel could see it wasn't anything serious. Maybe they had a relationship like that, like dog and cat, water and oil. They fought like a marriage. But they were a lovely couple anyway, in Hazel's perspective.

"I'd better get going to my room…" Hazel said, still smiling shyly. Percy and Annabeth only looked at her and gave her a small smile before returning to their argument. Hazel rolled her eyes at them, but smiled anyway before going to her room.

…

Annabeth rolled her eyes at Percy's stupid reply, bur before she could say something; her phone rang, indicating someone was calling her. She rolled her eyes at Percy, and he stuck his tongue out at her. She saw it was Grover Underwood, her best friend, calling her. She pressed 'Answer' and put her phone near her ear to listen.

"Annie, is that you?" Grover said on the other line. He was her age, with brown curly hair and caramel eyes, and a little beard on his face. He always wore a red, green and yellow mesh hat. He was obsessed with in environment and all that, and was planning on being leader of an environmental group when he grows up, to which his family totally rejected.

She smiled, even if Grover couldn't see her. "Yeah, it's me, so don't call me Annie. Hey Grover," she said, and she was sure Percy was hearing every single word

"How are you?" Grover asked. He was such a gentleman, his girlfriend Juniper is very lucky.

"I'm fine Grover, just a little tired. School started today, and y'know I'm not a morning person," Annabeth said, and to prove it, she yawned. She and Grover talked a little more, until he said he had to go.

"Sure, see you someday," Annabeth said, sadness in her voice as she looked at her feet, trying to avoid Percy's face.

"Hey, see you this weekend in your house." Grover said, and Annabeth smiled, cheering up instantly. It was amazing the effect Grover had on her. She loved him only as a best friend, because they were childhood friends, but she was sure Grover had a crush on her when they were younger, but it all changed when he met Juniper.

"Great, bye!" Annabeth said before hung up. She put her phone in her pocket and turned around, only to see Percy smirking cockily at her. She raised an eyebrow again, and he spoke.

"So, Annie," he said, knowing she hated that. "Why didn't you tell you had a boyfriend?" he asked her, and she rolled her grey eyes at his stupid conclusion. "I'm supposed to know you, but if you don't tell me anything, how am I supposed to write about you?" he said trying to sound serious, but the sparkle on his (oh so beautiful) eyes and his lips turning upward told Annabeth he was just joking. "The only thing I know so far is that you hate if people call you Annie and that you have a boyfriend,"

"First," Annabeth said, crossing her arms over her chest. "Don't ever call me Annie again, I don't have a boyfriend and I don't have to tell you about me, you're just…" she faded away, not finding the correct word to describe him. Acquaintance? Friend? Mate? The most insanely hot guy she has ever seen?

He smirked lopsided, and it was so sexy, she bitted her lip to don't kiss his mouth. "But, why? Annie fits so well with you, Annie is adorable, and so is your face," He said, and she raised her eyebrows at the same time she felt a strange feeling in her stomach. Did he say she was adorable? "It's better if you don't have a boyfriend, and you're supposed to tell me about you, and I'm telling you about me. You know you're dying to know me," he joked, and she rolled her eyes.

"Oh, you don't have an idea," she said sarcastically, making him roll his eyes now. He then smiled again and approached her as she stepped back until she collided with a tree. Even so, he walked up to her until their faces were just inched apart. She didn't know what he was about to do, she just knew her breathing stopped while she discretely surveyed his face, which looked better up close than from afar.

"First question," he said, and she calmed down as he thought for a moment. "Can you handle horror movies?" She laughed at his stupid question, and he joined her, knowing it was really stupid, but he couldn't think of more.

"Yeah, I don't get scared that easy," she said carelessly, shrugging. "What about you?"

"I love horror films, they're kind of funny, don't you think?" he asked cockily, an inch closer to her. She tried to not look at his mouth and concentrate in his eyes or anywhere else, but it was so difficult.

"Wow, you're so brave," she said sarcastically once again.

"You said it, not me." He said, shrugging. "Someday, I'll take you out to the movies, and I'll see if you're as brave as you say." She felt another strange feeling inside her as she thought and analyzed his words. Will he ever take her out? Would it be a date, or not? She tried to hide a blush, but she was sure he saw her cheeks getting light pink. "Next question," Percy brought her back to Earth, nodding at her to ask something.

"Umm, I dunno. What… what your favorite food is?" she asked, surprising herself for asking such an idiot question. Percy laughed so hard, it was hard not to smile. His laugh was so beautiful, and she still couldn't believe she was thinking that.

"I thought I was the dumb one here," Percy smirked. "But, I would say is anything blue." He said like it was normal, the most common thing in the world.

"Aha, that's so common," she said, opening her eyes at him. He just kept his smirk on his face as he shrugged again. "I would say… chicken with fries." She confessed, and he nodded in agreement, and she could tell he was imagining the food by his face.

"Your favorite color?" Percy asked. "Mine's blue."

"Grey," she said, smiling.

"Aha, I was the weir one in tastes here." Percy rolled his eyes, but he kept smirking. How could he always be smirking, or smiling, or grinning? Some people say the ones that smile more are the saddest ones.

Just before one of them could ask another stupidity, a squeaky voice interrupted them. They turned their faces around, only to see Rachel approaching them, a bright smile on her face. As she got closer, Annabeth noticed she couldn't see any of the freckles that adorned her face. She swears she saw them last night before they went to sleep, when Rachel cleaned her face of all the make-up. But now, her face was flawless, her lips were red as her hair and her green eyes were outlined with black, with light silver eye shadow. Annabeth wondered how many hours she spent in front of the mirror, putting make-up and trying to look more beautiful than she already was. She needed to know why girls spent hours to prepare themselves to look prettier. Maybe for a guy? Because they hated their face? Or maybe because they didn't want to be judged by the others snotty girls that had the face to call themselves 'friends'? Why?

Percy stepped back, letting Annabeth breath again. Rachel switched her gaze between them, knowing something happened, but she tried to ignore it as she smiled sweetly at Percy, completely ignoring Annabeth.

"Percy, do you want to walk with me?" she asked him, and he looked a little uncomfortable there, like he wanted to say 'no', but at the same time afraid of denying her and make her sad and heartbroken. 'Tell her no!' Annabeth thought suddenly, but she was surprised by it. Was it jealousy, or something? Why did she think that? Even if she knew she was nothing for Percy, she still wished him to say no and reject the redhead.

"Yeah, sounds cool," Percy said. "See you later, Annabeth!" he winked at her before being dragged by Rachel of the arm away from her.

Annabeth wrinkled her nose, before sighing and walking to her room.

A/N= 2.257 words and 9 pages.

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