Here is chapter 9 please enjoy it and please review the more reviews I get the sooner I'll update, so please review. I want to thanks Magic of Minerva for beta read and help me with my story.
This chapter is the one beta read it, and don't have mistakes as the others I did by myself. :)

Disclaimers: I don't own PJO.


First and second period went by really fast, I didn't pay attention to the classes though. I was thinking about Annabeth all the time, until I heard the bell rang signaling that the class was over, and we say goodbye to the others. We were heading to our class, when I heard her yell my name. 'Please god if you ever love me, please tell me its not her', I thought. When I turned, there she was with her red hair in a ponytail and a shirt and pants with drawings on them.

"Percy!" she said and hugged me from the waist.

"Um...hey RED" I said. Her real name is Rachel Elizabeth Dare, but I called her RED for shorter. She has a secret-no-so-secret crush on me. Her dad owns half of the city and helps the school.

"Miss me?" she asked.'Yeah right, you wish'I thought. I looked at the girls for help, and I think I saw Annabeth glaring at Rachel. It could also be my imagination.

"Hey RED, nice to see you too" Thalia said, and sighed mentally. I nodded in thanks, and she just winked at me in a 'you're welcome' way.

"Hu, hey guys sorry, nice to see you too." she replied, without letting go of me.

"Yeah, we have to go Percy" Bianca said.

"OK, bye RED" I said moving her arms off of me.

"Oh, OK, see you guys at lunch" She said, a little disappointed, because I removed her arms from me. When we walked a little farther from her I sighed.

"Who was that?" Annabeth asked, a little angry.

"Rachel Elizabeth Dare, but we call her RED." I replied.

"So you two um...?" Annabeth asked. Is she jealous or something?

"Are dating?" I said, and she nodded.

"Hell no, she wish." I said, and I think I saw Annabeth sigh in relief.

"Yeah, she's had a crush on Percy since sixth grade" Thalia said, and damn she is right. I don't know why Rachel doesn't get it, I. Don't. Like. Her.

"And why don't you go out with her?" Annabeth asked, a little angry.

"Heck no, she is fine, but there's something about her that I don't like" I said.

"Aw, Annabeth is jealous?" Bianca said, and I felt the heat rising to my face.

"Of course not, it's just a question." Annabeth said and looked away to hide her blush. We reached the class and went to our seats. This class and the others passed fast, I noticed until we were heading to the cafeteria.

"Hey guys, can I sit?" Rachel asked us.

"Yeah, of course you can." Bianca said. Rachel sat and glared at Annabeth who was seated beside me.

"Hi, I'm Rachel Elizabeth Dare, who are you?" Rachel said to Annabeth. She just looked at Rachel as if she was studying her.

"Annabeth Chase" She answered Rachel.

"Um...yeah, hey Nico, Grover want to hang out later at the skateboard store?" I asked them.

"Yeah, I don't have nothing to do later" Nico said, playing with his food, god he can act like a little kid sometimes.

"Nico stop playing with your food." Bianca slapped him in the back of the head.

"OK, mom." Nico said, and Bianca just rolled her eyes.

"What about you G-man?" I asked turning to Grover.

"Sorry I have plans already." he said.

"It's OK" I said. I guess he have a date or something with Juniper. The rest of lunch went fast with Rachel and Annabeth glaring at each other, which I didn't understand why, though. The bell rang for us to get back at class, and the rest of the school went fast too. Before I knew it we were hearing the after school announcements.

"OK, later guys." Nico and I said heading to the skateboard store.

"Yeah, bye." the girls said.

"Oh, and Annabeth remember we are helping you on Friday" I said

"Yeah, OK" she said.

"What do you mean 'we'?" Nico and the others asked.

"Well, I mean that you guys and I are going to help her unpack, before going to Blue." I said in a duh voice.

"But... but…" Nico said.

"But nothing, you own me remember?" I said, glaring at him.

"OK, OK I'll help." he said, raising his hands in surrending.

"OK, bye girls." I said. We were walking in silence, until Nico decided to talk.

"So...you like her?" he asked me.

"Um...sorry?" I said confused.

"Oh you know what I'm talking about" he said

"Um...sorry, but I don't know what are you talking about." I lied. I knew what he was talking about.

"Yeah right, I saw you staring at her." he said.

"I think you are seeing things, cuz" I said looking away trying to hide my blush.

"Yeah right" he said rolling his eyes, and we keep walking in silent for another good two blocks.

"So...are you going to tell me?" Nico asked, I guess he don't give up so easily.

"Tell you what Nico?" I asked.

"Oh come on, are you going to be that way? 'cause I don't want to know anyways" Nico said looking to the other side.

"Oh come on Nico, what do you want to know?" I asked him chuckling.

"You know what I want to know" He said. I sighed 'why he wants to know?' I thought. I kept silent for another two or three blocks. The New York street were as always how can I say it...infested?.

"Hey, want to go to the music store, before going to the skateboard store?" I asked motioning him toward the 'Music Hits' store.

"Yeah, why not." Nico said heading toward the store. When we enter the store, it was decorated with music awards and painted in a blue light. Nico went to the rock music and I went with him.

"Oh, I like this song they put it in the radio all the time." Nico said holding a Linking Park CD

"Which one?" I asked him.

"Waiting for the end." Nico said. That song is badass; I think I will buy the CD too.

"Come on, let's pay." I said grabbing a CD too.

"I don't want to go to the skateboard anymore." Nico said

"Yeah, me neither" I agreed.

"Let's go home then." I said to Nico and he nodded in agreement. We walked for thirty minutes back to home. We live very close to each other, so we separate since he live before me.

"OK, later Nico, tell your mom I say hi" I said walking to my house.

"Yeah, bye Perce." Nico said opening the door. I walked a little more, and I looked at my wristwatch. It was five o'clock. 'It's early' I thought. I went for a walked, I was thinking in Annabeth the whole time, when I heard her voice.

"Hey, Percy"

"Oh god, now I heard her" I said

"Um...Percy are you OK?" she said, and I turned and saw her seating down in the stairs. I didn't realize that I walked to her house.

"Um-uh...Hhhey Aannabeth" I said, great now she would think I can't speak way to go seaweed brain.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"Well, last time I check I live here" Annabeth said, I face palm me mentally.

"Yeah, so what are you doing out here?" I asked, and she sighed.

"Well, its a chaos inside," she said "And I want some fresh air." she adds.

"Oh, I guess moving is hard and boring" I said, and she nodded. We kept talking for a hour and a half, it's not like I was counting the minutes or anything.

"Well, I better go, before my mom freak out" I said standing up.

"OK, Percy. See you at school tomorrow" Annabeth said waving goodbye.

"Yeah, bye Wise girl" I said walking back to my house.


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