Hey guys, I'M BACK! I didn't die! (surprisingly LOL) I said I was going to update way sooner but I never did- maybe I shouldn't make promises I can't even keep. . LOL anyway thanks for all the reviews from the last chapter but my amount of views have been going down :( PLEASE let other people know of this story! :) It would make my day!
Annabeth PoV
The next morning, I was still thinking of yesterday. Every time I remembered it, my face would heat up and I would be glad nobody was around. Well except my mother she was still around, but I was still angry with her. I couldn't really tell her that when she was drunk or passed out though. I knew if she weren't like that, she would never have burned the designs. She would have never ripped up the pictures either. She wouldn't have broken my heart every time she stumbled through the front door.
I walked to school without anyone walking with me. I didn't mind it though; I kind of wanted the silence this morning. I wanted to try and listen to what my heart was telling me. But all I heard were the regular thumps like a drum beating.
When I got to school, Percy was already there taking things out of his locker and didn't notice me. I went to my locker and took my books out. I noticed Percy was staring at me at fought down a blush.
"Stop staring at me." I muttered and turned my back to him. I knew he was grinning without even having to look.
"Somebody's embarrassed." He whispered in my ear. It sent shivers down my back knowing he was so close. I turned around and he was grinning. I rolled my eyes.
"Leave some space Percy, before Thalia sees us." I raised my eyebrows and gently pushed him back.
"Speaking of Thalia…"He trailed off and looked at the door. I sighed.
"She's already here? Don't I ever get any peace?" I protested and turned. Yes, she was there crossing her arms and scowling at me. I knew that expression. It was a: You are so dead kind of look. "Crap, what did I do?" I asked. She stormed over to me and looked at me expectantly. "Hi Thalia." I greeted.
"You didn't wait for me." She glared.
"There's a reason for that." Percy said from behind me.
"Yeah defend your girlfriend go ahead." Thalia scowled. Percy and me blushed a little.
"We're not together." I protested. She raised an eyebrow.
"Is that why you're both blushing?" she asked and I blushed a deeper shade of red. I could actually feel my face heat up. I remembered last night and if it was possible- blushed way redder. I didn't even look at Percy- I would be sure it would give something away.
"So Thalia, where's Nico?" I tried to change the subject.
"He's not here yet." She stated.
"Well, then shouldn't you be waiting for him and everything? I mean you are his girlfriend!" I smirked. Percy watched us like a tennis match as we hit back and forth. He didn't say anything; he just watched and crossed his arms- clearly amused.
"We aren't together. I'm not that desperate like you when you try to get Percy." She glared. My face turned pink.
"I'm not trying to get Percy and I'm not desperate!" I lied. I avoided looking at Percy. Annabeth, you're a really bad liar. I remembered him telling me once.
"Lying doesn't change anything." She rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, but I'm not lying." I shot back. Maybe I am a bad liar.
"Uh, yeah you are." She scoffed.
"Can you prove that?" I asked. She paused and then glared at me.
"I don't need to prove something to be right." She pointed out.
"In this case, your not right though." I crossed my arms.
"Can you prove that?" she mocked.
"I don't need to, I'm already right." I rolled my eyes.
"Uh no you aren't." she shook her head.
"Yeah I am."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Well you aren't right, so that would have to make me right." I stuck my chin up.
"Nu-uh." She protested. "You told me yourself that you liked Percy." She rolled her eyes. My ears turned red.
"Yes I did. I do like him as a friend." I nodded. She glared.
"We both know that's not what you meant." She said.
"No, you thought it was something else." I denied.
"No, we both knew what it really meant." She held her head up like mine. I suddenly noticed Nico right behind Thalia with his eyebrows raised like: What happened this time? I'm saved!
"Sure believe what you want to. Why don't you tell that to your boyfriend." I gestured to Nico. Her cheeks filled with a little red.
"I'm not his girlfriend." Thalia said just as Nico said, "I'm not her boyfriend." I grinned from ear to ear.
"Sure you aren't." I said sarcastically just as the bell rang. I smirked one last time, then turned on my heel and walked toward my first period class. I'll never go down without a fight.
During lunch was when the chaos started.
Percy, Thalia, Nico and I were all just sitting at our regular table making fun of each other- as usual- when Violet (of course) strutted over with her "friends" (I call them followers) right behind her like bodyguards. Like they could do much. They were as harmless as butterflies but looked like clowns with all the unneeded make-up on their faces. Violet was carrying her lunch tray in her hands- macaroni and cheese, which looked more like floating wet noodles in cheesy water-, ice-cold water, low fat ice cream, and a bag of kettle potato chips.
"Hey Percy." She smiled and paused at our table. She stuck out her hip and straightened up so she looked taller in her heels. To me- she just looked like the same old brat.
"What do you want?" I rolled my eyes and continued working on my new designs. I was happy with them so far- I tried to take some ideas from my father's from memory. But only some. They still looked decent, and maybe even pretty good. One day I hope to go to Rome and see the Pantheon. I want to see everything the world has to offer. Everything.
"You should be a lot nicer if you know what's good for you. It's almost time for the dance and you still don't have a date." She laughed like the idea found her funny.
"Yeah well neither do you." I scoffed and didn't look up. I just continued sketching like she never said anything.
"I could get one whenever I wanted unlike you." She smirked.
"I bet I could get a date before you." I told her.
"Okay fine, you're on. If I can get a date before you, you have to do all my homework for a month." She said promptly like she was already sure she was going to win. Plus, homework is not a problem for me. And she never said I had to get all the problems right. Hehe evil Annabeth, muhahahaha!
"If I win, you have to not bother me, Percy, Thalia, or Nico for a month." I stated. She nodded.
"You are on. Bet starting now." She smirked.
"Okay. Hey Percy, want to go to the dance with me?" I asked and said with my eyes: Go with it, go with it. He grinned.
"Sure." He said and then turned to Violet. "Looks like you lose Violet." Her face turned red with rage.
"That's not fair!" she protested.
"How is it not fair? You said whoever gets a date first, I got a date first I win." I shrugged. She couldn't respond. I could almost see her brain trying to process something to say back. Instead, she just took her tray and dumped it on me. I blinked in surprise as her ice cream trickled down my hair and onto my clothes, the cheesy water soaking my hair, and potato chips stuck on in my hair also. Thalia immediately got up from the table and went right up to her and punched her in the gut without hesitation. She doubled back and stared at Thalia in shock. Nico, Percy and I also got up from our table and walked straight over to her. Roy and his buddies also got up and walked over to where we were standing. We were all standing right across from each other in the middle of the cafeteria glaring while Violet and her followers stayed back and talked to her as she held her stomach.
"What now Roy? Want to protect Violet? Are you hoping you could maybe get her for one night?" I asked and turned my head to the side slightly like I was asking an innocent question. So not true. No teenager is innocent. He glared at me for a second before he responded.
"No. But you'd need a few brain cells in order to know the difference wouldn't you bitch? Your just another one of those dumb-blondes." He scoffed. Fire flared in my eyes. He did not call me a dumb-blonde. I can take most insults but that? No. Nope. I am in no possible way a dumb-blonde. I am exactly opposite if that's even possible. I launched myself at him suddenly and forced him to the ground. I kicked him in the ribs hard and where the sun doesn't shine. That would teach him better to call me a dumb blonde. Just when I thought it was okay- one of his friends tackled me to the ground. He was one of the tough football player's too- so he was stronger then Roy. All hell broke loose. Percy started fighting another one of his friends and so did Nico and Thalia. It was a brawl- and everyone was fighting a certain person. Everyone else was watching as we fought. I was surprised no teachers had come yet. But just when I thought it couldn't get worse- the principal- yes, the principal just decided to stroll through the cafeteria and see us all. We all stopped in motion and stared guiltily.
We were so busted.
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