*I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians* :'(


Chapter Nine:

Percy woke up in the bathroom and with his head over the toilet; he had drunk more than ever last night, and passed out shortly after throwing up. He and Nico decided to throw a party before school started, and it was safe to say that it got out of hand. The last thing Percy remembers was Conner Stoll walking around the house naked, Travis Stoll and some guy fighting in the kitchen, and a bunch of girls dancing and grinding on his lap.

Percy was so drunk that he didn't even remember falling asleep in the bathroom, and now that he felt his stiff neck, he was angry that nobody woke him up. He got up and let out a groan, as he massaged his aching head. He wiped the drool of his face, and stretched his stiff body. He looked in the mirror, and saw that his hair looked awful. It was sticking out in different places, and he had a few knots. He ran his hand over it to smooth it out, and continued to examine his appearance.

It has been a week since he saw Annabeth and Luke making out, and he hasn't spoken to her since. Nor has he made any attempt to do so, he didn't want to hear her "explanation" he just wanted her out of his life. Thalia had informed him that she and Luke are in fact together, so he knew that what he saw, was not just a goodbye kiss or something like that.

"Percy!" He heard Nico say from the other side of the door.

"Come in!" Percy replied.

Nico came into the bathroom looking awful, his dark hair was a mess, his black t-shirt was wrinkled, and his face was a slight green color. "Are you as fucked up as I am?" He asked Percy.

Percy nodded. "Yeah, I am… And thanks for letting me fall asleep on the toilet by the way." He said scowling at Nico.

Nico groaned, and sat on the toilet. "I didn't know I myself woke up on the floor in the kitchen." He said.

Percy chuckled, and then turned on the water to wash his face. "Are people still here?" Percy asked.

"No, I think Grover took the Stolls home, and everybody else left sometime last night." He said massaging his temple. "How do you deal with hangovers?" He asked Percy.

"Two years of parting like my brother and his friends. You get used to it after a while." He opened the medicine cabinet. "Drink this." He said and tossed Nico some aspirin and a water bottle.

Nico opened the bottle, and drank the pills. "Are we seriously going to school?" He asked Percy.

"Yeah, I promised my mom we would be there. Besides it's the first day, so we won't really have to do anything." Percy said.

Nico sighed in annoyance. "Fine, but if I still feel like this at lunch, I swear I'm leaving,"

"I'll leave with you." Percy said and looked at his phone. "Oh shoot, look at the time. We need to get ready fast, because we have to stop and pick up Thalia."

Nico got up and gave Percy a puzzled look. "Why? Doesn't she have her boyfriend's BMW?" Usually Nico would jump at any chance to be with Thalia, but Percy's way of thinking was rubbing of on him. The less time he spends around her, the better was what he now thought.

"Not today, it's in the shop or something, I zoned out during our conversation." Percy said giving him an apologetic smile. He knew that Nico wanted to be around Thalia, as much as he wanted to be around Annabeth.

"Whatever, I'm going to find some clothes." Nico said and left, slamming the door on his way out.

Percy sighed. "Great, I'm supposed to be his best friend. And I just made his ride to school uncomfortable, god I am a dumbass sometimes." He muttered to himself, and walked out of the bathroom.

When he opened the door, he was surprised by the mess they had. He shook of his surprise, and walked around examining the disaster. There were about 20 empty pizza boxes in the kitchen; beer all over the floor, the trash can was over flowing with garbage, potato chip crumbs lay all over the carpet, and there were beer boxes, and beer cans everywhere.

Nico stepped out of Percy's room freshly showered, and dressed in black pants, a black shirt with a flaming skull on it, and black and white convers. He looked at Percy with a grin. "Looks like we have some work to do when we get back." Percy just nodded in agreement and with his mouth agape. Last night he didn't realize how messy his house was.

"I better get dressed; he said and walked into his room. He showered quickly, and then got dressed. He wore black pants, a blue shirt that hugged his chiseled chest perfectly, and black Jordan's. He combed his hair as best he could, and once he figured it was a lost cause, he grabbed his black leather jacket then he and Nico left for school.

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"Why is she taking so long? And she better not even think I'm sitting in the back." Nico complained when they arrived at Thalia's house. They had been waiting for five minutes already, and he was getting impatient.

"Okay Nico, shut up already." Percy said, he then removed his seatbelt and opened his door. "I'm going to knock on her door." He said and got out of the car. Nico looked at him and followed. "Wait for me." He said and walked after Percy.

Percy knocked on the door, and a women with short black hair and brown eyes opened it. She was skinny and slightly shorter than Percy, and she was wobbling like she was drunk. She stepped forward and stumbled, but Percy caught her before she fell. "My, aren't you a strong and handsome young man." She said stroking his cheek. Percy backed away from her touch, and helped her stand up straight. "Uh… thank you." He said awkwardly. She smiled at him flirtatiously, and then turned her attention to Nico.

"Maybe it's my lucky day, since there are two handsome young men at my door. What can I do for you boys?" She said looking at them suggestively.

Percy and Nico shifted uncomfortably. "Is Thalia home?" Percy asked.

The women's face fell in disappointment. "Oh, you're here for her?" She asked, and Percy and Nico nodded.

"And here I was hoping you boys were here for me." She said with a pout.

Percy and Nico didn't know what to say, but they were luckily saved from having to say anything by Thalia. "Mom! Leave my friends alone. They're not interested!" She said and pushed past her mom. She pulled both boys along with her, and left her house. "Didn't I tell you idiots to wait for me outside?" She yelled at them.

"Sorry, it's just that you were taking forever." Percy said.

Thalia groaned in frustration, and walked faster towards the car. When she got there, she sat in the front seat. Percy heard Nico complain. "I don't want to sit in the back." He said.

Percy looked to where his car was, and saw a fuming Thalia. "I'm not going to tell her." He said. Nico looked over at her as well, and decided not to say anything. Thalia was cool, but could also be really mean and scary.

"The back isn't that bad." He said and went to sit in the back.

Both boys got in, and drove off to school in silence. It was awkward, and Percy was thankful for his loud speakers. The music was so loud, that I didn't give any of them a chance to talk. They pulled into the parking lot, and as soon as he parked the car, Thalia walked off.

"You're welcome." Percy yelled after her smiling. His smile quickly vanished though, when he saw Annabeth looking at him. She was waiting for Thalia, and quickly looked away blushing, when Percy caught her looking at him. If possible, she looked more beautiful than the last time Percy saw her.

"This year is going to suck." He said glaring at Annabeth, and then walked towards the building. Nico nodded in agreement, and walked towards the building as well.

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Annabeth watched as Percy playfully called after Thalia, he looked so handsome that she couldn't help but to stare at him. He caught her looking at him, and she could feel her face heat up in embarrassment. She was also surprised by the hateful glare he gave her; she never thought he would ever look at her like that.

"Annabeth!" Thalia yelled waving her hand in front of her face. Annabeth snapped out of her thoughts, and looked at her friend.

"Hello Thalia." She greeted.

"What were you thinking about? I've been trying to get you attention for like two minutes" Thalia said.

"Nothing really, just school."

"And Percy?" Thalia said knowingly.

"What? No, of course not. I already told you, I was thinking about the classes I have this year." Annabeth said.

Thalia rolled her eyes. "Sure you were. What classes do you have anyway?" She asked.

Annabeth and Thalia exchanged schedules. "We have two classes together." Annabeth said.

"We would have more if you weren't such a geek." Thalia said.

Annabeth glared at her. "I'm proud to be one."

Thalia laughed, and handed Annabeth her schedule back. "Can you believe my stupid ass mom tried to hit on Percy and Nico? It was so freaking embarrassing." Thalia said.

Annabeth gave her a sympathetic smile. She was the only one who knew that Thalia's mom was an alcoholic, and that she was very promiscuous. "What did they say?"

"Thankfully they didn't say anything, but it's still early. I'm hoping they'll forget all about it."

"I'm sure they will, you know how forgetful Percy is." Annabeth said looking at Bianca, who was walking towards them.

"Good morning girls." Bianca greeted sweetly.

"Good morning Bianca." Both girls said.

"Have you girls seen my brother and Percy?" Bianca asked.

Annabeth frowned and looked over Bianca. Annabeth had to admit that she was pretty. Her long dark hair looked soft to the touch, she was wearing dark blue skinny jeans that hugged her curves really well, and she was wearing a cute purple blouse. Annabeth knew that Bianca was pretty enough to get any guy she wanted, and much to Annabeth dislike, she seemed to want Percy.

"They went that way." Thalia said pointing in the direction that the boys had gone in.

"Thank you." Bianca said and quickly walked off.

"Could it be more obvious that she likes Percy?" Annabeth said with annoyance, as soon as Bianca walked off.

Thalia looked at her with an amused grin. "Is Annabeth Chase jealous?"

Annabeth snorted. "I am most definitely not. I'm just saying she should try to not look so desperate."

Thalia raised an eyebrow at her. "Why do you always look at me like that?" Annabeth asked.

Thalia chuckled. "You're a smart girl, why do you think I look at you like that?"

"Because you don't believe me." Annabeth said.

"Exactly, now let's go find my locker." Thalia said and walked off, pulling Annabeth with her.

They were walking in the hall reading the numbers on the lockers, when they heard Luke calling Annabeth. "Babe wait for me!" He said and ran to catch up with them. When he reached them, he quickly pulled Annabeth in for a kiss. They separated, and he smiled at her. "Good morning Thalia." He said.

"Good morning." Thalia said not sounding very friendly. He frowned at her, but ignored her rude attitude. "Why didn't you call me last night?" Luke said trying to control his voice. He was angry that she didn't call him, but didn't want to appear mad.

"I was grocery shopping with my stepmom, and I forgot. I'm sorry Luke." Annabeth said.

Luke didn't believe her; lately he always thinks that she's with Percy. "Oh, and that's the only place you went to right?" He asked.

Annabeth figured out what he was really trying to ask her, and she got mad. She broke her best friend's heart for him, and he can't even trust her. "Yes Luke, that's the only place I went to. I haven't seen or talked to Percy all week." She said clearly irritated.

"I know… I just wanted to ask because of what we talked about. I was serious Annabeth; I couldn't deal with it if you did." He said.

"Luke I s-"

"Can we talk about this later?" Luke said interrupting her. He spotted Percy when he turned down the hall, and he wanted to speak to him.

"Sure Luke." Annabeth said. Luke gave her another kiss, and walked of to find Percy.

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Percy and Nico walked into the hall in silence, they had a hangover and didn't really feel like talking. If it weren't for Sally making them promise to go to school every day, they would be at home nursing their hangover. "Please tell me you have science first period?" Nico asked Percy.

"Yes I do, do you have Math second period?" He asked and then gave Nico his schedule, so he can look at it.

"Hell yeah, we're together in every class. I bet Paul had something to do with it." Nico said looking at Percy's schedule.

Percy grinned. "Good, I can copy all your work."

"I wouldn't recommend that." Nico said.

"Yeah I wouldn't either; he's as dumb as you." Grover said suddenly appearing next to them.

"Shut up Grover." Nico said and slapped him upside the head.

"Ouch. You're lucky I don't have my crutches anymore, or else I would smack you with them." Grover said. He didn't use his crutches anymore, but he still walked with a limp.

They then talked and goofed around while waiting for the bell to ring, until they got interrupted by Luke and Ethan. "Hey Jackson, how are you doing?" Luke asked. He was being nice, which made Percy be more suspicious of him.

"I was doing well, until you showed up." Percy said rudely.

Luke put his hand over his heart in mock hurt. "You don't have to be so rude Percy. I actually thought we could get past our "issues" and be friends." He said.

Percy, Nico, and Grover all exchanged a confused look. "What do you really want Luke?" Percy asked.

"I told you, I want us to be friends." His gaze then shifted to Nico and Grover, and he scrounged his nose in disgust. "But you would have to ditch the freaks." He said.

"No thank you. And my friends aren't freaks, so stop calling them that." Percy said. Luke glared at Percy, and then threw a punch at him.

Percy saw the punch coming, and as quick as lightning, he caught Luke's fist. He then pulled him forward, and turned him around twisting his arm behind his back. Percy then roughly shoved Luke face first into the lockers. Ethan tried to step in, but stopped when Nico got in front of him.

"I'm not that easy to pick on anymore Luke." Percy said pushing him harder into the lockers. "Get off me you freak!" Luke yelled and struggled against Percy.

"Percy let him go. He's not worth getting in trouble." Grover said.

Percy pushed his head into the lockers again, before finally realizing him. As soon as Luke was free, he turned around and tried to Punch Percy. Percy dodged it, and punched Luke in the face. Luke staggered back, and fell on the lockers. He wiped the blood of his lip, and laughed at Percy.

"This isn't over; I'm going to make you wish you stayed in Florida with you rich daddy." Luke said.

Nico pushed Ethan into the lockers as well, making him fall next to Luke. "Why don't you idiots just leave already?" Nico said.

Luke ignored Nico, and looked at Percy with an evil smirk. "Hey Percy, did you know Annabeth loves to be kissed on her neck?" He saw Percy clench his fist, and he knew that he was hitting a nerve. "Too bad you didn't accept my friendship, I would of let you borrow her for a little bit." He said.

At that point Percy launched at him, and grabbed him by the throat. "Don't talk about her like that." He said through clenched teeth.

Luke struggled, but it was useless. Percy had him in a tight grip, Nico saw that Luke was turning red, and stepped in to stop Percy. "Percy let go of him!" Nico said and pulled on his arm. Percy sighed, and released him. Luke fell to the floor coughing, and Ethan quickly went to help him.

Nico and Grover pulled Percy away, before Luke could say something else that would piss off Percy. As they were walking away, Luke realized that if he wanted to hurt Percy, the best way to do it was through his friends.

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"Percy, don't let that idiot get you in trouble." Grover said. Percy ignored him, and pulled out his phone.

"Annabeth answer your phone, I want to talk to you." He said.

Nico put his hand on Percy's chest to stop him. "Why are you calling Annabeth? I thought you were done with her." Nico said. He was tired of seeing Percy hurting over her, and even though he liked Annabeth, he felt resentful towards her for hurting his friend.

"I just need to ask her something." Percy said.

"I don't think it's a good idea Percy, just leave her alone."

Percy sighed and looked at Nico gratefully. He knew that Nico was just looking out for him, but he needed to talk to her. "I will Nico, after I talk to her."

"Percy Jackson?" All three boys turned in the direction of the voice, and saw Rachel Dare. Rachel was one of Percy's friends in Florida, and she was actually the only girl Percy never tried to hook up with. Rachel is a pretty girl with green eyes, cute little freckle, and frizzy red hair. Her family is rich, but Rachel dresses in ratty jeans decorated with marker drawings that she did herself, and T-shirts. She use to have a crush on Percy, but she got over it and they became really good friends.

"Rachel… I can't believe you're here." Percy said and gave her a hug. "We just moved here two days ago." Rachel said. Percy released her, and saw that Nico and Grover were looking at them.

"Rachel, these are my friends I was telling you about." Percy said pulling her forward. "This is Grover." Percy said pointing at him. "And this is Nico. Guys this is Rachel, one of my friends from Florida." Grover waved at her shyly, and Nico did the same. Rachel waved at them and said hi, but her gaze lingered on Nico. He smiled at her, and she blushed.

They talked for a while getting to know each other, and Rachel fit in really well with Grover and Nico. Juniper came by with Bianca, and they got along with her as well. Rachel flirted with Nico, and Bianca with Percy, until the bell rang. They all agreed to meet for lunch, then left in separate directions to their classes.

"So… do you like Rachel?" Percy asked Nico.

Nico started clicking his pen nervously. "Yeah she's cool." He said.

Percy smiled. "I think she likes you."

Nico smiled back. "You think so?"

"Yeah, I know Rachel. And she was definitely flirting with you."

Nico shrugged. "It doesn't matter; she's cool and really pretty. But I like Thalia. I would never treat her like those other girls."

Percy nodded. "Yeah, that's why I never tried anything with her. Once I met her, I really liked her, and I couldn't do that to her. She's a really good friend."

They walked into the classroom, and sat in the back of the class. Girls kept staring and smiling at Percy, but he ignored them. Nico put his head down while the teacher talked about her expectations for the students, and about all the projects she had planned. Percy tried to pay attention, but soon followed Nico's example.

The bell soon rang, and they walked to their next class. He saw a few familiar faces in there like Travis and Connor Stoll, Juniper, and Grover. He kind of wished that Annabeth would be in one of his classes, but she was more advanced than them, so he knew that he wasn't going to have any classes with her. He greeted the teacher, and sat in the back with his friends.

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The morning passed by fast, and now Percy and Nico were in the cafeteria, debating on weather going home or not. They didn't feel really sick anymore, but they were still a little hangover. "No, you can't leave me here alone Percy." Rachel said.

"You won't be alone; Bianca and Juniper will be with you." He said.

"I agree with Rachel, you guys should just stay here." Bianca said.

Percy finally gave up and agreed to stay; he began eating his hamburger, when he felt his phone vibrating in his pocket. He looked at the caller ID, and saw that it was Annabeth. He excused himself saying it was his dad, and went outside to talk to her.

"Annabeth, I need to talk to you." Percy said.

"Okay… what about."

"I-I... will you meet me at my car?" He asked.

Annabeth hesitated at first, but she would be lying if she said she didn't want to meet with him. "Uh…when?"

"Right now, I'm already heading over there."

"Okay, I'll see you in a little bit." She said and hung up the phone.

Percy wasn't even sure what he was going to say to her. But he had to see her; he needed to ask her why she continued to be with that jerk. He arrived at his car which was parked far away from the view of student, which he thought was convenient, since he wanted to speak to her privately. He opened the door and got in, patiently waiting for Annabeth.

She arrived and nervously opened the door, she wanted to be around him, but at the same time she didn't. "Hey, what did you want to talk about?" She asked.

Percy looked at her, and got lost in her beauty. He didn't know what possessed him to do it, but he grabbed her hand gently. Annabeth's first thought was to pull her hand away from him, but she couldn't do it. His touch made her heart race, and her stomach feel like it was doing back flips. He put his other hand on her cheek, and Annabeth closed her eyes and let him caress her cheek. He slowly leaned in, until his lips lightly touched hers.

"I love Annabeth." Percy whispered, and rested his forehead on hers. Annabeth knew she should walk out of the car because she has a boyfriend, but instead she pulled his face to hers, and roughly kissed him.

It didn't take Percy but half a second to respond, and he kissed her back as well. His hands traveled to her waist, and Annabeth wrapped hers around his neck. The dark tinted windows are what gave her the confidence to move away from his lips, and start sucking on his neck. Annabeth knew that if Luke found out it would be bad, but she couldn't stop. She sucked and bit on his neck roughly; leaving hickys wherever her mouth went, she then moved back to his lips, and kissed him passionately.

At that moment Annabeth didn't think about anything else but her and Percy. She decided to be selfish, and enjoy what she knows should be hers. Love can make people do the dumbest things. It can drive someone to kill, it can start wars, it can make people act completely different, it can drive people crazy, and it could make you risk the life of a friend, like Annabeth thinks she's doing. She pushed those thoughts aside, and continued to kiss Percy.

They were in the middle of kissing passionately, when suddenly the door opened, and Annabeth was pulled out of the car.


I didn't really know how to end this chapter, so I decided to end it here. Sorry if it sucked.

I will update as soon as possible :D