Annabeth looked a little sad but pressed on with her story.
"What happened was my math teacher turned out to be a Sphinx." She started.
"I knew math was evil." I joked, which made her smile.
"Thats what you think." She said still smiling.
"How'd you find out?" I asked.
"The first day of math class, he would keep looking in my direction like he was going to cook and eat me." When she said that a shiver went down my back.
"I had the first hand up for every question everytime." She bragged.
"You're smart that way. I said. She giggled then continued.
"He knew I was a daughter of Athena because of the way I looked and my intelligence." She said keeping her gaze on me. "I had no idea he wasn't human untill one day before class, I was the first one there with him."
"Hold on a sec, what was his name?" I asked curious.
Annabeth looked embarrassed, but said it.
"He just told us to call him Mr. S." She said flushed.
I raised an eyebrow at her, and she punched me playfully in the arm.
"Now thats the Annabeth I know." I said rubbing my arm, and smiling.
She showed a half a smile then said "He turned into his real form before he had a chance to see me coming into the class, it scared me so bad I didn't go back to school for the rest of the school year, I couldn't stay at home with my step mom, so I came here and waited for my friends to come back."
Guilt filled up inside me like a ton of bricks. I looked down with a sad look.
"I'm sorry for ignoring you the whole time." I sad still looking at the ground.
She looked at me with a smile then pulled my head up to where I was looking at her.
"It's okay Seaweed brain." She said smirking at me. "But if you do it again, I'm coming after you."
"Fine with me." I said putting my arm around her shoulder.
Annabeth looked me in the eyes then gave me a tight hug.
There was a knock on the door so I went to open it. It was Sindy smiling and waving. Her brunett hair was in a pony tail, she had her blue eyes set on me, her Aerosmith T-shirt was straightened, her fingers were polished pink with hoop earingson, and her jeans looked brand new.
"Hi." She said friendly as ever. "Percy what time is dinner?"
I smiled then said "Around 7.00."
"Oh okay than I'll be getting there now." She said then walked away.
I looked back at Annabeth who had a very sad look on her face but I didn't pay attention to that little detail.
"I think we should go to the pavillion now." I said trying to make her a little more happy then she was. "What's wrong with Annabeth she's so sad all the time." I thought.