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Chapter 10:

Annabeth's POV,

As soon as I arrived home Savannah actually greeted me at the threshold for the first time in weeks.

"Annabeth, why are you so late? It's almost 5 and we haven't heard from you." She greeted me coldly. She probably wanted me to babysit Mathew and Bobby or something.

"I was at my tutor session." I replied, trying to make my way past her.

"Oh, I really don't see why you're wasting your time with that, it's not like you'd make enough money in 2 years for CU." She scoffed.

I wasn't in the mood for this, God knows I'd only lose my temper and then my 'desert privileges' not that I enjoyed any of her recipes.

"Worth a shot right?" I mumbled, but I still kept my eyes on hers, refusing to back down, and her blue ones were ever so cold.

She made a sound that was something between a snort and a laugh, she then unblocked my way in and told me to get ready for dinner in an hour. I rolled my eyes, she knew I hated, judging from the smell in the kitchen, her Bolognese.

Thalia came again after dinner, since we were going to the party again. She was very excited to see the guy she danced with, I was merely tagging along for boredom's sake. Thalia dropped her bag as soon as she entered my bedroom and she looked exhausted.

"Another go with your mom?" I asked sympathetically, she and her mom had screaming matches all the time, they were worse than my issues with Savannah. We often talked about renting our own apartment that would be close to school and where we would live together, alone, without any pestering moms.

She dropped herself on the floor next to me, where I was finishing off my physics homework, she gave me a weak nod and then a sly smile drew over her face.

"I broke the Pot." She confided.

"No!" I clapped a hand over my mouth. The Pot was a gift from her mom's only and truest love, not one of the guys she usually slept around with, he was also Thalia's father. It was made of glass, and so her mother never used it, but instead of storing it in a kitchen cupboard, she kept it in her bedroom, somewhere no one ever knew until Thalia broke it today.

"Oh God, that must've been nasty!" I bit my lip, I was being cool about it, I should be sympathetic and give my best friend a shoulder to cry on.

"No, not at all, instead of screaming or anything she just looked at me and the mess and started crying. She cried so hard I pet her shoulder, packed, and ran out of the house. Annabeth," She looked up, confused, "I've never seen mom cry before, she usually laughs and cursed at me for being her unworthy daughter, this is completely new! I don't know what to do now! What if she kicks me out?" She didn't look on the verge of tears like I expected, she looked baffled.

"Ok, listen to me, she won't kick you out, she will probably act like nothing has happened and will call someone to fix the Pot, don't worry! C'mon it's almost 9, the party already started, and I hear they're partying all night." I said, trying to relieve her, it worked.

She looked at me gratefully and gave me a hug which I returned. We then got up to get ready.

Half an hour later, Thalia was dressed in a black top and jeans, both full of chains, her hair, spikier that ever looked good. I was only dressed in a plain grey tank top and dark white jeans. I had my hair curled up on one side and was ready to put on silver flats.

Sneaking out was a problem, Savannah and dad might still be up, so I called for Bobby or Mathew, whose room was right next to mine. I ushered them in and offered them 10 bucks each to see if mommy and daddy were still up. Bobby looked me up and down and asked where I was going, while Mathew went to check if they were in bed.

"Well, Bobs, you can't tell anyone but Thalia and I are going out tonight, with some friends." I didn't have to bribe them again to not give me away, we trusted each other and they both liked me way better than their own mother, who wasn't a great attending mother to them either.

Mathew came back and said in his best imitation of James Bond, "You're clear, they are both in their bedchambers, asleep." He gave a quiet laugh to himself then.

I ruffled their hairs and kissed them goodnight, as I was about to leave the bedroom they stopped me.

"Anna we couldn't take this from you. We know you're saving up for college and you don't want to take anything out of that money-" Bobby explained.

"We heard mom talking to dad about it, she wasn't happy." Mathew shrugged.

I was touched, "Thanks you guys," I said pulling them in a hug, they both backed away and stuck their tongues out, murmuring something about girl germs, they were only 11, and they had such innocence I hoped they never lost it. I laughed and thanked them again, promising them to get some candy on the way back.

We sneaked out and headed for the party.

We were once again halted and winked at by the old man in disguise, as soon as he let us in the party was already pimping. The pool tables upstairs were almost deserted, and we spotted Dan, Leo, and Jason through the thin poles there playing pools. We made our way to them through the dancing and jumping crowd.

"Hey" Thalia and I said in unison. They boys either 'hi'd' back or nodded. I sat cross legged on one of the pool tables and started chatting away with all of them. Dan looked sheepish and really cute. A while later Thalia gasped and went down over to the crowd, I followed her with my eyes and saw that she found the guy she was looking forward to meeting again. His face lightened up and he told her something, which made her glow with red. He then grabbed her hand and they started dancing.

"Ah, young love." I chuckled.

"She's not the only one, Leo is looking for this girl, Ellie, I think, and he found her dancing with this really buff guy. He did the most courageous thing ever and asked him if he could borrow Ellie for a dance!" Jason smirked at Leo.

"Yeah it was only for a song, but she gave me her number and told me to call her." Leo fought.

"Huh, but you wanted more right? Well she's at the drink table now, so go get her!" Dan ordered.

Leo scurried out of his place and went over to his beloved Ellie, we all laughed at how reckless love made us. Then Dan asked me to dance, I agreed, but looked at Jason, who was all alone now.

"It's ok you go ahead, I'm waiting for Piper anyway."

I gave him a shrug and danced with Dan for a total of 3 songs. Then all of a sudden Luke came out of nowhere and looked at Dan, who without a single word went off to dance with someone else.

"Where've you been?" I asked Luke, raising my eyebrow as we started to dance.

"Oh just with Rachel, she's gone off with a friend for now. Anyway Annabeth, I know I'm being a completely ignoring jerk these days, and I'm sorry about today." He said, looking guilt-ridden.

I looked away from him. I remembered how I was waiting for him today in the gym after school, for a one on one he promised, just to get a call from him telling me he couldn't make it.

"Hey, it's cool," I said with a smile, "C'mon I like this song." I said trying to change the subject. We both danced and danced and danced until I spotted Rachel coming towards Luke, I nudged him and told him she was coming, he gave me a grateful smile and then left.

I tried not to look frustrated.

Then out of the blue, why does the word blue come up a lot with this guy? Percy came up to me, he was alone, and he gave me a quick smile and asked loudly over the noise, "That your boyfriend?"

I hoped I wasn't going red, "No," I yelled over the noise. He nodded and then saw Dan coming over, he pulled me aside and asked, "Do you like that guy, Luke I mean?"

I looked at him, horrified, "He's my best friend!" I screeched, but it came out ordinarily, like I was just chatting.

"Oh, oh ok sorry then." He gave me that lopsided smile again and left.

"Who was that?" Dan asked.

"Just a guy I'm tutoring," I said trying to get over my shock, was I being obvious I liked Luke?

"Oh cool, so wanna dance again?" he asked, I nodded and went on dance mode.

Percy's POV,

I showed up at the party at about 10 and saw that Rachel beat me to it, she was with Luke and his buddies over at the pool tables, Nico and Grover, who both seemed excited to come, both left me to look for their crushes, what happened to bros over hoes?

I went to get some punch, girls eyeing me and giggling on my way there, some even bold enough to ask me to dance, I shrugged them off, looking for one girl in particular.

And there she was with her Luke, dancing.

I sighed and took up some dancing offers, I spotted Nico with the girl he danced with last time, they were both talking and dancing and looked like they were having a good time. At some point Rachel came up to me and shooed a girl I was dancing with away, she smiled at me apologetically and yelled over the music, "You made it!"

I smiled at her and asked her if she wanted to dance, she didn't hesitate and we boogied for about half an hour. Then she stopped and said she needed to find Luke, my throat was burning to retort that he was busy dancing with a blonde, who had her back to me, the whole time, but I couldn't tell her that, and so I watched as she made her way to Luke, who smiled at the blonde and left with Rachel. I recognized the blonde and walked towards her.

"That your boyfriend?" I asked Annabeth.

She tensed and yelled a no, which I hardly heard. I nodded, and caught a glimpse of another guy trying to move on to Annabeth, I gently pulled her aside and asked her if she liked Luke. I don't know how I just spat it out, I knew it was rude, and I was planning on asking her later, when we had more lessons, but seeing many guys popping out, wanting to dance with her made me say it, I guess.

She looked at me weirdly, "He's my best friend!" she shrieked.

I mumbled a quick apology, I was about to ask her another question, maybe to even dance, but I knew I crossed my line with her. And so I smiled and left.

I wanted to leave now, it was about 12, and I knew these people were going to party till 6 am. I looked for Nico, who apparently danced off, and Grover was dancing with Juniper. I didn't want to interrupt that, he barely had a chance to talk to her, much less dance with her.

"Yo, Perce." Someone said behind me.

I turned around and saw Beckendorf, without Selena though, I clasped his hand and we bumped each other's sides, he invited me to play pools with him, and we went up the stairs where we were high up to see the whole party unfold. I saw Nico dancing with the same chic, and Annabeth dancing and laughing with a guy, Jason I think, who was part of the football team with Beckendorf. The guy who was near me and Annabeth when we talked earlier was dancing with Rachel's friend Piper. They all looked happy, dancing next to each other, and switched partners every now and then, Nico suddenly lost Thalia, who was now laughing and dancing with Annabeth, and was awkwardly standing next to Jason. I laughed and nudged Beckendorf, who snapped a photo of the whole scene. Luke and Rachel were nowhere to be found, much to my liking. Beckendorf noticed Selena, who came in just now looking as gorgeous as ever, he didn't even look back at me until he was halfway down the stairs, I waved him off and felt as bored as ever. I turned around to grab my punch when someone tapped my shoulder, I spun and found an infuriated Annabeth, who looked at me impatiently. How did she get up here this fast?

"What?" I demanded, if looks could kill I'd probably be sheesh-kabab by now.

"Why were you asking me those questions earlier?" She questioned.

"Uh, out of curiosity?" I said nervously.

"No, no there's something up with you, why you stayed at school so late, why you were distracted, why you questioned me about Luke." She insisted, growing even more impatient.

"Well…"

"Oh! I know now! You like Rachel don't you? She usually stays after school, and she's also Luke's girlfriend!" She smirked triumphantly

"How did you know? Wait I deny everything you just said." I said, hoping she bought it, but she was smart, too smart of my and her own good.

"Hmm, we could use this to our own advantage."

"Are you admitting you like Luke?" I asked slyly.

"No, I just don't like her." She waved the idea away with her hand, I didn't buy it, but she looked lost in thought. She blinked several times and then her shoulders relaxed.

"Tell you what? Forget about the whole thing, I don't want to see Luke hurt, he'll break it off sooner or later I'm positive, so please don't ever mention this to anyone, including me." She said sadly, and sprinted down the stairs to go back to her friends.

I thought about what she just said, she seemed to really like Luke if she didn't want to see him hurt, even if it meant she had to see him with another girl, I realized that's what I feel about Rachel too. I also couldn't help thinking how Annabeth was so intense, like she came up here to wonder all by herself, like I wasn't even there. I joined the party later on and danced with a lot more girls, half whom I didn't even know. It was 3:30 before I was about to collapse, and everyone else by the looks of it. Like in a trance, everyone started filing out of the enormous, and deserted indoor pool room.

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