Chapter 10

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Annabeth reluctantly went to school the next day because she wasn't really sick. That, and she loved school-she just didn't want to see Percy or Rachel, so there really wasn't any point in not going.

As she pushed open the doors she saw that she was early and went to sit down at one of the tables in the entrance to wait until she could go back to her locker. Another girl came in and sat next to her.

The girl was kind of Goth looking; she wore black skinny jeans with lace up boots over them and a dark blue sweatshirt. The girl noticed Annabeth staring and stuck out a black nail polished hand.

"Hey, I'm Thalia."

"Annabeth."

"That's kind of a weird name." Thalia said bluntly.

Annabeth couldn't help but smile, for some reason she really liked this girl's brutal honesty.

"I agree," she admitted, "but I'm not about to tell my parents that."

Thalia laughed, "Do we have chemistry together?" she asked.

"Umm, maybe? Mr. Cardinal? Third hour?"

"Yup. Worst block of the day."

Annabeth nodded her head in agreement.

The continued talking as they walked to their lockers-which were just 5 spaces away from each other.

As Annabeth opened her locker a scrap of paper fell out. From Percy.

Hey, it's Percy. You feeling okay? Rachel and I were going to go to the new bakery after school. She's painting a mural for them. Want to come? See you 5th hour.

Thalia walked over and looked at the paper.

"Boyfriend?"

Annabeth rolled her eyes, "I wish."

Thalia wiggled her eyebrows, "Are you going to go?"

"Yeah, probably, want to come with?"

"Sure," Thalia shrugged and slammed her own locker.

Annabeth smiled; at least she had another friend now.

Percy walked into the school with Rachel; he had given her a ride to school that day.

He scribbled a note on a scrap of paper with one of Rachel's rainbow, strawberry scented pens and stuck it in her locker, mentally congratulating himself on remembering her combination from when they first met.

He walked into his English class and waved to his step-dad and teacher, Paul.

"Hey, Paul, I'm going to that new bakery on South Montgomery with Rachel and maybe Annabeth after school, okay? Rachel's painting a mural there."

"Sure, Percy. I'll tell your mom."

Percy turned to walk to his seat but Paul caught his arm,

"Are you ever going to ask that girl out?" he asked, smirking.

"Paul, her name is Annabeth, okay? And no, she doesn't like me. I'm not going to get rejected and then ruin our friendship. That would suck."

Paul shrugged and smiled knowingly. Percy rolled his eyes and sat down.

He ran into Annabeth briefly later in the day when she confirmed that she would go to the bakery and might be bringing her new friend, Tania or something? Percy hadn't ever met her.

He met up with Rachel, to drive her to the bakery and they waited at Percy's car for the two other girls. Percy really needed some guy friends.