Oh my gods! Thank you guys so much for the reviews. Love you guys. This is on Monday. Percy and Annabeth are now bf/gf. And they're all happy! But don't forget. I said there would be surprise. Hahaha. Well, read Chapter 10. =) Double digits!

Monday morning

Annabeth's POV

Again, I woke up for school, still in a trance from last Friday. I know that's a long time to be dazed, but if you were actually me, then yeah. Think. How would you feel if you found out your biggest crush liked you, he kissed you, you fought a monster, got thrown into a tree, lost conciousness, and he drove you home. See? Anyway, I rushed to school. Percy said he would meet me by my locker.

I threw on a pair of denim shorts, converse, a gray cami, and a skinny headband. I stuck my knife, architecture book, and Yankees hat in my striped blue and white bag and ran to school.

I took my biology book out of my locker and closed the door to find Percy right there.

"Oh!" I smacked his arm. "You scared me!" He rubbed his arm.

"Ow, jeez. You're fearless when it comes to fighting the most powerful monster in the universe, but you get scared when you see me two feet away. That's sensible." He said sarcastically. I just rolled my eyes. "Oh my gods. You're Athena's daughter!" he looked at me, wide-eyed.

I smacked him again. "Quiet down! And I told you that on Friday. You just figured that out now? You are slow, Seaweed Brain."

"Are you really gonna use that nickname?"

"Yes."

"And I'm not slow. I figured that out on Friday. I just remembered it today."

"You're slow." I repeated.

"No, I mean . . . . my dad said to stay away from a daughter of Athena, which I'm guessing is you." I looked at him, waiting for more. "But I'm not going to." I smiled and put his arm around my shoulders.

"Yay! Come on. I told Katie I'd help her with her English homework before class."

"Ugh, I hate that subject. It gives me a headache. Literally."

"Same here. I don't see why we have to take that class. I mean we're dyslexic for Zeus's sake! We can't read English. Let alone Old English. I mean 'thee', 'thy'. What is up with that? I mean I like Shakespeare's works, if only more of it was translated into Ancient Greek." I complained. We turned the corner and saw Katie shuffling through her copy of Hamlet.

"Oh, you're here. Good. I don't understand what the Tartarus Shakespeare is trying to say." I looked at the clock. I helped Katie as fast as I could before the bell rang for first period.

Biology went by in a blur. Before I knew it, the bell rang, ending first period. I went to my locker and started taking my calculus book out when I felt someone behind me. I spun around, fully expecting to see a student. But no one was in sight. I turned back to my locker, but not without taking one last look behind me. I felt it again. But there was no one. This was really starting to freak me out. I grabbed my knife from inside my bag and held it at the ready. I waited for the mysterious person to come back. I spun around and thrust my knife at it.

"Ahhh! Annabeth! Not cool!" Oh my gods. It was Alex, my best friend from San Fransisco. Behind her was Jessie and Sam, both laughing. "Umm, Annabeth? Do you mind taking your knife out of my stomach?" I looked at her stomach, where my celestial bronze knife was. It passed right through her as though she was a ghost. I slipped it out and smacked all of them on the arm. Apparently, I'm doing that a lot today.

"Ow! Nice to see you too." Sam said sarcatically.

"Don't get me wrong I'm really excited that you're here. But why haven't you answered my phone calls for the past week?!" I asked, the anger rising up.

"We were packing so we could come here for the break. And Alex's been busy with her new boyfriend." Jessie said matter-of-factly as she looked at Alex, who was blushing like crazy.

I smiled. "You got a boyfriend?" She nodded. I was going to tell her Same here. But I figured Make them suffer a little. Don't tell them anything.

"Yeah, Annabeth. You see, he was scared to ask me out, because he was scared of you."

"Me?" She nodded. Why would he be scared of me? Just because I own a knife and kill monsters doesn't make me scary. Or does it?

"After that explosion you were blamed for, he was scared. He thought that if he hurt me, you would get mad and blow him up or something."

"That's ridiculous!"

"But you did it to Josh."

"That's different. That wasn't my fault."

"Yes it was."

"Okay fine. It was my fault. But you saw what he did."

"True."

"Yeah."

We caught up on everything, except my life here. Haha. I'm doing a pretty good job of making them suffer. They kept on begging, but I wouldn't give in. It was so fun. Anyway, Alex's boyfriend was Taylor, a guy who was in my class since first grade. I knew they liked each other. Jessie had a crush on the new bad boy at their school. And Sam. . . . was still Sam. Still the same Sam that couldn't care less about boys. Still the same Sam that spent all her time playing sports.

"Hey Annabeth. Mr. Abbey just assigned another English assignment on Hamlet. You know where that's leading to right?" Percy walked up to Annabeth, not looking up from his copy of Hamlet.

I laughed at how he can be so oblivious to things. He didn't even notice my friends. "Yeah, I'll help you at lunch." He looked up, finally, and smiled, which still left me needing to catch my breath. He walked away, heading to calculus, still not aware of my friends right in front of me.

"He's cute. Is he a bad boy?" Jessie asked me after Percy turned the corner.

"You only like bad boys, don't you?" She nodded. "No, he's not a bad boy. And he's taken."

"By who?" Sam asked.

"Not telling." I gave them a mischeivous smile and walked to Calculus, making them follow me, asking me to spill.

"No, I'm not telling." I told them for the thousandth time.

"Fine, we give up." Jessie said, raising her hands in defeat. We walked into the cafeteria. Students bustled around, carrying lunch trays or rushing to finish homework. My friends looked like they were in a whole other planet. I do admit. This was nothing like my old school. My old school had rows of tables and boring white walls. In here, there were circular tables, more laughter, and bright colorful walls. I led them through the lunch line and sat down next to Percy, who was slowly trying to understand what Shakespeare was saying. I slid his book and assignment closer so I could have a look at it. He held my hand, but I couldn't let my friends see. I moved our hands under the table, where it wouldn't look suspicious. But too late.

Jessie's POV

Oh my goodness. He held her hand. That must mean he likes her. But Annabeth said he had a girlfriend. Unless . . . . "Thalia!" I ran up to the punk girl Annabeth introduced us to earlier, dragging Alex and Sam with me. "Is Percy Annabeth's boyfriend?"

"Uhh, yeah. It's sort of obvious. I mean look at them." She gestured toward Percy and Annabeth. They were laughing as Percy fumbled with his food, trying not to get it on his book or homework. "Why do you ask? Didn't Annabeth tell you?" I shook my head. She smiled slyly. "Well, let me tell you how it happened."

Annabeth's POV

We were all at Percy's swim tournament against Roosevelt High School. It was Percy's time to swim, finally. He stepped out of the locker room, wearing a shirt and his swimsuit. He sat down at the edge of the pool. I knew it was so he could power up. As the son of Poseidon, he could do that. Lucky. He found me in the crowd and smiled. The coach told him it was almost time for the race to start. He took off his shirt, his teammates wished him good luck, and he got in the starting position. He looked at me again, and showed me his crossed fingers. It meant that he wanted me to cross my fingers for him. I showed him my crossed fingers. He smiled and turned to look at the water.

Pow! Ow! That always hurts my ear. And the swimmers took off. "Go Percy!" I yelled, even though I knew he couldn't hear me from in the water. The swimmer from Roosevelt finished Lap One first, but I knew Percy could catch up. (A/N: I've never been to a swim tournament or seen one, for that matter. So if I describe it wrong, please spare me.) Roosevelt finished Lap Two first, but only by, like, a millisecond. Last lap. Come on Percy, come on. I was biting the inside of my cheek in anxiety. A few more feet. And they both reached the end. But who was first?

The cheers died, as everyone looked around in confusion. They weren't sure who to cheer for. Roosevelt or Goode? The announcer walked over to the judge as they replayed the tape over and over again. After a few minutes, they finally came to a decision.

"Congratulations, Goode High! You won!" The crowd burst into cheers. The team patted Percy on the back and shoulders. The coach did something between a happy dance and a bird call. Weird.

People started leaving, while Thalia hung out with my friends on the other side of the bleachers. Grover was in the back, hiding from everyone, eating a tin can.I was just sitting in the middle of the bleachers, reading my architecture book, waiting for Percy. He said he invited all our friends to a victory party at his house. He was going to give me a ride. I was excited. I wanted to meet his mom. He said she was the nicest person in the world. I don't doubt it. If a person goes out of her way to keep her son safe and does anything to make blue food, you know she's a good person.

What was taking Percy so long? Oh my goodness. He was still in the pool! Just floating in the middle. Did he know I was waiting for him? I tucked my book into my bag, and walked over to the edge of the pool.

Everyone was gone now, except for Thalia, Jessie, Alex, Sam, and Grover, who still thought he was completely hidden. I took off my shoes and put my feet into the water. Percy noticed me and swam over.

"How come you're not getting out?" I asked innocently.

"Because I like it in here." He answered, just as innocent. He paused. "You should try it." He smiled deviously. Realization dawned on my face.

"Don't you dare." I said, trying to be threatening.

"Oh, I dare." He grabbed my wrist and pulled me in. I screamed, but it was quickly drowned out once I went under. I saw Percy beside me, and found out I could breathe. Percy was probably making an underwater bubble or something. We probably spent more than a minute under the water, because Sam swam in, thinking we were drowning. She looked at us, confused. I just smiled and waved. That made her go back up. Sam knows about me being a demigod. So does Alex and Jessie. They can't see through the mist. But it was hard to keep from them. They can get really snoopy at times. Sam could probably tell Percy was a son of the Sea God, especially considering he was making us stay down here for a really long time.

"Can we please go up now? I bet the whole team is waiting at your house right now." I wrapped my arms around him, trying to butter him up. It worked.

"Fine." He took my hand and swam to the surface. Once he was on the ledge, he pulled me up. Of course, he was completely dry. As for me, I was dripping wet. My hair was a curly mess. My clothes stuck to my body, and I was shivering. I pushed him playfully, and headed off to my locker to get dry clothes. He jogged to the locker rooms to get changed out of his swimsuit. He better hurry. I seriously think the whole team was waiting for him.

Chapter 10! Hope you liked it. The next chapter is gonna start off from here. Don't forget to review!