(Important: Percy joined the swim team and Annabeth still can't swim. Haha)

Rachel pov.

I sighed and leaned against Percy's locker waiting for it's owner. Okay, I was waiting for Lucy and Percy seeing as the two were joined by the hip since I met them. Sadly I couldn't blame Lucy for being clingy or something. They were just always together. Over the last two and a half months I had seen Percy one time with out Lucy at his side and that was while he was waiting infont of the girls room and that was only two minutes.

Last month I had asked Lucy if she could give me the chance to get to know Percy better, with put her being there...well I had definitely seen the cold sparkle in her eyes and quickly left. Lucy hadn't spoken a word to me since. I guess I wasn't the only one with feelings for Percy. To be honest I sometimes had the suspicion that Lucy and Percy were secretly dating but they didn't act like it. They never displayed any real feelings in public. They just spent time together. True, Lucy nearly never showed her feelings publicy but I had heard her laughing two more times even if not as long or as loud. All three times the laughing had been connected to Percy. So it was hard to put a name on their relationship.

The thing that disappointed me was that all our friends supported the Percy. They all wanted Percy and Lucy to get together. I sighed. The only one who I had talked to and asked for advice on my crush was Piper and I could see it her eyes as how high she estimated my chances with getting the guy and it wasn't in my favor. I mean I know that I am quite pretty and that boys have liked me in the past and probably still do like me. Sadly Percy wasn't one of them.

What also made me feel depressed was the fact that Percy's eyes were always glued on her lips when she spoke. He probably didn't notice it himself but he often just stared at her with a little awe in his eyes. Finally I saw them approaching us. Lucy was smiling and talking to Percy until she spotted me and her eyes turned colder.

Lucy pov.

I felt a pang of annoyance rush through me. Rachel was waiting for Percy at his locker. I had no idea why this annoyed me so much. Perhaps because she was trying to take my friend away. I sighed. I had asked Percy last night if he thought I was clingy and he had burst out laughing. "I have to stay a period later to help the cemetery professor clean out the lab when we are out. I announced pulling of my gloves. It was snowing heavily out side. Percy chuckled. "Sure Wise Girl. I am going to use the chance to do some extra swimming practice. Pick me up when you are out." He smirked and I found myself blushing. Finally we reached the locker. "Good morning RED?" Percy greeted her brightly.

I said nothing. I never forgave and never forgot. "Morning." she said back a little breathless. Annoyed I turned to my locker and opened it. There I pulled put the book that I would need for my first two periods of the day. At least Rachel would be on the other side of school in her first two periods. What not many knew was that Rachel's dad was extremely rich and so was Piper's. Jason's mom had been sent to a mental health problem. She had moved from alcohol to drugs and it seemed as if the mixture of both had finally fried her brain because she hadn't left closed mental ward since. He was now living together with Piper. Her father, Tristan McLean had adopted Jason and their ant Artemis had taken in Thalia.

So anyway. Piper's father was away over Christmas for a movie so I had made the big mistake of inviting Jason and Piper over to my flat for the Christmas holidays. I hadn't let any of them in my home since the last failed experiment. Now I was doing it again but I was optimistic that they wouldn't turn my livingroom space into Stalingrad.

I stuffed my book into my bag and turned around to my friend who was still talking to Rachel. The red head was blushing deeply but Percy seemed indifferent to the fact. "Hey, Beckett." A loud males voice hailed me. I spun around. Mike, a guy from the football team was stalking over to me. "Yes?" I asked annoyed. "I've noticed that you have turned down all the guys who asked you out to the ball." I gritted my teeth. "So you assumed that I was waiting for you to ask me out?" He grinned. "Will yeah."

"Okay. I do not want to go to the ball with you. Not even one of you boys has awoken my interest in the slightest." I growled. He looked at me surprised and then grinned again. "There is no reason to play hard to get at." Acting out of impulse I pulled my arm back and threw what every I was holding, which turned out to be a dictionary, at the guy. Naturally my aim was accurate and the book smacked into his face.

The guy went to the ground. Frustrated I clawed at my hair. Why couldn't they leave me alone? I disliked them all. Suddenly I felt familiar hands grabbing my wrists and forcing my clawing hands down to my side. I instinctively leaned back against him. His presence calmed me down. "Calm down Wise Girl." I sighed. I really hated people in general. Suddenly I realised a little problem. My nightmares were as bad as ever and if Piper and Jason stayed at my place for a week they would find out.

I groaned. Plus Piper would probably be staying in my room... I shuddered at the thought of some one else that I didn't trust blindly staying in the same room as I did. I would much rather have Percy in my room. I smiled, that was the solution. I would share with Percy and Piper would share with Jason. I sighed happily. I pulled away from Percy and stalked of to class satisfied that I had solved a problem. Sadly the topic of me screaming my head of still had to be discussed.

"Wait up!" Came Percy's voice from behind me. A heartbeat later he was at my side. I smirked for some reason. "So.. .what do we have now?" I smiled softly ."History Seaweed brain. History."

Here you go you book nerds. I hope you had fun. Love you all.

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Winter Wolf over and out.