Annabeth POV

It wasn't like I always blended in, but the looks people were giving me today were weird. Some looked at me with sympathy, others with humor. People would talk as I walked by,

"You think she knows?"

"The poor thing."

"She's strong; you think he'll come out alive when she finds out?"

"How long do you think it will take her? AKA how long till she's my girlfriend?"

Things like that. I don't like not knowing things. But I would wait to find out.

At Lunch:

I sat down with my tray at the table with my friends. Percy and the boys had swim practice today, so it was me and the girls.

"Ok, spill."

Kayla looked over at Rachel. But Kylie was the one who finally spoke.

"Hon, Perce was spotted in the parking lot. With another girl. He kissed her cheek. They hugged. Hon, we're sorry."

I looked at her. At all of them. My sweet, sweet friends. And this, I could tell, was no rumor. Then, to everyone's surprise, I burst out laughing. I knew the big secret. And everyone had it wrong.

Percy's POV:

I'm no people person. But I could tell that everyone hated my guts. Well, almost everyone. All the popular girls looked at my funny. But other than that, people were harshly bumping into me, elbowing me, and I got a few "accidental" kicks in the shin. So it was lunch time, and I had just finished swim practice, when a group of my friends walked up to me.

"What the heck, dude?" Justin screamed at me

"Just, I have no clue what you mean." I said.

"We mean you cheating on Annabeth." Nick replied.

"WHAT? Why would you think I was cheating on Annabeth?" I nearly exploded.

"People saw you in the car with that girl this morning." Justin glared at me.

And with that, I understood. People saw me. I ruined the plan. The trick was to go in late so that no one would see me with her. I didn't need any more rumors about me spreading. But the rumors would be over soon. I walked to my lunch table, where three girls sat next to my laughing girlfriend. Kayla, Kylie and Rachel looked completely confused until they saw me, then their eyes filled with hate. I went and sat down next to Annabeth.

"Hey." I said.

"Some rumor have been going around, Percy." She said, breaking from her laughing mode.

"So I heard."

"Would you like to explain them to our friends?"

"I won't have to." She looked at me confused before someone caught her glance walking up to us. The person was a girl. She had driven me to school this morning. Everyone in the cafeteria stared at her. She walked over and I kissed her cheek. I looked at everyone at the table. Everyone but Annabeth looked mad, she looked…

Ok. So I know you all want to meet mystery girl. Well she will be in the next chapter. I am writing it now. But please, place your guesses here. DON'T CHEAT! I will give you a clue. Here it is! *She has been mentioned in more than one of the Percy Jackson books* and according to the books she is either

Not supposed to date

Mortal

Red-haired or

All of the above!

Happy Reading!