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Third Person's POV

The winter nights were starting to grow bothersome for one person hidden in the forests of Long Island. A meager Cyclops came walking in meekly through the tent flap.

"You asked for me?" he grumbled.

"Oh lovely," said a voice that sent chills through the spines of people everywhere. "How is that assassin doing?"

"He's in the midst of accomplishing the worst kind of murder, Mistress." Replied the Cyclops, hoping it was good enough for his mistress Gaea assigned him.

You can practically hear the smile crawl to her lips. "Perfect," she sighed, causing the Cyclops to flinch. "Why don't we speed up the process?" Her fingers tapped against the armrest of her throne in thought. "Which reminds me, how are the Gorgon sisters? A lovely, humorous bunch they are."

The Cyclops cleared his throat before speaking to her. "Medusa is still in the process of regenerating,"

"Excellent, that poor woman," she said in a pouty tone. "I know who killed her you know,"

"Stheno and Euryale are out of commission." The Cyclops said, becoming nervous by the second.

The mistress stayed silent for what seemed like millenia. The Cyclops started to relax and that's when it happened.

The mistress stepped away from the corpse, dropping the dagger on his deteriorating body. She clapped her hands, getting the dust off them.

"Will someone send Katie Gardner a Minotaur?"

KPOV

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I bit my lip and felt uncertain. "I don't know, another one so soon?" He smiled like an idiot and wrapped his arms around me. He lifted me off the ground and spun me around. "What are you doing?"

"You called yesterday a date!" he laughed happily. He held me at eye level and planted a kiss on my cheek; my face instantly flushed. He then threw me up so he could carry me bridal style. "Now I must run to class!"

I feared for my life.

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Katie Gardner can never peacefully eat her lunch.

Today, while I was in the middle of eating an awesome cheeseburger by myself, Teagan and Alexis sat on the bench on the other side of the table.

"Details," Teagan said, opening up her container of salad. She took out a pair of chopsticks, ignoring the confused looks of by standers.

Alexis nodded, her mouth filled with a burger similar to mine. "You escaped from us when we were in the bathroom, but this time you can't." She wiped her hands and mouth with a napkin; she probably sense condiments on her face. "Now spill it, Gardner."

I sighed, opening my mouth to admit defeat when Annabeth came to the rescue. "Hey guys," she greeted, sitting next to me. "What's up?"

I grinned at her smug face. "Someone's feeling a little cocky."

"Well," She shrugged and flipped her hair. "I am a lawbreaker."

"You're not a lawbreaker," Alexis groaned. Annabeth's face faltered and Alexis quickly added, "I mean, technically you are, but you're not because you weren't caught! You're that much more of a rebel."

Teagan noticed Alexis's attempts of boosting Annabeth's enthusiasm. "Yeah, what's lamer than someone who's caught doing what you did?"

"I sped." Annabeth explained. "A lot…" Her hurt face morphed into a horrified face. "Oh my goodness, I broke the law. How unwise of me,"

I could tell she was about to freak out about breaking a law when it wasn't a demigod emergency. Otherwise, she wouldn't have minded what laws she broke. "It was for the sake of your attendance record!" I chided, patting her back.

"I just wanted it so others wouldn't call me predictable, pure-"

"Annabeth, you're really freaking me out," Alexis said, taking a cautious bite into her burger. Not until she was finished chewing did she say, "Quit worrying about it and just be you." She then stood up and carried her stuff. "Let's go to the library and look for some architecture books."

Annabeth nodded, following her example. She cleared her throat and said, "I'm sorry about being a little weird, the adrenaline just got to me, you know?"

"You're weird all the time," I said, dropping the matter. She pouted at me and I shrugged. "Sorry Annie,"

"Don't call me that Katie!" She shouted over her shoulder.

By the time they exited the lunch room, Teagan had already finished her salad. "Okay, so you must tell me the complete story."

I exhaled deeply in thought. "Hm, I don't know." I sat back against my chair and folded my arms. "I mean, it wasn't a date, so there's nothing to tell."

"Oh please, we heard Hayden cheering from the classroom." Teagan scoffed. She frowned at me and turned on her charm. How long will it take for her to learn that trick wouldn't work on me? "I haven't said anything, but I feel like you replaced me and our friends, now they're acquaintances actually, with Alexis and Annabeth." She sighed, genuine hurt filled her eyes. "You changed when you went to California."

Basically, I changed when Travis and I got together.

"Teagan," I said, holding her hand reassuringly. "You have no idea what I go through, what I've been through, every time I leave North Carolina." I paused, trying to gather my thoughts. "Ever since we were kids, you looked so confident. I didn't know I would hurt you like this."

I felt a tap on my shoulder; I turned around and found Hayden standing behind me. Judging by the rose in his hand, he was looking forward to giving it to me. Teagan and I probably didn't look so welcoming at that particular moment. "Oh," He said, disappointment accompanying his voice. "I could talk later."

Teagan stood up abruptly. "No, it's okay." She turned to me and said, "I can go, I haven't sat with Logan in a while anyway." She smiled sincerely and waved good bye.

It killed me to keep the truth from her. My eyes stayed on her until she left the building. I didn't even notice Hayden taking her spot in front of me. "Are you guys in a fight?"

I shook my head. "We were just talking about our feelings," I took a deep breath and put on a smile. "So what's new, Hayden?"

He smiled, extending a flower towards me. "I want you to go on a date with me, tomorrow night." I opened my mouth, not knowing what to say. "Friday nights is okay, aren't they?"

"They are," I said, maybe a little too quickly. "It's just that I don't want to go out so extravagantly like we did last night. Like I'm wasting all your mo-"

"Don't worry about something like that," he disregarded. "You will make me the happiest guy in this cafeteria if you let me go on a date with you."

I smirked at him. "You wouldn't be happy enough to be the happiest guy in the world?"

"I would be the happiest guy in the world when our date ends," He smiled, playing with the rose in his hand.

I frowned. Is he telling me that he'd be happy once the date is ever? Wouldn't that mean he didn't have a nice time. "Well, if you're going to say it like that," I started to stand up. "I'm done with lunch. I'll see you around,"

I started to walk towards the trash can to throw away clean out my lunch tray. "Katie!" he called after me, sensing that he got closer. I rushed to the exit and I risked a glance over my shoulder and found him right behind me. Before I knew it, my chin was resting on his shoulder, my feet were off the ground, and I was being carried outside. We must have cause a scene in the cafeteria.

He was still carrying me when I said, "You can put me down now."

Hayden shook his head furiously. "If I put you down, you might run off again like that." He sighed, his grip on me becoming tighter. "You have no idea how nervous I am."

"I am too because I think I'm going to die from air deprivation. " I gasped, my torso being squeezed tightly.

"Oh," he gently placed me on the ground, but kept his arms around my waist. "It's just I never felt this way about a girl before." He looked me in the eyes and smiled. "I mean, look how perfect you are." His smile faltered and he tucked a lock of hair behind my ear. "Are you crying?"

I frowned, reaching up to my face. It felt wet with tears. "Oh sorry," I apologized, wiping them with my sleeve. "I just need time to think about, okay?" He took his arms off of me and extended the rose he's been holding this whole time to me. I was lost for words. "Why?"

"Even if you can't go on a date with me, I still want you to have it," Hayden smiled, his hand still out. The corners of my lips went up as I took the rose from his hand and subconsciously sniffed it.

"Thank you," I said, just as the bell rang. "Oh, time for class."

No matter what I do, Travis Stoll will always cause me trouble.

. . .

"Katie, can I talk to you for a second?"

I turned and found Logan leaning on the locker next to mine. "Oh hey Logan," I greeted, continuing sorting out my books. "What's up?"

"I need to talk to you," he said; something about him changed for sure.

"Is it about Teagan?" I sighed. "She totally misunderstood my feelings and-"

"No, it's not about Teagan." He interrupted, cutting me off completely.

"Didn't she tell you?" I questioned, closing my locker slowly.

Logan shook his head in thought. "I haven't seen her all day."

I raised an eyebrow at him. "She said that she was going to eat with you?"

"We haven't been alone together lately since you came home," he said thoughtfully.

"I'm sorry," I apologized. "You guys are-"

"I don't think she likes me anymore," he interrupted. Again. This guy won't let me talk.

My jaw dropped. "Of course not Logan, she still likes you." Well, she never talked about him, so I'm just on a whim here.

"I've been acting pretty crazy on dates, but now that you explained everything to me, I'm trying to keep my cool. I think she's starting to find my craziness weird." He frowned.

"I'll talk to her for you," I offered, starting to head to my car.

He nodded at me, "Thanks Katie." He walked off and I sighed to myself.

"What a nice boy, if only he let other people finish their sentences."

I walked to my car and found that no one was there yet. I rolled my eyes and decided to wait for them in the car.

I sat in the driver's seat, not knowing what to do while I waited for Annabeth and Alexis. I turned on the radio and searched through the stations. Nothing good was playing. I groaned as I reached to pick up my bag from the back seat. I dug through my belongings and groaned even more. I couldn't find my iPod. Within an hour, I would begin to show symptoms of a musical withdrawal. I began to take quick breaths, trying to calm down. My ADHD will eventually get the best of me.

"I can always do homework," I said to myself. "Okay, I'll do it since I got nothing better to do." I grabbed my materials and started to work diligently while humming to myself.

For some odd reason, I wanted to see if Hayden's motorcycle was still parked next to mine. I didn't hear it leave, so I guess he was still in the school, along with Annabeth and Alexis, somewhere. I heard more and more cars drive out of school and I groaned impatiently. This was becoming incredibly boring.

I looked at my side mirror and my eyes widened at a little bird in a nest, resting on one of the oldest trees I know of. Surprisingly, the trees at New York were pretty old too. You wouldn't expect that from a city bustling with millions of people.

I turned my concentration back to my homework, when I suddenly got chills.

I decided to have a look around, just in case. I looked at my rear view mirror, and there it was.

This is it, I thought. I'm not gonna live pas this day.

Wow, another update already? This calls for more reviews, yes? This story is somewhat half way over. I'm not sure . . . is it bad that I don't know? Well, it's not close to over, yet, it's not very far.

Have a nice day, while I continue to write in a corner, because I'm on a roll.