It was an hour before midnight when we finished with it. And it was pretty much worth all the effort. The blending of the colors made the walls look a little older, more authentic. Jason and Piper were still working on the tiny slaves, Percy was painting the ground with different shades of green, and I was writing all that is needed to be written. Thalia and Nico came to visit and were pretty awestruck when they saw the work of art in front of them.

"Who painted?" the younger of the two asked, not at first noticing Seaweed Brain's paint stained fingers.

"We'll let you find out for yourselves." Jason smiled and gave placed the slave he was working on at the very top of the tower, to make it look like he was making the roof.

My best friend scanned the work area until her eyes landed on the fingers that picked up the discarded paintbrush, dipping it on the dark green paint, and with some water, brushed it against the cardboard floor. "Perseus Jackson, I didn't know you could paint!" she exclaimed.

"Well, it wasn't like you needed to know." He teased lightly, placing the tool on the jar before leaning on his arms.

Ms. Umbrage was actually pretty proud of us once she saw the work, cooing about the structure and the details and how it looked like the actual thing. And we didn't even have something to look at, not a copy, not even a clue at what we're doing. It was all on how Piper described it and how she remembered it to be when she was a child.

The entire thing earned us an A+. She was actually opting to grade us higher than that if it were possible but sadly, it wasn't so she just gave us the highest possible score.

When the four of us reached our room, we were rejoicing. Ms. Umbrage is even going to display it for the entire student body to see, a privilege for those who made it. It only happened to me once before and that was when I was in first grade. It was just a simple model house made out of Popsicle sticks but it was pretty much one of the greatest things my teacher then has ever seen. And that is one of the reasons why I wanted to be an architect.

By midnight, we were all given an hour to rest. I was glad that they did because we were all so tired from hours and hours of school work and project making and homework and everything. Even if what Will Solace said was true, there was still that lingering pain on my shoulders as I stretched. I swear, Rachel will pay for giving me body pain and I probably have bruised my spine.

Gladly, Percy saw my discomfort and ordered me to lie down. Seeing that I couldn't really argue, I followed, lying face down on my sleeping bag with him sitting lightly on my butt, putting all his weight on his knees. Before I could even ask what he was doing, he started kneading my back and I drooled with pleasure. "Better?" he asked, ignoring how the rest of the people in the room were looking at him.

I nodded, ordering him not to stop and my muscles became just as relaxed as they were before I even stepped foot on the school grounds. "Where'd you learn how to do this?" I moaned as he placed his magical fingers on my shoulders.

"It runs in the family" he answered, "My mom's side of the family."

"So good"

He laughed and moved to my side as I sat on his lap, letting him do whatever he wants with me. And as of now, he was kissing my neck, smiling at how Thalia was reacting to all of this. "If you're going to do what I think you're going to do, could you please just find another place?"

"Don't worry Thals, we won't. Not now, anyways" I blushed at the last statement but tried my best to hide my face on his chest.

If you're wondering who I'm with, then I'm not going to keep you guessing. It was rather obvious that Percy Jackson, Thalia Grace, Nico Di Angelo, Jason Grace, and Piper McLean were with me but also, there were Clarisse La Rue (I don't know if I made the right choice in choosing her), Chris Rodriguez, Travis and Connor Stoll, Katie Gardner, Silena Beauregard, Charles Beckendorf, and Grover Underwood. I know we're more than ten but I don't think Mr. Gristle minded since he just needed to keep an eye on those that started an intimate relationship. Plus, he did say at least ten.

We were all talking, sharing stories, joking around, and teasing like the usual when someone knocked on the door. I was actually expecting it to be Rachel Dare but thankfully, it was Juniper, Grover's girlfriend. I couldn't actually pinpoint what emotions she was expressing but I think it was between fear and nervousness.

Being the attentive boyfriend that he is, he immediately saw her distress, running to her side and letting her sit on one of the chairs in the far corner with both of them talking in hushed voices.

"She said what!" Grover screamed, sounding as if he wanted to be wrong when it comes to his hearing. "Please tell me that she didn't really do that."

"She did. I heard it from Rose and Miranda. They saw it happen!"

He gulped visible and walked towards us. "What happened?" Percy asked, standing up and gestured for his other best friend to sit. "Grover, tell me what's wrong"

"Rachel, she…" he looked as if he was about to cry. "She broke your History project for revenge on what you did to her."

"Wait, the Great Wall?" Percy looked horrified, shaking his head viciously.

But Grover confirmed his suspicions. "I'm so sorry, Percy."

My boyfriend bit his bottom lip, "We worked two hours on that. She couldn't have been so evil…" And he looked me, realizing that my eyes were stinging as some tears rolled down my cheeks. At least it was already graded, right? At least we don't have to do that again. But it was still so much time and effort going to waste, so much sweat and blood and tears just being thrown to the trash. No, Rachel can't do this to us. Especially when I haven't even done anything to her.

Before I knew it, I was walking down the crowded hall with the students parting like the Red Sea just for me. I didn't even notice that Percy was following me until he grabbed my arm, shaking me as if he was trying to wake me up from my nightmare. "Wise girl, what are you planning to do?" he asked as he pushed me against the wall, carefully this time.

"She's going to pay." I hissed, pushing him away from me but failing miserably.

"Annabeth" he whined, "Nothing's going to come of it."

"I don't care. We worked so hard on that. You have to understand why I'm feeling like this. Percy, you worked your butt off for that, probably more than I did."

He sighed. "Just, take it easy on her. I got your back."

We pushed past through the many teenagers and stormed in her room, but I might as well have broken the door. I ignored the fact that she was making-out with a guy I didn't recognize at the moment and dragged her to the other side of the room with incredible strength and stamina that I never thought I had. "Did you or did you not ruin my History project?" I growled on her face.

Rachel dared to smile. "Who ever told you that?"

"So you admit it?"

The bitch nodded, "What are you going to do to me, Annie? We both know you're not capable of hurting me."

"Well, I technically am." And with that, I threw her to the farthest wall, making sure that Percy catches her. "And it's not just me that you got mad, dear Rachel" I spat. "You may not know it but you ruined all your chances on getting back together with Percy, if there are any."

Seaweed Brain smirked and forced her on the seat, making her wince. He then headed to the teacher's table and pulled out the duck tape (I don't know why it was there but I was pretty glad that it was), attaching her to the said chair. "Now, I'm not going to hurt you physically." I told her, placing both hands on the desk and glaring at her. "But I will make sure you're punished."

I closed all the curtains and made sure that the doors were locked before smiling mischievously at my boyfriend. In a blink of an eye, our lips were locked in an intimate give and take that I have experienced so many times before, smiling as he pushed me against the wall, my legs around his waist as he grinded against me, making me moan. I honestly forgot that Rachel was watching since I focused everything on pleasuring him and myself.

The only thing that made me realize that she was still there was her scream when my fingers lifted his shirt enough for her to see his well-toned abs. "Please, don't." she looked like she was about to cry and Percy smiled, placing me gently on the floor as he leaned on the wall. "I'll do everything. Just don't do this to me."

"Since I'm feeling nice, I won't" I told her, "But you have to swear that this feud between us will not stoop so low that we're ruining each other's projects."

She nodded and continued struggling with her bonds, unable to break through. Surprisingly, she started crying, real tears on her eyes. I actually did feel bad for her, seeing that she can't really handle being alone and vulnerable. "You're not going to leave me like this, are you?" Rachel whimpered, her red hair flowing widely as she shook her head.

"I'm sorry but we have no choice." Percy said, giving a sad smile as he took my hand.

"Please, don't…" she said again but I ignored it and walked out of the room, making sure that no one was there before gesturing for him to come. But before she was out of ear shot, she said, "Percy, after everything we've done together, everything we've been through, giving up our virginities…"

At this, I froze. My heart felt like it has stopped beating for an entire minute. My breathing turned shallow. No, Rachel was lying. Of course she was. That's where she's good at, breaking other people's relationships. I looked at my boyfriend's face just to see if she was or not but he refused to meet my gaze.

And that was when I realized that it was true.

"How could you?" I hissed at him, choking on my words. "How could you lie to me?"

"I didn't lie to you" he insisted, grabbing me by the shoulders, preventing me from running away. "Annabeth, it's not true."

I shook my head viciously. "Stop lying to me! Percy, please just tell me what I need to know."

But he sighed. "It was the day before our break-up." He started and I knew this would never benefit me. "When I went home during her party, she called me and told me to go to her house because it was an emergency. So when I did, she tricked me into drinking something she spiked and then I just woke up in her bed the next day." I whimpered at the end of his statement, pushing him away from me.

"So I wasn't your first?" Percy bit his bottom lip and his beautiful sea green eyes looked guilty.

"I'm so sorry." He sounded as if he was having a hard time to breathe. "It was an accident, Wise Girl, I swear. I didn't know what I was doing. It just happened and Rachel tricked me and…" he paused, letting the fact sink in. "We broke up when she woke up and I went over to your house and I guess you know what happened next."

"I asked you what was wrong and you told me you and Rachel broke up because of some stupid thing that you did and that you just needed someone to be with." I said in one breath, reminiscing on the moment when he practically knocked my front door down and hugged me tightly.

He nodded and placed both of his hands on top of mine, trying to look at me. I gasped when I saw the emotions in his eyes. Pain. Guilt. Frustration. "If I could turn back time, I would have told myself not to go. I was stupid enough to believe that something was wrong with her and that she really did need my help."

"It's not your fault." I closed my eyes and let the tear roll down my cheek. "I just need to think about this for a while." I ran away from him, through the now empty hallway, and to the comfort of my best friend's arms.

Thalia immediately asked me what was wrong and I told her everything, answered every one of her questions in the way I know best. And she was shocked. Of course she would be. She thought that Percy would have the decency not to do that with Rachel. She even said that he only did it with me, only me and she would make sure that it stays like that. When I finished my rant, mixed with sobbing and shaking and choking, she held me at arm's length and measured out her words carefully.

"Annabeth, I know at first I never supported this relationship but now that I see that you two are very happy together, happier than I have seen you in my entire life, I realize that maybe the step you took was for the best. Percy's your soul mate, the man you love, the man who would jump in front of a bullet just to save you, the man who you're living for, and the man who you would die without. You two are perfect for each other so don't let something that Rachel Dare did get in between that." She took a deep breath, "The first thing I saw in you when we were kids was how persistent you really are, how you want something to go your way or else something bad will happen. I like that in you and maybe you can use that now."

She was right. I love him and the past was behind us now. I may not be Percy's first kiss but I was as sure as hell that I am his first love. And his only love. Rachel may have stolen something that I was supposed to take but I'm not regretful that I gave mine to him. "Thanks, Thalia" I murmured, hugging her tightly.

When I stepped out of the room, I immediately saw my boyfriend leaning against the wall, fiddling with his fingers. He heard me, of course, but refused to look at me. "I'd understand if you want to break-up" he said in a low voice but I knew that it was really hard for him to say.

"I promised that you and I will never be separated. What you said a while ago just hurt me in a way that you didn't tell me everything even when we swore to each other that we would." He mumbled an apology there but I placed a finger on his lips, quieting him. "I was never mad at you, Seaweed Brain and I'm glad that you and I are together now. Let's just put the past behind us and focus on the present. I love you."

He smiled and pressed his lips gently to mine. "I love you" he echoed with just as much emotion, maybe even more. "But I don't really count Rachel as my first. She did take me but it was against my will and I practically was half conscious then. And my other half was drunk. So if we both agree to it, you're my first and it was the most amazing thing that I have ever felt." I shivered as his hot breath hit my ear but giggled otherwise wrapping my arms around his neck, on my tiptoes. Why does he have to be so tall?

"I think I agree with you on the last one." I told him honestly, running my hand down his chest just to lace them with his fingers.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you."

"It wasn't your fault." I repeated with my head on his shoulder as he ran his fingers through my hair. "You didn't know what you were doing."

He brought me back to our room, surprised that our friends were watching us with such eagerness that it made me a little self conscious. "Thalia told us what happened." Jason explained, standing up.

"Yeah," Grover agreed. "I always knew that Rachel was bad but tricking you to do that is just plain evil."

Many nodded, "I'm not the one to judge but out of all the girls you could have done, it was Dare that you chose." Travis sighed disapprovingly but we just laughed at his ministrations, Percy punching him lightly on the shoulder just for good measure. But I could still see him wince.

"You should have charged her for rape." Clarisse, the violent one, called from the far end of the room.

"Yeah but she'll have a really good lawyer to say that I was the one who raped her."

My cousin made a face at him and murmured curse words under her breath before focusing on her boyfriend's lips on hers.

They asked us what happened with Rachel when we confronted her about the project thing and Percy and I just said that we made-out in front of her. Period. They don't have to know that we were so close to screwing each other in front of her. But they said that it was as good a punishment as any, muttering that she deserved it. And Silena actually squealed in delight when she heard that we left her duck-taped to the chair, screaming for help that would never come. As wrong as it sounded, I was actually hoping for someone to take advantage of her weakness but I knew it was too good to be true.

We had twenty minutes till we return to school work and we gave that time to just get some shut eye. Percy and I cuddled in my sleeping bag, not really surprised that we fit, and he would tell me how much he loved me and how much he wanted to be with me forever and how he wished that Rachel would realize her mistake of trying to break us up and just leave us alone. I smiled as every "I love you" escaped his lips and I would hum or moan or reply with the same three words as a response.

By 1:30, all of us went straight to the auditorium, sleepy and cranky just like everyone else. Mr. Gristle gave his welcome remarks, told us how happy he is that we came and that he knows that we were tired but we had to make some sacrifices after so many weeks off. Many groaned at the fact but no one argued, seeing that they wouldn't have much to argue on. "Now, I want to acknowledge the person who risked his life just to save his little sister during the school accident. Percy Jackson, please stand."

A bright spotlight blinded me as it shined on the man on my right but he just smirked, doing what our principal said but having that humble smile on his face. Most gave him a standing ovation, cheering for his bravery and loyalty. I won't lie when I tell you that I kissed him right there and then, which made the cheering even louder. "I'm so proud of you, Seaweed Brain." I said.

He mouthed a 'Thank you' before taking his seat once again. Mr. Gristle cleared his throat and the entire student body was quiet. "Now, your teachers and I have been thinking of giving you a time to have fun with your friends so we thought that it would be best if we go to Montauk for a week, take a break from school."

Everyone screamed, saying that they loved the idea. "Now, Percy's father, Mr. Jackson, has agreed to help us with the housing so he rented ten houses for us to stay in. Sadly, this will only be for the year who has given the most donations and all of us have to agree that it would be…" The last words were drowned because everyone around me screamed, many cheered and laughed and just smiled.

"Now, please be mindful that we are not going to tolerate any drinking or smoking or drugs. Also, the same rules apply there as it does here. Lastly, teenage pregnancies are still strictly discouraged in this school so we would like to avoid any…" he didn't continue, seeing everyone's faces.