Annabeth
The next two months went surprisingly fast. Focusing on spending time with their friends and school, the demigods almost forgot about the upcoming war. Almost. They would be laughing and having a great time, but in the back of all of their minds, there was always a dark pit of dread, nagging at their brains.
They all became very popular in school, bringing the mermaids with them. Especially Luke. One day, Annabeth was walking down the hallway with Luke. It was third period and the Design and Business classrooms were right next to each other. In the hallways, there was one group of girls that kept glancing at Luke and giggling. Of course, Luke didn't pay any attention, but Annabeth studied the girls with interest. Most of them were freshmen, by the looks of it. One of the girls' locker was open and Annabeth could see pictures of Luke with hearts around them and "Maci + Luke" stickers.
But one sticker caught Annabeth's eye. It was a blue circle with the letters, "LCFC" in black in the center. The weirdest part was that there was a caduceus, the symbol of Luke's father, that made up the F. It was a simple design but it gave Annabeth a bad feeling. She noticed that every one of the girls in the group had a button pinned to their shirt with the same design on it.
One girl, who Annabeth guessed was Maci since she had "Maci + Luke" written on her arm, had a T-shirt on that also had the design on it. But below it, it had "Luke Castellan Fan Club" written in black.
A fan club? Annabeth asked herself in bewilderment. She told Luke to go to class without her and then walked up to the girls. They looked at her in disgust and tried to ignore her. She noticed that Maci's button was different. It had "leader" written on it in red.
"Stalking Luke, now are we?" Annabeth questioned. She didn't want to get on the girls' bad sides but it kind of annoyed her that they tried to shun her.
Maci rolled her eyes and said, "No. We just want to know where he is at all times."
"That's stalking!" one girl remarked but was quickly stared down by Maci.
"Who cares if we stalk him? Luke likes it! Did you see him smile at me, er, us?" Maci exclaimed, which sent off a wave of fangirl squeals throughout the group.
Annabeth pretended to get a closer look at Maci's locker. "Where did you get the idea for the logo?"
Maci scoffed. "That's none of your con…"
"It's his favorite symbol! It's all over his locker!" the same girl from before exclaimed. Maci turned on her.
"Shut up, Jennifer! This dumb blonde doesn't need to know that! What is the point of a fan club if you go around blurting out our secrets to everyone? Another word out of you and I'm revoking your membership!" Maci screamed at her. Annabeth saw Jennifer sink back to the back of the group, which enraged her more.
"First of all, I'm not dumb. Second of all, I'm one of Luke's best friends, I already know everything about him. And third of all, what gives you the right to revoke someone's membership? We live in a democracy, Maci. I think the members should choose who gets their membership revoked. Starting with you," Annabeth snarled. She looked around to the other girls, waiting for them to do something. If they didn't agree with her, her plan was ruined. Of course, she had a backup plan, being a daughter of Athena, but it was a long stretch.
Thankfully, a few of the girls responded. They started clapping. Jennifer came up from the back and snapped off Maci's button. Maci gave Annabeth a death glare and ran off.
"You should be our leader!" a girl exclaimed. Everyone nodded in agreement but Annabeth shook her head.
"No. You don't even know me. Plus, I know a girl that would be perfect for that job. Jennifer!" Annabeth exclaimed. Everyone clapped as Annabeth pined the "leader" button onto Jennifer's shirt. Once she was done, all of the girls swarmed them and congratulated Jennifer.
Once the bell rang, Jennifer and Annabeth realized that they have Design class together and headed to class.
"You should at least be a member, you know," Jennifer said.
Annabeth pondered this. "Sure, why not?"