A/N: I'm Back! Hit it Percy! Sorry I posted a chapter from another story *blushing*

Percy: When am I coming into the story?

Me: Be patient my boy, now can you please-

Percy: She doesn't own me or Annie, or Thalia, or Nico, or Hazel, or Frank, or Any of the seven, or-

Me: I'll do it myself. I don't own PJO… sadly:(

Percy: You only own MARK! Who is mark?

Me: You'll see.

Mark POV:

Annabeth never came back the next day, or the day after that, or after that one. She didn't come back the next month or year either. Her parents were still here though. Two days after her absence, I visited her house. I knocked on the door, and her dad opened it, surprisingly. Helen always opened the door. I asked for Annabeth, and he told me she ran away that night, and they didn't know where she was. I remember getting really mad, and sad, falling to the floor crying for Annabeth, my only friend. The years passed and Annabeth wasn't coming back, but I always kept the bracelet, and treasured the memories with her. Eventually, in 5th grade I made new friends, but no one took Annabeth's place in my heart.

In the summer in between 6th and seventh grade, when there were only a couple days left of summer. I went to the local ice cream shop near my house. I ordered my usual strawberry flavored ice cream. I sat at a booth, eating my ice cream. I was too distracted eating my ice cream, when the bell announcing a new customer, rang.

"Can I have a strawberry double scoop ice cream?"

Strawberry is Annabeth's favorite flavor.

I looked up from my ice cream, and saw a girl a little taller than me, at the counter, she had honey blonde hair, it was curly too, and she had an athletic figure. She turned around, and I saw her eyes, a gray so strong you could get lost in her eyes.

Wait. Annabeth?

"Annabeth?" I said it loudly. Oops.

She turned around fast, and looked at me warily, just like she did the first time I met her. She grabbed her ice cream, and proceeded towards the door fast, almost avoiding me, but I stood in front of her. She looked at me and a look of recognition crossed her face.

"Mark right?"

"Yes. Do you remember?"

"Of course I remember silly. You were my best friend in 1st grade. More like my only friend." She snorted and I started laughing. I looked at her eyes, and they had a look of amusement in her eyes, they were no longer carrying that sense of sadness that she had in 1st grade. She relaxed her shoulders as we conversed more. Apparently she ran away because she wasn't feeling safe at home anymore, and all this time she was at a camp where she met a bunch of people like her. (I don't know what she means with that but okay.) What hurt me the most is that she said were, like if I wasn't her best friend anymore.

"-and then he said why don't you go back, and give him another chance?"

"Um, percy? right?"

She looked disappointed, and said "Yeah, you didn't pay attention just like him though." She laughed more, she had been laughing today alot more than in the course of first grade that I knew her.

"So repeat again. Percy told you to give your dad another chance."

"Yeah, he has a nice relationship with his mom, so he has good parental advice."

Her eyes sparkled, and I felt a twinge of jealousy.

"Well I have to go Mark, it was nice seeing you again."

"Same here. Are you going to school here?"

"Yup see you there."

"Okay, best friend?"

"Um… yeah."

She hesitated before that one, and left quickly after that.

Annabeth POV:

It had been three months since I had arrived at California again, and I already missed camp. My house was the same hellhole it was when I left. But I was staying for the school year, because I didn't want to miss any other classes. I was still lying on my bed, to tired to get up, when my dad called me from the kitchen.

"Annabeth! Remember Percy's coming today! We have to pick him up where he's staying!"

I ran to my room, and changed as fast as I could, putting on some denim shorts, and plain grey t-shirt and some black converse. Tying my hair up in a ponytail, and putting my dagger away, where no one could see it. I forgot that good old kelp head was coming to visit, he had the whole week of thanksgiving off, and he decided to come spend it here with Sally. I ran to the living room where my dad was already waiting. I grabbed my backpack, ready to go.

"Dad! I'm ready!"

"Let's go then."

We drove to the hotel where Percy was staying, and on the way there we called Sally letting her know we were on our way to pick up Percy.

"Oh, this boy sleeps alot Annabeth! He's not awake yet!" She laughed.

I rolled my eyes, and laughed with her. When we arrived to the hotel, I went in and into the room they were staying in. I knocked on the door, and Sally opened and lead me to where Percy was still sleeping. I shook him, nothing.

"Seaweed Brain, wake up!"

"Mom, I don't want to go to school."

"You definitely drool when you sleep, Percy."

"Annabeth?"
"Yes, now hurry up before I kick your butt, you're going to make me late for school."

He shrieked, and I smirked.

"Yes sir."

I started laughing and walked to the living room where Sally was making breakfast. I sat at the counter, and waited, it took Percy exactly five minutes to get ready. We ate in a hurry and raced to the car. On the way to school, I explained to him how he was going to stick with me for the whole day, because he was only there for "shadowing". The car pulled up in front of the school, and Percy and I walked out. We went in to the middle school building, and passed the front office, I waved to Stephanie the secretary.

"Hi Annabeth, who is this nice looking boy next to you?"

"Oh, it's my best friend, Percy Jackson, he's just shadowing for today."

"Okay, that's nice, see you later sweety."

"Bye."

I continued walking with Percy when someone jumped on me, and I fell to the floor.

Mark POV:

"Hi Annabeth, who is this nice looking boy next to you?"

"Oh, it's my best friend, Percy Jackson, he's just shadowing for today."

What? I thought I was her best friend? Who is this Percy Jackson guy anyway? I started walking toward them, seeing a aura around them so powerful, I decided on one thing. I was going to do something we used to do in first grade all the time. I ran behind her, and jumped on her. She fell, and while we were falling I heard a grunt, but not before being tackled to the floor. I looked up, and a pair of sea green eyes were looking at me, part anger, part worry. He stood up and walked towards Annabeth.

"Wise Girl? Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I just might've gotten a bruise on my face. Who was that? That wasn't you right?"

"Psh, No. I wouldn't do that when you're not paying attention."

"Huh, I guess you don't have as much kelp in your brain than what I thought you did."

They both started laughing, not noticing that I was still on the floor watching them. The way they talked to each other, and the way they looked at each other, how their eyes sparkled, and they had smiles on their faces, sent a pang of jealousy. I was supposed to be that guy, Percy Jackson. I coughed to get Annabeth's attention, and when she turned around, her eyes were hard again. Great.

"Mark, did you jump on top of me?"

"Yeah, sorry, I thought I could do what I used to do in first grade."

"Yeah, about that, um, only certain people can do that, the ones that know how."

"Oh, sorry."

"No, it's okay. How come you're on the floor."

This is it, I thought, my chance to make Percy Jackson look bad.

"He tackled me."

She started laughing, and looked at him with amusement, and a look of surprise. He was blushing a crimson red, and she laughed even more.

"Did you think?"

"Yeah, sorry, I didn't know."

"It's okay, now I know that I don't need to watch my back when you're around." She joked. They both started laughing again as if she had said something funny. "As if wise girl, as if."

The bell rung, and they both started running to Annabeth's first class. I just tagged along, having the first period class with Annabeth as well.

A/N: Well, that was another chapter, I made it a little longer than the usual, and I hope you guys enjoyed.

Percy: I don't know how I feel about mark.

Me: You don't like him?

Percy: Not really. He seems like a very selfish person.

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