Adam's POV

I couldn't believe what was happening before my eyes.

Annabeth.

My long time crush.

Was with someone else, not to mention that they were kissing.

When she said that he was her boyfriend, I felt my entire body disappear.

What was I thinking? I couldn't see through her. Forget about kissing her, I couldn't even come close to touching her.

The past years of me crushing on Annabeth was standing on a lie. A lie that I made up for myself, because I couldn't tolerate the thought that she had a boyfriend.

The bell snapped me out of my thoughts. All three of us had Greek together, so we decided to sit at the back. With Annabeth in the middle of me and Percy.

I watched as Mr. Philips praised Percy for his perfect score.

I watched as he and Annabeth answered all the questions right, and only then did I notice her gray streak of hair, matching with Percy's.

After some classes, it was lunch. All 3 of us went to the cafeteria and met up with Alexia, Justin, and Sean (let's all forget about Tony, cause I forgot to include him in the next chapters).

We sat at a table in the middle of the canteen. I didn't say anything. Or more like I couldn't say anything. Luckily Alexia broke the silence,

"Percy, you never said you were dating Annabeth."

"It didn't really come up." Percy said once more.

I decided to say something, or Annabeth would notice my mood.

"Well, how long have you known her?" I asked, trying to force a smile on my face. everyone looked at me with pity, well, everyone except Percy and Annabeth.

Everyone in the group, hell, everyone in school knew that I liked Annabeth. Everyone but her.

"I met her when I was 12, and we've been dating for 2 years now." Percy said, looking at Annabeth.

"Wow, that's a long time." I replied.

"It is , isn't it?" Annabeth said.

"Oh, this is Justin by the way, my boyfriend." Alexia said.

"Nice to meet you man, I'm Percy." He stretched his arm over the table.

"Justin." Justin said as he shook Percy's hand, "You swim right? I play basketball."

"Basketball, huh? I've been looking for a secondary sport, can you teach me the ropes?" Percy said.

"Sure. You're tall, dude. I bet you could pull off a dunk." Justin said. And just like that, they started chatting it off like they were long-term buddies.

Annabeth's POV

This was going great! Percy was with me, everyone likes him (as a friend, of course), and everyone's happy. I think.

After school, me and my friends stayed late for the swimming tryouts.

I can say with 100% certainty that Percy would get in. I would love to see him become captain this year but, that's Adam's spot. I don't want one of my best friends get crushed by a new student.

Me, Alexia, and Sean sat on the bleachers waiting for tryouts to start. Though, Justin couldn't make it since he had a game today. Five minutes later, the coach blows the whistle, signalling the new guys to line up.

"Dolts! Line up on your respective lane. We'll be swimming 15 laps, 5 freestyle, 5 backstroke, and 5 butterfly. Any questions?" He shouted.

Nobody raised their hands.

"Alright! Ready? Get set. Go!" He shouted and blew his whistle.

Adam was standing by the coach's side, timing each lap. By the time Percy was done, the other guys were only at their 5th or 6th lap. While waiting for the tryouts to finish, Percy was chatting along with the regulars.

"You there! Green eyes! Yeah, you!" The coach shouted.

"Yes, sir?" Percy stood up and faced him.

"How'd you do that? You were faster than anyone I know. You even get along well. Tell you what, with you leading them, we could make it to finals this year. What do you say? You wanna be captain?" The coach asked Percy.

A smile appeared on Percy's face, "Of course coach! It'll be my pleasure!"