Hey! Sorry for the late update. I hope everyone likes the story so far and I can't wait until you guys see the plot and the twist and turns! Enjoy…

Disclaimer: I do not own the Percy Jackson series Rick Riordan does.

Annabeth's POV

Oh ship just got real! First he comes to MY school and starts trouble and now he's living with MY best friend! Oh hell no!

I glared at his smirking face.

"First of all stop cussing at me, has your mother taught you no manners!" His eyes turned to slights and I knew I crossed a line I shouldn't have…but I didn't care!

"Don't talk about my mother-"

"-and second, what the hell do you mean you 'live here'?" Percy raised an eyebrow and leaned back on the door frame. I'd be lying if I said I didn't think he looked like he belonged on the cover of a magazine.

"You're a smart girl Annabeth! I'm sure you can figure it out." He mocked and smirked at my clenched hands.

"Are you trying to say I'm stupid?"

"No I'm trying to say, you ask stupid questions and you should stop, but that obviously didn't work!"

"HA! Your one to talk about stupid questions, Mr. 'What does this say'! I'm sure a two-year-old can read better than you!" Percy's eyes blazed with anger and seemed to become a shade darker. His jaw tightened.

"You. Bitch." He spat. I gasped.

"You think you're better than everyone don't you? You think because you come from a 'perfect' family, with their 'perfect' jobs-"

"You don't know anything about me-"

"-and your 'perfect' grades that your better than everyone else and you treat the rest of us like crap! Well guess what Annabeth… your just like every other horrible person out there. There's nothing special about you and you don't deserve a friend like Thalia!"

That one hit a little too close to home in many ways. So close that my eyes began to sting and I felt a tug at my heart, but I won't let some stranger have the satisfaction of seeing me cry. I fake laughed hoping he wouldn't see how much his words affected me. I smiled an unapologetic smile.

"Well I'm sorry Percy. I'm sorry that I can't be the stereotypically dumb, easy blonde that-" (AN: I am not saying all blondes are like this, these are just AN EXAMPLE of the UNTRUE STEREOTYPES! So no hate.)

"What the hell Annabeth!" A voice shouted from inside. Thalia was at Percy's side in a flash. Oh ship!

"What?!" I asked defensively. "He starte-"

"How could you just leave me? No phone call, no text, you just left! I had to eat lunch by myself, with no one to talk to! Do you know how lonely that is? Cause it's pretty damn lonely!" Thalia grabbed my hand and dragged me inside pushing past Percy. Our hands brushed ever so slightly and electricity coursed through my veins. Our eyes met and my stomach sis flip flops. This all happened for a split second before I remembered what he said.

I tore my eyes away from him scowling as Thalia dragged me upstairs. Thalia continued to rant and rave the whole way up, but I wasn't listening. I'm don't act like that, I'm a good person and he's the one in the wrong…not me.

"-I also had to…Are you even listening to me?!" Thalia asked incredulously as we walked into her room. I jumped onto her bed and smiled a fake smile.

"Nope." I grinned popping the 'p'. Thalia sighed but smiled despite herself.

"Maybe I've been rubbing off on you a little too much." She laughed jumping on her bed next to me. I chuckled staring at the black ceiling. The entire room was painted black and there were barely any signs of color with few exceptions, but that's Thalia for you!

There were a few clothes on the floor and a dirty plate was on her dresser, but other than that the room was clean. I sighed turning on my side.

"Hey!" She exclaimed nudging my back with her foot. I swatted it away.

"We still have to talk…Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine…just thinking, as usual!" I joke. I felt a tap at my shoulder and looked over. Thalia gave me an innocent smile which looked odd with her whole punk thing going on.

"Why do you lie to me Annabeth?" she asked in a baby voice. I groaned and laid on my stomach, knowing what was to come. Not this again!

"Is it me?! Why don't you love me anymore?!" She cried dramatically throwing her body on top of mine. Ouch!

"Get off me! Why do you keep doing this!" I screamed.

"I'm not moving until you learn to love me again!" She screeched.

"Thalia! Get off!"

"No!" This continued for another five minutes or so, until she finally rolled off of me. I hastily got off the bed and fixed my now wrinkled clothes.

"So now that you love me again…" I gave her a glare. "Tell me what's wrong!"

"It's nothing Thalia! Just drop it."

"It's something if it's bothering you! C'mon Annabeth! You're my best friend and you're lying to me. I thought you loved me again!" she exclaimed getting ready to charge at me once more. I put my hands up as a sign of defense.

"Okay! Okay! I'll tell you…just don't suffocate me again!" Thalia smirked sitting back down.

"So…what is it?"

"I'm just...wondering why my mom acted so weird today. You know how she is Thalia and…I think it has something to do with my dad." I lied. Well technically it wasn't a lie! I was worried about my parents, but that wasn't the reason I was upset.

"What? Why would you think that?"

"Well…" I said playing with the ring my parents bought me for Christmas.

"When I called her she asked me if I had called my dad first and when I said yes she got real quiet…I don't know; I just have a bad feeling." Thalia gave me an apologetic smile and pulled me into a hug. I embraced her as she said

"I'm sure everything will work out. Why don't we talk about something else like-"

"Like your idiot cousin, who you didn't tell me was staying with you!" I growled pulling away from her and crossing my arms. Thalia's eyes widened slightly.

"You see, I was thinking about a more lighter topic like-"

"When were you gonna tell me and how long is he going to be staying here?" Thalia avoided eye contact with me, looking around the room.

"Um, until he graduates." She muttered but I still heard it.

"What?!" I shouted. "He's staying here for an entire school year, and you didn't tell me!"

"I was going to tell you when you guys met, but then…you know what happened and I didn't know how to say it without you getting mad!"

"But how am I supposed to sleep over when there's a guy in your house?"

"Jason's here all the time and you still sleep over." She pointed out.

"That's different and you know it! Jason and I have been friends for years and we actually know each other!" Thalia sighed and fell backwards on her bed.

"Look I'm sorry okay! But what's the big deal? So you had one tiny incident-"

"Knocked out for two hours! Two hours! Not only did I miss my math test, but I also got called out by Mr. Lewis in front of the whole class! He even went as far as to pull us aside after class to scold us. Oh, and get this! He made us lab partners! For the whole freaking year! Thalia he better stay as far away from me as possible or I'll-"

"W-Wait a minute!" Thalia interrupted me laughing her electric blue eyes filled with joy at the sight of my misery. What a great best friend right?

"So you're telling, he did all of this today?!" I rolled my eyes and glared at her as she clutched her stomach laughing hysterically. Gone was the guilty Thalia and here was the old Thalia I knew and sometimes loved. This not being one of the times.

"Yes and it's not funny! I can't even be in the same room with the gut and now I have to deal with him for the rest of senior year." I groaned throwing my hands over my face.

"He's not that bad Annabeth, I swear! He just has really bad luck…and timing." She snickered. I grabbed one of her pillows and hit her with it.

"I don't know how I've dealt with you for all these years."

"Because I'm awesome!" she smirked.

"And…" she said turning over. "Who else would keep you from going insane?"

"True…but if he gets me in trouble one more time I will rip off his-" The door opened before I could finish the rest of my sentence. A blonde haired, blue eyed boy with a tiny scar on his bottom lip pocked his head through the door. Jason smirked at Thalia as he walked in.

"Her too?" he laughed sitting next to her. Thalia laughed. What?

"Yup! He really knows how to make a first impression."

"What are you…you know what? I don't care! What are you doing here?" I asked too angry and confused to bother ask what they were talking about.

"Um, I live here." Jason joked. That only fueled my anger.

"Yeah! It seems like the entire male population is moving in!" I scoffed. Jason looked at me amused.

"Percy's not a bad guy Annabeth. He just needs a little time to…adjust. It's not easy being the new kid!" I felt the strong urge to stomp my foot as I furiously paced around the room.

"Yeah? Well it's not easy having your head bashed in by a wooden door!" I snapped. Thalia snorted.

"One, that didn't make sense and two don't you think you're being a little dramatic? I'm sure you'll eventually learn to love each other…Not like love love each other! That would be gross!" Jason rolled his eyes at her antics.

"What Thalia's trying to say is Percy has a history of bad first impressions. I remember when we first met each other and I hated him!"

"Yeah, but that's because you thought he was stealing your spotlight!" Thalia said before throwing her head back laughing. Jason narrowed his eyes, but ignored her.

"We had our issues, but after I got to know him I realized he's a really good guy and a great friend…" Jason stood up and before he left he said

"Oh, I almost forgot! Dinners ready and Annabeth you're of course welcomed to stay." I gave him a tight lipped smile. Thalia sprung off the bed.

"Yes, I'm starving! C'mon!"

"Actually," I sighed. "I'll catch up with you later." Thalia's shoulders slumped and she pouted.

"What? But you just got here! And I didn't finish scolding you!" I rolled my eyes.

"Just text me! I'll see you later, okay?" Thalia gave me a defeated look and sighed

"Fine." She went downstairs and she walked me out.

"Are we still on for tomorrow?" She asked. She looked like a little kid, her eyes gleaming with hope. I chuckled.

"Yeah I'll be here around…two?"

"Alright. Feel better!" she waved. I waved back to her and jogged across the street. By the time I reached my house it was getting a little dark. Had I stayed for dinner my mom would've thrown a fit! When I got to the door I heard arguing from the inside. I paused for a moment. There's no way he's home! It's only…seven.

I opened the door with my key making sure to be as quiet as possible. I took off my shoes and put my bag down. Let's see what they're arguing about this time!

"Can you just calm down! Annabeth will be home any minute and-"

"I don't see why we can't tell her now! Stop being such a coward Fredrick!" Mom screamed. Whoa! No matter how bad their arguments got I've never heard my mom scream like that!

"This is all your fault!" she screeched even louder this time. I'm surprised the neighbors haven't called the cops!

I heard the sound of glass breaking and flinched when my dad yelled a few profanities.

"Well it takes two to tango Athena! You can't blame everything on me and will you please stop throwing things!" I drowned out the rest of the screaming and yelling. My nose started to sting and my eyes started to water. So this is what they do when I'm not home. They act like animals! A stray tear fell from my eye and I wiped it away.

I held my head up high as I came out of my hiding place and walked into the kitchen. They were both standing on opposite sides of the room and their breathing was ragged. Their faces were red with anger and my mom's hair was a mess! I pretended like neither of them existed as I walked to the counter and grabbed a plate. The room was deathly silent.

My mom turned to the sink and turned on the faucet.

"Annabeth!" she greeted trying for a smile, but it ended up looking like a painful grimace.

"When did you get home?" she asked and I could hear the small waver in her voice. My father stared at me intently. I smiled a tight lipped smile.

"About two minutes ago." I walked out without another word. I ran up the stairs with my food and locked my bedroom door. I rested my plate of food down and crashed into bed. I pulled the covers over my head and buried my face into my pillow. You're not gonna cry, you're not gonna cry…Aw screw it!

I screamed into the pillow. I screamed and screamed until my throat was raw and then screamed some more.

"I can't take this anymore!" I screamed into the pillow. I was watching my family be ripped apart and I couldn't do anything about it. It was only a matter of time before it all came crumbling down.

Aww. Poor Annabeth! That's it for now everybody, sorry to leave on a sad note, you have to have a little sadness for the drama to kick in. Things are about to get really heated! I am so sorry that it's taken me so long to update but life was crazy! I will update in about two weeks three the latest. Don't forget to like, fav and review! PERCABETH IS AWESOME!

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