Frank stayed in the parking lot waiting for the 'she-devil'. Nico just sat on a bench for company. Leo and Katie went for their project. Piper went back with me to my house. We called camp and then left for our projects.

I received a text from Annabeth with her house address. I went by subway. No way was I going to pull out my beautiful bike for her. I went to the doorway and knocked. She opened the door and I stepped in. She seemed to look at me as if to say 'Why are you not excited at the house?' This was a broom closet compared to Olympus. It had an aquarium.

"You don't seem fazed by the huge house." Annabeth noted. Regardless of the fact that she was a bad person, she was smart.

"I've seen my fair share" I replied vaguely.

"What? You steal from rich houses?" Annabeth quipped.

"No. I have friends and a life. I know you find that hard to believe." I said.

"Yeah. Perseus Jackson has friends. Hell froze over!" Annabeth mocked.

"It cannot." I said. I would know. I have been there many times before.

"What?" She asked. She was not meant to hear that.

"Let's get back to the project shall we?" I said.

We worked on a topic – Rivalry between Poseidon and Athena. We sat down to work and finished it at 8 in the night.

I actually spent the night talking to the fish. Once I laughed out loud when the goldfish told me what happened in their house. Annabeth gave me a queer look. I just shrugged.

"Next time Chase" I said.

"Bye Jackson" She retorted smirking. I did not like it. I shuddered and walked off. I prayed to the gods thanking them for making sure my hoodie did not come off. She walked with me downstairs. I went down and bumped into Malcolm. He is the Counselor of the Athena cabin.

'Malcolm?" I asked.

"Percy! It's been a few days. You should call more. You know, now that you are gone, the camp has been hard to manage. The classes are slow." He said.

"I am coming permanently after summer. I can't wait." I grinned.

"What's with the hoodie?" He asked.

"Oh! Not here. Stalker girl is here." I said pointing to Annabeth.

"Who is she? Is she your girlfriend? Because many girls are going to be disappointed." He said.

"Never. She is a bully in our school. I was stuck with her for an assignment." I grumbled.

"I am right here." Annabeth pointed out.

"I. Do. Not. Care. You torture my friends every day. If you think I can even associate myself with you, you are dead wrong." I growled. She just inched back.

"Okay Perce. See you soon. You won't get past our defenses this time. I have a plan. We are also burning shroud of Luke this weekend as his anniversary is coming up." He said. We had a moment of silence remembering Luke.

"Don't you always! This weekend – I keep my winning streak." I said trying to remove the somber mood that had set in.

"Not with me around. I will find your Achilles Heel and use your fatal flaw. Bye!" He said running off.

"Who was that?" Annabeth asked.

"My friend." I said smiling and remembering Malcolm helping me retrieve the master bolt.

"What is your fatal flaw?" She asked.

"You are smart but a bully. You are obnoxious, very rude and nosy. You are definitely not trustworthy. I have enough sense not to tell you" I spat turning on my heel and leaving.

ANNABETH

He did not know me to say that. But he spoke some sense. I can be nosy. I saw his gait and heard his voice when he talked with Malcolm. Even if he was shorter, he radiated leadership. No wonder they called him a camp leader.

I slept as soon as I made contact with my bed. I just had one thought –Why did I think he was cute when he laughed?

PIPER

I got a call from Jason asking me where he should pick me up. I growled at him and told him to send the address. He did. I reached, took a deep breath and knocked on the door. My dream day of talking with my friends was ruined and I had to play pretend with the 'Superman' of the school.

He opened the door. The apartment was a penthouse and was proportional to the broom closet on Olympus. I just nodded at him and entered. As soon as I entered, I heard the door click and turned on my heel to face Jason.

"I propose we do our project on the rivalry between the three brothers – Zeus, Poseidon and Hades."

Thunder rumbled. I just looked at the sky and glared. It stopped.

"Sure. Do you want to sit and talk? We can start the project later." Jason proposed.

"I came for the project only and I intend to get out of here as early as possible. I have friends who might visit." I said. I was in no mood to talk to Jason Grace. He seemed so uptight and rude in school, I wanted to bolt.

"Sure." He muttered.

I saw two doves in a cage behind him. I walked past him which made him frown. I went to the doves. They talked to me as I was the daughter of Aphrodite. I smiled at them and stroked them.

"They peck." Jason said.

"Not me." I said. It was the truth.

"Why?"

"Doves love me. They have forever."

"That is not possible. How did you get them to like you?"

"I do not know. I said the truth." I said with an air of finality.

We started and finished the project that day itself much to my happiness and his…sadness? He seemed disappointed. I just waved him off. He came up to me while I was packing my bag and showed me a picture of Percy, Nico, Frank, Katie, Travis, Connor, Reyna, Leo, Malcolm and me.

"Who are these people? Which one of them are you?" He asked.

"They are my family and friends and guess which one I am. After all you must have taken the photo from Annabeth who took it from Percy's phone. Stop stalking. It is creepy and frankly, it is supposed to be a loner thing." I said

"Well…uh…" He stammered.

"Stop. Do not infuriate me further. You creep me out too Grace. Got a whole new outlook on your personality." I said snickering the last part.

I did not wait for a reply and ran out. He followed me and I didn't turn back. I did not want to charmspeak him in my anger. It is my belief that there is some good in him. He just has bad company and mind frame at the moment.

JASON

Piper bumped into a boy from the photo. Jealousy came over me like a wave. When he grinned at her, I wanted to give him a punch but I restrained myself until he started talking.

"Hey Pipes!" He grinned.

"Travis! Long time no see. Would you like to explain something for me?" Piper asked.

"Um…No?" He said

"Shall I make you tell me what you did to my Cabin or will you tell me yourself?"

"Yes Piper. You are scary. But I just emptied all the powder in your cabin into the trash can. Needless to say it overflowed."

"Nice one."

"What?"

"I said 'Nice one'. They need to stop with the makeup."

"Pipes! You are the best!"

"I know. Katie texted me by the way. Turn around."

He turned and saw Katie. He rushed to her and gave her a kiss. I was shocked to say the least. Katie Gardener had a boyfriend? My head was reeling. I saw them walk one way. Piper just shook her head and turned the other way to see face me.

"Pipes?" I stammered. Her nickname was Pipes?

"It is Piper for you. Always Piper. I do not let stuck up jocks use my nickname." she sneered.

"That hurt." I said. It genuinely did. I did not think she saw me as a stuck up jock.

"News flash superman! You say things like that every day! It helps to get some taste of your own medicine." She said running away.

I was shocked and guilty. I had bullied her so much that she lost faith in me as a person. It hurt badly to think that she did not like me. I wiped the tears that were threatening to spill and went to my house and slept.