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This is important!!!! If you do not read this, you will be SO confused. Chapter 3!!!! I decided they're gonna be demigods. =) Yay! Let me explain some things. This takes place after BOTL. They didn't have a kiss yet. They don't know each other from camp. They just met each other. There's still the Prophecy and stuff. Everything happened from the series, just they didn't meet each other at all. Percy knows everyone from camp, except Annabeth.I'll try to give Grover and the rest of the characters bigger parts. As for camp, I don't know about it yet. I might finish the story before camp or I might keep writing until they go to camp. Once I get there, you'll know. I'll squeeze Nico in here or in later chapters. BTW, Jessie, Alex, and Sam are Annabeth's friends from San Fran, all girls. If you didn't know. Thank you guys so much for commenting! That helped me a TON!!!

Third day of school, Wednesday

Percy's POV

Poseidon called me here cause he wanted to "talk." I'm always scared of these talks. They're always about something serious. I was outside of the room, thinking if I did anything wrong, when I heard a voice bellow from inside the room. "Percy!" Oh, boy. I knew he could blast me into a million tiny pieces. I just kept thinking, he won't do anything, I'm his son. But I wasn't entirely convinced.

"I know you are spending time with that Athena girl. I don't care if it's just a minute, you are forbidden to make any contact with her." Poseidon blurted out.

"I have no idea what you are talking about." What Athena girl? I've never paid much attention to the people in the Athena cabin. Wow, I just noticed that. With all the training and friends, I didn't really notice them.

"Do not play dumb with me. I know all about her. She cannot and will not be an acquaintance, friend, and definitely not more than that." Poseidon continued.

"I still don't know what you're talking about."

"Ugh. Just go. You're free to leave. And do not go to school today. Go tomorrow."

"Why?"

"Just . . .do it."

Annabeth's POV

Percy wasn't here today (POO!!). At least I can spend time with my new friends. But I couldn't get Adrienne's stare out of my head. It was like she wanted to slaughter me.

Anyway, I was in biology/homeroom when Ms. Jane assigned a project that required two people. If I could choose my partner, I would choose Thalia. But no, Ms. Jane already assigned partners.

"Annabeth and Nico." Who the Hades is Nico? Then I saw him. He was dressed in an aviator's jacket, black shirt, black pants, and combat boots. He reminded me of Thalia. The clothes, not anything else. He had a different vibe. Thalia was fun to be around. Nico reeked of depression and death. I could tell he was an outcast at this school. Even though he looked only twelve or thirteen, he looked like he could beat up a teacher if he wanted to. It seemed like everyone was afraid of him.

But I guess I shouldn't judge. I misjudged Jessie, Alex, and Sam. I thought Jessie was a wannabe, Alex was a geek, and Sam was a tomboy. But I was wrong and look what happened. They became my best friends.

I didn't realize I'd been frozen for at least a minute. I hope Ms. Jane didn't notice. I didn't want her to think I was a daydreamer when I wasn't. She didn't. Thank Gods. I walked over to Nico's desk, grabbed a chair, and sat next to him. "So do you want to record everything or do you want to handle the test tubes?" I said, trying to be nice.

"I'll record it."

"Oh, crap. I'll probably blow this whole room up. I hope the school's insurance covers that." He laughed. Oh my gods. He actually laughed. Maybe there is a good side of him. I'm getting better at this whole Don't-judge-a-book-by-its-cover thing. "Okay, so I pour the first test tube then the third, right?" He nodded. I'm the daughter of the Athena, so I'm good with wisdom, not facts. I'm good with facts too, especially achitecture-related facts, but not as good as I am with wisdom.

I uncertainly poured the first test tube in the beaker, then the third. I waited five seconds. I didn't hear a BOOM!!!! I guess that means I did a pretty good job.

"So what happened?" I asked. I only knew what we were supposed to do, not why we were supposed to do it.

"We were supposed to record what happened if we combined the two together. It wasn't supposed to blow up, so it worked. He smiled.

"That's a first" I muttered, amazed. He laughed again. I guess, beyond the black clothes, he was a regular kid. And the bell rang.

I was putting my books in my locker when I caught Adrienne glaring at me again, with her posse of two girls on her sides. I tried to ignore her but it was kind of hard to. With her eyes burning holes in my back, and her being right in front of the lunch menu for today, which I really needed to see, it was almost impossible. Thalia walked up to me and Adrienne and the wannabes went off somewhere else. Thalia caught their stare.

"Ugh. Just because Adrienne's dad owns the bank, she thinks she can just order everyone around like she owns the school. She gets on my nerves. Just because of her dad, she sweet talks all the teachers. She can skip homework for a whole month and still get straight A's at the end of the semester. I hate how all the boys can't see past that no good rich snob." She paused to think. "In fact, if you like Percy, you got some competition. She's thinks she's dropping subtle hints. But if giggling like a maniac and twirling your hair is subtle, I don't want to know what isn't subtle. But I think you're safe. Remember what I said? No girl ever succeeded, except for you. But enough about her, she gets too much of that. How are you?"

"Is that why she keeps giving the death glare? Because she knows I like Percy?"

"Probably. Oh, crap! We gotta go. Mrs. Smith is STRICT when someone's late."

Hope you liked it!! Sorry to those who wanted more Percabeth, but I had requests to fill. I had to put more Nico and Adrienne. But Next chapter I'll put more Percabeth. I know I didn't mention the Olympians a lot, but I will. There will be monsters, demigods, and Olympians in later chapters. Just keep reading! Comment! =)