Thalia' POV:

I felt a stab of hurt when he didn't sit down next to me and instead went to sit next to Annabeth. I felt jealousy knot inside me when I saw them flirting.

"Thalia? Thalia?" Nico said.

I snapped my attention back to him.

"So I was thi-"

"Well class, we have two new students." Mr. A said from the front of the room when everybody was in their seats.

I noticed he was staring at Percy in worry. Must be my imagination.

"They will be coming into class in a few moments." he continued.

As if they heard him, the two new kids walked in. One of them was a girl with long caramel hair and warm brown eyes, the other was a tall boy with black hair and an eyepatch. I noticed Percy tense, and Annabeth whispering to him. I clenched my jaw. I saw the new girl look at me, smirk, and then turn to Percy. What the heck was that?

"Class, these are our two new students. They are-"

"Ethan Nakamura and Calypso Ogygia." Percy cut him off.

Everybody stared at Percy is surprise. I don't think any of the heard the pain in his voice. What did these new kids do to Percy?

Percy's POV:

Its them. They were here.

"Erm, yes. Please, Calypso choose a seat. Ethan you will take this one up front." Apollo said.

Ethan walked to the from and Calypso took the seat next to me.

"Hi, Percy." Calypso greeted.

She was even more beautiful then she used to be. But I still remember seeing her kissing my best friend, who was also in this room.

"Calypso." I greeted.

She smiled at me.

"So, let's start today's lesson..." Apollo said.

I tuned out right then. I didn't pay attention to anything until lunch. I was hoping I would be able to get away from Calypsi and Ethan, since they had the exact same schedule as me. Once I sat at the table though, Nico stood up on the table. He cab-whistles and the whole school turned their attention to Nico.

"So, I need to ask a very important question." he started.

Everybody just stared at him. Unease bubble through me. He turned to Thalia.

"Thalia, will you go with me to the winter dance?"

Thalia' POV:

I stared at him in shock. What? Should I say yes or no? What if Percy was going to ask me? Percy...he has Reyna, or Annabeth.

"Yeah!" I exclaimed with fake cheerfulness.

The whole school cheered, except for my friends. Percy was clapping with an unamused look on has face. Grover was clapping him on the back and glaring at Nico. I noticed, despite Percy looking like he was fine, if I stared at his eyes I could see the faintest amount of pain and betrayal. What have I done?

Percy's POV:

I felt hurt and betrayal. Only on Saturday we break up because she needs time to think, yet right afterwards she goes out with Nico? Yeah, I told her it would be fine, but I thought she would wait a little bit. It still hurt.

"It'll be okay, Perce." Grover, who I consider my best friend, said as he pat me on the back.

I sighed and nodded. We all say in awkward silence for about five minutes, until I saw Ethan and Calypso walking over.

"I'm out, I have to talk to Annabeth." I said and quickly stood up.

I felt everybody's eyes from the table on me as I walked towards Annabeth, Luke, and Jason.

I sighed as I slid into the seat next to Jason and rested my head on my arms with a groan.

"Today sucks."

Thalia's POV:

I watched Percy sit next to Jason. He looked miserable... But was it because of me or the new kids?

"Hi! Can we sit with you?" the girl, Calypso, asked.

We all shrugged and nodded, except for Grover. Grover stood up.

"Can't you guys see that he's hurting? And he needs somebody there?" he asked and walked towards Percy.

I looked towards Percy and saw his head was down in his arms ad Jason was trying to talk to him but wasn't getting very far. Annabeth was watching Percy while Luke tried to talk to her. Jason shared a glance with Grover and they both tried to talk to Percy. I sighed and turned back to the others. They were staring at Grover in surprise.

"So what's up with Percy? He wasn't like that when we were fifteen..." Ethan trailed off.

Calypso shot him a glare.

"We don't really know. He was fine until today." Rachel answered.

Calypso and Ethan nodded. The conversations went normally, but all I could think about was Percy. He was hurting. Did I hurt him too?

Percy' POVV:

"It'll be okay, Perce." Grover said.

"Yeah. It'll all work out Perce." Jason said.

I smiled.

"Thanks guys."

I could feel Annabeth's calculating gaze on me.

"Percy, with the dance coming up, I'm worried about you." she murmured quietly.

I lifted my head and smiled at her.

"Thanks, Annabeth."

She smiled softly at me while Luke glared at me. I have a feeling Luke doesn't like me much. Lunch continued normally, but I kept thinking of the dance and trying not to think of Thalia. Then, I had an idea.

"Annabeth, with the dance. It's this Friday, the gym isn't ready or anything. I want to hire my stylist, Aphrodite, her husband, Hephaestus, and his brother, Hermes, to set up the dance. It would be awesome, they are the best in the US. I would pay."

Annabeth seemed interested.

"Okay." she finally said.

I grinned like the Cheshire cat.

"But, nobody from the comitee gets to see anything until the day of the dance. I want to surprise you guys. Plus, I'll see if I can get Reyna to perform along with me."

Annabeth grinned and nodded.

"Sweet." Jason and Grover chorused.

This dance would be awesome.

-After School-

I quickly parked the Proxima and ran into the house. I plopped down on the couch and sighed in relief. The Paparazzi were chasing me, but I lost them. Thank the gods for New York traffic.

"Percy?" Thalia called from her room.

I tensed.

"Yeah?" I called back.

Being an actor helps a lot sometimes, you can act like you are okay.

"Can I talk to you?" she asked.

"Sure." I said simply.

She walked into the room.

"Percy, what happened with you, Ethan, and Calypso."

I froze. I started shaking. That was the wrong question to ask. I noticed the room disappearing. Now, it was a little cafe. Thalia was gone, and now there were only three people in the room. I didn't want to relive this memory.

Flashback:

I walked into The Little Cafe with a huge smile on my face. I wanted to surprise Calypso, my girlfriend, with her favorite drink. I looked around the cafe, eight little tables inside, and only one of them was occupied. It was a couple, and they were kissing. I shrugged and continued towards the counter.

"Hey, Don. Two hot chocolates please."

Don nodded, and I noticed the pity in his eyes. Who did he pity?

"Here you go, Perce." Don said as he handed me my two drinks.

I was about to take out my wallet, but he stopped me.

"It's on the house for you today, Perce."

I nodded.

"Thanks Don."

He smiled slightly.

"No problem Perce."

I turned around.

"I'm so sorry."

It was so faint, I barely heard it. I chose to ignore it. As I was walking towards the door, Ibase who the two people were. I froze. I almost dropped the drinks. Now I understood why Don said he was sorry, why he had pity in his eyes. The girl was Calypso. The girl that ran up to me and hugged me after I got off of Zeus' plane, that helped me stop crying myself to sleep every night over my Dad's death, the girl I ended up falling in love with. The boy was Ethan, my best friend, the one that would always crack a joke that would cheer me up, the one who was always there for me.

"Calypso? Ethan?" I said quietly.

They looked up and stared at me.

"Hey Perce." Ethan said with a nod of his head.

"Hi Percy." Calypso said with a gentle smile.

I only said one word.

"Why?"

They shared a glance and smirked.

"You're always so sad, and it's really depressing and makes us sad. Plus you are bringing us down the social ladder." Calypso said with a shrug.

I stared at her brown eyes, usually so warm but now filled with malice. Ethan was looking at me like I was a piece of gum stuck to his shoe. I walked up to them, put the drink on their table, and said my goodbye.

"I got you a drink Calypso, enjoy it. You guys deserve eachother."

I walked out of the cafe, refusing to let my tears fall. I ran to the hospital, to Tyson's room. I silently promised myself I wouldn't trust people as much as I trusted them. I wouldn't let people hurt me anymore.

:Flashback End

I broke my promise. I trusted Thalia.

"Percy? Percy?" Thalia's frantic voice cut me out of my thought.

I looked up at her.

"You're crying." she murmured.

She lifted her hand to wipe away my years, but I flinched away.

"Calypso was my girlfriend, I loved her, Ethan was my best friend. Calypso cheated on me with Ethan, simple as that." I said and quickly stood up.

I was walking towards my room when Thalia asked another question.

"What promise did you break?"

Shit, I said the promise thing out loud. I looked at her over my shoulder.

"I wouldn't trust somebody like I trusted them ever again. I wouldn't let somebody hurt me again."

"And who did you trust Percy? Who hurt you?" she asked quietly.

I didn't answer. I didn't say you.