Hey guys! Lillybunny70 here with your fifth chapter. And I'm so sorry that it's late. I don't have much time to write right now, between exams, and the first semester coming to a close, and all of my extra-curricular activities that I'm participating in. And, just so that you guys know, I may or may not be answering questions that you guys have at the end, but I will try to do review responses at the beginning of my next chapter if I get enough reviews. Enjoy!

Chapter 5: It Begins

Annabeth's POV

School could not have been longer that day. I needed to talk to Percy urgently but we only had 2nd period together. We met up in the hall between 5th and 6th and agreed to meet at his car after school.

While we were talking, I had this really creepy feeling that someone was watching me. I hate that feeling. Even though the hall was full of people, I felt like someone was specifically listening to us talk.

I looked around the hall after our conversation for anyone suspicious and I saw Luke, leaning against the lockers a few feet away. He was typing on his phone, but he had a small, slightly scary smile on his face. I didn't like that look. He looked up and noticed that I was staring at him. His small smile widened as he put his phone in his pocket and started towards me.

"You better watch out, Chase. I can make anything a living hell." He whispered in my ear, once he was close enough.

What was he talking about? I was actually a little scared because Luke has been into some serious trouble before. He would go to crazy lengths to get revenge.

5 minutes. Only 5 minutes. That's what I had until the school turned me loose and I could talk to Percy.

The minutes dragged by so slowly. I thought that I was going to lose it. It seemed like I was waiting 5 hours, not minutes.

*RING*

'Finally' I thought. I headed towards my locker, making sure that I didn't run into Luke. I didn't want that creep breathing down my neck anymore.

I made it to my locker safely. I put the textbooks that I would be needing that night into my backpack and started down the hallway after closing my locker door. The walk to the parking lot was uneventful. No Luke run-ins, or popular girl ambushes. Those girls were always making my days horrible. I was expecting more of a mean vibe from them now that I was "dating" Percy. Rachel, the leader of the populars, had dated Percy a year ago, mostly because he was captain of the swim team and really good looking. She didn't give a crap about his nice, caring personality.

When I walked out the front door, I stood for a moment enjoying the warm sunshine on my face. It wasn't until I felt him wrap his arms around me, did I notice that Percy was standing next to me.

"Hey, WiseGirl, you're going to start a student traffic jam if you keep standing here like this. Waddya say I give you a ride to my place so that we can 'talk'?" He asked, with a mischievous grin.

"I think that I'd like that." I replied, taking his hand, dragging him with me as I started towards his car.

"Ya know, I've been sitting in classes all day, without really a chance to stretch my legs," Percy said, catching up to me.

"And?" I asked.

"Last one to the car is a rotten egg."

"You're on!" I shouted as I started to run as fast as I could.

I didn't know if I could beat him, because he was taller than me and he runs two miles in swim practice every other day, but I would try. I kept my head down, and focused my eyes on Percy's car. It was relatively easy to spot, seeing as it was a 1967, four door Chevy Impala. His dad had bought it for him before he was killed. But that is a story for later.

I was almost to the back of the car, almost within reach. I looked beside me to see where Percy was. That was a mistake. That one little side movement caused me to slow down, giving Percy a chance to overtake me and reach the car before I did.

"And the Seaweed Brain wins!" Percy shouted, throwing his hands in the air.

"You cheated." I stated simply.

"And how did I do that? I was relying purely on talent."

"Uh huh, because you have so much," I said, rolling my eyes, and walking to the passenger door. "So, you gonna unlock the car, or do I have to break into it again?"

"Okay, first of all, I do have talent, lots of it. Second of all, there is no need to break into my car again because, yes I will unlock the door and I did not appreciate it the last time you did."

"Oh, it was funny. Your face was priceless!" I said with a smirk.

"It took me forever to clean my car and I smelled like baby powder for a week!" He exclaimed loudly, laughing and starting the car.

"But it was worth it."

"For you maybe, but I on the other hand, did not enjoy it as much. Pranks are suppose to be my thing." Percy said grumpily.

"I know, but it was a payback prank." I stated pointedly.

"I know, but even those are my thing."

"Not when they are being done to you." I said, poking him in the stomach slightly so that we wouldn't crash.

"Still," Percy said, pouting.

"Whatever," I said as we pulled into his driveway. "Now, lets go have our 'talk'."

Percy smiled, got out of the car, walked around it, and opened the door for me. As I was getting out of the car, I saw a black BMW drive by, somewhat slowly. I couldn't tell who was in the front, but the car was kinda creepy. I remembered what Luke had said to me, but I brushed it off. No way that Luke had actually followed me to Percy's house. He wasn't that stalker-ish, was he? I hoped not.

I followed Percy into the house, trying to get rid of the foreboding feeling that I had. I felt like something really bad was going to happen, and I just couldn't shake it off.

When Percy closed the door behind me, I jumped a little because I was so caught up in my thoughts.

"Sorry WiseGirl, did I scare you?"

"Wha-no, I was just thinking, and you kinda, pulled me out of those thoughts when you shut the door. That's all." I said, shrugging and not meeting his eyes.

"Annabeth, look at me." Percy said, putting a hand under my chin.

"Why?" I asked quietly, knowing exactly why Percy wanted me to look at him.

"You know why, and I want to know what's wrong. Now," He said, tilting my head up. "what's bothering you, Annabeth?"

"Did you see that car that passed by the house, the black BMW?"

"Yeah, briefly. Why?" Percy said, looking at me with curiosity

"Well…," I started slowly, not wanting another outburst from him. "I think that that was Luke's car. I think he heard us talking in the hallway at school."

"There is something else bothering you as well, I can tell. What is it?"

"Luke said something to me. After our talk. He told me that he could make anything a living hell. It scared me because I know that Luke has been in serious trouble before. Do you remember what happened last year, after Logan Myiler accidentally spilled his milk on Luke in the cafeteria?" I asked, sitting down on the couch.

"Yeah, Luke started screaming about Logan ruining his Hollister shirt or whatever. So?" Percy said, rolling his eyes at Luke's dramatics.

"Logan was in the hospital for a week and a half. Over a shirt!" I nearly yelled. "Imagine what he would do if something even worse than a ruined shirt happened to him. Plus, his parents are loaded. If something happened, he could get out of anything, they have the best lawyers in town. I've seen them at work. While we were dating, Luke got in some trouble with drunk driving. He was able to get out of that with a $500 fee! And he's underage!" I stared at Percy with wide eyes while he took in this information. "That kid could be bailed out of jail and off charges before you could say 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious'!"

"But I can't say that." Percy stated, looking at me with a confused expression.

I rolled my eyes and laughed. "Super-cali-fragi-," I started, but Percy's eyes glazed over and I could tell that he wasn't taking in a word I was saying. "Ya know what, never mind. You weren't listening anyway."

I started getting up from the couch as Percy jumped out of his stupor saying, "Yes I was, see: super-cali-fridge?"

"Whatever, I'm going to get something to eat. Would you care to join me, Perseus?" I asked, putting on a fake English accent.

"Why I would love to, my dearest Annabeth." He replied in a bad fake accent.

Percy stood up and held out his arm. I looped mine through his and we walked toward the big kitchen. I sat on the counter while Percy looked through the fridge for something to eat.

"How about….leftover lasagna?" He asked turning around with a glass pyrex pan in his hand.

"Did Andromeda make it?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I think so, who else would? I can't cook, you know that." Percy said smiling.

"Yes, unfortunately, I do. That mac-n-cheese was horrible, and it was the box kind!" I kind of shouted at him.

"It wasn't that bad!" He exclaimed, turning red.

"Yes, yes it was." I said calmly, looking him in the eyes.

"I guess it was," He said, setting the pan on the top of the stove and walking towards me. "And I'm sorry for that."

"See, I can be right." I said smiling as he pulled me of the counter and put his arms around my waist.

"That's why I call you WiseGirl." He whispered as I put my arms around his neck.

"And I still think that your head is full of kelp, Seaweed Brain." I whispered back.

At first, I didn't know what I was doing, but the next thing I knew, I was kissing Percy. This kiss was so much different than the one we shared at school. That one was rushed and not as sentimental, but it was just to show Luke that we were "together." Which reminds me, I really need to talk to Percy. But kissing him wipes all of that from my mind.

The first thing is: Percy is a great kisser. Much better than my other boyfriends. But they weren't much, just guys who showed me off like a trophy. But Percy is different. I can feel it. He seems more protective, more caring. That's the second thing about him. He's really protective of his friends and people he loves.

Anyway, back to what I was originally talking about. This kiss, unlike the one at school, was soft, sweet, and gentle, but there was desire and passion behind it, more than I thought Percy felt. Apparently he did care a lot about me.

I knew that I cared about Percy, but I didn't know how much. All of a sudden, I felt like the sweet, slow kiss we were sharing wasn't enough. I felt like...I don't know. Like I wanted more? I don't really know how to explain it. I just felt like I needed to be closer to him, which seemed almost impossible considering how close we already were.

Percy must have felt the same because he pushed me up against the wall by the kitchen door, planting his arms on either side of my head. I kept my arms around his neck, bringing him closer and deepening the kiss, letting all my emotions flood out. Percy was still for about a quarter of a second before he came back with as much enthusiasm and passion. It was so bliss-

*RING RING*

Oh my gods! Really? I had to get a text now? I was pissed. Now, I had to stop kissing Percy and that was upsetting. Don't judge me.

I started to walk around Percy to go sit at the counter to answer the text but he grabbed me around the waist and pulled me to him.

"You don't have to answer it, do you?" Percy whined, looking at me with sad, green puppy dog eyes.

"Well, I have to at least check it, it could be important," I replied, slipping out of his grip.

I sat down and pulled out my phone. Percy stood across from me. I tapped the home button and it showed that I had one new message from an unrecognized number. I unlocked my phone and looked at the message. As I read, my eyes got wider and I got more scared.

"Annabeth, what's wrong?" Percy asked

I didn't reply, I just sat there staring at my phone.

"Annabeth, seriously. What's wrong?" Percy asked again, panic lacing his voice.

He sorta walked, sorta ran around the counter to me to see what was wrong, because normally I don't freeze up like this.

"Annabeth, please tell me what's wrong," Percy pleaded.

In response, I handed him my phone, which still had the message on the screen. Percy read it and almost dropped it in shock.

The message read:

4:08

From: Unknown Number

I know what you have done, I know who you are, I know where you are and I know the one thing that you don't want anyone to find out. You know what I'm talking about, Annabeth. So if you don't want anyone else to know, I suggest that you read this message clearly and carefully. I want $300 in an unmarked envelope in the mailbox of the abandoned house on Maple Street. If you do not do this by Friday at 6:00 pm, every person at Goode High School will receive a text explaining your secret, so you better scrape up some cash, and fast.

Dun dun dun! What's Annabeth's secret? Who knows it? You'll just have to wait to find out. And I know that I didn't put that part in my summary, it was the surprise plot, didn't even tell my beta, who is also my best friend. I hope it won't be as long a wait as last time but I get really busy during the week and sometimes I don't have time to write. I will try my best though. Hope you enjoyed, and I'll see yall next time.

-LB