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Annabeth's Head:
"Hey Percy! Wake up, man! Let us in!" Someone (Grover?) said from outside.
Aw... crap.
"Oh, just open the door!" Someone else (could it be? Thrillia?) growled.
Hades.
"Oh my gods." Three voices said in unison.
Cringing, I looked up. Grover was standing there all half goat, laughing his head off. Thrilia was standing beside Grover, eyes wide, smirking. Nico was in front of them, chuckling under his breath with a what-did-I-miss kind of expression on his face. I punched Percy.
"Oh, hey, what?" Percy said, waking up with a start. His eyes caught mine, noticed the horror and then darted to the door. "Hi, guys!"
"Well, hello, Percy. Annabeth." Grover said, raising his eye brows at us.
"Hi." I muttered, standing up.
"Annabeth." Percy mumbled, grabbing my hand.
"I need to get back." I told him, smiling and slipping my hand from his. "I'll see you later." I walked out and felt myself being watched and followed. I didn't look back. I walked straight out of the cabin and past the trees and up to the Athena cabin where I stopped and turned around.
Thrilia was standing behind me. "I can't believe it Annabeth."
"Believe what?" I asked, laughing off the scene from back in Percy's cabin.
"Annabeth Chase finally did something wrong. Alert the media."
"I didn't do anything wrong. Nothing happened."
"Nothing happened. Nothing happened! You think I'm dumb? Just because I swore my life away to be a huntress does not mean that I don't... see things."
"See things?"
"You and Percy.. It's been a year now. You've been living in his house. I knew something would have happened."
"Nothing has happened."
"Something has happened."
"Not what you think happened."
"Sure."
"I'm telling you the truth."
"Ah huh.."
"Thrilia!"
"Yes?"
"What are you even doing here?"
"Oh, well, that's very simple."
"And?"
"I came to bring my sister."
"Your sister?"
"My sister."
"Since when have you had a sister?"
"She kind of just appeared the other day. Artemis gave me permission to accompany her here."
"How do you know she is your sister?"
"You'll see."
"Where is she?"
"Back in the Zeus cabin."
"Oh, well... wow."
"Yes. Wow."
"Percy and I are in charge, you know, until Chiron gets back."
"Then you'll watch her?"
"I will.. you say that as if you don't trust her."
"I'm not sure if I do."
"Why?"
"I'm not sure yet."
"How long will you be here?"
"I have to leave tonight."
"Okay... well I need to get dressed.."
"You do that."
I went inside the Athena cabin and ran straight into Malcolm. "Hi, Annabeth! We've you been? I got here and was like, 'there's Annabeth's stuff, but where's Annabeth?'"
"Yeah... I was just... I'm back now."
"Oh, okay." He said, laughing.
"Well.. I'm going to go.. yeah."
"Hey, guys! Chiron and Dionysus are out, so Annabeth and I will be running camp until they get back." Percy was saying as the campers sat at the lunch tables, looking up at us. My eyes were scanning over the crowd, trying desperately to pin point the girl who was Thrilia's sister. She wasn't sitting at the Zeus table. She wasn't there at all.
"After lunch I need all of you guys to head back to your cabins and get everything straightened up. At three Percy and I will be coming around for inspection." I told them, trying to ignore the stares. All day I could feel eyes watching us. It was as if each and every person we ran into's eyes automatically went to our hands, intertwined at our sides. It was weird.
Percy and I sat down at our respective tables and I started chatting with my half brothers and sisters, trying to find Thrillia's sister. "Anyway, Annabeth, I was thinking we should have a meeting of the heads of the cabins. Set out some ground rules, work out some of the stuff that needs to be dealt with this summer."
"That's a great idea, Malcolm." I muttered, glancing over his shoulder yet again.
"Okay, so I'll talk to the others and set it up."
"Great work." I said under my breath, having not really heard his coment in the first place.
That was when it happened. A girl maybe sixteen years old appeared, walking into the pavilion. Her hair was jet black, but straight as silk, falling past the small of her back. She wore a short, black dress, revealing long, tan legs. Her blue eyes were fierce and her expression was mild until she saw Percy. She was walking past the Poseidon table when she stopped at a dead halt. Her eyes grew bright with interest and she stood, watching Percy eat for a moment. Her eyes ran over him, assessing him, seeing the beauty I saw every day, taking it in. I growled under my breath.
"Hi. Who are you?" She asked him, smiling carnivorously.
"I'm Percy Jackson... son of Poseidon. And you are?" He asked, glancing around nervously.
"I'm Nina. Daughter of Zeus." She replied, smirking at him.
"Uh.. hi." Percy muttered, eyes darting to mine.
"Hi." She said before slinking away, eyes gleaming.
"Annabeth.." Anna muttered from my side, tugging on my sleeve.
My head snapped up and I glared at her for a moment before I realized it wasn't her fault. "Yes?"
"Is that Thrilia's sister?" She asked, narrowing her eyes at the retreating figure.
"Yes."
"Wow."
"Wow." I muttered, standing up. "I'll see you guys back at the cabin."
They all nodded and I walked away, past the trees and into the forest. "Juniper!" I called.
"Yes?" She said, appearing with a smile.
"I hate her."
"Nina?" Her knowing expression led me to believe she had met her before.
"Yes."
"What happened?"
"Percy."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"I could just kill her... the way she looked at him." I was practically shaking.
"Annabeth, calm down. Percy loves you. Nothing is going to change that."
"I don't want her around trying to change that."
"She won't succeed, so don't worry about it."
I sighed. "You're right. Thanks." I said, hugging her shoulders before I hurried along. Sometimes all you need is to talk to a wood nymph. They are extremely level headed.
As I ambled my way back to my cabin Thrilia appeared in front of me. "I see you've seen my sister." Her tone was light, conversational.
"Yes."
"And?"
"I don't trust her either."
"Sorry."
"It's fine."
"No it's not."
"I've got to go inspect things.." I muttered, turning to my cabin. I went inside to find everything perfect. "Things look great in here.. what happened?" I asked, laughing dispite my mood. Things in the Athena cabin were rarely tidy. There were usually books and papers scattered about constantly.
"We figured you would be on some kind of rampage about that Nina chick and thought it would best if we didn't give you further reason to be pissed." Jo said from her spot, sitting cross legged on her bunk. Her eyes were bright and happy as she glanced up at me from her book.
"Pissed at you guys? Never." I said, walking over to her. I hugged her shoulders and then said, "How was your school year?"
"Okay.." She mumbled, smiling at me. "And you know what? You don't have to worry about her."
"I don't?"
"No. I'm going to have the Ares cabin kick her butt."
"Oh, really? How are you going to swing that?"
"You know I'm dating Mark."
"I know... I try to forget."
"Hey when you forget the his-father-is-the-god-of-war thing.. he's pretty cool."
"Sure, sure.. well now that my cabin is in order I'm going to go check the others. I'll be back." I turned and left, heading for the Poseidon cabin. Percy was standing outside beside Grover. Their backs were to me and they were talking quietly to each other.
"Did you see her face?" Grover was asking Percy.
"I did.. she was so cute." Percy responded, chuckling.
"Yeah.. man.. she is seriously beautiful and so in love with you." Grover laughed. "It's funny."
"So, I'm not appealing?" Percy asked, joking.
"Shut up, Percy." Grover muttered, punching Pery in the arm.
They turned around and spotted me. Percy's eyes went wide. "Hey."
"Let's go get this over with." I said, turning on the spot and walking over to the next cabin.
"Annabeth, wait." Percy begged.
"Why should I?"
"Listen, Annabeth." He said, grabbing my arm.
"We have to do inspection, Percy."
"Annabeth. Hold up. We need to talk."
"I got it, Percy."
We walked into the Aphrodite cabin and I started inspecting. I could feel Percy's troubled expression on me. We moved from cabin to cabin until it was time to walk into the most newly inhabited cabin in the whole camp.
"Annabeth.. before we go in there.. let me just tell you."
"I don't care, Percy. Come on." I pulled the door open and walked into the Zeus cabin. There she was, sitting on her bunk. Her dress wasn't hiding anything the way she was sitting and I rolled my eyes. Thrilia was standing by the window, looking outside.
I looked arourd, in a hurry to get out of there.
"Oh, hey, Percy." Nina said when Percy walked in the room behind me.
"Hi." Percy muttered.
"How old are you, Percy?"
"Seventeen."
"That's only a year older than me."
"Oh, is it?" Percy said, dully.
"It is."
"Cool."
"It is."
"Great."
"I'm out of here." I said, checking the little box on my check list before walking from the cabin.
"Annabeth!" Percy said when we were standing in front of the Poseidon cabin.
"What?" I growled back.
"Listen to me."
"I think I've heard enough."
"You do?"
"I do!"
"When because you haven't listened to a word I've been saying!"
"Earlier. When you were talking to Grover."
"When I was talking to Grover... what? Annabeth we were talking about you!"
"Huh?" I asked, confused.
He chuckled, pulling me inside the cabin. "Annabeth we were talking about how cute you are when you're jealous."
"You were talking about me." I muttered, looking at him.
"We were." He took my face in his hands and smiled at me.
"But..."
"But nothing. Annabeth,I love you." He whispered, kissing me lightly before continuing. "You are my whole world. I don't care that some new girl has come out of the blue. I don't care. I love you. I love the way you get so jealous even though there's nothing to be jealous of. I love the way you are blushing right now. I love the way you don't care that our parents hate each other. I love the way you look when you laugh. I love the way I feel when I'm around you. I love you, Annabeth Chase. Get that through your thick head." He kissed me and I smiled.
"I...love you." I mumbled, wrapping my arms around his neck and kissing him.
"You better," He replied, laughing quietly. "because I honestly don't know what I would do without you."
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