I was over at Tess' house, helping her pick a perfect first-day-of-school outfit. I was the fashionista between the two of us, and she was the jock. I had become friends with her halfway through last year, when she told me how she had a crush on my friend Percy Jackson, and she wanted me to help her get close to him. She seemed nice, so I agreed, and now I'm helping her pick out an outfit to impress Percy.

She ended up wearing a sea-green top, similar to the color of Percy's eyes, and blue jeans, which were Percy's favorite color.

Normally, we walk to school, but since we were both in heels (special occasion!) her dad agreed to drive us. Percy, Josh, Ben and Julie were sitting under a tree around the side of the school, where we normally met and ate lunch. The Stolls weren't there, so I assumed they were with Katie, checking in. Tess and I greeted them, and after a few minutes of small talk, the bell rang. I then remembered that we hadn't compared our schedules yet, so I just hoped that I had some friends in class.

I went to my first period class, art. It was very boring, so I ended up just doodling in my notebook. Luckily, we were just supposed to draw random pictures, so I got extra credit for my assignment. After that, I had math. Ben and Tess were both in my math class, and so were some new students. I think their names were Silena Beauregard (a/n sorry for the painful reminder), Rachel Dare, and Nico di Angelo. Silena and Rachel were sophomores, but Nico was a freshman, even though he looked younger, maybe 13? I also remembered that Rachel was in my art class.

After math, we had break. I knew that everyone has break at the same time, so I went to our tree. Percy, the Stolls, and Katie were already there, as well as Julie and Josh. Ben and Tess were with me, so we all sat in a circle and started talking. Katie and the Stolls kept looking behind them, as if waiting for someone. Eventually, Katie got up and walked over to a group of four kids. I recognized some of them as the new students from my math class. Travis looked over at Percy, a wide smile on his face. Connor said, "Percy?" Percy looked up, and Connor continued, "we have a surprise for you!" At this line, Katie brought all the people over, and Percy jumped up, his traditional lopsided grin on his face.

It looked like he knew these people, which was confirmed when he ran over and gave them all a giant hug. They started talking, but it didn't sound like English. After about thirty seconds, Percy brought them over, and introduced them to us.

"Silena," he started, pointing to the black haired girl from my math class. "She's dating Beckendorf (a/n I know, I'm crying too)." Beckendorf was a big African-American guy.

"My cousin Nico," he continued, pointing to the young kid from my class. I was surprised; Percy had never mentioned having a cousin.

"And last, my best friend Annabeth." Annabeth was a beautiful girl with blonde, curly hair and startling grey eyes. I immediately hated her.

Yeah, that may have been a rash decision, but Percy had called her his 'best friend', which was my role. Or so I thought. We greeted all of them, and I made sure to squeeze Annabeth's hand hard when I shook it. However, she didn't even seem to notice. My friends started comparing schedules for the rest of the day. After a minute or so, the new kids plus Percy, Katie and the Stolls started having a conversation, luckily in English this time, so I pretended to read a book while listening to their conversation.

"What are you guys doing here?" Percy asked.

"It's the closest school to camp, Seaweed Brain." I think that was Annabeth. I wondered if she was taking about the camp Percy had gone to last summer, which was the reason why we couldn't hang out. When I asked him if I could go to the camp, he just shrugged and said I couldn't go.

"Where are you guys staying?" Percy asked them.

Katie, Silena and Beckendorf said they were going to stay at the Stolls' house.

"And, Seaweed Brain," Annabeth continued. What's with the nicknames? Pointing to herself and Nico, she said, "Death Breath and I will be staying at your place."

I was angry and confused. Confused, because how could they start at his house and he not know about it? And I was angry because-actually I think the better word is jealous. I was jealous that Annabeth got to stay at Percy's house. I mean, it shouldn't be a big deal-he's just my best friend, right? But I could tell that Percy and Annabeth liked each other. And although it may not be in a serious way, it still made me jealous. Why?

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