A/N: First and foremost, I just want to say that I am so happy at the amount of reviews this story is getting. Truth to be told, after chapter four, I had serious doubts about this fanfic, so I posted chapter five with the announcement that I would not continue the story until I got twelve reviews. I honestly thought it would take about a week to get even one review, but I got more than enough reviews in a matter of hours!
And, I started this account about a month ago, and since then, I have gotten NO negative comments. ZERO! So I want to thank you all for the amount of support you have given me.
Also, quick note, I will be starting shoutouts, and the details for the first shoutout thingy will be in the authors note at the end of the page.
And finally, without further ado, here is your Truthful Tuesday.
Annabeth
I might as well have taped my eyes open the next day at school.
I had practically spent all night training myself to keep my eyes open, and now, I probably looked like an owl walking around. (A/N: No pun intended. :))
If I saw Ms. Heer anywhere, I would've chopped her arms right off. That's how serious I was about this.
At school, I noticed that many girls were trying to take advantage of the dance in Friday. They had caked their faces with makeup, and were walking around in unnecessary huddles, giggling and batting their eyelashes at male passerby. Which was probably why I found Thalia pretending to retch near a trash can.
"Thalia, come on, their makeup isn't that ugly."
"It's not their makeup. I just got asked out to the dance."
"REALLY? By who?"
"Don't sound so surprised. And Nico just asked me. He said he wanted to go with me as friends."
"Right, because we all know he's in love with someone else."
Thalia nodded. "He's pretty serious about his relationship with Will."
Before class started, we met up with Luke and Percy in the hallway and told them Thalia's situation.
"Did you say yes?" Luke asked her.
"Yeah. He said he wanted to go just as friends. And, check out my awesome sauce brains, I also told him about the whole Krips death seven thingy. Talk about hitting two birds with one stone."
I nodded, just as the bell rang. "Remember, guys. Keep your eyes peeled for anything suspicious. Especially Ms. Heer."
With that, we ran off to get to class.
"Okay, students. The final rankings for the worksheet you completed yesterday are posted right here. If your name is above the line, you will be assigned to tutor someone who's name is below the line. Tutoring takes place after school every weekday." Ms. Monners tapped the board with her long fingernail.
I got up with the rest of the class it see my score and grinned. My name was first.
Then I scanned the names below the line and found one that made me grin.
Percy Jackson.
I turned it go back to my seat and saw Percy on the way.
"I'm tutoring you," I told him with a wink.
He shrugged. "If you say so, Wise Girl."
We used lunch to tell our other friends about the whole Krios dealio. They all agreed to be watching out for anything suspicious. Watching like hawks. Or better yet, owls.
After lunch I had Ms. Heer.
Time to learn some real stuff.
I had installed a miniature webcam on my headband the night before, and I quickly turned it on as we entered her class.
We turned in the essays from the night before, and she told us to silent read, our homework being to summarize what we read.
As I pulled out my book, planning to use the time to spy on Ms. Heer, she croaked out, "Miss Chase, can I speak to you for a second?"
I stood up with a nod, feeling my mouth dry. I felt Luke and Thalia's eyes boring into my head as I walked past the rows of desks. I locked eyes with Percy. His lips were pursed but he nodded at me.
I walked outside the classroom, as Ms. Heer was holding the door open for me.
She slowly closed the door when we were both outside, then turned to me silently.
"Miss Chase, I want to divulge the fact that you have incredible writing skills, as I have read your homework essay."
I know very well she didn't read my essay, because she didn't touch the whole pile of them since we turned them in. Nonetheless, I muttered out a thank you.
"I also want to give you a very valuable lesson." She peered down at me, very much like an owl. "Eavesdropping is what a child does. We must kill that bad child inside of us, so we can mature into something that will help not only ourselves, but other people too."
I nodded slowly.
She opened the door to let me back in.
"So if the train is going 80 miles an hour..."
I was sitting at an empty desk in Ms. Monners's room, trying to teach Percy how to do the train problem.
But the trouble was, as I was doing the problem, Percy kept staring at me with his sparkling sea-green eyes, and it kept distracting me and making me do the problem wrong.
Finally, I groaned and gave up, pulling out my computer.
"What are you doing now, Wise Girl?"
"Researching."
"I thought you said you knew how to do the train problem?"
"I do, Seaweed Brain. I'm researching everything I've learned so far about Ms. Heer.
I'm pretty sure I know what she is, though."
"What?"
"Well, based on the whole vampire sucking blood thing, and the thing she told me about bad children and eavesdropping today, I'm pretty sure she's a Mormo."
"And what exactly is a Mourno?"
"A Mormo. And a Mormo is a vampiric person who bites bad children."
"Oh. How pleasant."
"Exactly. We'd better tell the others to meet us at the Jumbo Juice Hut after tutoring."
"You know, I think we're done with tutoring."
"You know what? Me too."
We packed away our stuff, I slid my laptop back into my bag, and we got up to leave, when someone quite purposely bumped into us.
She had long, wavy black hair, a perfect face, and red lips that were stretched into a wide, fake smile.
"Percy!" She squealed. "How nice to see you!" She turned to me. "And Annabelle! Pleasure to meet you." She took my hand and shook it.
I managed a smile. "Have we met somewhere?"
The girl batted her eyelashes. "I don't believe we have, but Percy's told me all about you. I'm Drew, by the way."
Percy coughed loudly and muttered something about having to go the bathroom.
He quickly walked out.
"Oh. Is Percy your...brother or something? You look kind of similar..."
She let out a high-pitched laugh. "Haha! No no, Percy's my ex-boyfriend. We broke up a few days before term started."
So this is what Percy had been talking about when he said he broke up with his girlfriend.
"Oh, I'm sorry. If you don't mind me asking, what happened?"
Her lips curved into a pout. "No, that's fine. He came back to the dorm one day all made at me and told me already had a girlfriend. Some Annabeth Chase."
What?
"Hmm...your name is Annabelle, isn't it?" Drew continued. "How...similar."
But I wasn't listening anymore. The pounding of my heart drowned all of the noise out. With a quick "Excuse me," to Drew, I practically ran out the door.
Percy was just turning the corner of the hallway back to Ms. Monners's room.
"Thank the Gods, Annabeth, I-"
"Have you been using me to cheat on her?"
"What? What do you mean?"
"Have you been using me to cheat on Drew?"
"What?! Of course not! Drew's-"
At that very moment, Drew walked out the door.
"Oh hello! I didn't realize you guys were still here. Do you mind if I join you to wherever you are going?"
I turned to Drew. "Drew. Is Percy cheating on you?"
She suddenly burst into tears. "I think so," she bawled.
I glared at Percy, grabbed Drew's arm, and dragged her out the door.
When we were finally out on the grounds, and when Drew had finally calmed down, and after she re-applied her mascara, I started interrogating her in the most peaceful way possible.
"So...are you mad at Percy?"
"Kind of...after all, he cheated on me."
"And who did he use to cheat on you, again?"
"Some Annabeth Chase."
My heart skipped a beat. "You know, Drew, I think you should join us at the Jumbo Juice Hut."
At the Jumbo Juice hut, I sat by Thalia and Luke, and across from us were Drew and Percy. Drew seemed completely occupied by twirling her hair and pressing herself against him, only to have him shove her away.
My eye ticked.
I cleared my throat. "So, after some research, I found that this vampire lady is a Mormo."
"What's a Mormo?" Luke asked, sipping his drink.
"A Mormo is a vampiric creature who bites bad children."
"Nice!" Thalia said out loud. Then she whispered to me, "What's up with Percy and his new friend? And why aren't you talking to him? Everything okay?"
I nodded and gave her the I'll tell you later there are a bunch of stupid people here right now, look.
"Anyway, the only way to beat a Mormo is by feeding them the blood of someone who's tough, but loving, and then having that person beat them."
Percy shook his head. "So we have to find someone who's Schizophrenic?"
Thalia rolled her eyes. "No, dumbo, we have to find someone fierce but sweet. Any candidates?"
"Nico?" Luke offered.
"I don't know if Nico would qualify for fierce," Thalia said.
"And I don't think he's that sweet either...I mean, I've never tasted him..." Percy thought about it. Thalia shoved him.
"We'll have to find someone later." I got up, tossing my empty cup into the recycling. "I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow?"
"Yeah." Everyone started packing up as I headed to the door.
Percy tried to follow me. "Annabeth, I-"
"Don't. Just don't."
He got the hint and didn't say anymore.
When I told Thalia what happened later that day, her yell of anger could probably be heard back in China.
"THAT IDIOT!"
"Thalia, please, all we have to do is ignore him. Please don't start a fight."
She suddenly deflated. "Yeah. Okay."
Luke just shook his head in an, I told you so, sort of way.
If there were any trains for me to catch, each one had run me over.
A/N: sniffle sniffle so sad...so sad...
But here is a VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
For the next chapter, here are two shoutout questions:
1) How many times was the word 'owl' used in this chapter
2) Guess my favorite color!
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Thanks! Bie!
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