Chapter 4- Neighbours?

My first day of school has finally ended. I am now making my way back to my house in the suburbs. My house –well, not actually my house, my dad's house- is very pretty. Well, maybe to me. It's very simple and white. The roof, doors, windows are completely black. Our house has 5 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, a kitchen, a living room + dining place and a study room for me. Of course. I love it. It's totally different AND better than our previous house.

I live with my dad, my stepmom and two younger step brothers. I've never really known who my real mother is. I've tried asking my dad but he'll just make some lame excuses like "How was school?" "How's life?" "Pass me the bowl of chips," or he'll just simply ignore me. It's very irritating.

But nevermind that. Let's just move on. I've finally reached my destination, my house. Our neighbourhood is pretty much normal. It has a huge gate infront for us to enter. Infront of the gates, there are houses arranged normally, but at back, nine houses including mine makes a U-shape. And in the middle of the U, there's a beautiful fountain. So yeah, the neighbourhood is pretty much peaceful and normal.

I walked in and was immediately greeted by my two younger brothers, Bob and Mathew. "Hey Annabeth!"

I sighed, "Hey,"

"Found any new friends?" Bob asked while Mathew just stood there smirking.

Ugh. I didn't bother to reply so I just walked upstairs to my room. I love them and all but they're always up in my space! So annoying.

When I was just about to lay down on my bed, a load BAM invaded my ears. I quickly stood up and saw my two brothers. I rolled my eyes and asked,

"What do you want?"

"from me," they sang.

Oh my god, not that Adam Lambert song! They have been singing that song non stop just to annoy me,

"No, seriously. What do you guys want?" I asked.

"Well, mom said to get ready because some of the neighbours are coming over," Bob replied.

"Okay, now get out!" I screeched.

I heard my mom –scratch that, my STEPMOM- yell my name from downstairs. So, I'm guessing the neighbours have already arrived. I sprayed my perfume and dabbed alittle bit of blusher onto my face for finishing touches.

After that, I gracefully walked downstairs to see my neighbours. Once I saw them, I was shocked! It turns out that my new neighbours were Percy, Thalia, Nico and some other kids. "Hey Annabeth!" Nico came to me and put his harm on my shoulder.

"Um. What're you guys doing here?"

"We're your new neighbours!" Thalia responded, "Isn't it great?"

"Uhh, yeah,"

Suddenly, my dad's voice interrupted our mini conversation. "Sorry to interrupt. But, where exactly are your parents?"

"They've all went camping," Thalia shrugged.

"Excuse me Mr. Chase," Percy said to my dad, "Can I talk to you?"

"Sure," My dad replied, "What do you want to talk about?"

"Umm... In private?"

/Percy's POV

I ushered Mr. Chase to the corner and immediately whispered, "When is this whole acting going to stop?"

"I don't know. But the point is, she NEEDS to know that she's..," he looked left to right to see if the coast was clear, "..a demi-god,"

I sighed, "Okay, we'll tell her at the party tonight,"

Mr. Chase kinked his eyebrow and asked "What party?"

I changed my tone from being all mysterious to my normal 'I know the answer to that' tone and answered,

"Owh right. Nico's throwing a party tonight. It's...," I leaned forward and whispered "..a welcome back to camp half-blood party,"

Before Mr. Chase could reply, a familiar voice invaded our ears. "What's taking you guys soo long? Are you guys making out or something?"

By the look on Mr. Chase's face, I could tell he was disgusted my Thalia's question. So was I. I mean picture me and Mr. Chase kissing, making out and other things I don't really want to talk about. EW.

I answered back by saying, "Ha,ha,ha, very funny Thalia. How about thinking you and Silena making out?"

She didn't reply. I'm guessing I won the battle of the shot backs. Before I could smile, I felt a zap at my butt that made me yelp. It stinged like HELL! I angrily stomped my way to Thalia and shouted at her face, "HEY! NO POWERS REMEMBER!"

Suddenly, Annabeth walked into our conversation and asked "What powers? What are you guys talking about?"

I didn't know what to say, nor did Thalia. All I could think of was how DEAD we were going to be if I found of that she's a demi-god the wrong way. Then, Nico came in to save our butts. Of course.

/Annabeth's POV.

"Hey Annabeth, Wanna go to my party tonight?" Nico asked.

"I.. umm sure. If my dad will allow me," I answered looking at my dad.

"Sure, go ahead. Have fun. It's your first day her anyway. You should make friends,"

I smiled, "Thanks dad," I turned my gaze back to Thalia and Percy. They were whispering something. Something I couldn't hear nor make-out. "So I guess I'll see you guys tonight?" I asked never taking my eyes off them.

As soon as they heard me, they broke away from their mini whisper party and nodded.

With that, all of them left. Leaving my thoughts and I alone. Hmm. I checked the time and it was only 3:00 PM. So, 3 to 4 hours until the party? Hmm. What to do~ What to do~

I ran upstairs and switched on my laptop. I logged into my facebook and was shocked to see 75 friend requests. Wow. That's alot. One was from Percy Jackson. I smiled to myself because his picture was soo cute. He was underwater posing with a dolphin.

Next was from Thalia Grace. She was posing with Nico. They looked happy together in the picture. It's kind of weird for cousins to date eachother though. But I don't mind. You know what they say, You can't fight love.

My third request was from Nico Di Angelo. His profile picture was soo cool! He was posing with a guitar and was surrounded by fire. I mean, how can that not be cool?

The rest of the requests were from other students from school. So I just clicked Accept to all.

I checked the time and it was already 4:30 PM. I guess I should go shower again now.

Just as I was about to take off my clothes, my phone rang. "Ugh," I groaned. I grabbed my phone from the dresser and answered the phone. "Hello?" No one replied. So I decided to put it on speaker. I continued where I left of, that is stripping myself out of my clothes when suddenly a voice came out of my phone,

"No! WAIT!"

What the hell? I picked up the phone and said "Who is this?"

"It's me Percy,"

I sat down on my bed and said "Owh. Where'd you get my number?"

"Nevermind that," he said "Next time, close the curtains,"

Huh? "What're you talking about?"

"Go over to your window,"

Without hesitation, I walked to the window and saw Percy and Nico smiling at me. Wait no, NOT SMILING. BUT SMIRKING! Ohmygod!

I quickly hung up the phone, grabbed my robe and put it on. After that, I walked out to my balcony and shouted, "You guys live next door?"

"Correction," Nico said "Percy lives next to you,"

I scoffed.

"REALLY! I live over there," he said pointing to a huge painted black house.

"Whatever," I said rolling my eyes, "The point is, You guys saw me half naked!"

"Yeaup," Percy said popping the P.

"You guys are such perverts!"

"Hey," Nico said as he raised his hands in defeat, "I didn't want to. I have a girlfriend remember? Percy was the one who insisted,"

I turned my stare to Percy. He was blushing! For a minute there I softened my stare, considering he looked cute! But then I remembered what he did so I roughened back my stare. "I..I..I..," he stuttered.

"Forget it," I snapped, "I don't want to waste my time on you. I need to get ready for the party,"

I turned my heels and headed towards the door. But then, Nico yelled "Trying to look cute so Percy would like you huh? Well forget it, he's already head over heels over you!"

I didn't bother to reply so I walked into my room and shut the door. I looked out the window and saw Percy strangling Nico. He likes me?

I applied my lipgloss and tied my slightly curled hair into a messy ponytail. I stood infront of my long mirror and admired my self. I was wearing my short aqua dress my stepmom bought for me and matched it with white ballet flats. I looked..kind of girly. Not that I care or anything but I always pictured myself with some worn out jeans and baggy T-shirts not with a dress and glossy lip gloss.

"Annabeth dear!" my mom cried out, "Are you done yet? 'cause the guests have already arrived at Nico's house,"

"Yes mom! I'm done!"

I grabbed my blackberry and ran downstairs. To my suprise, Percy was there talking to my brothers. They didn't notice me, so I pretended to cough to get their attention. And it worked. "Hey Annabeth," Percy said. He was looking HOT! He was wearing a white button down shirt, dark blue jeans and a pair of navy blue sneakers.

"What're you doing here?" I asked.

"I'm here to bring you to Nico's house," he replied.

"I know where he lives Perce. This isn't prom, I don't need you to escort me,"

"I know. But I want to,"

"Fine," I mumbled.

At the party:

/Percy's POV.

"Look Annabeth. I need to tell you something," I said.

"ALRIGHT EVERYONE! LET'S GO PLAY SOME GAMES!" some random guy shouted.

"Sure," she said standing up "After we play some games,"

"What? No!" I hesitated, "I need to tell you..,"

I was cut off by Annabeth's body pressing against mine. I could feel her breasts on my chest. Ohmygod.

"Come on Perce," she whispered in my ear, "One game,"

I softly pushed her away from me and examined her face. She was serious. She wasn't drunk or anything. Wow. This girl must be some wild.

"Okay," I said in defeat, "One game!"

"YAY!" she exclaimed throwing her hands in the air.

We were all sitting on the floor making a circle. I was sitting next to Annabeth and Silena. I'm not sure what game we're playing but Clarisse's the one incharge. And she throws the most awesome party games!

"Alright everyone," she started off, "You guys are all in right?"

All of us nodded.

"So, no one can back out,"

Once again, we nodded.

"Alright, let's start then," clapping her hands, "Tonight we're all going to play 7 minutes in heaven,"

"Oh gosh! Not this game! The last time I played this game I had to make-out in the closet with stinky Jeremy!" Thalia whined.

"I remember that!" I said laughing.

"Hey! No backing out!" Nico said smirking.

"Ugh, alright," said Thalia.

"Who's going to start?"

"OOH! OOH! Me!" volunteered Annabeth.

She grabbed the bottle and spun it on the floor. Gosh. I so want to make out with her. We waited for the spinning to stop until atlast it stopped and pointed at..

A/U: Sorry it took soo long for us to update. We were too busy studying. :p So we hope you guys like our second chapter! :3

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