Hello guys, here is chapter 2. Thanks for reviewing! It really made my day. Haha...i just realized i am posting this on 21st December 2012, the supposedly "end of the world". Gee, but i am still alive...hehe~ Now go on and read!
Percy's POV
We were drifting apart. That's for sure. Ever since Annabeth developed a crush on Luke, she had been spending most of her time with him and his friends, all the popular guys. We spent lesser time together and when we did hang out, all she would ever talk about was Luke. Always about him, not about herself or any other stuff. I mean, there's a whole lot of things that we can talk about, right? But it was as if her life only revolved around Luke and she just couldn't stop praising him. And honestly, the way she talks about him with those dreamy eyes, it makes me feel weird all over. I felt like I was burning up, in my eyes, my head and my face. And I hated it, I hated the feeling, I hated the fact that I would feel that way. But most of all, I hated that I would feel a sudden hatred for Luke instead of being supportive and happy for Annabeth. I just couldn't make myself feel that way no matter how hard I tried.
In the next few weeks, Annabeth officially joined the "It" group and she always hung out with them in school and even after school, eating lunch at the "popular table", leaving me to sit by myself at a table, and going over to Luke's house to party and hang out with those jocks. And needless to say, we hardly hung out anymore. I felt like I wasn't even her best friend anymore. Luke was her new best friend and I was just history. He was her prince charming and also her knight in shining armour that would come riding on a horse to her rescue anytime and anywhere. It made me feel extremely horrible and inferior.
Things became worse when Annabeth and Luke started dating. They would keep acting all lovey-dovey with each other in school and it only made the burning feeling more intense. Annabeth also started to become different. She rarely talked to me in school, much less hung out with me. I felt like she was also avoiding me. Whenever she saw me, she would immediately look in another direction or walk away. It hurt, a lot. But I could sort of understand why she acted like that, a jock cannot be seen with an unpopular wimpy nerd, or it would ruin their "swagger". I really hated it, the whole entire popularity thing irked me. I wished it didn't even exist, it made me and Annabeth drift apart, it destroyed our friendship of many years.
When I got bullied, there was no one to stand up for me anymore. When I felt down, there was no one to cheer me up anymore. When I needed a listening ear, no one was there for me anymore. When I did badly in my studies, there was no one to tuition me anymore. I had never ever felt so lonely before. And I knew then that Annabeth was no longer what she used to be. The "new" Annabeth wasn't my best friend, she was someone else, someone that I no longer knew.
And all I knew is that I missed the "old" Annabeth, my best friend. And that maybe she didn't even exist anymore.
I know that this chapter is a little short and the story is a little slow-going but please bear with me! I am trying to update as many chapters as I can before school term starts but I also don't want to rush through so that each chapter would be of good quality. And please REVIEW! And oh, by the way, because I am new to this fanfic thingy, i am still not very sure about the terms in it, like 'AU' and 'OC'. So can someone tell me what do they mean please? Thanks!
-Girl Who Believes