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Annabeth's POV

Three years have passed just like that and I am in Goode High School right now at my sophomore year. It's a wonder how quickly time flies. I slammed my locker shut and headed for the cafeteria to meet my friends. As I walked into the noisy and bustling cafeteria, I could immediately spot them from all the chaos. They stood out a lot, mostly because of their black, gothic clothes and punk style. I walked briskly over to the table where everyone tactfully avoided. You see, everyone was afraid of the two. And I don't really blame them. It was hard not to be intimidated by their glares and attitude. It's also really quite hard to believe they are cousins actually, apart from their clothing, they are very different from each other- personality and thinking wise.

Meet Thalia Grace and Nico Di' Angelo.

Thalia is the girl with black, short, spiky hair, electric-blue eyes, punk clothes and dark eyeliner. A word of advice to those who don't know her, do not anger her. You will be digging your own grave if you do that. She can be really scary, but at the same time, she can also be real nice to people she likes. Her cousin, Nico, is the "emo" guy who wears completely black clothes, has a wild mop of black hair on his head and has a really fair complexion. But really, once you get to know him, you will think of him as anything but "emo".

The both of them transferred here halfway through freshman year. They were from California and both of their parents were really rich. Thalia's dad, Zeus, runs a successful theatrical company while Nico's dad, Hades, owns a chain of jewellery shop. Their parents sent them to study here in New York so that they can learn to be independent. Haha…how can they learn to be independent when their parents send them a shocking amount of pocket money every month?

Ok, back to the present, Thalia and Nico spotted me and waved. Sometimes I really wonder how we even became good friends, we were just so different. I was more of a geek who likes reading. I probably got that from my mom, Athena, who is an accomplished architect.

I sat down at the table, while listening to them talk. Nico was talking animatedly, while Thalia was glaring at him. "I only think he is hot. I DO NOT like him!" growled Thalia. "Woah. Stop there! Thalia thinks a guy is hot?" I asked incredulously. Nico grinned triumphantly, nodding his head, "Yep! She thinks our cousin is hot." I couldn't believe my ears, Thalia is a total feminist and hates guys. Thalia smacked her cousin's head as her face turned red slowly. "Please…you people make me look like a lesbian! I still like boys, ok?"

"Right. But you are close to one."

"I am not!"

I rolled my eyes, they just love arguing with each other. But my interest was piqued, I was quite curious as to how their cousin looked like. Thalia never says that a boy is hot. Never. "How does he look like?"

"He has black messy hair, the I-just-got-out-of-a-shower kind of messy, and not the I-don't-comb-my-hair kind of messy like him," Thalia replied, pointing to Nico next to her.

"Hey!"

"Anyways, he has green eyes with a blue-ish tint to them, he is muscular and good at a lot of sports. And he is like the jock back in high school at Cali. Many girls are totally in love with him." She continued.

Green eyes with a blue-ish tint, messy black hair…They reminded me a lot of someone. Percy. But I knew it couldn't be him, he was not the type that was great at sports. Or popular among girls. Right then, I felt a wave of longing. I missed him a lot. I missed his smile. I missed his beautiful eyes. I missed my best friend.

Thalia nudged me, breaking my chain of thoughts, and I was grateful for it. Together, we stood up and walked over to the long queue to get our food. On our way there, we passed by the "popular" table which Luke and his gang hung out. His gang, consists of idiotic boys who think they are so handsome and likes to flex their muscles a lot, and giggly, stuck-up girls who wear lots of make-up and skimpy clothing. Typical high school. I don't get why people think they are cool. To me, they are just like retards stuck in the mental age of eleven.

"Hey! Annie!" Luke called out, giving me the smile all the girls think is hot, but seriously, it is disgusting, when the person himself is already disgusting enough. To think that I actually dated him before. I like to call those days the "stupid Annabeth" days.

I gritted my teeth. I hated being called "Annie". It was the pet name Luke gave me when we dated three years ago. I didn't mind it in the past since I was head over heels with him, but right now, I hated it a lot as it held many horrible memories which I tried very hard to forget. But I hated the person who called me that even more. I simply despised him, and I made no effort to hide. "Excuse me?" I asked, trying to mask my anger.

"Don't call her that, bastard." Thalia said menacingly. I gave her a small smile, thanking her silently. She just helped me say what I had in mind.

Nico dragged the both of us away as the group laughed at us. It was a sensible thing to do. Thalia wasn't a huge fan of Luke and she had some really colourful string of swear words that was specially reserved for him. And it would land her right into detention. So Nico did the right thing and dragged her away before her tirade starts.

We carried on to get our food as Thalia and Nico argued on about whether skulls or lightning bolts were cooler. But I wasn't paying attention to them, my thoughts were occupied with something else. Would I be able to see Percy again? Would he forgive me? I didn't have the answer to that. Strange enough, my thoughts drifted to Thalia and Nico's cousin. Maybe it's because he looks like Percy. But it couldn't be him, right? I mean, we are talking about Percy here. Being muscular? Hot? Popular? Good at a lot of sports? It just didn't fit with him. But little did I know how wrong I was.

Is it good? Tell me what you think! Next chappie will be on Percy's POV. Time to see what happened on his side in that three years! Thanks a lot for reading. Please review! Your reviews make me so happy and motivated! So, bye for now!

-Girl Who Believes