Previously on HBH~

Percy turned around and his eyes widened.

Annabeth followed Percy's eyes and spotted a petite red-head. A pretty red-head. Her wild curls were tucked under a grey beanie and her nude lips were in a wide smirk. Her heart-shaped face adorned with light freckles. Her green eyes sparkled against her porcelain white skin.

The girl wore white slashed short shorts over black-sheer leggings, tucked under burgundy Doctor Martins. She wore a purple flannel, unbuttoned blouse over a black tank top. A chunky gold necklace hit her collarbones as she walked over.

"Rachel? Rachel Elizabeth Dare?"

"It is you! What's up, hero?" Her voice was surprisingly raspy… but light. The kind of voice that would fit a pop singer well.

Annabeth watched as Rachel advanced over to them and hugged Percy. They looked… close. Annabeth didn't like this girl. She felt her eyes narrow.

"Percy! You left Goode for HBH? You didn't tell me you were that smart!" Rachel said, playfully hitting Percy's broad shoulders.

"I thought you went to Clarion Girl's Academy, Red!" Percy answered. "And yeah. Well. Yeah."

Annabeth scoffed at Percy's intelligent answer.

"Ugh! No. Just because my mom went there doesn't mean I should! Like seriously. My dad won't listen to me. That school isn't for me! I'd rather go to an Arts school… or stay at Goode." Rachel huffed, rolling her piercing eyes. "Plus those uniforms are so… slutty. The skirts are so short and the blouses make their boobs look like basketballs."

Percy chuckled. "You haven't changed at all."

"Yeah well neither did you." Rachel smiled back.

Then they started a conversation about Mz. Johnson, some English teacher at Goode or something… so Annabeth left. And Percy didn't notice…

•

Annabeth sat alone on a porch swing, sipping tea from a red cup. Her legs were crossed and she was looking out at the stars. The light wind picked up her golden locks and she closed her eyes, breathing in the fresh nigh air. But then she sneezed.

"Annabeth." Luke's voice cut the sweet silence that Annabeth was enjoying.

"Oh hey Luke." Annabeth gave a thin smile.

"Mind if I sit?"

"It's your porch." Annabeth shrugged. So Luke sat.

Awkward silence.

"Annabeth…"

"Yeah?"

Silence.

More silence.

…Awkward.

"Annabeth."

"Yes?"

"Do you… do you like me?"

Annabeth turned to look at him.

"What—"

And then he kissed her.

•

"So what brings you to the HBH dorm area for a party?" Percy asked Rachel with his hands in his pocket.

"I know Luke from a summer camp like a year ago. He's a dick but his parties are pretty cool." Rachel shrugged.

Rachel reached for a bag of chips, tore it open and munched.

"You remember Grover from that one time at Washington right?" Percy asked, referring to the camping trip that the three of them went on once.

"Gods I love the G-Man. Yeah, why?" Rachel kept munching.

"He said Luke's dangerous. I just wanted to know more…"

"Um. He's a total player. He charms girls and then does stuff that I don't even want to talk about. He did it with the camp counselor. Like, ew. She ended up pregnant apparently and he totally denied the whole thing." Rachel exasperated. "Douche bad, am I right? But you gotta hand it to the kid. He can sure throw parties. Probably cos he's irresponsible as *bleep ."

Percy frowned.

"Percy? Where did that friend of yours go to? I just noticed. Gods I feel like a freaking evil jerk. She totally felt left out. What's wrong with me?" Rachel asked, peering around.

"Oh crap. She wasn't having a good time to start with." Percy slapped his forhead.

"Sheet dude." Rachel said. "Let's go find her. Come on."

They passed the window and Percy caught a flash of blonde hair. Well, two blonde heads.

Luke.

And then everything went in slow motion.

Percy saw Luke kiss Annabeth.

And he felt his heart break a little.

Oh My. That was a short chapter. I just needed to build up some evil Luke and introduce Rachel. Sorry to the anti-Rachel peeps, but I don't think she deserves that much hate. But there will be more jealousy to come later (;

So so far I have one person responding to my request to y'all about ThaliaxLuke or ThaliaxNico. Please keep telling me your thoughts on the Thalia ship (;

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