Chapter Three

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III-Annabeth

He didn't notice me. I looked down at my feet, saddened and angry at the same time. How could he betray me? Of course this would happen to me. The Fates just loved to jeopardize my life, don't they? I shuffled my feet.

Percy smirked again, his special lopsided one. I couldn't resist it. His eyes glimmered and sparkled mischievously, and his forever messy jet black hair was spike up. He wore a blue T-shirt and short pants. His lips were pink, and I fantasized softly kissing them.

NO, NO, NO. No, Annabeth. You are supposed to be angry at him. Aloof and cold towards him now. You can think those thoughts. As I zoned out, I didn't see how Percy had taken the seat beside her. Nor did I see how Percy was constantly glancing at her every few seconds. When the bell rang, meaning the end of class, Percy stood up and tapped me on the shoulder.

"Are you okay? You seem to be sad, looking at the ground and all." I jerked up, startled, before my head went down again.

"No." Was the short and stiff reply that Percy was given. Part of the reason for this was because I didn't want Percy knowing it was me, and the other was because I didn't particularly want to talk to him. I ran away from him, not wanting to see his face. Little did I know, running made him more curious.

I wandered down the hallway, thinking of how Percy betrayed me. Maybe I should give him another chance? I mean, I did only see him smirking. But, maybe he was only pretending that he loved you. Maybe, at school, he is the bad boy that everybody wants. My mind reasoned. I arrived to the conclusion that I would disguise myself and wait and see.

I accidentally ran into a girl that was a few centimeters taller than me. I could tell that she had applied layers of lip gloss/lipstick and had caked makeup on her face. She was one of those cliché phony girls in movies. I deduced all of that in a split second. She shrieked and frantically brushed off her coat as if I had cooties or something.

"Hey, girl, I saw that you were talking to Percy. Don't go near him, because he's mine. I have been dating him for 8 months now, and you will not get in our way." This stunned me, and it was enough for her to shove me onto the ground, resulting in laughter directed at me. I flushed tomato red, and everyone laughed even louder. It was infuriating. Not wanting to cause a ruckus on my first day, I tried to walk past her. But she stepped in my way, and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Let me get this straight. You won't touch him, unless you want to die. Got that?" She said. I didn't do anything but mutely nod. Not as if I wanted him anymore. But she suddenly punched me. Right where I was stabbed protecting Percy. Did I mention that the flashbacks included the Battle of Manhattan?

I doubled over, gasping, and fell on the floor. My body convulsed and I opened my mouth in a silent scream. The hallway was deathly quiet as the crowd watched the girl kick and punch me. As each punch hit me, I remembered the pain of the poison that racked my body as I struggled against it to live. I closed my eyes and plunged completely into the flashback. I had been stabbed and Percy had taken me to the Empire State Building. I felt each and every stab from the poison and my body was moving.

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