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Chapter Three

I was sleeping peacefully when I heard a rustle followed by a shush. I opened my eyes, and saw Connor and Travis Stoll tip-toeing into my room.

"What are you doing?" I whispered, careful not to wake up Katherine. I looked at the clock. It was two-thirty.

"We just, uh," Connor said. I raised an eyebrow.

"We missed you?" Travis said.

"You missed me?" The Stolls looked at each other then nodded. "For some reason, I don't believe you. Maybe you wanted to 'borrow' something."

"Um," said Travis, telling me that I was right.

"What did you want to borrow?" I asked.

"Just a certain Yankees cap…" Connor answered.

"Out!" I told them, pointing at the door. Once they left, I fell back asleep until the morning broadcast woke me up. I watched, only half listening, until the gossip section.

"Did you go to the game last night?" The student who was doing the stories today asked. "If you did, you probably saw Annabeth Chase sitting with Goode's basketball team." There were pictures of me sitting on the bench with the team. "You also probably saw her with Goode's student identified as Percy Jackson with his arms around her. Is this the same guy she was making-out with? That's all for now. Have a nice day!" The TV turned off.

"Oh my gosh, Annabeth," Katherine said.

"What am I going to do? People won't leave me alone about this. Yeah, I have a boyfriend. So what?" This was really starting to annoy me. At least it was Saturday.

"They only care because he's from a rival school, and you're popular."

"I'm going to go out."

"Where do you want to go?"

"Um, I think I want to go by myself." I said. I put on jeans and a Camp Half-Blood tee shirt. I wore sneakers and put my hair in a ponytail. I walked out of the room and went down to the first floor.

"Where are you going?" a sadly familiar voice said. I turned to find Parker.

"None of your business." I said.

"What's up with this guy? He just popped up out of nowhere."

"He didn't pop out of nowhere. I've known him since we were twelve." I opened the front door and left. I walked down the sidewalk. I turned at the spots that I knew were right until I came to the building I was looking for. It was an apartment building. I walked in and got in the elevator and went up. When I got out, I walked down the hallways and knocked on a door. Sally Blofis answered. When she saw me, she gave me a big hug.

"Annabeth!" she said. She welcomed me in. "Percy is still sleeping."

"Okay. I'll wake him up." I walked into Percy's room. Sure enough, he was lying in bed, sleeping. He looked so peaceful. I sat on the edge of his bed, and gently shook his shoulder.

"Percy," I said. I shook a bit harder. "Percy." I said louder. He groaned a little.

"Five more minutes," I mumbled. I laughed.

"Get up." I said. He opened his eyes.

"Annabeth?" he said.

"Get up. I had a dream. Chiron needs us a camp. I'm not sure why, though."

"Okay." Percy got out of bed and I left so he could change. When he came out, he was wearing the same thing I was. We said goodbye to his mom and left. We decided to walk to camp. That turned out to be a bad idea. Halfway there, we were attacked by a Sphinx. It came out of nowhere. One second I was walking with Percy, the next I was pinned on the ground. I didn't even have time to grab my knife. The Sphinx wrapped its mouth around my neck and ran away. It didn't kill me, but I went unconscious. The last thing I remember was Percy calling my name.

Sorry about the super short chapter.