Okay, so I've had a bunch of requests for some Percabeth and I want to let you guys know that there won't be anything major for a few chapters, but there are a few suggestions in this chapter. :)

Oh, and I apologize in advance for any confusion. Percy and Annabeth's arguments tend to be a bit confusing.

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO

Annabeth's POV

Third period was Algebra and luckily I didn't mess anything up in there. I sat at the back of the room and took notes quietly. Everything was going fine until I noticed two guys talking next to me.

"I think it's kind of sexy that she had the guts to go in there," one of them said.

"Are you serious?" the other asked. "She walked into the guys' restroom! Maybe she's some kind of pervert or something." Oh, gods. He didn't. He couldn't have...

"I doubt it. Annabeth Chase never really struck me as the perverted type." I formed fists with my hands and dug my nails into my palms to keep from screaming. The bell rang before I had a chance to lose it and I rushed to the cafeteria for lunch. Percy was so going to get it.

"Hey, Percy," Rachel appeared next to me and I groaned.

"Look, Rachel, I can't talk now. I'm really not in a good mood."

"Come on, cheer up, Seaweed Brain." I turned to her and had the urge to punch her in the face.

"What did you just say?"

She looked confused. "I said cheer up, Seaweed Brain."

"Don't call me that. Ever."

"But you never cared when I called you that before." Did Percy seriously let her call him that? I was the one who came up with that nickname. Was Percy really that stupid?

"Don't test me."

"Okay, so you're saying that only Annabeth can call you that?"

"Exactly. I'm glad you understand." I faked a smile and hurried away to find Percy. It didn't take long to find him sitting down at our usual table.

"What the heck is wrong with you?" I asked as I set my backpack down. "The guys' bathroom? Seriously? Are you trying to ruin my life?"

"Oh, so I'm ruining your life now? Everyone thinks I'm gay now because you had to be a nerd and read Romeo and Juliet!"

"For your information, I didn't 'read' anything. Listening to an audiobook isn't exactly hard work, which you would know if you didn't go out of you way to be such an idiot!"

"I'm not an idiot, I just have a life. And you could have gotten me kicked out with that stunt you pulled this morning. Johnny Taylor? Really?"

"First of all, that totally was not my fault. And why didn't you tell me he was bullying you? You didn't even give me a heads up or anything so I could at least know to avoid him."

"I didn't tell you because it wasn't a big deal! I have everything under control and I don't need your help."

"Really? It didn't look like you had much under control."

"Well, I do, so just stay out of my business, okay?"

I scoffed. "I wish I could! And by the way, you have detention today."

"Yeah? Well, so do you!"

Someone cleared their throat and I was ready to punch anyone who wanted to bud in.

"Peter," I said as my face softened.

"Hey," he glanced at me, then at Percy, who looked even more angry than he had a minute ago.

"So, Annabeth, I was wondering if you wanted to go catch a movie or something tomorrow night." Oh my gods, was he asking me out? Peter Phillips was asking me out! I was so excited that I wanted to scream. Then I remembered our problem. Percy looked really irritated.

"Look, Peter, I'm flattered, but I really-" I put my hand over his mouth before he could finish.

"She'd love to," I smiled at him.

"Okay," Peter started to say before Percy interrupted him.

"Actually, I'm not really up for a date at the moment and I probably won't be for a long time. You know, I haven't really felt like myself lately." He smirked at me and my jaw dropped open. How could he ruin this for me? After everything else that's happened today, couldn't he just do this one thing for me?

"Nonsense, Annabeth," I told him as an idea popped into my head. "Why don't we make it a double date? I'll come along with you guys so you won't have to worry about not acting like yourself. Is that okay, Peter?"

Peter shrugged. "Fine by me. I'll text you later, Annabeth, and we can figure out the details."

"Okay," I smiled as he walked away. "Bye!"

"Of course I'll go with you, Peter," Percy mocked me in a high pitched voice. "Your accent is so yummy! Oh, and your smile! You don't mind if I'm a guy though, right?"

"Shut up," I told him. "You've ruined enough of my life already and I'm not going to let you ruin this for me, too."

"Oh, yeah? Well, how am I supposed to go on a date with him? I don't even like him as a friend, much less the way you do."

"That's why I'm going with you. Come on, Percy. Please do this for me."

"Even if I do agree to this, and that's a big if, who are you going to take as your date?"

"No one. I'll say my date got sick and bailed."

"No way. If I'm going on a date with this guy, you're going on a date with..." He hesitated for a moment and I rolled my eyes. He wasn't going to win this argument. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and I didn't feel so confident anymore. "You can take Rachel."

My jaw dropped open. "What? That is so unfair! I hate her guts!"

"Oh really? I have no idea how that must feel," he said sarcastically. "Look, the only way I'm going out Peter is if you take Rachel. It's only fair."

I sighed. "All right, fine. I'll take Rachel along, but don't expect me to be nice."

He shrugged. "Whatever. Just so you know, if that guy tries to kiss me or use some pick up line or even just stares into my eyes for too long, he's going to wish he had never flirted with the son of Poseidon."

"You have no idea how awkward that just sounded," I told him. "Oh, and same goes for Rachel."

He scrunched his eyebrows together like he was confused. "What are you talking about? Rachel's just a friend."

"Oh, please," I rolled my eyes. "She obviously has a thing for you."

"Since when?"

"I don't know, maybe since she started calling you Seaweed Brain."

"I don't-" His jaw dropped open as if he'd made a realization. "Oh, so that's it!"

"What's it?" I asked. "What are we talking about?"

"You don't like Rachel because you think she likes me."

"What? That is," I hesitated, carefully choosing my words. How could he think I liked him? He's Percy, for crying out loud. "That's so not true."

"Oh, really? 'Cause it sounds like someone's a bit jealous of a certain redhead." He wiggled his eyebrows teasingly as he continued in a sarcastic voice. "Do you have a crush on me, Annabeth?"

"Ew, gross. Even if I did, you know, like you like that, why would I be jealous of Rachel? You've known me longer, so I think I would get first dibs." My jaw dropped at my own statement and I wished so much that I could take it back. "I mean, not that I'm calling dibs, it's just-"

"I didn't know you called dibs on me. Is there something I should know, Annabeth?" He got closer and started wiggling his eyebrows again. Ugh, why did he have to be so annoying? I slapped his cheek to wipe that grin off of his face.

"Ouch," he said as he held his face in his hand. "What was that for?"

"I've got to go. I'll see you later, Seaweed Brain." I walked away to find another table before he could answer. Gods, that was so awkward.

All right, this day couldn't get any worse, right? Percy and I both had health fourth period and, of course, today's lesson was on abstinence. Great. We were both sitting on opposite sides of the room so I could avoid him. Of course, he just had to irritate me by sitting next to Rachel. Why did she seem to just pop up everywhere?

"Okay, class," Ms. Montgomery said as she walked across the front of the class. "Now you all know that it's best to wait for that right person to come along before you have sex-" A group of boys next to me went into a fit of laughter and I rolled my eyes. Did they really have to be so immature? Ms. Montgomery cleared her throat.

"As I was saying, you don't want to have...relations with anyone for a few years. If you do, you need to use protection, but we'll have that talk another day. Today, I want to talk to you all about abstinence." The guys next to me started making inappropriate jokes and I tried my best to ignore them.

"So we're all going to take turns coming up to the front of the class and practice saying no. I'm going to need one boy and one girl." I saw someone raise their hand at the front of the class and I sighed when I saw it was Rachel.

"Yes, Rachel?" Ms. Montgomery called on her.

"What about people who aren't sure of their gender? 'Cause I heard that Annabeth walked in the guys' restroom this morning." Everyone started talking and a few people were laughing and shouting out comments.

"That's not true!" I called as I stood up. "I bet someone switched the signs on the doors so she thought she was going in the girls' restroom." I sighed in relief as people seemed to be satisfied with that answer. That is, until Percy had to ruin everything.

"Nope," he said as he stood. "No one switched the signs. I knew it was the guys' restroom."

"I heard it was a dare," I said hopefully, wishing that everyone would move on and forget it.

"No, it wasn't. I just waltzed in there and took care of my business." A few students laughed and I felt my face turn red. What the heck was he doing?

"It wasn't like that! And what does that have to do with the lesson?"

"It has everything to do with the lesson," Percy smiled innocently at me. Oh, he was so going to get it.

"Hey!" Ms. Montgomery said as she tried to get her class back under control. "Percy and Annabeth, you two will be our first two examples. Come on up here." We both walked up to the front of the room and Ms. Montgomery handed us both a sheet of paper with lines on them.

"Okay, Percy, why don't you start?"

I sighed and looked down at the paper. "Uh, Ms. Montgomery, I don't know if you remember, but I'm dyslexic and these words are pretty small."

"Same here," Percy said from next to me.

"Oh, right!" Ms. Montgomery looked embarrassed as she took the sheets of paper away. "Sorry. You know what? Who needs lines, anyway? You two can just say whatever comes to mind. Percy?"

"Hey, Annabeth," I started off. If Percy wanted to play rough, he was going to get it. "Did I ever tell you how beautiful you are? It's so easy to get lost in your eyes and you always leave me blabbering on like an idiot. Would you do me the honor of coming up to my room?" A few kids laughed and Percy looked irritated.

"You know, Percy, you're so good looking and strong, but I can't do it. You're way more important and better looking than me and I'm way too much of a nerd for you. All the girls at school worship you and I'm sure you could find someone way better than me."

"Oh, yeah? I haven't seen any of these worshipping girls anywhere and I'm not sure they even exist outside of your mind."

"They're everywhere, but I'm too much of a dork to even notice."

I opened my mouth to say some snarky comeback, but Ms. Montgomery interrupted. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. I have no idea what's going on here, but you two need to go sit back down now before I send you to the principal's office."

"I would love to, Ms. Montgomery," Percy said. "But I'm not sure I can take a hint when I hear it."

"What the heck is that supposed to mean?" I yelled.

Percy shrugged. "Take it how you want to."

"Well, I just think the class should know that I still sleep with a teddy bear I've had since I was three."

"That was so uncalled for!"

"His name is Fuzzy Wuzzy."

"I was three! What kind of name did you expect me to think of?"

"Hey!" Ms. Montgomery was trying to calm us down, but we were way past that point.

"I don't know," I continued. "How about Seaweed Brain? Everyone seems to know about that name now, so why not give it to a teddy bear?"

"Oh, so that's what this is about?" Percy asked. "So you do have a crush on me!"

"You are so full of yourself!"

"Well you know what? Maybe everyone should know that I'm...terrified of spiders!"

"Seriously? That's all you could come up with? Tons of people are afraid of spiders!"

"Yeah, but I'm the only one who screams like a little girl when I see one."

"Break it up!" a new voice interrupted and I turned to see none other than our school principal. "You two, my office. Now!" Wow. Ms. Montgomery wasn't kidding. Percy and I both picked up our backpacks and followed Paul out the door. I tried my best to ignore him, but he kept glaring at me. We stayed quiet the whole way there and sat down next to eachother in Paul's office. He closed the door and sat down in front of us.

"I'm very disappointed in both of you," he started. "Percy, this is your second time in here today. I don't know what's going on or if you have anything bothering you." You have no idea, I wanted to say. "But whatever it is, you need to learn to put it all behind you when you get to school.

"And Annabeth," he turned to Percy now. "You're such a good kid. I know you two are best friends and I don't know what happened, but maybe you two should just sit down and talk. Best friends should be able to work through anything, no matter how difficult it is. Can I trust that you two will work it out?" I nodded my head, but neither of us said anything.

"Good. Now I'm going to pretend this didn't happen and I want to ask you to do the same, okay? Go sit in the office until next period; I really don't think Ms. Montgomery is in the mood for seeing you at the moment."

So Percy and I spent the next forty minutes sitting in the front office a few chairs apart. Neither of us said anything and we both acted like the other wasn't even there. I wasn't in the mood for another argument, but I definitely wasn't ready to make ammends. Chiron had better hurry up and find a cure for this before we completely destroy each other's lives.

So, what do you guys think? Once again, sorry for any confusion in their arguments, but if you didn't understand, basically they were trying to get back at each other by making the other look bad in front of everyone else.

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