Author's Note

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"Well, I, uh…nothing," replied Annabeth in a low voice. She squirmed under the fierce blue-eyed glare Thalia projected, and pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose. Annabeth hated Thalia and hated herself too. She hater herself for actually liking the boy Thalia went out with, even though she knew she shouldn't. It's just he was so gorgeous with that wind-tossed black hair and sea green eyes, Annabeth couldn't help herself.

Of course, Percy would never like Annabeth, and she knew he hated her because everyone thought they should be together. He would never want to be seen with a geeky nerd like her, much less go out with one. Before Miss Perfect Thalia came along, Percy and Annabeth could have possibly been friends, but then Thalia just appeared from the tree like a wood nymph, and –bam- Percy was mooning over her ever since.

"Oh, please, don't give me any of that "nothing" crap. I don't want you spying on us." Thalia sneered, flipping her choppy hair over her shoulder. The silver eyeliner on her eyes gleamed wickedly, making her eyes look even more intimidating. Out of the corner of her eye, Annabeth saw some Demeter kids hurry by on their way to archery. Everyone was scared of Thalia, so Annabeth was on her own.

"Well, um, you see Thalia, I was just on my way to meet Chiron to discuss some battle strategies? But, um, we need Percy there, because Chiron asked for him, um, so…"

Thalia laughed, and Percy snickered, twining his fingers though Thalia's. Annabeth's stomach lurched seeing them like that and she had to wonder if she would ever have someone like that. They couldn't be in camp, obviously, because no one wanted her here. Even her own cabin mates didn't like her, with hurt the worse.

"Oh, go ahead Percy, go have your little talk with know-it-all here. I'm sure she is just going to be overly excited to spend some alone time with you." Thalia said, slipping her hand out of Percy's. His surprised expression made her lean up and kiss him, slipping her hands around his neck, pressing her body to his. Annabeth looked away as Percy responded enthusiastically.

Oh why, she thought why can't that be me?

R/R! Will hopefully write more chapters soon!