New Start

Annabeth's POV

I was really happy that I was allowed to leave the hospital the next morning. I missed my own bed even after one night. When I woke up, in my own bed, I did my daily morning routine, make bed, brush hair, and throw together a crappy outfit. But, that was where I got stopped. Thalia burst through my bedroom door screaming for me not to make another move. In my pajamas, clothes in hand I froze.

"Drop it." she instructed and I instantly dropped my outfit. "This," she said, "Is where you're going wrong." She shook my clothes in my face. She shoved a slutty outfit at me. "Put it on." she demanded and I threw off my pants and tank top and put on the outfit she put together. I must say, I looked pretty hot. She gave me a tight red tube top and a denim mini-skirt.

Thalia smirked in an I-told-you-that-you-look-good-in-slutty-clothes way. "There." she announced in a presentation way, "You look like America's Next Top Model." I snorted, "Yeah, sure." while I applied eyeliner and mascara. "Seriously, Annabeth." she told me, "You look really hot, but like, not in a lesbian way or something." I brushed on brown eye shadow.

"Thales," I stated, "You know that I can never believe you." She rolled her eyes. "Okay, then." she said, "Don't believe me. But it's true. Now look at you, all dolled up. You could get any boy you want." I interrupted, "But, did you forget? I already have a boy." We both smiled.

Thalia drove both of us to school. While we were in the car, she gave me an entire lesson on being popular. "What if I don't want to be popular?" I told her and she frowned. "Annabeth," she started, "With your looks, you already are so you should act like it." I shrugged, she did have a point. I opened the car mirror and rolled on my favorite cherry chap stick.

"Thalia," I started, "You know that if I become popular, you're coming with me." She smiled. We parked in front of the school right under a small tree. "Are you ready?" Thalia asked. "I was born ready." I sniffed and opened my car door. I stepped out and put my brown sunglasses on. I flipped my hair over my shoulder and strutted into the school, Thalia at my heels.

Eyes flew towards me from every angle. Hot boys smirked at me and made some, er, inappropriate gestures. Snobby girls jealously whispered behind hands. I grinned. I was going to own this school. I slung my bag off my shoulder and fumbled around my locker, getting books for my morning classes.

Once I had everything I walked back to the front of the school, I was chosen by my teachers to show the new girl, Bianca, around the school. I was going to protect her and make sure no one ever put her down. I scanned over my tour sheet for the fifth time but was interrupted by a small, "Ahem." I looked up. A small olive-skinned girl with long, shiny, dark hair stood in front of me. She had her own little style going on. I liked it.

I showed her around the school, trying my best to explain everything. I made sure to include which teachers and groups to steer clear of. She seemed extremely shy and only used small words to answer my questions, whatever, not my problem. Oh, wait, it is. By tomorrow, I thought, she'll be bursting with energy.

"So," I started, "Are you doing anything tonight? I'm having a killer sleepover party at my house tonight with a few other people." I thought she was going to say no, because her face sure looked like it. But instead, she gave me a small, sure. I gave her a piece of paper with my personal info on it and trotted off to lunch.

I walked out of the salad area of the lunch room and headed to my normal seat. Thalia was already there. "Hey." I said casually, setting my tray down. The apple rolled onto the table. "So, I was thinking of having a sleepover at my house tonight." Thalia grinned and told me it was a great idea. I knew she would say that. "So," I stated, "Invite wise, I was thinking of inviting that new Bianca girl, she seems shy and maybe we could, you know, fix her up a bit? And how about, er, what's her name, Katie! Kate Gardner."

"That sounds awesome." Thalia answered, "How about one more person?" I thought about it and replied, "How about Hazel?" Thalia gave me a weird look, "You mean that depressed Goth girl?" she asked. I shook my head, she was right, Hazel wasn't a good choice. Then a light bulb popped over my head. "Miranda!" I cried, "That funny girl that always says hi to me in the hall." We both gave each other a look that said, "Oh, yeah."

In the hall, when I saw Katie and Miranda, I gave them a cute little invitation I had made in the library during English. When I checked my phone after the dismissal bell, I got two texts from both of them saying that they could come and how excited they were.

I grinned and slammed my locker shut. I walked down the middle of the hall, texting, and for the first time everyone moved out of my way. I was the alpha. I was the new leader of the school. Rachel and Drew were old news, and I was the overnight, latest, newest, trend. And by tomorrow, after my killer sleepover, I was going to be a sensation.

I hopped into Thalia's dark blue car and buckled up. "I am super excited about tonight." I gushed, "It's going to be a blast! Do you think we should've invited more people? It's kind of small. Never mind, it's my first sleepover at my house." Thalia just looked at me. "You just came in, blurted about how excited you are, asked me a question, and then answered it yourself." she told me, "Are you aware of that?" I giggled; I guess I was just really happy.

Before heading to my house to set up, we stopped at AP & P and picked up some soda, chips, and ice cream. We also went to Party Fair and grabbed some funky decorations. When we finally got to my house, arms full of bags, we collapsed on the nearest sofa. I gasped and Thalia looked at me, concerned. What's wrong?" she asked. "I totally forgot to ask my dad and Kristin about the sleepover." I whispered.

"Well," she said, "Then go tell them! We did not just go through all of this for no party." I timidly walked over to my dad, dropping the bags of food in the hall as I went. "Hey, dad." I said, "So, is it okay if I have a little sleepover here tonight?" He looked at me suspiciously. "I'm sorry Annabeth," he stated, "But I don't think your mom will want you to have friends over." I groaned, "But, dad," I started, "It's only four people, and I already asked them to come!"

He shook his head, "The only sleepover you can have is one outside." I lightened up, "So you mean they can still come if it's outside?" He shrugged, "Sure," he shrugged, "Why not?" I hugged him and said, "Oh thank you so much, we'll be really quiet! I also have my own food, so we won't have to come in!" Then, I ran out the door.

An hour and two band-aids later, me and Thalia had put up an orange tent the size of a regular bathroom. We stood back, admiring out handy work. "I'm surprised," Thalia notified, "I thought we were going to have to blow the party off, but, we did it." I stepped inside the tent, "Thales," I said, "Pass me those decorations.

She extended her arm that had the bag of sparkly decorations in it. I took at and began tying pink lanterns to the top of the tent. Next, I strung sparkly yellow poufs around the tent. Once I finished, I was pretty damn proud of my work. I set up a tiny table, smaller than a school desk, in the corner. I put the snacks, cups, napkins, soda, and flashlights on it.

We set up two sleeping bags for ourselves and sat in the tent, watching Shane Dawson videos until everyone came. Katie was the first one to arrive. We helped her set up her sleeping bag and pillow while she dug around in her bag. "Katie," I asked, "What are you looking for?" She continued to dig around in her purple duffel. "Wait…I almost….hold on…here it is!" she muttered and then pulled out a Mad Libs book. Thalia and I looked at each other, "Um," Thalia debated, "What is so special and fun about Mad Libs?"

"Well," Katie stated, "Have you ever put dirty words into Mad Libs? Because, it is probably the best sleepover activity I have ever done. I 100% guarantee that you will laugh." I shrugged, it could be fun. "That sounds awesome." I told her, "We have to do that tonight. Along with some truth or dare, I have been thinking of questions and dares all day."

Right after I said that, Miranda strutted through my backyard gate. "You never said it was gonna be outside!" she complained, "I could have learned how to make bear shadows to scare you guys!" I ran up to her and gave her a hug. "We had a minor detour," I stated while taking her stuff. Miranda set up her own space in the tent while Thalia and Katie had a conversation about Mrs. Harriet, a strict teacher.

A few minutes later, Bianca timidly walked in. I grabbed her stuff and tossed it into the tent. "Let's get this party started!" I hollered while whipping my hair into a bun.

A/N: How'd you like it? I'm sorry that there hasn't been much Percabeth but I have other parts of the story to make. I do have an adorable Percabeth idea, though. Continue to follow, rate, and favorite. And review, too! Ha, that rhymed.