So, i have a question for everybody out there reading this, what two people do you want to get together? I won't do it if it's an obvious match, but i need your advice...thx

It was my first day of school, again. I finally got to see my friends and be in the school. I was ecstatic! My friends weren't expecting me to come back for a while. Like my actual first day of school, I came back on a Friday. That wasn't exactly my idea of a good school day.

Everyone was welcoming me back. Everyone that didn't utterly despise me, that is. Sierra and Zach tried to avoid any and all contact with me. I tried to say thank you to Zach-you know, because he looked after Percy- but he wouldn't let me near him. Percy tried to go up to him, also, but Zach avoided him, too. In class, Zach just slept. I felt bad.

The day went by really fast, though. I talked to Hannah a little bit. She didn't have much to say. I mean, she was happy that I was back, but she didn't really talk much. The whole class was lectures. We didn't even get a chance to talk.

Lunch came soon enough. This time, I raced Percy down to the cafeteria. I, of course, won by a long shot. Percy made it too easy. We got our food and waltzed over to our friends. I hadn't seen them in forever! It was long awaited, definitely.

"Annabeth, I'm so glad you're back!" Riley shouted as I sat down next to her. She wrapped her arms around me.

"Thanks, so am I!" I replied after she let go of me.

"What happened? Percy wouldn't tell us, and we want to know," Austin asked.

"I got really sick and I passed out. It was really weird," I answered.

"Were you in the hospital? We would've come to visit you if we knew," Alice told me.

"She wasn't in the hospital. I mean, she was for a day, but they released her when she woke up. She wasn't allowed to see anybody, though." Percy lied to them.

"What did the doctors say?" Brian asked.

I shrugged, "They talked to Sally. She never told us what happened."

Now they would blame it all on Sally. That probably wasn't a good idea. The only problem was I didn't know what to say. I had no idea what I should say. I had never been in a situation like that. It never happened at camp. I had to blame it on someone.

"That sucks!" Jake sighed, "Are you okay now?"

"Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Percy took care of me. I was in and out for days. Percy kept me well." I answered.

"He should've showered, at least." Jess added as she acted like Percy stunk.

"I mean, I get that he was worried about you, but he really did stink!" Peter went on.

I rubbed Percy's shoulder, "I know he did. Everyone's been telling me that!"

"How much make-up work do you have to do?" Riley asked me.

"Not much. I have to do some, but the teachers went easy on me. Really, I could've handled more." I complained.

"I think you are the only person I know that would ask for more work," Jake laughed.

"I know a lot of them. Her whole family is like that!" Percy joked.

"It's true! We're all freaks!" I laughed.

Austin leaned in and murmured, "Well, Annabeth, I don't think you're a freak. I hope that makes you feel better!"

I did the same thing as him, "Thanks, but I am a freak."

Everyone started to crack up. For some reason, that was hilarious. I never thought me being a freak was funny. Apparently, it was.

"When do you have to give your work?" Peter asked.

"Well, all of my teachers so far have said whenever I feel like it. I haven't been to history yet." I explained.

"I bet you'll finish it over the weekend," Austin muttered.

"You better not!" Percy commanded, "Clarisse and Chris are here!"

"Wait, didn't you mention them two the other day when we were talking about fighting Brian's brother?" Alice asked.

"I think you did. Are they here? Why aren't they at school?" Jess asked.

"Yeah, they came to visit. After they heard about Annabeth, they came as fast as they could to get here," Percy lied. "They stay at camp year round. It's a long story."

Austin leaned in again, this time it wasn't to me, "Is she cute?"

"Dude, she could rip out your eyeballs in less than three seconds," Percy laughed.

"Still, is she cute?" He asked again.

"Austin, when will you get over it? Obviously, she's taken. I mean, she came here with another guy!" Riley shouted.

"I still think she could fall for me. I'm just so awesome and hot!" Austin called out.

"Listen here, Austin. Clarisse is way too tough for you," I sighed.

"Fine, but I still want to meet her!" Austin yelled.

"She'll be here for lunch on Monday, her and her boyfriend, Chris!" Percy assured him.

"Austin, she won't like you. You're puny!" Jake teased.

"I am not puny!" Austin shouted.

"Yes you are, Austin!" Brian replied.

Austin shut up after that. We all laughed at him. He was never going to get with Clarisse. Austin's just desperate. He would date any girl, even Sierra, if asked to. We all knew that. Austin just wanted a girlfriend. He didn't care who. He's really desperate.

Peter whispered into Percy's ear. I couldn't hear him, and I desperately wanted to. The longer Peter whispered the more Percy's eyes widened. They widened so much that I though his head was going to explode. Really, he didn't even whisper to him that long. By that time, I really wanted to know what Peter was saying. All I saw was Percy slapping Peter upside the head.

"Peter, don't ever ask me that again!" Percy yelled too loudly. Right then, a water fountain exploded. Water spewed everywhere.

Everyone glared at him, mouths gaped open. I even did, even thought I had seen this happen before. I didn't expect Percy to react like that. None of us did. The whole lunchroom was starring at Percy. I mean, just cause he's popular doesn't mean that everyone needs to pay attention to him. Nobody at school knew about his powers. It was only me. They were in way more shock than I was.

Percy shoved back his tray and sprinted out the lunch room. Our friends moved their stares from Percy to Peter to me. I didn't know why he reacted like that. Peter didn't let up. All of the attention was turned to me as Peter just blushed, as if waiting for me to react. In a way, I did react. I grabbed both of our bags and trotted out behind Percy, totally forgetting lunch.

I found Percy sitting on the stairs, "You forgot this."

"Thanks," Percy muttered as I sat next to him. My arm wrapped around his waist, trying to comfort him.

"What happened back there? What did Peter ask you?" I asked.

Percy couldn't meet my eyes, "Nothing. I don't want to talk about it."

"Seaweed brain, obviously it was something. You wouldn't have reacted that way if it wasn't. Last time I saw you that mad was after the war. You know, when those guys kept on hitting on me at camp and you were pissed. You ended up almost drowning them in the lake. You don't always get that look on your face. Talk to me."

"Wise girl, can you just drop it?"

"No, I can't. Percy, tell me what happened!" I demanded.

He sighed, "I shouldn't have gotten so worked up about it. Really, it wasn't that bad. I was just tired of everything."

I rubbed his back, "Tell me what he said to you."

"He was describing you. By you, I mean your body. He kept mentioning how sexy you are. Then, he-he asked if y-you wanted to do it w-with him."

"He did? Why would he do that?" I asked. On the inside, I was trying to control my feelings. I couldn't let Percy see my anger. He would go back into the lunch room and kill Peter.

"Annabeth, he wants to have sex with you! I lost it!"

"Thank you. I don't want to be with him. You know that!" I whispered as I put my head on his chest.

"He just pissed me off. Why would he ask me something like that? He obviously knows that you're taken."

"And he has a girlfriend, too. She was sitting right there!"

Percy stroked my hair, "That's what I was thinking. The water fountain was just an accident. I was looking at it when I shouted at him. It shouldn't have happened."

"Percy, thank you for protecting me."

"Is it okay if I go back in there and punch his face off?"

"No, I think I wanna do it. Don't get mad, but I have a plan. I just need you to get him out here. Alone," I told Percy.

He kissed me one last time and I tried to work up all the tears that I could manage. I actually got out quite a few. If I was wearing make-up, it would look way more dramatic. Percy would tell what I was going to do. I had the same look in my eyes as I did when I did it to him. We were going to get Peter good.

Peter came out in no time. Instantly, he found me sitting alone. He rushed over and wrapped his arm around me. Peter tried to calm me down.

"What's wrong?" He asked as he tried to calm me down.

"P-Percy br-broke up with m-me," I got out in between fake sobs.

"Why?" I could tell that on the inside, he was smiling about it.

"Something a-about s-some girl or so-something. I j-just can't believe t-that he would d-do that t-to me. We pr-promised each other that we w-would never leave each other."

"I'm so sorry, Annabeth."

I immediately stopped crying and hopped onto his lap, "Oh, Peter, you're such a great friend. I'm so lucky to have someone like you in my life!"

"Yeah?"

I nodded in agreement. I inched my face closer to his. We were separated only by our noses. "Peter, I know what you told Percy. I just wanted to tell you something."

"Oh, yeah? What's that?"

I whispered into his ear, "You're a pig!"

"What?"

"Peter, you're a pig! Percy didn't dump me. He told me what you said and threatened to break your neck. I'm going to do the same. How could you do that? I thought you were my friend!"

Before he could process what was happening, I punched him square in the jaw. Blood started to come from somewhere. It wasn't exactly what I had done to Percy, but it was funny. I really enjoyed doing it. Peter pretty much just got beat up by a girl.

He ran to the nurse's office as Percy came out to see me. I nodded and signaled him to come closer. I ran to meet him halfway.

"He won't be bothering you about how sexy I am anymore!" I cried as I wrapped my arms around him.

"He was right, though. You are super hot!"

"I know. You aren't too bad yourself."

He just laughed as I leaned in to kiss him. I smiled against his kisses. He was always so sweet. It was reassuring that he was protective of me. I enjoyed it. I wanted him to be protective. It's not that I didn't want to fight my own battles, but I wanted to rely on him sometimes.

History passed pretty fast. I couldn't stop thinking about what happened at lunch. I never thought that Peter was like that. I always thought he liked Alice. Apparently, I was wrong. My mind just couldn't wrap around that. Peter never seemed like he would do anything like that! Maybe he was a monster or something. I shook that thought out of my mind. He had been here for Percy since school started. He couldn't be a monster.