Okay, this is to all of you who thought it was taking me way to long to write. I'm sorry. i really am. School just started up and i've had a little case of writer's block. i know what's going to happen, i just don't know what to put in between parts. I'll try to update faster, though. For some stupid reason, i am writing five other stories (i know, i'm crazy). I have two on here and one that i'll put up soon. The rest are for my enjoyment. I'm sorry for not updating sooner...I LOVE GETTING REVIEWS!

It wasn't like we were doing anything exciting. The most entertaining thing that happened was my freaking out when I saw a spider in the movie. Even that wasn't very funny. Everyone was really entertained. It was only Percy and me who were bored.

Once the guys got here, they took their stuff into Percy's room. We all started eating the pizza as soon as Percy accepted his defeat. That was pretty quickly. He forgot about it as soon as his friends barged in. Austin was a little depressed about him being the only single one there. That was normal. We were all used to Austin acting that way. It wasn't anything new to any of us.

Riley somehow convinced all of us to watch a horror movie. I was in Percy's lap on the far right of the couch. Austin was sitting alone in one of the side chairs. Jess and Peter were leaning on each other in front of Percy and me. Riley and Jake were on the other side of the couch in the same position as us. Alice was practically asleep lying on Brian next to Jess and Peter.

The movie was really boring to us. Well, to Percy and me. I found it not scary at all. How could an alien be scarier than Kronos? That makes no sense. It wasn't scary at all. Everyone else was frightened. The guys tried to hide it, but I could sense their fear. That's what training does to you. The guys were trying to comfort the girls. I just wanted to burst out laughing.

That's when there was a spider on the TV.

I screamed at the top of my lungs, which was really loud. All of my friends, including Percy, starred at me in disbelief. This was the first time that I had screamed like this in front of most of them. Percy recognized the scream instantly. His eyes searched the room. I couldn't speak.

"Where is it, Annabeth?" Percy asked as he looked around some more.

"What's going on with her?" Austin asked, "Did she see Evan or something?"

Riley hit him, "That's nothing to joke about!"

"Yeah, and obviously Annabeth's really scarred. Percy, why is she acting like this?" Alice asked.

"Is she okay?" Brian asked me.

"P-Percy, it's th-there." I pointed towards the TV.

All of my friends glanced at the TV, but saw nothing. Percy lifted me off of his lap and set me where Percy was sitting. He got up and got out the spider. Next thing I knew, he was coming back in from the kitchen, smiling in victory. My friends started asking me loads of questions, but I didn't answer any of them. Percy held me in his arms until I calmed down.

"Are you okay, Annabeth?" Peter asked. He really seemed concerned.

"I'm fine." I told them.

Austin relaxed back into his chair, "Why were you freaking out?"

"Spider," I answered like it was the answer to all of life's problems.

"She's terrified of spiders. It's one of her biggest fears. Whenever she sees one, she freaks out like you just saw. You guys got the easy version. Normally, she's frozen in fear." Percy went on for me. "Sometimes she can't even speak. It gets really bad. It has something to do with her mom. There's no simple explanation for it. Anyways, she can see a spider no matter how small ever since we went into a tunnel of love. That was a funny time. All of these spiders came out of nowhere and tried to attack us. She flipped out! Last time she saw a spider, was the night I found out about Evan. She was in the shower-"

"You went into her shower? Annabeth, why would you let him do that?" Riley screeched.

I shrugged, "I was frozen."

Jake tried to high five Percy, "Way to go, bro!"

Riley slapped his arm, "Percy, if you high five him, I'm sure Annabeth will do something awful to you!"

"I will," I agreed.

"Now I have to explain myself." Percy groaned, "Okay, so I was in my room, like any other night. Suddenly, I heard Annabeth scream my name. I ran to the bathroom and opened up the door. I tried to hand her the towel, so she could cover herself, but she couldn't move or talk. I wrapped it around her and carried her out of there. After I killed the spider, I just comforted her. Nothing happened, guys!" Percy was aiming that mostly towards the guys.

"Like I said, I couldn't move. I was frozen in fear." I assured them.

"You still let him see you naked," Alice muttered.

Percy laughed, "I didn't look, I swear. I wrapped the towel around her. That's all. I didn't look at her at all!"

I knew what he was saying was true. He wouldn't look. That's not him. The guys looked at him questionably. That caused Percy to blush. I was blushing way more than him. He was so cute when he blushed, though. The girls were about to scold me some more. I didn't want that to happen. That's when a scream came from outside. Instantly, everybody sat up.

Percy and I were the first ones to the door, even though we weren't the closest. If there was a monster attacking, we needed to protect our friends. I hoped there would not be a monster attacking. I really did hope.

Luckily, there was no monster. Well, not what people normally would call a monster.

There was a girl on the ground.

She looked around our age, maybe a bit younger. Her hair was long and black. It was natural with tints of blue in it. It made her way more beautiful than she already was. She was wearing makeup, obviously, but it was only to make her features stand out more. It wasn't like she was covering her face like Sierra does. She was beautiful. Her eyes were a light brown, almost hazel. When she stood, I could see that she was as tall as me. She was way curvier and skinnier then me, though.

Instantly, I felt insecure and jealous.

Percy helped her up. There was shattered glass around her – probably from plates -, so the guys came to help, too. I could see that I wasn't the only girlfriend that felt those feelings. My friends looked as mad and pitiful as I thought I looked. When she was up, Austin decided to invite her inside. That meant I had to feel worse about myself while the guys got to know the beauty.

We sat in our previous positions, with the new girl in another chair. None of us girls wanted to show her any weakness. We had to tell her that our guy was indeed ours.

"What's your name?" Austin asked.

"I'm Andromeda." She answered.

I looked at Percy who was starring wide-eyed at me. "Andromeda? Does that have anything to with the Greek princess?" I asked.

Andromeda giggled, "No, who's that? I've never heard of her. I was named after my great grandmother. Is something wrong? You guys look like I'm crazy."

Percy sighed in relief as he turned back to her, "No, we were just interested, that's all. We are really into Greek mythology and such."

"You should hear these two when they start talking about it. They go crazy!" Peter told her.

"You could call it an obsession," Jess muttered.

I threw a pillow at her, "We are not obsessed! It's just that we like it."

"Anyways," Alice started, interrupting the argument, "I am Alice. This is my boyfriend, Peter."

We all went down the line introducing ourselves. Well, the Jake lied and told her that his name was Scott. After that, the girls introduced them and their boyfriend. Austin had to introduce himself, being single. He got his name right, but he was stuttering. He liked Andromeda. Andromeda was blushing when he did this. They were definitely going to get together. Piper could help with that. She's good at that sort of stuff.

"So, you're new here?" Jake asked.

Andromeda nodded, "Yeah, I just moved here from Mississippi. I'm going to Goode High School next week. Do you guys know of it?"

"Know of it?" Brian scoffed, "We go there. You could call us the popular group!"

Alice laughed, "We are not the popular group. Andromeda, don't listen to the guys. Well, you can listen to Percy, but that's about it. Sierra is little miss popular. She has Zach and Evan to be her guys."

I cringed, "I thought we weren't going to mention Zach and Evan."

"Oh, sorry, Annabeth. I forgot. I was just trying to tell her! I'm going to shut up, now." Alice stuttered.

I laughed, "It's okay, Alice. No harm done."

"You all go to Goode?" Andromeda asked to clear stuff up.

"Yes, we do." Austin assured her.

"And we just taught you your first lesson. That's not to listen to any guy except to Percy!" Riley told her.

"Why can't she listen to me?" Jake asked, faking to be hurt.

"Yeah, why am I the only one?" Percy asked.

I grabbed his hands, "Because you will always listen to me. It's a proven fact. Plus, you wouldn't tell her anything wrong because I would get to you. I will get to all of you!" I threatened the guys.

"Annabeth, right? You seem very tough." Andromeda said.

"You haven't seen anything!" Peter exclaimed. "She beat up Sierra and nearly Zach."

"Not to mention, she punched you," Riley added.

Peter didn't get to respond because Percy interrupted him, "She didn't actually beat them up. You haven't seen her when she wants to beat someone up. She's nearly beaten me up before. Before you go laugh at me, I said nearly."

I nuzzled my head into his neck, "Next time, I'll get you. I have a strategy, now."

Percy paled, "I'm officially scared, wise girl."

I kissed his cheek, "You should be."

"Now, if you would just ignore the mushy couple, we could get back to our conversations!" Jake joked.

"You're just jealous of them, Jake! I think their relationship is cute!" Riley cooed.

"It is cute," Andromeda agreed.

"What were we even talking about?" Brian asked.

"Andromeda, why'd you decide to move here? I mean, everybody loves the city, but why now?" Alice asked.

I swear Andromeda's face turned two shades lighter. "We just needed a change. My dad got a job transfer, too. He's a cop."

"Are you okay, Andromeda?" I asked.

She nodded, "Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just cold. It's nothing. I get this all of the time."

"What were you doing when you spilled over all of those plates?" Jess asked her.

"I was carrying them from my car to my new apartment. It's right next to this one, actually." Andromeda explained.

"Hey, we'll be neighbors!" I exclaimed.

Andromeda frowned, "I thought this was Percy's apartment. Do you live here with him?"

"Yeah, she does!" Riley answered for me, "They share the same bed and everything! Annabeth can't sleep in her own bed. It's sad, actually."

I threw a pillow at her, "Don't need to tell everybody everything, Riley!" I was running out of pillows.

"This might be a weird question, but why? I mean, are you two, like, married or something?" Andromeda asked.

"They might as well be," Peter mumbled.

Percy shot him a look, "Why would you think that, Andromeda. We aren't married, though. I mean, we're still juniors in high school."

"It's just that I don't see any parents around here. It sounds an awful lot like you guys are married or something. You sleep in the same bed, and, from what I gather, there's more that you're not tell me." Andromeda explained.

I blushed beat red. "His parents are just out! We do not live alone! My dad would for sure kill us. That doesn't even begin to say what my mom would do to him. I just can't sleep in my bed. I have my own room, but I just don't sleep in there."

"That's good. You two are too young to get married," Andromeda sighed.

"Yeah, but they do live alone over the summer." Brian teased.

I slapped his head, "That's not the same! There are people there! Plus, I have my own cabin! I do not stay with him!"

"All of the time," Percy added with a smirk.

I hit his arm, hurting my hand in the process, "You're not helping, you know."

Percy wrapped me up tighter in his arms, "I'm sorry. Forgive me?"

"I have to." I smiled and nuzzled my head back into his neck.

"You guys live alone all summer?" Andromeda asked in shock.

"Yes, we do, but it's not like that. We go to a summer camp." Percy had to explain, "She's been going since she was seven. I started when I was twelve. That's when I met this beautiful girl. Anyways, I have a cabin to myself. No one stays with me. It's a really long story that I'd rather not get into. She has siblings, a lot of them. There are adults there, but I'm the oldest in my cabin. I'm also the only one. It has its perks, don't get me wrong. I mean, I can have my girl in there whenever I want. Well, not really whenever I want. We kind of break the rules a lot."

I blushed, "I'm pretty sure they didn't need to hear everything about our living arrangements, seaweed brain."

"Here's a piece of advice: don't ever call him seaweed brain or her wise girl. You will be dead if you do. Trust me," Austin told her.

"I'm guessing that those are your nicknames for only each other?" Andromeda guessed. We nodded, so she continued, "I get it, but it doesn't look like Percy would hurt a girl for doing that. No offense, Percy. I just don't see you doing it."

I smirked, "You obviously don't know him. One time, at camp, Clarisse called him seaweed brain. Clarisse is his friend, kind of, but he still went off on her. They were fighting like crazy. It was at lunch, too. I had to break it up. Do you know how hard it was to get him off of her? I mean, he eats a lot and has plenty of muscle. Plus, he's taller than me. It's really hard! I'd rather not do it again, but it was funny to watch. I'm the only one that can calm him down when he does that."

"Yeah, and you should see her when my best friend, Grover called her wise girl." Percy started, laughing, "We were in my cabin. Before you get all judgy, she was working while I was watching fish swim around in a tank. Anyways, Grover came in and teased her about her nickname. He was saying how she was living up to it, you know, working all of the time. She grabbed a pencil and almost jabbed it into his throat! And he's my best friend! I had to calm her down, which wasn't easy with her cursing at him and trying to get out of my grasp. Eventually, she calmed down. Grover avoided her for a week."

"I thought I was your best friend!" Jake whined.

"Dude, he saved my life when I was twelve." Percy added.

Peter shrugged, "Yeah, he wins."

I smiled, "He wouldn't lose. He's awesome. Plus, they have this telepathy thing. I don't even fully understand it. Percy and I, we don't even have something like that yet."

"Then how do you always know what the other is thinking?" Alice asked.

Percy kissed my cheek, "I can read her eyes. They tell me everything. Same with her and my eyes."

"Yeah? What is she thinking right now?" Peter asked.

Percy looked into my eyes, "She's saying that you guys are all idiots - except for you, Andromeda, she likes you. She also wants to cuddle with me tonight. Oh, what's that, wise girl? Am I seeing something else a little dirtier?"

I hit his arm, "That's so not what I was thinking! You got the first part right, though."

"See? I can just read her eyes." Percy sighed as I rested back onto his chest.

Alice turned to face Brian, "Why can't we do that? What are my eyes saying?"

Brian thought about it for a minute, "You really want me to kiss you right now. That and you really want a Coke."

"Brian, that's not what I was thinking at all! I was thinking about going to sleep. I'm tired!" Alice shouted at him.

"I think that's my cue to leave," Andromeda said as we all stood up.

"Are you sure you have to go, Andromeda?" Austin asked.

She smiled, "Yeah, my parents are going to be wondering where I am. By the way, you guys can call me Andy. That's way simpler. I'll see you later, okay?"

We all said our goodbyes as she walked out. I wasn't exactly sad to see her go. The only one that really was upset was Austin. That was because he liked her. She liked him, too. I could tell. They made it plenty obvious. Either that or I am really turning into a child of Aphrodite. That's not a good thing. We made our ways back to our previous spots in the living room. I wrapped my arms tighter around Percy this time. He was not going to get out of my grasp.

Alice convinced us to start watching the movie, again. We left in the middle, so there was a lot more to watch. I was extremely bored.

"Are you okay, wise girl? You don't seem to really like Andromeda," Percy whispered in my ear. It was really quiet. The others couldn't hear.

"It's not that I don't like her. She seems nice and everything. She just seems perfect." I whispered back.

Percy lifted me up in his arms bridle style and carried me to his room. The others looked at us strangely, but dismissed it. I was glad. I didn't know what Percy was doing. This wasn't normal. He kicked the door closed behind us. I was still holding on when he sat down on the bed. He was rubbing small circles on my back. Gently, his free hand brushed some of my hair behind my ear.

"What's wrong, wise girl. Talk to me." Percy told me.

I sighed, "It's just that she's perfect. Did you not notice how beautiful she is?"

"Yeah, she's pretty. Is that what you're worried about?"

"Percy, you just called her pretty in front of your girlfriend!" I was getting a little mad.

He laughed, "Annabeth, there are a lot of pretty girls in this world, but none of them compare to you. You are gorgeous!"

"Have you seen Andromeda? Her eyes are the best color. Her hair is amazing. How does she even get it like that? I'm sure Piper couldn't even do hair like that. It's just naturally strait and sleek. My hair is curly and not nearly as great as hers. She's way skinnier and curvier than I am." Percy tried to interrupt, but I shushed him. "Can I get this out first?"

"Go on, Annabeth."

"Her body curves in all of the right places. She has the perfect hour glass figure. It looks like she could eat a Big Mac and not be affected by it at all! I bet she could, too. Of course, she's the perfect height for you. She even dresses more attractive than I do. Look at what I'm wearing. It's one of your old t-shirts from your third year at camp and jeans. She had on a nice sweater and leggings. The sweater just covered her butt. I couldn't wear anything like that! She's just perfect for you." I mumbled the last part.

"Annabeth, are you serious?" Percy tried not to laugh because he could tell it was hard for me to say that.

"Why would I joke about this? Percy, she's perfect, and I'm just boring." I broke out into tears. I couldn't tell if they were sad or not. I thought they were sad.

His faced changed to realization, "You aren't boring! Annabeth, I will never leave you. How many times have I told you that? You aren't boring in the least bit! You think her eyes are beautiful? They don't nearly compare to yours. Your eyes are the best that I've ever seen. I can read them like Greek. I don't like her hair at all! I mean, black? Who wants black hair? Strait hair is boring, anyways. Your hair is beautiful and more natural looking. It doesn't always cooperate, but that's why I love it. It's you. Don't even talk about you not being curvy or skinny. I hate girls who try so hard to get skinny. You don't have to try at all. It's all you. You aren't that skinny, and that's what I like. You seem more natural. You do have curves, too, and they are beautiful. So what if they aren't as defined as Andromeda's? Hers look strange. Yours are just the way I like them. I hated her outfit. She looks too slutty for my taste. It reminds me of some of the Aphrodite girls who I hate. No offense to Aphrodite or anything." That caused me to giggle a little bit through the tears. "You look hot in my shirt. It's the truth. I mean, it might be one of my old ones, but I don't care. You look way better than she did! I don't care what you wear. You will look beautiful in anything. I love you. Where is all of this coming from?"

"I just don't want you to leave me."

"Annabeth, I will never leave you. Besides, if I was going to leave you, I would've done it before your mom almost killed me. What's the use of leaving you after we've gone through all of that?" Percy joked.

I smiled and wiped the tears away, "Are you serious…about what you said?"

"I meant every word of it. Plus, I made it up on the spot. I should get some points for that. Don't you think?"

I laughed, "You're such a seaweed brain."

"Yeah, but I'm your seaweed brain. No one else can claim that."

"I love you, Percy."

He held my closer, "I love you, too, Annabeth. I don't want you to ever doubt that, okay? You are mine. I will always love you. Nothing can get in the way of that. You will be mine."

"Promise never to leave."

"I promise that I will never intentionally leave you. I mean, I might have to go to the bathroom ro something, but-"

I hit his arm, "That's not what I meant, seaweed brain."

"I know. I just wanted to hear you laugh, again. Is that too much to ask?"

"No, it's not."

"Are you going to sleep with me tonight? I'm sure the guys are planning on sleeping with their girls. Well, all of them except for Austin."

I smiled, "I would love to. There's just one condition."

"Anything," He said as his lips touched my forehead.

"We are not sleeping on the floor. We are going to be in this bed. I will not sleep on the hard floor!"

He laughed, "Good. I really don't want to sleep on the floor, either. I've done it before. It does not feel too great."

"Yeah, I remember you did that when I was knocked out. I'm sure that wasn't the best thing to do. You know, you could've just climbed into bed with me. I wouldn't have minded."

"I didn't want to disturb you. Plus, I was crying pretty often - Crap! You weren't supposed to hear that! Pretend like you did not just hear that last part!"

I chuckled, "Percy, I already heard it. I will not pretend to think any differently. Thank you, though."