Okay, i have a few things to say.

First, i am really sorry for not updating really fast! You see, school has been hard adjusting to again. It's so much to get used to. i have all new classes and everything!

Second, this isn't the longest chapter. I apologize for that. If i can, i will update sooner than Sunday. i will try to do it. No promises

Thanks for all of the reviews, as usual. Tell me if you hate or like something. Please, Evan and Zach are not going to get killed. Same with Sierra. I'm sorry, but i love hearing your imaginative ways of them dying. They are quite amusing! Give me feedback please

"Is it me, or does she seem really into Austin," I asked Riley as we sat down for lunch.

It was only Riley, Jess, Andromeda, Austin, Brian, Percy, and me. The rest had to make up some tests in Chemistry and French. I don't know why they all chose today to do it, but they did. Percy and Brian were talking to Austin. Andromeda was throwing away some trash while I whispered to jess and Riley. We were in shock when Andromeda came to sit by us. We did not expect her to do that. Yeah, she's new, but we thought she would get some better friends. I guess we're the best she could do.

"Yeah, I know. It's kind of creepy how much they are into each other." Riley answered.

Jess laughed, "I think it's kind of cute. Who are we to judge?"

I threw my roll at her, "Jess, what has gotten into you? Just two days ago you were all about this romance-y stuff. Now, you are the complete opposite."

"I haven't completely changed. I just think that it's none of our business to get into their relationship that hasn't even begun yet!" Jess reasoned.

"Whose relationship?" Andromeda asked as she sat down next to Riley.

"We were just talking about Evan and Sierra." Riley told her.

"Yeah, they should be getting together soon. I mean, they both want to ruin my relationship. That's what they have in common," I added.

Andromeda laughed, "They seem to have a lot in common. So, what's the deal with Evan and Zach?"

I cringed and didn't speak. Percy must have noticed this because I felt his arm around my shoulder. It made me relax a little bit. I still wasn't speaking, but it was better. I wasn't terrified anymore. That's always good, right?

"She doesn't like to talk about it," Percy replied for me.

"Yeah, a lot of stuff went down. It was really bad. You wouldn't want to hear about it." Brian mentioned.

"Trust me, Andy, they aren't good people. That's all you need to know right now," Austin assured her.

She shrugged, "I don't know. They seem nice enough. Sierra, too. Sierra invited me to go shopping with her and Lisa after school today."

"You think they aren't that bad?" I shouted at her.

"They haven't been that bad to me. Zach and Evan were nice in my second block. We talked for a while. They asked about you. That's why I was asking." She explained.

"Andy, you shouldn't mention them," Riley advised her.

"Annabeth doesn't like it." Jess muttered.

"How could you think they aren't that bad? You don't know what they did to me!" I informed her.

"You're right. I don't know what they did to you. I would like to know what happened!" Andy countered.

Brian glared at her, "Andy, don't ask about it. We'll tell you later."

"No, let's tell her now!" I decided, my voice rising.

Percy grabbed my arm, "Wise girl, I don't think now's the right time."

"No, Percy, it's the perfect time to tell her. Why should we wait? She obviously wants to know since they're friends now. Right, Andy, aren't you friends with them?" I asked her.

"Yeah, I guess we're friends." She mumbled.

"Great!" I started, "You really want to know what happened? Well, I'm from San Francisco. I've lived there for a while. I was dating Percy, so I denied all of the guys that hit on me. One night, I was forced to go on a date with Evan. He kissed me afterwards."

"So what? It's just a kiss," Andromeda mumbled.

"Andy, could you just not talk right now?" Percy snarled. He turned his attention back to me, "Annabeth, you need to calm down. She didn't know."

"I know, Percy. That's why she should know." I was really mad. "Now, where was I? Oh, yeah, I remember. One day, I was walking home. Guess who I found! Yep, I found Evan. Well, he found me. He and his stupid friend forced me into his car. Do you know what he tried to do to me? If you haven't guessed already, he tried to rape me! That's right. You heard it here. Evan tried to rape me. I couldn't fight back no matter how hard I tried. I was so lucky that a dog attacked his car before he got into my pants. I ran all of the way home. That's when I came here. Do you know what happened when I came here? I found out that Zach was Evan's cousin. Then, Evan decided to move here to torture me. How do you think that is going? I had just told Percy about it when I saw him at school. He keeps on tormenting me every day. Do you know how that feels? No, you don't."

Andromeda stared at me with her jaw on the floor. A single tear ran down my cheek, so I brushed it off. Percy held my hand. He was worried about me. I could see Sierra smirking at me from across the lunch room. Austin was shaking his head. Nobody wanted her to find out this way. I was happy that it came from me and not some loser. I had the right to tell people. Nobody else does. It wasn't about them.

"Annabeth, I didn't know." She whimpered.

"Of course you didn't know. Nobody ever knows." I snarled.

"Are you okay?" Percy asked into my hair.

I nodded, "I'm just fine."

"This isn't how we wanted you to find out, Andy," Riley muttered.

"Yeah, we wanted to tell you in a peaceful way. We didn't want Annabeth to almost murder you," Brian assured her.

"Annabeth, I'm so sorry. If I'd have known I'd-" Andromeda started.

I cut her off, "You'd what? Tell somebody? Not be friends with them? It's not like that's gonna help any."

"Annabeth, be nice," Percy told me.

"Can we just not talk about it anymore?" I asked.

"Sure, we can." Jess agreed.

"Annabeth, I'm sorry for mentioning it. I didn't mean to make you upset," Andromeda sighed.

I took in a deep breath, listening to Percy's words, "I get that. I really do. I just don't want to talk about them anymore. I get enough of them in my classes. Trust me when I tell you that it's torture."

"I hope you don't mind my asking, but why do you stay here?" Andy asked.

"What do you mean?" Riley asked.

"Well, Annabeth, I've gathered that you moved here to get away from Evan and to see Percy. You saw Percy over and over again. Now, Evan's moved here. He's one of the reasons that you tried to get away. Why don't you move back to your family in San Fran?" She elaborated.

Did she really just ask that?