"Have you made any friends yet, Nico?"

"No. I don't need friends. I have you."

Those two lines were said everyday. Bianca would call me at 4:00 on the dot. We would talk about Mythomagic, her classes and reports, the small amount of trouble her, Thalia Grace, and Zoe Nightshade (Her two best friends) had gotten into the day before, and basically whatever we could think of.

But it always ended up with those two lines being said at some point in the conversation. Bianca would go quiet for a moment, and then change the subject. I always went along with the subject change, pretending like I didn't care about those two lines.

Like I said, pretending.

I always thought about those two lines. Through most of my classes, they bounced around my skull, and I was forced to wonder why I was aways so antisocial. I would always decide not to be antisocial anymore, and that I would make a friend or two. That I might even go crzy and have three friends.

But then I would see the kids at my school, and my resolution would go out the window.

There was this one time I almost made a friend, and it was thanks to my history teacher.

"You will be paired up into groups of two. Each one of yo will have a different Greek god or goddess to write a report and make a slideshow about. The slideshow must include..." I usually tuned out around then. The rest was boring.

But then he got to the partners.

"Percy Jackson...Annabeth Chase." Of course. Percy was captain of the swim team. According to all of the girls, he ws the hottest boy in school. He was the most popular, and he even took fencing. The only problem was that his head was full of seaweed. You didn't have to know him to know he was pretty stupid.

Which, I guess, is why he was lucky he got paired with Annabeth, his girlfriend and smartest kid in school. They would get an A for sure.

As he read the list of partners, I began labeling each one inside my head.

"Rachel Elizabeth Dare (Richest)...Octavian Oraculum (Stuffed Animal Murderer)

"Grover Underwood (Least Athletic)...Juniper Lignum (Sweetest)

"Ella Harpy (Read the Most)...Tyson Cyclops (Weirdest Last Name)

"Jason Grace (Familiar Last Name)...Nico di Angelo (Me)

"Clarisse LaRue-" WAIT. Me?!

I had been paired with Jason Grace. He looked over at me and smiled, and I begrudgingly returned it.

I had discovered my partner, and I wasn't happy.

Hey! Again, I can't sleep, so there might be ANOTHER update tonight. I'm not sure. Anyway, this might be Percico. It might be Jasico. It might be Thalico. You won't know unless you read! Please leave a review!

-Rebel