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It was pouring outside. It was like God had gathered a millennia's supply of water, gathered it into buckets, and decided to drop it on our heads. And of course, with our luck, it was like this after school. The rain drops were pelting down on the vehicles and roads, making slapping noises, which were drowned out by thunder. Annabeth came up beside me.

"Just look at this. How do they expect us to get home in this weather?"

"Yeah." It was pretty strange weather, given the fact we lived on the east side of the United States, and it was September.

"And I walked to school! I should check the weather more often."

"You have to walk?" I laughed. Loudly too. Other students stared at me oddly. Annabeth just glared. "Okay I'm done," I reassured her, except it didn't sound too reassuring. I wiped my eyes, then stared at her seriously, letting her know I was was done laughing at her. "I can give you a ride home.

"You don't have a license."

"How would you know that?"

"You're fifteen. You're only turning sixteen in August."

"How did you know my birthday is in August? Are you stalking me? Ooh! You are aren't you? It's because you like me, isn't it?" I chaffed.

"Yeah, that's totally it," she replied sarcastically.

"I knew it! So you want me to drive you home?"

"Sorry. Someone already offered me a drive home." I felt my face harden. I think I know who it is.

"Is it Connor?" Connor was the guy Thalia had brought to help her protect Annabeth from me. And Nico, but he ditched me. He doesn't count.

"You know Connor?" she asked, surprised.

"I met him once, but I know his brother." Travis was Connor's older brother, by exactly a year. They even looked identical, if you didn't count the fact that Travis was three inches taller than Connor.

Connor and Travis were the ones to give me a tour of HQ. They were sons of Hermes. Travis was still part of MoA, and was partners with Katie. If you haven't realized by now that Connor joined the rebellion, then I'm telling you now. I figured Connor was doing the same thing I was trying to accomplice, but with different means. I was trying to get Annabeth to like me so I could kill her. Connor was doing it to protect her.

"He has a brother?" I looked at her, feigning surprise.

"Yeah, hasn't he told you already?"

"Well, he never brought it up."

"How long have you guys known each other?"

"About a year. I think." A year. A year. Out of all the things in Annabeth's file, and it fails to include her friends? I mean, it has pages of her favourite foods. And animals. And books (which were a lot, by the way).

"So out of the time you knew Connor, he fails to tell you about his family? Sounds like he's trying to hide something." She just glared at me.

"Well maybe he doesn't want me to know about it. Maybe he has family issues. Maybe his parents abuse him. Maybe one of them abandoned him."

"You know what I find odd? That I know more about Connor than you, even though I only met him once. I know he used to take wrestling and judo classes, I know that his mom died of breast cancer, I know his dad was very busy, but visited twice a year.

I know that after his mom died, his dad found a new job and took him and his brother in, and took good care of them. I also know that Connor ran away, and ditched the only family he had. His dad is a nice person who gets very protective of those he cares about, so he wouldn't hurt a hair on his son's head." Okay, so the last part wasn't the full truth. Hermes was one of the two most laid back Olympians. Apollo was the second. Hermes was pretty overprotective of his family, as long as they didn't turn their back on the MoA. So now, Hermes would dispose of Connor if he really had to. Sure, he would try getting out of it, or make the death quick and painless, but he was loyal to the MoA. No matter how much it killed him inside.

"And how do you know all this?" I shrugged.

"His brother told me. He and their dad were devastated when he left."

"Wow. I-I never knew."

"Maybe he isn't the perfect little boy you thought he was."

"First of all, I never said he was perfect. Second, he's older than you by a year."

"Eight months and twenty-three days, actually."

"You even know his birthday?"

"You don't?" She hesitated.

"No, I don't." I smiled to myself. Keeping Annabeth from trusting Connor was easier than I had thought. Actually, I never planned for Annabeth not trusting him. Maybe I didn't even have to go with Plan B. Maybe Plan A would work.

Connor came over.

"Hey Annie. I-" He noticed me. "What were you guys talking about?"

"None of your business," I said calmly. He was a nice guy. At least, he was when I met him. I had no reason to be rude to him. Unless you count that he was trying to get in my way, but that's not important.

"Don't call me Annie! How come Percy knows more about you than I do?" He glared at me.

"What did he tell you?" he asked carefully.

"You have a brother, your dad is a nice guy and you ran away from the people that took good care of you." Connor glared daggers at me. I smiled back innocently.

"I had good reason to leave."

"Yeah? And what are those reasons?" Annabeth questioned.

"Yeah Connor, what are those reasons?" I echoed cockily. Connors face turned red. In fury. Or maybe he couldn't come up with a good lie. I mean, he couldn't really tell her that his father is part of an illegal group that murders people. And that he was part of it for about three years. And that he decided to join the one group that is trying to stop them without killing. Not to mention the fact that they're trying to protect her from the MoA.

"Hey listen, I just wanted to tell you that I can't give you a ride. Thalia and I have to go to another camp meeting." He kissed her on the the top of her head. Annabeth just rubbed the place on her head he kissed, as though trying to get the Connor off, but smiled at Connor anyway. He just laughed.

While they were flirting, I got a strange feeling in my stomach, and felt angry for no reason. And it was towards Connor. But it didn't feel like it was because of him trying to take the MoA down. Nothing to do with that rivalry. I just shrugged it off. It was probably because he was getting in my way, and preventing me to finish my mission. He turned to me, giving me a cold stare.

"Watch out Perseus." I scowled at him. He just turned and walked away, leering at me.

"Your name is Perseus?" she asked, but it sounded more like she was talking to herself. "Perseus Jackson." I stared at her oddly. She was talking to herself. Saying my name to herself. What the hell? "God, I'm so stupid."

"Annabeth Chase? Stupid? You're being to hard on yourself." She looked at me, ignoring my comment.

"I can't believe I didn't recognize you!" She recognized me? Why did everyone think I knew Annabeth before? Okay, so just Thalia and Annabeth. They're both nuts. I never met Annabeth! Why did they think I did?

"Uh. So you and Connor," I said, changing the subject. It worked though. Annabeth totally forgot about her stupidity. An outrageous lie. She gets mostly A's and B's, and she had dyslexia and ADHD. Like me, but I get stuck with the C's and D's.

"What about Connor?"

"You guys together?" I asked. Annabeth's face flushed.

"What gives you that idea?"

"Let's see. You guys are flirting every time you see each other. At least, Connor is, but you seem to be enjoying it. And you're blushing."

"We're just friends."

"Are we friends?" Annabeth looked a bit taken aback at my random question.

"I guess."

"So does that mean I can put my arm around you?" I slung my arm around Annabeth's shoulders. "And give you kisses?" I went to kiss Annabeth's cheek, but she just wormed her way out from my side embrace, avoiding my teasing kiss as well. I just laughed.

"Shut up."

"Somebody's got a cru-ush," I singsonged.

"Are you giving me a ride or not?" It was still pouring outside.

"Yeah. Let's go." I flipped up my hood and started running towards my Jeep. It was actually Gwen's but, it's mine for this mission. I heard Annabeth's feet splashing beside me. She was fast. I climbed in, and Annabeth went around and sat in shotgun. I took off my hoodie and set it behind my chair. My shirt was damp anyway, and my bangs were soaking. As for Annabeth, she was stuck with her soaked clothing and hair. Her shirt was stuck to her body, showing off her figure, and I couldn't help but stare for a few seconds. Her hair clung to her face, and Annabeth was attempting to wring it out.

"Thanks for making the puddle in my car bigger," I said sarcastically.

"It's not my fault it's pouring outside."

"How do you know? Maybe you upset Zeus, or Jupiter, or whatever other storm god there is."

"Yeah...right." I started driving.

The first few moments were silent.

"So when are you and Connor gonna start going out."

"You are an idiot. A complete, and utter idiot."

"Fine, new question. How long have you liked Connor?"

"Why do you keep asking questions about him?"

"Just curious. His brother might want to know what his 'lil bro is doing."

"Oh yes, I'm sure he'd love to hear about how a girl has a crush on his brother."

"Ha! You admit it!"

"You are an idiot. Why are you asking about Connor? Are you jealous?" she teased.

"Why would I be jealous?"

"Oh, I don't know," she said sarcastically.

"Precisely." She rolled her eyes.

"Seaweed Brain." I almost ran a stop sign. Why did that name sound familiar? Why would Annabeth call me that?

"Don't call me that."

"And why not," she grinned.

"I don't know. Just...don't okay?"

"Well that's not a good enough reason, Seaweed Brain," she stressed.

"Annabeth, seriously. Don't call me that." She smirked at me.

"Seaweed Brain, Seaweed Brain, Seaweed Brain," she taunted. I turned at glared at her, looking her right in the eyes. She almost looked scared.

"Do. Not. Call. Me. That." It came out harsher than I expected, and Annabeth looked almost hurt. I turned my focus back onto the road. The rain was really making it hard to see. After a while, Annabeth broke the silence.

"Let me out."

"What are you? Crazy? No. Not in this weather."

"Let me out," she repeated.

"No."

"Pull over, I'm walking the rest of the way."

"It's two blocks! You'll catch a cold."

"I don't care. Let me out."

"Didn't you hear me? No!" She gave me a glare, then opened the door and jumped. She jumped out of the car while it was moving! Since when did she get so stupid? Luckily, we were beside the sidewalk, and Annabeth tumbled onto the grass. She started walking, and she was already dripping. Again. I pulled over and got out of the car.

"Annabeth! Get back into the car!" I shouted after her. She ignored me. I started running after her. By the time she noticed, it was too late. I tackled her. I picked her up and slung her over my shoulder. She started socking my back and yelling at me to let her go. My back was getting sore. I threw her into shotgun. I grabbed some rope from the back, and started tying Annabeth to the chair, pinning her arms against her sides. I went into the car and hopped in.

"PERSEUS JACKSON! LET ME GO!"

"You're going to make me deaf. And now I'm totally soaked, not to mention the car."

"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO THIS!" I ignored the rest of her ranting.

Eventually, she broke free of her bonds. So unfortunate.

"Ha!"

"We're at your house."

"I hate you."

"Love you too," I replied sarcastically.

"I'm going to kill you."

"Okay. Whatever you want." The rain had finally stopped. About time too. I climbed out, and opened Annabeth's door, being the wonderful gentleman I am. The water reached the bottom of my ankles. She climbed out, shooting daggers at me. I walked her to her door.

"Why are you still here?

"I want you to get inside safely."

"Because I could be killed or kidnapped only ten feet from my door," she stated sarcastically. I didn't answer. It had happened before, by yours truly.

She opened the door, and walked in. Susan was right by the door. I heard jazz music in the background.

"Go change Annabeth," she ordered Annabeth. She noticed me."Who are you?" she asked me kindly.

"Percy. I drove Annabeth back. It was pouring. We still got soaked anyway. I should get going."

"No, no no! Come in. Let me dry your clothes. Any longer in that and you'll catch a cold!" She pulled me in and shut the door. "You wait here. I'll go get some of Fredrick's clothes you can wear while they're in the dryer." She went upstairs. I took off my shoes and socks, but my feet were still wet and my jeans were dripping water onto the floor. Susan came back down with a grey T-shirt, grey sweatpants and socks.

"Go change in the washroom." I went in and quickly changed. I handed Susan my wet clothes, and walked into the living room. The coffee table was littered with magazines, the floor had LEGO pieces scattered around, and Bobby and Matthew, Annabeth's twin half brothers, were making cars and airplanes. I flopped onto the couch. Bobby an Matthew looked up. They both had intense brown eyes and unruly hair, like Dr. Chase's, black hair, and high cheek bones, like Susan.

"Who are you?"

"Percy. I'm a friend of Annabeth's."

"She already has a boyfriend," one of them stated. I chuckled.

"Connor?"

"Yup." They went back to making their cars and airplanes. A black cat jumped into my lap and sat down, pushing her head under my hand. I started stroking it, and it rested its head on his paws happily. Another cat, a tabby, went up to the twins and swatted at their LEGO cars. Annabeth walked in.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, only annoyed, but not too angry anymore.

"Sitting on you couch, waiting for my clothes to dry. You?" She came and sat down beside me, but an arm's length away.

"Sorry for jumping out of the car."

"It's fine. I shouldn't have lashed out at you like that. I don't know why that name bothers me so much."

"Because it's true," she teased.

"Your brothers agree with me."

"On what?"

"Connor is your boyfriend." She sighed.

"Not this again."

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After about forty minutes, my clothes were dry. I thanked Susan for drying my clothes and thanked Dr Chase for the dry clothes. Outside, my Jeep was dry, thanks to the now shining sun, and saw a guy in a black windbreaker sprint into an alleyway. Annabeth came out to the car with me.

"Why did you come to the car with me again?"

"I wanted to make sure you got here safely." I rolled my eyes.

I walked over to the driver's side, and saw a familiar logo spray painted onto the side. I'd have to paint over it. If Gwen found it like this, she's kill me. Literally. I just drove to the nearest store that sold black paint, went home and painted over the painted sickle. While doing this, I was wondering three things. Who spray painted the Jeep, why did Annabeth's nickname sound so familiar, and why couldn't I bake delicious cookies. Blue cookies.

This is more of a filler, but it's the longest chapter so far. So stop complaining! I was originally gonna make it longer, but it's long enough...psh...totally...for me... :( = :)

Anyway, I have four questions for you:

Who spray painted the Jeep?

Why does Annabeth's nickname sound familiar?

Why can't Percy bake delicious blue cookies? (yes, Percy's questions. What do you guys think? I want to see how...predictable the story is)

and finally...How old do you think I am? I wanna see if anyone guesses right.. :)

RE-PLIES-TO-RE-VIEWS-

ChildOfWisdom – Thanks. And this only took six days! (Though my record is 7 chapters a day, but those were drabbles)

April – Thanks, that means a lot. But I don't think my language teacher agrees. Maybe when I'm older, I'll reread it, and think "I could improve on this!" and rewrite it and try getting it published. But that probably won't happen :P And this had a Percabeth scene...sorta... and thanks for both reviews :)

PercyJacksonsLittleSister – Dingdingding! ...Lucky guess...

unknown nobody – Nah, I've decided to keep this AnnabethxConnor. :P Kidding.

LaughLoverCrystal – That means a lot, because I feel like I'm rushing. But that might be just me.

Percabeth rocks 4 ever – And it's over again! Thanks :D

Im a half-blood – kkk

Ginyus – Yep. And, who knows, something might happen to make Percy go on a killing spree hint hint, nudge nudge*

Katniss Annabeth Nina 824 – Nopedy nope nope. Wrong! Sorry. Guess again :P Your review was amusing to read (in a good way) I kept reading it over, and over, and over, and over, and...no wait, that's it.

FBASC – You changed your pen name, and I was like, "I don't remember getting a review from this guy." Then I'm like "ohhh" -_- They do their business in my backyard. Duh :)