Rachel's POV

Ohmygod, I'm starting high school tomorrow. And guess what? I'm freaking out! Annabeth told me not to worry but I can't stop worrying! My half- brother is gonna be there and he HATES me! He's like going to bully me. I had only met him 2 or 3 times before he moved here to New York but now I see him every weekend and he's so freaking scary! I hate him too but dad thinks he's pretty cool and since mum is his mum she ADORES him LITERALLY, she gives him all these special little presents when he comes, all of them super expensive.

So I should probably tell you who I am.

I'm Rachel Elizabeth Dare and as my friends call me, RED. My friends by the way have completely changed. Ever since I found out that Stephanie had been stabbing me in the back I just dumped her. As for Annabeth and Thalia, well let's just say for now they are the only people I have to hang out with. Silena still hates me, I know but she hangs around with Annie and Thals so I see her often. Stephanie and Melanie have become the nerds in the year whereas Thalia, Anna and me have shot right up on the popular meter. Or whatever you call it. Annabeth still hates me a little from how mean I was to her in Primary and Thalia randomly starts to scream at me but otherwise, they're not so bad. But I always get left out when Thalia and Annabeth start whispering or pairing up or getting mad at me. Percy is my best friend right now. To me he's MY best friend but HIS best friends are obviously Annabeth and Thalia which I still am mad about.

"RACH! GET DOWN HERE WE'RE GOING TO THE BEACH FOR A SUMMER PARTY LETS GO LETS GO!" I heard Thalia's voice ring through my house and in confusion I stumbled off my bed and ran straight into the glass door to my room, thinking it was open.

"WHAT?" I yelled back.

"JUST PUT ON YOUR SWIMSUIT AND SOMETHING ON TOP AND GET THE HELL GOING!" Annabeth screamed and I heard the door slam shut. I thought they were leaving me behind so I snatched my swimsuit and tugged it on and put on a nice flowing dress. I raced down the stairs and marveled at my paintings hanging in the living room before dashing out into the cool night air.

I saw Percy grinning at me with Annabeth and Thalia whispering (AGAIN) behind him. I smiled back and went to talk to him.

"Hey" I said.

"Are you nervous for tomorrow? I can't believe we're starting high school already." He asked as we started walking to the beach. I nodded.

"Yeah, of course, what do you think? I'm a fucking nervous wreck." I told him.

"You sure don't look it." He said shyly and I blushed.

"Neither do you." I replied calmly but inside I was screaming.

"Anyways, when are you going to show me your latest painting?" He asked. I smiled and shook my head.

"Not for a long time." We had reached the beach and the party was in full swing. Pretty much the whole year group was there. Everyone had either jumped in the water or was dancing to the loud music coming from a stereo nearby. Percy and I stayed behind at the food table and talked for a while when Annabeth came over.

"Hey. What are you talking about?" She said as she stuffed her face with chips. Percy blushed and smiled shyly at her. I frowned. I thought he liked me? Even Annabeth and Thalia told me that.

"Um, nothing much. Do you wanna dance Annie?" He asked and suddenly got interested in his feet. Annabeth nearly choked.

"Uh, yeah. um sure." She replied and they walked off to go dance. Pretty much everyone was out of the water and dancing now. I was one of the only people left at the table. I was choosing what chips to eat when Luke Castellan came up to me, he was two years above us and he smiled at me and shook the sand out of his hair.

"So, what's up RED?" He asked and I blushed.

"How do you know I'm called RED? and what are you doing here I thought this was for our year!" I said and he grinned.

"Yeah but, I get invited to ALL the parties." He told me simply and reached behind me for some chips.

"Well, bye RED. See you around."

"bye." I said it so quietly I don't think he heard me.

I looked at the people dancing and saw girls dancing in groups or boys and girls dancing or boys hanging around trying to dance with girls. I smiled. Until i saw Percy and Annabeth. They were in talking and smiling and laughing. Percy was only 1 cm taller than Annabeth, they were the perfect height for each other. I was at least four inches shorter than Percy. Probably 5 inches.

I saw Thalia and her cousin Nico screaming at each other again. Bianca joined in with Thalia and started telling Nico to fuck off. He was a year younger than us so no one even knew who he was. I thought he was hot but he was way to young for me. I glared as my ex boyfriend, Grover Underwood danced with a pretty girl named Juniper. I didn't like Grover that much but he sure moved on fast. I hated that.

Annabeth's POV

When Percy asked me to dance I nearly screamed in delight. I started liking him at least a year ago but he'd always fantasized about Rachel. I thought that when he asked me to dance he had finally changed his mind but I was more than wrong.

"How am I supposed to ask Rachel to dance?" He asked me frantically and I glared at him.

"Oh so you dragged me over here to talk about her?" I shook my head and was about to walk away but he grabbed my arm.

"No I mean I wanted to dance with you but I also want to dance with Rach, I mean you know I've liked her since forever!" He said and I glared at him again, I couldn't help it.

"Look just ask her to dance, simple as that. Okay?" I said and he nodded. I hoped she'd say no. We kept on dancing and soon moved on to happier subjects, well for me. We moved on to talking about Luke. I had liked him forever but now I couldn't choose between Percy and Luke.

We were soon laughing and dancing. It felt just like old times, before Rachel, before middle school and before I started liking Percy. Thalia didn't know, she thought I still liked Luke. Well, I did but I also liked Percy. It was so hard to choose.

"Hey Annie," I heard a familiar voice behind me and I smiled and whirled around.

"Hey Luke!" I grinned at him and he smiled back, the scar on his face crinkling. I never asked where he got it from but I assumed it was from a fight.

"Wanna dance?" He asked and reached his hand out. I smiled and was about to take his hand when I remembered Percy. I turned around and he gave me a thumbs up but he was glaring at Luke.

"Sure." I said and took his hand. We started to dance and soon he was entertaining me with jokes and his terrible dance moves. I nearly died of laughter. But soon we were interrupted by Silena who glared at me and went off dancing with Luke. When did they start hanging out? I always assumed Silena liked Beckendorf or as she calls him, Charlie. As I turned around I had the biggest shock of my life. Rachel and Percy were kissing in the middle of the dance floor. I ran away in horror. Just before I reached my house someone grabbed my arm.

"AH!" I screamed before being told to shut up by Thalia.

"Annabeth quiet! Someone will hear you, you dumbass. Look, what happened back there why did you run off?" She asked me.

"Nothing I was just tired." I lied. But I wasn't fooling Thalia, she knew me better than anyone. Well. Maybe her and Luke. I sighed.

"Okay, I saw Rachel and Percy kissing." I stated and Thalia looked at me, bewildered.

"So?" She asked. Then it seemed to dawn on her.

"OHMYGOD! WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU LITTLE-"

"THALIA! everyone will hear you! shut the fuck up." I shushed her and rushed her into my house.

"I can NOT believe you didn't tell me! Seriously, I'm your best friend." Thalia told me as we sat down on my couch.

"Yeah but. I don't know, we've known him for so long, it's just kinda weird, especially since I spent most of the years pretending i hate him!" I told her.

"It'll be okay, I mean you still like Luke a little don't you?" She asked.

"Not just a little, I still like him tons but I ALSO like Percy. God, I hate Rachel for this but it's not her fault." I said.

"Doesn't matter, you can still hate her for it. She's a fucking bitch." She said.

"yep. I never really like her. Even when we all became friends." I laughed. I was just getting happier when my door burst open and Percy rushed in grinning at me.

"Wise Girl! Guess what?" He said, completely excited.

"Yeah Seaweed Brain?" I glared at him but he ignored it.

"ME AND RACH ARE GOING OUT! HOLY CRAP I'M JUST SO FUCKING HAPPY. It's like my goal in life is fulfilled or something." He was smiling and happier than ever but I felt like crying.

"Cool. But um I'm really tired so bye." I said shooting daggers at him.

Percy's POV

If looks could kill I'd be dead right now. Annabeth has the worst glares. They're freaking creepy. Thalia looked like she was about to get out of her seat and punch the shit outta me so I rushed out of there. They were my best friends, I didn't know why they were happy for me. I had liked Rachel for YEARS even though recently I've been having second thoughts because I'd started to see just how beautiful and amazing Annabeth was getting. Yes, I admit, I like Annabeth too. Just not as head over heels for her as for Rachel. Holy Crap Rachel was amazing. When we kissed it was the best moment of my life. And when I asked her out and she said yes I nearly died on the spot. Yeah I'm a total nerd, I know. After I got out of Annabeth's house I ran back to the party and met up with Rachel. We danced the whole night and jumped in the water, kissed and did a whole bunch of stuff. I will NEVER forget that night.

But little did I know I would be feeling a feeling better than kissing Rachel and there would be a night that would burn away the memory of my night with Rachel. Because my world was just about to turn upside down.

(A/N Hey guys! Really sorry this story sucks, I know. I can't believe some people actually liked it ahahah anyways I hope you did like it even thought I didn't. So, if I get minimum 10 reviews I will update in a week. if I get 5 reviews then I will update in a month, if none than okay, I'll update whenever I'm free for a looong time which is barely ever so be prepared to wait 6 months! or a year. Same thing. Not really. But kind of. CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is appreciated but if you say some really hurtful or mean words I sure as hell will throw some back at you. Thanks for reading if you did and I hope you enjoy. For those of you who do not approve of swearing just go ahead and tell me, I'll leave it out. thanks everyone :) hope you had a good chinese new year. if you celebrate it. I GOT SO MUCH MONEY! ahahha thanks guys xx)