CHAPTER 2:

Juliet POV

When he introduced Annabeth as his girlfriend, I wanted to cry. I had known him for a whole year, and had been crushing on him since I met him! There is no way that she has known him longer than he has known me! I am about to question him on this, when the doors slam open and the halls quiet down. 13 students walk in confidently.

First, there is a punk looking girl with a Death to Barbie shirt and electrifying blue eyes. She had this weird crown thing in her hair. As soon as she walked in, Annabeth and Percy jumped on her. "Thalia!" They screamed, hugging her. Okay…

Then there is a Goth looking dude with these sullen black eyes that seemed to be endless pits of horror. He was twisting a skull ring on his finger nervously, but when he saw Percy, Annabeth and Thalia, his face broke into a smile and he joined them. Thalia waved him over. "Hey there Death Breath." She and Percy said in perfect unison, while Annabeth rolled her eyes. "Hi Nico." She greeted, and he nodded back to her. "Hey there Annabeth, Kelp Head and Pinecone Face!" He screamed throwing his arms around them. Kelp Head, Pinecone Face, and Death Breath?

Next came in a couple, a blonde haired boy with electrifying blue eyes and a scar above his upper lip. He was holding hands with a gorgeous girl, who had choppy brown hair with feathers braided in it. Her eyes seemed to be changing every second. When they saw the group they ran over to them and greeted them. Percy smiled even wider and my heart fluttered. "Hey! Sparky! Beauty Queen! Come join the party!" The girl's eyes narrowed. "PERCY JACKSON! Do not ever call me Beauty Queen! I swear I'm going to KILL Valdez!" The girl muttered that last part under her breath.

Percy smiled cheekily. "Sorry Pipes! Hey there Jason!" The boy, who I assumed was Jason, bro-fisted Percy and Nico and hugged Annabeth quickly and then threw his arms around Thalia and kissed her cheek. Why would he do that in front of his girlfriend? Piper laughed, "Hey there Thals!" She said.

Then came this overly hyperactive Spanish boy who looked like an elf, and seemed to be tinkering with something in his hands. He had curly brown hair and brown eyes that seemed to jump around everywhere. He smiled when he saw the steadily growing group.

"Percy! Annabeth! Thalia! Nico! Jason! Beauty Queen!" He shouted. Piper's eyes narrowed again.

"VALDEZ! Stop calling me that!" Her voice seemed so soothing that I knew that I could under no circumstances call her that. His vision clouded then he shook his head. "Whatever! You wouldn't dare hurt Flaming Valdez, right?" Piper shook here head and an annoyed but somehow fond smile came over her face. "Oh shut up Repair Boy." She retorted. Jason shook his head. "Hey there Leo." He said, and Leo bro-fisted the other guys.

Then came in another couple, there was a dark-skinned girl with pretty gold eyes and bouncy brown curls, who was holding hands with a Chinese boy who looked extremely muscular and protective. They made their way to the group. Jason smiled at them "Hey there Goldi and Beastie." He said winking. Annabeth rolled her eyes, "Hey, Hazel and Frank." She said hugging them quickly.

Then came in three people, 2 twins and one girl, who was holding the taller twin's hand. The twins had curly brown hair and bright blue eyes. They had slightly upturned noses and mischievous smiles. The girl had long brown hair and green eyes and had these really cute flower earrings.

Nico saw them. "Hey there Stolls, Katie!" He called. They ran over to them. Percy laughed. "How you doing Thing 1 and Thing 2?" He asked. They smiled at their nicknames, while Katie rolled her eyes. "Good, and how are you Perce?" They asked in complete unison, which was kind of freaky. "Good," Percy answered. "Now give me back my wallet and the 20 dollars in my other pocket." He said monotonously. They pouted but returned said items to Percy's awaiting hand. "How you doing, Flower Power?" Thalia asked Katie. Katie smiled at her. "Good, how is everything with your… friends?" She asked. Thalia smiled. "They are all good." Thalia replied.

Then a limping boy who was on crutches came through the door. He had on a weird cap and had a friendly smile. His tee-shirt said 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle' in huge letters.

Percy saw him and ran up to him. "How you doin' G-Man?" He asked. The boy laughed. "Good, how are you Perce?" Percy replied- "Good." Then Thalia interrupted, "Goat Boy!" She shouted, throwing her arms around him. He groaned. "Thalia! I told you to call me Grover-STOP WITH THE GOAT BOY!" he yelled, but hugged her back nevertheless.

The last two people to come were a girl and a boy, holding hands. The girl was pretty (AN: In my story, after the Silena thing, Aphrodite found out that Silena and Clarisse were BFFs and gave Clarisse her blessing-this way Clarisse was still muscular, like her half-siblings, but she was pretty also), with reddish brown hair and brown eyes, but she was incredibly muscular. The boy she was holding hands with looked a bit like the twins, with the same eyes, hair and the same troublemaker smile. The similarities ended there, because this new boy looked more Spanish.

They saw the group just as Annabeth saw them. "Clarisse! Chris! How are you guys?" She asked. They nodded as response. (AN: Also in my story, Clarisse is a bit nicer to Percy after Tartarus, but that doesn't mean that she has a problem with fighting him if need be). They all chatted for a few minutes, when Sam cleared her throat loudly.

They turned to us, apologetic smiles on their faces. Percy ran a hand through his hair. "Sorry about that, guys!" He said to us. He introduced us to the group, and then began to introduce them to us.

"This is my cousin Thalia, my other cousin Nico, my other cousin, who is Thalia's brother, Jason, and my other cousin who is Nico's half sister, Hazel. This is Piper, Jason's girlfriend, Frank, Hazel's boyfriend, Leo, Connor and Travis Stoll, Katie Gardner, who is Travis's girlfriend, Chris and Clarisse, who are dating. Lastly is Grover who has been my best friend since we were 12. Besides Annabeth of course." He added, pecking Annabeth on the lips quickly. My heart felt like it was being torn out if my chest.

Max interrupted. "So what about all of those weird nicknames you used?" He asked.

Thalia answered. "Well… Percy is Seaweed Brain, but if you aren't Annabeth and you call him that you might die. Otherwise he is Kelp Head or Perce, the reason for the water stuff is because he loves the ocean and also, he is kind of stupid and oblivious at times, after all, it did take him like 4 years to realize the most important thing ever!" Percy blushed at that. "Annabeth is Wise Girl because she is a genius, but if you aren't Percy, you don't call her that or you will be gutted like a fish, otherwise we call her Owl Head because of her obsession with owls, I, however get away with calling her Annie, anyone else who does that will end up in the emergency room. Nico is Death Breath because he looks like a living corpse, Hazel is Goldi because of her eyes, and well… Something else too, Jason is Sparky because of his eyes, and an inside joke also." That caused chuckles in the group, which made me feel left out. "Piper is Pipes, we call her Beauty Queen to get on her nerves sometimes, because she is a beauty queen," Piper blushed. "Leo is," Leo interrupted.

"Leo-Bad Boy Supreme, or Flamin' Valdez, but you can call me Hot Stuff." He answered confidently. Everyone in their group outright laughed at that. Thalia rolled her eyes.

"Actually, Leo is Repair Boy because he can fix anything and everything, Frank is Beastie, because he has a thing for animals..." There was loud laughter there. Travis and Connor are Thing 1 (travis) and Thing 2 (connor) for the obvious reasons that they are twins. Katie is Flower Power because she loves flowers and has an incredibly green thumb." That made Katie blush. Grover is G-Man, but only Percy calls him that, everyone else calls him Goat Boy because of an inside joke. I am Thals. That is IT." She said, narrowing her eyes.

Percy and Nico snickered. "Yeah, but she is also Pinecone Face when you want to get on her nerves." Nico added laughing. She glared at him, and let me tell you-it was scary! Nico didn't even flinch.

Suddenly Rebecca groaned. We all turned in her direction. And standing there were our two worst nightmares. Krystal Summers and David Jacobs.

Percy POV

This was amazing! All of my friends were here, and I thought that nothing could bring my day down, until I saw Krystal and David. I mentally groaned.

I quickly rounded up the demigods. "Boys, keep an eye on David because he will not hesitate to try to take your girlfriends, and guys, also watch out for Krystal. She flirts with me every single day and sometimes, I think she could be worse then both wars combined." When Annabeth heard that last part, her face hardened, and she reached for her dagger. I placed my hand gently on hers.

"Wise Girl. They are, by loosest definition, human, and so your dagger can't hurt either of them, if Celestial Bronze could hurt them, they would probably be dead by now." She looked me in the eyes, and a small smile graced her face, which made me lean in and give her a quick peck on the lips.

Thanks Poseidon for what happened next. The bell rang, and so all the demigods hightailed it to homeroom. We all had homeroom with Paul, so this should be interesting…

Paul started calling roll, when he frowned. "Annabeth Chase? But she's in California…" He muttered. I chuckled.

Annabeth stood up. "Actually, Mr. Blofis, I moved here to be closer to my mom among other things." His eyes lit up when he saw her. Paul and my mom think that Annabeth is amazing, which is completely true, and they definitely notice my grades improve with her around.

"Annabeth! What a pleasure to see you! And please, call me Paul! Sally and I have told you thousands of times!" He said walking over to her and hugging her.

Annabeth blushed, "Okay, Mr. Bl- Paul." She corrected.

I cleared my throat. "Hey, Paul. She and some of my other friends are here, so do you think that mom would-" I didn't have to finish my sentence.

Paul was nodding maniacally. "Percy, your mother loves all of your friends, of course they are welcome at our house." He said and I internally fist pumped.

My friends immediately started protesting, saying that they couldn't intrude. Paul waved their concern away. "Nonsense! If Sally heard that I said no, I would never hear the end of it!"

Thalia nodded slowly, "Only if Aunt Sally says yes, though." She stated. Of course mom would say yes!

Paul finished attendance and let us all talk for the last 5 minutes of homeroom. Annabeth sat in the best seat in class-my lap-and then Juliet walked over to us.

"Hey Percy, hi Annabeth." She said, occupying an empty seat next to me.

"Hey!" We both replied. We chatted and I invited her, Alex, Rebecca, Sam and Max to my house after school so we could play some games or something.

She readily agreed, as did everyone else. Then classes started.

Everything was great until lunch. I pushed two tables together so that all of my friends could sit together. I sat down then, and pulled out Annabeth's chair like the gentleman I wasn't. We were all chatting.

Juliet asked a bunch of questions about Annabeth and me.

"How long have you known each other?" Since we were 12.

"How long have you been dating?" About 2 years.

And on and on. Then, Krystal and David showed up.