CHAPTER 15:
Juliet POV
I could tell as soon as I laid eyes on him.
He followed us to Connor and Travis's car.
He sat down. Travis was driving with Katie in the passenger seat. I was in the back in the middle, Connor on one side of me and him-Jonas- on the other side.
We started driving.
He was silent. Connor was talking to Katie and his brother.
I touched Jonas's arm lightly.
"You like her don't you? Annabeth?" I whisper.
He turns to me immediately. "How can you tell?" He asked glumly.
"I liked Percy for a while. Now I like someone else. But you should know that you can't break Percy and Annabeth up." I tell him.
He nods. "I could tell. They have this history that seems unbreakable. I guess I'll have to try to get over her." He says, still sounding sad.
I nod. "I'm sorry. But I'm pretty sure that you'll find someone else." I tell him.
He nods, and turns to stare out the window.
Mia POV
Once everyone arrives, I'm surprised to notice that the other demigods brought five new people.
Annabeth introduces them as her friends from California.
I notice one in particular. Jonas. He looked really sad for some reason, but determined also.
As we all walked to homeroom together, I turned to him.
"What's wrong?" I asked gently.
He shook his head. "I liked Annabeth for the longest time, and now I'm trying to get over her." He explained.
I nodded. So he was single?
That was good information to have…
Once we arrived at homeroom, I sat with him and continued to talk to him. He seemed pretty interesting, and I realized that I was sort of starting to like him.
Like like-like him.
Well, this should be interesting.
Jonas POV
Getting over Annabeth wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.
Mia was helping me.
Mia.
She was interesting.
And single.
I was sort of starting to like her.
Like like-like her.
Well, this should be interesting.
Thalia POV
When we were at the airport, I had seen Jonas staring at Annabeth in a wistful way, but now he seemed to be chatting very easily with Mia.
Hmm…
I wonder…
But whatever.
I turned to Nico, who was blushing as he was talking to Di.
This was incredibly entertaining.
Seeing my baby cuz falling for someone was undeniably hilarious.
Percy walked up to them.
"Di? Did your foster parents allow you and Mia to stay with us?" He asked.
She nodded. "Yeah, and we don't have very much stuff either. We can get there around 6 tonight, if that's okay with you…?" She asked.
He nodded. "That'll be fine." He said.
Paul dismissed us and we all walked to our first class.
School was boring as usual until lunch.
Stupid, STUPID Krystal decided to show up. And flirt with Percy.
WHEN WILL SHE REALIZE THAT HE AND ANNABETH ARE DESTINED!?
Oh no. I sound like an Aphrodite girl, not like a Hunter of Artemis!
"Hey, there Percy." She said, leaning into him.
He didn't even try to hide his groan. "Leave me ALONE."
"Now that's no way to treat your girlfriend." She said, mock-disappointedly.
He rolls his eyes. "I know. That's why I'm not treating Annabeth like that."
We all laugh loudly at the embarrassed look on her face and she stalked away.
"Nice going Percy." Alex said, fist-bumping him.
Annabeth smiled widely and kissed him sweetly. He looked dazed and was smiling widely.
I'm proud to say, that out of everyone, Percy told me first about thinking of proposing to Annabeth. He said, seeing as we're pretty much sisters, he should get my approval before the Athena cabin's.
I am shocked to admit that I squealed loudly when he told me. He was also, and immediately freaked out.
I told him that I was super excited because Annabeth will be the happiest person on earth, not that she isn't already with Percy.
Lately, I see him just staring at her, like he's never seen anything more beautiful. If all the gods, including ARTEMIS, APHRODITE AND ATHENA think that they're a good match, then they're a good match.
He's always fingering his pocket, where I know is the velvet box that contains the Tyson-made ring. Annabeth has never been more confused, but she respects that Percy has a secret surprise for her.
Rebecca smiles. "So, Percy. Today are swim tryouts." She said, smirking evilly.
We all laugh remembering David kissing Annabeth and Percy's agreement on trying out for swim captain.
Percy snorted. "Yeah, can't wait to see the look on David's face when he loses sorely."
A voice behind us laughs. "Yeah right, Jackson. I'm SO going to win. And I'll win Annabeth also." Percy tightened his grip on the table.
"David, go away." He said in his scary-calm voice. I've only ever heard him use it on Gaia. He'll be (trying to) contain his anger, so that's why he's calm, and his eyes will flash murderously. By now the entire cafeteria is watching us.
David backs up for a second. Then smirks.
"How about we make this more interesting… Whoever gets swim captain gets Annabeth."
You could hear a pin drop with how silent it was.
Annabeth glared at the idiot, along with everyone else at our table.
Percy 'calmly' jumped out of his seat. He grabbed David's collar and dragged him away.
Nico groaned. "MAN! We're gonna miss the fight, you guys." He complained.
Immediately, all of us jumped up and followed Percy, excitedly.
Annabeth just looked worried. "What happens if he gets expelled or something?" She said, freaking out.
"Annie, calm down." I tell her gently.
She glares at me for the nickname, but follows my instructions slightly.
Percy POV
How dare he.