Authors Note: Hello to the reader who took time to read this! It feels like I have not posted in a week! I technically haven't but, whatever. I was really busy and just had to take time on this chapter, so, yes. I was planning this on Monday and I had Battle of the Books on Tuesday. And yesterday, Wedensday, I was at Darien Lake. Anyways, Please Enjoy this, since this chapter is kinda important.

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You know, when your running away from something ten times smaller than you, you probably feel like an idiot.

Yes. That is how I feel right now.

The skunk is just following me. Every move I make. Every step I take, he follows. At least, I think it's a he...

"Ugh! Where are they?" I asked the air. I saw a tree by Annabeths room that I could always climb. I turned around and saw the skunk staring right back at me. Why. Why me. Why now. I sighed. My feet were wet from the morning dew. I knew that they would hurt after I climbed the tree. But, I wanted to get away from this thing.

I walked to the tree, keeping an eye on the skunk. I grabbed the lowest branch and hauled myself up. I weigh more than I thought. Geez. I pulled myself onto the next branch, and the next, and the next, until I reached the top. Which was, Annabeth's window. Okay. Two things.

One, my feet hurt so much.

And two, I have to figure out how to get my phone out of my pocket. Because, well, I'm practically sitting on it.

I carefully leaned forward a little bit, then reached in my back pocket. I glanced down at the skunk. It was looking up at me with its black eyes.

"What are you looking at?" I asked. He snickered in response. I sneered at him. I fished out my phone. I found YoYo's contact and called her.

"Percy! What do you want now?" She whined.

"Well. Could you possibly tell Annabeth that I am currently outside her window. In a tree." I said.

"Um, Percy? Why are you in a tree?"

"Well, I'm hiding from the skunk! Obviously!"

"Well, Annabeth is heading to her room, so... Bye!" YoYo hung up. I placed my phone back in my pocket very carefully. I stared through the window to Annabeths room. She had gray walls and black and white furniture in there. A white bed with silver blankets. A white bookshelf. A TV. And, a black bean bag chair with the word read on it. Pretty boring. Just plain...Blah.

The door to her bedroom opened. Annabeth walked in. She was wearing gray skinny jeans and a black shirt with words that I couldn't read. My dislexia was acting up.

She came over to the window and pulled the bottom part upward. She smiled then laughed.

"Well, you really are a seaweed brain." she smirked.

"Oh, shut up and help me get in." I grumbled. She held out her hand and pulled. I tried to push myself from the tree, but, this wasn't working to well..

"Percy! You weigh a ton!" she exclaimed. "Dang!" She pulled harder. It didn't really help.

I pushed off my foot, and then boom. I'm toppling thought he air with Annabeth screaming next to me. I avoided tree branches and Annabeths flailing arms.

We both landed on the ground with an oof. Annabeth moaned.

"You...Are way too heavy for me." She was laying next to me with tree branches in her hair. I looked at myself. I was sprawled on my back. I felt my hair. Nope. Only one leaf.

"Well, I'm sorry that I'm a growing boy.'' I replied. She rolled her eyes. I glanced down and saw that she cut her arm.

"Annabeth. You cut your arm." She glanced down.

"It's fine. It's just a scratch." She didn't look pleased that she cut herself again. I looked at her head. The cut was closing. The cream tape was off and so was the band aid. The cut wasn't as bad as it was the first day she got it.

I stood up and looked around. I saw a flash of black and white.

"There it is!" I yelled. "There is the skunk!" I pointed to the animal staring at us.

Annabeth looked at the skunk, then bursted out laughing. I stared at her. Why is she laughing?

"What are you laughing at?" I asked.

She looked up at me. "Tha-Thats our cat!" She laughed some more, then called, "Whisper! Come here, girl." The 'skunk' came running to us. Annabeth put her arms out. The animal jumped right in there.

"Whisper looks lke a skunk, but, she isn't. She just has the pattern." Annabeth explained while ruffling Whispers fur. I looked at it more closely now. Whisper did have the exact pattern of the skunk, and her fur looked like a skunks fur. But, you could tell that it was a cat. I don't know how I missed that.

"Well...Okay...Thats not wierd at all." I said sarcastically. I started to walk back to Annabeths front dor. I heard Annabeth run up next to me.

"How did you think she was a skunk?" She asked. She was no longer holding Whisper. Instead, she was gripping her bleeding arm.

"Well, he looks exactly like one. You have to admit." I said.

"Well, its a she not a he. And, she does. I told you that."

"Whatever. You know, most people don't survive if they fall from a two-story window. They get seriously injured. or, sometimes even killed."

"Well, the tree. It slowed us down. It hurt, but it was better than directly falling. We both would have gotten hurt if the tree wasn't there."

"I guess. but, wouldn't the tree make it hurt worse? You have branches and leaves in your face. It seems like that would hurt worse."

"No. Because it slowed us down. The branches were like a cushion. Sorta." She sounded a little annoyed.

"But-" I started, but she interuppted me.

"Look. The branches helped! Okay! End of story. Come on. Breakfast is waiting for us." She ran ahead of me.

Wow. I was scared of a cat. A cat.

That's a new low for me.

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I ran ahead of Percy. I don't know what he dosen't understand! The tree branches helped! Its as simple as that! I tried to open the door. It was locked. I knocked. When that didn't work, I went to the window in the dining room. There was Helen, placing plates in front of Bobby and Matthew. I knocked on the window. Helen looked up. I pointed to the direction of the door. Helen nodded. Then, I ran back to the door. Percy was standing there, staring at the door.

"What are you doing?" I asked. He shrugged.

"Waiting." He answered.

"Um...Okay." I walked to the door and stood next to him. Then, the door opened.

"Come in." Helen said. "And, keep him under control. Keep an eye on him." She pointed a manicured finger at Percy. I nodded. She went to the side and ushered us inside. I looked behind me to see if Percy was following me as I walked to the stairs. He was.

I walked to Saige and Pandoras room I knocked on the door and waited for one of them to answer. Saige opened the door.

She looked cute with her light pink dress and her cowboy boots. Her hair was in two fishtail braids.

"Hi. Looks like you rescued Percy. And had an accident with a tree." She smiled and pulled a small branch out of my hair.

"Yeah. We fell." I waved my hand. She raised her eyebrow. "My step mom made breakfast and its ready. So, if you want some, then go grab some."

"Okay. Pandora is getting changed."

"Okay." I started to walk away, then remembered Percy. I turned to him and pushed him to Saige. "Take this thing while your at it."

"Um, Okay...?" She moved out of the way as Percy walked inside.

I went to the bathroom at the end of the hall. I looked in the mirror. My hair has some branches in it. Also leaves. I pulled all of them out carefully. I looked at the cut on my arm when I was done. It was a long, thin line. Around it was dried blood. I turned on the sink and grabbed a was cloth. I made the wash cloth wet, then wiped my arm. Since the cut was open and fresh, I placed a band aid on it. It stung a little from the Neosporne I put on it. I cringed a little bit when I noticed that I ripped the bottom of my shirt.

I sighed and walked out of the bathroom, heading to my room.

I walked over the loft and saw the dining room. Pandora and Percy were joking around. Saige was laughing. You could tell that they've know each other forever, just, moving on knowing that they'll be there for you. I'm guessing that they have more memories and secrets with each other than they did with any of their other friends. I sighed. They can be so happy together. I have always been invisable. Especially around popular people.

I shook my head and kept walking. I opened the door and closed it behind me. I saw that my window was still open. I looked down and saw that Whisper was curled up under the tree, napping. I wish that she could come inside but, she didn't want a cat in the house. I closed my window then grabbed a new owl shirt. I headed down to the dining room and saw a plate on the table waiting for me. Today is Thursday, so, toast day.

When you picture toast day, wipe that image from your mind. Helen makes all kinds of breads and toast. Cinamon toast, peanut butter toast, chocolate bread, even a mint flavored bread. I don't know how she does it but, it is so good.

On my plate there was some cinamon toast. Thats my favorite. And, Helen makes it so good.

"Hey, Annabeth." Pandora and Saige said in unison. I guess its a twin thing.

"Hey. Hows breakfast?" I asked.

"Super!" Percy said with a mouthful of food. He gave a thumbs up. I laughed.

I took a bite of my own toast and as usual, it was glorious.

"Hey, Perc, I doubt that you could catch this" Saige held up a blueberry, "in your mouth." She smirked.

He grinned. "Challenge accepted." Saige smiled and tossed the small blue fruit. Percy barely caught it, but, he did.

"Oh! I got it!" He smirked.

"Let me try." I said. I grabbed a blueberry and tossed it to Percy. He tried to move to catch it but, it didn't work.

"Aw." He stared at the berry that was now on the floor.

"I win." Ismirked. I checked my phone to see what time it was. "Come on, guys. It's time to go."

"I call riding with Percy!" called Pandora.

"No. I wanted to.'" said Saige.

"Race 'ya!" Pandora and Saige sprinted outside.

"Who's gonna get it?" I asked.

Percy shrugged. "Well, Saige is fast because of softball. And, YoYo is probably faster because she ran track."

I nodded then walked away to get my backpack.

Maybe, just maybe...Percy isn't so bad. He just, isn't the best? I don't know. Maybe a friendship will sprout. Maybe...I don't know, I guess that I'll just have to wait and see what happens.

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Authors Note: I am just so happy to finally get this chapter posted. I spent time think the beggining of the Percy and Annabeth friendship.

And, this story will have just over 20 chapters. So, we are like halfway through the story now.

Anyway, Bye!