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Love the Babysitter

She didn't tell anyone. She didn't tell her friends about Connor having a crush on her, Percy and Connor watching her, or the conversation of the three boys about Travis and Katie.

And she felt terrible. She felt like she was keeping secrets, that she was lying to them. A voice in her head whispered 'Liar, what happened about the pact? Tell everyone everything'. And it was driving her crazy. She was a very bad friend. Or, at least, that's what she felt.

"And he's so hot," Silena told Piper, and supposedly to Annabeth, but she wasn't really in the conversation that was going on between the two.

"I guess he is," Piper sighed.

"What do you think, Annabeth?" Silena asked the blonde, but she didn't answer, so Silena snapped her fingers in front of her gray eyes, getting her crazy mind back to the conversation.

"Huh? Yeah, yeah. What you said." Annabeth said distractedly.

Silena sighed in exasperation, "Were you even listening?"

"Yeah,"

"So what were we talking about?" Piper asked, a grin on her face, knowing that Annabeth didn't the slightest idea.

Annabeth glared at her "You were talking about the latest collection of Gucci handbags." she said, trying to sound as serious as possible.

Silena rolled her eyes "No, we were talking about Charlie."

Annabeth frowned "Charlie? Who's Charlie?" she asked, totally confused.

Silena rolled her eyes again "Charlie is Beckendorf, you know, the new employee."

Realization crossed Annabeth's face "Oh, him." Just then, Piper looked at her watch and grabbed Silena's arm.

"Lena, we gotta go, come on," Silena nodded and the two walked away down the hall, leaving Annabeth alone at her locker.

Annabeth sighed, turned around and opened her locker. She took out some books from her backpack and put them there, before looking at the photographs she had there.

One was her, Thalia and Piper in a sleepover. All three were smiling. Thalia was on the left, she was in the middle and Piper on the right. Annabeth had her arms around the shoulders of her friends. They loved that photo. Another was of her, her father and mother, when she was four years old, before her mother left and went to go to live in Greece. Another was of her and her mother when she was a baby.

Annabeth felt her eyes warm up and itch, a lump forming in her throat. She blinked rapidly to stop her tears. Fortunately that worked, and she closed her locker before other memories came to her.

"You okay?" a deep voice said, causing her to jump with surprise and shock. She looked to her right and found the sea-green eyes that always made her lost, watching her. Percy was on his side, his right shoulder leaning against lockers and his hands in the pockets of his jeans.

Annabeth groaned mentally. A lot of girls were watching, and it was a lot of work for Annabeth ignores them. She felt the piercing eyes behind, ahead and on the sides. Maybe those girls had nothing better to do? She thought.

"I'm fine," she finally said. Percy frowned, he looked really worried. Maybe he was?

"Okay, if you say so." he said. Percy pulled out his cell phone from his pocket, pressed something and handed it to Annabeth to read it "Read it, it's from my mom."

Annabeth looked at him with a frown, but then grabbed the phone and tried to read. She heard the girls whispering and looking at her up and down with a critical eye and disgust, as if she was a tramp talking to a superstar. Annabeth took a sneaky look at her clothes. A white shirt that says 'Music Makes Me High', a small and thin pink jacket, gray jeans and pink converse. Her hair was in a messy ponytail and she wore no makeup. Her clothing was cheap and simple, while most of the other girls had expensive clothes and tight shorts. And the dyslexia wasn't helping, either. Her vision took a few moments to focus so she can read. It was a text message from Sally.

'Percy, today (and for the rest of the year) I will go to work earlier (but leave later) so ask Annabeth if she can go home with you after school. And be a gentleman and bring her in your car. Love you honey!'

Annabeth smiled at the last part of the message and returned the phone to Percy "Alright," she said "I can do that."

Percy smiled "Great, I'll see you in the parking lot after," The two stared at each others eyes, lost. Until Jason and Thalia came walking downs the hallway and Jason grabbed Percy's arm and dragged him away.

"Let's go Jackson, we'll be late." Jason said, giving a small nod to Annabeth in greeting. She nodded the same way in return.

Thalia leaned in the same position in which Percy was and smiled playfully to Annabeth. Annabeth just raised her eyebrows waiting for Thalia to talk. Annabeth felt how all the girls stop looking at her, now just focusing on Jason and Percy.

Those girls didn't look like that at Thalia when she was with Jason, because all knew they were siblings, although many didn't know why the two were the same age. Annabeth knew why. It was because their father, Zeus Grace, had been with two women at once, leaving both pregnant. Thalia's mother was a commercial actress, who after learning of the deceit of her lover had started taking drugs and drinking. Four years ago she died, and Thalia went to live with her father until she and Jason were old enough to live alone on their own. Jason's mother, Juno Grace, was alive. They didn't have the best relationship. And neither had Zeus with his two children. Now Zeus and Hera lived in Greece, and Jason and Thalia in an expensive apartment in New York. Your typical lovely family.

"What? Why you looking at me like that?" Annabeth asked, because Thalia looked at her maliciously, as if thinking the best way to annoy her.

"What were you two talking about?" Annabeth rolled her eyes, knowing where this was going.

"We were just talking Thalia, and now if you'll excuse me, I must go to class." She said and turned around, but Thalia grabbed her shoulder, stopping her.

"Seriously? I saw you getting very... affectionate," Thalia said mockingly. Annabeth, without turning, said:

"Please, let me go to class," Annabeth felt Thalia's hand come off her shoulder, although she knew that her friend was still smiling and that this wasn't the end of the conversation.

"See you later, Annie." Thalia yelled from behind.

Annabeth smirked, something she never did when she was named Annie "Sure, bye Pinecone Face!" she yelled back. 'Annabeth 1, Thalia 0,' she thought.

-.-.-.-.-

Annabeth came out of the Goode rear doors and entered the parking lot. She felt a little nervous, because everyone was there, which meant that everyone was going to see her entering on the car of Percy Jackson. And what better to do to make people hate you that be in the car of the 'hottest guy in all of New York'? Yes, Annabeth had such luck.

She walked between cars and students crowded together, looking for Percy. And then she saw him. He, leaning on his car and looking around, in all his glory, obvious from, the girls whispering and looking at him, was listening to music with headphones in his ears, nodding to the beat of the song.

She bit her lip nervously and walked towards him. When Percy saw her, he smiled and took off his headphones and put them in his blue backpack.

"Hey, ready to go?" he asked.

Annabeth smiled "Yeah, let's go." she heard a 'What is she doing talking to him?' of one of the girls 'whispering'. It seems that everyone was staring at them, she thought sadly.

"Alright, then." Percy said. He opened the passenger door and motioned for Annabeth to enter. She, a little surprised by his actions, entered the car very carefully, as if this were a dangerous territorial, a place where she definitely should not be.

"Come on Annabeth, the car doesn't bite." Percy joked, after get on and turn on the engine "And I'm not a bad driver,"

"I hope so," Annabeth muttered, digging her nails into her seat. Percy chuckled and started to leave the parking lot, his eyes fixed on the road, but he managed to look casual.

Annabeth looked out the car window just as Rachel Elizabeth Dare looked at her. Her face made Annabeth almost laugh. Her eyes showed anger and jealousy, while her mouth was opened in an 'o'. Annabeth smiled and made with her mouth 'Bye!' which made Rachel angrier.

Percy finally hit the streets "So, what would you like to eat?" he asked.

Annabeth shrugged "I don't know, and don't ask me, I have no right to comment on that."

"Oh, please." Percy rolled his eyes "Don't come with any of that. If I ask, is because I want an answer. So, what do you would like to eat?" he asked again.

"So, if I say I want to eat broccoli and asparagus, you eat it?"

"No, I would throw you out of my car," Percy joked, and Annabeth and he laughed.

-.-.-.-.-

Burgers.

They ended up buying burgers.

After buying them, they picked Polly up from her school, who sang One Direction all the way home. When they arrived, Sally opened the door. She wore carelessly her work uniform and a ponytail.

"I'm so sorry you have to come so early Annabeth, is that it was a change of schedule. I couldn't warn you before, I had no time. And I left Tyson's food prepared, so just feed him." Sally said, then turned to Percy "And no fries to the baby. Annabeth take care of them, and keep an eye on him too," she pointed Percy with her head.

"Hey!" Percy protested, somewhat indignant "I can take care of myself,"

Sally, Annabeth and Polly laughed, while Percy crossed his arms over his chest.

'How cute,' Annabeth thought.

A/N= 1.772 words and 9 pages. Better than the last one, uh?

Well, thanks everyone for reading, and I hope you did enjoy this chapter! Next one will have a lot of Percabeth too!

See you in the next,

HappyOwl