"Annabeeethh!" Came the voice of Piper as Annabeth was walking to her locker. She turned around to see Piper navigating her way through the sea of students. When Piper actually got to her, the feather in her hair had fallen out. "Guess what I just did!?" She asked as they made their way to their lockers together.

"What?" Annabeth asked.

"Guess!"

"No."

"Please?"

Piper pleaded repeatedly until given the Annabeth look.

"Fine." She said at last. "Sooo I saw Jason earlier today, and we went to LMC together so I could return a book. He asked if he could walk with me! asked, Annabeth, asked!" Piper exclaimed. Annabeth raised her eyerows at her.

"Is this what you wanted to tell me? Is this what you lost the feather I got you for?" Annabeth quried. Piper looked sheepish but then suddenly remembered something.

"Nope!" She said. "Anyway as we were walking back, I asked if he had anyone to go to the Pink Out with and he said no. Sooo I sorta asked him if he would go with me,"

"He said no?" Annabeth asked softly.

"Hehe. Nope!"

"Wait, seriously?"

"Mhm!"

"Congrats!" Said Annabeth excitedly. "But Isn't the dance still a month away?"

"Meh" Was all Piper said before she and Annabeth had to seprate down separate hallways to go to their lockers.

Library

As Annabeth browsed for books in her free periods (which were two because of her honor card, and it was on her schedule), wondering what to get. Luke was serving detention in the library as well. Instead of wearing the leather jacket he always did, he wore a white shirt with jeans, and he wasn't wearing those boots. He was wearing sneakers. Odd.

When the detention ened, Luke stuck back. He seemed to be looking for someone in the library. When Annabeth realizedit was her, she ducked under a low shelf and buried her self in a book called "Hot Cocoa Hearts" which Annabeth would never read, so she assumed Lukes eyes were gonna just skip right over her.

Well, she was wrong.

"Annabeth?" Came the whisper of Luke Castellon. "I want to talk"

Behind the School

How Annabeth decided to agree to talk to Luke. She didn't know. But she just lowered her book in defeat and said yes.

"What is it?" Annabeth said tersely. "I only have like 15 minutes to talk, and I need to go to-"

Luke cut her off by hugging her. She was shocked at first, confused on why contact was a thing anymore. When Annbeth didn't hug back, he let go.

"Sorry, I just wanted to do that." He said.

"Its fine, it was just sudden" Annabeth said, "Why?"

"Because I miss you," Luke said. And before Annabeth could tell him that they were through. "Ive changed, I don't smoke anymore! I dont skip classes, or do any of the things I've done!"

"Weren't you just in detention?"

"That was the last one." Luke said.

"I want to be friends with you again! Please?"

"Annabeth thought about it. She really did miss Luke. She still found him attractive. She still wanted to be friends with him. She wanted to remember the chuldhood memorys to come back with a better taste in her mouth, not the sour one she always tastes when she remembers the times they spent together.

"Get an A and I'll think about it." Annabeth said.

"Deal! You know, I've made up with Jason, and those people." Luke said.

"Even Percy?" Annabeth asked.

"We've met." Luke said. "Theres something odd about him,like hes not telling us everything"

Before they could talk more, the bell rang, signaling that school was over.

"Bye Luke, I've got training at work."

Annabeth said, waving at Luke at leaving to find Piper to go to Big House.

Big House

"Hullo people!" Came the cheery voice of Leo. "Welcome to- oh its you guys."

"Aw, Leo, I wanted to hear the way you talk to people you don't know!" Piper said.

"Shut up Piper,"

"You cant say that!"

"Yes I can! Im your trainer!"

"Shut up, you two, you act like siblings, and its annoying." Annabeth said.

Percy came cheerfully in from the back room. A thought struck Annabeth, Percy said he'd be training one of them, and Leos training Piper.

"Hey wise girl! Im training youu." Percy said poking her.

Training

"Why are you so disappointed that theres no blue foods?" Annabeth asked.

"Blue foods are life, Wise girl, life." Percy said. "Keep kneading that dough!" Percy seemed to keep calling her wise girl, which is starting to grow on her. Maybe she shpuld start calling him seaweed brain.

Annabeth kept "kneading that dough." Lukes voice rang in the back of her mind. "I think theres something odd to him.." She looked at Percy, and saw him zoned put, staring at nothing, or really, staring into his mind, thinking.

"May I ask why you like blue food so much?" Annabeth finally asked, wanting to get some answers out of him, so he doesn't seem like a stranger.

Percy sighed. "My mothers husnand-"

"You mean your dad? or step?"

"No." Percy said so sharply and fiercly that Annabeth was sure someone took over Percys body to say that. "Hes not my step father and never will be, he shouldn't even be able to have the title as my moms husband, but moms planning leaving him, she met this really great guy and is just waiting until-" Percy realized that he was rambling and that Annabeth was staring. He blushed.

"Sorry, I've never told anyone anything about my family, they never come to my house, sorry if I was wierd."

"Sometimes its easy to talk to someone you know you can trust." Annabeth said softly. She didn't know exactly what his moms husnad did to his family, but Annabeth didn't like it, it made her angry. "And you can trust me, I promise." Annabeth felt the words spill out of her mouth, she meant it, she wanted to help Percy, let him rant, because Annabeth knows what holding it all it could mean. Only Piper and Thalia know what really happens at the Chase residence.

"Thanks, It means alot to me." Percy said, smiling warmly at her. " But your kneading the dough wrong."

Yo

Dont worry if you think Annabeth becoming friends with luke again will mess up percabeth but NOTHING SHALL MESS UP THOU OTP OTP SHALL HAPPEN.