Disclaimer: I am most definitely not Rick Riordan. If I was, I would have written House of Hades ages ago

Percy's POV

After I got over the initial shock of seeing Annabeth, I kissed her in public. For a long time. I mean, I haven't seen my girlfriend in 6 months! Suddenly, Nicole pushed her way to the front, yelling "Excuse me? Exactly WHAT are you doing with my boyfriend? Who are you? And why is Jodie with you?"

"I'm Percy's girlfriend. See his arm around me?" Annabeth replied quickly.

"Uh, no. I'm his girlfriend." Nicole said.

I turned around and sighed. "Nicole! How many times do I have to tell you? I AM NOT YOUR BOYFRIEND! Never was, never will be." Annabeth seemed to relax a bit at that comment.

Nicole gasped and winked suggestively. "You know my name? I knew it! You always had a crush on me! Why don't you dump that stupid dumb blonde and come with me?"

I could feel Annabeth tense beneath me. She hated being called a dumb blonde. I gently squeezed her shoulder, silently telling her to let me handle this. I turned to Nicole and smiled at her. "Why don't you go away and leave us alone? You're getting on my last nerve."

Nicole darkened her eyes and snapped, "Jodie, hurry up. Meet me in the bathroom." The dark-eyed brunette standing at Annabeth's locker spun on her heel and hurried off. She must be Jodie, whoever that is. Nicole then smiled. "Why don't you prove that you're his girlfriend?"

Annabeth merely grabbed me by my neck and kissed me hard. Even if I was taken by surprise, I kissed her back. After a good 3 minutes of kissing, the crowd dispersed, people still chatting about Annabeth and I. Some girls were sobbing. Nicole left after 1 minute. We were still going at it.

"Percy? Care to introduce your chick to us?" I heard the familiar voices of my friends in Goode chorus. At that, Annabeth and I broke apart, still holding hands, blushing like mad. I saw Britney Salas, a redhead with blue eyes and her arm wrapped around her boyfriend Alex Tasq, my swim teammate. Ian has blond hair and brown eyes. Both are short, with cheery personalities. Next to them, my other friends Jane McNan, black hair and black eyes, hand in hand with her boyfriend Jason McQueen, a brown haired boy with playful green eyes. Jane is always, always, happy, Jason is loud and braggy, but not to the breaking point. Next, June Collinss and Brendan Law. They're not dating, but it's so obvious that they like each other. Even I can see it. June has black hair and dark brown eyes; and her personality is most like Annabeth's compared to the rest of the group. Brendan is quirky and has dark brown hair and black eyes. Last but not least, Kali Candors. A blonde with brown eyes, nice and shy. After I introduced Annabeth to my friends, I helped Annabeth unpack her things into her locker. Just as she put in the last book, the morning bell rang, signaling the beginning of a usually boring and dreary class. Math. Luckily, Annabeth had most classes with me save Science and Electives. She had Architecture and Art, I had Marine Biology and extra Swimming. She dragged me to Math, saying she didn't want to be late to her first lesson. I wasn't as eager to get there, but since Annabeth would be there, I was grinning all the way there.