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THE FAKES IN GOODE AND

ANNABETH CHASE

SUMMARY: my version of 'Annabeth goes to Goode'. Annabeth goes to Goode because her step-mother got a temporary promotion and decided to tag along so she can be w/Percy. When she got there, she found out that Percy is the hottest most popular guy there. She encounters girls who are drooling for her boyfriend, and the worst is …. THEY. ARE. FAKES!

Chapter 22

ANNABETH'S P.O.V.

I was sitting in a mini sofa with Percy, lying unconscious on the couch beside my seat. There was a first aid kit on the coffee table in front of us and Mr. Garfield was sitting on a little chair next to Percy's couch, patting his head with a wet face towel.

We were back in Macy's house. In the basement to be specific. I could still see the boxes of Mr. Garfield and I could also see the paintings that Macy, Erica and I did.

"You know, Annabeth," Mr. Garfield said. "You're pretty popular in the mortal and immortal world."

I looked at him. "Well, umm.." I said, still figuring out why he decided to choose that topic for a conversation starter. "I guess, Mr. Garfield…" I did know that. Well, it's hard not to notice. How could you not when you walk around the school and always hear someone whispering and pointing at you. Sometimes, there was even a whistle…

"Oh, dear," he said, chuckling quietly. "You can stop calling me 'sir' or 'Mr. Garfield'. You can call me by my name; Timothy. Or for short; Tim."

I nodded, slowly. It's not very comfortable to call an elder by his/her first name. Well, except Chiron.. "Okay…., Tim"

Silence. I'm not sure if it was comfortable silence or an uncomfortable silence. I'm just sure that it was silence.

"I'm sorry," Tim said. My head shot to him. "If I was a bit rude at you when you came here with Macy, the first time." He explained.

"Oh, that's okay, Tim." I said, shrugging it off. He smiled at me before putting the wet towel down.

"I'm going to go get you some water." He said. "That okay with you?" he asked. I nodded."Okay then. Would you mind continue…." He said, gesturing to the towel and Percy.

"Oh, sure." I said.

When he walked out of the basement door, I looked at Percy and sighed, getting the wet cloth and continued to pat his head.. "I'm sorry… agghhh! If I just helped. Maybe this wouldn't happen to you." I said. "Maybe you wouldn't be sleeping and I can see your beautiful eyes?.." I whispered. It was true though. It was true that it was my fault. Well, I guess not all of it, but part of it was my fault. I just had to be that dumb enough to leave my dagger. I should've known that being that it was dangerous being a demigod, anywhere, anytime.

But, I swear, I saw his hand twitch after I said that. But, when I focused on it, it didn't move an inch. I sighed and just decided to continue.

It wasn't long till Mr. Garfield- I mean, Tom- came back with two glasses of water in his hands. When he put the glasses down on the coffee table, I immediately drank one of the glasses of water. I gulped it down, before putting it back on the table and looking at Tom.

"Tom, is this really okay?" I asked. He raised an eyebrow. "I mean, percy and I staying here. Won't they find out?"

"Hmm.. well, I guess they wouldn't go here since its Sunday tomorrow and they're probably going out of town for their father's business or because the lady mistress wants to go shopping." He said, emphasizing the lady mistress. "So yeah, no one probably would see you. You could even stay here for lunch."

I nodded. "You're not going with them?" he shook his head.

"I never go with them." He said. "And even if I wanted to, they wouldn't let me. And I'm guessing you know why?" he said. It was true, I do know why. It was because people like us don't fit in, and mortals think we're what a mortal would call weird; different. We either stand out or looked down on. I nodded in understanding.

"Tim, if I may," I said. "Who's you're godly parent? Are you even a demigod or are you just a clear sighted mortal?" he smiled.

"Why font I tell you my story," he said. "Tomorrow." I frowned. "When the hero is awake and both of you are active, up and ready." Even though, I knew he was right, there was still a frown etched o my face. I really wanted to know… "For now, you should get some rest."

I nodded. "Yeah.."

"Night and hope you don't have any dreams." He said, turning around to walk out of the door with a smile.

Just before he closed the door I said loud enough for him to hear:

"Thank you!" I said. "Thank you for saving Percy!" and then the door closed.

I slept on the couch with a smile on my face, forcing myself to fall into a deep sleep.

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Luckily, I didn't have any dreams that night. I did, however had something different waking up.

I heard someone whispering my name. it was muffled at first, so I didn't know who it was.

"Annabeth.." it said. I grunted and turned around the couch, putting my face against the pillow, that wasn't there before. Whoever 'it' was, chuckled. "Annabeth…" now, I decided it was a 'he', since his voice was deep. "Wake up, Wise Girl." Okay, now, I know who that was..

"Perwwyyy..?" my muffled voice said. He laughed. "Percy.." I said, sleepily.

"Yes," he said. "It's me, Annabeth."

I slowly and sleepily turned to face him. I opened one eye and immediately closed it, due to the blinding light that was coming somewhere, probably the window duh! Wait, I didn't even know there was a window.

"Get up, Annabeth."Percy said. I opened one eye and stayed still, waiting for it to adjust to the new light. When it did, I opened the other and did the same. I looked at him. Percy was sitting on the chair and was wearing the same thing he did yesterday.

I smiled at him. "What if I don't?" he lowered his head so that our face were an inch apart. He then smiled, evilly.

"Then I'll just have to TICKLE YOU!" he said. I shot up. He knew where my weak spot is, so yeah…

"I'm up! I'm up." I said. He laughed, loudly. I raised an eyebrow at him, a bit annoyed. "How do you even have the power to be this gleeful in the morning? Aren't you supposed to be the one who's still sleeping? Does your injury even hurt?" I said, but the just smiled.

"I don't know, Yup, and I don't know" he said, cheerfully. He stood up and looked around the room. "All I know is that, for some reason I woke up early and saw I was in this place. And then I saw the ambrosia on the table," he said, gesturing to the half-ambrosia on a plate on the table. "So I ate it, as you can see. After that, I was up, alive and very active. And then I saw you sleeping and gave you my pillow" So that's where the pillow came from. "And waited until you wake up."

I nodded. "Tim must've found the ambrosia and put it there for you to eat when you wake up, anyway."

"Tim? Who the Hades is Tim?" he asked, frowning. Aww.. he's jealous..

I chuckled. "Tim is Macy's grandfather. Actually, we're in Macy's basement." He blushed. I decided to return to the subject. "Still, you can't be that happy that we got attacked by the minotaur."

"I'm not." He said.

"Well it's as if you don't even know what happened last night." I said, yawning. I looked at him to see him frowning. "Percy, what's wrong?"

"Annabeth, I hea-" before he could finish what he was going to say, Tim walked in the room.

"Oh, you're up." Tim said. "Good."

I looked at him. "Did they go, already?"

"Yes." He said. "They just left 15 minutes ago."

I nodded. I noticed Percy, standing uncomfortably looking at us.

"Oh, Tim!" I said. Tim looked at me with a raised eyebrow. I gestured to Percy.

"Uhm.. Hi, sir." Percy said. "It's a pleasure to meet you." I tried hard not to laugh. This is very new. A polite Percy? I'm sure Thalia and the others would absolutely love to hear about this.

"The pleasure is mine, boy." Tim said, walking up to Percy. "I finally get to meet the hero." He said and put out his hand that Percy gladly shook. "Timothy Garfield at your service. You can call me 'Tim' for short."

"Thank you, Tim, but I must object." Percy said. "As much as I remembered, you were the one who saved me. So therefore, you're my hero. Thank you, by the way."

Tim laughed. "Yes, but you saved-"

"As much as I love to see you guys fight over who's hero, may I just say, I'm starving!" I said, a bit of blush on my cheeks. Percy's stomach grumbled.

"Me too!" he said, raising his hand like a little kid. Tim laughed.

"Well then, I guess it's a good thing that I made breakfast." He said.

"Yes!" Percy whispered/cheered. Though, we heard it loud and clear.

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"Thanks for the delicious breakfast, Tim." I said when I finished my food.

"Mhh Hmm.. ich deweeshush, Chim. Arch youka croug?" Percy said, with his mouth filled with bacon.

"What?" Tim and I asked.

Percy swallowed and repeated. "I said it's delicious and I asked if you're a cook." He looked at Tim. "Are you?"

"Well, I did chose culinary arts for my college course.." he replied.

"Awesome.." Percy said to himself. At that time, I remembered how Tim said that he'd tell us his story.

"Tim, you said you'd tell us your story." I said. He looked at me with wide eyes.

"Oh, of course." He said a bit unsure but he still said. "Thank you for reminding me, Annabeth. I almost forgot."

"Wait, what story?" Percy asked, looking confused, but before anyone could answer his question, Tim already began telling his story.

"I wasn't always able to see through the mist when I was a child." He started. "It all just cleared up one day..

I was walking around the woods- I didn't know why, but I was walking around the woods. I knew I was alone, but I suddenly heard a something. Like a branch broke. I looked around, but I didn't see anything. I heard a growl and I started to get worried. Then I thought I might just be hallucinating, because- well, you know how kids are. So yes, I continued. I was just about to make my second step when I heard a growl and I felt someone push me, causing me to fall to the ground. The next thing I saw was- well, a girl. She was around my age and she was fighting this hideous creature. She was magnificent. When the monster disintegrated, she told me something that I can't remember, smiled and ran away. That's when I started to see through the mist. Eventually, I saw that girl over and over again and we became best friends. We were best friends in our teen years, our mid-adults and I guess you could say we were pretty close. She told me that she was a demigod and she told me everything about the gods and half-bloods and monsters. She even designed this house!" he stopped, smiling. "She also told me how demigods have 90% chance that they could die every second. I didn't think about it that much, until she was taken away from me." I frowned. Poor Timothy.. "I learned that demigods are cursed. They can't live a normal life. That's why I tried to keep Macy and Erica as far away from them as possible. I don't want them to get hurt. That's why I was rude to you when you came here. Again, I'm sorry."

"It's okay." I reassured him. He looked at my eyes with sad ones. Like he was remembering something. I tried a smile, but that only seemed to make it worse.

"And that's my story." He said, standing up and taking our empty plates. Percy looked at me with a questioning gaze and I just shrugged, helplessly.

"Uhh, Tim?" Percy asked. "Is something wrong?" I glared at him. Of course, there is, Seaweed Brain!

"Oh, nothing is wrong, my boy." He replied. "Everything is alright." He whispered.

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Percy and I were sitting in the couch in the living room. We were at the far end of the couch, my head on his shoulder and his arms were around me. We were also dressed differently. Thanks to Percy. I was wearing a comfortable shirt and a Goode High sweat pants, and he was wearing a Goode High Jacket with nothing underneath except a thin white top and a dark blue shorts. Wait, where did he get these clothes.

"Hey, Percy, where'd you get these clothes?" I asked. "All I know is that you went out and came back with these. I mean, yeah maybe you got these from your car, but I didn't see anything when I was there."

Percy laughed. "Or maybe you weren't just looking closer. It was at the back seat. I always put my swimming stuff advanced to-uh- to – 'cause I always forget them, so I just put them in advance..?" he said. I nodded my head, mumbling a laugh.

"I think that's pretty wise of you, Percy." I said, turning around and leaning in. Our lips met and we broke away with a smile. Well, at least, I did. He groaned, making me laugh.

"Oh, haha! Tease all you want, Wise Girl." He said, pouting.

"Aaawwww…." I cooed. I smiled and leaned in again. He smiled and kissed my lips. We broke away, but this time he was also smiling. He raised his hand to tuck a curl behind my ear.

"You know I could stay here forever with you.." he whispered.

"I too." I replied, putting my forehead against his.

"Yeah.. no time. No day. No anything. Just this.." he said. "Do you know I feel that every day when I'm with you." I smiled.

"Me too." I said, hugging him, lovingly. "No time. Just- time?" I asked. Percy looked at me, confused.

"Yeah, no time." He said. "You okay, Wise Girl?"

"Time…" I said, feeling that I'm forgetting something.

"Annabeth…" I ignored him.

"Time?..." then it clicked. "Time!" Percy jumped. "Time! Percy! Time! Oh my gods!"

"Annabeth, what do you-" then he stopped. "Oh my gods…"

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"MR. GARFIELD!" "SIR!" "TIM!" we shouted as we ran around the house finding Tim.

"YES?! What happened?! Is there another monster?!" Tim shouted, running down the stairs with the dagger I saw last time in his hands.

"No." I said. He seemed to relax.

"It's something even worse." Percy said. Tim looked a bit surprise, but he raised his dagger. I glared at Percy. Tim probably thought it was an evil god or something.

"What he meant to say is," I said. "that we need to go home now. As. In. now."

Tim nodded. "Okay. Is there something wrong? Can I help?" we shook our heads.

"No. but thank you, Tim! We just really gotta go. I'll see you soon. BYE!" I said as I quickly ran out the door, taking my jean jacket with me.

I waited at Percy's car, because Percy was still inside doing who knows what. I tapped my foot impatiently. Percy came out a few minutes later.

"What took you so long?" I asked him as he unlocked his car.

"Well, you wouldn't want to leave this, would you?" he asked me, handing out a paper bag which contains our clothes from last night. I blushed, taking it and sitting at the shotgun.

"Thanks." I mumbled.

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"So…" I said, trying to start a conversation with Percy. I could tell he was nervous, because he was gripping the steering weal and his breathing was a bit faster than usual.

"Yeah.." he mumbled.

"Percy, it's alright." I said, putting a hand on his shoulder. He seemed to relax a little.

"No, it's not." He said. "Annabeth, not only I can get in trouble, but also you." I sighed. I knew he was right.

"Maybe Helen would believe us." I tried. "Besides, we have a witness! Tim!"

"Yeah… fine." He said. And then that was the conversation stopper. Silence was the only thing in the car until we reached my house.

"You know, you can just leave." I said as Percy parked the car. "I can tell her myself." I heard Percy sigh.

"Look, this is our problem, okay?" he said. "It's not mine; it's not yours. I'll come with you. I mean, we've battled monsters way scarier than your stepmom." I laughed. "I'm sure we can go through this."

I nodded, smiling. "Okay. So, let's go?" he nodded.

We walked out of the car and to the front door. When we got there, I crossed my fingers behind my back and prayed a silent prayer to Athena. I could tell Percy was doing the same, even though I didn't even glanced at him. I felt his hand slip in to mine and I was sure we could handle this. URRGGHHH! Teenage life.

I sighed, and pressed the doorbell.

DUN DON*

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Yeah, hi. Eerr.. not my best and I admit this was way too cheesy, but this is all I have for now. I apologize for my lack of talent and effort.***** I should also say now, that our periodic exam is coming up in August and we're cramming a little, I would again have a long break from updating. Hopefully, not as long as this, but… eehhh…*******

I also apologize for the mistakes I did in the last chapter. And sorry cuz I won't be editing it cuz I'm too lazy. And if there are any wrong spelling, grammar, things etc., that too.

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