I'm back back back! So, I'll start the next chapter but I won't write personal diaries of all the friends like 'oMG I can't believe Annabeth did that!" in seven different diaries so I'm assuming that by now everyone knows. I'll just add one or two lines in the starting and then no more cuz I'm tired of all that melodrama... Happy Reading!

"What did you say?" Piper gasped aloud, just as all the others had done when they had heard the news. "What did you say again? Annabeth dating Luke?! "

Hazel nodded sadly. "I can't believe she went out with that jerk either. This is not like her."

"I'll talk to her. I will talk to her." Piper determined. And that she did.

"Piper, please listen. You are my friend aren't you?"

"Yeah, but that-"

"Aren't you?"

Piper nodded hesitantly. Annabeth touched her shoulders. "Then, please understand that I'm doing this for a reason."

"I can't believe any reason would be enough to date him." Piper said with a scowl on her face.

"You don't know that yet. There are many-" Annabeth tried to tell her without revealing too much but was interrupted by Piper.

"Really? Then, tell me the one reason why you want to date him."

"I-I can't, Pipes. I'm sorry. I will tell you once the time is right but not now. Please."

"But-"

"Don't argue, Piper, please. I promise to tell you afterwards. I can't now okay? Please understand." Annabeth was begging now and Piper knew she couldn't resist Annabeth's 'pleases'. So, she agreed.

This whole conversation between the two was made in the hotel's bathroom in low whispers. If Piper didn't know the reason, Annabeth did as it was her plan. Any eavesdropping by Luke or Luke's friend would be seriously dangerous. So, the plan was made, rather to Piper's confusion, to go to the girl's bathroom. Then, Piper would tell the same to the others.

Piper, although very confused, believed in her friend and would do anything for her. She had learned that Annabeth was not foolish and she would not do anything unless it was necessary. So, she followed with her plan.

All of them had made a trip to a nearby museum and most of the people who weren't really interested in the exhibits talked and chatted with their friends. A few people were genuinely interested and drank in all that was said by the guide. Annabeth had tried to sink into all the information and forget about the disturbing happenings that had taken place that morning. They had all come back tired with all their walking and had freshened up and had their lunch. All went to their rooms and to their surprise everyone found a pamphlet just in front of their doors.

"What could it be?" asked Piper, curiously as she, Annabeth and Hazel entered their room. It was a dark purple card with shades of purple and blue, with the writing "Stars in Wings" on it.

"Oh! It's a singing contest!" Piper exclaimed once the realization dawned on her. "I'm going to enter!" She looked up to see two gloomy faces of Hazel and Annabeth.

"We can't enter. We're not good at singing. We won't even get through the first round." Annabeth said with a sigh.

Piper, at once put on a pleading face to convince the others to enter. "Please, please join. I'll sing if you can't. You can be the band! Please say, please, please."The others two girls had to give in. The trio then decided to call the other girls. To this Thalia refused Piper pointblank on the phone. Piper seemed confused as she hung up the phone.

"What's up?" she said. "Thalia has refused to come here to meet us."

Annabeth hung her head. "Yeah, we.. sort of had a fight today." She explained everything that had happened that morning with her and Dylan, who was Thalia's boyfriend.

The other two remained silent as they heard. "Don't you think you were a bit too harsh, Annabeth? I mean, I know Thalia shouldn't have done that, gone out with a boy she just met the night before, but what you said wasn't really... well, rightly put."

Annabeth sighed. "I know, Pipes, I know. But it was all I could do. It isn't like Thalia to do this. I think she was... what I mean, is she might have been a bit confused. So, I tried to tell her and lost my patience a bit." She had just managed in time not to say that 'she was being forced'.

Piper still looked at her, unsurely. "Hmm. It's okay. You'll make it up, I know." She gave Annabeth a warm smile and it was returned. The other girls, Calypso and Reyna, came just then and the five of them looked through the pamphlet thoroughly.

"The contest is on the last day of this trip. The results will be declared that day itself." Hazel noted as the others came into the room.

"Yeah, and we can participate in bands or solos or duos. So, anytime you get tired of us, Pipes, you can ditch us and do it on your own." Annabeth said with a laugh.

"Yeah, as if I'm gonna do that," Piper said, laughing.

"I will enter on my own." Calypso said. "I have got something planned. The exact type of song for me."

The others looked astonished. "You sing? I thought you were, you know..." Reyna stuttered as she struggled to find the right words.

Calypso laughed. "I know. I don't seem the type, do I? But I do sing, and so you will see on that day."

Reyna said, "I'm not going to enter at all. I'd rather be walking outside or do something which is so out of my taste."

"So, one of us must win this competition or it will be considered a great loss for The Sinister Six." Piper said. They all laughed.

"You know, Sinister Six is a bad thing." Reyna said as she laughed.

"Who cares? I care for the name. It sounds so cool. We'll be, like, the Good Sinister Six." Everyone laughed again at the contrasting name. How can sinister be good?

But in Annabeth's mind thought were going on, and they were not very pleasant. We may not even be six, we may just be five. If Thalia doesn't join us. The regret inside her made her stop laughing.

On the other side of the wall (or as we may say walls) the boys were discussing about the same topic.

Nico had said in the first itself, "I'm not joining." And once he made up his mind there was nothing there to change.

Jason and Percy had agreed to enter and make 'smashing music' as they called it. Frank was not quite keen on it. Neither was Leo.

"Man, I know I'm good at everything but I really can't sing. That's one thing I can't do. So, I'm not in." Leo said with a grin. "You guys go and have fun while I'll be chilling out in the audience. Please be a little in tune. I don't want to blow up my ears."

They all laughed and Jason playfully slapped Leo's arm. "No, we're gonna show you exactly how you should 'blow up your ears'. We'll set the speaker on high volume."

"Then you'll set Hedge on a very high volume, too." Frank put in. There was a round of laughter again.

"That's true. Don't go around doing all that, Jason." Percy grinned. "He'll probably execute you on the charges of deafening everyone."

And both parties made plans to decide what they were going to sing on the last day of the trip. Excitement was on the air now and won't leave till the end!

But there was a little sadness, too. In Percy's mind, thought about Annabeth were coming again. He chided himself. If she doesn't care about me more than Luke, why should I care about her more than Rachel? After all, Rachel is my best friend and it is only right that I should be with her.

But as much as he wanted to believe that, he couldn't bring himself to.

Sorry, guys. This was just a filler and I could only manage this much. It was the best I could do. Sorry to disappoint you guys... :( Anyways next chapter is Jasper romance so be ready and the next after that Frazel romance!