What up people of fanfiction?

I literally have no excuse for not updating in the past two months except for the fact that I was in Vietnam for a month visiting my family. BUT I have also been working and being a tech for color guard at a high school. Also, I registered for college! Its hard to believe that I am going to be a college student in October!

Thanks for all of the support! I have no words on how appreciated I am by all of the support I am receiving for the story. Even for those people who aren't band geeks, or was never in band, I thank you guys for giving this story a shot and being so open minded about it.

musicaddict135: That's great to hear! I know what it's like to struggle so hard to have the guard and band get along so I congratulate you on the success!

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all times pass: Is your gf alyssremers7? If it isn't I'm so sorry! But if it is then thank goodness that I got it right because I don't want there to be any confusion. Anyway if you like drumming then listen to your gf and go for it! If you can't for field season, there is always winter season. LOL you know you're in band when you know how exactly how it feels to take the field again for a performance huh?

alyssremers7: LOL (I really hope I am right with the response on top) so when I got the review from your boyfriend I was like "Aww that's so cute how he is going to recommend this to his gf and how he calls her cute and ect." However I was not expecting you to review as well and when I saw it I thought sooo coool! I don't know but it was such a surreal experience for me! Anyway I hope you don't mind my weirdness. On the other hand, you go girl for being drum major! Good luck to both you and your bf with this marching season. Cherish it because you don't know how much you will miss performing once its gone :)

Alexandra June: Thank you for the review and I really appreciate it. It took me awhile to find out what was missing and you're right. The thing is, its been two years since I started this story and people change and perception change. I had to take a step back and read the story a few times, juggle with my head and my plans on this story (it was like a rehabilitation for me). But I worked extra special on this chapter for you to read.

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Enjoy!

Percy's POV

Everybody was in high spirits and excited as the Goode Marching Demigods finished another competition, earning yet another first place trophy. I, on the other hand, was nowhere near excited as the rest of the band was tonight.

Now, I was proud of the win but I had to admit I was bitter. Why? Because Annabeth and I hadn't kissed again for the performance! And my drum line got second in the percussion category. When we were called for second place, I hadn't wanted to step up to receive the trophy but Thalia had accidently stepped on my foot and ordered me to walk up. She was just lucky that she was my leader. Mr. D didn't say anything about there being any kiss either, in fact he was quite amused.

The line knew I wasn't in the mood but they still couldn't help but cheer with everyone else.

I walked back to the trailer whereas everyone lagged back, celebrating. But apparently I was beaten to it when I saw all of the leaders there with their instruments ready.

"Great Percy's here, now we can officially start," Grover piped up. He was smiling and it wasn't that half-assed one. He was seriously smiling like a kid on Christmas.

"Does everyone know their parts?" We all nodded.

"Ok, let's go." Immediately a nervous frown replaced his smile. For knowing Grover for so long, it's awkward seeing him sad because he was always a genuinely positive guy.

"Hey, you can do this man," I encouraged him.

"Thanks."

Right on cue we could see the sea of red and gold t-shirts coming towards the buses. I began tapping on the snare to set the tempo and when Annabeth stood in the front of the crowd, dragging Juniper with her, Grover began to conduct.

The song "Hey Baby" filled the parking lot as the band crowded around us with Juniper in the middle and Grover playing the trumpet.

The song was a classic pep song and instantly everyone began singing when it was time to sing.

Hey hey baby

I wanna know

If you'll be my girl?

This seemed to be like the perfect ending to the day: a homecoming proposal to the "it" couple in the band. And the cherry on top was Juniper saying "YES!"

Literally with an exclamation mark-she had squealed at the top of her lungs.

Roars and cheers exploded in the parking lot, even some from the other band bystanders witnessing the homecoming proposal. I was also sure that Aphrodite was recording the entire thing for the internet to see.

In the middle of everything, I caught a glimpse of Annabeth and noticed she was looking around.

"Looking for somebody?" I smirked.

She chuckled, "Why, yes. In fact, I was looking for you." Did I detect flirtation in her tone? Points for Percy!

"Well, you've found me, now what can I do to repay stealing the attention of the all mighty color guard captain who got first place again tonight?" Yeah, I couldn't help but bitterly remember the results. "Let's also not forget that you owe me a kiss." And the lack of a kiss earlier.

"Wow, do I hear jealousy in your voice?"

You have no idea sweetheart.

"No, no why should I be jealous? We still got first place."

"Riiiight, okay. I still want to say congratulations for tonight." All of a sudden she was in my arms and my arms were around her waist and we were hugging. We were hugging again. She smelled like hairspray and sweat but I was sure I smelled worse than just sweat.

"Whoa, do we have another homecoming proposal coming up?"

Annabeth pushed herself out of my arms. Half of the band was already in the buses but that didn't stop them from starting to sing "Hey Baby" again.

"No no guys, we were just hugging."

"Aw."

Annabeth laughed, "It's fine Seaweed Brain. Let them have their fun." She smiled.

"Okay."

In the halls, the only things you could hear were about homecoming.

"Who is your date?"

"What color is your dress?"

"Who do you think will win king and queen?"

My only escape was band fourth period.

"Hey, Annabeth, are you going to Homecoming?"

What the hell, here, too? I had only walked past the door and those were the first words I heard.

"I don't know yet, I haven't been asked."

That quickly got my attention. I didn't see them anywhere so my guess was that they were in the office and I was listening all of this through the vent.

"Oh, I'm sure you'll be asked. I mean, we were all excited when we saw you and Percy hugging on Saturday and the entire guard was hoping he asked you!"

"Whoa, calm yourself, Juniper. And no he didn't ask me, nor will he ever."

That caught my interest.

"Oh, please. The tension between you two can be seen a mile away! He would be crazy and stupid to not ask you."

"He's a Seaweed Brain, so you're right about the stupid part."

I was not a seaweed brain; she was too much of a Wise Girl.

Juniper giggled, "How about Luke? Didn't he ask you out one time?"

I growled.

"Yeah, that is never going to happen between him and me."

Hmm, this was quite a development. Maybe I could use this for my advantage. Now, while I was standing here, did I ever consider that I was eavesdropping on them? Nope. Never.

I kept on walking into the room and smirked when I noticed Annabeth and Juniper coming out of the office just like I had guessed.

The entire band rustled inside to hear news about the last competition. I, for one, didn't want to hear anything more about this weekend and Mr. D knew that but that hadn't stopped him.

Amidst in Mr. D's speech, I averted my attention to Annabeth because I refused to listen to our second place finish.

Annabeth had her hair extremely curly, curlier than usual, as if she had woken up and hadn't bothered to comb her hair. I like it that way, it's the real her. The stubborn, bossy, genius her.

I wonder what it would look like if her hair was up, complemented with makeup—not the crazy makeup she wears in the show but subtle makeup where it doesn't turn the attention away from her natural beauty.

"Percy. Percy?"

"What?" I turned to the sound of the voice calling me; it didn't look pretty. Mr.D had on his "disappointed but I'm too lazy to turn you into kelp" look.

"Pay attention."

"Yes, sir." I heard chuckles behind me.

"Now, here is the schedule for this month. We have our homecoming game on Friday—" Somebody cheered in the band, interrupting Mr. D. "Followed by our next competition that next day."

The day after the homecoming game, it sounded like an important day...

"What? But Mr. D, that's the Homecoming Dance!"

"That day is the dance!"

"This isn't fair."

Right. It was the day of the damn dance.

All of the upperclassman were standing up and bombarding Mr. D with questions and complaints.

"All right, be quiet! It is just another dance and this competition is important. Look, Peter doesn't care about the dance; he is sitting down, far away from me!" Mr. D shouted as he pointed at me while trying to push everyone away. What? Did he really had to point me out? I grunted.

"That's because it's Percy, he doesn't care about anything except his drum line!" Thalia shouted. Now I couldn't complain because it was true.

"Yeah and this is our last Homecoming Dance!"

"I don't care. We are going to the competition and that is final."

"But—" Annabeth pried, but to no use as Mr. D sent her a deathly glare.

"Now since I am getting claustrophobic, I believe that I will cancel rehearsal today to cleanse myself from you kids and to give you a day to remember what it is like to be a champion at every competition." With that last comment, he left. Mr. D sure knew how make a scene.

"Did he just say that we have the day off? For like the first time since forever?" Everybody looked to Thalia, completely mind-boggled.

"Apparently so."

This day was turning out better than I had thought—the next competition was on the day of the dance and that meant I actually had an excuse to not go. The best part was that if anybody asked me why I wasn't going, I could say that I was working for another first place trophy. I could also escape the constant rumors of me going to the dance with Rachel, no thanks to her fricken set up. I could remember the look on Annabeth's face when I had turned around. It struck my heart to see her like that, which was insanely weird coming from me.

"Hey, Perce, where are you going?" It was after school and I was preparing to head to my locker to collect my stuff. I turned to see Grover walking by me.

"Just to my locker, then heading home since there's nothing to do after school."

"Not exactly," Grover smiled, "The whole band is hanging out to just chill."

"And my idea of chilling out is to go home, G-man."

"Oh come on, the entire band is coming, even the colorguard and Annabeth," Grover cocked an eyebrow as he smirked at me, as if he knew my weakness. And he did.

"I guess," I muttered.

"Yeah! there's the Percy I know." He slapped me on the back and headed to the room.

It was hilarious, all you could see was the mob of band geeks outside the room. Hell, you couldn't even see the entrance to the room.

Now if this had been more than a month ago, I would have immediately headed to my drum line, but then I saw Annabeth.

Thalia stood on top of a table to yell for everybody's attention. "Okay, I know everybody is ticked off about the homecoming dance." A person booed from the back and we all laughed. "Mr. D is right. We have to go to that competition, every competition, in order to beat the Romans. But, in other news, there's technically no plan for today. We are all just relaxing, hanging out, playing games, and such. You guys can leave at anytime to go eat, but three rules: talk to your leaders before leaving, do not do anything illegal," she glared at the Stolls, "and no ruining property. The school doesn't close until 6, so we have until then."

The band cheered and disbursed to their own groups. These were some of the moments that I loved the most about marching band—we were all one cohesive unit, even if sometimes we broke off into little sections.

I saw the drum line calling me to go to them, but I wasn't in the mood to mess around or do any pranks with the twins. Instead I nodded and headed towards the one place that I could steer clear from any drama.

Usually, I expected the roof of the building to be empty, but apparently I wasn't the only one who wanted to escape.

"Hey, I found this place first," I teased.

Annabeth turned around, looking preoccupied. I expected for her to be a bit startled but she was too "wise" for me.

"Yeah, well I was here first." I walked up to where she sat near the edge; you could see below the band being their weird selves, though we weren't close enough to be in danger of falling.

"This is nice."

"Yeah... it is."

"What's on your mind?" I asked suspiciously.

She turned towards me, her eyes not really looking at me, but something in the distance. At that moment I realized that I would do anything to know what she was thinking—about life, school, band, and me.

"What makes you think I am thinking something," she retorted lamely, though she smirked.

"Because you're Wise Girl, something is always on your mind."

Below, a scream came out of nowhere. It was Katie; it seemed like she became another victim of Travis's pranks. She had spots of blue paint all over her while Travis held a balloon behind her, which I assumed was filled with paint.

"I'm thinking that I'm glad I'm not down there. I'm sure Travis would've done something to me by now."

"You're right about that," I chuckled.
"Gee, thanks," she grumbled as she shoved my shoulder.

"Hey, incase you forgot, we are on a roof." She laughed.

The sunset laid on her face, softly illuminating her beauty. Now I know why it's been crazy for the past few weeks. Why I couldn't get enough of her. Why I was so confused when I was mad when she wouldn't kiss me at performances anymore. Why I accidentally asked her out to dinner, blurting it out of nowhere. Why no matter what I do, all I could ever do was focus on her. Why, when I had wanted to head home today, the second I had heard she was going to be here I immediately changed my mind for her. More importantly why Rachel, as much of an impact she had had on my life, was now a distant memory, the past. Right now I was currently staring at my present (and hopefully my future).

Wow, I was really a Seaweed Brain, because it had taken me this long to realize that I have fallen for Annabeth.

I am just going to say it here that I fricken love this chapter so much! It feels like I have bounced back from my rut and am now can't stop writing. And I love my beta so much! Thanks so much Elaine!

Also does every bando here knows the stand/pep song Hey Baby? How is everybody's marching season going?

Who feels upset that they are going to miss their Homecoming? And who went to theirs? Because I never went to mine because I usually had a game the night before or a competition on the day of. LOL my first and last dance of high school was prom.

I do plan on updating more often as much as I can. As I said I am starting college and while managing time to go to rehearsals for the high school I am working at.

Who saw the DCI finals? Go BLUE DEVILS! And lets not forget the Blue Coats and the Cadets. Congrats to all three of them!

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I have already started the next chapter so see you guys soon!