Here is the long awaited chapter 11! ( not including the authors note )

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Chapter 11

Annabeth's P.O.V.

God.

Acting to be Percy's 'girlfriend' was harder than it looked. He mentioned once that I was a good actress, but that was because of practice… you know.. from being Luke's girlfriend..

Anyway, I couldn't admit it to myself even… but for a very short period of time, I actually liked Luke. All of those feelings vanished as soon as I recalled my memories for Percy.

I felt myself changing the longer I stayed with Percy, I cared less about my looks and focused more on my studies.

Drew kept on insulting me and telling me that I should stay with the nerds and geeks of the school, but I really didn't care. Silena was acting super weird these days. She kept on staring at me guiltily. She didn't talk to me much either.

Well, I suppose that was better than getting bullied by Drew.

"Aw… come on Annabelle… you don't know that Percy is horrible for you?" Drew sneered, as I was walking down the hallway alone, to go and meet Percy.

"Shut up Drew." I muttered.

Before I go ballistic on you…

Drew murmured something under her breath that rhymed with 'witch' and 'ducking glass mole'

That's it. You've gone too far.

"What did you say?" I growled, turning to face her, her disgustingly shiny hair gleaming in the light, her eyes glinting murderously.

"Oh… just some words that describe you perfectly…"

My hands wrapped into fists, I stormed towards her, ready to start a fight.

"Woah! Annabeth!" I heard a familiar voice call.

I swiveled around to face Percy with a nervous expression, but a glint of admiration glinting in his eyes, as if he was silently cheering me on to take down Drew.

He grabbed my both arms and dragged me away from Drew, who herself was laughing.

"Let me go!" I yelled.

I struggled against his grip, but months of swimming made him much stronger than the little scrawny kid I saw in 7th grade.

He turned me so I faced him.

"What's wrong with you Annabeth? You've… changed…"

"I'm fine." I grumbled. "A bit more violent than usual, but fine."

He rolled his eyes.

"Seriously, Annabeth… you aren't the girly girl anymore.. you're turning back into the crazy smart, dangerous girl I saw before."

Dangerous? The word echoed in my brain.

I laughed, loosening my insides, unknotting my anger.

"When was I ever dangerous?" I asked between laughs.

He had a tiny, cute smile plastered on his face when he said,

"Believe me, your eyes looked like they had angry, dark clouds in them.. and they could strike anyone down with lightning."

I stopped laughing. Someone would have to really pay attention to me to notice that.

"Stalker." I muttered, a hint of humor in my voice.

Percy's face turned into a color roughly the same shade as that of a beetroot.

"N-no! Of course not! C'mon… everyone knew that in 8th grade."

I raised an eyebrow. "Seriously?"

He hesitated, for some reason, and then nodded.

I couldn't help but notice how his eyes shone when he talked about me. If I didn't know better, I would've thought he liked me.
But of course that idea was ridiculous.

I sighed.

"Well then, shall we go to the next class or what?"

3 days later

A few days later, I felt like our plan was working.

Luke wasn't even talking to me, which was good.

I smashed out all of the disappointment as I passed him, completely ignoring him.

Percy reported that Luke was secretly trading some money with Beckendorf, which was strange, because he was supposed to be a good guy.

There was a free period after lunch, so I headed to the library to get ready for the finals in spring. (Percy insisted that it was too early to start studying, but I didn't care.)

Suddenly, the principal's voice blared on the speaker, jolting me out of my book.

"All students report to the auditorium."

I groaned and quickly got up and placed the book back onto its place in one of the many shelves of the giant library, whose walls were painted with cheesy murals and beanbags were scattered on the shaggy blue carpet. The familiarity was so comfortable, I wished I could stay there forever.

I met with Percy and attempted to act like we were a couple by holding his hand. I didn't dare to think about how we never kissed.

In the auditorium, the principal was standing in the center of the stage with a surprisingly happy expression on her face.

"Well, this isn't going to be your average boring assembly.. we are introducing the first annual winter festival!"

As if on cue, a large poster the size of a billboard appeared on the stage, which was hidden by a piece of cloth.

It was decorated tastefully, with snowflakes and glitter and whatnot. In large bold letters, it was written, 'First annual winter festival.' Thankfully it wasn't cheesy.

The principal smiled.

"This event is just like prom! Tickets will be sold for the first thousand students only! This event will take place in two weeks on the same date. We will pass circulars with all the information you need!..."

She drawled on about the event, while I sat there shocked.

Before I knew it, the assembly had ended with a lot of hoots and cheers.

Percy held my hand as we walked out, I noticed the warmth of his hand or the fact I was so close that I could smell the scent of fresh ocean and soap wafting from him.

It was dizzying, being this close to him… but in my head, I knew that it was just an act

Back at home, in my cozy room with a simple bed, a desk in the front of the from and a few dressers, it was a perfect place for me to think about the 'first annual winter festival'

Suddenly, my cell phone started ringing

My bed was comfortable and I was wrapped in a warm red blanket, and I really didn't want to get up.

Nevertheless, I grumbled and got up from my immensely comfortable position and picked up my cell phone

"Yes, who is it?" I made sure that I added an annoyed tone to my voice.

"It's Percy.. and about the winter festival thing…"

I sighed.

"Yes, of course we have to go, it's a pretty major thing, I mean we've never had any event that was similar to prom, the principal said so."

"Yeah I know, so.."

I nearly rolled my eyes.

"Yes seaweed brain, I'll go to the festival thingy with you."

There was silence.

Frustrated, I ended the call and threw my cell phone on the bed.

What was I going to do now?

Sooo... this is the long awaited chapter! I'm not really busy anymore, so I'll update every 3 days or 5 days.. PLEASE REVIEW! :DD

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