There are a lot of different povs in this chapter!!

Lacy's pov

I have been hopelessly in love with my friend for almost a year and a half. His name is Perseus 'Percy' Jackson. He's tall, tan, and has raven hair that always looked windswept. If you think he's gorgeous now, wait until I tell you about his eyes. They're deep green, swirling with different tones. It's like you poured a thousand different colors of paint into one giant bucket and slowly mixed, and it's the most gorgeous thing you could ever see. He's nice to everyone he meets, too. Even some of the little nerdy kids who get picked on. He sticks up for them all.

Okay, enough about his looks. Let's talk about our relationship, or the lack of it. We're both in this group of people so it's highly unlikely that he would be closest to me. Although, I don't think he's truly bonded with any of us from school. I mean, sure, he goes places with us and does stuff with us, but he doesn't tell us things. It's like we're just substitutes for spots that have already been filled. Does that make any sense? Anyways, I was standing outside his locker this morning, with our other friends. It's been three months since school started, and I swear he's been getting later and later everyday. He comes in looking a little dejected, and I wanna be the one to make him better. Maybe then he'll ask me out. Pretty much everyone knows I like him, except him. So Mack a girl, I know, weird, right, a guy named Jack, a guy named Pete and I were waiting together, talking about random stuff. Percy came stumbling in, looking worse than ever. He walked over to us, half-asleep. "God, Percy, you look awful!" I said.

"What? Oh, this is nothing. I just woke up late and my mom shoved me out the door," he responded. "What's wrong Perce? You've been really down lately. Did something happen?" Mack asked. She was usually the one to ask him personal questions because when I tried I blushed red as a tomato. "I have nightmar-I mean, uh, insomnia all the time. It's because I miss my girlfriend," he muttered that last part, as if to keep us from hearing it. And I knew why. Immediately Pete started ragging on him for having an imaginary girlfriend. Now before you start yelling at me for trying to win over a guy who has a girlfriend, let me explain. We don't think she exists. Percy uses that as an excuse for girls who try and date him, so I think she's a 'fictional character'. At least, that's what I tell myself.

Percy was now attempting to defend himself from all the snide comments about his girlfriend, "Guys! She really exists, I swear. Here, I even have a picture. He dug around in his bag for a second snatched out a shiny photograph. It was of him with a girl on his back. They were both laughing and beckoning for whoever was taking the picture to go join them. They appeared to be standing in a strawberry field and they had matching orange shirts on. Now for the girl: She was gorgeous. She had long blonde curly hair that was blowing messily in the wind. She was tan and skinny, but that wasn't what made her so pretty. It was the fact that she didn't try to be pretty. She had on no makeup and no nail polish, and she was barefoot, probably the reason for being on Percy's back. She looked confident, and like she was the happiest person in the world. Meanwhile, Percy had been staring at the picture with a melancholy smile. I swore I heard him mutter something under his breath, like, 'those were the days' or something. Now, the bell rang, signaling a ten minute period where we were supposed to be in homeroom, but we never went so we stayed in the hall. Percy shoved his bag in his already messy locker, and turned back around. I still had not let go of the picture, because I had moved on to studying his eyes in the photo. They looked so bright and lively, a complete change from the boy in front of me. John, Mack and Pete were looking over my shoulder to see the picture as well. All of us were silent, like we couldn't believe it. Then Jack stated the obvious.

"Uh, dude, it's totally photoshopped."

Percy just sighed, and reach for the photo when suddenly he stiffened.

"Do you guys smell that?" He said suddenly, whirling around, looking for the source of the scent.

"Uh, Perce, I think you're losing it. You definitely need some more sleep," Mack said.

"No, no, no. I definitely smell it. Bu....but it can't be!" Percy explained.

"Percy, I really don't smell anything. What does it smell like?" I asked him, desperate to help.

"Lemons. It smells like lemon shampoo and fresh strawberries. And there's only one girl I know that smells like that," He said slowly. Then, raising his voice so that it carried down the hall, "Wise Girl! Is that you?"

I heard a girl laughing quietly, stifling her giggles. He grinned and started walking towards the noise.

"Are you wearing your hat? Because that's so totally not fair. I still haven't forgotten the time you spied on me in seventh grade!" Percy said loudly, while feeling around with his arms stretched out in front of him, as if he was blind. Suddenly, there was a girl running towards him as fast as she could. Percy smiled and laughed. He caught her and hugged her, spinning her in a circle. Then he set her down and kissed her. Yeah, that's right, kissed her. He hugged her and dragged her towards us, muttering things to her. They were both beaming. I looked at the girl, and then at the picture in my hands. Back to the girl, then the picture. Girl, picture, girl, picture. I felt like a bobblehead. It was her. It was really her. She existed! She made her way over to us with Percy's arm around her waist, and he looked alive. Suddenly, I knew what I would have to do. It was time to break out my evil teenage girl skills. But first I needed to talk to the popular girls, because they had done this dozens of times. Plan "Break-Up-Percy-and-the-Blondie" is about to commence.

Mack's pov

Hey. My name is Mack. I'm going to assume that Lacy introduced me in the first part so you probably already know my name. Anyway back to the story-

We were standing there, kind of in shock. Percy looked happier than I had ever seen him before. He had his arm around the girl's waist, and she was smiling ear to ear. Then I glanced at Lacy, worried she might do something she might regret. But instead of tears on her face, she had an evil look. That..my friends...is not good, I could tell this was going to end poorly. Personally, I think Percy's a cool dude. He's super nice and all, but not really boyfriend material. Lacy just couldn't see it though. She's always so caught up in Percy's eyes, and Percy's hair and Percy's smile...yada yada yada. Personally, I think girls should be independent. They should not fall all over a guy and wait for him to want her. But apparently Lacy wasn't getting the message, and everyone knows how dangerous a heart-broken teen girl can be. So I decided I would be keeping a SUPER SUPER close eye on her from now on. I was ripped out of my thoughts when Percy began to speak. Only I couldn't understand a word of what he was saying! Then it hit me, he was talking in another language. And he was talking at break-neck speed, directing it at the blonde chick. He seemed to be asking her a question and she responded in the same language. What the heck is going on here?! The girl, let's call her Blondie for now, gestured to us and said something with her hands on her hips, kind of like she was proving a point. Percy put his hands up in an "I surrender" position and gave Blondie his signature lopsided grin. She smiled, said something, and laughed. His eyes twinkled and he said something else, pulling her towards him. She said the same thing back, and they kissed quickly before turning back to us. By this point my jaw had practically hit the ground. Lacy looked to be on the verge of a hysterical meltdown and John and Pete looked shocked, but they were probably still trying to comprehend how she could be real. Blondie had her fingers intertwined with Percy's but she was staring at us with a look on her face like she couldn't decide whether or not to trust us. Percy cleared his throat and said, "Well, guys, this is my girlfriend. Her name is Annabeth."

No one said a word as we stared at her, waiting for her to say hello. Percy nudged her gently on the shoulder. She shot a glare in his direction. "Annabeth!" He said to her as if he was reprimanding her.

"What?" She grouched, "I don't know if I can trust them! You can't expect me to be best friends with them right away."

Percy sighed and said, "Annabeth, I know that we can't always trust people. But you trust me right?"

She nodded, so he continued, "Okay, so if I trust them and you trust me then you trust them by default."

She turned to face him and said, "Your logic makes no sense, at all. My mom would be extremely disappointed. But, I love you, so I suppose I'll just have to be nice." She smiled at him and you could see how pretty she really was.

He said, "Ha! I win!" She just stuck her tongue out at him, and then turned to look at me.

"Hi, my name is Annabeth," she said, "I am Percy's girlfriend. Who are you guys?"

We all went around introducing ourselves. When John said hi, I'm pretty sure he tried to flirt with her, but Percy glared at him and he backed off. Lacy was the last to go.

"Hi," she said in a strained voice, "I'm Lacy. One of Percy's friends. It's nice to meet you."

Annabeth nodded and smiled at me.

"You remind a little of one of my friends, Piper. She has the same spunk, you know," Annabeth told me. I think it was a compliment.

"Thanks," I said, "Um, I've never really met someone like you before, but I hope we can be friends."

"Oh, I'm sure we're all gonna be friends. I'm usually pretty easy-going, after a little while." She turned to look up at Percy as she said this. I assumed it was an inside joke. He laughed a little and then realization dawned on his face.

"Oh my gods, my mom is gonna kill me! If she finds out that I talked to you for even 1 second and I haven't called her yet, she'll flip!" Percy said seriously.

Annabeth laughed out loud and said, "Okay, I know your mom loves me but..."

"Oh, you don't know the half of it. All day it's 'Where's Annabeth?' 'I never see Annabeth anymore, and we were so close while you were gone...' Blah blah blah. I swear, she talks about you almost more than I do. I'm pretty sure by this point Paul could tell us your entire life story."

Annabeth smirked and slapped him on the arm.

Percy gave her a puppy dog face and practically begged, "At least come over and visit right now! You're not even enrolled yet, so you're not the one who'll be skipping. Come on Wise Girl, please, please, please, pretty please with a blue cookie on top!"

She relented, "All right, all right. But only because I miss Sally, you have nothing to do with it."

He wiped a fake tear away, but smiled all the same. As soon as they finished, the bell rang. Wow, talk about perfect timing! Percy glanced at Annabeth and their eyes connected. They appeared to be having a conversation with only their eyes, and it was irritating because I didn't know what they were saying! They looked at the rest of us, said bye, and ran right out of the school. Now, where they went, I couldn't tell you.

Annabeth's pov

When I first got there, I was trying to hide. I was really close to Percy with my Yankees cap. But he just had to smell me, didn't he? I know that it sounds romantic but it kind of irritated me because now I couldn't sneak up on him. And then I started to think that it was funny, so when he called out to me I couldn't suppress a giggle. I sprinted behind an open locker door so that it wouldn't seem like I came out of nowhere once I took my hat off.

-------------TIME LAPSE--------------

Percy dragged me out of school and over to his car. He had a beat-up blue pickup, and I loved it. It was awesome! He had gotten it as an 17th birthday 'thanks for saving the world again I owe you big-time' present from Poseidon. Percy started the car and we drove in the direction of his apartment. We listened to the radio and one of my favorite songs came on: Brave by Sara Bareilles. I started singing and Percy was laughing at how intentionally bad it was. He joined in and I burst out laughing too. We were so loud I'm pretty sure even Hades could hear us. We pulled into the parking lot and raced to the lobby. I won, by the way. I jumped on his back claiming my legs were way too tired to stand in the elevator. I was giggling and he was poking me in the side with his free hand, so the old lady in the elevator with us was staring at us. We didn't care. When we got to his apartment he pushed open the door and I was still on his back. Sally was sitting at the table in the kitchen, typing away at her laptop. She hadn't heard the door open.

"SALLY!" I yelled as loud as I could.

"ANNABETH," she yelled back, hopping up from her chair. I slipped off Percy's back and ran to give her a hug. She laughed and said, "I see you got a ride here," gesturing to Percy. I laughed and hugged Percy. "So what are you doing here?" she asked, "Other than skipping school." Cue pointed glare at Percy. He blushed and started trying to explain himself, but Sally cut him off, "I know, Annabeth was here and it was necessary for you to spend time with her. I get it."

I smiled, because Sally was the coolest mom a kid could ask for. Percy's so lucky he got to grow up with her. We basically spent an entire class block at his apartment. We talked and laughed with Sally, and for a little while I think we both forgot how different we were, how much we had gone through, that we wouldn't be like other kids. For a while, we were just normal. And I was at home.

 Lacy's pov

Percy hadn't come back to school yet. He was still out with that dumb bitch. I knew her name was Annabeth but I DIDN'T like her at all so I refuse to call her by her true name. That sounds really mean, doesn't it? I don't know what's happening to me. I'm usually such a nice kid, it must be the jealousy. Ughhhhh...I hate being a teenager. Anyways, I was sitting all alone in Science, trying to figure out what kind of fish was swimming in the tank in front of me, when I smelled it. The scent of the sea. I whirled around to see Percy enter the room. Alone. I did a silent cheer in my head because I would finally have some time to convince him that he could love me instead. But then he turned around, ducked his head into the hallway, and returned with a blonde girl next to him. I should have seen it coming. "Little Miss Perfect" just happens to have all the same classes? I don't think so. I'm sure he got his step dad, Mr. Blofis, to do it because he works at the school. They walked up to the front desk and explained something to our teacher. Mrs. Fuyter laughed, and sent them to their seats. They sat down and Percy started to twirl Annabeth's hair around his finger as he listened to the teacher talk. He seemed to actually be paying attention, which was a surprise. I thought it was a very boring subject, but he and Annabeth (who were lab partners, of course) were discussing it animatedly. We were supposed to look at the little tank full of sea life and write down what organisms were in there. I had fish and algae. That's it. I looked over at Percy and Annabeth's sheet to find it COMPLETELY filled up. He had listed things I don't think college majors could have. By this point they were done writing, and Percy was staring at the tank with a little orange fish in it with his brow furrowed in concentration. He straightened and whispered something in Annabeth's ear. She nodded and said, "Don't worry, Seaweed Brain! We'll talk to Mrs. Fuyter, okay?" He nodded, and went back to staring at the fish. I decided now was a good time to walk over and find out everything I could about my enemy. As I walked over, Percy stiffened, and fell on the floor. He curled up in a ball and started convulsing. Annabeth looked really worried, and said to the teacher, "I think Percy is sick and hurt. I'll take him to the nurse." This seems a bit too suspicious. Annabeth seemed like she was acting, and way too concerned. I think I'll follow them and find out what the heck is going on. She grabbed Percy, stood him up and wrapped his arm around her shoulder so that she could support him, and ran out the door.

When the teacher wasn't looking, I slipped out of the classroom, and followed. I walked down the hallway at a safe distance. I saw Annabeth walk up to a janitor's closet, check to be sure it was empty, and drag Percy inside. I pressed my ear against the wood so I could hear. Percy was saying seriously scary things.

"Annabeth, no, don't go. Please, Annabeth, I need you, I need you! NO! YOU CAN'T TAKE HER AWAY FROM ME! STOP! Please...stop it hurts so much...please, stop..."

"Percy, it's okay, look, I'm here. It's okay. Remember how we got out Percy? Remember? Nico saved us. He and the seven and Reyna saved us, and we got better. We went and saved Camp, Perce. Remember?"

They were pretty much saying these things over each other, but I could still make it out. Eventually Percy's cries softened until I heard him say, "Annabeth? Did it happen again?"

"Yeah, Percy. We're in the janitor's closet because I didn't want any mortals to hear."

"Was it a bad one? As bad as last night?"

"Nah, Seaweed Brain. Nothing we can't handle. But we should really get back to class. I knew Marissa Fuyter when I first came to camp, but even she'll get suspicious if we don't get out of the janitor's closet soon."

"Ha ha, very funny. You're almost as bad as the Stolls. Now let's go."</p><p>I scrambled away from the door and to the water fountain down the hall. Percy and Annabeth walked out. They didn't see me, and it's a good thing too, because I felt like my head was about to explode with questions. For starters: What had Percy seen that was so terrible? Why was Annabeth a part of it? Why did she call us 'mortals' as if she wasn't one? How does she know the teacher? And most important of all: WHY THE HECK WAS SHE WITH PERCY LAST NIGHT?!!!!??!??!

John's pov

Percy's new girl was seriously smoking hot. She was tough looking, like she could kick your ass, but also pretty. She had blonde hair and tan skin. The only thing that threw me off were her eyes. They were this steely gray color that seriously unnerved me. I don't know how Percy ever looked at her straight on.

They were all having a conversation, but I wasn't paying attention. When it got to me I took her hand all gentle and said in my nice, deep voice, "Hey. I'm John." I would have continued with an amazing pickup line but Percy shot me a glare that burned through my soul, so I dropped her hand and stepped back next to Pete.

#TIME LAPSE ONCE AGAIN BUT THIS TIME TOOOO LUNCH TIME#

I walked into the large cafeteria and looked for my friends, standing there awkwardly. I finally saw Mack and Lacy at an empty table, but it looked like they were arguing. I assumed Pete was in the lunch line, and Percy and Annabeth hadn't arrived yet. I quickly walked over to them, and heard the end of their conversation.

"Mack, I heard them. I swear, they were acting crazy. And I'm pretty sure they spent the night together last night!" Lacy said.

Mack sighed and said, "Lace-that's not our biggest issue. That's their business. Our problem is that you've become obsessed. YOU followed them! That's not normal. You need to stop this, now."

I cleared my throat. They both whipped their heads around to face me and said at the same time, "Hey."

I sat down and asked where Percy and Annabeth were. Lacy grimaced.

"They're in the lunch line. That girl doesn't have any money so Percy's buying lunch for her," She told me.

"Um, you mean Annabeth," I asked.

She nodded quickly in response. Right about then, I heard laughing. I turned around to see Percy and Annabeth, her holding a tray, him holding a water bottle. She was teasing him I think, and he was laughing too. They walked over to the table and sat down.

"Hey guys!" Percy said. Annabeth waved. She looked down at her hamburger in disgust.

"What is this even supposed to be?" She asked.

"A hamburger, but I think it's made of dog meat. Ssh don't tell the lunch ladies I said that," I responded. She smiled and took a bite.

"So, uh, what happened in Science, Perce?" Lacy asked, her voice clearly full of fake curiosity. Almost immediately Percy's face darkened and Annabeth grabbed his hand.

"Don't think about," She said sternly, staring at him, "Think about Sally. Or the night we started dating. Or the first quest, remember?" Percy nodded and took a deep breath.

"Okay, I'm better now. I'll tell you guys later, I just can't right now." He looked really sad, like he was about to cry. Annabeth leaned over and said something in his ear.

It sounded like, "Don't think about it. When I see it in my head I focus on this sentence: We're alive. And you know what, Percy? You and I are gonna get married someday and have kids and they're gonna be safe because of what we did. Everyone in this room is safe because of what we did. Don't forget that."

I looked at her really weirdly because A) she made it seem like they had saved the world. And B) She had said they were going to get married and have kids, and we're only in high school. Percy wasn't even freaked out! What's up with that? Then Lacy broke the silence.

"So when did you guys meet?"

Annabeth and Percy looked at each other, and burst out laughing. They turned to us and said, "Well, we met at our summer camp. We were twelve. It was Percy's first year and I was the senior camper because I had been going there since I was seven. I got assigned to show him around camp, and he was the most annoying person I had ever met. All he did was ask questions! Dumb questions!"

Percy interrupted by saying, "Yeah, this coming from the smartest girl in camp!"

She defended herself, protesting, "Ha! That's a compliment to me. But it's not my fault I hated you. What was I supposed to do: The smartest girl in camp trying to teach the dumbest boy."

"Well, I guess we're a match made in the heavens." She laughed at his weird sentence.

I interrupted, "Ah, Perce, it's supposed to be 'a match made in heaven'."

"Oh, I know," He said. That made her laugh even harder. I thought it was cute that they were laughing together so I kinda laughed too. And then Mack started laughing because I was laughing. But Lacy just sat there with a straight face. Geesh, what a party pooper. Don't tell her I said that!

"So if you guys hate each other, why are you even dating?" Lacy demanded, obviously infuriated by the fact that Annabeth had known Percy longer.

"Oh, we don't hate each other now. I mean, sure, we fight all the time and sometimes I wanna kill him, but we've been through hell and back together...literally I would give my life for Percy, and I know he would do the same for me," At this she turned to look at Percy and they shared a melancholy smile, "I love him." She ended the sentence as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"Wait, you guys love each other?" I asked, because that seemed like a big step to be taking in highschool.

"Uh, yeah. Why would we be dating if we didn't?" Percy asked simply.

Mack looked at him weirdly, "Percy, people usually aren't in love until a while after they've been dating. How long have two been dating?"

Percy looked at Annabeth and they started counting on their fingers. They started talking in that other language. Then they said something in English.

"Are we starting from the first kiss, or the first real kiss?"</p><p>"I was about to die for the first one so let's go with second."

"WAIT WHAT?!" we all chorused really loudly.

"Wait, did we just say that in English?!" they asked quickly.

"UH, YEAH, YA DID!"

"Oh, that probably sounded pretty bad-it's just an inside joke. Don't worry," they reassured us. Thank god, I was really worried there for a second. Then I had another question: "What is that other language you guys are speaking?"

"Oh, yeah, it's Ancient Greek. We learned it at cam-" Annabeth was cut off by Lacy.

"Not important! How long have you guys been dating?"

"Um, I think a year a half?" Percy ended it like it was a question. Annabeth shrugged.

"Wait, you don't even know how long you've been dating?!" Mack asked, astonished.

"Well, it's not really important. It's been since Percy's 16th Birthday so...yeah, a year and a half. I'll remember our wedding anniversary and then this won't seem like such a big deal." Annabeth explained calmly, as if it was the most normal thing in the world to be talking about 17-year-old getting married.

I swear Lacy almost fell out of her chair. "YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING ON GETTING MARRIED?" Lacy yelled it so loud the entire cafeteria fell silent and swiveled to look at Percy and Annabeth. They were both blushing. Percy's step-dad, Paul, walked over and I thought he was really in trouble now. Instead he hugged Annabeth!

"Hey Annabeth! I forgot today was the day you were coming! You and Percy missed my class today, so I'll explain it to you at home. Okay?"

"Yeah, of course, Paul! I can't wait to actually get to talk to you. It's been sooo long, you know?" she responded.

Paul nodded and then turned to Percy.

"I see you didn't feel the need to send out a save the date? You just decided to yell it to the whole school?"

Percy laughed and said, "Well, it's not like all of our family didn't know! So, whatever. And you know why we're doing it so young."

Paul grimaced, but then smiled, said goodbye and walked away.

As soon as he was gone Lacy was back to asking questions. "Why are you getting married so young? Oh my god, Annabeth is pregnant, isn't she?"

"Gods, no! My mother would kill me! I can't believe you'd think that!"

"Then why are you getting married so young? What's the reason?"

"I love Percy. He loves me. Do we need another reason? Because I don't think so."

"Well, I do. This is just young love. You haven't even been dating two years, and you think you're ready to be married? It's ridiculous. You don't even know Percy."

At this, Annabeth flat-out laughed. "Oh my gods! You say it like you know all about him! You have no idea the things he doesn't tell you. It's just-it's hilarious! I know everything about Percy. Where he grew up, who he grew up with, who his parents are, who he kissed before we dated," cue pointed glare at Percy, who put his hands up in surrender and laughed, "Who he knows who has died, who we know who has died, the sacrifices he has made, the things he's gone through. And you've barely scratched the surface."

Lacy looked so mad, I thought she was going to pop. "Why did Paul say he would meet you at home? Did you move in together to hide your kid?"

Annabeth coolly said, "Oh, we live together in the apartment with his parents, because we love each other. Did you catch that? I'll say it again. WE LIVE TOGETHER BECAUSE WE LOVE EACH OTHER!" She had to whisper-scream the last part so that the neighboring tables wouldn't hear. She turned towards Percy and said, "I don't have to do this. I tried being nice, Percy. And look what happened. I'm going to the library."

"Fine, Wise Girl, I'll meet you there in, like, two minutes. I'm just gonna talk to these guys really quick. Okay? You'll be in the Charles Dickens section, right?"

She nodded, kissed his cheek and started to get up. He grabbed her hand, just as she was about to walk away, and said something in what I presume to be Ancient Greek. (I love you, and don't forget it.) She said something back and lightly laughed. (Love you too, Seaweed Brain. And I won't forget it, I'm a child of Athena for the gods' sake!)

She walked away with her stuff in her arms. He followed her with his eyes until she left the cafeteria, and then he turned on us.

"What do you guys think you're doing?"

I sat silently while Lacy tried to explain herself, "Perce, come on! You don't wanna marry her. You don't know what you're getting yourself into!"

"And how would you know Lacy? I told you I loved her, and you treated her like dirt. Did you think I was gonna be okay with that? I thought you were a good person but I was way wrong. I can't believe what you did to her. You have NOOO idea what she's been through. So don't talk to us ever again. And definitely don't call me Perce. Only my friends call me that." And with that he was gone.

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