Piper's POV (😈)

     I had fallen for Annabeth Chase, the biggest nerd of the school. But she is way more that nerdy though. She is beautiful, athletic, original, desirable, and outgoing. I am a lesbian, but Annabeth is the straightest girl I know. The luckiest I will get is her not knowing her sexuality, and even then, it would take her a while to accept it and it's not like she would ever like me.

     At the beginning of Jason's and I's relationship, I was feeling extremely guilty, because I knew I was lesbian for a long time, but my father is homophobic, so if I were to come out as gay, we would spend even less time with me. Jason has always been a nice guy, and he has always been more of a brother to me than anything else. The farthest we ever went was kissing, because neither of us wanted more. I always thought it was because he wasn't ready, but no, it was the same reason as me.

   I shook out of my thoughts, and walked over to Annabeth. I had to take a deep breath before approaching her though, because I am afraid of accidentally telling her my secret. She makes me feel more me, more tomboyish and punky, not girly and fancy. I am not my father, and he says that my mother was a model from far, very girly and famous, although he never knew her name. I found it pathetic, honestly. My father and mother never knew each other and they had a kid!

    "Hey Pipes, everything okay? You seem lost in thought?" Annabeth asked curiously. I loved that about her, how easy it was to tell if she was curious about something, how she always wanted to know if something was wrong, but I'll never be able to tell her. I bit my lip slightly, bringing myself back to earth.

    "Oh, um, yeah. Jason and I just broke." I said in fake sadness, although she would never know of my little white lie. She gasped in shock, like she didn't expect it, no one would. Jason and I were the 'one true pair' according to some. It was hilarious.

    "Oh my gods! Are you okay? You want me to punch him?" Annabeth asked, hugging me. I sighed and hugged her back. She smelled of a library, with a hint of coffee, it was amazing.

   "No, no need for violence, I'm fine. Let's just get to class." I smiled as we walked to our classes.

Percy's POV (Finally)

    I walked into the school like I would every morning, but I had a bad limp and a black eye, my only two noticeable injuries. Of course I had 3 broken ribs, fourteen glass wounds covering my back, 3 cuts from a knife, and a whole ton of bruises from punches and kicks. Gabe has come home early from his mystery trip, claiming the police were after him. He saw my tattoo when I was wearing a muscle shirt and he freaked. He was drunk and high, probably had to much pot and beer. He had beaten me black and blue, and now I just have to hope that no one pays attention.

     "Woah, Perce, what the hell happened to your eye?" Nico asked with wide eyes. My bad rose to my eye and I rubbed the area around it, because it was swollen shut and purple.

    "I got into a fight last night, it will be gone soon though, hopefully." I smiled casually. It wasn't the first black eye I've had, I've gotten use to only seeing out of one eye, but my ankle was an injury I don't get often. My ankle was swollen and bruised beyond what I thought was possible.

    "Oh, well you better hope that our teachers don't notice. Keep your hood up if you don't want to be called out." Nico laughed. I nodded and laughed with him.

    The rest of the school day was normal, besides the fact that Jared and Jason weren't hanging out, that was odd. I had guessed that Jared would be mad for Jason ditching him, but I don't know how Jared would react. Maybe he didn't even care? Jason also kept sneaking glances at me, staring at me for a moment before looking away. I had to get over him, one way or another. We weren't going to get along forever.

     "Hey, Perce, you alright?" Grover asked me. He and I had started talking recently. Apparently he and I went to Yancy Academy together, and that he and I were close friends, which is crazy because I don't remember. I shook my head at the thoughts, who remembers their grade 6 memories?

    "Oh, um, yeah, just thinking." I stuttered. Grover gave me a strange look before looking around, I don't know why though. It seemed like he was looking for something.

   "Alright, if you're sure." Grover said hesitantly. I nodded and we sat at our table during lunch. I'm so glad things have settled down. No more fights, but I still have detention today, and Gabe doesn't know, it was part of the deal. I probably should've told Gabe I wouldn't be home until 5, but of course I forgot. I didn't plan on him being back to quick, came home yesterday so I didn't get a chance because he was beating me.

    We sat in silence, Nico also joined us at some point, but after greetings, it was quiet. They were probably wondering why I looked like I was beat up, which I was. They were starting to suspect something, maybe they thought I was a drug dealer, I probably looked like one. I sighed and looked at Jason, who looked like he and Jared were friends again. But when I looked at him, he was already looking at me. He looked away and I felt my heart rip in two.