For the sake of the story, let's just pretend that all half-bloods in the story are the same age and are in the same grade.

James' P.O.V.

Well... I guess I better give an introduction about myself...

Name's James, (See what I did there?) I go to school at San Francisco High. I have the most amazing friends in the world! Billy Alcron, Brett Stafford, Annabeth Chase, Mia Shay, and Piper McLean.

I have dark brown eyes, dark brown hair, and yes, I am short. But I'm not scrawny... anymore. I'd started working out this summer. What can I say? It paid off!

"James! Wake up!" my excessively obnoxious mother screamed.

I rolled out of bed, and started to get dressed. I was seventeen, and today was the start of a whole new school year. And I needed to make an impression on a certain girl.

Ya see, I have tiny crush of Annabeth... but I mean, who doesn't? She's smart, pretty, and intimidating! We met two years ago in a rather... odd... circumstance that I don't really want to talk about.

But she is a really strange character. For instance, last year, she didn't show up for school.

She also has really strange scars, and she always talks about this camp.

Whenever asked, she claims to have gotten them from said camp.

"Here you go, honey," my mom said, handing me my backpack as I headed downstairs.

"Thanks mom," I said.

"What's got you all dressed up so sharp today?" she inquired.

I blushed. "Nothing..." I muttered.

"It's a girl, isn't it."

"No."

"I can see right through you. I know you're lying. Who is it? Mia?"

"No..."

"Annabeth?"

I blushed again, but said the same answer. "No..."

"Yep. It's Annabeth. Don't worry, I won't tell her," she said, winking at me.

"Oh boy, look at the time," I said, glancing down at my wrist to check the time on a watch that I didn't have. "Time to go!"

I immediately gathered my things and ran out the door. Only as soon as I got on the bus I realized I hadn't eaten breakfast.

"Damnit..." I muttered. Yay! Another day where my ADHD would prove to destroy me because I hadn't had a healthy breakfast.

For some reason, eating breakfast always seemed to "calm" my ADHD. On top of that, I also have Dyslexia. School sucks, but I do my best not look like an idiot in front of Annabeth.

"Hey!" Annabeth said, plopping next to me on the bus. I immediately felt my face get hot. I mean, she looked better than she had two years ago! She had grown a little taller than me (much to my dismay) She was tan, and her blonde hair glinted off the sunlight that was streaming down through the window. Her beautiful gray eyes still calculating my every move

The only reason I had known she was coming back to school was because of an email she sent us.

"Hey," I said.

"I see you've gotten shorter over the last two years."

"Boy, you really know how to insult, don't you?" I asked.

"I've had some practice," she said. I was about to ask her what that meant when two other girls plopped down in the seats next to us across the aisle.

"Hey, Annie!" Piper said.

Piper had a dark complexion, along with caramel-colored hair and color changing eyes. I think she's half-Cherokee. She's really pretty, but when other guys ask her out, she turns them down, claiming she has a boyfriend.

"Don't call me Annie!" Annabeth practically shouted.

"Hey just forget about me..." Mia, the other girl said.

Mia had a similar complexion to Piper, but her hair was a lighter brown, and her eyes were silver.

"Oh, who could forget about you Mia? You're practically glowing with happiness this morning," a boy said.

"Hi Brett," I said.

Brett was about average height, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He had a muscular frame and a smile that made girls faint on the spot.

He inclined his head towards me. "Sharkboy," he said. "I see your hair is as spiky as ever." Brett was the type to give nicknames to every person he meets. I was the first ever to stump him, until I decided to go to school with spiky hair. Thus the name, Sharkboy.

"Where's lava girl today, Sharkboy?" Mia asked.

"Caught up in traffic," I said grinning.

Brett rolled his eyes. "Hey, where's Acorn?" Acorn was our other friend. Billy Alcorn was his real name, but the first time Brett saw it written on paper, he immediately came up with the "ingenious" name of Acorn. How does he do it?

Annabeth frowned. "Didn't you hear? Billy got a car for his birthday over the summer."

"Lucky..." Piper said.

"Piper, your dad could buy you a million cars if he wanted to," Brett said.

"Well yeah, but he's so dang busy all the time," she replied. Oh, I forgot to mention. Piper's dad was the super famous actor, Tristan McLean. She doesn't talk about him much, for fear of too much popularity. Yeah, she's weird like that.

The bus finally pulled in and we saw a tall boy with blonde hair waiting by a brand new Honda Civic.

"Billy!" Mia exclaimed, running to give him a hug. Boy, I keep forgetting these things! Mia and Billy are dating.

Billy was tall and skinny, with short blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Hey Mia," he said. "Jeez, I think you broke my rib."

"Sorry," she said, giggling. "It's great to see you!" she exclaimed.

"Great to see you, too," he said, kissing her.

"Ahem," I said. "PDA much?"

They broke apart. "Hello to you, too, James," he said.

"Hey, Acorn!" Brett said.

"Hey asshole!" Billy said.

"Ouch, man, that one hurt, right here," he said, clutching his lower chest.

"That's your liver," Annabeth said.

"Oh..."

"Hi Annabeth, Hi Piper," he said, giving them both hugs.

"Come on, let's go get our schedules!" Brett said.

He forced us all to link arms, and we all skipped into the building.

-IJUSTBROKETHISLINE-

After we got and compared our schedules, a van pulled up.

It said 'Greco-Roman Inter-Transportation Co.'

When Piper and Annabeth saw it, their faces practically lit up.

The first guy to get out had close cropped blonde hair. He was wearing a purple shirt and an orange jacket, dark blue jeans, and sunglasses. He had a tattoo on his arm that had a picture of an eagle with the words SPQR running across it. It also had ten black bars, that looked like a bar code.

The second person to get out was a girl. She had coco-colored skin and cinnamon colored hair. She had golden eyes, and was wearing a gray shirt and shorts that went to her knees. She was wearing a pair of worn out blue sneakers. It looked like she had a similar SPQR tattoo, only hers had a skull. How nice.

Then, two people came out from two different sides. One was a boy, with deathly pale skin and shaggy dark hair. He was dressed in all black. He looked young, but he had an aura about him that told you not to mess with this guy.

So did the next girl. She was wearing a silver jacket with a black shirt underneath that said 'Death to Barbie.' (A/N: You didn't think I would leave that shirt out, did you?) She had long black hair with pink and blue highlights.

The next two people to get out both looked exactly alike. They each had a mop of curly brown hair, and one was taller than the other.

The last person to get out was a short, scrawny boy with elfish features. He had curly brown hair and a Latino complexion. He was wearing a tool belt around his waist. (which I found kind of odd)

When they shut the doors, Annabeth's eyes immediately saddened. I wondered why.

As the girl with the black hair and silver jacket walked up, Annabeth ran up to her. "Hi Thals!" she said, giving her a hug. "What're you guys doing here?"

"Well, they are all here because of some "field trip to..." she cut off and glanced at us. "...Camp number two."

Annabeth nodded in understanding. "As for me," 'Thals' continued, "I begged and begged Artemis for a year off from being a Hunter. After lot's of begging she grudgingly let me come to school with you."

"Artemis?" I asked. "Like the goddess of the hunt?"

The boy with the toolbelt snickered. "Yeah, something like that," he said.

"So where's Percy?" Annabeth asked.

"He couldn't make it, sorry Annabeth." Annabeth's face fell, but I say Thalia and Jason exchange a mischievous look while Annabeth's face was down.

"Oh! I almost forgot!" Annabeth said. "Guys, these are my friends from Camp." There it was. That mysterious camp again. "Guys, make your own introductions.

As we learned each other's names, I realized the girl who I originally thought to be 'Thals' was Thalia Grace, the boy with the toolbelt was Leo Valdez, the guy with the SPQR tattoo was Jason Grace and, apparently Piper's boyfriend that she always mentioned. The guys I originally thought to be twins but later learned were not were Connor and Travis Stoll, the deathly-pale boy was Nico di Angelo, and lastly the other girl with the SPQR tattoo was named Hazel Levesque.

After we were done with the introductions, the intercom blared throughout the school.

Wise Girl, please report to the office, Wise Girl, please report to the office.

All the newcomers immediately smiled as Annabeth's mouth almost dropped to the ground.

She took off in a sprint towards the office.

"What was that about?" Brett asked.

"You'll see," Piper squealed. We all knew about Annabeth's 'secret' life, and how Piper was a big part of it. I knew that whoever was in the office was probably a big part of it, just like all these random people.

We all turned the corner and I gasped at the sight of what I saw.

Annabeth was kissing some guy! And normally, when guys try to kiss Annabeth, they instantly get slapped, but she was kissing him back.

I felt my heart shatter in two pieces as they continued to kiss like there was no tomorrow.

"Awwwwww." I heard Mia say. "They're so cute together!"

They immediately broke apart. "Is there no privacy?" the guy asked.

The boy was muscular. He had raven-black hair and sea-green eyes. He was tall, lean, and tan. Just looking at him, for some odd reason, made me want to go jump in the ocean and take a swim.

"Hi, I'm Percy Jackson," he said, thrusting his hand out to me.

"James," I said icily.

As our friends all got acquainted with the newcomers, I took it upon myself to look at this guy again. He and Annabeth were having a conversation alone over by the lockers. As I looked closer, I realized a glint in Annabeth's eye. It was happiness. This guy made her happier than I'd ever seen her.

Without warning, the bell rang, and we were all off to first period.