Summary: Annabeth Chase is finishing up her last year of college. And when she finds out that her little brother has cancer, she needs to make money, and fast. What better way to get quick cash than become famous CEO Percy Jackson's new assistant? AU

Annabeth's POV:

I groan as I hear loud music blaring from the other side of my apartment door. I know my roommate has thrown yet another party. I quickly search in my bag for my keys, knowing no one will hear me if I knock. I find them underneath my wallet. I stick them in the keyhole and open the door. I curse when the state of my previously tidy apartment greets my eyes.

Red Solo cups are thrown carelessly around every surface of the room. People in their early twenties are dancing provocatively with each other. Trash litters the floor like a blanket.

"For God's sake Thalia!" I yell, hoping she'll hear me and end this nuisance somehow. Unfortunately, my voice is drowned out by the thumping bass of the music.

I search around the room for my black-haired, blue-eyed friend. Once I find her by the stereo, I quickly make my way over to her. But not before getting a few wolf-whistles and yells from drunk frat boys.

I swear to God, if that girl is turning up the music…

"Thalia!" She turns around. A grin spreads across her face.

"Annie!" She yells, while pulling me into a hug.

"Yeah, great to see you too Thals. Now what the hell is this? You promised me no more parties this weekend so that I can study for my exam on Monday!"

"Oh…that's right." She looks like she is thinking really hard about something, then she yells, "I knew I was forgetting something when I called up everyone! Oh well!"

"Oh well?" I yell exasperated. "Thalia, I have an exam on Monday. How the hell am I supposed to get any studying done with this going on?"

"Come on Annie! Relax, it's a Saturday night. Normal, twenty-two year old college students have fun on Saturday nights. Now I know that's a foreign term to you, but tonight is your chance to become well acquainted with it." She finishes off her little speech with an evil smirk.

The truth is I knew this day would come. I know Thalia like the back of my own hand. We've been best friends since elementary school. Her and I just recently started renting an apartment together. So, I knew she was going to throw a house-warming party. It was inevitable in her mind. But did it have to be tonight?

I guess she is right, though. I needed a break. I've been studying all week. Just one drink wouldn't do me any harm. I can study all day tomorrow and be ready for the exam on Monday. I'm me after all. School comes easily to me.

I give her an annoyed look. "Fine, one drink."

"Look who's letting lose! I'll go get you a beer," she points to me, while muttering "Stay."

I wake up the next morning with a pounding headache. I slowly sit up and take in my surroundings. The apartment is even more trashed than yesterday night, if that's possible.

"What the hell happened last night?" I whisper to myself. The last thing I remember is Thalia handing me a beer. The rest is just a fuzzy blur.

This is so completely not like me. I'm Annabeth Chase. Annabeth Chase does not get drunk and pass out. That's Thalia's role. I study. I'm a good student. Good students don't do these kinds of things. Maybe Thalia can fill me in on some of these blanks.

"Thals?" I call out to her. I slowly get up, cautious of my throbbing head. A groan escapes my lips as I make my way into Thalia's bedroom.

I see her laying in bed, passed out with what appears to be a goth kid. I move around the bed to her side and shake her awake.

"Thalia? Thalia!"

"Mmph." is her intelligent response.

"Come on Thalia, you threw the party. I'm not cleaning it up, that's your job."

"Ugh." She rolls over in her bed so that I can see her face. "I don't know Annie you were having a pretty good time last night too. Maybe you should help me clean up, since you did create half the mess." She gives me one of her evil smirks.

"About that…What exactly did I do last night? Was I that bad?" I mentally yell at myself. This is not what good honor students do.

She lets out a loud laugh that does nothing to help my hangover.

"Honey, you were worse than me. And I'm pretty hard to beat."

"Hell yeah you are." The lump next to Thalia buts into our conversation. I give Thalia a questioning glance. She smiles and responds "Annie meet Nico, my cousin. Nico this is Annie, my best friend."

Nico turns around fully. I can tell by his skin tone that he was Italian. He was good-looking from what I could see. His attire was all black. If I saw him on the streets of New York, I'd probably avoid him.

His little joke ice-breaker told me that there was more friendliness to him in him than meets the eye. "Nice to meet you Annie."

"Please call me Annabeth. Thalia's never gotten the memo that I hate to be called Annie." I rolls my eyes at Thalia's antics. She just smiles.

"Alright let's go clean everybody." She says.

"As fun as that sounds, I'm going to get out of here. I have a thing." Nico responds, pulling his shoes on and getting up. "It was nice meeting you Annabeth. I'll call you Thals." He walks out of the room, and distinctly I hear the front door shut.

"Alright. Now I have a big day of studying ahead of me. If you want my help cleaning up the place, we're doing it now." I say fiercely.

"You shouldn't even be volunteering! If you knew of half the shit you did last night you'd be begging me to help you right now." She smiles conspiratorially, "But since I'm a nice person, I will help you clean."

"Good, you can explain what the hell I did last night in the process."

"I don't know, I'm kind of enjoying watching you squirm for information. This is definitely a first for Annabeth Chase."

"Tell me about it."

"Your cousin seems nice." I strike up a conversation after three solid hours of disinfecting our apartment with Thalia.

"Yeah, he's a good kid." She responds distractedly, putting a new bag in the garbage can.

"Is he the one with the rich Daddy, as you like to put it?" She laughs.

"He's one of them."

Thalia never was one to give out information about her family. She's always been embarrassed of them. The only family member I know well of is Jason, her brother. You see, Thalia has a very rich father and a mother that was never around. Her mother died when she was eighteen. She practically raised Jason herself. Her father wanted nothing to do with her and Jason. He told Thalia he'd pay for whatever they needed, as long as they kept quiet and out of his hair. Hence why Thalia is paying most of the rent on our apartment. She's always been rich. She likes spending her father's money. She claims that it's just carelessness. But I know that deep down, it's an act of rebellion towards her father.

Thalia's father is part of the Big Three. His name is Zeus. Each member of The Big Three owns certain things. Zeus owns all and anything that has to do with air travel. Poseidon, his brother, owns everything that deals with the ocean. And Hades, their other brother, owns anything and everything that deals with underground discoveries. They are the three richest people on the planet. Anyone who's anyone knew that. They all tried to keep their children quiet and out of the public eye.

All of them except Poseidon. His son's name is Percy Jackson. Poseidon gave a big portion of his company to Percy. Percy Jackson is the youngest CEO ever in history. Also one of the richest. He's internationally known to just about everyone. Every girl on the planet loves him. He's filthy rich and extremely handsome. Voted this year as People's hottest man alive.

We've never met. And I've never asked Thalia to have a chance at meeting him. It's my own personal way of guaranteeing Thalia that I'm friends with her because of her, not her rich Daddy and her connections to people high up. That and the thought of Percy Jackson has never appealed to me. Contrary to every other girl on the planet, I find him cocky and full of himself. He's extremely self-centered and needs to spend some of his money on charities rather than nights out at the club.

I keep my opinion about Percy Jackson to myself. I don't want to offend Thalia. She and him are really close. They have been forever. All four of them stick together, from what Thalia tells me. She keeps to the basics and stays vague when talking about her family. I don't mind though, I'm the same exact way.

"So, Chinese tonight?" She asks, jolting me from my never-ending thoughts.

"Sounds good. You want to help me study?" I ask hopefully.

"Ugh, I guess. You owe me though."

After spending the entire day studying and then eating Chinese for dinner with Thalia, I am mentally exhausted. I don't think my mind could handle another fact on any kind of history. I collapse on my bed. I feel my phone vibrate underneath my side. I pull it out and see that it is a phone call from my neighbor, Maggie. Maggie is currently raising my two twin brothers, Bobby and Matthew. My parents died three years ago in a car crash. I was going to put my college plans on hold so that I could raise them myself, but my neighbor intervened. She's been a family friend since forever. She's the nicest old lady you'll ever meet. She saved my ass by making me go to college, even though I highly refused. I can thank her for keeping my dream of becoming an architect one day alive.

And so, that is why I answer my cell with a smile on my face.

"Hi Maggie." I greet.

"Annabeth, something's happened." Her tone of voice makes me sit up in my bed.

"What? What's wrong? Is someone hurt?"

"It's Matthew. Him and Bobby were playing in the backyard and I told them to be careful. But Matt tripped in the creek and he hurt his leg. I thought it might be broken so I brought him to the emergency room. Th-They did an X-ray. H-his legs fine but they found out that h-he has c-cancer."

My heart stops. A lump starts to form in my throat. I know deep down that breaking down crying isn't going to help anyone, so I hold it in. My voice is scarily calm when I ask her my next question.

"What hospital should I come to?"