Serena's POV

"What class do you have next?" asked my sister Avalon as I opened my locker. It was almost the end of my first school year of Goode high

school. "English." I said. Just then, my best friends Annabeth, Thalia and Katie ran up to us. We've all been best friends since 8th grade.

Annabeth was the smartest, Thalia was the most independent, Katie was a girly girl and Avalon was the artistic one. I was the sporty one.

"Did you hear?!" Katie said. "Hear what?" Avalon asked. "There's gonna be a school dance next friday also known as the last day of

school." said Thalia. "We're gonna get dresses, shoes and dates!" said Katie dreamily. "Ok, chill out Katie." Annabeth said. We got our

bags and started to head back home. "I bet Percy will ask you to the dance Annabeth." said Katie in a singsong voice. "No...", Annabeth

said. Percy is Annabeth's crush. He was very popular since he was the best swimmer on the swim team. "...I also think that Nico will ask

Thalia..." Katie continued. "Nuh uh, no way.", denied Thalia. Nico is one of Percy's best friends. "Katie is right, you two do have a lot in

common..." stated Annabeth. "Oh ya? Like what?" Thalia asked. "You both are really independent, you both are really mysterious and

Nico's favourite color is also black." Annabeth said. "Curse your logic!" Thalia murmured. "Hey guys," Katie said," Do you think Travis

will ask me to the dance?". "Definitely!" Avalon exclaimed. "Wanna go shopping on the weekend for our outfits?" I asked. Everyone

agreed except Thalia. "I already have an outfit." said Thalia, "Plus, I have an essay to finish." "Okay." Avalon said. "See ya all later."

Katie said as we headed in different directions.

The next day (saturday), we all met at the mall (except Thalia). "Too bad Thalia couldn't come." Avalon said. Katie shrugged. We searched

through the racks. Katie showed all of us a pretty purple dress. "It totally suits you." Avalon said. Then we started searching the racks

again. After a while, I found two perfect dresses for Avalon and Annabeth. The dress I found for Annabeth was a silver and white dress,

strapless and the dress would graze just below her knees. For Avalon, a blue, knee length with spaghetti straps and some sparkles. "Okay,

now time to find something for you." Annabeth said to me. We searched the racks again for a while and then Annabeth found something

for me. "How's this?" asked Annabeth handing me a pretty red dress. The dress was red with accents of orange that complimented the red

colour of this dress. The red dress had only one shoulder strap and it resembled to the red dress that Katniss Everdeen from the Hunger

Games Trilogy had worn. "I love it! Thanks Annabeth." I said. Then we bought our dresses and went to one of the shoe stores in the mall.

Katie bought purple heels, Avalon bought nice blue sandals with fake diamonds on it, Annabeth bought silver flats and I bought gold flats.

After a long day of shopping, I went home and collapsed into bed.

Annabeth's POV

The alarm clock sounded. I yawned and I got up. Ugh, Monday mornings. Well, time to get ready for school. I brushed my teeth and went downstairs to eat breakfast.

I made myself some Chinese tea (I don't drink coffee) and ate some chocolate chip cookies. Then I got a text from Thalia: "Ready to walk to school yet?" "Ya be there

in a minute.": I texted back. 15 minutes later... I walked into school with Thalia. Then as soon as we walked in, everyone started staring at me and started

whispering. "...is a freak..." "such a loser..." "dating that nerd..." What nerd? Dating who? I didn't understand. We continued to walk to our lockers and started to put

our things in. I looked behind me and everyone was still whispering and glancing at me. Thalia and I exchanged looks and went into the janitor's closet. Thalia texted

Serena, Avalon and Katie and they arrived in the closet seconds later. "Okay, what's going on?" I demanded. "Didn't you hear?" Avalon asked me. I shot a

questioning look at them. "There's a rumour about you." said Katie. Then Serena said, "Everyone thinks your dating... Percy Jackson."