Meet The Demigods

Dennis Smith

I'm Dennis Smith, captain of the football team and resident ladies man. Yep you heard that right, the minute I walk through the halls of Milestone High, all the girls just swoon... well except for a certain girl.

Annabeth Chase. Now she's the full package! She's smart (for a blond) beautiful beyond compare, athletic and the thing I loved the most was her grey eyes.

They were like if the cloudy skies were mirrored in her eyes or like melted silver. They seem to calculate your every move and one glance at them can render you stiff. She had a mysterious past though.

Everytime school ended, she goes away as perfect as she can be but when she comes back, her body is filled with scars so light you couldn't even notice it if you don't look close enough.

I've been her one of her closest friend for 2 years now, playing the waiting game, and let me tell you it was hard to decline the other girls but I was trying to show Annabeth that I was faithful to her only. But this year, I feel confident that the next time I walk the hallways Annabeth Chase would be mine.

"Hey Annie!" I called out as I approached her locker. She scowled at me as she closed the locker shut, shouldering her backpack.

"Don't call me Annie. How many times do I have to tell you that?"

"Don't be like that, it's just a cute little nickname"

"Anyways, how's your summer been?" She asked me while fixing her stuff. I leaned on a random locker blowing my dark brown hair away from my eyes, showing my warm brown eyes.

"You know the usual. Workout, kickback and relax, the works" I said smiling a bit. "How 'bout you?" I asked in return. Her facial expression changed from surprised to a bit of fear to a happy one. She sighed.

"It's been... interesting. But I most definitely did not relax... like most summers" she shrugged as we began walking. That's when I noticed that she had new scars covering her face and neck but like the rest it was barely noticeable.

"How do you do that?" I asked her. She looked at me confused.

"Do what exactly?"

"You know, the thing with all your scars. As far as I know scars are pretty hard to cover up but yours are barely noticeable" I said pointing to her scars.

"It's hard to keep this face pretty you know" I joked making her laugh a bit.

"It's uh, pretty complicated stuff and as far as I know you probably wouldn't be able to use the stuff I use" she said making me confused. What did she mean I wouldn't be able to use it?

"Okay then, but the answer I want is how you even got that much scars. I mean your dad seems to love you very much, so does your mom" I asked softly. She stopped for a bit but quickly regained her composure

"Ummm" was all she said as the bell rang. Relief flashed through her face as he heard it.

"I gotta go, see ya" she said running off to her class. I sighed as I stared at the direction she went. After school, I will make my move. I mean who could resist all this?

"Hey Dennis" a random girl said in a flirtatious way. I smirked as she blushed and walked the other way. She just made my point.

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I sat on the hood of my car in the parking lot outside of school, waiting for Annabeth to get her pretty face out so I could ask her out already. I checked my watch as I waited, and at last Annabeth showed her face.

She stopped and had a huge grin plastered on her face and she waved excitingly at my direction. I waved back unsure of myself. She then started running towards me with her arms open wide as if she was gonna hug me.

I was about to run towards her as well but a guy suddenly ran up to her and hugged and twirled her around. My heart broke as he set her down and captured her lips, it broke even more as she deepened the kiss. I awkwardly walked towards them, I heard snippets of their conversations as they parted

"What are you doing here Seaweed Brain?" she asked as she rested her forehead against his. He smiled

"Blackjack came over so I asked him to go here" he replied. Annabeth sighed as she hugged him.

"Hey Annabeth" I greeted awkwardly as they pulled away but the guy kept an arm around her waist.

"Oh Dennis! Forgot you were here, this is Percy, Percy this is Dennis" she introduced us.

The guy had raven black hair that looked like it hadn't been combed in ages. He was tan and muscular in a lean way. He smiled warmly as he brushed the bangs away from his eyes revealing his sea green eyes.

"Hi there" he said reached out for a hand shake which I returned reluctantly. He had a grey hoodie and an orange shirt underneath. He had a necklace with beads similar to Annabeth's.

"So, how do you two know each other" I asked trying to hide my sadness which was probably working since Annabeth just snuggled closer to him.

"We met at camp, I've known him since we were 12 but we started dating last summer" she explained. I was about to say something when a horn beeped.

"Yo lovebirds! Chiron wants you guys at camp" a girl called out from a van that read "Delphi's Strawberry Service"

"Coming Clarisse, just hold on!" Percy called out to the girl who nodded and closed the pulled up the windows.

"Well we gotta go Dennis, nice meeting you" Percy said running off to the van. I turned to Annabeth who looked as if she was about to run off as well.

"Um see ya tomorrow Dennis. Bye!" she said as she ran towards and climbed into the van. I just stood there watching the decreasing figure of the van. My heart was literally ripped to shreds as I heard Annabeth say that they were dating.

But I have to hope right? I mean their relationship is fairly new and things could happen in a few years and soon she would be mine.

But as always I've been wrong cause 5 years later I received an invitation to Annabeth and Percy's wedding and let me tell you how hard it was to be there, watching them exchange vows and everything.

Their families were weird though, so were the other guests. I went home with a heavy feeling in my heart but that night I swore to myself I would get over Annabeth and find someone for me, and sure enough a few years later Annabeth and Percy were at my wedding.