In Different Worlds (MCU/PJO) COMPLETED

VIII - Memory Maker

Seeing her weak is like she is falling. And her falling is my way to success. And I will ensure it for all of us.

"Then stand up and let us finish the mission. Make sure no-one finds out about this. And continue getting close to him. If what you say is true, then you can find out what he is hiding by issuing the past against him. Boys do not know they are being tricked until after their on the web. And trust me, us spiders do not have to work so hard," I state. They already know this information, but we are a sort of family in a broken way. But we all have our ambitions to upstage each other and gain our parents' love. And I will be the one in the spotlight.

"We know Annushka. Thank you for the refresher. But right now, our focus is getting away with this and no one suspecting us, as you said earlier, now let us go back to lunch and pretend this did not happen," Alena decides.

Walking back into the lunchroom, we see hell unfold in front of our eyes. There is a fight going on between two guys. And who else can it be besides Peter Parker and Eugene Thompson.

It isn't a physical fight, but Flash is picking on Peter, and Peter is just standing there while the entire lunchroom watches. I pity the boy in a way, but at the same time almost snicker. But Annabeth wouldn't do that. She would stick up for him. But Alena is already there.

"Is this what you call fun? Picking on people because they do not have as many fake people surrounding them? News flash! Not everything is to be joked, or faked. You probably only pick on Peter because you are driving for your parents to notice that you exist. But lashing out will not fix it! Lashing out will make them want to ignore you and act as if you do not belong to them. If you have any sense of integrity or have a brain at all you should know that!" Alena shouts. The whole cafeteria goes silent.

It seems as if the whole staff is missing. But Eugene tries to brush off Alena's comment.

"Yeah sure. That's totally what's going on here. You're the fake one. Most likely an actress trying to be the hero for a loser. You want to be popular by sticking up for him. Lame excuse and waste of time. There are other ways to get noticed," Eugene smirks thinking it was clever comeback. Alena looks as if she would murder him. Which she probably will. But I jump in to stop her.

"Say that to her again I dare you. Accuse my cousin of something. Go on!" I urge him. I want him to give me a reason to punch him. I hate doing this for someone else, but Annabeth would do it. And if words don't work, she resolves that problem in physical pain.

"I'm just saying, she sure does have a great bo-," he started staring at her upper chest. Alena covers it and gapes at him in horror.

"Oh sure she does, who cares! A lot of people do, they might want to show it off but she does not! So back off!" I am so done with the guys here who think they can mess with a woman because they feel like it. I know Bronya does too. Or else all of us wouldn't be in this mess.

"Then why doesn't she say it for herself?" He presses.

"Because you are a pervert and I do not need to explain myself to you! Go play with your playthings and if you touch me you will get yourself a life full of pain!" Alena threatens. I am proud of her for sticking up for herself in Annabeth's mindset. But in mine, I want to push her down like Flash is so I can rise to the top. But if I did that I'd blow my cover.

Speaking of cover.... found you.

I see Perseus' face in the crowd and he winks at me playfully in a friendly way. I am making progress. The file says he admires loyalty and being loyal is his weakness. I can use that.

Flash walks towards Alena, and Peter looks as if he would murder Flash at any moment. I know what he is planning. I catch Alena's eye and jerk my head in Peter's direction. She looks at him and put a hand on his shoulder. He seems to calm down a bit, but his intentions are still clear.

"Do. Not. Step. Any. Closer. I'm done with you picking on me Flash. And doing this to my friends is just cruel. So just leave me and my friends alone!" Peter demands. I am a little proud of him for sticking up for himself. Flash looks taken aback and Peter does too. This was my opportunity.

I swing my leg around Eugene's neck and swinging around once I flip him over, and he lands on his face. I keep my foot on his back.

"Mess with any of us again, and you will feel pain worse than this," I promise him. Then the lunch bell rings, and I walk out of the cafeteria with Perseus running after me.

"That was good what you did sticking up for your cousin. I wanted to know if you would work on the project with me this weekend. I'm not someone who would get ahead on a project but this year I want to see what it's like actually trying. And according to every teacher we've had this morning you're pretty smart. I was also wondering if you could tutor me. My mom's been wanting me to get one for a while. So will you?" Perseus asks me. He seems nervous in a way.

I smile to myself as I am proud of how I had gotten him to be able to trust me in some ways. And now I know I am making progress.

"Yeah sure. Why not?"