Hey guys! Welcome to the first "chapter" (more like a prologue) of Second Chances Do Make A Differece!

It's the sequel to my other story 'The Red Games', so you better read that first or you'll have no idea WTF is happening. So, yeah, if you already have read 'The Red Games' continued reading, and I'll see at the end if the chapter!

Prologue

I never thought that I would ever have to see Perseus Jackson ever again since we graduated high school. Well, sure, we'd see each other again at high school reunions or whatever, but that would be at the 10 YEAR reunion. It's been at least two months since I last saw him. I had only caught a glimpse of him when I visited Rachel in the hospital after she gave birth to Jacob, her and Luke's child. Percy and I had bumped into each other in the hospital cafeteria. We had exchanged really awkward 'hello's and hurried away from each other like the plague.

I had felt awful (and I still do) about what I did to Percy on the night of the Winter Formal. I had broken up with him, telling him that I didn't love him or liked him, right after he told me that he loved me.

I had hated myself for months. And every time I saw him with his new girlfriend, Krisha, it made me feel a little nauseous. I always felt a pang in my heart every time I saw the two of them together.

One of the reasons why I moved to Southern California to go to Uni was to get away from Percy, so I could get a new life, forget everything that happened in New York.

And yet, here he is, right now, standing in front of me.

Perseus Jackson with his bright sea-green eyes and messy black hair. Perseus Jackson with his goofy grin, the one grin that I always loved.

Is this fate telling me to mend things up with him?

Percy's POV

Why is she here? Why is Annabeth Chase, the one girl who managed to crush my heart into fragments, standing in front of me?

She hadn't changed a bit.

Her blonde hair was still in its wonderful princess curls. Her face was still wonderfully tanned. Her intelligent grey eyes were still sparkling with knowledge.

I missed her.

Even though things were still damaged between us, I still missed her.

"Percy?" she whispered.

Derek and his sister gave each other confused looks.

"Annabeth?" I answered, probably sounded bewildered, since I couldn't believe that she was here in front of me. She took two strides and hugged me. I froze for a second, remembering the last time she was this close. The day of the dreaded Winter Formal. After a few seconds, I tentatively hugged her back.

"I missed you," I heard her whisper in my chest. I did not expect to hear that come from her mouth. Well, then again, I didn't expect her to hug me either. I buried my face in her hair, savouring the smell. It smelled like the lemon scented shampoo she always used. Another thing that hasn't changed about Annabeth.

"Um...do you guys know each other?" Derek's sister, Lené, asked. It was like Annabeth and I were shocked back into reality. Annabeth pulled away from me and took a few steps back. Things became really awkward. We shared an awkward look. We both knew that we had to tell the story of our non-existent relationship (well, non-existent to her, anyways).

At least dinner will be entertaining.

A/N

Here's the prologue of my new story, the "long-awaited" sequel (even though all of you only had to wait like...two days...) Anyways so the winner of the title making contest is: Percy jackson12 !

Congratulations Percy jackson12!

And to all of you guys who submitted titles, I seriously loved reading them and it was a rather hard decision choosing one, and I would like all of you to know that I will be keeping those titles for possible chapter titles (don't worry, I'll give you credit)

Alright, so please review/follow/favourite, it would really help me out a lot, especially since this is a new story:)

See ya guys in the next chapter, which will be uploaded soon!