Other Side Of The Closet [Percy Jackson Fanfiction] •Jiper•

Piper (P A S T)

"I can't wait," Drew sighed. "It feels good to go back to school after winter break. And you know what that means after that? Our 8th-grade dance."

Piper couldn't help but dream about the 8th-grade dance and how wonderful it would be. The idea of going made her heart burst, but she didn't want Drew to know that or she would make fun of her. The thought of going made her sick to her stomach the way roller coasters made her feel. No, she should just save the dancing for Drew. If anyone would get the date, she would. She should probably just stay home and not risk making a fool of herself.

"Ugh, the school dance." Piper let out a fake groan.

"Don't you want to go? I can't wait to go. I already have the scenario in my head ready for the day it comes. Some cute guy will ask me out. We'll dance, then he'll sit me down and then, bam we'll kiss. Maybe not some steaming make out or anything, but we'll get there." Drew grinned.

Piper wrinkled her nose. "Charming except for the fact that all the guys at our school look like warthogs."

Drew laughed. "You should see the guys in my gym class. They start out smelling like B.O and end gym with a bottle of cologne. I'm not even kidding. If I weren't so obsessed with them, I'd keep away."

"Speaking of boys, has anyone asked you out yet, Piper?"

She shook her head. "Nope."

"Someone will," Drew said matter of factly.

"What about you?" Piper asked, hoping for her to say no too.

"There were a few people but I said no."

"Are you waiting for someone special to ask you out, Drew?"

Her face flushed red. "I don't wait for anyone."

Drew cleared her throat. "I think I know who's going to ask you."

"Who?"

"That kid in our Algebra class has been having his eye on you for a while."

"The one that sits behind me?" Drew nodded her head.

"Couldn't tell." Piper said. Why would Drew assume that? Piper hadn't said one word to that guy nor would she have anything to say.

"You know Malcolm? Head of the Mathlete's club?" Drew said, jokingly but their was an undertone to her voce. She caught her shuffling with her hands.

Piper raised in eyebrow. "Malcolm, that kid? You mean the nerd?"

Drew frowned. "Hey!"

She laughed."I was just kidding."

"Never mind it." She said, "Let's watch another movie."

Her mind went back to the kid named Malcolm. Malcolm. The guy who made Drew laugh. She could always hear laughter behind her. What if Drew liked him? She shook her head. Drew who boys fawned over. Drew who everyone adored. Why him?

"Do you have a crush on him?" A smile tugged on Piper's face.

Drew's cheeks turned to red. "No."

"Come on Drew, I know you're lying. Besides, he probably likes you."

"You think?"

"Totally," Piper yanked Drew's pillow out of her arms as she let out a roar of up burst.

Something inside of her stirred an anger that she never before knew she felt. Piper was jealous. She was jealous that a guy liked Drew but no guy liked her. Piper bit back her lip as she threw it at Drew's direction, waiting for her reaction.

Drew grinned and grabbed another pillow as it sailed over to Piper's directions. They both giggled as it slammed Piper's hair only to fall and leave behind her hair in a mess. Drew let out a snort as a pillow came sailing over at her direction. 

An a blink of an eye, Piper saw her world change. Images flared back to when they where younger, Piper's first boyfriend, Piper's first phone, Piper's 7th grade birthday party, Piper's..Piper's... Then, there was Drew. She wasn't Piper's first best friend nor was would she ever be her last. People come and go but something about this day, made all of this seem different. 

She got down from her head and went over to where Drew fell. There was a gash on Drew's arm where the cup on the floor hit her as the pillow slammed it off the counter. Blood was dripping down Drew's skin as Piper let out a breath. Shattered chips from Piper's cup fell down on the floor. Tears burned down Drew's cheeks.

Piper brought her a wet napkin and a band aid as she wiped the blood off her skin. She let out a sigh as there where no sign of glass besides the bits on the floor. She laid the band aid on her skin after wiping off the blood.

"I'm so sorry," Piper cried out.

Drew wiped the tears off of her cheeks with the back of her hands as she sniffed."It's fine. I know you didn't mean to do it on purpose."

They both cleaned off the glass chips on the floor with a broom and threw them in the trash. The guilty reminder on the floor pained Piper's chest as she grabbed the Pillow up and put it on her pillow. Everything was quiet. Everything was fine. They should be fine. Piper had turned on a movie on her TV to lighten up the mood, but she felt it only made it worse. She didn't dare to turn over to Drew, afraid to see her or her face.

D REW DIDN'T END UP GOING TO THE 8TH GRADE DANCE WITH MARCUS.

He didn't ask her out or out nor did he any longer speak to her. Malcolm choose another girl instead that was smarter than Drew. Maybe not another girl prettier than Drew. Just an ordinary girl. Piper saw them two together at the dance, smiling. When Piper came to the dance with her and her date, she watched in dismay as her friend never came.

Piper couldn't help but noticed how awful she felt as her date held her hand and how sweaty it was. When everyone said they looked beautiful together, and all she could notice was the short about of words he had spoken to her.She didn't know what she should be feeling. Guilt? Happiness? That she went and her friend didn't.

She wore the dress Drew had said simplified her eyes and the red heels that matched her earrings. The hair updo that hurt her scalp but made her look gorgeous. She wore the necklace that belonged to her mother and the lipstick one of her friends had bought for her. While everyone could see her smile shining at the party, and her heels on the dance floor while the teachers and parents stood and chaperoned, Piper came home and cried.

~Coming Up Jason VI~