User blog comment:Darkcloud1111/''The Mark of Athena'' Plot Holes/@comment-72.145.34.83-20121015030649/@comment-3146930-20121015032320

She said she had a crush on him from the time she was twelve. However the line you are talking about is:

''She smirked. "I hated you at first. You annoyed me. Then I tolerated you for a few years. Then—"''

The smirk kind of implies she was joking with him.