Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or any of the characters that belong to it. Neither do I own Versace or any other brands, names etc. mentioned.
Chapter 1
Annabeth POV
As I was starting to awake, I took a short look at my dog, Lucy, who was playing happily with her toy. Dogs always seem so happy and cheerful. I wish it was like that with humans too, but unfortunately we feel other things too. For example, I'm feeling exhausted. I barely slept because of all the nerves, since i have a job interview today and although i prepared good enough, it always feels like i could've done more. I walked to my bathroom and took a look in the mirror. Shit, could the bags under my eyes be any bigger. I just put some concealer on it and hoped for the best. I gave Lucy a kiss on her head and locked my apartment.
You see, I was living alone with my dog in a huge apartment in New York, although I never had a single job before in my life. I can see you wondering why I would want a job and where i got the money from. Relax, I'm not a drug dealer and no I didn't rob a bank either. My mother, Athena, is a fashion designer. There was a time when I was little, when we didn't have that much money. But then this woman sent my mom an email about how much she loved her new collection (my mom had a website online) and well that's how her success started. Turned out this woman was the sister of the fashion designer Gianni Versace. She continued his work and pretty much owned the business. So my mother started working for this woman, Donatella, more and more and also started earning tons of money. My father abandoned us the minute I was born. I have never heard from him, I don't even know his name and I'm glad about that, because if I ever even thought about searching for him it'd be a complete waste of time. Oh and now, why would I want a job? I have never really worked in my life, except when my mom and I were poor, I would help her with daily chores and all. I just made sure to study hard, so I could help my mom later on when I got a good job. I continued studying hard after she became succesful and I got a degree in Business. I never did anything with it until I heard a spot opened up in a business firm, not too far away from my apartment. So I decided to apply, because other then going out or meeting with friends or travel with Lucy, I didn't do a lot of other stuff.
My god, it was 10.15 already and I had the interview at 10.30. I should hurry. I ran as fast as I could, which was hard since I was wearing heels and wearing a skirt with a blouse and a jacket. The damn skirt kept flying up. As I hurried my way to the firm, I checked my phone to see that it was 10.20. I was on time, thank god. I walked inside the building and saw a woman behind a desk. I walked up to her and said "Hi my name is Annabeth Chase, I'm here for the job interview at 10.30" at which she looked up to me from her laptop and said "Hello Ms. Chase, Mrs. di Angelo will be done with her meeting in 5 minutes, she'll be in her office then, which is on the second floor on the right side of the stairs!" I thanked her and went to the toilet, because I always have to pee when I'm nervous, It's an annoying habit. I saw that it was 10.28 and decided to walk to Mrs. di Angelo her office. She was already waiting for me when I walked in. I introduced myself and we talked about my degree, work experience and why I was interested in the job. She was a very polite woman and kind of reminded me of my mother, also being a workaholic and having a positive attitude. She said that I'd hear from them tomorrow. As I walk out of her office, I saw a very goodlooking man sitting in an office next to Mrs. di Angelo's. Oh my, if only he was the boss. I guess I was looking at him for a long time, because he was staring back at me and I started blushing. I quickly took the elevator downstairs and went home. Lucy greeted me as I opened the door and took my heels off. Having her around, made me happy to be home. Which reminded me that I was going to need someone to look after her if I got the job. It sure as hell wasn't going to be my mom, who's too busy to even answer my phone calls, so maybe I could ask my childhood friend Luke. Yeah, I think I'll call him tomorrow. I decided to have a movie marathon, hoping it would be one of the last ones as I won't be able to have one once I get the job. I didn't have much work experience, I admit that, but I had a good feeling about the job interview. I also had a feeling that this wasn't going to be the last time I would be looking into those beautiful ocean-like eyes.
A/N: So what do you guys think? I know that it's pretty short, but this was kind of an introducing chapter so. I hope it wasn't too bad.. Let me know what you think, if you like it I'll update very soon!
