I awoke to the sound of grumpy Zeus: rain trickling outside of my window. I got out of bed and headed to the shower. After rushing out, not wanting to be late on my first day, I got dressed into a simple outfit, an oversized gray crew neck sweater with dark skinny jeans and my camp necklace. Then I pulled my monster of hair into a ponytail.

My dad just got transferred here with a recent promotion. It is late September of my senior year, so I am so excited to be the new girl again! Can you hear the sarcasm in my voice? No? Listen closer.

Anyway I walked down to the lobby of my apartment building and ran into a boy on accident, he was . . . um . . . quite attractive. He has messy black hair, deep green eyes and was wearing a Good high sweatshirt with- what looked like his number, 8 on it and jeans and. . . Wait . . . whoa, whoa, whoa, is that . . . a camp necklace? No way. . .

"Oh. . . Uh . . . Sorry!" I said awkwardly.

"It's ok," he chuckled out, "um, going out on a limb here, but you look about my age and I heard we were getting a new transfer student in today, do happen to be Annabeth Chase?"

"Uh um, yeah" I mumbled out surprised by his open and straightforwardness and also trying to figure out who his godly parent is.

"Oh hey, I'm Percy, Percy Jackson. I go to your new school." He said as he smiled.

"Oh ok . . . cool." I said while my face turned red, I was sooo embarrassed! I just ran into a guy from my new school AND HE IS A HALF BLOOD. Great first impression! Once again do you hear that sarcasm?

"Do you know where the school is? I'm on my way now, I could walk you there."

"My dad showed me on the way home from the airport, but I'm not as sure how to get there from here." I said honestly, still trying to place him.

"Ok well, we can walk together then." He smiled a very handsome crooked smile and we started off.

It was about a two minute walk. We walked in a comfortable silence, occasionally he would point out a place like the best restaurants or his favorite hangout. As we walked in to school he asked what my locker number was and I read, "108."

"Awesome, mine's 109," he smiled that beautiful smile again, "if you want. . . I can show you around today?" Oh my Goodness. He was gorgeous, he is a half blood, his locker is near mine and he just offered to show me around the school. I actually don't think I will hate this school?

"Sure, I would love that." I smiled as sweetly as I could.

"Oh, hey Percy," said a girl from down the hall behind me, who is this? Oh crap, could this be his girlfriend? He is bound to have one; he is so, well . . . attractive. I turned to look at her. Her hair was black, cut in a sharp spiky look. She wore a punk outfit with some black cargo boots. She also wore a camp necklace. But her most noticeable trait was her electric blue eyes. Zeus was my first thought.

"Thalia!" Percy said with some noticeable excitement in his voice. Crap, it is his girlfriend. "This is Annabeth, our new student."

I braced myself for her to kiss him, but instead she said with a big welcoming smile "Hi Annabeth, I am Thalia, Percy's . . . cousin."

I let out a deep breath and said "Nice to meet you." She smiled at me knowingly. Ok, I totally caught the hesitation in her voice about cousin, but it took me a minute to figure out why.

"We were just heading to our lockers." Percy said, "Annabeth, Thalia's locker is near ours."

"Alright let's go then!" said Thalia.

I could see that she was happy I was with Percy, not sure why though. On the way there I looked around and noticed people were staring at me. They were whispering things like 'why is she with him?' 'I can't believe the new girl thinks she has a shot with the hottest guy in school' and 'she is new here, she wouldn't understand Percy'. I got really confused fast. But Percy seemed to be oblivious and Thalia just ignored it, so I tried to do the same. When we got to the lockers it turned out Thalia's was two away from mine, 106. As soon as I got the chance I walked over to her, out of earshot from Percy, to talk about the other kids.

"Hey I noticed some kids were staring at me, and I know I am new here but I still didn't think they would do that. Is that, well, normal?" I confessed to Thalia. She just laughed and smiled that knowing smile again. I was starting to think she could literally see the strong immediate connection between her cousin and me.

"Oh, haha, that's because you happen to be with the cutest guy in school, not because you are new. Girls would kill to be able to talk to him like you do, but somehow he never notices the girls flaunting themselves at him, he just kinda ignores it. But he never really talks to them like he does you." She said.

"So. . . Percy doesn't have a girlfriend?" I asked shyly and quietly.

She giggled and said "not yet" and winked. This girl is really nice, for Zeus' daughter. I decided to hint that I knew she was a half-blood.

"You know, you're really kind, for a daughter of Zeus." I said slyly.

"Yeah I get that from my mom, I think I- Wait you're a half blood!" she bursted and then hugged me, "So who is your parent? Wait let me guess . . . uh . . . deme-no. . . Athena!"

I nodded excitedly, "'Kay but don't tell anyone, I want to do it myself, when the time is right, and I want a shot at figuring Percy's parent."

"Of course! But how did you know I was Zeus's daughter?"

"Your electric blue eyes, they are beautiful." I admitted. She blushed, which was quite the sight, seeing a "punk-rock" girl blush.

Then Percy walked over, "Hey, watch'ya talking about?"

"Oh nothing. . ." Thalia and I said at the same time. We laughed.

"Uh . . . really, you can tell me!" he said trying to dig it out of us.

We looked at each other again and laughed. Then we all compared schedules, Percy and I had almost every class together, only he was taking a lower level math and wasn't in my architect class, he had another Phy. Ed. instead. Thalia and I had 4 classes together as well; Greek, (who knew they offered THAT as a foreign language) math, Phy. Ed. and a lower level English. Yes, I am in a lower level English, be shocked, but it is because of my ADHD. My brain is actually wired to read ancient Greek. Weird, I know.

After our first three hours (boring as can be). We all headed off to our Phy. Ed. class. The door to the gym said that we were swimming today. Shoot, anything but swimming. It turned out that the teacher was gone and when I heard this news I was so relieved. I wouldn't have to swim! Yay!

Then the sub ruined it by announcing that the head of the swim team volunteered to teach our class today. Great-not!

Thalia and I went into the changing room, but her locker was on the other side of the corridor. I met two other girls who were also wearing camp necklaces. They were Bianca and Silena. Bianca was pale, almost like gray, deep dark eyes and had long black slick hair. And in the opposite extreme Silena had light brown hair, was really tan and eyes that seemed to change from bright to bright color if you looked into them long enough. I asked them who the swim team captain was and Silena said that it was Percy Jackson. As soon as they said his name all the girls in the locker room where gocking over how hot he was. Wow, how does he not notice? I thought as I looked back on my conversation earlier with Thalia.

"Hey do you guys know Thalia?" I asked.

"Oh yeah, she sits with us at lunch and is lots of fun" said Silena.

"So... is there a specific table for half-bloods?" I let out the joke, forgetting they didn't know.

"What you are a demigod too?!" asked Silena. I realized that she sort of did the talking between the two.

"Yeah, I'm a daughter of Athena, and you are daughter of Aphrodite. Am I right?"

"Yes, and Bianca is Hade's daughter."

"Cool" I said, knowing these girls would probably be my best friends soon. Then we headed to the pool.

Percy (who by the way has a six-pack) came over and talked to us while we waited for the stragglers to come. I noticed something that caught me off guard, and that doesn't happen very often. I noticed that Percy lightly touched the middle of my back moving his fingers little. Normally I would, like, slap a guy if he did that on the first day of meeting, but for some reason it felt so right. I just only hoped that he couldn't tell I was trying to slow my heart down.

Thalia noticed his hand because she was standing on the other side of me. She whispered into my ear an eeep! I blushed.

A girl that had way too much makeup on to go swimming in and a bikini that could not be comfortable came over and joined our group. I begged to the Greek Gods that she wasn't half blood.

Thalia seemed to read my mind and said "She is not." to me quietly.

"Thank the Gods" I said back.

"So who is the new girl?" she said in the snottiest way possible.

"This is Annabeth, Annabeth meet. . . Calypso" Percy said while shivers crawled around my back, he had laid his hand flat on my back. Wow, I could feel the connection of our skin so perfectly -like his hand was meant to be there.

She glared at me and said "be careful 'Annabeth' some of the girls here are a little... competitive" with an evil grin.

Percy seemed to be a little confused but that is what makes him so sweet. The girls comforted me with a few "oh don't listen to her, your fine"s and "we got your back"s. I love my new school. When everyone was there Percy started class with a grin on his face, Greek Gods I can get enough of his smile.

He said, getting the classes attention, "Kay, everyone that can swim well, go ahead and start your 15 laps on the deep side, those of you not so comfortable come over here." I followed Thalia and a few other girls, including Calypso, and a couple boy geeks to the shallower side.

Ok a little backstory for you. I'm deathly afraid of water because one of the Greek goddesses once tried to drown my mother. She has advised her kids to be extra careful when around it. But I am really frightened by it and have never learned to swim.

Thalia seemed to remember this and told me to tell Percy that I didn't want to swim, I told her that I would give it a try (because I don't want Percy thinking I am a wimp). I walked toward the water and started to put my feet in. I prayed to Poseidon, the Greek God of the sea, that I wouldn't drown but. . . I got the feeling he was laughing at me. Crap, a Greek God laughing at me that is exactly what I needed. (Did you hear it that time? My sarcasm?) As I got in I stood and started to shake, sooo not use to the whole feeling of surrounded by water. And yes I take showers- not baths.

As Percy was checking his phone, Calypso swam over to the 18 foot end (and swimming very well if I might add) and pretended to drown. She caught Percy's attention and he hurried over and jumped in, then carried her to the bleachers bridal style.

"You have got to be kidding me!" I said to the girls. Thalia, Silena, and Bianca rolled their eyes.

"Thank you sooo much, Percy!" Calypso said to him in a really girly voice. I wondered what her normal voice sounds like, you know, when she ISN'T trying too hard.

Percy said "no big deal, I think you should just rest here for the rest of the hour, the sub can watch you here."

"Oh no, that's ok" she said realizing that her plan was backfiring.

"Really you should just lay here; I am going to go help teach the other kids." Percy turned while telling her to stay. He caught me staring and he brushed his already dry hair (how did that work?) out of his face and smiled sheepishly. He walked over and waded in.

"Ok so if we could just make a circle then I could teach you the best techniques to use for beginners." he said. We made a circle and he demonstrated a breaststroke. He told us how to breathe and swam a lap doing so. He swam so fast but no one seemed to notice that it was unusually fast. Even for professionals. I was beginning to think I knew who his parent was and then I understood why Poseidon was laughing, as if to say "you think my son would allow you to drown? Mwahahaha!" (Now don't judge me that is what I think all the Gods' laughs sound like, well. . . more like that's how I would impersonate their laughs.) Then I heard my mom, saying she didn't really like this whole "crushing on a son of Poseidon" but she was ok with it if I was happy.

"Your turn to show me what you have got" Percy said when he was done with all the demonstrations. Thals told me to just relax, but I just couldn't, I was too worried and when I swam I just splashed like the true scaredy cat that I am. Percy came over and told me to try to float first. He placed his hands under me then slowly moved them away. I could still feel the pressure of the water holding me though; he was using his powers for me. I stood up to talk to Percy, I thought it was probably time he knew.

"Wise girl, you didn't think I hadn't noticed did you... that you are daughter of Athena?" he said flirtatiously before I could speak.

"Well I wasn't sure seaweed brain" I attempted to say in the same way back.

"I'm not going to let some stupid water goddess who thinks she is all that drown you, you know that?"

"Oh thank the Greek Gods you don't think I'm unrealistically scared."

"I happen to think that your fear is completely reasonable, but don't worry I am right here" he said. I laid on my back again and floated, then turned onto my stomach and tried to do the breaststroke.

"Ok I'm going to help you," he said calmly "stand up." I followed his instructions and he stood behind me and took my arms and moved them for me. I hoped he couldn't hear my heart beating thousand miles per hour.

"The breaststroke is like a heart. If you imagine a heart around you then trace it with your hands it would be the best possible form." He talked smoothly. I closed my eyes and felt my hands in his moving in the shape. Just then I heard the sub tell us all to get out and get changed.

Percy turned me around and said "We'll continue this next time okay?" I nodded and he embraced me with a hug. He knew I was scared and he was there to protect me. I felt so safe with him.

As we left the pool and I entered the girls changing room Calypso and her possie circled around me pushing and poking me back and forth. Calypso slapped me.

"Don't you dare go after Percy, he is mine!" Calypso snapped at me.

"Who do you think you are you little brat..." Said a girl.

"He would never go for such an ugly girl, he probably just pity's you." Another sniped.

"Why do you even try?" Slashed one more.

Thalia stepped in and cursed at them in Greek. Then she slapped Calypso, causing her to scream. Thalia snapped her fingers in front of her. The sub came and asked what happened. Then Calypso said she slapped me, a bit dazed about it. The sub took her to the principal's office in a towel.

I ran over to Thalia and thanked her, "Thank you so much, but did you just control the mist?! I have been trying to do that for years!"

"Yeah I did, and I wasn't supposed to be able to in that type of situation, but I guess the gods let me...? I can defiantly teach you sometime" she said.

AN: Thank you! please review! should I continue this story?