CHAPTER 1:
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN ANY PERCY JACKSON CHARACTERS (UNFORTUNATELY) SO YEAH-ALL BELONGS TO RICK
Annabeth POV:
Rrrrrrrrrr-ing! I heard the alarm clock ring and I threw the clock against the wall of my hotel room, effectively shutting it up.
I groaned and sat up. My eyes widened when I realized that it was my first day of school at Goode, where I was joining school to stay closer to camp and Percy, of course.
I ran to the bathroom and took a quick shower. I changed into short denim shorts and my camp T-shirt. I threw on Percy's Goode swim jacket and strapped my dagger across my waist.
I grabbed my backpack and ran down to the lobby and skipped out the door.
I hailed a taxicab and we got to Goode High School in a few minutes.
I thanked the cabbie and paid him. I ran out onto the school steps and sprinted into the school.
A sweet looking girl with brown shoulder-length hair and warm brown eyes smiled when she saw me. "Are you new?" She asked, kindly.
I nod my head as an answer. She smiles and leads me to the office. There is a blonde girl with gray eyes sitting at the desk, chattering on the phone. When she saw me, she gasped. She hung up quickly and hugged me.
"Annabeth!" She screamed. Now, I wasn't alarmed at all, because this was my half-sister, Jessica Boles.
"Jess! What are you doing here?" I asked as I hugged her back.
"Ch-Mr. Brunner, sent me here to watch out for you because besides you and Percy, the rest of the Seven, Nico, Thalia, Katie, Grover, Clarisse, Chris and the Stolls are all coming."
I gasped. "No way! But is it er… safe enough?" I asked, worriedly. Jessica nodded.
"Not as safe as camp, of course, but still safe enough." I knew what that meant; there would still be monsters, but not too many that 14 demigods and a satyr couldn't handle.
"Ms. Boles? How do you know, er… I never got your name…" The nice girl trailed off.
I laughed. "My name is Annabeth Chase, and Jes-Ms. Boles is my half-sister." The girl nodded.
"My name is Samantha McDonald, call me Sam, though." She stated and I shook her hand.
"So, Annie, you want your schedule?" Jessica asked me.
I glared at her. "Don't call me Annie! But yes." I replied.
"Oh, sorry… Only your 'Seaweed Brain' is allowed to call you that, correct?" She teased as she shuffled up papers for me.
"No. Seaweed Brain calls me Wise Girl. Thalia calls me Annie, even though I hate it. Actually, I think she calls me that BECAUSE I hate it so much." I say as I take the papers from her.
She laughed. "That does sound like something Thalia would do. Oh, and Ch-Mr. Brunner and I adjusted the schedules so that you and the others would all have the same schedules except for electives." She winked at me and I smiled widely.
YES! Seaweed Brain will be in all my classes, mostly, at least… I thought, excitedly. After Tartarus, Percy and I had a hard time apart from each other, and that was one of the reasons I moved back here, though Dad sure wasn't happy about it.
Sam led me to locker 818. I feel like that must be lucky, seeing as it is my Seaweed Brain's birthday, August 18th, and our anniversary.
I twist the code in, (which I changed to be MY birthday, September 15th) and open up my locker. I put my things away and then look at my schedule. Thank gosh that Chiron adjusted it so that it was in Greek!
I had:
Homeroom: Room 310-Mr. Blofis
Math: Room 215-Mrs. Jango
Science: Room 123-Mrs. Michaels
History: Room 116-Mr. Ager
Elective (Architecture): Room 213-Mrs. Vanders
LUNCH
Greek: Room 311-Mr. Brunner
English: Room 310-Mr. Blofis
P.E.: Gym-Coach Hedge
So I had Percy's stepdad, Coach Hedge and CHIRON!
I look up when I hear complete silence. Everyone in the hall seems to stare at the boy twisting his combination in next to me. I casually glance his way. Familiar jet-black, messy hair and an orange shirt that matches mine is what I notice when I see him. PERCY.
I had an idea. I took of his jacket so he wouldn't see JACKSON written on the back.
I turn to him quickly. "Hey, Seaweed Brain." I turn back quickly, watching through the mirror in my locker to see his reaction.
His head snapped up and his eyes scan for the source. "Seriously? Am I really hallucinating?" He whispered.
"YO, Jackson!" A deep voice called. "Who you talkin' to?"
"No one, Max… I just thought that I heard my girlfriend. Wishful thinking, obviously." He murmured sadly.
The boy and the others around him laughed. "You mean your MADE UP girlfriend, Perce?" A girl holding hands with the original boy said.
"Not funny, guys. She's real." Percy argued.
"Suuuuuure… Percy. We all know that you use that so you can get Krystal to stop from asking you out. Though that really doesn't make her stop." A different boy says.
I momentarily wonder if my Seaweed Brain is cheating on me, but seriously? He fell into TARTARUS for me and his fatal flaw is loyalty. I'm pretty sure that he doesn't like anyone else.
"Guys!" Percy calls again. I sigh, I might as well 'show up' now.
Since his back is now facing me, and none of his friends besides Sam have seen me, I lean into his shoulder. He feels my breath on his neck and his hand moves to his pocket, where the deadly Riptide is kept. "Hey, Seaweed Brain. You better not use Riptide on me." I whisper into his ear. I'm sure that his eyes widened comically.
"Wise Girl?" He whispers. He turns around to see me. When he does, he smiles so widely that I have to smile with him.
"Right here." I state.
He throws his arms around me and hugs me so tightly that I can barely breathe.
"Perce! Can't breathe!" I choke out.
He gasped. "Sorry, Annabeth!" He says as he loosens his arms. His friends are confused, because they still don't see me. Before I can introduce myself to them, Percy kisses me, and of course I kiss back.
After a minute, someone clears their throat.
I pull away from Percy, blushing.
"Seaweed Brain! Introduce me to your friends!" I say, nudging him.
"Okay! This is Max Whitman." He says pointing to the boy that was teasing him. He had green eyes and dirty-blonde hair.
"Hey." He said, nodding to me.
"This is Rebecca Nost." He says, gesturing to the girl holding hands with Max. She had long black hair and startling violet eyes. The girl smiled at me.
"This is Alexander Neese." He said pointing to another boy, who had brown close-cropped hair and dark green eyes. He was holding Sam's hand.
"I go by Alex." Alex said, frowning at Percy.
Percy rolled his eyes. "This is-" I interrupt him.
"Sam. Samantha McDonald." I say, smiling at her.
"How do you know her?" He asked, curiously.
"I met her earlier." I say nonchalantly.
"And last, but not least is Juliet Dranco." Percy said, pointing to a girl who was really pretty. She had curly brown hair that went to her waist and had bright blue eyes with green flecks. She smiled widely, but something flickered in her eyes that said something else…
I smile back.
I turn back to Percy. "Guess what, Seaweed Brain!" I exclaim, taking his hand in mine. I hated that he was so much taller than me now, and I had to crane my head up to see him.
"What?"
"Thalia, Nico, Grover, Clarisse, Chris, Katie, the Stolls, and the rest of the Seven are coming here! Also, Coach Hedge and Ch-Mr. Brunner are teachers." I say.
"NO WAY." He says. I nod, happily, as his friends go back to their own conversations.
"Well that certainly puts a new spin on the year, am I right?" He asks, and I laugh while nodding.
"Hey, Wise Girl? Where are you staying?" Percy asks, gripping my hand tighter.
"At a hotel near the school, why?" I question curiously.
"No way! You can't be by yourself! I know that you are perfectly capable of handling yourself, but since your… nights are as bad as mine, I might as well ask mom and Paul if you can stay in our guest room…" He drifts off looking at me for approval.
"Only if your mom and Paul agree." I state firmly.
He nods, a smile growing on his face.
"I think everyone else should be arriving…" I check my watch. "About now…"
As if on cue, the doors slam open, signaling that 13 new 'students' have arrived.
