This is probably my favorite story I've published so far. I've loved reading Annabeth Goes to Goode stories, so I thought I'd write one myself. It took an odd turn as I was writing, but I really like where it turned and I hope you do to. Read and Review please!
BEEEEP BEEEEEP BEEEP!
My alarm clock went off and per usual scared me awake. I really hate waking up to this but it's only for a night. I usually woke up to nice peaceful classical music, but no. They only had the horrid beeping clock at this hotel. I could not remember why I was in this hotel. Of course! I was going to surprise my boyfriend at his high school! Looking at the clock, I realized it was 6:15. I've got to get moving! School starts at 7:10 and I've got to shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, take the subway to Goode, get my schedule, find my locker, and get to class on time! Awwrg! I hate being a new student. There's so much to do before your first day, but this time I'm on my own. No family members to weigh me down now. Whoo!
Half an hour later, I was heading to the subway. Soon enough I was on and off the subway, two blocks from Goode. High school, here comes Annabeth Chase. I walked confidently into the main office, ready for anything. I was met with an old secretary. She didn't seem to be a monster, but you can never be too careful.
"Hi. I'm the new student. I was wondering if I could have my schedule," I tried to be friendly, but I'm not a naturally nice person.
"You must be Annabeth Chase. Here," she spoke in a monotone, trusting a piece of paper at me.
"Thanks," I responded and left quickly, looking at my schedule the whole way. It seemed pretty good. At least from what I could tell. Everything was jumbled, but it probably said this.
Annabeth Chase
Homeroom: E. Mulroney
1: Social Studies E. Mulroney
2: Greek Burns
3: Architecture M. Mulroney
4: English Blofis
LUNCH
6: Math Parkhouse
7: Science Kirschner
8: Gym Hedge
I bumped into a girl as rushed out of the office as fast as possible, my head down and looking at the ground.
"Ooof." We both landed on the floor, books everywhere. Regaining my senses, I apologized quickly. "Oh my gods! I'm so sorry. Let me help you."
"No, no. It was my fault. I wasn't looking." She seemed really nice. I hoped to become friends with her. "You must be new. I'm Miranda Bonarrigo. Do want some help finding your locker?"
"Sure. It's C1010. I'm Annabeth Chase, by the way."
"Oh! Your locker is right next to one of my best friend's lockers. Unfortunately, everyone has a crush on him, so there will almost always be a crowd of girls around your locker." Miranda seemed sad when she said that, almost like what Silena Beauregard would do when talking about Beckendorf, before they got together, obviously. She has a crush on him! Of course! It's so obvious now, how could I have possibly missed that? "He says he has a girlfriend in California, but we all know she's made up so he doesn't have to go out with Maddie, the school slut." (AN: sorry to any Maddies out there! Random name!)
"Umm, okay. Can I ask you a really stupid question?" I wasn't ready for the response I was going to get to this question, no matter what it was.
"No question is stupid. Go ahead and ask." I really, really liked Miranda now. You know, besides the whole she likes my boyfriend thing.
"Okay. Do you know my boyfriend, Percy Jackson?"
"Yeah. He's the friend I was talking about a minute ago. I really don't believe you're his girlfriend. Like a dork like him could a girl like you. And besides, so many girls have made that story up, so it's not even believable any more."
"That's very flattering, but if you don't believe me, why don't we just go talk to him ourselves. Don't tell him I'm with you though. I'm planning on sneaking up on him and scaring him."
"Uhh, okay. Hey look there they are. I'll see you in a sec." Miranda walked off and started chatting with five other kids, including Perce. I slowly snuck up behind Percy. Lucky for me, his back was towards me and none of his friends could be bothered with the new girl. Quickly and quietly my hands snuck over his eyes. "Guess who?" I said, trying to be seductive. It's easy to say that I failed.
"Maddie, I'm not going to tell you again. I have a girlfriend. I will never, ever break up with her, especially not you." Percy said as he removed my hands. He turned around, still talking. "She is the best person on the planet and I love her. She has blo – ANNABETH?! What are you doing here?"
"Why? Do you not want me here?" I responded, fake pouting. He can't resist the pout.
"What? No! I'm just really surprised, that's all." Awww. It's cute when he gets flustered. Percy gave me a quick, sweet kiss, then turned me around to introduce me to his friends. "Guys, this is Annabeth, my very real girlfriend. Annabeth, this is Shea, Caroline, Miranda, Eric, and Jack," pointing to each one as he went.
Before I could respond, Someone cleared their throat behind me. "Umm, excuse me. What are you doing with my future boyfriend?" A girl with bleach blond, stick straight hair stood there, jutting her hip a little too far out. Her clothes revealed more skin than anyone would ever want to see, and she showed way too much cleavage. Behind her, a group of her replicas stood, probably her followers.
"What did you just call my boyfriend?" I was pissed at this girl. Really pissed.
"What do you mean your boyfriend? Percy obviously likes me. He just made up a fake girlfriend to make me jealous. He totally wants me, right?" She directed the last part straight at Percy, who looked extremely uncomfortable. After a minute he spoke, pointing his harsh words directly at this annoying bitch.
"Maddie, I have never, ever liked you. I never made up a girlfriend and even if I did, it would not be to make you jealous. My girlfriend is the girl you just insulted, Annabeth. Now get this through your head, okay? I will never like you. Stop flirting with me. I don't want to be your boy-toy. I already have the smartest, most beautiful girlfriend ever, who I love and loves me." Percy then pulled me in for a long, romantic kiss. We broke apart to see Maddie spinning on her heel and stalking off; her duplicates trailing behind.
Getting back to what Percy had said before, I responded, telling him about how I got to our lockers. "I already know Miranda. She brought me over here because we're standing in front of my locker and she didn't believe me when I said you were me boyfriend."
"What? Miranda! How could you not believe her? And besides, I've shown you a picture of her before!"
"Sorry! I've become very suspicious of the people claiming to be your girlfriend. So many people have done it now." Miranda quickly explained, probably not wanting anybody to get mad at her.
"It's okay Miranda. You were just looking out for your friend." I responded, letting her off the hook.
"Wait. Annabeth, you said we were in front of your locker, but this is mine." Percy said, thinking back to what I had said previously.
"Uh huh."
"Does that mean our –"
"You're catching on Seaweed Brain."
"Well not everyone can be as quick as you Wise Girl."
"No duh, Kelp Head."
"Owl Head."
"Fish-talker."
"Architecture nerd." There was a pause, then Percy kept talking. "Blue Kilt!" He burst out laughing when he said this. I started chuckling as well.
"Talking Zebra!" I couldn't contain my laughter at that memory. Percy, Grover, and I rode in the back of a truck full of stolen zoo animals from Denver to Las Vegas when we were twelve.
"Mt. St. Helens!" Now that we were safe and together that memory was funny. Percy and I were in hysterics when I realized people were staring. I elbowed Percy in the gut hard to get him to stop. Shea, Jack, Miranda, Eric, and Caroline stared at us like we were crazy. We probably are, but I've accepted it and moved on.
"What are you talking about?!" Shea nearly screamed the question at us.
"Inside jokes." Percy and I responded in unison. We then, of course, burst out laughing again. "Anyway, we've got to get to homeroom. Who do you guys have?" I continued once I'd finished laughing.
"I have Mulroney," Jack said.
"Same," everyone else chorused. With that, we headed to class, talking and laughing the entire way there. Five minutes later Mrs. Mulroney walked into class, right as the bell rang.
"Good morning class. Today the only thing we will be doing is taking attendance. Okay. Adams."
"Here."
"Allen."
"Here."
"Bennett."
"Here."
"Bonarrigo."
"Here." Miranda said happily.
"Chase."
"Here," I responded quickly.
"Douglas."
"Here."
"Eden."
"Here."
"Fairfield."
"Here."
"Granger."
"Present." A bushy-haired brunette girl responded.
"Honig-Fraud."
"Here."
"Jackson."
"Here," Percy and some other blonde boy answered in unison.
"Henry first," Mrs. Mulroney said.
"Here," Blonde Boy who I'd assume was Henry said.
"Now Percy."
"HERE," Percy yelled.
"Kinney."
"Here."
"Landon."
"Here."
"McVeigh."
"Present," Caroline said quietly.
"Norford."
"Here."
"Ondera."
"Here.
"Potter."
"Here." A boy who looked strangely like Percy but with glasses. This'll be odd.
"Rogers."
"Here."
"Schlessinger."
"Connor has arrived!" A brunette boy with braces yelled. He sounded a lot like the Stoll brothers. This will be a long year.
"Shoflick."
"Please, call me Shoffie." A tiny, pompous boy responded confidently.
"Stevenson."
"Sup?" Jack said, in a laid back tone.
"Terrell."
"Here."
"Weasley."
"Here," A red haired, freckled face nearly yelled as he draped his arm over the Granger girl.
"Winkler."
"As Connor said, Eric has arrived." Eric yelled in the same voice Connor did.
"Yuran."
"I am back." Shea said loudly. Just then, the bell rang.
"Okay everyone. Off to first period," Mrs. Mulroney yelled over the buzz of the teenagers.
"Seaweed Brain, who do you have next?" I asked.
"I'm staying here." Percy responded.
"Good. So am I. Let me see your schedule."
"Fine, Wise Girl." Percy handed it over. We had all the same classes except for third period. I had architecture and he had marine biology. I handed it back and looked around. Shoffie, Connor, Miranda, Eric, Jack, Shea, Caroline, the Granger girl, the Weasley boy, and the Potter boy were also staying. This can not be a good situation. Everyone else filed in and sat down. We all chatted until the bell rang again, signaling the start of first period. Mrs. Mulroney took attendance again, this time using first names. I basically soned out except for when my name, Connor's, Shoffie's who I learned was named Alex, Hermione Granger's, Ron Weasley's, Harry Potter's, and this crazy boy named Bennett's were called. All of these people seemed like they could be really good friends of mine. Before I could say anything, Mrs. Mulroney started class. Percy started playing with my hair as I took notes. For once a teacher got every single fact right. Most of the time, half of the facts given were incorrect. I wondered if she was a demigod. No one else could have gotten it correct. With her blond hair and her perky attitude, she could easily be a daughter of Apollo. I'll IM Chiron tonight to ask.
I tuned out most of the class after that, but I saw the top three contributors were Alex, Connor, and Hermione. I had to introduce myself to them soon. I needed other people to talk to on that level.
Soon enough, the class was over and we walked to Greek. Connor, Alex, Miranda, Caroline, and Hermione were also in Greek with Percy and I. Before class started I went over and introduced myself. First up was Hermione.
"Hey. I'm Annabeth."
"Hello. My name's Hermione. I'm an exchange student from Britain."
"Oh! I've always wanted to go to Great Britain. Do you want to sit with me and my friends today?"
"Sure. Could my friends Harry and Ron sit with us?"
"Of course! They were in social studies and homeroom, right?"
"Those are them."
"I actually wanted to get to know them, so this will be great!" Mr. Burns walked in then and started barking at us.
"Everyone, take a seat! This year you will learn the basics of the Greek language and mythology. Who already knows something about either the language or the mythology?" Percy, Hermione, Caroline, Connor, Alex, Miranda, and I all raised our hands. Mr. Burns called on Hermione first.
"The 12 Olympians are Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Apollo, Hermes, Dionysus, Hephaestus, Ares, Artemis, Demeter, Athena, and Aphrodite." Hermione listed the gods of perfectly.
Mr. Burns then pointed at Connor. "Zeus is the king of the gods."
He pointed at Caroline next. "Athena was born fully formed from her father's, Zeus, head." I beamed proudly at the mention of my mother.
Mr. Burns nodded to Alex, who proceeded to say the least correct fact I'd ever heard. "Demeter was born from the sea and is the goddess of the hunt." Even with the falseness of it, Mr. Burns just went on to Miranda, who immediately corrected him. "Demeter was actually one of Kronos's three daughters. She was the goddess of agriculture. Aphrodite was born from the sea and Artemis was the goddess of the hunt." I was really starting to like that girl.
Mr. Burns finally reached Percy. "Annabeth and I are fluent in Ancient Greek." For the first time since we started sharing what we knew, Mr. Burns spoke. "Would you please give us a demonstration?" Percy and I walked to the front of the room and began.
"Νομίζετε ότι ξέρει τι λέμε; (Do you think he knows what we're saying?)" Percy asked.
"Δεν ξέρω. Ας το δοκιμάσουν. (I don't know. Let's test it.)"
"Είμαι πραγματικά ο γιος του Ποσειδώνα και αυτή είναι η κόρη της Αθηνά. Μπορείτε, Μπερνς, είναι εξαιρετικά σημαίνουν. (I'm really the son of Poseidon and she's the daughter of Athena. You, Mr. Burns, are extremely mean.)" Mr. Burns stared at Percy blankly. He obviously couldn't understand us.
"Μου λείπει στρατόπεδο. (I miss camp.)" I continued.
"Έτσι κι εγώ Πρέπει να πάμε ξανά σύντομα. (So do I. We should go back soon.)"
"Εμείς θα το κάνει. Μην ανησυχείτε. (We will. Don't worry.)"
"Σ 'αγαπώ Φύκια εγκεφάλου. (I love you Seaweed Brain.)"
"Σ 'αγαπώ πολύ σοφό κορίτσι. (I love you too Wise Girl.)" Percy finished our conversation and we sat down. Everyone started talking about our conversation. Mr. Burns walked to the front of the room and recaptured attention almost immediately. "Good job. So everyone else knows, would you please tell the class what you said?"
I spoke up, "We were talking about a summer camp we go to."
"That is great. Now today we will be learning about the twelve Olympians. They are . . . ." I zoned out as soon as Mr. Burns said twelve Olympians. Not only did I know all about them, I had met them, several times in fact. Percy started playing with my hair again and I pulled out a sketch of Aphrodite's temple on Mount Olympus. She was so picky, changing her mind a million times a day. I would never finish this temple with all her changes. I lightly drew in columns, hoping she would at least agree on the style of columns. She chose Corinthians, the fanciest of course. Nothing less of the best for the goddess of beauty.
Faster than expected, the period was over and Percy and I had to split up. He was going to Marine Biology and I was heading to Architecture.
"See you in English Seaweed Brain."
"Ugh, English."
"Hey, it's Paul. How bad can it be?"
"Pretty bad."
"Okay then. See you in a little bit."
"Bye." Percy gave me a swift kiss and headed in the opposite direction. Well I was on my own for this class. I'd better go find it.
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