Hey Guys! So this is my first story and I am very proud of how it turned out. I finished this about a year ago and right now I am going back and revising and editing the chapters because I feel like my writing has matured and I have realized all of the errors I have made with this story. So without out further ado, here is the revised first chapter of Right Here. Please leave some reviews and pass this story onto your friends! Thanks
Right Here
Chapter 1
Annabeth
Waking up is always hard but it's brutal when your alarm is blaring in your ear.
"Just one more minute!" I moan into my pillow and I smack my snooze alarm. The next time I wake up it's 7:30 am and my first class starts at 8. And my first class's building is 15min from my dorm.
"Shit!" I yell as I jump out of bed and get ready. I race across the dorm room to brush my teeth and hair and threw on whatever was on my floor. Frankly I didn't care if it was the same outfit as yesterday, I could not afford to be late to class, especially when there was a test involved. I get my backpack, keys, my phone and sprint out of my room. I am running down the hall and a girl on my floor who has seen this routine more than I care to admit screams, " You got 15 min! "
"Thanks Hannah." I call as I burst open the door to the stairs and I race out to the front of the building. Outside, I see my boyfriend in his roommate's car smirking in the driver's seat.
When I opened the passenger seat I breathe heavily and ask, "Oh thank gods Percy! How did you know I was late?"
He replied with a smirk and said, " Well it is Monday and you are always late on Monday."
I smack him, " Just drive Seaweed Brain, we now got ten minutes."
He revved up the engine and said," Ten minutes? Please I can get you there in 5."
And so we were off zipping and weaving our way through the campus to south quad where my 1st class was. It was a class about Greek mythology and well my professor doesn't like me so much. Not because I am sometimes late but being a demigod I know a lot more about mythology then he could ever learn. We will just say that we don't really see eye to eye on a lot of things and there are a lot of arguments about the stories and myths.
"I am so jealous you don't start until 10."
"Well, you scheduled your classes. I told you that this would be a struggle for you." He says with his goofish smile that makes me want to kiss and smack him hard all at the same time.
Lucky Percy. When we came back to high school, Percy began swimming and even barely using powers, he got a full scholarship here and early option to schedule classes before everyone else.
We arrived with 5mins to spare.
"Thanks for the ride and great driving!" I say as I peck his cheek and run up the stairs to class.
Percy
After taking my heavy sleeper girlfriend to class and having early practice, I open my dorm room, walk over to my bed and fall down in exhaustion. I share a dorm with this kid named Mark but he has a class all day, so I am here all alone. I go to take a nice hot shower and while I was in there, I remembered that today was Annabeth's and mine's four year anniversary! Oh my gods I completely forgot and I think she did too but we both have our reasons.. I mean she would have seemed pissed or something if she did remembered. Wow I thought four years!
We have been together for so long. I mean I known her since I was 12. We went on many quests together and saved the world before we became a couple. But before we could try to be a normal couple, I went missing for 8 months which sucked. When we finally reunited with each other we got trapped in Tartarus together. That experience still gives me nightmares. When we finally got out and saved the world with our friends, Annabeth and I finished high school together and decided to go to college together. But althoug on the outside it seems to the world we are better, we still have shadows of our time in hell that we carry around.
I still don't sleep that much and I can barely eat. I can't physically force myself to wolf down food like I use to. Annabeth also has some effects from being there. She has awful nightmares and she doesn't like being in the dark. Her roommate is Piper, so she keeps the bathroom light on for her. Some times when her nightmares are really bad she calls me and we go walk through campus. We walk until she has calmed down which can take awhile but I don't mind because I would do anything for her. Anyway we both graduated high school and came to NYU together. It's been the best two years of my life and our love has grown stronger. Our friends Jason , Leo , Frank and Hazel all go to different colleges nearby. We see them from time to time but not that often. Piper and Jason are still together but they have been having some rough patches lately . Frank and hazel broke up but I feel like they will get together soon. How long have I been in here? I thought. I jumped out of the shower and looked at the clock . 20 mins!
Annabeth
Half way through my test, my phone vibrates in my pocket and I quickly look to see that I got a text from Percy. I quickly look at it and it says.
"Hey do you know what day it is?"
I roll my eyes and wished he was next to me so I could slap him on the head. I reply, " It's Monday. Ok I know I need a better alarm clock!"
He responded " Yah I know that but think about the date Wise Girl."
I stop and I remember, Oh my gods it's our anniversary!
" I am so sorry I completely forgot! :( " I reply and sent the text. Oh shit he is going to be so upset!
He responds "It's ok! I forgot too I literally just remembered! I was thinking about it and we have been together for 4 years :D! "
4 years I thought. Four years and I love him even more then I ever thought I could.
I text back " I can't believe it! Four years and every second I have loved you even more ;) "
But before i could wait for a response, Mr. McQueen starts walking up my aisle so I shove my phone in my pocket and finish my test in 5 min, much to his annoyance.
Percy
After my last class I go to meet Annabeth for lunch. I grab a small sandwich and search for a blonde with her head glued to some books. Finally, I see her sitting carefully studying a book. I sit down next to her and say," Hey!"
She looks up and says, " Hi! "
"How was your day?" she asks me.
"Ok you?"
She smiles and says, "Much better now that I know what day it is. I still can't believe we both forgot but I guess we have been so busy lately it just slipped."
I agree and then say, " Well sorry that's it's not going to be special like previous years. "
She says ," I don't mind as long as I have you. So for dinner how about Chinese? You could come to my dorm and we could study together. Piper isn't here because she went to go visit Hazel over the weekend. She has been hurting since the breakup."
I answer, "That's nice of Piper and whatever you want Wise Girl."'
" So it's a date! I know you have swim practice at 3 so lets make it at 7 ok? I have to go and meet with this freshman who needs help with her classes, so I will see you then." She then kisses me goodbye and leaves.
I look at her and thank the gods that she is mine.
After swim practice
I was getting ready to leave when Sam, one of my friends on the swim team, comes up behind me and scares the crap out of me.
"Shit!" I scream as I jump and everything in my locker falls to the floor including Riptide, which I still have with me just incase. I curse in Greek and begin picking my stuff up while Sam is laughing like crazy.
" Shut up" Sam couldn't stop laughing and I ask angrily, " Did you want something Sam?"
He finally stops and says, " Sorry that was just so damn funny! Anyway there is a party Friday at my place and I was wondering if you and Annabeth wanted to come? I need a partner to play corners and you are the only one who will lose just to help me get drunker then I am. You in?"
Sam his parties. I like them too only if Annabeth goes too.
"Yah, I will ask Annabeth and tell you tomorrow." I say as I walk away to go meet my girlfriend who is going to be pissed I am late.
I was running a little late to meet Annabeth thanks to sam's surprise. I raced over to her dorm and prayed to gods she wouldn't kill me for being so late. When I finally got there I knock on her door and waited for Annabeth to answer. She comes to the door and smiles, "Seaweed Brain nice of you to show up!
I kiss her on the cheek and answer , " Sorry practice ran late."
I look around and sit down on her little couch. Her dorm room is filled with books and blueprints, just typical Annabeth things that I have grown used to. She sits down next to me and says" I ordered the food so it should be here in a bit."
"Great. Hey, Sam is having a party Friday I think after the swim meet. He was wondering if we wanted to go?" I ask.
She answers with a shrug, "Sure, why not we need a break anyway!"
I look at her and I think about all the years that we have been together. There isn't anyone I rather be with and she makes me a better person everyday and she understands my insecurities like no one else. While everyone always has seen me as the hero of Olympus, or the star swimmer, or the idiot in the back of the class, somehow she sees something else in me. She makes me understand that I am something more and I can be more then the labels others put on me. She is my best friend and I hope someday my wife although that's years away. I knew from the moment I met her she was special. I just didn't know how special she would be to me.
"Seaweed Brain, what are you thinking about?" she asked
I pause and look at her and respond with the most cheesiest but truth statement I could think of.
"You and how beautiful you are." I reply as kiss her. At first it's gentle and tender but then it becomes intense. We kiss and lose time and only notice the door knock when we break away for air. Annabeth smiles and goes to the door as I look on and wish I could continue a pretty great kiss.
Annabeth
I grab the food, get some drinks, and sit down next to my Seaweed Brain. He opens the food and puts all of my favorite Chinese food on my plate and only a little bit of white rice and some chicken on his. Ever since we got out of Tartutus, Percy doesn't really eat that much. He barely sleeps either. He doesn't know how much I know about what he is going through, but I know who he is and since then he has never been the same. That place changed us both but Percy's experience was much worse then mine. He always downplays his effects but I know what happened and I know it stills tortures him everyday. He doesn't want people to think he is weak when really he is the strongest person I know. But he doesn't see himself that way, and it breaks my heart to know that he still considers himself that lost 12 year old boy searching for someone to save his mom. Going through hell brought out some of our worst fears but for Percy, he was put through so much it's unbearable to see him suffer so much.
While we were down there, we were captured by these awful monsters working for the titans who were trying to get out. They beat me up pretty bad but they treated Percy worse. Because he was who he was and because their boss hated Percy, they decided to take matters into their own hands. They chained Percy up and tortured him for hours, all the while I was too weak to help him and I had to watch. There are scars all over his chest and back and no matter how much ambrosia we gave him, nothing could heal those scars and he was stuck with them forever. When people ask him about it, he just says that it was in a bad skiing accident. As I look at Percy while he eats his food, not knowing I am staring at him, I can see the shadows of hell outlined in his kind green eyes. But I decide to not dwell on the past anymore and move forward. I kiss Percy on the cheek and begin to eat my dinner.