My last day of summer was treacherous. I had to walk around my new school, Goode High, and "learn the ropes". Well, not my words exactly. The vice principal, Mr. Ax, gave me a tour around the school and he looked nervous during it. Especially when we were nearing the janitor's closet. I have no idea, probably because there are flammable hazards or something. I would be scared of myself too because of what happened in the band room at orientation. He had offered me a place in the school after the incident and my mom accepted.

So here I am at Goode High. Ready to start school. Yay. It had been one month at this school and I could still remember the first day.

"Hi Percy!" A group of girls squealed my name and I flinched. I waved and ducked my head, running into someone. That someone was tall. I glanced up and saw some buff guy glaring at me. "Watch it kid or you'll be-"

"Dead meat?" I finished, only receiving him growling and stalking away. Anger issues.

"You should be watching your mouth, Seaweed Brain. You head is full of kelp sometimes." A familiar voice rang behind me. I turned and my eyes widened.

"ANNABETH!" I grinned. She ran into my arms and we hugged. The smell of her lemon-scented hair made me smile and I realized how much I missed Annabeth. As I pulled away, I looked around realizing that this caused everybody to be looking at me with a surprised expression at my random surge of energy. I ignored them and glanced at her. It was sort of weird to see her not wearing her orange camp tee. In a good way. She was wearing a tank top with shorts and her curly hair was down instead of in a ponytail. Pulling apart from her, I saw the football team staring at her. For some reason, I felt a little, jealous? I shook it off and focused on Annabeth.

Her eyes sparkled and she reached up to push back my hair. "I missed you too, Seaweed Brain."

"You look different!" I pointed out before I realized what I was saying.

"Ha, you expect me to wear my camp shirt? That would totally not raise a bunch of questions, Seaweed Brain." She smacked me playfully. Good, she didn't understand that
I was complimenting her. For being a daughter of Athena, she sure can be oblivious to compliments, but not to insults.

"What are you doing here first of all?" I asked.

"I transferred here so I could be closer to you and Olympus!" She smiled, saying it quietly so nobody could hear. She was now Olympus's architect and I was proud of her for it.

I felt an excited feeling in my stomach which made me feel nervous. It's just Annabeth, stop it Percy. Why was I thinking this? And I'm basically talking to myself in my head, wow.

Her hand slipped into mine, causing me to turn red. "Let's go, class is starting!" She pulled me across the hallway, with all my questions crowded in my head.