This my my first chapter of a real story...it has nothing to do with demigods and I try really hard to be descriptive and language fluid to keep the stories interesting so I hope y'all enjoy my writing!

"No!" I shouted as Leo changed the television channel. I was enjoying myself and watching Animal Planet because they were finally talking about the east coast dolphins. Of course, Leo has to come over and switch the channel to Sophia The First on Disney Junior.

"It's gonna be my time... to show the world that I'M Sophia The Fiiiiirrrrsttt!"

"Shut up, Leo!" I yelled at him without even looking at the face with the mouth where the absolutely terrible voice was coming from.

"No, man. You're just jealous because you don't have the beautiful voice I have." Leo retorted. He's absolutely nuts if he seriously thinks that his voice is anywhere NEAR beautiful. I heard the door unlock and watched Gabe come in, bringing his nasty stench with him.

"Hurry it up, Sally! I ain't waiting all day for you!" He screamed down the hall. I finally made up my mind about him, I officially hate him with everything I have. He's not the most ideal person to live with. I watch my mom tumble out of her bedroom with her small wallet that holds money that Gabe probably uses to buy beer.

"See you around eight, sweetie." she kisses me on the forehead and leaves with Gabe. As soon as they exit, Leo gags and make a vomiting sound as if he's really about to puke.

"What's up with you?"

"Mr. Sewer over there is probably the most disgusting person I've ever been around in my entire life. How is it possible that you breathe everyday with him roaming the apartment?" I laugh at his comment. He makes a good point. If anything, I'm in my room or my mom's with the room door blocking out any uninviting smells.

After a couple hours, Leo left, and I finally got to change the channel. I admit I was a bit bored with nobody around to keep me company. Soon after Leo left, I heard the house phone ringing from the kitchen.

"Hello?"

"Hello, this is officer Walter Pennington. Is Percy Jackson speaking?"

"Uh, yes. Is there a problem?" I was getting a bit anxious.

"Yes, actually. Unfortunately, your mother has been in a car accident. It looks like Gabe Ugliano, your step-father, wasn't paying much attention and made a last minute swerve into a truck. Your mother is being transported to a hospital as we speak." I can tell you that I nearly dropped the phone and let it crash on the kitchen floor. Gabe, that no good piece of trash, let my mom get hurt because he wasn't paying attention to the road while he was driving? I didn't even ask how he was doing.

"Oh my goodness, I-I'm on my way to the hospital right now." I quickly grabbed my keys and jacket off the rack and locked the door before dashing out of the building.

"Sally Jackson, what room is she in? I have to see her," I quickly told the lady at the desk. She searched up a few things on the computer in front of her. She had short, brown hair and was wearing scrubs with brown bears on them.

"She's in room 206 in the left hall. It should be on your right side." I ran towards the stairway saying thank you over my shoulder. I finally reached the room, took a deep breath, and slowly opened the door to find my mom sleeping in the hospital bed. I sat down in the chair near her bed and softly took her hand into mine.

"Please be okay." I whispered looking at her poor, injured body.

I started to get hungry after a couple hours in the hospital room, so I headed down the hallway and asked a nurse where the cafeteria was. I saw an old man being pushed in a wheelchair with a very severed upper arm, and I was so distracted that I wasn't looking where I was walking and crashed into someone. She nearly fell over, but I caught her in time before she hit the floor.

"I'm s-so sorry, that was completely my fault. I wasn't watching where I was going a-and I just-" She cut me off before I could finish my apology.

"It's fine, really. I didn't get hurt anymore than I already am, so I'm alright," she chuckled. "I'm Annabeth by the way." I almost stopped breathing. She was beautiful. I drank her in; her startling gray eyes, her flowing blonde hair, she somehow even wore the gown well.

"I think this is the part where you tell me your name..."

"Oh! Um, I'm Percy. Percy Jackson." I couldn't tell how hard I was blushing, but it must've been pretty hard considering how warm my face started to feel. I took a glance down and saw her leg in crutches. Before even thinking I blurted the first thing that came to my mind.

"What happened?" and as soon as it came out I regretted it. "Um, sorry. You really don't have to answer, that I was just curious."

"It's okay, it's not like it's much of a secret anyway. I fell down the stairs trying to catch my brothers from a game we were playing. I just happened to miss the Star Wars action figure on the floor in front of the stairs."

"I'm sorry about that." I really did feel sorry for Annabeth. She's probably lucky that she didn't hurt anything other than her leg.

"So, why are you here? You certainly don't seem very injured." She asked looking me straight in the eyes.

"Oh no, I'm actually here because my mom was in a car accident a few hours ago. She's um, unconscious." I didn't realize how upset and worried I was about the situation until then, when I spoke about it.

"I'm so sorry, I hope she gets better," she gave me a warm, sympathetic smile. "You know, you look familiar. Do you, by any chance, go to Goode High?"

"Yeah, actually I do. Small world, huh?" I managed a small laugh. I guess getting to see her again wasn't a very bad thing.

"Um yeah, I think I'm starting to remember now. You're in my 6th period and, I think, 8th period class. You usually sit in the back of the class. You're not very social, like you don't really raise your hand or talk much in class."

"I'm not so good with words. I'm actually dyslexic, so even though I should probably be more used to it by now, I take like 10 minutes to read a sentence." I nervously laughed and started to blush. That was pretty embarrassing to admit.

"That's funny because I'm actually dyslexic, too. Although, I read quite a lot it's nothing that really bothers me anymore." Thank goodness she understands. I decided I should part ways with her before it becomes any more awkward.

"Well, I should probably get some food since that's what I really came down here for. Um, it was nice meeting you, Annabeth."

"Yeah, you too. I'll probably see you at school on Monday." I threw her a smile and walked past her towards the cafeteria. School was going to be pretty interesting on Monday.

Thanks so much for reading, I'll try to write more and post as often as possible to keep the story going! Feel free to leave any suggestions and give feedback or constructive criticism if you're into that. Stay tuned for more chapters to come!