Annabeth at Goode
Chapter 1
Annabeth POV
I stepped off the plane and looked out at the incredible view of the city. The night lights gave it a glow and a beauty that was absolutely breathtaking. I smiled as I saw the Empire State Building. Instantly, I thought back to when the second Titan War had ended and the gods had given that Heroes gifts. But my favourite memory was something that followed that meeting, the night Seaweed Brain and I finally had our first official kiss, which followed with an the best underwater kiss ever.
I smiled at the memory and continued walking to pick up my luggage. As I walked I was thinking about what tomorrow was going to be like. A new school, Goode High School of course, for one major reason: Seaweed Brain. I was looking forward to seeing Seaweed Brain as I hadn't seen him since the end of the Giant War. But tomorrow I would be united with Seaweed Brain again.
I hailed a taxi and told him the address of my hotel which was about a 10 minute walk to Goode.
I walked up to my room, sorted my things out then collapsed on the bed wearing one of Seaweed Brain's shirts.
The next day, I arrived at Goode at 8:15 which gave me 15 minutes to collect all the information I needed for the day and find Seaweed Brain. I walked to the reception and said "Hi, I'm Annabeth Chase. This is my first day here and I was wondering whether I could have my timetable and locker number?" The receptionist gave me my timetable and then showed me to someone who could take me to my locker.
This girl was incredibly rude but at least she had the courtesy to introduce herself and ask me a few questions about myself. "Hi, so I'm like Samantha and I don't really like care but I guess I have to ask you some like questions. So… why did you come to this hell hole?" "Well, I moved to Goode" with emphasis on Goode "so I could be closer to my mother and my boyfriend." I replied. She looked more interested as soon as I said the word boyfriend. "Who's your like boyfriend?" I replied "Percy Jackson." "No, he is so not your boyfriend! He has a girlfriend in like California and he is really like loyal to her it's not like funny. Plus, I'm about to like get him to like go on a date." She started to freak out and she turned away as if to walk off when she turned around and said "Well, if he's your like boyfriend, let's see what he says." I replied with a simple "Okay" before walking off toward Percy. My thoughts were sprinting through my head but as I calmed myself down, two thoughts stayed in my head: What if Samantha wasn't lying and she actually was going to ask Percy on a date and what if Percy had met someone else…
I approached Percy from behind then swung my legs under his making him fall backwards on the ground. As he hit the ground the entire hallway went silent. Percy looked up and saw me and smiled his cheeky I'm-going-to-get-you-for-that smile. In an instant, he tripped me but caught me so I was lying on top of him. He smiled his annoying yet endearing half-smile and said "Hey Wise Girl". I replied "Hey Seaweed Brain" and kissed him. Everyone was staring at us until Paul (or Mr Blofis, as I should say) came past everyone and said "Go to your classes" and "Nothing to see here". I quickly rolled off Percy and helped him up. Paul came up to me and said "Hi Annabeth, how are you?"
I replied "I'm very well, thank you."
"That's good. So what brings you to Goode?"
"Well, I decided to come to New York to oversee the building of Mount Olympus again." I sighed in exasperation. Why did Gaea and the gods have to destroy Mount Olympus again after I had just finished it?
Paul snapped my out of my thoughts by saying "Well, I will see you two in English"
Percy and I replied with a simple "Bye" and walked off.
"Hey Annabeth, what do you have today?" Percy asked me.
"Here, just read my timetable." I said as I showed it to him.
On it, it read:
Annabeth Chase
Homeroom: Mr Paldinski – A9
History: Mr Wilken – D2
Greek: Mrs Laurenson – A3
Sport: Coach Hedge - Gym
Biology: Mrs Calaway – S11
Maths (Extension): Mr Westion – B9
Lunch
English: Mr Blofis – B2
Elective (Art): Mrs Charris – W4
Percy compared it with his – struggling to read them (dyslexia) but eventually figured out that we had Homeroom, History, Greek, Sport, Biology and English together.
"That's good," I said "six out of eight classes together." "Yeah," he said as he leaned into me about to kiss me "But I wish there was more." I could feel his sweet, hot breath on my lips… when the bell went. "Come on. Let's go to…" I check my timetable, "A9 where ever that is." "I'll show you" Percy replied. I ran in front of him not wanting to be late asking him directions until I smacked into something that I assumed was a human and not a monster… I hoped.
Percy ran up to me and pushed himself in front of me as if he was defending me. In theory, that motion is sweet but Percy knows that I can defend myself very well. I had proved that by following the Mark of Athena and surviving Tartarus. So to make it perfectly clear to Percy that I can defend myself, I stepped out from behind him and stood next to him.
"Hey Jackson, who's this?" the guy who I had ran into asked.
"My girlfriend, you idiot" he replied.
"Really?" Then he turned his attention to me. "Hey beautiful, I'm Aaron. Ditch this loser and come hangout with me. I can do whatever you like with you." He winked suggestively.
I could feel Percy tightening up, ready to pretty much kill this guy. "Ηρεμήστε , αυτός είναι μόνο ένας θνητός και ο ίδιος δεν σημαίνει τίποτα για μένα ." (Calm down, he's only a mortal and he means nothing to me.) Percy relaxed a little but enough so I could stop him if he decided to attack Aaron.
"I'm sorry Aaron, however no matter how 'good' you think you are, Percy will always be an infinite amount of times better than you so leave us alone."
"Ooh, feisty! I like those!" He stupidly replied. Percy was pretty much shaking with anger and I realised that if Aaron said anything more he would pretty much die from Percy's wrath. I quickly stepped in front of Percy and rolled my eyes.
"Just one last warning, I am holding Percy back at the moment from attacking you and permanently sending you to the hospital so you should be thanking me, BUT if you do or say anything like that again, I will step aside and let Percy beat the crap out of you. So STAY AWAY!"
Just to support my point, I slapped him in the face and walked off with Percy holding my hand.
"Okay, now that's over, let's go to Homeroom." I said. Percy chuckled but I could still see the anger in his eyes. He only had this look when someone either hit on me or hurt me. I stood on my tiptoes and kissed him. He relaxed into the kiss and deepened it. I pulled away and looked up at him. "Why are you so tall?" I asked indignantly. He gave me his half-smile and replied "Why are you so short?" I punched him in the arm as we walked into Homeroom.