Annabeth

I walked down the halls of Goode High School. The Calc teacher had just told me I had to tutor Percy Jackson, if I wanted my extra credit to secure the spot of Valedictorian. I was so frustrated; Percy Jackson is so infuriating, I can't handle him. I had just seen him earlier that day leaning against the lockers talking to a group of girls that he definitely wasn't interested in. All of them twirling their hair and biting their lips. They lived and breathed for him.

Percy Jackson is the most popular guy in school. And to be fair, also the most handsome. All varsity sports, super friendly to everyone, and generally okay with grades. But that's besides the point, it's not like I daydream about him or anything. A lot. Anyway, he's a big jerk that has every other girl vying for his attention. He had the whole school rapped around his finger. Even the teachers; the female ones anyway. He's a super fit guy, with a six-pack, sculpted calves, huge biceps, and styled up black hair. I've never gotten close enough to tell his eye color. It's not a surprise the entire female population is interested in him. I imagine that he throws parties all of the time.

I was the school's brainiac. Always studying, always learning. I regularly wear dress pants and dress shirts because that's how I was brought up. Today it was a white button up with maroon dress pants. My shirt should have been buttoned higher but today was hot so just a little cleavage was showing. Sorry.

I stopped by my locker where my friends, Jason, Piper, Frank, and Rachel were. Jason, who was gazing at Piper longingly, was a fit, blond guy with glasses that hide his bright blue eyes. He was nice and was trying hard to get the beauty queen, Piper, to notice him as more than a friend. Piper was a beautiful Cherokee girl with brown hair and kaleidoscope eyes who tried to not be noticed, but she couldn't hide that she was ridiculously pretty. Frank was talking to Rachel. He was a tall, well-build Chinese-Canadian that is the cutest big teddy-bear ever. She was an artsy girl with big curly red hair and bright green eyes. Her freckles were something guys would "drool" over constantly, but we all knew it was her figure they were really paying attention to. Come to think of it, all of my friends were extremely good-looking. Weird.

"Hey Annabeth! We were just talking about going to Papa Henry's Pizza after school, wanna come?" Said Piper.

"Actually I just got word that I have to tutor Percy Jackson for extra credit, so I should probably go talk to him about when we'll do that."

"Why do you need extra credit? You're already a shoo-in for Valedictorian!" Piper replied.

"Ah, you know she's gonna do extra credit if she can Pips. Maybe she just wants to spend time with the bad-boy Percy Jackson." Rachel insisted.

Jason jumped in, "Um, no, I don't think so. That guy is trouble. You shouldn't do this."

I said, "I'm doing it. And don't you dare say that I'm interested in him!" I playfully pushed Rachel.

"Whatever. I'm just saying, we all daydream about him, and I see you looking at him allll of the time." She laughed.

"Not all of us daydream about him." Said Frank.

"Yeah, see?"

We all laughed.

"Well, I should get going and ask Percy when he wants his tutoring sessions."

"Probably in his bedroom." Rachel snickered.

"Oh my gosh, you totally need to tell us if he lives in some sort of mansion or something!" Piper said.

"Okay guys, bye."

"If you're not interested in him you might want to button up your shirt more so he doesn't just look at your breasts while you speak to him." Rachel said with a laugh. Leaving the rest of the group to chuckle as well.

I rolled my eyes at them and left.

I walked to the parking lot outside where Percy and his friends usually meet out after school. He usually hangs out with his cousin Thalia, and people named Leo, Nico, Grover, Hazel, and Beckendorf. Thalia was my best friend when we were younger, but we had drifted apart over time. We still hang out sometimes, but not like we used to. I saw all of his friends hanging out in the front. Thalia is a punk-rock kind of girl with spiky black hair and electrifying blue eyes. Leo was a hispanic mechanic guy, he was nice, but he was a little too flirty for me. Nico was a transfer from Italy; I would say he was a cutie but he had a look about him that said "I-could-be-very-dangerous-so-don't-call-me-cute." And I heard he was dating Will Solace, so he's definitely not interested in anyone else. Beckendorf was Percy's ultimate guy friend, a big burly guy that was his second in command on all sports teams. The guy named Grover was Percy's best friend but I didn't see him around anywhere. I walked over to the group who all were joking around. Leo was literally rolling around on the ground laughing at something.

"Hey, Annabeth!" Thalia yelled as she hopped off of the railing she was sitting on.

"Hey Thalia." I replied as I was hugged by Thalia. I patted her on the back awkwardly.

"What's up?" She said with her piercing blue eyes boring into me. She knew I was here for something.

"Yeah," Leo jumped in, "what would the foxy book worm like?" He said as he put his arm around my shoulder. I was about to punch him in the gut but Thalia and Hazel beat me to it. Both of them insulting him for flirting with me.

Beckendorf said with a laugh, "You know she's out of your league, Leo."

"Man's gotta try, right?" Leo said while grabbing his stomach with a grin.

"Yeah, well I was just wondering if you have seen Percy, I need to talk to him."

"Finally gonna tell him-"

"No!" I yelled at Thalia, causing everyone to look at me, "um, no what are you even talking about?"

She started but I interjected quickly again, "I just need to talk to him that's all."

I saw Percy as he came down the stairs to meet his friends. He had on jeans that fit him well and a blue t-shirt that hugged him in all the right places.

He came to the bottom of the stairs and said, "Hey guys, how was hell today-"

He looked at me as he stopped talking. He had to be wondering what I was doing talking to his popular group.

This was confirmed when he said judgingly, "What's she doing here?"

Thalia said, "Percy, don't be so rude!"

He stuck his tongue out in response.

"Can I talk to you?" I shifted my feet and stared at him.

"Yeah, go ahead and talk babe." He said while crossing his arms. I was trying to save him the embarrassment of his poor grade in class but apparently he just wanted to be a jerk.

I rolled my eyes, "Okay, well the Calc teacher told me to tutor you because of your grade and I need extra credit so when do you want to do this?"

Thalia and Beckendorf laughed at him. Thalia said, "Perc, I thought you said you were ace-ing that class!"

"Um," he said while rubbing his neck, his biceps bulging, "well, I might have exaggerated about that a little guys…"

"Well, if anyone can help you out with that it's Annabeth!" Thalia stated.

"The school's brainiac and dress shirt queen is going to help me? Damn, isn't that rich." He said sarcastically. Why do I have a crush on him again?

"Just tell me where and when you want to study you ass." I sighed.

He ripped a piece of paper out of Leo's notebook and took a pen out of his pocket and stepped so close to me I almost had to back away, but I stood my ground. I got a whiff of his ocean smelling cologne, and I had to use all of my willpower to not sigh because it was so intoxicating.

Oh yeah, there's a reason to crush on him…

He looked up from his paper as he was writing to stare straight into my eyes, making my heart beat viciously against my chest. He flashed a winning smile at me as he took my hand and placed the folded piece of paper in it, closed my hand and kissing it mockingly.

"Until we meet again, your majesty." He bowed.

Leo snickered, and Nico cracked a smile at that, as did Beckendorf. While Thalia and Hazel just glared at him for being so crass.

"Whatever. See you later Thals." I said turning on my heel to get away from that buffoon.

"Bye!" she said to me while turning to Percy and saying, "Why do you have to be a dick like that to her?"

I dropped my textbooks after I made it down the second set of stairs. I could still hear their conversation faintly.

"Like what? Miss Perfect started it by being Miss Perfect."

Hazel said, "She is kinda perfect, but that's not a reason!"

Leo cut in, "When did she get so flamingly hot?"

I heard him get smacked. I poked my head up to look.

Percy said, "Don't say stuff like that." His cheeks looked a little flushed for some reason.

"See! Right there! Why are you only nice and sweet when other people aren't around?" Thalia said.

By then I had been way past finished picking up my books but I'm nosey when it comes to other people talking about me.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Percy huffed.

Then I thought it was probably time for me to go, so I went off to my car. Their conversation fading quickly from my ears. But their words stuck in my mind. Apparently I was good looking? No it was just Leo being Leo, right? Of course.

All I know is that I'm in trouble for these tutoring sessions with the popular party boy.