Summary: AU. The time for Thalia's prophecy has come. And this time, it involves her idiotic, dense best friend and a new girl from sunny California.
A/N: Hello, Internet-lonians! Here is the first chapter of my (hopefully successful) multi-chapter Percy Jackson story. -applause- Please leave a review of what you think and if you would like me to continue. Be honest; I'm not afraid of criticism as long as you don't rip my heart out. ^_^ Also, I'd like to mention that AU means that it's an alternate universe. There is no Camp Half-Blood, and the gods aren't real. There will be no monsters in my story or demigods or anything...or will there? You'll have to read and find out!
Disclaimer: The only thing I own is Bridgeton Academy...I think. I'm pretty sure it's fictional.
1. I Lose the Ability to Think Straight
I stared at page 357; paragraph one in my math textbook. This was what we were learning today.
Math class: the number one most boring class in the history of classes. It was so likely that I would actually use it in my life. When would I ever need inequalities?
Groaning, I averted my eyes to the chalkboard. I couldn't really understand the textbook because of my stupid dyslexia. It was a condition where you can't read like everybody else because you see words differently. It was a good thing I was never called on in English to "read the next page."
Today was a Tuesday, which in my eyes, was the worst day of the week. It wasn't Monday; it was Tuesday.
We were also supposed to get a new student today. From what I heard, she was a pretty girl from California with beach-blonde hair, and a killer tan. Her dad was a rich scientist/inventor and her mom worked at a fashion company. But those were the rumors, anyway.
I wondered why a rich girl like that would want to come to Bridgeton Academy in New York. Bridgeton was a private school for boys and girls, mainly the ones who got expelled from their other school for vandalizing or beating up another student. It was not a school for people to have a good time at and hang out with their friends. Here, it was life or death.
But occasionally, there were good people.
"Hey."
I looked to my right and saw my good friend, Thalia Grace. She had short, black hair and bangs that usually covered her face. Most people wondered what color her eyes were. But I knew; they were dark brown. Thalia wasn't the kind of girl who spent her time chatting with friends on the computer or shopping at the mall and I liked that. She was my kind of person.
"Hey." I nodded in response.
"Didya hear about the new girl?"
"Yeah. What about it?"
"I just met her on my way in. She was completely lost, but I helped her and stuff."
"Yeah?"
Thalia nodded. That's when I noticed her bangs were out of her face and clipped up with a butterfly clip.
"Since when did you have that clip?"
"Oh." She blushed. "Yeah, when I met that girl, she gave it to me and said that I'd look better if I kept my hair outta my eyes. Then she said I was pretty."
"That was nice of her." I commented.
Thalia nodded again. "She seems really nice, and definitely doesn't seem like one of those ditzy, snotty, rich girls."
"We'll see." I glanced at the doorway.
"Oh, does Percy already have a thing for her?" Thalia smiled teasingly. She nudged me in my ribs. Thalia was back.
"Shut up. I don't even know her yet." I rolled my eyes.
"But you WILL. When you first see her, you'll be so entranced by her; you won't even be able to think straight. Second, you'll get lost in her eyes and you'll stutter like the idiot you are in your first conversation with her. Then you'll dream about her smile." Thalia grinned mischievously.
"What?!"
She continued, "Then you'll have to beg her for her forgiveness after you do something stupid. Last, you two will share a moment of utter silence. Then you'll make-up and kiss. BOOM! Instant love! Then you guys will ride off into the sunset on a unicorn." Thalia concluded with her index finger pointed in the air for dramatic effect.
I laughed. "Thalia, you are so weird sometimes, y'know?" I shook my head. "I doubt we would ride off into the sunset on a unicorn."
Thalia shrugged. "I don't know where I get this from."
"Class, please find your seats!" Mrs. Dodds, our math teacher, said.
I watched as students shuffled to their seats and prepared for another torturous day of something everyone on the planet knew as 'school'.
"I think everyone knows now that we have a new student here at Bridgeton Academy. Please give a warm welcome to Annabeth Chase!" Mrs. Dodds gestured towards the door. Every student shifted in their seat to try and get a good look at the person standing at the door.
The rumors were right, I thought. This girl was--no, she wasn't pretty. That wasn't the right word. She was...gorgeous, stunning, dazzling, mesmerizing. Even those words weren't good enough to describe Annabeth Chase. She had a confident smile and she was tall. She had wavy, blonde hair that was tied into a ponytail and she wore an orange T-shirt and Capri's. Her eyes were a stormy shade of gray (which I actually thought looked cool).
"Everyone, please welcome Annabeth to our class." Mrs. Dodds instructed.
Most of the girls seemed excited and said, "Hi, Annie Beth!" I don't think they realized their mistake.
Not surprisingly, all of the guys forgot how to form a sentence.
I just stared down at my textbook, trying to figure out the first sentence. I heard Thalia say, "Hey, Annabeth!"
I tried hard to make out the first sentence on the page, but it was difficult. It usually didn't take me this long to decipher it. Why was my brain not working?
Oh, I knew why.
"When you first see her, you'll be so entranced by her; you won't even be able to think straight..."
Stupid Thalia; was she a fortune teller or something?
Hmm, what if we got married...?
STOP IT!
Annabeth Jackson...hey, that had a good ring to it!
Oh my God. How was I going to survive eighth grade now?!
My brain had just now decided to take a vacation in Hawaii, far, far away from New York.
