A/N: Compared to Same Old Love, this story is less intense, and less adventurous, and less complicated. This contains more friendship and less intense drama. This story has a happy ending, and is just basically high school drama, but I do promise that there will be no clichés. It's a mortal AU, and starts with high school, and it is a boarding school. Always in third person. Rated T.
_Fonts' variation will appear before every chapter on this same spot_
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Underline - setting/time
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Italic + Bold - texting
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Full Summary:
Everyone has an untold secret that was hidden the deepest. Even the famous teen heartthrob, Percy Jackson; the young soccer star, Annabeth Chase, had one. But, just like in Gossip Girl; just like in Pretty Little Liars. Secrets would always be revealed and exposed. No matter you like it or not, it will always be unprotected, and told in the end. Somethings are only known by outsiders, aka., audiences or readers, but not the insiders. Got nothing to do with any songs by the way, didn't really know where the idea came from.
'Got a secret, can you keep it? Swear this one you'll save. Better lock it in your pocket, take this one to the grave. But no one keeps a secret, no one keeps a secret…'
"Hey guys, since I'm new this year, I need to get all the names and faces together, so would you please, each of you, introduce yourself, and tell me something interesting about yourself."
"Annabeth Chase, junior, obviously, and since the teacher requested, I will tell you something interesting and people don't know about me. I only hangout with boys, and my brother's girlfriend. Yes, hangout, I said hangout, not make out. Don't ask me why, because I won't tell."
People laughed at her introduction. They actually listened to her.
Unlike any other introduction people hear, Annabeth's captured all of their attention. People only pay attention to newbies if, one, their hot, or two, their well known. Annabeth didn't fit into any of those category. Maybe the first one, but she had hid herself pretty good, because she had been to enough schools to know what her classmates' reaction would be if she did certain things.
She heard a whistle from the back of the room. Turned around to see a senior with messy black hair and sea-green eyes staring at her amusingly. Annabeth winked at him and flashed him a smile. He winked back, and gave her a lop-side grin. She mentally did an eye roll and turned around and sat back down. She had dealt with this way too much for a life time. Though, one thing that she wouldn't deny was that, damn, this guy's hot.
Testing out the water unnoticeably was her strength in relationships. She made it look like that she was close and friendly to almost everyone, but that was her way of choosing who to hang out with.
On her first day, after the first period, when the first sentence came out of her mouth, people already started to like her. She couldn't be categorized as a society beauty, but she most certainly had a way with people. She was sociable.
When class ended, she collected her belongings and walked out of the classroom, her blonde curls bouncing as she walked. She smirked when she felt people's eyes on her.
She only had one class this morning and it was free period. Juniors' schedule was mixed with Seniors. She went to her locker and found a crowed of people near it, narrowing her eyes she walked closer. Pushing through without making any excuses, she went straight to her locker. Whispers and fingers were all pointing towards her, it was obvious that her introduction and her behavior in her first class had been spread around the whole school. Not that she cared about what people said. She continued to fiddle with her things. Then she felt two shadows above her, covering her light source.
"Look who we've got here." Jason said ruffling Annabeth's hair, causing her to turn around and glare at him.
"Aww… Poor little Annie." Luke sketched her chin with one finger teasingly. Annabeth scoffed in disgust and sent him a glare, too.
"Ugh, fuck off you two." She shoved the two blonde boys playfully, but with annoyance. "By the way, you two," she leaned against her opened locker. Her tone turned, forgetting the teasing they'd done to her just seconds ago, "does Percy Jackson has black hair and sea green eyes?"
"Yep, that's him." Luke said while Jason nodded. "Why?"
"Oh nothing," Annabeth shrugged. "He's in my first class."
"And?"
"Nothing."
"Did he flirt with you?" Luke asked, turning into his overprotective big brother mode.
"Yea, why?"
"Please tell me you didn't flirt back." Jason said.
"What?" She rolled her eyes when she saw where this was going. She had gotten used to her two brothers cornering her, and going all protective about her, she appreciated it, but sometimes, it was just a little irritating. "Damn it. I have a social life. I flirt with boys, I hangout with boys, I sleep with boys, I kiss them, and also happen to date some. What? Problem? I don't see any since I am a junior for your information." She said with a huff and turned back to gather her things from her locker.
Jason and Luke sighed.
"You're the one to judge." She pushed past them and walked towards the stairs, the two boys followed behind with their hands in their pocket. "You two, both captains of a school team, I'm not here for your freshmen till junior year, and god knows how many people had you two slept with before you two finally settled on two decent ones."
"I didn't?" Jason murmured. "Both of you don't approve of Reyna."
Luke and Annabeth said nothing, although both of them heard it loud and clear.
"Where are we going?" Luke asked out of no where as they descended down the last few steps of the stairs. Annabeth shrugged in respond.
"Show me around then since both of you don't have a place to go to." Both boys shrugged in response.
People walked past them and greeted Jason and Luke. Some of them didn't greet Luke nor Jason, but stared at Annabeth. Annabeth just rolled her eyes.
"I didn't tell you this, but in my last school, people think that I am a slut, because I only hang out with boys, and most of them are in some sort of school team. They thought that I slept with all of them. That is one of the reasons I don't have any girl friends except your girl." She gave Luke a pointed look at her last comment. "And now I think most people are thinking that I must be experienced to have two popular captains showing me around." She smirked and wiggled her eyebrows at the two boys who rolled their eyes in turn. "Come on Jace, you must have a string of girls chasing behind you." She nudged him.
"Yea, cheerleaders." He scoffed.
"Hmm… And isn't those your type?" Annabeth teased and move closer to his face looking at him innocently.
"Nope." He chucked and shook her head. "You're insufferable Annie."
"I thought you say this to your girlfriends." She continued to tease him like an innocent little sister.
"Damn you're annoying." He said and pushed her away playfully with a playful glare. Luke was trying not to make a sound while clutching on his stomach laughing his ass off.
"Hey I'm hurt Grace."
"Good. So now you can shut up with my love life for once." He stuck out his tongue at her.
"So now you admit that you have a love life huh?" She raised an eyebrow questioningly with a slight of amusement. Luke stared at him too as Jason blushed and turned to look away.
Annabeth turned to Luke and fist bump him. They laughed while Jason nudged her resulting her crashing into Luke because she was laughing too hard to keep her balance.
They spent their whole free period joking and walking around campus. Annabeth was getting looks from people, because after all, she was a newbie. People thought that it was unfair to be with the populars when you just came.
"Shit! I have PE on my first day of school, and that means I will be stinky all day, not that I mind." Annabeth grumbled, didn't really know why she swore in the first place, because PE was usually her favorite class.
"We have it with you too."
"And how does that make me feel better?" Annabeth asked as they reached the locker rooms.
"Because you get to spend time with your bros." Luke said ruffling her hair and gave her a peck on the cheek. Jason followed and pecked on her other cheek.
Annabeth pushed Jason's stomach lightly with her fist and said, "asshole." Yet, she couldn't suppress the smile that was surfacing.
She quickly took off her clothes and just left her turquoise sports bra on. She put on a black yoga shorts and tied her sneakers and walked out into the gym.
When she entered, she caught Luke and Jason scowling at her, and she just raised an eyebrow, asking them why silently. They put down the ball and walked toward her. Towering over her.
"What?" She asked with her arms crossed in front of her, looking up at them. She followed their stares and looked down. "Oh." She said.
"Yea, right, 'oh'. When did you get that?" Jason asked, a lace of anger in it. Luke was still busy checking it out and admiring it. There was a cobra around her waist, and it was full on attacking mode with its mouth open, teeth revealed and the side wide open. Its tail was at the side of Annabeth's left hip and it went from the back of her waist. Its front bit stood on the right side of her abs. She supposedly had six pack, but it was only visible if you looked closer. From a distance, you could count four with out squinting your eyeballs out.
"Sophomore? I think?" This came out more like a question. "Got that with the football team back in L.A., if my memory is correct." She added. "What?" She started to get defensive of her favorite and most secretive, yet proudest tattoo. "You allowed this though." She stretched out her left hand, using her right hand and pointed to a symbol of the Master of Death in Harry Potter on her thumb joint.
"Yea, but that was a small one." Jason argued.
"Ya? So? I still don't see how the size is related. It's not like people can see my cobra." She scoffed and pushed passed the two boys and went towards where the coach and the vast majority of the students were standing.
She didn't pay much attention to what the coach had said, but enough for her to know that they were doing track and field this unit, and their warmup was a 1500m. They started running, and soon there was a distance between the jocks and the others. Annabeth easily caught up with the jocks, and soon she was in the very front with the only three people, Luke, Jason and Percy.
"Still have your morning run?" Luke asked.
"Yep." She perked. "Wanna join?" She nudged Luke and squeezed between him and Jason. Jason was talking with Percy about some family stuff since they're cousins.
"Sure, why don't you invite these two as well." He motioned to Jason and Percy. They turned just in time. "Wanna join little Annie here for her morning run?" Luke asked, in which Annabeth hit him in the stomach for using the name she distaste.
"Why not." Jason shrugged and looked at Percy, who nodded.
"You have to get up early though Jackson." Annabeth said a matter of factly, not looking at anyone.
"You told her about me Jason?" Percy asked, and Jason nodded with a sly smile. "How could you! I thought we're friends."
"I didn't tell, but Luke did." Jason laughed after Percy's protest.
"Not cool man." Percy turned to Luke, who had a sheepish smile on him.
"That's not important." Annabeth started, before Percy started to ramble. "Anyway, meet at the door of my dorm at five. I'm going to wait for five minutes." She dedicated the last part to Percy. Jason and Luke laughed.
"Yep, I think that is necessary since he is always late." Luke said between laughter.
"Mm. I don't think five minutes is enough though Annabeth." Jason remarked thoughtfully, and got a shove from Percy.
"Deal with it."
They were the first ones to finish. None of them broke a sweat, they were still chatting and laughing. Or perhaps, bullying Percy.
When everyone finally reached the destination and all caught their breaths, a group of girls with a cake of makeup on their faces came up, still panting a little from their warmup.
The leader, which happened to be a dirty red-head. She said nothing. She just raised a hand planning to slap Annabeth across her cheek. Annabeth was all prepared, she had went through a lot more in her previous schools. Annabeth simply just slapped on her hand with the same force she used, and moved her face away from her reach.
"Wow, never know you people high five in this way." Luke, Jason and Percy burst out laughing at this comment. Annabeth stayed a poker face, but she was laughing inside her brain.
"Get away from my boyfriend bitch."
"I will, if you just tell me which one, because, correct me if I'm wrong, I think you considered all three boys behind me your boyfriend." Annabeth pointed to Percy, Luke and Jason with her thumb. "Am I right?" She couldn't fight back her laugh anymore, a smile crept uncontrollably on to her lips as she face the girl.
Then, Annabeth spot another red head, and another girl with black hair who looked like an Asian barbie. Ignoring the fuming dirty red-head, she leaned back to the three boys who were still chuckling. "Dude, are they Rachel and Drew?" All three of them nodded. "They don't hangout with her?" She asked pointing at the girl who failed slapping her.
"No, she is Nancy Bobofit, and they don't get along. Nancy's more of a whore."
"What about them then? Any better?"
"Yea, I guess." They all shrugged. "I mean, Rach and Drew are not annoying, or as bad as Nancy."
"Wait, didn't one of you broke the bro code?" She gestured to Jason and Percy.
"No. Percy's the one that dated her, I never did." Jason replied.
"You slept with her though." Jason shrugged. Annabeth turned around and smelt an expensive perfume. "Whoa, girl, you're still here." She didn't wait for Nancy to talk and continued.
Although she had gotten used to it, but her first day was still dramatic enough. Why? You'll see.
Just as she was about to walk into the cafeteria with Percy, Jason and Luke after PE, an angry Rachel and Drew stomped towards them in their wedge heels. They ran up and pulled Annabeth away by the collar, which caused her to stumble in surprise. It also caused the three boys to drop their conversation and turn their attention.
"You! Whore! You do know what you've done don't you?" Rachel's nostrils flared up.
"How dare you do that?" Drew added. She then poked on Annabeth's chest, and continued. "Got what you want now, bitch?"
"Cliché." Annabeth frowned slightly in a curious way, still with books in her arms. She wasn't a slight angry, she had experienced far worse in her previous schools. She was just curious about the behavior.
"Dumb blonde." Rachel sneered.
"Stereotypical." Annabeth commented back.
"Slut." "Whore." Rachel and Drew yelled in her face the same time. Annabeth just took a step back calmly and stared at them as if they had more than one head.
Since she had stepped back, now that the three boys were surrounding her.
"What did you call her?" Percy said in a dangerous and challenging voice.
The two girls stole a glance at him and turned back towards Annabeth.
"See what we're saying?"
"No." Annabeth cut in before she could continue, and she was laughing internally, and tried to maintain her poker face.
"You are a newbie, and yet, he became overprotective of you instantly, while I waited for three years for him to finally take notice of me. He might be asking me out already if you don't exist." Rachel snarled, and was about to hit Annabeth in the chest, but fell over instead because Annabeth calmly stepped aside so the she didn't get her.
"Manipulative bitch." Drew shouted after her as she step past the red-head on the floor who was whining.
Annabeth just rolled her eyes. "Classic." As she proceed to a table and put down her stuff. "I still don't understand what you people see in these girls, like seriously, ugh, they don't even think. I mean do they really have a mind." Annabeth rubbed her face in frustration as she pushed them to a line and wait for food. "Honestly, I don't know what they see in me, but apart from school work, the things I deal with the most are cheerleaders and jocks. I am so sick of it!" She screeched out the last few words because her hair was let down by Percy, who pulled her hairband with one hand and another in his pants pocket. "Fuck you Jackson." She snatched her hairband back.
"I don't like your hair in a pony tail. Better like this." He raised one hand in surrender under Annabeth's suspicious gaze.
"She's a keeper Jackson." A jock shouted from their table. The whole cafeteria went silent, they were all curious in what was going to happen next.
"Ditto." Annabeth replied with a wink and flipped her hair jokingly. That jock sat down and kept his mouth shut pretending nothing had happened. People were laughing at him, he thought he was been humiliated by a newbie. Everyone turned their attention to Annabeth and stared at her in awe (some). Annabeth seemed to be either oblivious to it or she had gotten immune of mass attentions.
"Where're you going after lunch?" Percy asked as they sat down at a table with the nicer jocks, or maybe the relatively decent ones.
"Library perhaps." She shrugged. "What?"
"Nothing, just askin'."
"Kay…"
"Yo newbie." A guy with the same blonde hair that Annabeth had and a also pair of similar grey eyes. Annabeth glared at him out of the corner of her eyes and sat down, with a smile dancing on her lips.
"Nice to see you again Mal." Annabeth threw a fry at him, and he caught with his mouth.
"Still haven't change." He gave her a cheeky smile. "I have an apartment of my own. Bianca sometimes crashes there."
"Sometimes…" She tapped a finger on the bottom of her chin pretending to dither. "Hmm… Is that why you're not boarding?" She smiled slyly, and Malcolm blushed, but shook his head.
"Okay, okay, you won."
"Like always."
"Hey Perce." Malcolm turned away from Annabeth's mischievous face and turned to the person next to her, which so happened to be Percy.
"Just noticed me bro?"
"Problem?"
"Maybe."
"I just wanna inform you that this girl sitting next you is the one."
Percy's eyes suddenly popped out. "Seriously?" He exclaimed.
"What?" Annabeth asked as Percy stared at her in wide eyes.
"He said you're hot, and…" Percy sent him a warning look, "the rest shall be concealed." Malcolm butted in.
"You showed them pictures of me?!" Annabeth threw another fry at Malcolm, and this time it hit his nose because he was too focused on Percy. "How could you! Okay, fine, I'll let it slide this time. But, which one? You didn't tell them didn't you?"
"Oh no, of course I didn't, but I think they should've guessed it by now." He shoved his phone in her hand with a picture on screen that had Malcolm standing next to Annabeth with an arm over her shoulder and she had her hands in her pockets. "This's the one." Malcolm retrieved the phone back and looked around the table as it was now all filled up by males. "It's time for me to introduce you someone. This, is Annabeth Chase." He said motioning to Annabeth, and Annabeth glared at him because she knew exactly what he was doing. He was giving everyone at the table a hint to her other identity, which was the one she wanted to hide from as many classmates as possible. And she knew Malcolm was getting somewhere, because she had received doubtful stares from around the table already. There was this scrawny kid typing off his phone as his face lit up after a while of fiddling.
"She's your sister?"
"I said half, for your information, douche bag." Malcolm rolled his eyes.
"She doesn't look like you though." People continued to commentate.
"You single?"
"Perv." Someone nudged the former speaker, but to everyone's surprise, Annabeth replied to that question. She nodded.
"Prettier than on the photo."
"Thank you." Annabeth butted in before the commentaries continued to go on and on forever.
"The name's quite familiar though." Malcolm input thoughtfully, with a devious grin on his face as he stole a glance at Annabeth. "Ouch." That was because Annabeth had kicked him in the shin of both of his legs. She gave him a death glare, which shut him up a little, but right after he turned away from her, he was planning on something again.
"Shut the fuck up Malcolm."
"Or what?"
"Or you will pay."
"Like what? The type that I just got?"
"No, duh. That was just a warning."
"Then what? I can't think of the almighty and high and the ca—"
"Don't you dare finish that sentence. You know what I dread."
"Spiders."
"That's for both of us, idiot."
"Then I don't know what you're talking about."
"Insulting your own intelligence now Malcolm? Playing dumb? Wow, real mature." She scoffed and stood up, holding up her now empty tray and walked towards the bin. On the way there, she shoved the back of Malcolm's head and it almost banged on the table in front of him.
"Ow! What was that for Annie?"
"I have enough drama for my first day." She whispered in a low dangerous voice into his ear and left.
Percy - italic bold; Annabeth - italic underline
Free 2night?
What?
My mom's inviting u to our family diner
How long can we stay out?
Curfew's till 1
K
So…
Wat?
Will u go?
Go what?
Ugh
OH! Yea, sure. I mean why not.
Yay!
Dork
Smartass
Kelp Head
Hey I'm offended
Mission complete. Get back to ur work
Nah… He's my stepdad, he'll let me slide
R we really doing this? Texting when we're literally in the same room
Problem?
No. Just that, you're paying for my phone bill this month
Deal
Annabeth jerked her head up to his direction and raised an eyebrow, like 'seriously?!'. Percy just shrugged and went back to his phone.
What?
I was just jokin'
No it's fine, what are movie stars for anyway ;)
You're not a movie star, you swim. XD
One movie's enough XP
So far, only Luke, Jason, Malcolm and one of my boyfriend had payed for my bill once, and they were reluctant
Well, then they suck :P
Sure, if that's what you think
Y r you so carefree?
Huh? Define carefree
As in no dignity
You will understand if you have two perverted step brothers with an abusive step mom and a careless father. My family was always in chaos, and that's why I either live with Malcolm (because he stays with my/our biological mom longer) or Luke and Jason.
Now u can have one more place to crash
What do u want? Flirtatious now aren't we Jackass ;D
Guilty
Why is your mom so interested in me anyway? I mean you and I have never met.
Ur mom and mine were best friends from college, they sorta lost contact, and when she heard about ur name, she just wanted to know more.
Uh… Okay… What's ur last class?
Duno
Neither do I
Meet me nearest Starbucks after school
Y?
Part time job duh
Kk, no need to be impatient. *eye roll*
Annabeth wrinkled her nose in disgust, and looked up. She gave him a dirty look from the other side of the classroom, he smirked and looked at Mr Blofis who just walked passed.
Annabeth leaned against the counter. Percy was taking orders while chatting with her. She quickly spotted a familiar mop of spiky black hair ordering. She did a double take, and slid her hand into her leather jacket's pocket and took out her phone.
Leaning against the counter casually, she started to go over the apps and text messages in the phone that she just took. She smirked when she saw Percy trying to contain his serious looking face when he witnessed the whole scene. She clicked onto a photo of a girl with a chocolate-brown hair that is cut choppy and unevenly, and eyes that seemed to change color like a kaleidoscope. Annabeth smiled.
"Mm… I've met her before." She commented, aware of spiky-hair's every move. Spiky-hair's head snapped towards her direction. She snatched the phone from her hand. "What the fuck are you doing here Annie?" Then she looked at Percy. "You're already hooking up with my cousin on your first day of school?"
"God, you really do have a dirty mind Thals." Annabeth face palmed and pulled Thalia aside and slid into an empty booth. "I need you to confirm something. What's going on between Jason and Piper?"
"They're dating."
"Then why isn't Jason publicizing it?"
"'Cuz. How do I freakin' know!"
"You're his sister."
"That doesn't mean I have to know every single detail about his sex life."
"He still thinks that I don't know about Piper." Annabeth laughed, and Thalia laughed along.
"Piper seems to be doing a good job at playing two faces then."
"Indeed."
"Your drink ma'am." Percy slid next to Annabeth and put another cup in front of her.
"What's this?"
"Your drink."
"Flavor?"
"Caramel Cappuccino."
"Hmm…"
"What? Not even a thank you?"
"Thank you."
"Better."
"You done?"
"Yea, or why else would you get a free drink?"
"Dunno, sudden act of chivalry from you."
Percy rolled his eyes. "There ain't no chivalry nowadays, young lady."
"O'really? Prove it then, young heartthrob."
"I would, if you promise me not to beat me up."
"Just give him a kiss and shut him up already Annie." Thalia groaned as they stood up to leave.
"What are you on to now?" Annabeth glared at her suspiciously, Thalia just shrugged. "Anyway. Bye."
"Where are you two going?"
"Mom invited her."
"Whoo~ Getting an approval?" Thalia taunted.
"Shut up." Percy raised a hand up to ruffle her hair, but was gotten swatted away by Thalia, along with an annoying look.
A/N: I am also working on a Harry Potter fan fiction at the same time, it will be posted soon. The next update will be up under two circumstances:
1. The first chapter of the Harry Potter fan fiction is ready to be posted
2. I got reactions from readers.