Annabeth's POV

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Well I didn't need the alarm clock to wake me up. I hardly had my sleep. I was excited to see Percy.

I moved to Manhattan to look over the architecture at Olympus (It was brutally destroyed again after the 2nd giant war and I am actually glad it happened. Now I could put in some Roman architecture into it.) and to be close to my boyfriend. Being close to him made me feel safe .After our little trip to Tartarus sometimes fragments of it appeared in my mind and I would just freeze at the spot and start sobbing and blabbering that someone or something was going to take Percy away and all. Even though I Iris Message Percy every day, I was really eager to see Percy face to face. I know Tartarus was horrible but still it wasn't that horrible to give me freeze shots. I felt something wasn't right, but after having so many freeze shots, I kind of got the habit of that thing and stopped caring about thinking why is it happening.

I wore a grey t-shirt with an owl printed on the shoulder, dark blue skin tight jeans, grey converse, and my favorite owl earrings. I packed my bag with some books, my dagger (I got it in Tartarus, thanks to Damasen…) and my Yankee's cap and left the hotel.

As I entered Goode High, I felt many eyes staring at me. Telling that I wasn't nervous would be a very big understatement. Even though I changed schools every year I still felt nervous on the first day. So without turning my head I made a beeline to the office.

There was lady with brunette hair who looked pissed. She looked like she was in her fourties. And I had to go to her to get my schedule. Wow Annabeth, good start!

"Hello, I'm Annabeth Chase , I am new here so…. Can I get my schedule?" I asked as politely as possible.

"Hmm… Annabeth Chase…. Ah! Found it! Here you go" she said and surprisingly in a sweet tone.

"Thanks."

"You said that you are new here right? Go down the corridor and you will find Tina. She can give you a tour around."

"Thank you, but I know the way here. I've been here many times."

"Ok then, Good bye!"

"Good bye" I wished her as I made my way towards my locker.

As I was on the way to my locker someone suddenly blocked my way. I looked up to see who it was. There was a girl with dyed blonde hair and sprayed tan( It was pretty clear that her tan was fake). She wore really tight crimson red shirt and a white mini skirt. Her outfit showed a lot of cleavage. There was another girl beside her who I guess was her friend. She too wore the same kind of dress except the color of her shirt was magenta.

The girl with the crimson shirt stepped forward "I'm Amber and, Just in case you don't know, I am the most popular girl in the school and everyone here does what I tell them to do."

"Um…So...?"

She gave me an intense glare "Stay away from the all the BOYS. Especially those from the SWIM TEAM! You must follow this rule!" She screamed before leaving. What the Hades was wrong with her?

As I reached the locker I heard all the girls gasp and chuckle and some boys groaning. I turned my head to see who it was. And there he was. His shaggy black hair swept to a side. He became more muscular, leaner and taller and there was my seaweed brain, more gorgeous than he looked in the IM. He was looking the other way and talking to two boys and girls. They looked like his friends. And my brain got a wonderful way to surprise him. After all, I am an Athenian, aren't I?

I walked towards him, his back facing towards me. I changed my voice tone a bit so that he wouldn't guess it was me." hey Percy, I'm searching for my boyfriend, will you help me find him?" I asked as innocently as possible.

"Look Amber, go and find someone else. I'm busy" he said without even turning to see who it was. And did I really sound like Amber? Yuck!

"Please Percy?"

"Look Amber I... HOLY HADES ANNABETH! WHAT IN THE NAME OF GODS ARE YOU DOING HERE!?" He screamed as he turned and then hugged me really hard. He then dropped me and kissed me. It was a passionate kiss and made my stomach flutter with butterflies and when we stopped for breathing in air, I finally saw his sea green eyes, wide with surprise and love.

Percy`s POV

I still couldn't believe that Annabeth is in front of me. How did I not realise that it was her behind me? How could I think it was Amber? Why was she here? Was there anything bothering her? All these questions were swirling in my brain as I kissed her.

When we pulled apart to breath, I caught her eyes. Her stormy eyes were staring into mine as if she was remembering everything that happened. They were filled with love and excitement. And before I could stop myself, I kissed her again. This time it was a furious and yet passionate kiss, like we were showing all the love we had for each other in that one kiss. I could hear many girls groaning and sobbing and I could feel some boys smirking.

But that hadn't stopped us.

What stopped us was a really, really loud scream that was worthy of Aphrodite. We turned towards the source and saw Amber, full of rage, glaring daggers at Annabeth . She almost sprinted towards us barely balancing on her heels. "How dare you KISS PERCY?

"He is my boyfriend and I have all rights to kiss him" Annabeth replied with a bit of irritation in her voice. The expression on Amber's face as soon as she said that was… I wouldn't trade that expression even for a million dollars. It was absolutely fabulous. She looked like she was struck. But the expression didn't last long. She then turned to me and raised an eyebrow like she was asking me if Annabeth was speaking the truth.

"Yes Amber, Annabeth IS my girlfriend, and I`ve been telling you this since day one. Now if you`d excuse us, we have stuff to do" I said as I pulled Annabeth away. She huffed and stomped her foot before going away.

"So Annabeth why are you here? Are you okay? Any problem?" I asked her as we were going down the corridor.

Annabeth smiled and shook her head."I just moved to Manhattan to look over Olympus, you know the architecture and all? And as you study in Goode high I decided to join here too."

"When did you come!? Why didn't you tell me!? And where are you staying?"

"I came last night and am staying at the hotel at 24th street and I didn't tell you because I wanted to surprise you. About that, I was wondering if I can stay at your home? I can't afford to stay-"

"Of course you can Annabeth! Mom will cry when I tell her you`re gonna stay. I can`t wait to tell her!"

"Um about that-"

"Give me your schedule first, let`s see if we have any classes together" I asked as I took the sheets from her hand.

SCHEDULE

ANNABETH CHASE (1/4)

English – Mr. Blofis

Mathematics – Mr. Grinch

Home Room –

Architecture – Mr. Caster

LUNCH

Greek –

Gym – Couch Carter

-X-

By then I was resisting the urge to jump in joy.

"Uh, you okay Percy?" she asked.

"Yes! We both have the same classes except when you have architecture I have Marine Biology!"

"Wow!" Annabeth smiled and checked her watch. "Great, now come on Percy, lets go I don't want to be late on the first day!"

"But there`s 10 minutes more and the class is right there!" I argued pointing at the class a little ahead towards the left.

"Let`s just go Seaweed Brain!" she said before dragging me to the class

Annabeth`s POV

As I entered the class I saw Paul in his chair reading a book and waiting for the class to fill.

"Hi!" I greeted him as I made my way towards him.

"Annabeth ! Good to see you after such a long time! What a pleasant surprise. "

"I missed you all too, Paul."

"Here Annabeth take a text book. It is the story of Hercules and it has translations in Greek at the end. I got them specially for Percy but as I have an extra take this" he said as he handed me the book.

"Thank you so much Paul. And you better keep 2 or 3 more copies in Greek as Nico is going to join soon and I heard from Thalia that she might too." Percy gave me a surprised look at that and smiled.

"Oh sure Annabeth, thanks for telling me! Percy, you and Annabeth sit at that corner beside the window."

"Thanks Paul." Percy said as we made our way towards our seats.

We spent the entire time talking and then it was time for lunch. Percy was waiting outside the architecture class for me. I packed my bag and pecked him as we left the room and walked towards or lockers.

As I closed my locker, I saw every one looking towards the main door. There was a girl with short and choppy jet black hair at the door. Her Electric Blue eyes looked as if lightning was captured in them. She wore a black shirt which read Death to Barbie with a picture of Barbie with an arrow in her head. And then Percy shouted " Pinecone Face!" and Thalia Grace turned towards us. As soon as she saw us she ran towards us and hugged me.

"Hey Thalia, what are you doing here?" Percy asked Thalia as we broke apart. Thalia gave Percy a quick hug before replying.

"Long story. Artemis sent me here to find new recruits as many hunters died in the giant war What could be more horrible than this. Thank the gods you both are here, Nico will be coming soon. At least that's what he told me during the IM yesterday and…..Annabeth what's wrong?" She asked me as I was staring blankly at her. Remember I told you that fragments of Tartarus keep appearing sometimes? Well that's exactly what happened. As soon as Thalia said 'giant war ' I was triggered and froze.

A/N- So how was this chapter? I hope Amber`s expression was worth it. That`s the end of this chapeter! I will upload the next chapter as soon as I can! Please review plZ plz Plz. Bye….