Hey guys so Seven things about this fanfic.
1) Percy and the gang aren't demigods, just normal struggling adults. 2) Lots of gods will be used and some have their Roman names such as Minerva aka Athena. 3) It's the PJO cast in college. We've all seen them in high school but few people write their college years.4) In this fanfic you'll see tons! And I mean TONS of drama. From Percy catching his ex-roommate kissing his girlfriend to someone being thrown in jail for rape! I hope you like it. 5) There is mild language and sometimes 'iffy' scenes so it's rated T for now. Reviews will be loved and cherished while flames are encouraged. I like people critiquing my writing! 6) I hate long intros and such so this will be the only one…I hope! 7) Uh…sorry for the long intro!
I do not own Percy Jackson nor anything else. Just this idea!
Her name is Annabeth, and she hates her last name so don't ask if you know what is good for you. She was a 21 year old college student who loved to study Architecture and just about anything that needed an artist's touch.
Right now, however, she is tying the laces on her green Nike's with a white swoosh. She's tying them extra tight tonight to make sure she can run for miles without having to stop to retie them. She pulls back her curly blonde hair with green hair tie that she hadn't noticed matched her Nike's. She then grabbed her black sports bra that she had laid on the bed and pulled it on. She walks over to her nightstand and looks to make sure her iPod is charged. Like she had planned at the exact moment she walked over the screen said 'charge complete.' Pulling the cord from her Neon pink iPod Nano she grabbed some ear buds from the drawer in the nightstand and headed for the door.
While walking past her roommate's rooms she put the ear buds in her ears, and just pushed play not really caring what song came on. When she was approaching the kitchen, she grabbed her 'running' key from behind the phone. She knelt down and tucked the key in her socks. She didn't like her keys jiggling around in her gym shorts while she ran. And it disgusted her how girls sometimes kept things in their bras. All her friends did it and she saw how it was useful, but it still grossed her out when she saw her friend, Clarisse, pull her cell phone out of her bra or how Silena would keep money down there. Annabeth simply shivered thinking about it. She learned one thing about her friends, never use their things unless you know where it has been or at least sanitize your hands afterward.
She attached her Nano (she named it Alice after New Moon came out, not that she liked the movie but the books were okay and she bought the iPod when she went to see it and it just popped into her head.) Anyway she put 'Alice' in her iskin. I really should buy stock in Apple she laughed I practically own half the company. She then wrote a note telling her roommates she was going running as usual this time of day.
They told her that running at 8 o'clock at night in New York was never a good idea, but she lived in San Francisco growing up so how much worse could it be? She had lived here for 2 years already, and not one attack or one even close to her apartment. Speaking of which she had already opened the door and made sure it locked behind her. Then she made the long trip down the stairs. It wasn't as bad as some but still.
She and her roommates had a third story apartment in their complex. So the stairs weren't horrible but dragging furniture three flights? Ugh! Talk about an annoying move in process every fall semester. After the stairs she was greeted by her blue Ford Taurus, also named Alice. It was used and old but she loved it. It was all hers and she didn't pay any more bills on it. So when it came to naming her car Silena had decided that the car should be Alice as well. Annabeth thought it was lame but she went with it since that dropped the conversation.
She started her usual 'stretches' but after a few days of no running, just moving in place, well she wasn't quite where she should be. She cursed and then just fought through the pain. The stretches were the usual ones from junior high, straight leg, cross legged…blah blah blah. She hated stretching but well it was better than the alternative. Something she hated worse and that was cramps. Plus it was that time of the month so she didn't need things worse.
After legs she tried to stretch her stomach but was immediately halted by the pain so she did a light arm stretch. She was stretching her arms when she finally noticed how everything, even her running shorts matched. Oh god, if only Silena could see me now. You see, Silena is her best friend and one of her two roommates. Silena was obsessed with "the latest" fashion; always having to have matching cute clothes. Annabeth cringed because every time she and the girls had a "girl's night" it normally meant Silena was in charge. And, if that happened it meant there would be lots of plucking, waxing, shaving, or if Annabeth was lucky all three. She really did question her judgment in friends.
Annabeth sighed while pulling her arms above her head to stretch her shoulders. She thought of her other roommate Clarisse. Clarisse was the opposite of Silena yet they were cousins. Really close cousins at that. However, Clarisse was more like Annabeth- tough, strong, and completely avoided boys. Not that the girls didn't like boys. They did, but even Silena was too busy with school, jobs, and her sorority. The other two reluctantly joined the sorority only after hours of begging but it finally worked and they gave in. But because of all the things they did they had very little time to care about boys.
Annabeth even technically had a 'boyfriend' although he went to NYU and she attended Cornell along with Clarisse and Silena. Annabeth had worked her ass off in high school and was rewarded as the Valedictorian and a 4.55 G.P.A in one of the most challenging high schools in California. She even had to have her 'track' credit pulled because just a 4.0 weighted class would actually bring down her grade point average. She needed Cornell; it was where she had been taken by her mother when she was younger. Her mother decided to take Annabeth on a special trip that allowed Annabeth to see her alma mater. Ever since that day as a five year old she had been striving for Cornell. She wouldn't accept anything else.
Annabeth didn't have a problem with schools like NYU but her mom again got her interested in Cornell. Minerva pounded five things into her head: Work hard in school, go to Cornell, fall in love with some rich man, get an amazing job, and lastly live happily ever after. The only thing missing in her life right now was marriage and the job. But those two would be fixed in two years. Luke was from a very good family, rich, powerful, and she'd graduate at that time. Everything was going to be just fine. She loved Luke but he was always at school and his dorm didn't allow females in them.
She made it her goal to visit him at least once a week either at a restaurant or at one of their parent's places. Luke had also come over to her place quite a few times, but Annabeth always made sure school was her priority, and then Luke. She loved being around him all the time, but he distracted her. Not in a bad way, of course, but you know how easily boys were distracted from their studies and wanted to study something else. Anyway he had promised her a really good date this weekend, including her favorite CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES!
Annabeth felt relaxed from her stretching, and her thoughts of Luke and their date when she finally decided it was time to actually run. She clicked a few buttons on Alice and then she cranked up "Move Along" by the All American Rejects and started running. She only ran because she liked to run. She didn't need to do it for school although she did. The school learned of her track meets and offered her spot on the team and a full apartment with three rooms. Luckily, she accepted although Cornell's dorms were much better than any suite she had ever been in the apartment shamed the dorms. So when it came to picking two roommates she was out of luck until freshman orientation. That was when she met Clarisse and Selina. She thought of the memory and remembered it like it was yesterday.
Flashback, Two Years Ago
Annabeth sat by herself waiting for the meeting to get over. She didn't mind meetings necessarily, but today was her first day and she had homework she needed to get done. She also needed to run today, and unfortunately she had spoiled herself and ate at the Burger King on campus. She hadn't eaten at a fast food place in years, and had forgotten how greasy it really was. She was thanking herself however because she got a bottled water instead of the soda they offered her.
Counting all the calories and fat that were in the fries and single patty burger was bad enough. She could already feel it clogging her arteries; a soda would've destroyed all the great things she had done by running for the past 4 years. She didn't run for competition. She did it for the fun but once Cornell had seen the records she had broken, pretty much every single record in the state even surpassing many boy's records. She was offered the scholarship and tomorrow a "team" meeting was being held.
Getting back to the burger and fries, she just wanted to throw up so she could eat something healthy. Her stomach was bloated, nauseous and definitely upset. Maybe upset was wrong…how about furiously, outrageously, yelling! Annabeth would never admit it out loud but she loved her body. It was "hot". Slender, lean and tight muscles traced their way up and down her body. She was no body builder but when all you did was study and run with sleep and eating every now and then…well you couldn't get fat. She would also never admit that she was in love with the way people stared at her. She wasn't so full of herself that she needed the boys to look at her, but it was nice. And a certain boy she'd just met at a party had caught her eye.
Luke. He was what Annabeth would call a typical surfer/jock. He had a deep tan, long shaggy blonde hair, and a six pack that would blow your mind. How she saw that was an accident. She had been at a party of one of her friends, Calypso. Everyone called her Caly, but she was looking for the bathroom and when she found it, Luke was changing into his trunks. Luckily, she had been late enough where they were on his body; he just hadn't had time for a shirt. Anyway a few hours later after much flirting and blushing Luke gave her his number and said, "We should do this again, I really enjoyed talking to you." Annabeth could only remembered blushing, but she nodded and said, "Me too." To add to her embarrassment, he put his hand on the side of her face and kissed her on the cheek.
She was sitting by herself still when she heard a girl yell, "Clarisse! I found some spots by the blonde girl over there." Annabeth looked around her and apparently when thinking about her lunch and Luke she hadn't noticed how packed the auditorium had gotten. There were only a few spots left. She looked to where she had heard the voice and was taken back, this was absolutely stunning.
Annabeth was in no way shape or form interested in dating her own sex but even she had to admit, this girl was gorgeous. She was brunette with blonde and red highlights. The girl was shorter than Annabeth by quite a few inches at least three or four. Annabeth was one of those people that could size you up pretty well, like thinking of the best way to take you out. She roughly guessed the girl was 5'3" and weighed somewhere between 105 to 107 pounds. Everything the girl had on matched. From the pink shoes all the way to the little pink bow she had to hold her hair back.
Annabeth instantly knew this type, all beauty and no brains. How did she get into Cornell? She thought and for some reason felt bad. But she added, maybe she has a rich dad? Annabeth then remembered this girl had yelled something about seats available and the only ones open were next to her. Annabeth then remembered a name, Clarisse. She turned and fear gripped her instantly.
So…what do you think? The flashback will continue in chapter two! Please please please review!
One last thing Percabeth777 helped me out big time with this idea. I bounced ideas off Percabeth777 so much and I was given gifts so wonderful in return that I gave em the nickname Lucky (Also because 777 is a lucky number) I feel bad for taking it for taking Lucky's awesome ideas... But I'm doing it anyway :P HEY I gave Lucky credit didn't I? Check out Lucky's new story and all the other ones like my favorite…"Through our letters."
