One like no other

Percy POV

Nine years and three months. The days drag on and on, but I always seem to have a smile. Sorry let me introduce myself. I am Percy Jackson and I'm 12 years old. My mother is Sally Jackson and my father left us when I was a baby. My mom remarried a man named Gabe Ugliano, who is the biggest jerk I've ever known, but people don't understand what I actually mean. Anyway I'm done with my introduction so lets move on. It's Monday and I wake up early, just to get to school. I pull on my clothes and quietly go down the hall across the living area, where Gabe slept and out the front door. I head out of my apartment building and down the street towards my school. It's my first year of middle school and I'm slightly nervous.

Walking down the path, I finally reach the building of torture and relief. (I mean relief for me) I walk towards the welcoming big blue doors and when I get inside I see many students already here. They are getting schedules, books, lockers, and socializing with friends. I smile slightly and walk over to the table with the schedules. The lady at the table smiles at me.

"Name please."

"Perseus Jackson"

"Oh, here you are, if you have any questions don't be afraid to ask." She smiles and I turn away. Taking a glance at my schedule, I find my locker number and I head towards locker number 73.

The long hall way was filled with locker and so many doorways,I start to get overwhelmed. Finally when I reach the end of the hall I find my locker, and standing right next to it was a girl. Her curly blond hair was in a ponytail and pieces of fallen hair were pushed behind her ear. She is tall and admittedly pretty with her back against the lockers her focus on the books in hers arms, as I approach some more she looks up at me with her most startling feature. Her eyes are a stormy grey, they are squinting slightly as though she were trying to figure me out, then she turns back to her book.

Shaking my thoughts away, I walk the rest of my way to my locker and open it up. I pull of my backpack and put it in my locker and grab the things I would need for first hour. Shutting my locker, I turn around and find the grey eyes staring straight at me.

"Geesh, you scared me." I jump, putting a hand over my heart.

"Sorry, I just…anyway I'm Annabeth." She extends her hand to me. I jump back only slightly before slowly grabbing her hand to return her shake, but with my reaction she seems to look more interested in me as though I'm a puzzle.

"Hello, I'm Percy. Nice to meet you." I force a smile, even though she intimidates me.

"Well Percy, what's your schedule?" She says trying to peek over to see it, but I pull away.

"It's non of your business." Once it leaves my mouth I realize I had hurt her. She was just trying to be nice, I guess. "Sorry. I'm not used to people caring about me. Thanks and here you can look at it." I hand it over to her and she grabs it slightly unsure. "I'm sorry. I don't get friends, so I am not used to something like that."

"Really, I would have guessed you would have friends, I mean you are soo….never mind." She blushes then smiles, "I don't have many friends here at school only a few, but they go to my summer camp, I do have a ton of friends there. Maybe you could come." She rushes over her words.

"Are you saying you want to be friends?" I ask genuinely confused.

"Is your brain made of seaweed. Yes, seaweed brain, I want to be your friend and my other friends can be your friends too. " She put a hand on my arm and pushes me slightly and I flinch upon her touch. She suddenly looks worried. "Are you ok?"

"Ah, yep I' fine. Thanks and seaweed brain, that was smooth, Wise Girl."

"Wise Girl that's the best you can do, anyway we have most of our classes together, so do you want to go to first hour?" I nod and we head to our first class of the year.

I follow her through the door of our homeroom and into the classroom.