Hello... well it's been a while. I realized that I started stories too early that I had never really thought through. Now that I am on summer vacation I plan on actually finishing this. I will try to update at least every week, sometimes maybe more. Please review or message me. Often I feel that writing isn't worth it when no one reviews. So please let me know what you think. I apologize for any spelling or grammar mistakes I am still looking for a beta.
Hello My Name is...
Chapter One
Hello my name is Annabeth Chase Today is a completely random day with pretty much no significance other than the fact that today i have decided to share my story. I just want to write. I must warn you now that I suck at writing, but if you find some way to make it through my rudimentary English skills you might find something worth reading. I am being completely honest with you; I'm terrible at writing, but that's what this whole books based on: truth. Today I feel that we spend too much of our lives lie to others and lying to ourselves. This is my experiment, I want to see how exciting and entertains the truth can be. To complete this experiment I will relay my story in the most truthful way. Some of it may seem boring or cliche but that's life. All cliches have some truth about them or how else would they come to be. Of course I will be changing a few thing to my story names, places, yada yada yada. I do have some conscience of privacy.
I know 17 is that in between year. You've been able to drive for a year but you're still not an adult. You are stressing over all those stupid standardized test and worrying about which college you will get into. Also there's all those crazy teenage hormones that don't never to help.
Like every other girl in my school I have developed a crush on the one and only Percy Jackson. While most girls went gaga for his crazy good looks or amazing abs I knew a different side of Percy. The Percy I know is sweet, loyal, stupid, and broken. I've been there through some of his worst times, the only problem is he doesn't know that I was there.
When we were both in the third grade Percy and I were in the same class and the best of friends. Of course I looked completely different with braces, huge glasses, and such wild curls. I was called the little freak. Not only did I look the part but I was smart and too smart for my own good. No one wanted to be my friend they all saw me as a teacher's pet. However Percy didn't. Percy and I shared everything from juice boxes and cookies to who we were crushing on. The biggest shock came to me one day when Percy showed up at my house in the middle of the night in tears. Never before had I seen Percy cry but he was absolutely hysterical. Percy did not say a word but I could tell what had occurred. For months Percy had been complaining about his stepfather Gabe Ugilano a foul and disgusting man. Gabe was the slimiest of slime balls but this was far worse than anything Percy had told me about. Percy's arms were covered in bruises and scratches. We just sat there in silence with tears now running down both of our faces. For the rest of the year Percy always wore long sleeves and shied away from me. We hardly spoke and at the end of the year my father announced that we were moving to San Francisco. All I got was a mumbled goodbye on the last day of school and a fleeting hug.
That was eight years ago. For eight years I lived in San Francisco trying to make new friends but I could never forget Percy he was always there in the back of my mind. It was a shock to me when my father announced that we were moving back to New York. I was conflicted. Ecstatic because I would get to see Percy again but nervous because it had been eight years and anything could have happened in eight years.
On my first day at Goode High School I had no clue what to do. Not only was I was the new girl, I was also the old girl, the little freak. Even though my appearance had changed I was still that same girl on the inside despite how much I had tried to hide it. At my old school I had decided to reinvent myself. This meant dying my hair, constantly straightening it, getting contacts, and playing dumb.
After receiving my schedule I was on my way to my locker when someone crashed into me. I was stunned. I could tell he was muscular and tall. I wondered if this is how I would meet Percy again. He had bright blue eyes and blonde hair. I let out the breath I was holding. I was in the clear this time.
"Oh. I'm sorry," he said.
"Don't worry about it," I mumbled. Turning around I walked right into another guy. Just my luck. Looking up this time I noticed dark hair. I tried to back away but his arms were still around me.
"Slow down there sweetie, don't need you bumping into anyone else," he joked.
"Please just let me go," I begged.
"I don't think so," he said stubbornly.
" And who are you to stop me?"
" I'm Percy Jackson."
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