Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Hey guuys! Anyways I'm writing this because of the snowstorm which means no school! (I live near DC)
Disclaimer: If I owned any of this I'd be a millionaire, and I'm not. Only my ideas.
Also sally is not based after Sally Percy's mom, but somebody else I know (so you don't get too confused)
(Song I love the way you lie Skylar grey.) I know that there's a lot of OC's but bear with me
MY ROOMATE SAVES ME FROM HYPOTHERMIA *Percy*
I stand in the cold, in jeans and a t-shirt on a suburb street corner. Snow pelts me and the roughly 4 inches on the ground soak my sneakers. My bags sit next to me.
Everything's quiet, the snow seems to muffle everything. This is not California.
I see someone in a puffer jacket walk down the street towards me, I must look ridiculous.
"Hi. Sorry my taxi dropped me off here and I'm a bit lost. Can you give me some directions?" I ask, I can't tell whether it's a male or a female under the jacket, but they nod.
"Thanks. I'm looking for 3111 Sprell Drive" I say reading off the slip of paper. She- I can tell it's a girl now- pushes her hood back. She raises her eyes to the skies, as if to say 'Really?' Then she looks at me.
"Hi. You're my new roommate. I thought you were a girl, but your obviously not. You're also obviously from California, and you should really get inside. I'm Annabeth." She says all in one breath.
She unzips her jacket, says "Hold this" hands it to me and unzips her hoodie which she had underneath the puff coat. No wonder I couldn't tell she was a girl. I can see her eyes, they're grey, and her hair is a perfect blonde.
"Trade, Put this on" She says stuffing the warm hoodie in my hands and taking the cold puff-coat.
"Thanks. I'm Percy" I say.
She grabs two of my bags, I take the other three and I follow her up the street to my right, I guess towards her house.
"I don't know why but they said I was getting a male roommate" I say trying to follow her as she plows through the snow.
"Yeah. Well neither did I. Come on we're here" Annabeth says. We've stopped at a brick house with a black door. She walks up the shoveled walk and I follow her
"I found my missing roommate HE'S all right." Annabeth calls into the house. She sets my bags down and hangs up her coat and takes off her boots.
I unzip the hoodie and give it to her "Thanks" She says. She puts the hoodie on
"Come on. Your sneakers are soaked" She says. She walks to a little room off of the mud-room. Well it's a room and it's very wet and muddy, with piles of melting snow. The little room is a half-bath with heating racks instead of a shower. I take off my sneakers and she sets them down.
I follow her back out of the mud room, down a hallway, and into a big kitchen. I mean BIG. Even by California standards. There's an eight burner stove, a humongous fridge-freezer, 2 dishwashers double sinks and rows of cabinets. There's a long bar with bolted down swivel bar-stools.
There might have been more, but three kids, two teens, and one adult are bustling around like a whirlwind.
"Bobby took my shoe!"-
"I didn't! Avery took it!" –
"No I didn't Bobby! I saw Mary Hiding it!" –
"You three shut up!" –
"Thalia stop being so mean to them!" –
"Luke They're giving me a headache!"-
"All of you be quiet! Where's Annabeth?" Annabeth seems calm with this chaos
"Here! With my missing roommate, found him getting hypothermia" Annabeth says, grabbing a pancake from a passing plate, and after sniffing it shrugs and eats it. One of the teenagers turns towards us.
Her spiky black hair makes her look likes she's been electrocuted, her eyes are electric blue so maybe that makes some sense "Sally! I get stuck With Olivia and Annabeth gets some hot guy?" She asks disbelievingly.
The woman turns, she reminds me of one of my nanny's a long time ago. Her hair is brown, pulled in a neat ponytail on the verge of becoming messy. Her shirt is brown, and seems riddled with spots of syrup and cocoa. Her jeans are covered in flour and she looks harassed. But she generates a happy feeling inside of me.
"Ah. You are P. Jackson?" She asks.
"Yes Ma'am." I say.
"Oh. Well it's only a year. Annabeth are you-"The woman starts but Annabeth cuts her off
"I'm fine. And Gods don't say it" Annabeth says. The woman nods.
She brings out a whistle. Annabeth drops her pancake and puts her hands over her ears. I do the same, and just in time because even through my hands I can hear the loud shrill whistle.
Suddenly there's a messy row of kids in front of me. I put my hands down. "This is-"The woman motions to me. "Percy Jackson" I say. Then the youngest kid steps forward, like in the sound of music.
"Jenna Chase fowr"- "Bobby Correl Six" – "Mary Fuster seven" – "Avery Maddison seven"- "Grace Cotting eight"- "Andrew Chase nine"- "Avalon Cotting Eleven"- "Cole Turner Twelve" – "Sammy Turner 13" "Ele Chase fourteen" – "Jason Grace fifteen"- "Annabeth Chase sixteen"- "Thalia Grace seventeen" – "Luke Castellan seventeen" – "Olivia Fuster eighteen" – "And I'm Sally" Says the woman.
"Very good. Popcorns ready." Sally says. There's a mass of kids yelling pulling me towards the beginning of a popcorn fight but Thalia and Olivia- At least I think it's them- hold me back.
"Whoa kiddo. Don't get into that. I'm Thalia. You're hot" Thalia says winking.
Her brother- I think shoves her as she passes. "Come on I'll show you our room" Annabeth says, glaring at Thalia like 'he's new. Give him some time' and then going back to retrieve my bags and then pulling me upstairs.
And upstairs.
We go up 2 flights before we reach what seems to be the top level. There's a common room with desks and three doors.
"That's Thalia and Olivia's room. That's Jason and Luke's room. This is our room" Annabeth says, pointing to two doors and hen opening the third.
When I walk in its not what I expected. The bedroom is large with light teal walls a wall of windows lets in pure blinding white light. There's two neatly made white beds. A table sits in the corner, strewn with papers books and electronics. There's two beanbags, a Single dresser, and two doors leading out. Three including the one I just came through. "Wow" I say.
"Yeah. This is your bed." She says patting the bed closer to the windows. "That's the closet. You want to change you change in the closet. Let me show you how to lock the doors" Annabeth says going into the closet.
I follow her. It's about 9x9, but with both of us crowded by the door we're practically touching. Annabeth slides the pocket door shut. "Like this" she says guiding my hand.
Lift. Grab. Pull. Drop. Pull. "And to unlock-"Annabeth says. Grab. Lift. Grab. Pull. Drop. "Thanks" I say. I look at her eyes. They seem to ripple like silver shafts of moonlight. I realize I'm staring at her and I quickly exit.
Annabeth taps a schedule next to the bathroom door. "This is the shower schedule. Do you do night or morning showers?" Annabeth asks. "Uh I do sports so night?" I say. Annabeth nods.
"Ok you can have second shower. You get ten minutes in the shower, five more in the bathroom for dressing and hygiene. There's a chore chart on the fridge. Check that later I'm sure you have something" Annabeth says.
"I'm going to the creek, since you interrupted my walk. Remember don't accept anything from the boys, sniff all food before eating, and sit in a different chair then indicated. You'll be fine" Annabeth says.
She walks downstairs. I sigh, and begin to put my clothes away.
Half of the long dresser is mine, the other half have the words ANNABETH printed on them. I stack my shoes in my side of the closet and flop on one of the beanbags, computer in hand.
Just as usual my Skype rings. I sigh and open it. Jessica's face appears "Hey cous? What's up? How's the foster fam?" Jessica asks
"Roommates family, There's like 15 other kids here. Also it's snowing. Here" I say. I bring the laptop up to the window.
I hear Jessica whistle "That's some deep Shit- I mean snow" Jessica's voice says.
"Yeah I hope snow" I hear Annabeths voice behind me and I turn to see her arms crossed in the doorway
"Who is that? Turn me around you big Dope!" Jessica complains. Annabeth looks angry at me. I turn the laptop so she can see Jessica.
"Jessica. Meet Annabeth my roommate" I say. Jessica probably smiles,
And Annabeth doesn't return it. I hope she isn't like this all the time. "You're full of sunshine" Jessica says sarcastically.
"Yeah I usually am" Annabeth says. She glances at me.
"Ohhh. What's his expression?" Jessica says.
"What? You think? Bewilderment." Annabeth says.
"Well you have nothing to worry about from me! Cous turn me around or I'm telling Aunt Martha that-"I cut Jessica off
"Speak the next words and your dead" I say. Annabeth looks confused
"She's your cousin?" she asks pointing to the screen.
"Yeah can't you see the resemblance?" I say grinning cheekily. Annabeth bursts out laughing "What?" I ask.
Jessica's laughing too. "You two- She's like a model and you're-"She can't continue because she's laughing so hard. "You two are idiots" I sigh.
Dinner was frenzied, chaotic, hectic, wild, I could go on. Imagine flying chicken nuggets, pasta and snowballs.
But now we're playing Battle of the bands. Well it would be but Annabeth chose a soft song, where it's mostly singing
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
Well that's alright because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry
Well, that's alright because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
Annabeth sings. I'm on the couch, the two youngest kids dozing on either side of me.
I look around, and realize this is a family. A real one. My family before wasn't a family.
Uh-oh I try to change my thoughts but I'm slipping into sleep and the world goes black.
"Dad why are you sending me away?" I ask. I'm angry. Dad shifts "Well Percy me and your mom want some time alone. And I have a set in Australia, So We were thinking you should spend the year in Maryland." Dad says.
I can't believe this. "She's a gold digger. She's not My Mom" I say. My dad looks appalled.
"You have a nice roommate. You'll be fine in a big family. You'll stay there until next February. They have a nice private school system there." Dad says. He's so- impassive
I want to kick something. I run out of the house and down to the beach. Jessica sits tanning "Stop blocking my sun Jerkfa- Oh hi Percy. What'd he want?" Jessica asks sitting up.
I plop down next to her and stare at the ocean. Jessica is my best friend. She's a girl and my cousin but I can tell her about any family issues. "I'm being shipped off to board at some house in Maryland, for some fifth rate private school. I know she did it. By the time I get back He's going to hate me, More" I say bitterly.
Jessica whistles "That's some deep shit- I mean Shit. Your life is going to suck. Skype me and-"
"Percy wake up." Annabeth is shaking my shoulder.
"Wha-?" I ask.
"Come on sleepy head if you're that tired go to bed" Thalia says.
Not wanting to appear weak I stretch and say "Yeah that flight was pretty long." I say. I trod upstairs and change in to my pajamas in the closet. I sit on my bed.
I think about my family.
Annabeth comes in later, She jumps "God have you been like that for an hour?" Annabeth asks.
"An hour? I guess so. Just thinking" I say.
She sits crossed legged on her bed. "Tell me about your family, your house, anything" Annabeth says. I shift
"My dad is rich, my mom is dead, and my current step mom is a gold digger. She's why I'm here. LA is amazing. The beaches are really nice in some places, and they serve Good fro-yo" I say.
Annabeth waits "What about your house? Any siblings?" She asks
"No direct siblings. I have quite a few step brothers and step sisters, but they were just born so there moms could get more money from child support. I never spend any time in my house except for sleep. The place- it's like a museum. There's nothing else of importance" I say.
Annabeth is silent a while longer. I get up and stare at the snow bound houses and listen to the ice and snow, but I have to strain to hear anything outside of the quiet sounds of the house. It is deathly quiet after all that incessant banging.
Annabeth gets up and stands next to me. "No offense, but I can't imagine living a life like that" her voice is quiet.
"None taken. I hated it. My life, was just waiting until the next fight. Maybe this year I can be something new. Maybe I'll find a girlfriend, Join the swimming team" I say. I go back to my bed and lay down
"Night Annabeth" I say. Annabeth stays at the windows for a second, then goes and lies down in her bed
"Night Percy" She says and shuts off the light.
I wonder where Annabeths Parents are. She has a lot of siblings here, maybe they own the house. That would make sense.
I fall asleep thinking about how everybody else ended up here
Edited 7/29/14
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