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ANNABETH POV
Oh, how I love new things. (note the sarcasm)
I'm going to live in a new city, join a new family, go to a new school, meet new people... I get a headache even thinking about it.
My mom Athena is a world-famous architect and I move with her every few years for her to participate in architectural projects around the globe. I'm already used to living in rented temporary apartments, being the new kid at school, and being independent on my own, as my mom rarely comes home.
However this time, I'm moving on my own. My mom is going to Europe for many years and I don't want to move to the other side of the globe again. My mom allowed me to live with her friend's family for the rest of high school. After that, I will be on my own.
"Excuse me miss, we're here." The taxi driver turned around in his seat and said to me.
I handed him the money and walked out on the sidewalk, dragging my huge suitcase along.
"Hi! You must be Annabeth!" A cheerful voice greeted me, helping me carry my luggage.
"Hi, Ms. Grace," I said, hoping that I remembered her name correctly.
"Please call me Beryl. I have lunch ready inside, come on in."
Once inside the cozy and neat house, I saw a boy and a girl about my age... Wait! My mom never told me that Ms. Grace had a son and a daughter! I was so unprepared to meet people that I might go to the same school with!
Before I came here, I promised myself that I will maintain a nerdy look and character in my new school, just like all the other schools I have been to. People I was very close to said that I had natural beauty, but I always just wore a plain t-shirt, jeans, sneakers, and glasses, with a low ponytail. I sometimes even purposely covered up my 'beauty' and tried to be as 'nerdy' as possible. Because I never wanted to be the kind of girl who stood out in the crowd and was constantly followed by half of the guys in the school.
I only put on pretty clothes and some makeup during holidays just for fun. Like right now, I am wearing a casual floral sleeveless summer dress that barely reaches my knees and shows much of my back, with a pair of white sneakers. I crossed my fingers, please don't let these people be in my school, please don't let these people be in my class.
"Oh, and Annabeth," Ms. Grace broke my thoughts, "I forgot to introduce, these are my two kids. Thalia and Jason."
Jason is a cute guy with blond hair and blue eyes. He has a strong build, but I don't really consider him as my type. Thalia looks nothing like her brother except for her eyes, she is tall and has spiky jet black hair, wears dark clothes, and looks sort of like a goth, but she gives me a friendly semblance.
After a chorus of 'hi's, we settled down in the kitchen for lunch. We had a simple spaghetti, but I ate like a pig because I've only had terrible airplane food for the whole day.
"Annabeth, are you going to Goode High next semester?" Thalia asked. I was surprised by the sudden start of a conversation and tried to swallow all the spaghetti in my mouth to reply, but with no success.
They all laughed, but not rudely, Thalia continued, smiling "It's okay. I know that plane food sucks."
"Actually I think it's because of my awesome cooking skills." Ms. Grace said jokingly. I immediately felt at home through the friendly conversations.
Finally swallowing my food, I replied, "Yeah, I'm going to Goode High. Are you guys also going?" Then, I added, "By the way, thanks, the spaghetti is awesome."
Ms. Grace smiled triumphantly and Jason answered me, "We're also going to Goode. We are both juniors, what about you?"
Oh no. I thought. Maintaining a reputation as a quiet nerd is impossible now. Why do they have to be in my grade?!
"I'm also a junior next semester." I quickly broke my thoughts, "Speaking of which, school starts tomorrow, right?"
Thalia and Jason both groaned while Ms. Grace laughed at their expressions.
"Oh, and Annabeth", Ms. Grace said as if suddenly remembering something, "I usually come home at midnight or I'm just not home at all. My work is really busy and I might not even be home for about a month or so. I'll always leave a note telling you kids where I am and how long I'll be gone. I hope you're independent and can live on your own."
"No problem. It's pretty much the same with my mom." I replied, trying not to show how glad I was to know that an adult won't be around for most of the time.
"We usually assign who does which chores among ourselves. It's great to have another person around to help." Thalia informed me.
"Sometimes Percy comes to help too. Though he's mainly just trouble." Jason said, laughing at the thought.
"Um... Who's Percy?" I asked curiously.
"Oh, we forgot to tell you," Thalia quickly filled me in, "Percy is our cousin and he lives right next door. He's also going to Goode as a junior this year."
After receiving even more information about my new life, Thalia and I went upstairs to sort out the things that I've bought and to clean up my room. Up the stairs to the right is Ms. Grace's bedroom, to the left sequentially are Jason's, Thalia's, and finally my bedroom
"We cleaned up and remodeled a guest room a bit for you," Thalia told me. "I hope you like it."
I pushed open the door to my room. There is a wooden bed in the middle of the room facing a big french window. A desk is placed right under the window, with light streaming in.
"Wow, this is amazing," I exclaimed out loud. I've never lived in a room like this, all of my rooms before was small and dark, as my mom didn't have the time to pick out a nice apartment for us to live temporarily. I saw Thalia smiling proudly out of the corner of my eye.
"Thank you so much!" I said jumping onto the bed and lying down.
While I was looking around, opening closets and fumbling with my mattress, Thalia started to help me unpack my luggage.
"Gosh! Annabeth that's a whole lot of books! No wonder your suitcase was so heavy." Thalia exclaimed after seeing that nearly half of my suitcase was filled with all kinds of books.
"I'm sort of a bookworm and well a nerd..." I replied quietly.
"Really? I thought that you were those sluts when I first saw you." Thalia said, making a disgusted face.
Great. I thought. This is exactly what I didn't want to happen. It's time to change the way people look at me...
"Well...I..." I didn't know how to start explaining, "I pretty much a complete nerd at school. I only like to dress up and wear some makeup during weekends or holidays."
"That's awesome!" Thalia's reaction was something I did not expect, "So you can both be pretty and get a boyfriend, and also help me finish my homework!"
I laughed at the thought, "Of course! But I only mean the part about homework though. I've never had a boyfriend before, I haven't even hugged or kissed a guy!" Some of the people I know in my old schools have already lost their virginity in their freshmen year.
"Hey me neither! Lots of people in our school have already made out with many random people a few years ago. Though I don't really want to have sex or get a boyfriend. But you, you're so pretty Annabeth. I know this is a weird thing to hear from me and I'm not those girly type of people but I'm sure that guys in our school will be all over you." Thalia said rather unenthusiastically. It can be plainly seen that she is not the gossipy type of person, which I am very grateful of.
After minutes of unpacking, I noticed that I forgot to bring a toothbrush or a toothpaste. I asked Thalia about the directions to the nearest convenient store.
"Just walk left when you're out of the house and it's at the first turn. That's where we get most of our food when mom's not home."
I pulled out a tote bag and stuffed in my wallet and keys (that Ms. Grace just gave me). I was just about to walk out of the door when Thalia called me.
"Annabeth, when you're going out can you go to Jason's door and listen if there are any weird sounds? Just tell me when you come back, his girlfriend should be in his room right now and my mom isn't home." Thalia said with a smirk. I knew exactly what she was talking about should be and smirked along.
"By the way," Thalia added, "his girlfriend Piper is a really nice girl in our grade. You'll be able to meet her at school."
I nodded and tiptoed out of the room. I quietly pressed my ear on Jason's door and heard muffled moaning noises coming out. I blushed and tiptoed away, thinking about what I should tell Thalia when I come back.
I followed Thalia's directions and walked towards the convenient store. I walked on the sidewalk, occasionally skipping and swinging my bag, humming some weird tune I just made up and enjoying my first day in this new city. I felt glad, everything was going to be normal in my new life, friends, school, family, everything is turning out just as I wanted it to, everything was going to be the same as my old life.
Little did I know that a certain black hair green eyed boy walking not far behind me will soon make my heart flutter, and everything will be new...
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