hey guys! this is my very first fanfic and I hope you'll enjoy, please give it a shot, it really is pretty decent. Atleast, i think so. It's Percabeth and will feature some cliches and the seven get introduced in around chapter 3 or 4. Either one. I write long chapters, just a heads up! Please review. I own nothing. Just my cute (some are not so cute) OC's. :)
After a hearty breakfast of cheese balls and chocolate milk, I, Percy Jackson, was NOT ready for school. Don't get me wrong, I L̶o̶v̶e̶ like school. I was, least to say, popular, and captain of the swim team. But alas, another year without Annabeth ruined it all for me. I would go to school, put on a fake smile through out the whole day, and then once I returned home I would Iris Message her for hours without end. It was a daily thing. In fact, I skipped one day of Iris Messaging her because I simply had a sudden swim practice, and when I contacted her again, tears were flowing down her face. She thought I had died or something. Gods, I loved her...
I slipped on a Camp Half-blood shirt and a pair of jeans, along with a pair of blue vans and a swim team hoodie on top of my shirt, since it was strangely cold today. And it was only September. But then again, i lived in New York, where it had once snowed in August.
My mom and Paul were already at the dinner table, sipping on coffee and reading through the newspaper together, laughing, and then giving each other opinion on politics.
"Good morning Percy! Sleep well?" Mom said, raising the coffee cup to her slightly wrinkled mouth. I walked over and gave her a kiss on her forehead.
"Yep!" I said. Then I turned towards my stepfather. "Good morning, Paul." I said, holding my hand out for him to shake. Paul shook his head.
"No need for that. We're family now! A hug will do just fine." He said, pushing out of his chair and standing up with extended arms. I smiled and sort of awkwardly gave him a hug. I sat in the living room and pulled out one drachma. The light pooled in from the window, creating a rainbow. I tossed it in and then closed my eyes, thinking deeply. "Oh Iris, Goddess of the rainbow, please accept my offering and show me Annabeth Chase in Southern San Francisco."
The rainbow obliged and morphed into a ringlet of constantly moving colors, before a vision appeared of...nobody. Yes, it was Annabeth's room, but it was completely empty. Except for an empty bookshelf right in the middle. I raised and eyebrow and waited a few more minutes, hoping Annabeth would show up and explain something to him. But nope, nobody came. I sighed and waved a hand through the circle, looking down at the ground.
"You ready Percy?" Paul called from the dinner table. I nodded and called back to him.
"Yeah." I looked over my shoulder and saw Mom give him a quick, solid kiss before walking over to me and holding my face in her soft hands.
"Good luck sweetheart," She said before kissing my forehead, and then my cheek (both of them) and then my nose. I laughed.
"Thanks mom." I said, giving her a hug. Then Paul and I left the building with a final goodbye. The ride to school was quick, and only then did I realize that I could walk to school if I felt like it.
"You know I have you first block." Paul said, breaking the silence. I looked up with a grin.
"Yeah?" I said. He nodded.
"That means I'm not gonna let you sleep in class." He said with a devilish smirk on his face. My grin instantaneously turned into a frown and Paul chuckled. As we pulled into the gates, I noticed somebody who looked awfully familiar. A girl was leaning against a pillar in front of Goode high school. Her back was to me, but from what I could see, she had wild, crazy curls, and the same athletic body shape as Annabeth. I banged my forehead against my clenched hand.
Not Annabeth, not Annabeth, NOT ANNABETH. I thought to myself. Man, I was going delirious without her here to keep me steady. Paul parked into the teachers space, which was fortunately right in front of the large double doors leading to the school. I heaved my back pack on my shoulder and opened the door. I looked back at Paul with a thankful smile on my face.
"Thanks for the ride! See you in half an hour!" I called before closing the car door and walking to my friends. They were all clustered together on a large multitude of jocks. The swim team wearing blue hoodies were standing together, then the football players with blue and gold jerseys, the soccer team with white t shirts and blue strips don the bodice, and then the rest, who were either not on a sports team or weren't wearing their jersey.
"Percy!" I heard them yell at me. Just as my name left his mouth, everyone looked towards my direction with gaping grins on their face. They all looked so silly.
"Percy's here!-OMG, hey Percy!-What have you been up to,man?-Percy, we missed you!"
Calls from all different directions shot at me, and everyone crowded around me. Gods, I was like a celebrity here. Everyone shot questions at me, which I tried to answer as short and sweet as possible. And as I was answering a question regarding my summer, I felt a light tap on my shoulder. I finished my response quickly before turning around to face the person who tapped me. I turned around, and saw her. Annabeth. She was the same girl I saw reading a book against the pillar. She wore the same Camp Half-Blood shirt as me, a pair of jeans that were definitely ripped and worn out from battle, and her crazy hair was up in her signature pony tail.
"Miss me, Seaweed Brain?" She asked. I laughed incredulously, it was impossible that she was here. I basically attacked her in a hug, pulling her in with all my might. I probably snapped her spine in half, but it didn't matter. She was here. I pulled away and stared into her eyes, her intense, stormy eyes that almost always seemed deep in thought. I could feel the tears pooling around me eyes. The same applied to her, as her eyes were shiny and rimmed with tears. She threw her arms around my neck and we kissed. We kissed like nobody was watching, which was ironic because the whole school was watching us. There were howls and snickers and whistles and laughter, but it was all muffled in my ears. Annabeth deepened the kiss by tilting her head and running a hand through my misshapen hair, pushing me harder against her. My hands traveled down her waist until they were resting right above her behind. It may have been inappropriate, especially on school campus, but I couldn't have cared less. My girlfriend-slash-best friend-slash- lover that I hadn't seen in about 6 months was finally here. In my arms. It was all so surreal.
Finally, after what felt like hours of kissing, I broke apart the kiss, knowing I'd never be able to stop if I didn't pull away now. I studied her face, her lips now red from me sucking on them (oops) and her usually stern face was now smiling and love-struck. More calls were heard from behind me, but i wasn't physically capable of doing anything at the moment. But then i heard a teachers voice. And then I realized that I didn't care. The teacher could give me 30 detentions and i couldn't care. But when the crowd separated to let Mr. Blofis by, my slight nervousness disappeared.
"Percy, what do you think your doing?" He asked sternly. I grinned, not able to take my eyes off of Annabeth. Then he noticed Annabeth and his expression melted away.
"Kissing my amazing girlfriend." I mumbled. Annabeth blushed, and kicked me lightly in the shin. I was leaning down for another kiss, but then pulled away, deciding that now what not the best time. Paul shook his head.
"Don't let me see it again. I would hate to send you to the deans on the first day of school." He said before walking off. Then he turned back around. "Now off you go, the bells going to ring in 6 minutes." He finished, making a shooing gesture with his hand. All the kids scrambled away.
Once the majority left, I turned towards Annabeth and smiled.
"Gods, Percy, I cant even explain how much I've missed you." She said softly. I let a hand fall on her cheek and caress her cheek softly with my thumb. She lifted her hand and set it on top on mine, leaning in to me. I kissed her head, her hair tickling my face.
"Me too Annabeth, me too." I said. She looked up and I swear on the River Styx that she just gets more and more beautiful each time I see her. I wrapped my hand around her small waist and she did the same. We walked together down the hall, catching up with each other.
"I Iris Messaged you this morning." I said. She looked up and blinked a single time. "Your room was completely empty. Why?" I asked. The corner of her mouth raised into a smirk.
"I moved." She said. My jaw dropped.
"Here?" I asked. She nodded.
"Where are you staying??" I asked. She sighed.
"Honestly? No where at the moment. I'll have to end up booking a hotel somewhere..." she admitted, looking down. I raised an eyebrow.
"You know my mom and Paul would be more than happy to host you for as long as you need? Right?" She leaned farther into me.
"Your such a gentleman! Why, I'd love to. Just until I find a nice apartment, or a roommate or something." She said. I nodded.
"I can be your roommate for now." I said with an eyebrow raised. She pushed me away and blushed, but then we were in each other's arms again. As we walked down the hallway, I could see the glares of powder faced girls on Annabeth. These girls had been after me for years, and every time I told them that I had a girlfriend. They were persistent. In fact, even my own friends started to not believe me about having a girlfriend. They thought that I had just created Annabeth to avoid being asked out all the time. Suddenly, somebody punched my in the back and laughed.
"Perce!! You got a girl over the summer?" A deep voice rumbled behind me. I turned around and saw Darrien. Darrien was my friend, sure, but he could also be a jerk sometimes. I was always toggling between being his friend or not being his friend. I gave him a smile.
"Actually, no. Annabeth here has been my girlfriend for a year and a half now." I told him. "But we've been best friends since 12." Darrien's has dropped.
"So she IS real!" He exclaimed. He turned towards her and held out his hand.
"I'm Darrien. Pleasure to meet you." He said. Annabeth gave him a weak smile and shook his hand quickly. I could tell she was sensing that he was a jerk. I pulled Annabeth away from Darrien until we were partially alone in the dip of a doorway. The room was dark and empty, so no one could watch us.
"I've been wanting to do this since the day we separated." I whispered. Annabeth's breathing hitched and her eyes fluttered closed.
"Me..too..." she whispered back. Then her eyes snapped open and she gently pushed me away. "But we cant right now." She said sadly. I frowned.
Then I had an idea. I leaned forward unto my lips were touching her ear. "Do you know where the pool is?" I asked. She nodded wordlessly. "Good. Meet me there at lunch." I said. She nodded again. Then we walked out of the doorway and began pushing our way through the crowd of students to get to homeroom. Annabeth was going to room 304, and I was going to 306, which was right across from her. Just as we reached the two doors, I gave her a quick kiss on her cheek.
"See you at lunch." I muttered before walking into Mr. Blofis's class.
Fast forwarding 2 more blocks to Gym, the biggest class containing 40 students, I saw Annabeth sitting on the bleachers. Alone. As I made my way towards her, I was stopped by Sierra.
Sierra was always after me. She had to be the biggest slut in the whole school (excuse my language.) But it was true. She wore a full face of makeup everyday, including the longest fake lashes. She wore curly extensions in her hair every single day. She basically wore a bra every single day to school, or something scandalous. Today, she wore a clear t shirt that seemed to be made out of a plastic material with only a laced white bra underneath.
"Hey Percy!!! How was your summer?" She asked with a sickly sweet voice. I rubbed the back of my neck.
"Umm, Good. You?" I asked nervously, trying to dodge her. She side stepped in my way.
"It was great! You know about that welcoming dance they do for the seniors every year?" She asked, checking out her fake nails. With my demigod reflexes, I sidestepped then dodged around her as fast as lightning, then started jogging towards Annabeth. Sierra just shook her head and calmly walked towards me again. I finally took a seat next to Annabeth, who was reading a book.
"Hey," I said breathlessly.
"Hey!" She said with a smile, without looking up from her book. I wrapped an arm and her, and my hand rested on her shoulder.
"What book is that?" I asked, scutting closer. Just as she opened her mouth to answer, Sierra climbed up the stairs.
"Percy! You never answered my-" She started, and then her voice came to an abrupt stop. "Oh, who's this?" She asked, motioning towards Annabeth and I. I looked towards Annabeth. She could answer the question for herself. Annabeth held out her hand with a dumb blonde smile playing on her lips.
"I'm Annabeth! I'm sure you've heard of me before. Percy's always talking about me." She said. I chuckled. Sierra didn't shake her hand.
"Oh! I didn't think you were...real." Sierra said. Her hazel eyes turned from a cheery bark green to a dark brown. Annabeth laughed.
"Oh, I'm very much real." She said, her eyes turning dark as well. I squirmed uncomfortably. This felt like Rachel vs. Annabeth all over again. Sierra crossed her arms.
"And how long have you been friends with Percy? I've known him for 2 years." She bragged, as if it were something worthy of bragging about.
"Oh! Well, we were best friends since 12, and then we started to date at 16." Annabeth said. She looked back down at her book and started to read.
"Date?" Sierra mumbled under her breath. Annabeth nodded. Sierra huffed and stomped away. I couldn't help but smile.
"Isn't lunch next?" Annabeth asked, as if nothing had just happened. I nodded.
"I guess we don't have to meet each other anymore, since the pool is right there." I said, pointing to the large double doors in the gym that read "POOL." She nodded, and finally shut her book, looking up at me. We were the only ones on the bleachers, and i wanted to kiss her and hold her right now. It didn't matter if there were 40 students here. Her hand crept up to my face and she cupped my chin in her hand, pulling me towards her.
"Hm. What did you have planned for us at the pool?" She asked with a raised brow. I kissed her, slowly, and then pulled away.
"Just chillin underwater. If theres nobody else there." I shrugged. She let go of my chin and frowned.
"You know we can't do that. Security camera?" She said like it was obvious.
Suddenly, the coach blew his whistle, which meant it was time to change. Annabeth turned back to me.
"We'll talk later, okay?" She said before grabbing her book and walking towards the locker rooms. I'm