It's my first story! This takes place after TLO. TLH never happened, but the people still came to camp.

It was finally my first day of school. Not just any school; Goode High School. Normally, just hearing about a very good school would get me excited. This time it was different. Percy was going to be there. Percy. My seaweed brain. My idiotic, brave, hot seaweed brain. It was super exciting!

I had made a secret deal with Sally, Percy's mom, and my dad. I was allowed to stay at Percy's house, in a spare bedroom of course, for the rest of the year while I look over the building of Olympus. Percy had helped me a little bit with Olympus, but not much. He had no idea that I was going to Goode. It was a complete surprise. I had Sally and Paul, Percy's stepfather, promise not to break the news to him because I wanted to see the look on his face when I surprised him. It would be priceless, I knew. He wasn't expecting me back for another two weeks! I was supposed to be attending school in San Francisco while living with my dad and step mom.

Since it was a Friday, I only had one day left of the week. The day before, Thursday, I sneaked in the school while Percy was in English with Paul- or Mr. Blofis, as I would have to call him at school. I had gotten my schedule from the councilor and talked to her about my classes. I set up my locker and looked around the school. The councilor showed me to the classes. Instead of disturbing them, we just looked through the windows. I avoided one class, though. It was English with Mr. Blofis. Percy was in the class. I couldn't let him see me. Not before I surprised him.

Anyways, back to today.

I strolled into the school. I attempted to avoid all of the looks I was getting. Glares from girls and smiles from guys. I was tired of the whistles by the time I reached my locker. Did these barbarians have nothing else better to do than check out a girl? I mean, come on. I could tell that I wasn't the only object of their affection. There were loads of beautiful girls waltzing through the halls, waiting for a boy to come up to them. The guys weren't very attractive. Or at least, I didn't think so. None of them compared to my seaweed brain.

Class was starting soon, and I knew that. I wanted to see Percy before math. He had told me his schedule, and I had kind of memorized it one night. We had first and third block together. Third block included lunch. That was our English. We shared math. I was going to be a wiz at that class. Though, I worried about Percy. It was two months into the second semester, so he couldn't be doing too bad. I tried to help him over chats, but it was hard and he just zoned out.

A girl came up to the locker besides me and introduced herself, "Hey. I'm Holly Martine!"

I shook her hand, "Annabeth Chase."

"You're new, right. I mean, I haven't seen you, so you must be new," She stumbled out.

"Right. I just moved here from San Francisco!" I replied.

"Hey, do you happen to know Percy Jackson?" She asked.

"Uh, why?" I didn't want to answer before I heard why she wanted to know.

"It's just he's super popular! He claims that he has a girlfriend from San Francisco, but no one has ever seen her. Every girl wants to go out with him, even if they don't admit it. I think it's kind of funny the way they drool over him!" He answered.

I didn't get a chance to answer her question because I saw my seaweed brain. He turned around to talk to some guys right as I laid eyes on him. Finally, I saw him. I muttered his name and sprinted up to him. He was a little ways down the hall, but not much. Everybody parted as I made my way through them. I leaped onto Percy's back and wrapped my legs around his back. My lips found his neck and started to gently kiss it as my arms wrapped around his shoulders.

He scooted forward, but thanks to his invincibility (the River Styx) he didn't fall over. I didn't make a word, so he was confused. I could tell by the way he attempted to get my arms off of him.

"What, seaweed brain? Don't like me kissing you?' I mumbled into his ear.

I hopped down as he turned around, "Annabeth?" He cried as his arms wrapped around my waist and hoisted me up into the air.

My arms found his neck, again, and I held on tight. He was getting stronger. All of those hours in the pool were helping him.

"What are you doing here?" He asked as I was set down, still in his arms.

"I wanted to stay close to my, uh, family." I told him. He understood that by family I meant on the godly part of us.

"Oh, so you didn't miss me?" He asked as a pout formed on his face.

I hugged him tighter, "Of course I did! I missed you so much!"

"I missed you, too, wise girl." He whispered back into my ear.

I heard a chuckle behind Percy. The people that he was talking to were still there. Standing very awkwardly as they watched us make up.

Percy stiffened up and introduced me. Apparently, they were on the swim team with him. There was Brian, Jake, Austin, and Peter. They all looked our age, and two of them had the same dark hair as Percy. Those two were twins: Brian and Austin. They reminded me of Conner and Travis, the way they smiled as if up to some mischievous plan. Jake looked like the smartest out of the group. He had a textbook in his hand, unlike the rest of Percy's friends. Peter was sort of rebellious looking, which made me think why was he on the swim team? He had eyes like Nico's which made me miss him. I could tell that he would keep Percy from doing something like becoming a jock. His smile was welcoming, though. I realized that he wasn't as dark as Nico was.

Percy wrapped his arm around my waist and motioned for them to leave us alone, "Hey, guys, aren't you supposed to be somewhere?"

"Actually, I think we are supposed to be right here, bothering you and Miss Chase!" Jake joked.

"It's Annabeth," I corrected him.

"Sorry, Annabeth," He apologized.

Percy pushed Jake, "No, you're supposed to be with your girlfriends. Remember? They wanted you to meet them over there at the end of the hall way."

The boys sauntered off, making kissy faces as they went. I laughed and kissed Percy's cheek.

"What class do you have first?" he asked, anxiously.

"Before you take my schedule and compare it to yours, I already did it. We have first and third together. Math and English." I explained to him.

"Wait, how do you know my schedule?"

I blushed. Why didn't I think that he would notice? Of course he would! "I kind of, um, memorized it when you told me last week."

"oh, really?" he asked as he leaned down and placed a kiss on my lips.

He started to drag me to the class room. Lucky for me, the teacher told me to sit by Percy. That was going to be my new seat. I thanked the gods that the previous student had left before I arrived.

The math class went by super slow. I mean, I had already learned all of it at my old school. So, I just tried to pay attention and answered a question every once in a while. Percy tried to doze off a few times, but I punched his shoulder whenever he did. It ended up hurting me more than it hurt him. I would end up rubbing my knuckles after every punch. Percy apologized after every time, though.

Class finally ended. Unfortunately, that meant I had to leave Percy. He told me that we had a ten minute break in between these blocks, so I got to spend a few minutes with him. Plus, his class was right beside mine. I explained to him why I hadn't told him that I was coming. He listened intently. Every once in a while, he would ask a question, not meaning to, but because of his ADHD. It would just flow from his brain to his mouth. Most of them were about how did I look this good or how did he deserve someone like me. I laughed them off, but answered them truthfully.

He walked me to my next class: science. I never really minded science. It was an okay subject. The only reason that I despised it right now was that it was keeping me from Percy. That was not okay. Wow. I heard myself think as I kissed Percy goodbye. I was sounding like a total Aphrodite girl. Not that there was anything wrong with Aphrodite, but normally Athena girls don't choose a boy over her studies. That just wasn't normal. I decided to spend less time with Piper.

As soon as I sat down in the very middle seat, a girl waltzed up to my desk. She had way overdone the make-up. I mean, it looked like she was trying to cover up some hideousness. She was so not beautiful, but I could tell that she was popular. There were a group of girls that just followed her around throughout the classroom.

"Look, the Mrs. Perkins told me to sit here. I'm sorry if it's your seat." I told her without looking at her face.

"Oh, no, Sweetie. I was just coming to talk to you." She replied.

"Why?" I asked.

"My name's Sierra. This is Teri and Lisa." She gestured behind her.

"Annabeth," I sighed.

"Now that we got that out of the way," She slammed her hand down on my desk, "Stay away from Percy! He's mine!"