So, this is my first shot at a modern AU fic with no gods, just the regular gang. One thing I wanted to say here, is that I will probably do Thalico. I know Nico is not straight, and I have nothing against people who are gay, but for some reason I find Thalico adorable. I hope you all enjoy!
Today was a rainy overall gloomy day. Just typical that I have to walk to school here. New York City traffic is quite insane in the morning. So, here I am, walking through the miserable streets as rain seems to follow me around wherever I go, trying to make me miserable. It's funny though, something about rain always invigorates me. I love the rainy weather.
It drives my mom absolutely insane, always trying to make me wear a jacket, which I really don't need. She says she can feel the cold when I don't wear a jacket. That would be Sally Jackson, always looking after me. Not a day goes by that I'm not thankful to her. She sacrifices so much for me that I will be eternally grateful.
Enough of my personal life, I was going back to same old school. The thing I hate the most about school, besides for the fact that I tend to cause massive accidents, is the repetitivity of it. Go to school, go to periods one through seven, go home, repeat. It never changes.
Today was no different, or so I thought. Upon arriving at school, I entered the commons and waited in the corner for the bell to ring. I was also looking for my friends, as small as our group was. I looked around, and with a practiced eye, quickly spotted my small group of friends. Grover was the easy-going nature loving member of our group. He always tried to help if he could. Nico was another of my three friends. He looked like someone you did not want to mess with, someone who might be defined as emo, yet anyone close to him knew that he was nothing like what he projected. And last but certainly not least; Thalia, our outgoing, dangerous friend. She was very loyal to her friends though, and I consider myself lucky to be on her very small list.
I walked up to them, grinning. "Hey, guys, what's up!" I ask excitedly.
Grover looked up from his conversation with a girl that I'd never seen before. "Hey, Percy! Meet Juniper, she's a good friend of mine." He said with a blush. I instantly could tell he liked her, I was good at reading people. I looked at Juniper, and smiled. She was blushing too. Interesting I thought, wondering how that'd go.
After saying hello to Juniper, I looked back to Nico and Thalia, who appeared to be very intently discussing something. "What are you two lovebirds talking about?" I teased, watching as their cheeks both started burning bright red. I let out a chuckle and instantly regretted it when Thalia punched my arm. I'm sure it looked like a teasing punch, but it hurt.
"Shut up, Kelp Head." She warned, and I conceded defeat, I really did not want to suffer another one of those punches. Nico just grumbled and looked down. That's pretty much the normal for him.
I was about to jump back into the conversation, when the morning bell rang, signaling the beginning of the day and classes. "Bye, guys, I'll see you in Study Hall!" I called back, walking to the stairs and heading to the second floor, where my first period class was held. Geometry: I never was very good at Geometry. The worst part was that I didn't have any friends in that class either. Thankfully, the teacher, Mrs. Liegl, made it very easy to pass. I could just write down the pictures and when she went to check if we had homework turned in or not, I'd just show her that and she would mark it done.
Geometry was a very normal class today, that is to say very boring. I was so excited when the bell rang and I could head up to the third floor for Biology. I could do Biology much easier, and the teacher, Mr. Brandenburg was pretty awesome.
I was pretty good at Biology, so I was happy. The one thing I hated about it was that I hated pretty much everyone in the room, and he teamed me up with people I usually didn't like. Today was different though. He introduced a new girl to the class, and said she was new to Goode, our High School.
The girl herself seemed very shy, and she had blond curly hair, and beautiful gray eyes. Her name, he told us, was Annabeth Chase. I was very interested to learn more about her. Mr. Brandenburg announced that he'd be letting us do a regular lab on Inheritance, making Pedigree charts. I zoned out as he listed teams of two, and I waited patiently for my name. Eventually, he called out my name and partner. "Percy, with Annabeth." He called, nodding to me to make sure I heard.
Annabeth was clearly looking to see which one of the classmates I was, so I smiled at her and nodded, and she seemed to understand. She looked back at me with a weird look, like she was dissecting me with her eyes. It was actually kinda uncomfortable.
After roll call, I moved over to her and introduced myself. "So, you probably know, my name is Percy. Percy Jackson, for full. It's lovely to meet you, Annabeth." I said, as friendly as I could, for some reason with a blush on my cheeks
She looked down and looked quite uncomfortable. "Uh, hi Percy, it's nice to meet you too." She replied, and I wondered why she was so nervous.
"Alright, we can work over here at the lab table in the corner, that's usually where I go." I said, pointing to where we go. She nodded and grabbed her stuff, following me. As we settled in, I asked her what classes she had.
"Well, next hour I have study hall, and then English, Lunch, Geography, P.E, and Horticulture. I was shocked, as that was the same exact schedule as I had.
She must have seen the look of shock, because she suddenly looked alarmed. I hurried to explain. "Oh, nothing bad, I just have the same exact schedule, kinda cool! My friends have study hall with me next hour, you should totally sit with us!" I said, enthusiastically.
She nodded shyly, and I was hoping I could break her of that. We got to work and the class went by really fast. It turns out she was really smart and once she opened up she helped a lot. I asked her if she wanted to walk with me to study hall, and she agreed. She had the same exact study hall as me, and we were lucky because we got to go to the commons where there was a lot of room and we could pretty much talk however much we wanted.
Continuing all our small talk until we reached the commons, I led her over to where we usually sat. Since Biology was basically the whole school away from the commons, I was usually the last of our group of friends to get to study hall. Today was no different, and we got to the table where Grover, Thalia, and Nico were. "Hey guys, this is Annabeth, she's new here." I said, introducing her.
She smiled weakly at them, and Thalia introduced herself first. "Awesome, now I'm not the only girl among this group of idiots! Hi, Annabeth, I'm Thalia Grace, nice to have you here." Annabeth smiled at her enthusiasm, and returned the greeting.
"Hi, Annabeth, I'm Grover! If you ever need any help, let me know!" He said, cheerfully. Annabeth nodded.
We all looked to Nico, who had his head on the table, trying to sleep. After a moment. he looked around, confused. "What?" he asked. We all groaned.
"Sorry about Nico, Annabeth, he can be a little bit of an idiot sometimes. Say hello, Nico." Thalia said in a no-nonsense tone.
"Oh, hi." He said, and went back to sleeping. Annabeth started to chuckle, and I realized just how beautiful her voice was. I wanted to hear her laugh more. Woah, calm down there. I thought to myself, wondering why I was thinking these things.
After we all got situated, we started our usual banter and small talk and the hour went by uncoincidentally. I offered to guide Annabeth to every class, seeming as we had pretty much the same schedule, and the rest of the day went by smoothly.
After school, I asked Annabeth how she got here and where she lived. She told me she walked and she lived in an apartment that was about a five minute walk from my house. After telling her that, I offered to walk her home, and she blushed. I realized that it sounded very romantic, and I blushed myself.
"O-of course, as friends." I managed to stutter out, and she smiled and nodded. The weather seemed to improve greatly since this morning, and it was lovely outside. After a nice long conversation and walk, we finally arrived at her house.
"This one's mine." She said quietly, almost regretfully. I smiled at her and nodded. As she was walking up the sidewalk to her house, I stopped her.
"Wait, I forgot to give you my number. If you want to talk or anything, just text or call, I always have my phone on me." I said as calmly as I could, blushing. Why the hell am I blushing so much. I questioned myself, frustrated.
She blushed bright red, and took the little slip I wrote my number on. She gave a squeak that might have been "Ok" or "Help" I'm not really sure. She retreated into the house, and I saw her father and mother in the door before it closed.
I don't know if it was my imagination, but her father seemed to smile, gazing straight into my eyes. He seemed to ask a thousand questions with just one glance. A very intriguing man.
After another five minutes of walking, I finally made it home and crashed on the couch, after greeting my mom. Today sure has been an interesting day. I thought to myself.
IMPORTANT: READ!
Ok, so obviously I was thinking about making more than a oneshot. Sorry about not uploading during the week, I've been very busy with schoolwork so the only way I can write stories is if I stay up very late. As it is, I am writing this at 11:42 PM. Anyways, I'm not sure how NY schools work, so I just modeled this after my school. Same directions, same teachers and schedule. Very cool idea, to me anyways. So, this is a prologue, I was thinking about making the next chapter in Annabeth's POV. Please, review and tell me what you think I want to know if this story deserves continuing or if I should just stick to one-shots, so reviews would help greatly in deciding! Thanks!