The Boy in the Background

by thed4rksavior

Very short but very frequent uploads. Percy has always been in Annabeth's life. But he's only in the background. Showing up here and there for a minute or two. Nothing significant really. She doesn't even really notice him. Until she does.

1. First Day of Kindergarten

It's five year old Annabeth Chase's first day of kindergarten and she's not having a good day. She isn't even at school yet. When her dad woke her up this morning her mom was already at work, she'd spilled cereal milk on herself and had to change, then on the walk to the bus stop Annabeth stepped in a puddle and her socks had gotten wet. She almost missed the bus and when she finally made it she had to sit next to a stranger because her two best friends, Thalia and Luke, had already filled up a seat together.

The boy next to her turns around and gives her a wide smile. " Hi my name is Percy! And mommy says I'm her little De-ling-kwent," he pronounces it slowly and proudly like he had practiced this word a lot. "Delinquent!" He added for good measure.

"Whatever," little Annabeth says and goes back to staring angrily out the window. Percy frowns for only a second before returning to playing fighter jets with his two paper airplanes.