Hello! My name is QualityKoala, and you're about to read my first ever FanFiction, hooray. This story will be mainly focussed on Percabeth, if you have any ideas, constructive criticism, please leave a review, otherwise, enjoy!
Moving In
Annabeth sighed as she scrolled ad after ad, still not finding the right one. The blond girl sat in her room and stared at her laptop's screen. For the past few days, she had been browsing for a place to rent as she moved to New York to attend Goode High School, because of her abusive step-mother. After countless fights and arguments, Annabeth decided to move out of her house and attend a different school. All she needed was a place to stay… As her bored eyes glossed over several more boring ads for "the perfect place to stay if you're a student!", something caught her eye; a nice, small house in a quiet neighbourhood with the description: "one room for a student, you will live with a father, mother and their two sons, close to Goode High School, we're a Goode choice". Annabeth finally found what looked to be the perfect home, quiet, close to her school and owned by a small family. She picked up her cell phone and dialed the number in the description, and ringed.
A warm voice answered, "Hello, this is Sally Jackson speaking."
"Good afternoon, my name is Annabeth Chase and I was wondering if we could talk about the posting on rent?"
"Oh, certainly, would you like to meet up at the coffee house across from Goode High School?"
"Umm.. actually, I'm currently living in San Francisco. I want to move to New York and study at Goode, but I have nowhere to live, and I don't know much about New York." Annabeth sadly replied.
"Oh, I see.. well I'll gladly interview you on the phone right now then." The woman replied. Annabeth was thrilled that she had a chance to impress the landlord, so she sat up straight and cleared her throat. The lady asked her basic questions, why Annabeth wants to move, to which Annabeth lied about her parents not being with her, not wanting to the lady to think Annabeth misbehaves, she asked if Annabeth does drugs, parties, skips school, has pets, all of those Annabeth replied "no" to. Sounding satisfied, the lady asked for her age, to which Annabeth replied "17".
"Ah, I currently have a son who's also 17 going to Goode, you say your studies are good, maybe when you come you can tutor him a bit and I'll lower the cost of your rent?" Annabeth laughed gently, and agreed. After a few more questions and clarifications, the lady on the phone sounded content. "Alright, Annabeth. You sound like a very nice young lady. Please email me your flight plans and I'll have my son go to the airport to pick you up when you arrive, until then, have a safe flight, Annabeth, we look forwards to meeting you." Annabeth smiled, bid her farewells and hung up. She stared at her plain, grey room, and went to pack her things. After all, she was moving to New York tomorrow. She gathered up her things and stuffed them in her suitcase, went to tell her step-mother that she had found a place to live, to which her step-mother just snorted and replied with a "good-riddance" and went back to watching her television. Was she going to miss her home? Hell no. Her step-mother didn't care for her at all, making her pay rent, pay for her food, made her make her own food and didn't show any love at all. Annabeth ran back into her room for the last time, called her dad to let him know she had found a home, booked a flight for New York with the money she had saved up from working, and emailed the lady, Sally was her name, her flight times. Annabeth flopped onto her bed for the last time, and read her books until she fell asleep.
The next day couldn't come faster. 6:00 am, her alarm sounded, waking up the girl, still entangled in her sheets, her bed sprawled on the floor. Annabeth got out of bed, and went to brush her teeth and shower. She got out and looked through her suit case for her clothing, her favourite orange Camp Half Blood t-shirt from when her dad sent her to summer camp before he had to leave, blue jeans and a grey jacket with an owl on the back. She tied up her messy princess curls into a pony tail, took one last look at her room anything she might have left, and left the house with all her things before her step-mother had even woken up. Annabeth called a taxi to the airport, and got in.
"Where are you going, miss, summer break ends in 2 weeks." The driver asked.
"Oh, my step-mother abuses me everyday, so I'm finally leaving her for a new home, she was still in her room when I left, I hope she stays there for the rest of the day." Annabeth said a little too eagerly.
"Umm. Alright…" The driver replied, never speaking another word to Annabeth. She could swear he seemed scared for some reason. When she finally arrived at the airport, she thanked the driver and went inside. The blonde girl got her ticket, got through security and found her gate. She sent one last email to Sally, letting her know she'd be touching down at New York's airport in around 5-6 hours, before passengers were being called. Annabeth found her seat, and closed her eyes to nap as she felt the airplane take off.
Finally, after 5 hours, the plane had landed. Annabeth groggily woke up to fix her hair and clothing, before realization dawned on her that she was away from her step-mother, and finally in New York. She excitedly got off the plane, got her luggage and walked out into the main lobby of the airport. Annabeth's eyes gleamed as she looked around, taking in the different atmosphere, the different building and the different people. Suddenly, she remembered how Sally had sent her son to pick her up, and looked for the phone number she had given her. Annabeth called the number, curious who her guide would be, when she heard a deep and smooth voice come out from her phone.
"Hello, who's calling?"
"Um… hello, I'm Annabeth, Sally Jackson said you'd come pick me up?"
"Are you the blonde with the blue jeans and the owl jacket? Turn around". Annabeth obligated, and saw a guy, woah, a really good-looking guy staring at her. He walked over and looked her up and down. Annabeth wasn't the type of girl to giggle at guys and squeal when a cute one was with her, she just wanted a home so she can study at Goode, but all that didn't matter to her brain when she saw the guy in front of her. A little bit taller than her, he had messy black hair, a perfect jawline, and beautiful sea-green eyes. She swore she had been staring at his eyes for quite some time until she remembered how to breathe. He was wearing a blue t-shirt with a wave pattern that hugged his body, and wow his body was nice, toned muscles that flexed without him even needing to flex. He wore blue jeans as well, with black shoes. The guy extended out his hand and gave a crooked smile, "Nice to meet you, Annabeth, the name's Percy Jackson."