Chapter 1: She's Real
Percy's POV
I was so excited. Annabeth said that her dad let her switch out of the boarding school and transfer to my school. The only condition was that she had to find a place to stay. I told Annabeth that I'd sleep on the couch and she could have my room, but Anbabeth refused. So she was going to sleep on Mom's old pullout couch in the living room. At least she was coming to school and living with me! I'd gotten more and more excited during the week. And being excited about anything usually meant that my attention span was really low.
"Percy." My friend Lexi waved her hand in front of my face.
"What?" I snapped out of it.
"You already have a low attention span, and your excitement's making it worse. What are you so excited about?" She asked.
"I've been telling you for over a week, my girlfriend is going yo start living with me and going to school with us." I was practically bouncing up and down.
"Come on, no offense Percy, but we know you're girlfriend's fictional. Sure, girls have started to like you recently, but you described a non-existent girl. You said she was blonde, had the kind of grey eyes that no one has, was wicked smart, had dyslexia like you, moved to California with her dad before going to an all girls boarding school, and looked like a princess. That kind of girl doesn't exist, and even if she did, she wouldn't just happen to meet you at the summer camp that you never talk about." My friend Jack teased.
"But she is real, I've even shown you pictures!" I insisted.
"Of when she would've been twelve or thirteen. And you weren't in any of them." He snorted.
"It's not my fault she doesn't take a whole lot of pictures. She just gets busy sometimes." I was exasperated.
This had to be the millionth time we'd had this argument.
"Percy Jackson, come to the office please." One of the office ladies said on the speaker.
"Did you get in trouble again?" Lexi giggled.
"Who cares? Paul will get him out of it." Jack laughed.
I rolled my eyes and walked to the office. I wasn't in trouble. I was looking at Annabeth being given her schedule by Paul. She smiled when she saw me.
"Hi Annabeth." I hugged her.
"Hi Percy." She sounded excited too.
"Now that you're here, will you please introduce yourself to my friends? They don't believe that you exist." I begged.
"Why, how did you describe me?" Annabeth looked confused.
It's rare to see her confused look, but I liked seeing it.
"As being perfect in every way. I even said you looked like a princess." I grinned.
"I'll believe that when you're friends say how you described me." She looked skeptical.
I really missed her. We were about to leave when Paul grabbed my shoulder.
"Can I talk to Percy for a second?" He asked.
"Sure." Annabeth shrugged.
She sat down in a chair a few feet away. I sit there when I'm in trouble.
"I assume you can show her where most of her classes are. I tried to get her into a lot of your classes, but she likes taking advanced classes. But you guys have P.E., History, Art, and Health together." Paul smiled.
"Thanks." I grinned. "That means that half my classes gave Annabeth in them. Oh, and you forgot that we have chemistry."
"Ha ha ha. Very funny." Paul reacted to my joke. "See you at home."
"Bye Paul." I walked over to Annabeth. "Looks like your first four periods are with me."
"Yes they were. That was around when I met you." She teased.
"I was talking about classes." I turned pale.
"I know. But I have a sense of humor." She grinned.
We walked out of the office and I brought her to my friends.
"Who's that?" Lexi looked at Annabeth.
"Is she single?" Jack smirked.
"No." Annabeth and I both said.
"This is my girlfriend. Annabeth." I said.
They snorted with disbelief.
"Ask me any question that only a close friend would know about Percy." Annabeth dared.
"Who's he named after, and why?" Lexi asked.
"Perseus, the son of Zeus. His mom thought it would be good luck." Annabeth rolled her eyes.
Jack smirked. "How long is his..."
"Eight inches. And that's an inappropriate question." Annabeth glared.
"How did she know I was going to say that?" Jack looked confused.
"How do you know the answer?" I stared at him.
"We're in the same P.E. class. And our lockers are next to each other." He laughed. "Okay, I believe she's his girlfriend."
"Come on, you just said he didn't have a girlfriend twenty minutes ago." Lexi pointed out.
"Yeah, but how would she know the answer to my inappropriate question unless she was his girlfriend?" Jack countered.
"You can ask Paul. Or the office." I suggested.
"I don't know how Percy described me physically, but I can describe myself as a person. I'm Annabeth Chase, I'm 17 years old, I'm smart even though I'm dyslexic, my dad and step-family live in San Fracisco, my mom lives her in New York but I can't stay with her so I'm living with Percy, I used to go to an all girls boarding school, my best friend is Percy's cousin, and I met him at our summer camp when we were twelve." Annabeth sighed.
"What's the name of Percy's cousin that your friends with?" Lexi tested her.
"Thalia Grace. Thalia also recently found her little brother Jason." Annabeth answered.
Lexi looked perplexed. Annabeth's been teaching me new words like perplexed.
"Come on, she has to be his girlfriend." Jack tried to convince Lexi.
Lexi headed in the direction of the office and went in. She came out five minutes later with a defeated look. "Paul and the office secretary confirm who she is."
"I told you she was real." I said.
"How did Percy describe me?" Annabeth wondered.
"Smart, startling grey eyes that I now believe are real, and he mentioned the word princess." Jack shrugged.
Annabeth smiled. "So you weren't kidding about the princess thing?"
"Hades no." I laughed.
"Can you explain why he says Hades instead of Hell?" Jack pleaded.
Annabeth and I shared a knowing smile.