Annabeth should have died the day Percy did.
Well, it's not like she wanted to die, but it would've been easier if she just died without anyone near her. No pain or suffering.
But of course, an explanation is in hand, so on with the story!
o.O.o
Annabeth walked down the hall with her friends Thalia, Piper, and Hazel. They were all popular, dating some of the most popular guys. Annabeth was with Luke Castellan, who practically ruled Goode High School. Piper was with Jason Grace, sorta like a second-in-command in terms of the Student Democracy, as some people called it. And Hazel was with Frank Zhang, who was just up there. Thalia was the only one of us without a boyfriend, but it didn't matter to the girls, who were practically joined at the hip.
"Heads up Annabeth!" Hazel hissed to her in a whisper, giving her head the slightest toss behind them. A small frown crossed Annabeth's features as she glanced back. When she saw who was behind, seeming to follow the group, a smile lit her face back up and she lagged behind the others.
Luke, Annabeth's boyfriend, grinned at her, blue eyes bright as always, sandy-blonde hair slightly messy, which was new. The one thing that ruined the image was the long scar on Luke's left cheek. But she had long since stopped caring, liking Luke because of his personality. Or atleast what she knew of it.
They embraced before standing at arms length. Luke studied Annabeth quickly, without her noticing, before his eyes landing on her calculating gray ones.
"How's your morning been?" Luke asked. Annabeth shrugged. "Same as usual. Meet up with Piper, Thalia, and Hazel. Walk to school. How about you?" She was answered with a soft sigh.
"I've definitely had better," the boy mused. Annabeth let her face darken slightly, a look on worry lighting her eyes. "Is it May again?"
May was Luke's mother. She wasn't the idea figure you wanted raising you. She was blind and had these 'visions' often. She still believed Luke was a young boy, before he ran away and found her and Thalia, though not exactly in that order. She baked cookies that always burned and had a stale lunch bag on the counter, which has sat there for two years.
She was perfect. Note the sarcasm.
Luke nodded, a deep frown making his face look intimidating and he stepped back. "Sorry Annabeth. I've got to go catch up with Jason and Frank," he muttered, turning and striding away with a stiff, authoritive demeanor, leaving Annabeth staring after him, confused. She merely sighed, turning around to try and catch up with her friends when she literally ran into someone.
She tumbled to the ground with a yelp, catching herself with her hands. She avoided any injury, so that was good. Annabeth sniffed, getting to her feet and looking over at the person who had clumsily bumped into her. She scowled at who turned to face her after getting up.
It was Percy Jackson, the poorest person in school, most bullied, and most shady. He had one friend, and one acquaintance. Grover Underwood, who was just considered as a nature freak, and Nico di Angelo, who everyone called Emo and mysterious.
Percy was not to much of a looker. He had raven-black hair that was naturally messy, and pale-ish skin, though not as pale as Nico's. He was obviously malnourished. You could tell by his build. It was thin, yet strong. His eyes were truly something though. A beautiful shade of sea-green that reminded Annabeth of the sea.
Annabeth's nose wrinkled and he didn't look so pleased himself. In fact, he merely stuffed his hands in his pockets, smirked, and sneered, "Little Miss Perfect actually has a flaw?" She scowled deeper, though confusion glittered in her stormy-gray eyes, which was apparently not as hidden as it usually was.
He explained with one word, sounding agitated. "Unfocused."
Annabeth pursed her lips. "Well, you were certainly not focusing either!" she shot back, trying to come up with a provoking come-back.
"Well, I'm not a Little Miss Perfect, now am I?" he asked snarkily.
Desperately, Annabeth pondered on a stinging remark, but she couldn't come up with one. Unfortunately, Percy saw this. His smirk changed from a taunting, challenging one, to one that showed triumph.
"And look! She isn't such the know-it-all as everyone thought, huh?" Annabeth found herself feeling hurt by the comment, but the raven-haired boy turned away without another word and stalked down the empty hallway, footsteps hardly making a sound.
The curly-haired girl felt frustration bubble up from a deep pit in her stomach, forming a mass in her chest that threatened to explode into anger. She inhaled and exhaled deeply, counting to ten in her head before continuing after her friends. She found them in homeroom, laughing with each other, though they all stopped when they saw Annabeth.
Annabeth smiled at her friends. "Hey guys! What's so funny?" she asked tentatively. Piper shrugged before someone else answered. "It was silly. Not really funny at all," she said. Annabeth's smile faded into a look of confusion. "But you guys were-"
"It was really nothing!" Thalia snapped, rolling her electric-blue irises out of habit. Annabeth scowled. "I'm sorry for intruding on your secret conversation," she muttered, pushing curly-blonde hair out of her eyes.
Hazel sighed, looking at her with golden-amber eyes. "We're sorry Annabeth. Everyone's just a little on edge. But it really was stupid. If we told you, we'd waste your time." Annabeth thought about it.
"I'll respect your privacy, but you guys are my friends. You'll never waste my time!" Piper plastered a smile on her face, and Hazel did too. But Thalia's look more genuine. She smiled at them and after Homeroom, they spread out to go to their classes.
o.O.o
At the end of the day, Annabeth met up with Luke, who seemed to be better from this morning. They kissed for about two minutes before pulling away, gripping each other's hand and walking out of school. Annabeth noticed out of her peripheral vision, a certain raven-haired boy that she really hated. She merely sniffed and looked away, muttering an obscenity, directed towards Percy before climbing into Luke's car.
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Oh, yeah, I should explain myself. I'm WillowClaw32, though call me Willow! I've been on fanfiction for a while now, but couldn't write a story due to OpenOffice and Dropbox complications. But I have resorted to GoogleDocs. So, yep! Give me tips! Tell me what you think!
And, this story is roughly based along the lines of Wolf's Law by thelostrelic, which I GREATLY recommend. It's wonderful, over 80k words, 25 chappies, over 1000 reviews, and she was awarded "Best AU" or something like that. It is so wonderful! Though beware it is Rated M. Not for sexually themes, but for dark, angsty scenes.
