AN; hey guys, so I started writing this story because I got total writers block from my other ones. Plus my life is very stressful right now, and this is a healthy distraction. I don't know how long this story will be, or if I will even keep writing it. I'm very sorry for those who get attached to it, I don't mean any harm, I just need this to keep me going for a little while. Thank you guys so much for everything.

Rick Riordan owns all these characters. I wish Percy was real though.

Annabeth tried her best to calm down. Slowly, she dressed herself in her school uniform, braiding her hair down the side, and waiting out the storm. The bathroom wasn't very interesting, so finding stuff to do while her roomie got ready and left was really difficult. Nit picking about things on her face, rearranging her stuff on the countertop so he would have room to put things there as well.

Finally Annabeth heard the telltale sound of the dorm room door opening and closing. Sighing out loud, she finally completely relaxed and unlocked the bathroom door. Walking out to the main room, she noticed his bag still on the bottom bunk. Glancing around, she didn't see anything else that wasn't hers.

Maybe he didn't think he needed that much stuff?

Annabeth shrugged at the thought and padded over to the closet where her shoes were. As she got closer, she heard talking out in the hall.

Jason, definitely Thals, and her unknown roomie.

Pausing to listen a bit, she let out a frustrated noise when she realized she couldn't make out any of the words. Well, she heard Thalia loud and clear, but that's normal. As the voices died down, she tied her shoes and stood up. Finding her bag and shoving everything in it not so gracefully, she headed for the door.

"Your boyfriend says hi" Thalia said as Annabeth submerged from her room, looking down the hall for any signs of Jason and the new kid.

Laughing, Annabeth closed and locked the door behind her, heading off towards the academic building with Thalia in tow.

"Oh! I met your new roomie. He's kinda cute, in a totally third person kinda view," Thalia said, matter of factly, even pointing her finger to the sky like it was proof.

"I guess you could say I met him too" Annabeth replied, smiling at her friend.

"What happened?"

"I came out of the bathroom after my post-run shower and like, ran into him!"

Thalia gasped, and physically strained to keep a straight face.

Slapping her shoulder, Annabeth told Thalia what had happened that morning. As the story progressed, Thalia finally gave in, and broke out laughing. Ending up wheezing and sporting a very red face.

"So wait, did he see you know.." Thalia looked shifty eyed back and forth, then leaned in and whispered "your girls?"

Too embarrassed to speak, Annabeth just looked away and nodded. Thalia burst up laughing again, going on about how much fun it would be to have a male roommate who WASN'T her brother.

"Man, it would be so great! Sex. Kissing. You could sleep with him whenever you wanted to!" Thalia exclaimed, firmly holding Annabeth's arm between her hands.

"I bet you wouldn't mind being roomie's with Nico now would you?" Annabeth teased, earning daggers from Thalia who finally calmed down.

"That isn't relevant right now. We are talking about you!" Quickly changing the subject as they turned the corner to head to their class room.

Laughing again, Annabeth just sighed, and shook her head.

"Oh, right. His name is Percy."

Confused, Annabeth looked at Thalia like she was growing another head.

"Your roommate doofus. His name is Percy." Thalia practically shouted, earning a couple of sidelong glances and half asleep gazes.

"Oh." Annabeth replied.

Walking into class, Piper waved at Annabeth and Thalia from the back of the class. Heading in her direction, Annabeth jumped slightly when she heard someone call her from the hall. Turning around, she spotted Luke and sighed. Looking over her shoulder, she signalled to Piper that she'd be there soon, and headed back out to the hall. Class didn't start for another 10 minutes, so she had time to see what he wanted.

"Hey Beth, heard you finally got a new roomie." Luke said as she leaned against the wall outside the class.

"Oh, yeah"

"Listen, I was wondering if maybe you wanted to get some coffee afterschool? Maybe talk a bit" He asked, glancing down at her.

Sighing, Annabeth turned and headed back to the classroom.

"Annabeth wait!" Luke exclaimed, grabbing her forearm to spin her around.

"Let go of me Luke!" Annabeth practically shouted, pulling her arm free.

"Annabeth please.."

"We're done and over with. I need to focus on school. So can you please just leave me alone?" Annabeth shot out, not waiting for an answer as she spun on her heel and stormed back into her class.

As she sat down, Piper asked her if she was ok, but all she did was nod. Deciding not to push it, Piper turned back to Thalia and left Annabeth to her own devices. Pulling out her phone, she put her headphones in and turned up the music.

'This is going to be a long senior year' Annabeth thought to herself as she idly wrote things down from the board.

'No boys. No parties. No fun. Those are the rules!' She wrote down on her paper, over and over again. Sighing in defeat, she was just about to read when the bell rang.

-oOo-

Percy's morning went by fairly quickly. Being the new kid when school started just over a month ago meant he was behind in his work. No surprise there though. Percy's never been the guy that does his homework on time, or finishes assignments to the best of his ability. His mantra was simple.

'Swim. Live. Enjoy.'

And that's what he's been doing. And that's why he ended up here. The upside to being here though, is that Percy got to pick and choose what classes he was going to take this semester, since he's a senior. So after his first period English class let out, he was practically buzzing with excitement to get to the gym.

And boy did Percy love gym. He's been swimming since before he could remember, though his mom says it was before he could even walk. At his former school he was the captain of the swim team, and even made it to regionals. Though, some shit happened, and he couldn't compete.

As Percy and Jason weaved through the crowds of students in the halls, someone bumped right into Percy's shoulder. Hard. On purpose. Stopping in his tracks, he looked over his shoulder at the mass of students, scanning them to see the culprit. When his eyes landed on the dirty blond headed guy glaring back at him, Percy knew who bumped him. Scowling, Percy turned around completely, but felt a hand placed on his shoulder, and Jason's voice behind him.

"Percy man, come on. It's your first day, don't let Luke get to you."

Glaring for another second, Percy turned on his heel and followed Jason the rest of the way to the gym.

"What's his deal?" Percy finally asked.

"Oh, he's Chase's ex. They were together for 2 years, but shit happened, and now he wants her back."

"So what does that have to do with me?"

"You're her roommate you doofus. You get to spend a shit ton of time with her." The smile on Jason's face wasn't entirely happy. Percy detected a very slight hint of jealousy behind it.

"Hey man, I would never get between you and her. I just live in the same room, that's all." Percy said promptly, pulling off his shirt to change.

Jason's face went many shades of pink and red, and he stammered out a poor reason why Percy didn't need to do that. The whole ordeal just made Percy break out laughing, and sufficiently calming himself down from earlier.

The rest of gym class went by without a hiccup. No fights, no arguments, just Percy having a pretty good time. As class was ending and lunch quickly approaching, Percy head over to the showers to get ready to eat.

Appearing from the shower room, he saw Jason sitting on the bench in front of his locker, reading something on his phone. He looked up as Percy neared, and smiled.

"Now the real fun begins."

Smiling, Percy let Jason lead him to the cafeteria. Grabbing some stuff on his typical caf tray, he stood and waited for Jason to be done getting his stuff then turned around to scan the room.

Tables were filled, the whole room buzzing with conversation. Some girls looked over and Percy, then whispered to their friends and giggled. Smiling a little, he continued scanning. Then he noticed her.

It's hard not to remember the girl he saw naked this morning.

She was sitting at a table with Thalia, and a couple of guys. Feeling Jason come up and stand beside him, he looked over and saw the huge smile plastered on his face.

"You sit with her at lunch?" Percy dared to ask, as they slowly made their way over to the table.

"Technically, I sit with Leo and Nico. Chase just sits with Thalia and Piper for the first couple minutes of lunch, then goes off to do something." Jason replied, cutting his voice short as they neared the table.

"Jase my man, what's up? Who's the tagalong?" said one of the guys, who Jason introduced to be Leo.

"'Sup, so this is Percy. He's new." Jason said as him and Percy sat down in the empty two seats.

"Yo Perce. If you got any problems, or need anything, just call me up. I got you." Leo stated confidently.

"The only thing you can get from Leo is a detention or expelled." the other boy said, much quieter than Leo had been. Looking at him closely, Percy felt like he knew him from somewhere, but he just couldn't figure out how.

"Aw, come on Nico. Don't be like that." Leo cried, clutching his chest with feign hurt.

Everyone laughed. Including his roomie. Sneaking a glance at her, he finally got to see how pretty she really was. With clothes on of course.

Her blond curls from this morning were done up in a braid that went down the back of her head and over her shoulder. She wore he standard school uniform, red tie and everything. What caught Percy's attention the most though, was her eyes. They were grey. Not like, pale blue or something. They were legitimately grey. So full of life when she smiled.

"So where you coming from Percy?" Nico asked, idly playing with his food.

Snapping out of his daze, Percy cleared his throat and told them about New York.

"Man, that's so cool. I wish I was from some big city like that!" Leo said as he threw up his hands. Percy laughed, but it wasn't genuine.

Looking up at the sudden sound of a chair moving, Percy noticed Chase standing up and grabbing her bag.

"Oh, you're leaving already?" Jason asked, looking like a sad puppy. Percy held back a smile.

"Yup. Gotta work hard to graduate. Plus I had a pretty crappy morning, so I need the distraction." She said as she hugged Piper, did some weird handshake with Thalia, and retreated to the caf doors.

"Awwww, is Jase upset his girlfriend left him?" Thalia teased, making Jason blush like crazy and tell her to shut up. Percy laughed.

Deciding against saying anything, the rest of lunch went by without a second thought. Leo made jokes, Nico mostly shot down the jokes, Piper laughed at most of them, Thalia and Jason argued like, well siblings. As Percy sat and got lost in his thoughts, he revelled in the idea of having friends. Of being in a group.

'This place might not be so bad' he thought to himself with a smile, quietly watching his friends interact. As he looked around though, he noticed the same guy from earlier, the one who bumped into him in the hall. He was standing outside the caf, looking through the window, and glaring at him again.