Annabeth's POV

"Annabeth wake up!" my step- mother, Helen was shaking me and screaming into my face. I bolted up, causing for her to move away quickly. "Good, now that you are awake, go down and eat breakfast." she instructed. I groaned but moved, nevertheless. Last night and the nights all before that contained one dream. It was the day I met him.

*Flashback*

I was singing I Was Born, a song that gave me hope. My mother left me at 3, leaving me with an inattentive father, two annoying brothers, and a step- mom that wasn't so bad, thank the gods. I was singing my heart out, belting out the words when another voice joined in. A deep voice, clear with no cracks. My voice cracked recognizing whose voice it belonged to. Percy Jackson. The boy everyone crushed on, including me. The prodigy, the famous. I turned around hoping it wasn't him. It was. My shyness came over.

"I'm sorry for disturbing you, here take the room." I said, cleaning up. I looked up at him, his sea- green eyes glowing with mischief. His jet- black hair tousled to perfection. My shyness made me run out the door almost knocking over a stand. I'm usually not this careless.

"Wait, wait! I never got your name!" he shouted to me, I couldn't answer, my mouth was glued together. Why would he want my name? A nerdy girl, sitting in the corner, reading a book. Why?

*End of Flashback*

"Annabeth! What's taking you so long? The bus is almost here! I cursed and quickly got dressed and put my hair into a braid. School is the most important thing to me currently. It's like a reminder of my mom, my real one. Even when I was 3, she reprimanded me again and again that it is important to get good grades. Beep Beep Shit. The bus is here. I quickly grabbed a granola bar and ran out the door. Thank the gods, I was there just in time. I quickly scrambled into the seat next to my best and only friend, Thalia Grace. Thalia was someone you describe as energetic, fun, but scary. She was my height and had electric blue eyes. Her hair used to be waist length, but she chopped it off due to the inconvenience and usually styled it in a mowhawk with streaks of blue. She used to live with her drunk mother and twin brother until her mother died and she and her brother was sent to her father's house.

"Annabeth, ANNABETH!" she screamed at me. Smirking, she then said, "Are you thinking of a certain someone?" I blushed. I had told her about Percy Jackson and the day we met. She teased me ever since.

"Hey Annabeth, did I ever tell you that he's my cousin?" She said, still smirking. I gaped at her, the famous Percy Jackson. Her cousin? "It's true."

The bus suddenly lurched to a stop and we go off. I was thankful, for the distraction.

"See you later Thals!" I shouted. She merely waved. I had 10 minutes to get to class. Math was first thing in the morning. I loved math! I stopped by my locker to pick up my books. 36…5…12 I muttered to myself as I spun the code. Math books. This year, as a sophomore, I took AP Calculus. Even that was a little easy for me. But, sadly, they didn't offer anything higher than that. I sighed and walked to class, bumping into someone.

"Hey!" he remarked. "I know you!" I looked up and saw a friendly face. Luke Castellan. He was my best friend along with Thalia during lower school but split afterwards because he moved to California, now he came back! He still had the same sandy blond hair, but a new scar appeared across his face.

"You came back!" I screamed hugging him. He hugged me back just as hard.

"Ummm… Excuse me." A random student said. I realized we were blocking the doorway. Oopsies.

"See you later!" Luke said as he went off to Science.

"Bye!"

I quickly scurried off to Math, not wanting to get an infraction (3 infractions= 1 detention). I would have liked to say that Math was fun, but to be honest, it was as boring as hell. Not soon enough, math class ended. Time for Music! Even better. On the way to the music building, I saw familiar jet- black hair walking towards me. Shit. I ducked behind a bush hoping he wouldn't notice me. I sure you're wondering why. Every girl would have like to be noticed by Percy Jackson. Not me. I was shy.

Soon enough it was time to go. Thank gods. I walked back home only to remember that I had a voice lesson. Shit.

Ms. Calliope is not a patient woman!" Helen shouted from downstairs. Ms. Calliope is my voice teacher and often remarks about her nephew.

"Be careful!" Helen said as I flew past her. I couldn't spare time to answer. My voice teacher's house was 5 blocks away and I only had 6 minutes until the lesson started. Shit. I ran like the wind, knocking over an old woman and a business man.

"Sorry!" I called to them. They shot me with glares. Whoops. I arrived at Ms. Calliope's door, panting and trying to catch my breath.

"Annabeth dear, are you alright?" She asked looking at my form.

"Just dandy." I replied still trying to get back to normal.

"Well then, come in." She replied walking into the music room. I followed her through the doorway. Her music room was extremely nice, with a piano and multiple stands for music.

"Let's start with warm- ups" She said. I nodded.

"Annabeth, I understand that you are auditioning for a play. The Greatest Showman, am I correct?" She asked. I nodded my head again. "What song are you planning to sing?"

"Well, I decided on Rewrite the Stars with someone as Philip Carlyle."

"My nephew is doing the same thing!" She squealed. There we go again, her talking about her nephew. Not that it's bad or anything, but it's pretty much the same thing repeatedly.

"You know what, it's time for you to meet my nephew! You can do a duet together" She said. "Percy!"

I flinched at the name. It's not him, of course. Percy is a very common name, I think…Footsteps thundered down. Both of our eyes widened. Grey met Green, Green met Grey.

"You."

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