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~Chapter 2~
The walk to the Principal's office started in silence. When they turned the corner, Percy kicked a pencil lying on the ground and it flew half a metre into the air and made a small hole in one of the lockers.
Annabeth opened her mouth and closed it again. She didn't want to start another fight. They were in enough trouble as it was.
Percy suddenly turned around and Annabeth nearly crashed into him.
He looked quizzically at her and then glared. "Well, go on then. I know you're just itching to say something" he said in a resigned voice.
Annabeth huffed, sidestepping him and continued to walk to the principal's office.
Percy frowned. He wasn't used to being ignored. He hurried after her and halted in front of her again.
Annabeth looked up at him, and in a flash, he was lying on the ground, groaning.
"Out of my way, Jackson" she said in his face.
Straightening her clothes and hair, she was just a few metres from the door when she saw the ground rapidly approaching. Percy had tripped her up.
She looked up and saw his smirking face. With a poisonous smile of her own, she quickly stuck out her own foot and sent him sprawling.
As she tried to stand up, he brought her to the ground again. In moments, they were wrestling on the ground, yelling and cursing.
The door opened.
"Mr Jackson and Miss Chase, whatever in the world are you two doing?"
The pair looked up guiltily at Goode High's principal, Mr Affington, who was standing with his arms crossed, peering at them from behind his glasses.
~Percy Jackson & the Olympians~
"Two fights in a day. I am inexpressibly disappointed at the two of you"
Annabeth shuffled her feet and looked guiltily back at the principal. Percy just held his hand up and examined his fingernails nonchalantly.
"There will be consequences"
Annabeth eyes widened. Were they going to be expelled?
Percy voiced her thoughts. "If you're going to expel us, please hurry up with it"
Mr Affington placed his hands on the desk and peered at him curiously.
"Both of you have a long history of schools and expulsion. No, Mr Jackson, I will not be expelling the two of you"
Annabeth's head snapped up. She hid her smile.
Percy didn't attempt to hide anything. He collapsed into the nearby chair and grinned wildly. "Woo hoo! Thank the gods!" he exclaimed. Annabeth allowed herself one small smile.
The principal smiled gently at them. "Don't celebrate quite yet, Mr Jackson. The two of you will still be punished"
Annabeth wasn't all that rattled. What could possibly be that bad?
Mr Affington smiled and Annabeth tensed up.
"The two of you will take part in the school play"
Annabeth and Percy glanced at each other and instantly started protesting.
"I don't think so, I have swim-"
"Mr Affington, I've got architecture classes-"
"SILENCE"
The pair settled down and looked reproachfully at each other.
"I will not change my mind"
Percy sighed and sat back down, looking like the principal had just signed his death sentence.
Annabeth nodded resignedly and rubbed her temples, wincing. All the yelling and fighting had left her with a killer headache.
"What's the topic?" she asked the principal.
Mr Affington grinned maniacally again and the pair glanced uncomfortably at each other.
"Romeo & Juliet. I'm sure you two will be right at home"
~Percy Jackson & the Olympians~
As she was walking down to the cafeteria, Annabeth bumped into Taylor, one of her closest friends. She had long, straight, brown hair and huge toffee-coloured eyes. Taylor was shy, and people often thought she was sweet and innocent. Boy, were they wrong. Tay could throw a mean punch.
"Hey Annabeth, I heard about the fight in Maths today"
Annabeth wrapped an arm around Taylor and gave her friend a hug, sighing. "Yep, I'm in massive trouble"
Taylor pulled away, her eyes widening. "Did you- oh my god-"
Annabeth rolled her eyes and smiled, shaking her head. "No, Tay, I didn't get expelled. It's even worse"
Taylor was confused. "What could possibly be worse than getting expelled?"
Annabeth walked into the cafeteria and turned to her friend, her mouth set in a line of grim determination. "I have to be in the school play. Romeo and Juliet. With Percy" she shuddered when she said his name.
Taylor gave her friend a sympathetic hug and they walked over to their group of friends, who were all waving frantically, ready to hear all about the big fight.
First of all, there was Thalia, who was her best friend. They had been inseparable, ever since they first met.
Sitting next to Thalia were the twins, Rosaline and Jason. Rosaline hated her name so much that she had judo-flipped one of Percy's swim friends, Jim, in the stomach for calling her "little Rosey" Annabeth had looked on with pride, because she had taught her friend that move. Everyone called her "Ross" now.
Ross and her twin brother Jason shared the same wild, curly, blonde hair and piercing blue eyes. The two of them together in the same room were as loud as it got.
Annabeth groaned and slumped when she saw -shudder- Gabe. He was one of Percy's swim friends, and sat at the "jock" table, but he was constantly stalking Annabeth because of his huge crush on her and often sat at their table.
When Annabeth and Taylor approached, Ross called out "Hey Annabeth! Heard about the great fight. Awesome!"
Annabeth sat down and rolled her eyes. She took a bite of her lunch and pulled a face. It was disgusting. She really missed Camp food.
Turning to her friends, she said, "Not awesome. I have to be in the school play"
Simultaneous groans sounded around the whole table and some of them gave her sympathetic hugs.
"What's the topic?" Thalia asked, giving her friend a fist bump, and offering to let her borrow a skull bracelet. Annabeth refused politely and said, "Romeo and Juliet"
Everyone groaned again except for Taylor who slapped the table victoriously. "I knew it!" she exclaimed. Annabeth laughed and said, "You're so psychic! It wouldn't have anything to do with the fact I told you or anything"
While the group laughed, Annabeth felt a gentle tap on her shoulder. She turned around. It was Percy and his best friend, Evan, who was also a swimmer. He had floppy brown hair and sparkly blue eyes. Out of all of Percy's friends, Annabeth actually liked Evan. He was a sweet guy and Annabeth happened to know that Taylor had a huge crush on him. She was even blushing right now.
"What do you want, Jackson?" Annabeth asked. She was still mad that he had gotten them into the school play.
Jason laughed and shook his mop of blonde hair out of his eyes. "Yeh, what do you want, Jackson? To ask Annabeth if she'll be your Juliet?"
The entire group laughed and Gabe puffed out his sweaty chest. He laid a clammy hand on Annabeth's shoulder. "I'm Romeo, and you're my Juliet, baby"
Everyone groaned and snickered behind their lunches and Annabeth fought the urge to puke. She gingerly removed Gabe's sweaty hand. "Uh-no thanks, Gabe"
She turned back to Percy. He was smirking but there was a hard edge in his eyes that made her uneasy. He looked at Gabe and said, "Yeah, lay off Gabe"
Gabe looked uncomfortable but he settled back anyway. No one disobeyed Percy.
He turned back to Annabeth and nodded at her. "Anyway, see you in detention, Chase"
She rolled her eyes and turned back to her table. "Whatever"
Just as the boys walked away, Evan turned back around and smiled shyly at Taylor. "Um, see you around, Taylor?"
Taylor looked surprised and her cheeks turned even darker.
Everyone leaned forward and listened to hear her response; even Jason, who often claimed he had no interest in lovey-dovey stuff.
Taylor stuttered, "Sure, umm-yeah, see you around Evan"
He smiled and looked like he was about to say something else, but Percy called over to him, "Coming, dude? Let's go!"
Reluctantly, he walked away and the group all turned to look accusingly at Taylor.
She blushed and blurted out, "I may have talked to him once"
Everyone continued to stare at her and she gulped, "Or twice"
The bell rang and Annabeth sighed. She had English next, and it was hard for a dyslexic like her to succeed in that class.
The rest of the school day was a blur and the bell rang. All the kids in her class whooped and cheered, packing their bags excitedly, ready for the weekend.
Annabeth moved sluggishly as she put her books into her locker and headed down the hallway.
It was time for detention.
So…how was it? I kinda liked this chapter because I introduced you guys to all her friends :) It was so much fun creating all those characters :3
The next chapter will be about their detention and I guess I'll include some of their backstory.
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