Chapter 2

Percy POV

Percy was walking back from his first encounter with Annabeth and was starting to feel that Goode wouldn't be as bad as he thought...until he saw Luke, Ethan and Drew crowded around a locker and what seemed to be a young first year boy hanging upside down from Luke's hand. Him and Luke used to be best friends until he went off with Percy's girlfriend and publicly humiliated him. Great day so far, I embarrass myself in front of a pretty girl and my enemies go here! He thought to himself.

"Oh look who it is!" Said Luke with a mock surprised face and dropped the boy on the floor who ran for his life off the the toilets.

Percy ignored him and he thought he got away until he felt his back slam against a locker door. Luke had grabbed him by the shirt and had his fist inches away from Percy's face.

"Didn't your mom teach you any manners Perce? It's rude to ignore people!"

"Back off Luke I don't want any trouble" replied Percy not looking him in the eye.

Luke paused for a moment and then reluctantly loosened his grip on Percy's shirt.

"Don't get into any then." Luke said giving him one final nudge into the locker.

Percy walked away hurriedly then slumped off to his first class.

First he had maths and as he got to the door he stopped dead in his tracks and started to get all nervous. Annabeth was sitting on her own at a desk with her head bent over a book and her long golden hair dangling in her face. Might as well go for it! Percy thought to himself seen as he hadn't met anyone else nice that day.

" Um hey Annabeth do you mind if I sit next to you?" He asked blushing slightly

"Yeah of course go ahead!" She replied a little too quickly.

"Thanks" said Percy slipping into the seat next to Annabeth.

They sat in an awkward silence for a while until halfway through the class Percy said

"Do you get any of this?" He asked feeling really stupid.

"Yeah I find it pretty easy actually, but I've umm been here longer than you.. And umm yeah I kind of do I guess..umm.." Percy laughed at her while she was talking.

"What?" She said defensively.

"You don't have to think of excuses for me being dumb!" He said with another of his sideways grins.

"Oh I'm sorry I didn't mean-" he cut her off

"I was kidding!" He said suddenly feeling his face getting hot. Why was Annabeth nervous I was the one who blurted out my stupidity! He thought to himself blushing again.

"I could tutor you if you wanted?" Said Annabeth reluctantly.

Percy was stunned that she had offered to help him and was suddenly lost for words.

"I mean only if you want to you don't have to, ahh it was a stupid idea never mind." She said turning pink and lowering her head.

"No I would love to thanks!" He said, his stomach doing a little backflip. "How about this Thursday?" He suggested.

"Yeah perfect after school or lunchtime?" She asked

"After school I have swimming at lunchtime." He replied still blushing.

"Yeah umm okay then!" Percy could have sworn he saw a little smile cross over Annabeths face as she put her head back down taking notes.

A/N ok so what do you guys think? Please please please R&R and comment anything to improve on or whatever!

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