Something New

Chapter 2

Annabeth's POV

Waking up that following Monday after we moved in was probably the hardest thing I'd ever had to do. I only hit snooze 3 times on my alarm clock. When I finally motivated myself enough to get out of bed, I made my way to the shower. When I got out of the shower I wrapped my hair in a towel and put on my robe so I could choose what I wanted to wear on my first day. After contemplating what to wear for a while I decided to go with something simple and comfy. I put on faded skinny jeans, a light long sleeve t-shirt with an owl on it and my grey converse. I then combed out my hair and left it down.

When I walked down the stairs I could already hear the twins running through the house. I walked into the kitchen and grabbed my breakfast bar. Then my mom walked in.

"Hey Little Owl. Are you ready for your first day?"

"As ready as I'll ever be." I stated. My mom came over to me and wrapped me in a warm embrace.

"You'll do great! You will make new friends and have a great time at Goode. I promise."

"I hope you're right." I mumble.

"I always am." She said with a laugh. I waved to my mom and told the boys to have a good day at school and got in my mom's car. I have to use her car until they get me a new one. My parents sold my car before we left.

It took me about 10 minutes to drive to school. When I pulled in, I was shocked by the size of the school. I wasn't expecting it to be that big. I found a parking spot and sat in my car for a while watching people go into the school. I'd never admit it to anyone, but I was extremely nervous. I'd never been the new kid and I didn't exactly want to be one either. About 15 minutes before the tardy bell rang I decided I needed to go in. I made my way into the school and tried to find the office. With no luck, I turned to the first person I saw for help.

The girl had jet black, short hair with a blue streak in it. She had on all black. Black, ripped jeans, black leather jacket, black combat boots, and a black shirt that read 'Death to Barbie' in white ink. She had freckles that lined her nose and striking blue eyes. My first thought was 'Crap. She's more likely to beat me up than to show me to the office.'

"Yeah." The girl stated. I shook the last thought out of my head.

"Hey, I'm new and—"

"You need someone to show you to the office. I gotcha." She said as she motioned for me to follow her.

"So where are ya from?" She asked.

"San Francisco." I stated.

"That's a long way from here. Why'd you move?" Obviously this girl wasn't shy.

"My mom and dad both got really good job offers here."

"That's cool. I'm Thalia, by the way." I smiled.

"I'm Annabeth." I said as we stopped in front of the office door.

"Well here you are Annie."

"Please don't call me Annie." She just shrugged and followed me into the office.

"Um, I think I've got it from here." I said confused as to why she was still with me.

"I know. But if I tell my teacher I was showing the new girl around, I won't get wrote up for being late again."

"Oh, okay." Thalia sat down in a chair while I went to the receptionist to get my schedule. Once I got it I smiled at her and thanked her. I walked back over to Thalia who was playing on her phone.

"Ready?" I asked.

"Yep. Let me see your schedule." She said as she took my paper from my hand. "We have some classes together. Including 1st period so I will show you the way." I nodded and followed her to the classroom.

We walked into the classroom and all eyes were on us. Thalia just walked to her seat next to people I guessed were her friends. The teacher noticed her before she did me.

"Miss Grace. Tardy again, are we?"

"Actually, Mrs. Dodds, I was showing the new girl Annie around, so you can't write me up." Mrs. Dodds looked disappointed, but directed her attention to me.

"And you must be Annie?" She asked.

"Um, my name is Annabeth." I said with a smile and handed her my transfer papers. She glanced at them and laid them on her desk.

"Take a seat next to Mr. Jackson." The teacher said as she pointed to an empty seat in the back without even so much as a smile. I nodded and made my way to the back of the classroom and took my seat.

"Okay, so today we are covering…" Mrs. Dodds began. I looked over at the boy sitting next to me and realized that it was the boy from the pizza place. He looked over at me and I turned my attention back to Mrs. Dodds. When the class was over I quickly gathered my stuff and left, trying to avoid a conversation with the attractive teenager I sort of met. But, he caught up with me.

"Hey!" He yelled as he ran to catch up with me. I stopped and turned towards him.

"Hi?" I replied.

"You're the girl from the pizza place right?" He asked with a winning smile.

"Yep. That's me. I'm Annabeth, by the way." I stated with a slight grin.

"Percy. So, where's your next class?" He asked as we began to make our way through the hallway.

"Um… Greek Mythology with a Mr. Brunner. Do you know where that is?" I ask

"Yeah, I actually have that class next." We walked the rest of the way in silence. But it wasn't awkward at all.

When we got to the classroom Percy took a seat next to a kid dressed in all black and had olive skin. They didn't really look like they would be the type to hang around each other but they sat and talked like they were best friends. Percy smiled at me and motioned for me to sit next to him. I did since I didn't really know anyone else.

"Annabeth, this is my cousin Nico." Percy said as he pointed to the boy with olive colored skin. I grinned at Nico and he nodded in response. Before I could even try to start a conversation with the two boys someone came into the room yelling at the top of their lungs.

"Death Breath! That's my seat. Get your ass up!" I looked up to see it was Thalia. I turned to Percy with a confused look on my face.

"Who's Death Breath?" Percy just grinned and pointed to Nico. Thalia continued to march over to Nico's chair.

"Thalia, it's all right." A girl with dark brown hair and warm, kind eyes said.

"Nope." Was all Thalia said as she pulled the chair out from under Nico causing him to hit the floor. "Now, it's all right."

I just sat there shocked while the girl and Percy were laughing and Nico mumbled and found another seat in front of Percy. They acted as if this happened every day. When they finally stopped laughing, they noticed me sitting there looking confused and decided to fill me in.

"Thalia, Nico, and Percy are cousins. And Thalia's main goal in life is to humiliate poor Nico here." The girl explained. I just nodded in response.

"Um, and you are?" I asked nicely.

"Oh! Sorry, I'm Juniper. I'm the one who keeps these three out of trouble." I laughed.

"I'm Annabeth."

"So Annabeth, where are you from?" Percy asked.

"San Francisco. My parents got job offers here."

"That's cool."

"What do they do?" Juniper asked.

"My dad teachers War History at NYU and my mom works at an architecture firm."

"So do you like it here in New York?" Nico asked.

"Um, I guess. It's really different from San Fran." Then the bell rang and our teacher walked… no rolled in.

The teacher was a man in a wheelchair who was in his early to mid forty's. He had brown hair and wore a tweed jacket. Then he had a blanket lying over his legs.

"Good morning class." He asked getting a muffled response back. "I see we have a new student with us today." He said as he motioned for me to come forward. I did as told and walked up to his desk. I handed him the transfer paper with my information on it.

"Annabeth. It says here that you had a similar class at your last school. And it looks as if you did quite well." I smiled at him. "I'm Mr. Brunner. You can take your seat again."

As soon as I got back to my seat Mr. Brunner began to teach. Greek Mythology is one of my favorite subjects so it was easy to stay alert and pay attention in the class, especially the way Mr. Brunner taught it. He had a way of making the old myths sound like they really happened. At the end of the class he announced that he would be giving us a project that we would do with a partner. That he would be choosing. I was grateful that he was selecting the partners because I didn't know anyone. He started calling off names.

"…Thalia and Juniper, Nico and Will, and finally Percy and Annabeth." I turned to look and Percy who was smiling at me. I smiled back. At least I kind of knew my partner.

"For this assignment you will be choosing two Greek gods or goddesses. You are to find the similarities of the two gods, the differences; some connections they have with one another and finally you are to choose a story that involves both gods and analyze it."

The bell rang and Mr. Brunner dismissed us. I walked out with Percy so we could talk about our project some.

"So which gods do we want to do? I would like to do Athena if that's okay with you?" I ask.

"Yeah, that's fine. I want to do Poseidon." Percy said with a grin.

"That works out perfectly. Those two have some history."

"So when and where are we going to start on this?" He asked.

"Um, we can start today after school at my place." I suggest.

"I have swim practice right after school. So how about I go to your house right after practice? That would be around 6?"

"Yeah, okay." I said.

"Okay. What class do you have next?"

"AP Biology with Mrs. Lewis."

"Okay, so to get there you go…"

I didn't have another class with Percy, Thalia, Nico or Juniper until after lunch. So I was on my own finding my next class after Bio. It took me a while, but I finally found the classroom. I sat down next to a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes. He was pretty muscular—as if he played a lot of sports. He looked like you typical high school jock that every girl chased after. Except he had a scar that went down the side of his face. But it didn't take away from his beauty any. When I took my seat next to him and turned to me with a welcoming smile.

"Hey, I'm Luke." The boy said as he stuck out his hand for me to shake it.

"Annabeth."

"So where are you from Annabeth?" He asked.

"San Francisco."

"Wow,okay. It's a little bit different from New York."

"Oh yeah. I'm still trying to adjust to everything here. I can't wait to go into the city."

"It's definitely different than Cali." Luke states. I smile and face the teacher.

Once the bell rings to dismiss us to lunch I get my things and leave. I find the cafeteria pretty easily. I get my trey of food and try to find a place to sit. I don't want to sit by myself on my first day. How pathetic would that be? Just as I am about to give up someone comes up behind me.

"Need a place to sit?" It's Percy. I smile at him and nod gratefully. He motions for me to follow him. We walk outside the cafeteria to a table set in the middle of the patio for students. Once we get there I see that the table is already crowded with people. Percy sits down and pulls out the chair beside him. I smile and take the seat.

"Hey Annie!" Thalia says with a mouth full of food. I say hey back.

"Guys this is Annabeth. She's from San Francisco." Percy announces. Everyone either nods, waves, or says hi. "Annabeth, you've already met Nico, Thalia and Juniper. But this is Grover (Juniper's boyfriend), Rachel, Luke, Silena and her boyfriend Beckendorf ."

"Hey guys. Nice to meet you."

The rest of lunch went well. Everyone at the table was really nice. They all seemed to be really close, which kind of made me feel awkward at first because when they would share stories I wouldn't always know what they were talking about. But, they still made me feel welcomed and I really appreciated that. As I sat at the lunch table, I tried to figure out the group of friends.

Rachel seemed to be the artist of the group. She had red frizzy hair and wore a t-shirt and jeans with paint splatter all over them.

Grover and Juniper are nature freaks. They spent most of their lunch talking about the Earth Club's upcoming fundraiser. Grover is kind of short for a guy in high school and had shaggy, brown hair and wears a beanie over it. But they both seem to be really sweet and kind. I can see why they are together.

Silena and Beckendorf were an odd couple. She seemed to be all girly and into shopping. She seemed like she would be the type of girl to go after a jock. But Beckendorf wasn't your typical jock. You could tell he played some type of sport, but his real passion was fixing things. He kept talking about all of his upcoming projects. And if he wasn't talking about a project or talking to Silena, he wasn't talking at all.

Nico was obviously the quiet one of the group. But, he also had this mischievous, sad look to him. I haven't quite figured him out yet.

Luke is obviously a jock. Listening to girls talk around school he is one of the hottest guys in school and is great at the 2 sports he plays—basketball and football. He is lean and muscular so he should be good. But he doesn't seem like your typical jock either. He is nice and funny and down to earth.

Then there's Thalia. There isn't really any way to describe her except by saying she's Thalia. She looks as if she could beat the shit out of you. And by just spending that one day with her, I could tell that she would beat the shit out of you if you make her mad. But, I could tell that she is a good friend. One that will always have your back.

Percy. At this point I knew 2 things for sure about Percy. 1) He is very attractive and according to the girls in the school he was the hottest guy in the school and 2) he is the sweetest person ever. He went out of his way to make me feel included on my first day of school and not everyone would do that. He seems like he is a very loyal and trustworthy person.

Lunch passed quickly. And the rest of the day didn't go horribly. I had a class with at least one person from the lunch group in every period after lunch. When the bell rang for school to be dismissed I quickly walked to my mom's car so I could get ready for Percy to come over later.

A/N: One word—finals. I've literally been studying none stop for the past three weeks and then Christmas stuff. So sorry it took so long guys! But I hope you like it and I hope that you had a Merry Christmas! Love you all!

-lakota33