Hello lovelies! I'm back! I'm so happy with all the responses I got for the first chapter! It really means the world to me! Before I get to the actual chapter, I have SUPER IMPORTANT NEWS that I'll put at the end of the chapter. PLEASE read or you'll be super confused for the month of July.

Annabeth used to like math. It always came easy to her and she used it all the time when she was working on blueprints for a new project. She'd been doing that a lot lately. The colleges she'd been considering applying to for architecture were asking for samples of her work. Annabeth was busy working on them all the time. That meant using math all the time, which Annabeth didn't mind at all.

Annabeth used to like math. Until today.

Never in her whole life had she wanted to leave a place this bad. Okay, that was an exaggeration, as Annabeth could think of plenty of places that were worse than her math class. Nonetheless, this was a whole other kind of bad. The kind of bad where it surrounded and suffocated you until you were gone.

The kind of bad like Madison.

She and a few other girls were sitting at and on top of desks in the center of the room. They all were exactly the same. Perfect hair, perfect skin, perfect body, the list goes on. Something Annabeth would never be.

Madison glanced behind her when Annabeth entered the room. Her eyes darkened and she turned back to her friends. "That's the girl I was telling you about," she explained, feigning quietness. "From the party. I swear she looked like she crawled out of a pit or something."

Annabeth flinched. If only she knew, she thought. It was stupid, getting worked up over a simple comment. Annabeth couldn't accept that she was that kind of person. The was stronger, better than that. The sinking, twisted feeling in the pit of her stomach would pass. She was not one of the girls who was insecure and hated herself most of the time. Right?

The second kind of bad that Annabeth was faced with that morning was the boy whose eyes followed her as she entered the room. And not in the sort of way your eyes might follow someone when you were looking to see who it was that just entered the room. His eyes followed her in a sort of predatory way. He looked hungry, almost. It made her uneasy.

Annabeth slid into a seat in the second row and pulled out her notebook. She heard the seat next to her creak slightly and she knew someone had sat down next to her.

"Hey, Stormy," a male voice said.

Annabeth's eyes shot up. The boy sitting next to her – who also definitely just called her "Stormy" – was the boy who watched her as she entered the room. Annabeth prayed to the gods that he was joking and didn't genuinely just call her that. Sending somebody to the nurse's office on the first day of school is not a great first impression. Annabeth turned to the boy and asked, "What did you just call me?"

"'Stormy', like your eyes," he responded. This boy must have thought he was the cleverest person ever, as he was completely unfazed by her obvious shock and annoyance.

"That was horrendous. Seriously, that was the worst thing anybody has ever said to me."

The boy smirked. "Always glad to make an impression."

Gods, could he be any more annoying, Annabeth thought. She hoped not. She didn't know how much more of this she could take.

"I'm Dominic," the boy – Dominic – said, holding out his hand.

"Annabeth," she replied.

Dominic smiled. "Ahh, a pretty name for a pretty face."

Annabeth fought the urge to roll her eyes. Dominic was painfully annoying and the use of pick-up lines did not help his case. Even if she wasn't with Percy, she still wouldn't be interested.

"So," Dominic continued. "I was wondering, do you want to go out sometime?"

Giving him a polite smile, Annabeth fully turned to face Dominic. "Look, I'm flattered, but I have a boyfriend. It's nice to meet you, though." It's really not, but he doesn't need to know that, Annabeth said to herself.

A dark look flashed across Dominic's eyes but it was gone as soon as it came. He smiled at her but Annabeth could see it was strange. "Welcome to AHS." He then got up a returned to his original seat.

Annabeth turned back to her book but she no longer felt like reading. The look Dominic gave her made her uneasy. It wasn't the reaction she was expecting, sure, but that wasn't what was bothering her. She just couldn't figure out what it was about his response that made her anxious. It was reasonable to be upset that the person you asked out was already in a relationship, but it felt like more than that.

At that moment, the bell rang. The teacher burst into the room holding a pile of papers. "Hello, class. I'm Mr. Gehling. Welcome to Pre-Calculus." He began to walk around the room and pass a packet to each of the students as he explained how the year was going to look. Something about him reminded her of Chiron. It was nice. She felt safer and more at home.

By the time class ended, Annabeth eager to go. Despite enjoying math, Dominic kept giving her weird looks. She tried to ignore him but she couldn't help the uneasiness that grew every time she caught him staring at her. The bell had barely started to ring as Annabeth threw her math binder into her backpack and rushed toward the door.

Upon exiting, a hand grabbed her arm and pulled her towards the person it belonged to. Annabeth found herself facing Percy. She smiled and kissed him softly.

"Hey. How'd you get here so fast?" Annabeth asked. Percy shrugged. He slid her backpack off her shoulders. She raised an eyebrow.

"Did you already forget, Wise Girl? I'm being a gentleman today," Percy explained. "How was math?"

Annabeth leaned against him as they began walking down the hallway. "Good, but weird. There's this weirdo who – "

"By Stormy!" A voice interrupted. Annabeth turned to see Dominic rush past her and wink. She shuddered.

"That's the weirdo," Annabeth groaned. She felt Percy's chest shake against her. She looked up to see him laughing. "What's so funny?"

Percy could barely get words out. "'Stormy!' He called you 'Stormy'! That's hysterical."

Annabeth shoved him lightly. "Okay, Seaweed Brain. That's enough. It's not that funny."

"Oh, yes, it is. It's fantastic. Maybe I'll start calling you that instead of Wise Girl."

Annabeth glared at him and stormed away. She heard Percy laugh louder felt his hand on her arm again. Again, she found herself against his chest, staring up at him. Percy kissed her quickly.

"Come, on, Stormy. We have to get to class."

Alrightly, that's the chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed. Don't forget to review, follow, favorite, etc.

SUPER IMPORTANT NOTICE! - From the dates of 7/9-7/29 I will be at overnight camp. Because of this, I will not have access to a computer to write. That being said, I will still be handwriting, but I will have to type up anything that I write. On top of that, my friend from Japan is coming in after camp. I will be with her a lot but I will do my best to publish the chapters as best I can. I'm sorry in advance for the wait.

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