Here's the next chapter. Any constructive criticism is welcomed. Enjoy. I double space this one. Sorry if the first chapter was hard to read.
"Um... excuse me. Your boyfriend? I've been dating him for a year and a half. He wouldn't go out with a girl like you." I say. The girl looks at me. "You mean the smart and pretty type. You are just a dumb, ugly, blonde." she says. She just crossed the line. Percy knows it too. He balls his fists and so do I. He puts his arm in front of me to hold me back. "First of all, Annabeth is WAY prettier than you. Second of all, nobody calls Annabeth a dumb blonde because she's smarter than everyone I know. Third of all you better go away Lillian before I let her damage your nose job." Percy says. Everyone is definitely looking at us. "What's she going to do?" the girl, Lillian asks. "I'll tell you what I'm going to do." I mutter. "Look Miss Priss, right now there is someone holding Annabeth back but there is no one holding me back. I can promise you that if you don't shut up I will shut you up." Thalia says. Lillian glares at her. Bad idea. Thalia's glare can make even Hades back down. Thalia glares at her sending a clear message, Stay away or else. Lillian backs down. "See you later Percyboo." Lillian says. Her and her little cronies run, or in more polite terms scurry, off. "Hey Nico if I kill her would she go to the Field's of Punishment?" I ask. "I don't know but I could put in a good word." Nico says smiling. "Hey Annabeth." Thalia says hugging me. I hug her back. "Hey Thals. I'm glad to see you." I say. "What about me?" Nico asks. I pat his shoulder. "Nice to see you too Ghost king." I say. He smiles when I mention that he is the ghost king. "What about me?" Percy asks after almost everyone is out of the hall and in the cafeteria. "You already got your hello Seaweed Brain." I say smiling. "You didn't get your hello." he says smiling. I shake my head and laugh. We kiss until Thalia and Nico cough. "Get a room." Thalia says and at the same time Nico cries "My eyes!" The bell rings. "Can I see your schedule?" Percy asks. I hand him my schedule. The three look at my schedule. "All of our classes are together except I have swimming during free period Tuesdays and Thursdays." Percy says. "Well we have the same schedule as Percy except the whole swimming thing." Nico says. "Well the Four Amigos are still together." Percy says. Nico, Thalia, and I laugh. "Seriously Kelp Head? The Four Amigos?" Thalia says. "Yes Pinecone Face, the Four Amigos." Percy says. They glare at each other. I grab Percy's hand. I start to pull him towards English. "Let's get to class Seaweed Brain." I say. Finally he turns around and we head to his step fathers class.
"So class we will begin reading-" Paul says and gets interrupted by Percy and me opening the door. "Sorry we're late Pa- I mean Mr. Blofis. Percy was showing me around with Thalia and Nico. They should be here any second." I say. "Well Annabeth it's good to see you. You and Percy can take two of those 4 seats in the back. As I was saying class we will be reading The Iliad by Homer." Paul says. Thalia and Nico bust in. "Sorry we are late." Thalia murmurs. The sit in front of us in the back. Paul passes out the books to the front of the room. He drops off 4 books on my desk in Greek and winks. "Aw man, books?" Nico whines. Thalia steps on his foot. He stops and grabs his foot. "Ow!" he mutters. "You each get to pick 3 partners to read your book with. You will read it in the group during English and there will be small quizzes on what you've read ever Friday. Go find your groups." Paul says sitting behind his desk and pulling out the same book for him to read. "Here comes trouble." Nico mutters. I look up and see Lillian and her 2 cronies coming over here. "Hey Percy, do you want to be in our group?" Lillian asks. "No thanks I have my group right here." Percy says gesturing towards us. "C'mon Percyboo, we need a 4th member." Lillian begs. "Look Lillian we are a group. Stop trying to break up the... the... four Amigos." Nico says trying to hold a straight face. I put my hand over my mouth to hold back my laugh. Percy and Thalia have their heads on their desks their shoulders shaking. Lillian and her cronies walk off muttering about a stupid goth boy. "Well lets get to reading." I say. "Not quite yet. Annabeth I forgot to ask earlier, but where are you staying?" Percy asks. "Yeah, where are you staying? Me and Death Boy are at Percy's." Thalia says. "I'm at a hotel right now." I say. "We have room. Come stay with us. My mom loves you, and you know she will say yes." Percy says. "Then I can scare you at anytime with my shadow powers!" Nico says. "Nico you try any 'shadow powers' if I stayed there I'd make you a shadow permanently. Percy you can't just have me show up. You need to ask your mom." I say. "Hold on." Percy says. He whips out his Iphone. He places it in his book. He types something and he immediately gets a reply. "She said you can stay as long as you'd like." Percy says. "Well since it is Monday you're going to have to help me move my stuff after school." I say. "I'll help." Thalia and Nico say. "Okay. Well now we should start to read the book." I say. The bell rings, dismissing the class. "Or not." Percy stands up first. "Lets go before the snobs catch us." Thalia says. Nico and I stand up. I grab Percy's hand. "Lets go to Greek Seaweed Brain." I say. "After you Wise Girl." Percy says using his other hand to gesture me out the door. "Such a gentleman." I say laughing.
"Did I really sound that stupid when I called us the 4 Amigos?" Percy asks when we enter Greek class. "If you didn't say something like that I would have thought you were sick." I say taking a seat next to him in the back. "Ah... It seems I have a new student. You're Ms. Chase, correct?" the teacher, Mr. Kennedy, asks. "Yes sir." I say. "Have you had any experience with the Greeks like Mr. Jackson, Ms. Grace, or Mr. Di Angelo?" he asks. I laugh. "Yes sir. I know almost everything about the Greeks." I say. "Can you hold a conversation with Mr. Jackson?" Mr. Kennedy asks. "Yes sir." I say. I look at Percy and say "Ο Περσέας, σ 'αγαπώ περισσότερο από οτιδήποτε άλλο. Είστε ο καλύτερος φίλος μου. Θέλετε να πάρετε κάποια πίτσα μετά το σχολείο; Αγάπη, Ανναμπεθ." (AN- She says "Perseus, I love you more than anything. You are my best friend. Do you want to get some pizza after school? Love, Annabeth) Percy looks at me and smiles. Then he says "Ανναμπεθ, σ 'αγαπώ πάρα πολύ. Ξέρεις ότι δεν μπορώ να πω όχι σε πίτσα με τον καλύτερο φίλο μου σε όλο τον κόσμο. Γιατί να χρησιμοποιήσετε ολόκληρο το όνομα μου; Η αγάπη, ο Περσέας βασιλιάς της δροσερό ." (AN- he says "Annabeth, I love you too. You know I can't say no to pizza with my best friend in the whole world. Why did you use my whole name? Love, Perseus king of cool.) "Πάρτε ένα δωμάτιο." Nico says. (AN- Nico says "get a room.") "Thank you for demonstrating. This week we will be starting our year long project. You will be in groups of 3 or 4. By May 26th your group must have a temple for all of the gods, papers explaining the gods and goddesses, an oral report prepared, and a paper on the significance the Greeks had on modern day America." Mr. Kennedy says. A note lands on Percy's desk. He opens it and shows it to me. "Pink paper and pen, seriously?" I mutter. It says "Hey Percyboo, want to be partners with us? Love, Lillian." Lillian flashes a wide grin at Percy and pushes her brown hair off of her shoulders her brown eyes shining. I write on the paper: Lillian, leave my boyfriend alone! He doesn't like you! Just keep hitting on my boyfriend and see what happens. Hate, Annabeth. I hand it to Percy who passes it over to Lillian. Her eyes are beaming until she opens it and sees it's from me. She flips me off. "How mature." I mouth. Percy grips my hand. "Calm down Wise girl." he whispers. "Okay Seaweed brain." I whisper, gripping his hand back. "Class, get to work." Mr. Kennedy says. "So I can start on the temple later, but we should start thinking about the papers." I say. "I can draft for Hades." Nico says. "Okay but no saying Hades is awesome. Give some real facts about...him." Thalia says resisting the urge to say "your father". We all start a draft on our godly parents. When I'm done with mine I have to help a certain Seaweed brain with his. Pretty soon all of the 12 major gods and Hestia have a draft. The bell rings. "I'll keep them in my sketch book so we don't lose them." I say. They all nod in agreement and we head to lunch. "Thalia and I can get the food. You guys go sit." I say. Thalia and I get in the line with $20. I know exactly what Percy wants. I grab 2 cherry cokes, 2 cheeseburgers, and a big plate of fries. Thalia gets Nico and her each a coke. Then, she grabs a taco for Nico and a piece of pizza for herself. We pay for the food and head over to Nico and Percy. The 2 boys sitting across from Percy are from this morning. There is a girl next to one of them though. I recognize them now. I sit next to Percy with Thalia on my other side. "Hey Travis, Katie, and Connor. When did you guys start coming here?" I ask. "Yesterday." Katie says. I know that the school is starting to feel like camp when I see Clarisse, Chris, Jason, Piper, and Leo. "'Sup ladies and guys." Leo says. Thalia slaps her head. She can't stand that boy. Well lunch wasn't all that exciting and that is how the rest of my day went. Boring. Now comes the fun part. My date with Percy. Can't wait.
