Annabeth got up on time, like she always did. She took a quick shower and put on white shorts, a red t-shirt that said 'Wild And Free' and some red Converse. She pulled her hair into a messy ponytail, grabbed her bag and headed downstairs to the kitchen where her dad, Fredrick Chase was making an egg sandwich.
Annabeth smiled and greeted him, then grabbed an egg sandwich from the plate and started wolfing it down. Her phone tinged in her pocket and she pulled it out. It was a message from Thalia: "Hey, can you pick me up? My car is gone for repair "
Annabeth texted back: "Sure. Will be there in five minutes ;)"
She put her phone back in her pocket and helped herself to some juice from the table. Her dad was reading the newspaper and he hated it when someone interrupted that so she quietly made her way out of the house and got in her car. It was a Honda, same as Thalia. Thalia's house was not very far so she was in front of her apartment complex in less than five minutes.
Thalia was waiting there with her bag slung over her shoulder and she grinned when Annabeth honked to get her attention. Thalia was wearing denim shorts and a black t shirt with white Converse. And she had her usual bands on her wrist. Her black hair were loose on her shoulder.
"Hey!" Thalia said, jumping into the car, "Ready for the first day in high school?" Thalia raised her eyebrows, still grinning.
"Thalia, it is the same school we have been going for years. Just the building and class have been changed so it doesn't matter. It is the same old." Annabeth said, looking at her friend.
She started the car and they drove towards the school listening to their favorite songs.
"So is your cousin Percy coming to school from today?" Annabeth asked.
"No, he just came yesterday and he gotta unpack and stuff today so he will be joining tomorrow." Thalia said.
"You guys met after, like, ten years?" Annabeth asked.
"Yeah, and he is not the little boy I remembered. He is like so much taller and he has muscles. I am sure Percy will be considered a hot and available guy in our school." Thalia said, laughing,
"Drew would be totally over him." Annabeth too laughed.
They reached the school and parked the car. It was a huge building, painted white with grounds on all four sides. Entering the huge door was the typical high school passage with lockers on either side. There a little lane going to their places from the sides. There was one leading to the reception, one going to classes and homerooms.
Annabeth and Thalia went to their lockers were their schedule was taped up.
"We have a new English teacher, Paul Blowfis." Annabeth said, looking up and down her schedule for the classes and teachers.
"He is the only new teacher, so he better be good." Thalia said.
"What is your first period?" Annabeth asked, trying to look at her schedule.
"Urgh, its Maths." Thalia said, groaning and banging her locker.
"Mine too!" said a voice from behind them. They turned around to see-
"Katie!" Annabeth and Thalia chorused and hugged their friend, who had gone to Miami for the vacations and had been unable to participate in the many sleepovers and movies.
"Katie, you're back!" said another voice. It was Piper and Calypso. They both hugged Katie one by one and smiled.
Annabeth looked at her friends. Katie Gardener was a medium-heighted sweet girl with curly brown hair and soft green eyes. She was wearing a simple white dress with flowers and some flats. Piper McLean was a beautiful girl with brown hair tied into a braid, kaleidoscopic eyes and a slim body, she was, too, wearing a dress pink in color and flats. Calypso Titan was another beautiful girl with black straight hair and a pretty face. She had light green eyes. Calypso was wearing black shorts, a white plain t shirt and some flip flops.
Annabeth smiled at her friend. Well, not all.
"Hello, there ladies!" came a voice from behind and they saw three boys coming their way.
Travis and Connor Stoll were twins with curly brown hair and green eyes. Both were wearing some khaki shorts and t shirts. Leo Valdez was like a Latino elf with also curly hair and fidgety hands. He was wearing shorts and a grey t shirt.
"Where's Nico?" Katie asked, one member of their squad not present.
"Maybe Death Boy is late like he always is." Leo said, smirking.
Two hands clapped him on the back, "I am not always late Valdez." Nico said, grinning.
Nico was a black haired boy with an Italian face and a love for wearing black, much like Thalia. He was wearing dark jeans and a grey t shirt.
All of them finally together, they smiled and started talking and chatting till the bell rang, signaling that the classes were about to start. All of them made their way to their respective classes. Annabeth had Science. She collected her books from her locker, said goodbye to everyone and headed towards the class.
She was quite early so she took a window seat and started scrolling through her phone. People started to walk in slowly and soon the teacher was there. The class went by slowly for Annabeth because she hated Science and it was the only subject she was not excellent at.
Very near the end of the class, the door opened and a boy came in looking around wildly and panting as if he had just run.
He had wild and untamed black hair and a muscled body. He was wearing black jeans and a blue t shirt and blue converse and carrying a grey backpack. The best part were his eyes. He had sea-green eyes. Not light green like lots of Annabeth's friends had. She couldn't look away.
"Umm, I am a new student sir. Got lost." The boy panted, still out of breath.
"Well, you are very late but this is your first class so I will let go. What is your name?" tThe teacher asked him.
"Percy, Percy Jackson." He said, and Annabeth's eyes widened. This was Thalia's cousin. She was right, he was really hot. All the girls were looking at him dreamily. He looked around the class and frowned, surprised by the dreamy looks on girl's faces.
Annabeth smiled. He looked like a nice guy, and as he was Thalia's cousin she would treat him well.
"Alright Mr. Jackson, go sit next to Annabeth Chase." The teacher said, looking down at his desk and riffling through some papers. Percy looked around confused thinking who was Annabeth util a boy from the front row pointed to her, "The girl with the scary gray eyes, dude." He whispered.
Percy located her, smiled and made his way.
"Hi, I am Percy Jackson. You are Thalia's friend, right?" He asked sitting down next to her.
"Yeah, Annabeth Chase. You are her cousin, nice to meet you." Annabeth said, shaking his hand which felt really strong and warm.
"I thought Thalia said you weren't coming till tomorrow." Annabeth asked him, desperately tying to avoid his beautiful eyes.
"Yeah, I finished my unpacking so I came." Percy replied and Annabeth nodded.
The bell rang, signaling the end of class. Percy sighed, "Wow, what a nice class." He said and picked up his bag.
Annabeth laughed, "Well, try to come earlier next time and you might learn something." She said and Percy laughed. They walked out together to their lockers. Percy's was just next to Nico's which was close to their own lockers.
"Which class do you have next?" Annabeth asked Percy, who looked at his new schedule.
"Umm, English. What's yours?" Percy said.
"Mine is English too, and Thalia will be there too." Annabeth smiled and led him to the class. They sat on the seat to the back and saved one for Thalia who had not arrived yet.
"So, tell me about yourself." Percy asked Annabeth who turned to him.
"Well, my name is Annabeth Chase. I live with my dad. My mom died when I was born so I never saw her. my best friend is Thalia, whom I have knows since kindergarten. But I do hang out with our group also. I live in an apartment complex on the same street as Thalia's." Annabeth said.
"Well, what about your hobbies and what do you want to become?" Percy asked, blinking.
"My dream was always to become an architect. My mom was one so I inherited I from her, you know." Annabeth answered easily. She felt quite comfortable with Percy, like she felt with Nico, Leo, Travis and Connor.
"Cool, an architect." Percy said, smiling.
"What about you? What is your dream?" Annabeth asked him, looking in his eyes.
"I want to become a music producer and singer." Percy answered shortly.
"Really? Which instrument do you play?" Annabeth asked.
"I can play the piano, drums and guitar. But I mostly love the guitar." Percy said.
"Do you have a guitar? Which model do you play?" Annabeth asked, impressed.
"My old guitar back in Manhattan was so broken that I left it and I'm gonna buy a new one now. I think acoustic. You know guitars?" Percy said.
"Yeah, I learned guitar a bit. I also did some vocals." Annabeth said
"You sing too? You should show me sometimes." Percy's eyes sparkled.
"Oh, I'm only a shower singer now." Annabeth said, laughing.
"No, I really want to hear you sing. You would be good." Percy said, laughing.
"Thanks." Annabeth smiled. Now, she could not look away from his eyes. And he was looking at her too.
"Percy! I thought you were joining tomorrow?" Thalia exclaimed, suddenly coming in, scaring Percy and Annabeth.
"Yeah, well I came today only. I was bored." Percy said, smiling.
"Annabeth, have you met Percy?" Thalia asked, sitting down next to them.
"Yeah, I met him the Science class where he entered when the class was over." Annabeth grinned. Percy rolled his eyes while both of the girls laughed.
"You were late on your first day? Man, Percy." Thalia said.
The teacher came in, Paul Blowfis. The lesson flew by and soon it was lunch. Percy was introduced to everyone and they seemed to like him. Nico and Percy specially became really good friends. Thalia was surprised because nobody could make Nico comfortable with him so easily and Nico was also laughing and cracking jokes with Percy. That was weird.
The day went by quickly. When all of them met outside at the end of the day, Annabeth asked Percy if he needed a ride, but he politely declined and said that he liked walking and she would have to take a detour. Percy sad goodbye to everybody and walked home. This could work, he thought, I like the school.
Author Note: Surprise chapter! Hope you all liked it. It is quite long and it took an hour. The next chapter will be up by tomorrow or maybe tonight if I feel like it. It is going to be Tratie and Caleo. Reviews and Likes are appreciated here.
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