Hey guys, thanks for all the awesome reviews, you guys like totally rock. Seriously, two chapters in and we have so many reviews. Thanks for the awesome response to my story. This chapter is based off of I'm Coming Home – Skylar Grey. Hope you enjoy everyone. Hope you all had a merry Christmas, I had wanted to post this chapter up on Christmas but due to illness (tonsillitis leaving me voiceless and sore) and injuring my left shoulder (leaving me only one hand to type with ) I couldn't meet that deadline. Hope you like this chapter.

It Had Begun Again With A Simple Hello

Annabeth had come back to California and got right back to work. She had submitted her request for a station transfer back to New York using the New York project she had been working on as the reason for the wanted transfer...

That was three weeks ago.

She was still in California, still waiting for the office to approve the transfer but the one thing she hated doing was waiting. She had expected it to take some time but not three weeks.

At least she and Percy spoke, but it was only short conversations, the casual "How are you doing?", "What are you up too?", and even the "How's your family doing?" and Annabeth could definitely sense Percy's hesitance as they spoke, not that she could blame him, things were still very sensitive since they only recently started speaking to each other.

Percy was tip toeing around the situation and Annabeth couldn't hold it against him. she had ruined him by breaking his heart into a million pieces, she saw the defeat in his eyes when she said she didn't know how she felt about him, when she said she didn't know who she wanted to be with, she had betrayed him and basically stabbed him in the back.

She could never correct this wrong, the guilt and pain of her actions would forever haunt her, especially after Percy told her that he had come back to find her gone. She would forever truly call herself a coward, instead of waiting and hoping he would come back but instead, she doubted him, his love for her, and ran with her tail between her legs because she doubted the incredible man she had in her life.

She was a coward, a chicken, whatever you want to call her but in truth, she knew she was one.

Annabeth had this tendency to always hold things against people but right now, it had been reversed, she blamed herself for everything because she was to blame. She hadn't even really started to care when the rain started pouring, soaking into her blonde locks and leaving it a messy mop that clung to her face as she sat on a park bench, completely unprotected from the downpour.

Her thoughts always occupied her like this, especially when it came to Percy. When they first met, he was always on her mind, the first time they met had to be one of her favourite things to remember whenever she thought about it and it just so happened to be in the rain.

Annabeth hadn't really been very bright today, and usually she was smarter than this. First day of her new high school since she and her mother moved to New York and she was put into Goode High School, age sixteen with an IQ higher than Einstein and Newtown combined. And so she decides that it was better to walk home from school and currently right now, its pouring down on her by the bucket loads.

"Gods of Olympus, why did it have to rain today of all days," Annabeth growled in an annoyed tone as she reached up and fixed her thin framed rectangular glasses back onto their original place on the bridge of her nose as she hugged her backpack to her chest as she walked down the side walk towards her home.

Annabeth really hated the rain, sure she loved water but she hated it when it rained. Sometimes her luck amazed her, she really hated the fates because they obviously loved making her life a living hell.

Annabeth could already feel the cold water pressing into her skin as her clothes soaked in every drop of water that fell on her, feeling her body shivering, all she could do was hug her bag closer to her chest in hopes her chest and backpack could stay dry unlike the rest of her.

Her old sneakers sloshed every time she stepped on the pavement, she didn't run cause she didn't want to risk falling and injuring herself. She picked a real great day to wear jeans as she could feel them getting uncomfortable and her white t-shirt was sopping wet, her black bra underneath showing through it.

Only lucky thing she could say was, "Thank the gods I like wearing my hair in a ponytail." Its true, but she should have tied it tighter but she prefers loose things. As she walked, a silver Prius drove past, hitting a gigantic puddle of murky, filthy water and it sprayed all over Annabeth.

"Hey buddy, where did you learn to drive? This ain't NASCAR racing idiot!" Annabeth shouted as she arrived in front of the car which had stopped and the driver window opened and Annabeth froze in her spot.

The driver that splashed her just had to be her English teacher, Mr. Blofis but the rifraf and jocks and punks all called him Mr. Blowfish. She had only seen him once but she recognised him instantly. In truth, Mr. Blofis looked relatively young, he looked to be thirty-somthing with neat longish salt and pepper black hair and a face kinda made him look like a television actor, so in laymen terms, he was relatively good looking. "Mr. Blofis," Annabeth stuttered nervously.

"Annabeth, right?" The male teacher asked in a calm yet hesitant tone, as if he were unsure of whether or not he got Annabeth's name right.

"Yes sir, Mr. Blowfish, I mean Mr. Blofis sir." Annabeth stuttered as she lowered her gaze, hoping she didn't in anyway offend her teacher after the comment she made about his driving. "Sorry, I didn't realise it was you behind the wheel."

"Firstly, Annabeth, get in before you freeze to death." He said calmly as the back door opened and Annabeth looked hesitantly at the back seat. "It's alright, I am not going to kidnap you and take you out into the country to my secret bunker." He said with a laugh, causing Annabeth to smie weakly. "You don't have to worry about wetting or ruining the seats, just get in before you catch a cold."

Annabeth did as she was told and climbed in, closing the door behind her and when she turned her head, she noticed that she wasn't alone in the back of the Prius. There was a teenage boy her age, with messy and unruly midnight locks that stuck to his face, indicating that it was wet, his rich green eyes, a green like any shade she had ever seen, were trained on the screen of his phone, his head bobbing to a beat that travelled through his ear phoned that were in his ears.

She noticed the familiarity of this boy, Annabeth believed she saw him in her Greek and Roman AP History class, he was seated in the chair next to her. She recognised the expertly carved and sculpted cheek bones that were strong and powerful and yet they were tension free and she certainly remembered the girls pointing and gossiping about him behind her, saying he was way more handsome that Narcissus.

Annabeth couldn't have agreed more with that statement, especially on how perfectly kissable his lips were, Annabeth internally groaned and looked towards Mr. Blofis who was smiling deviously. He reached out and pulled the earphones out of the teen's ears and he automatically raised his head to glare at Mr. Blofis but he never did as he turned his head and stared at Annabeth, raising an eyebrow as he stared at her with a confused expression.

"Who are you and what are you doing in my step father's car?" He demanded in a rude tone that had Annabeth scowling as she glared at him. "Like seriously Paul, what thing did you invite into the car?"

Annabeth never was one to control her temper and she instantly lashed out and slapped him hard on his cheek. "Why don't you cut the rude bad boy 'tude and bite your tongue." She growled in annoyance as she sat back in the seat with her arms crossed, "Unlike you, your step father is very nice and let me climb into his vehicle after he sprayed me with disgusting water off the street so please just cut the crap because right now, I just want to go home."

The guy had the decency to look guilty as he leaned back into the seat and looked down at his lap, putting his phone away in his pocket and played with his fingers. "Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude." He said softly as he stared at the back seat of the passenger's seat.

"For the record, I am not a thing, my name is Annabeth jerk." Annabeth said calmly as she looked at her reflection in the window as she leaned her head against the window, her breath fogging up the glass.

"Nice to meet you Annabeth. I'm Percy," The boy said in a soft and hopeful tone as he looked up, meeting Annabeth's gaze as she looked into the mirror, and looked at him before she sighed and turned round and looked at him and suddenly his eyes widened. "Hey, you are that really smart chick in Mr. Brunner's class, you sat next me right?"

Annabeth smiled, "Yeah Snail Brain, I'm the really smart chick in Mr. Brunner's class." She said with a head shake, but Percy was pouting at her, he seemed to be deep in thought. "You okay Percy?"

"Seaweed!" He shouted with glee as Annabeth stared at him with a confused expression.

"What?"

"Seaweed. Snail brain doesn't suit me cause I don't like snails but I like seaweed because I love the ocean and once when I went swimming, I got seaweed on my head and my cousin called me Kelp Head." Percy explained with a cute lop sided smile as Annabeth burst out laughing at the clever nickname.

"I like it, Seaweed Brain. Suits you." He grinned like a five year old as Annabeth smiled with him.

"And I will call you Wise Girl, cause you are so smart and you're a girl!" He said in a cute and adorable tone that had Annabeth giggling and shaking her head.

"Seaweed Brain." She whispered under her breath as Percy grinned, noticing Annabeth shivering he pulled off his hoodie and wrapped it around Annabeth's shoulders. "What's this?"

"Really Wise Girl?" Percy said in an incredulous tone as he shook his head. "It's a hoodie and you are cold so I am lending you my hoodie so you can be warm and not cold." Annabeth blushed and hugged the hoodie.

"You didn't have to do that, it's going to get wet cause i am soaked from head to toe." Annabeth said as she hugged her chest, Percy having taken her back and putting it on the other side of him as he reached out and wrapped his arm around her shoulders and she instantly felt the warmth radiating off of him.

"Its alright, I don't mind. Besides, cant have my Wise girl getting a cold now." Annabeth smiled and bit her lip and leaned into Percy's side. "So, need a ride home Wise Girl?"

Percy and Paul ahd given her a ride home without argument and Annabeth was very surprised when she got up the next morning and found that Percy was waiting outside her house for her to walk her to the bus.

The day she had met Percy Jackson was one of the greatest days of her life.

It was the formation of the Wise Girl and the Seaweed Brain. From that day on, they had been best friends since, they were like two peas in a pod, complimenting the other, teaching each other weird, exciting wonderful things.

Annabeth smiled, Percy had really fascinated her from day one, the carefree crazy, goofy, playful teenage boy had really left an impression on her brain that she never forgot. Annabeth was thankful she wasn't wearing heels cause she had slipped countless times as she walked along the pathway to her apartment complex.

Within ten minutes of musing and mulling over Percy, she arrived at the apartment building and finally was sheltered from the rain. She sighed and headed straight to the elevator and climbed in next to Mrs. Edna Greene, a neighbour she had come to know who constantly gave Annabeth relationship advice over the four years she lived there.

Her grey hair was done up in a neat bun on top of her head and her dried apple doll face made her look so cute and adorable as she carried a paper bag of groceries from the local Walmart. "Hello deary, how are you doing today?" She cooed in her sweet old lady voice that reminded Annabeth of her grandmother.

"Not so good Edna, I got soaking wet, and on top of that, my work still hasn't approved of my work transfer." Annabeth huffed as she leaned against the wall of the elevator, "Its like fate doesn't want me to go back to New York where he is." Edna Greene knew all about Percy and the current situation.

"Deary, you have to be patient, things take time for a reason, its how fate works. Trust me deary, you chose your own path, and if you wanna go, then eventually, you will go back." Annabeth smiled at the old lady as the elevator arrived on Edna floor and she stepped out the elevator, "Have a good night Annabeth and get out of those clothes before you catch a cold."

Annabeth smiled as the doors closed and Annabeth headed to her floor and as the doors opened, her phone buzzed inside her hand bag. She reached inside and pulled her phone out and saw she had a text from her boss.

Hey Annabeth

Your transfer has been approved. Sorry it took so long, Nina forgot to give me the file so I rushed it for you today. You can come in tomorrow and pick up your paperwork and ticket. Your flight is in three days and if you need to organise accommodation, I would be more than happy to help you with that.

AJ~

Annabeth smiled and shook her head as she walked into her apartment, heading straight to the bedroom and changed out of her wet clothes, hanging them out to dry over her bath tub. She had a quick hot shower and when she was finished, she got changed into a baggy blue shirt, one of Percy's and put on a pair of short pajama shorts and sat on the couch with a blanket over her legs and a cup of hot chocolate.

With her remote in hand, she switched on Once Upon A Time on Netflix and watched happily when she heard her phone ring. She picked it up off the couch and smiled when she saw the Caller ID and answered. "Hey Percy." She said in an overly cheery voice.

"Someone is very excited about something. What's up Annabeth?" Percy asked in a curious, yet concerned tone, causing Annabeth to smile. He was such a worry wart in her opinion, but that is one of the things she loved about him.

"Nothing much. I just received a text from my boss about my transfer." Annabeth said softly as she heard Percy's breathing quicken slightly.

"Well, did you get it or not?" He asked in a hopeful yet saddened tone, as if he was confusing his emotions.

"I'm coming home Percy. I'm coming home." She whispered through the line as her smile grew, she could almost hear Percy's smile. She was really doing this, she was really coming home.

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