I wake up to someone shaking my shoulder vigorously. It was Jason.
"Come on sleepy head! You're going to miss breakfast!" he said opening the window, letting in a cool breeze.
"Mmmm... That breeze feels good..." I say. He walks over to the door and leans on the doorframe.
"Yup. So, you getting up or am I going to have to get out the water bucket?" he says. I give him a look and get out of bed. I grab a camp t-shirt and some jeans and go to the bathroom to take a shower. When I get out I blow dry my hair partially and let the rest air-dry into my usual blonde curls. I walk out to the breakfast table, give my offerings to Athena, then sit down amd eat, listening to the morning gossip from the Aphridite kids.
Chiron walks to the front and makes and anouncement.
"Okay everybody! As you all know by now, the new boy is coming today, so don't smothering him with questions-or any other greetings..." he looked at the Aphrodite table as he said that. The girls looked down, dissapointed.
"As I was saying, he will be claimed tonight, hopefully, and when he does, try not to scream and yell and cheer too loudly, please. We don't want to freak him out." he said, this time looking at the Stoll brothers. Now it was their tun to look sullen.
"Ah! Perseus!" said Chiron trotting over to the entrance by the old tree. A boy was walking cautiously toward the advanceing centar. I know exactly how he feels, ahh just that moment of, What the crap is up with that horse?! He had messy jet black hair and when I got up closer I noticed his eyes. Oh his eyes! They were goreous! Like an oncoming hurricane, they had that misty sea-green texture, if you know what I mean.
"Hi. I'm Annabeth." I greeted, I held out my hand. He shook my hand and said,
"Hi, I'm Percy..." he said kinda quietly.
"So when did you figure out you were a demi-god?" I ask walking with him, leading the way to the tables.
"Oh umm I don't know sometime a few weeks ago, one of my subs turned into this big bat thing and half screached half growld at me about some lightning bolt? What the crap?" he said looking at me as we walked.
"Mhmm. Yea I know... Oh and don't be all too freaked out about Chiron-the centar-he's supposed to be like that." I answered his expression.
"Ah. Okay 'cause at first I was like wait. Huh? haha." he laughed lightly. His smile was just...Amazing. He was cute. At least he doesn't threaten me like Luke did the first time I met him...
"So this is where all of the demi-gods eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Over there is where all of the cabins are." I pointed to the half-circle of cabins. When I turn back around there was a glowing sea green trident over his head. I stare at him with disbelief. No way is he the son of Posieden! One of the big three! Not possable!
"What?" he said. I was gawking at him now.
"Chiron! Look!" I yelled across the pavillion.
"Whoa..." the whole pavillion echoed at once. He looked so confused. I turned to the Aphrodite cabin and signaled for a mirror. Somebody tossed me on and I opened it and turned it around so Percy could see himself.
"Holy crap! Is that normal?!" he said in disbelief. I don't think he was enjoying being stared at all that much either.
"Yes. Yes it is." I say in a calm tone trying to supress a laugh.
"I'm serious!" he said. I think he was really starting to freak out.
"I am too! Now shut up and calm down or I will hit you upside the head." I threaten, making myself get a serious face.
"There you are!" said a voice behind me. I turn around and low-and-behold, Luke.
"What do you want scum-bag?" I say with discust.
"Oh come on hun. You know you'll forgive me sometime or another." he says. Hah! You had your chance and almost knocked me out!
"Oh, yes. I will definately forgive you after you almost punched me in the face!" My voice had risen into a yell now and I shoved him aside and tried to walk past, but he caught my waist and kissed me on the lips. I shoved him away and punched him in the nose.
"AND STAY AWAY FROM ME YOU LITTLE PERVERT!" I yell at the top of my lungs. I stomp on his foot on my way back to my cabin. I slam the door so hard I heard it echo throughout the woods behind our cabins. I heard the rustle of uncomfort in the pavillian. Everyone knows not to get on my bad side and Luke well, I think you can guess where he is. There was a knock on my door a little while later. I was pacing trying to cool off.
"WHAT?!" I say louder than I had origanally meant to.
"Umm it's Percy...can I come in?" he asks hesitantly. I walk over and unlock the door and let him in and shut it behind him.
"Are you okay?" he asks.
"Fine." I say sternly.
"Okay... well, I brought you some water?" he handed me a bottled water and I took it and squeezed it so hard, the top popped off and water squirted everywhere. We both jumped to our feet and I dropped the bottle. Great. Now we were soaked.
"Ugghhh! Sorry." I said.
"Haha don't worry about it! It's fine." he said laughing. I smiled a little and went to grab a towel from the bathroom to clean up the mess, anndd there wasn't any-.- Crap I forgot it was laundry day too! ugh!
"Okay ummm Oh yea!" I say to myself. I go to my dirty clothes and pull out a shirt that had a long tear in it from sword practice. The scratch was still on my left side from my ribs to my hip. I took the shirt and spread it across the puddle of water on the floor.
"What happened?!" he said looking at the shirt.
"Oh I just got a small cut from sword practice. It's nothing." I say.
"Haha small cut! That's good! Now are you okay?! That seems like it'd be deep!" he said in worry. Wow Luke never worried like this!
"It's nothing" I say quietly.
"Show me Annabeth. I need to know if you really are okay and not just saying that." he said. I looked into his eyes and I saw worry, sadness, and compassion. So I lifted up the left side of my shirt and revealed the large, deep scar from this morning.
"It's nothing." I said leaning over and drying up the water.
"Annsbeth! It's not nothing! It looks deep! You could have an injured artery or worse!" he said. Okaaayyy sooo nicer, cute, sweet, and caring. Oh and the complete opposite of Luke!
"I. Am. Fine." I say looking into his eyes. If he hadn't of said anything I would have stayed mesmerized by them.
"Annabeth! Snap out of it! You are just being unreasonable. And stubborn too." he said.
"Haha thanks! It's one of my specialties!" I say laughing and just shrug my shoulders.
"Haha. Niiiiicce." he leans down and helps to dry up the mess, bringing us closer than I would have preferred. This is crazy! First Luke asks me out then he tries to punch me! Now the new kid is sucking up to me! What did I miss?!
"So, umm, where'd you come from?" he asks.
"I ran away when I was little. Luke and this girl Thalia picked me up. I tried to fight them off but he was igger than me and beat me in the battle. He practically said 'Join us or die' of course I didn't understand then, but now I think it was a foolish idea. What about you?" I answer casually. I lean back against my bunk and listen.
"Ah, nothing much. Just I found out my best friend is a satyr and my teacher is a centar and that I'm a demi-god. Yeah I've had the least complicated day ever!" he says with laughing sarcasm.
"Hahaha! Wow! I bet. Oh maaaann!" I complain.
"What?" he says looking confused.
"I'm bored. We don't have to train on the weekends either." I say frowning.
"You could show me around some more?" he offers.
"Yeah I guess. And on the way out I'll pour the rest of the water on Luke!" I say jumping up excitedly.
"Umm... If you don't mind me asking- what happened between you two?" he asks looking weary.
"Oh nothing much. Just he asked me out the like 30 mins later he tries to pin me to a tree and punch my face." I try to hide the quiver in my voice. I put my weight on one foot and put my hands on my hips.
"What?! Thats-He-Who does he think he is?! You don't ask someone out then try to punch 'em!" he says jumping up too.
"Like I said earlier- he's a pervert if he thinks he can do that when I broke up with him yesterday." I say walking out of the cabin. He walks by me all the way to Luke's cabin then waits outside while I go in. I lean in the doorway and act like I'm studying my nails.
"Sooo where's Luuuuke?" I ask, you can tell by the tone in my voice that I'm about to do something bad. They all point to his bunk without saying a word, and a look of terror on therir eyes.
"Thanks." I walk over and stand there until he acknowledges me.
"Aahhh Annie! Finally come crawling back have you?" he asks. Man this guy thinks he's irresistible! Ugh!
"Kind of. I have a surprise for you!" I can tell the other campers were grimacing. I had filled the water bottle up on the way and held it behind my back to where everybody but him could see it. I showed him the bottle.
"Oh! A water bottle you're so sweet!" he reached for the bottle. I held it higher.
"Oh I'm sorry did you want some? Here..." I tip the bottle on his head and stride out of the cabin.
"How'd he take it?" asks Percy.
"Hahaha! Great!" I look back and here him cursing in ancient Greek. Percy tries to suppress a laugh but starts cracking up. We head over to the beach and sit on the sand dunes, enjoying the cool breeze.
"Hey look at that!" we turned around to see who said that.
"Connor! Come here!" Travis yells. Connor runs up to him.
"Whaatt?" Connor complains.
"Annabeth and Percy sittin' in a tree!" he chants.
"Ugh! Not that!" I complain. Connor on the other hand starts laughing. I get up and act like I' going toward them; they run off. I sit back down, satisfied.
"Huh. Got a reputation I'm guessing?" he says.
"Mmmhhhmm." I say.
"Nice. Oh wanna see something cool?" he asks looking at me.
"Sure! What is it?" he walks toward the pier and I follow.
"Okay stand here." he positions me in front of him at the edge of the pier. He pushes me in and I tumble forward into the, surprisingly warm water. But it was the summer and the sun would heat it up.
"Hey!" I say when I come back to the surface.
"Haha!" he gets a run and jump and does a cannon ball beside me, splashing me even more. Something grabs my ankle and pulls me under. I hadn't had time to get a good breath of air, and I was squirming and kicking whatever had my leg. I ran out of air fast and started to panic. It let go of me and there was an air bubble around us. I am breathing heavily and turn around and there is percy, standing there smiling like an idiot!
"Give me a warning would you?!" I say out of breath still.
"Sorry. But what do you think?" he says gesturing to the bubble.
"It's amazing..." I trail off and see a great white swimming my way. I'm frozen in fear. It's gaining speed and Percy just glares at it when he turns around and the shark turns around and speeds off. I look at him in disbelief.
"Okay... umm so besides that what do you think?" he asks.
"Hah it really is amazing." I say walking around. He catches my arm and I look at him for an explination.
"Can you keep a secret?" he asked, his eyes had a pleading look about them.
"Yes... Why?" I ask.
"Well, there's this girl I saw in the pavillion this morning and I want to ask her out. I have no idea what she will think of me though..." he trails off looking at me for an answer, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Who is she?" I ask.
"I can't say." he answers.
"Okaayy? Then how am I supposed to help?" I ask.
"Well, How do I ask her?" he says. I can tell he feels desprate.
"Umm well, every girl is different I guess, if it's an Aphrodite girl then do something fancy, like on the beach. If it's someone else, we don't have high standards at all. Just make sure they're not already dating somebody. That is crucial." I say laying down on the floor of the bubble. He lays down too. We both stare at the morphed sky through the top of the water.
"Okay. So what about you and that jerk Luke? You're not with him anymore are you?" I look at him for a moment with confusion. Then just settle with he just changed topic.
"Yeahhh I don't want anything to do with him anymore." I say frowning.
"Yeah... Can I ask you something else?" he says looking at me this time.
"Yeah what's up?" I say.
"Umm... Heh, weell funny story... uuhhuumm,.. will you go out with me?" I am shocked. I thought he meant he saw a girl! Not me! I'm just that girl! Not anything appealing!
"Oh umm... M-me? But I'm a nobody! I'm just-"
"Smart, beautiful, the only girl I know that doesn't complain when she frickin' steps in mud!" he interrupts. I sit there in shock. He just couldn't be talking about me! Ugh! Great now I'm sounding like a stupid Aphrodite girl!
"I-...I don't know what to say..." I trail off, I'm being stupid! It's a freaking yes or no question Annabeth!
"Is it too sudden? It is isn't it? Dang I knew I should've waited!" I'm pretty sure he was mentally slapping himself so I just let it slip:
"Yes!" The word was already out before I could process what I had said.
"What?" he looked stunned that I had actually said yes. I think I'm blushing too...CRAP!
"Yes!" I answer giggling at his expression. Now it was his turn to look taken aback. He quickly changed his expression to a light smile.
"Can you dance?" now that caught me off guard than the previous question.
"Umm... I don't know... I've never tried but I'm pretty sure I'd suck like crap if I did..." I answered doubtfully.
"Well? How would you know if you've never tried then?" he said stepping forward, taking one of my hands then put his other on my hip. I've tried to take dance class but ditched because it was just too...awkward I guess you could say...
"You're going to be great. Just follow my lead..." he said stepping forward with one foot. I followed his example and stepped back too. We did this for a while then he spun me in, then out and back in. He let me go after that. He was good, and patient.
"You're very light on your feet. Are you sure you've never danced?" he asked. Light on my feet huh? Haha yeah right!
"Umm... Let me think.. I think I was in, like, 3rd grade? I don't know, but it was somewhere around there I took a dance class but I ditched because I didn't like it." I said sitting back down again. He sat beside me and nodded.
"What about you? Where'd you learn to dance?" I ask trying to change the subject off of me.
"Well, long story short, I was in a play and I had to do a dance number in one of the scenes. At first I hated it, then as practice progressed I learned to respect the art. I looked into the dance schools close by and got in. Now I've got a scholarship." he said shrugging.
"Wow! That's great!" I said enthusiastically. But I'm pretty sure he could tell I didn't really care, because he laughed at my attempt.
"That noticable?" I ask.
"Yeah!" he laughed. Wow. Nice. I made a face of dissapointment and depression and he just laughed even more. I started laughing at him now be cause he was rolling on the floor of the bubble now. It was quit funny considering his face now resembled a tomato. We went back up once his face went back to the color it's supposed to be. He went out first, then threw a rock in when nobody was looking. We acted like we had just come back from a walk on the other side of the beach and sat down on the sand dune we had before he pushed me in the water. I heard someone come up behind us and knew it was the Stoll brothers.
"Touch me I kill you both." I said in a calm, yet threatining, tone. I heard them stop, then run away. We turn around and they're already at the pavillion.
"How-?"
"You can always tell when you've known them for as long as I have." I say with a devilish grin. He just laughs.
"yeahhhh..." I sigh. I scoot down and lay back against the sand dune. He does the same and puts and arm around my shoulders.
"I thought you ran away!" said a voice. I turn around and find Drew looking cross.
"Will you ever stop following me?!" I said annoyed.
"No! You know why?" she asked, equally annoyed.
"Because you have nothing else to do but harass me?" I challenged. She glared at me.
"No! Because I'm trying to ruin your life." she concluded.
"Then why follow me around 24/7?" I asked confused.
"Like I said, to get you out of my life. So, I'm going to ruin yours." she said proudly.
"Okaayyy? Aaannnddd?" I ask.
"Oh delicate child, you don't get!" she said exasperated. I stand up and wipe the sand off my butt and put my hands on my hips.
"And neither do you! I'm trying to avoid you! Not keep running into you and your "friends"!" I say.
"They are my friends! But you wouldn't get it now would you? Not having any friends and sitting in the back of the class reading ahead is just stupid! You need friends and you're in the back reading a stupid book!" she said. I was mad, exasperated, and stressed. She is really pushing the limit here.
"At least I actually do my homework and don't just ask my mom to do it! Or do you just pout and she does it because you're pouting?" I challenge. People were gathered around the top of the sand dunes now, watching the argument.
"At least I have a mom!" she shot back. Okay. That was it. I lunged at her but the Stoll brothers and Percy had to hold me back. I tried to step on their feet to let me go but Beckendorf got into it and held me back to. No chance against him. But I still tried. She was standing there smirking with her hands on her hips. I finally kicked someone where no boy should be kicked and he let go. I think it was Beckendorf because it was much easier to get there. I managed to elbow someone in the face and they let go. Before the others got hurt they backed off. I lunged and Chiron grabbed the collar of my T-shirt. I stopped struggling and crossed my arms. Man If looks could kill she'd be dust!
"What is going on?!" Chiron demanded.
"Drew and Annabeth were arguing and Drew set off Annabeth and she tried to get at her!" said someone in the crowd. I shot them a death glare and they all recoiled.
"Drew? What did you say?!" everyone knows I can't be set off easily. But when it comes to Drew, my patients is thin.
"I just said at least I have a mom." she said innocently.
"Annabeth? You could've handled it some other way, you do know that?" he asked.
"No! She's always sucking up to you for moments like this!" I almost yell at him, gesturing in her direction.
"Now I beg to differ-." she starts.
"CAN IT!" I yell. There were some oooooohhhh buuurrrnn!'s in the crowd.
"Hey!" Chiron yelled over the chaos in the crowd. I saw Percy looking sorrowful and turned to leave to his cabin. I had just disappointed my boyfriend. I sigh and turn to leave down the beach. Chiron didn't object either. Drew caught up with me.
"Something you want to say ugly?" she tested me.
"Yes actually. STAY AWAY FROM ME YOU BRAT!" I yell.
"Ugh!" is all she says then stomps off. I run. Not looking back. I go to my hiding spot that nobody knows about but me. It's a little opening in the rock by the edge of the beach. I sit there and let the tears fall. I take out my loose ponytail and tuck my knees up to my chest. I sob until past dark. When I am passing through the pavilion I hear laughter from the Aphrodite cabin. But I see a sad figure sitting in the window sill. I knew her. She went to my school but we never talked. From what I've heard, she's sweet. The total opposite of Drew. She saw me and gave me an apologetic look. I smiled weakly and turned to go to my cabin. Everyone was still up and choking around, until I was in the doorway that is. I walked, hands in my jacket pockets and chin held high, to my bunk. I grabbed a random book and read.
"Hey? Annie?" Jason asked, walking over timidly. The only one's I wanted to call me "Annie" was my dad, brothers, and sisters. That's it.
"What?" I ask sternly, still staring at my book, and still in a bad mood.
"Umm... How are you?" he asks.
"How the hell do you think I am?!" I ask glaring at him squarely in the eyes. He flinched and backed up a few paces. How was I doing this to my own brother? I don't know! It just... comes out before I know it...
"Crappy?" he guessed.
"Nah dibs Sherlock!" I said-still irritated.
"I'm really sorry that she did that to you... but you need to be strong... contain your anger." he says.
"Contain my anger?! If I contain my anger any more, I will explode Jason!" I say sitting up. I can tell he was scared, but he stood his ground with a strait face.
"I know-we know- how you feel Annabeth-"
"But you guys aren't being harassed by Drew! And she knows enough about me to get me going too!" I cut him off. he sighed and composed himself again. There was a hint of sorrow and pity in his gaze though.
"No, no we're not... but we don't have Mother either... so you're not the only one depressed about the subject." he said.
"At least you have step moms to tuck you in at night! While I've just got Dad!"
"And that isn't enough?!" he challenged. There was whining at the door and there stood Carson, ears back, head ducked, and scared eyes. I was standing now, and I collapsed on my bed. There I sat, head in hands, elbows resting on knees. I almost started crying again, but composed myself. She walked over to me, belly on the ground. She sat and rested her head on my knee. I smoothed back her fur and picked out the briers in her fur. When I had calmed down I apologized to Jason.
"Jason?" I asked.
"Hmmh?" he grunted.
"I'm sorry. I just got so worked up about Drew that I forgot about everything else so sorry." I looked back down at Ccarson and smiled softly. She licked my hand and I patted the end of the bed and she hopped on. she curled up and layed her head on her crossed paws.
"It's ok..." I heard him say quietly. One of my younger siblings came over and bent on her knees and stuck her hand out to the wolf. She giggled when Carson licked her hand. I smiled.
"Her name's Carson." I told her.
"Carson..." she whispered. Carson's ears perked up at the mention of her name. That made the little girl smile even wider. Me too. She went back to her bunk and layed down, smiling at the wolf. I layed down too. I got under the covers and watched Carson as I drifted off into my dreams...
I hope this chapter wasnt too confusing or long for you guys but its up so hope yall like it! PM me if you get an idea for the next chapter or have any complaints or questions! thanks for the comments! love yall(nh)!