Annabeth Pov.

It was James Wynell. He and his group of jocks thought it was funny to hit on every girl. All the girls besides me had gone out with him and one point or another. I personally thought it was stupid to go out with him because he would just end up dumping you as soon as he started dating you. He just wanted to be able to say that he had dated and dumped you. That wasn't my idea of a boyfriend. But James didn't get it which I personally thought was from brain damage in football. I looked at Percy. He was glaring venomously at James not that James seemed to notice.

"Hey Annabeth. What are you doing with this guy?" James asked mockingly.

"Talking and heading to class without you." I retorted back.

His arm tightened around my waist as he noticed Percy's glare.

"Let her go" Percy said through gritted teeth.

James matched his glare and said, "If I don't want to?"

Percy calmly switched into a fighting pose and said, "Then I'll make you."

James' arm retracted from around my waist and he got into the same position as Percy. Percy was a little taller but James was on the football team. They started circling each other as the jocks cheered for James and booed Percy. I sent Percy a concerned look but he just sent me an easy smile that made me relax just a little. All of a sudden, Percy ran forward and kicked James in the chest knocking him to his feet. James growled before getting up and trying to punch Percy. Percy easily dodged it and kicked him from behind to the ground. This went on for awhile until James didn't get up immediately. James got up gave Percy a hard look before turning around and walking away with his group of jocks. Percy turned and walked over to me.

There was a fire in his eyes that I hadn't seen before. We just stood there staring eye to eye for awhile. I put my hand on his arm.

"You okay, Percy."

Just like that the fire disappeared and Percy was back to his regular self.

"Oh sorry, what?" He smiled.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, are you?"

"Thanks to you." I smiled back.

They headed to their next class which was unfortunately with James.

Percy again took the seat next to me as he noticed that next to me was James. I had asked the teacher many times to switch my seat but she stubbornly refused to until we switched seats again. So I was stuck next to James for a whole period. James shot Percy a glare before turning to me and putting his arm around my shoulder. I shrugged his arm off before taking notes on the lesson. James kept this up the whole period, playing with my hair, grabbing my hand, and scooting his desk closer and closer to mine. The bell finally rang and I packed up my things beyond ready to leave.

Then James turned me towards him and had the nerve to kiss me! Kiss me! I tried pulling back but his hands were in an iron on my shoulders preventing me from leaving. I kicked him where no one wants to get kicked but he still didn't let go. I looked around and Percy had the same fire in his eyes. Just then James decided to pull me even closer forcing me to stay in place. I kicked him again but he didn't react. Tears dripped down my face as no one helped me. Then suddenly James wasn't holding me anymore. I looked around and saw James unconscious on the floor with Percy standing next to him breathing hard. I came up to Percy. Then on a sudden impulse, I hugged him. He froze like I had before wrapping his arms around me tightly. We just stood there for awhile hugging until we heard the bell for the next class. We looked at each other wide eyed and ran getting our stuff on the way out. We quickly ran into our next class' door and thankfully the teacher was still coming so we sat in our seats and pulled out the stuff we needed for the class. Soon the bell rang and we were off to our free period. Percy and I packed up before joining each other walking out to the hall.

It was silent for awhile.

"Thanks for getting James away from me." I smiled.

"Oh, no problem. It was kind of bugging me." He smiled back after mumbling something.

"What'd you say?" I asked confused.

He took a deep breath, "I said"

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