I glared at him. I opened my mouth, but our teacher Mr. Brunner suddenly came in.
"Hello class! ιεια σου!" He said. "φαξσιξ φξιδοσξκψ ασκ?" A/N: I'm not Greek, so if this doesn't make sense, oh well.
The class repeated his words.
"So, we will be working on a project that involves partners and the Greek and Roman gods." Mr. Brunner said. "It is due next week. I expect you to do your best, and it is worth 20% of your grade this semester." Everyone groaned.
"You will be working with the person sitting next to you." He finished. I scowled at Percy. He smirked back. That bitch!
"So, m'lady. I think you're Anniebelle Case?" He asked, his smirk growing bigger every second.
"It's Annebeth Chase." I gritted my teeth.
"Sorry Wise Girl." He purred. I growled at him. My cheeks turned bright red.
"I suppose I'm stuck with you." I sighed. He ignored me.
"Who's your stepmother?" Percy asked. I stiffened. "Excuse me?" I asked in a low voice. Percy frowned in confusion. "She's that bad?" I turned away and opened my laptop. Before he could ask me any more questions, I plugged in my ear plugs. Of course, I didn't play any music. That way no one talks to you, and you can also listen to their conversations because they think you're actually listening to music.
"Wow." I heard Percy mutter. He also put earplugs in his ears, although I saw no tabs on his computer that were labeled Spotify or anything.
After a few moments of awkward silence, my eyes sort of wandered towards him. They examined his messy black hair, his jawline, and the sea green eyes that fascinated me so much. In other words, I was checking him out. What? No! I do not have a crush on him! He's just good looking.
Percy suddenly turned his head, and I whipped my face back towards my laptop so he doesn't have any idea that I was staring at him.
But instead, his gaze looked through me and straight at another girl behind me. Calypso.
"Hey, cutie!" He called. Everyone's attention turned towards Calypso and Percy. Calypso whipped around, and she glanced at Percy. "Uh... Percy?" I wanted to throw up. Calypso was never that friendly to me, but for some reason, I hated her even more at this moment.
"S'cuse me." I said as I pushed past Percy, who was gaping at Calypso. I went straight to the girl's bathroom, in time to run into a certain girl.
Percy POV
I examined Annebeth more closely as she walked into the room. She hadn't notice me yet. Her honey-blonde curls bounced around as she walked, spiraling down past her armpits. Her grey eyes moved sharply, scanning the room warily. They seemed to be looking for trouble and examining people at the same time, like she can see through everyone's darkest secrets. I looked at the window at my reflection when she came to sit next to me. Oh shit! I did not know my face had turned that red while looking at her!
I gathered up my courage and tapped her on her shoulder. Oopsies! Wrong move! She whipped around and immediately slapped me across the face without even glancing to see who it was. OWWWWW!
"I have a gun!" She hissed. Yeah right. But I admired her courage and reflexes even more now. I raised an eyebrow. "I never thought you were the type of girl to slap a guy across the cheek when he tries to make conversation." I was holding my face in my hand.
"Oops, I thought you were my stepmother..." A distance gaze clouded her face. "Your stepmother?" I asked. Actually, I had a feeling that I knew exactly what she was talking about. This woman named Helen was talking to my mom Sally about her "stupid daughter Annebeth Chase". Obviously, the "Annebeth Chase" was definitedly not the Annebeth I was talking to right now.
She glared at me, as if she could read my mind.
Mr. Brunner came in suddenly, and told us to do a stupid project with the person sitting next to us. But a girl behind Annebeth caught my gaze. It was Calypso!