Okay, before you say anything, I'M SO SORRY! I've been having writer's block, and trying to work on my novel, and Junior year is kind of kicking my butt right now. I just saw a review yesterday that said they couldn't wait for more and I was like, alright Madelyn, LET'S GO! So yeah here we are. I hope I didn't lose too many followers and I promise I'll try to be better. My plan is to write at least every 2 weeks, sometimes more, hopefully not less.

Anyway, on to the story, I think I'm going to have Annabeth's point of view more than I originally thought. I also will add in other POV's too, but those will probably be a little bit later. Thanks!

Percy's POV

Percy sighed as he walked through the doors of History once again. He braced himself when he saw Annabeth. She was laughing with some of her friends across the room. She had already set her stuff down on her desk next to his. He threw his bag down and dropped into his seat.

He had put his earbuds in when he saw Annabeth sit down. That's when he knew class was about to begin.

He was hoping that if she didn't say anything to him, he wouldn't have to be a jerk to her, and he could just let her be happy with her friends.

"Alright, alright, sit down," he heard Mr. Bacchus yell over the rowdy students, "Your project partners will be assigned today! You'll have these partners all year for all of your projects in here, so don't grumble. Your first project is a presentation on the Civil War. I'm talking battles, people, weapons, the works. It's due in two weeks, and I want tri-fold poster boards, powerpoint, notecards, and all that jazz."

He heard a collective groan from the students, himself included. He glanced at Annabeth and saw her eyes brighten a bit. My god she was adorable. He was so happy he had his shades. He just knew his eyes were asking her to marry him right then and there.

"Alright, here we go," Bacchus started, "Thalia Grace and Piper McLean."

He watched as the two girls smiled at each other from across the room.

"Jason Grace and Hazel Levesque."

"Luke Castellan and Drew Tanaka," Percy watched as Annabeth slumped slightly in her chair and let out a soft sigh.

She turned slightly and saw him watching her. Her cheeks turned pink and she turned so fast to face the board, Percy thought she might've gotten whiplash.

He almost smiled at her cuteness, but caught himself and smirked at her instead. Oh my god! She would be the end to his charade! He keeps almost slipping in front of her!

I wish I could just be myself around her, he thought, I bet she would like the real me. We would become friends, then I would eventually ask her out. I'd probably take her to the aquarium or something. Maybe we could even just watch Finding Nemo and-.

"Mr. Jackson!" Percy was startled, but he recovered quickly.

He sat straight up in his seat and saluted him yelling, "Yes, sir!"

There were some snickers from the rest of the class, and others just looked simply annoyed. The pretty one sitting to the left of him in particular. She rolled her eyes and put her right hand on her jaw, facing away from him.

"You will pay attention in my class this year, Jackson! Or you'll live in detention!" Bacchus yelled, his face turning slightly grape-like.

"Oh I always pay attention, Mr. Bacchus! How could I not? It's too interesting to even blink!" Percy's voice dripped with sarcasm as he leaned forward, resting his elbows on his desk.

Percy watched as Annabeth turned towards him and all he could think was, No, please don't get into this. I don't want to fight with you.

"Well we would never actually know if you were blinking with those stupid sunglasses on would we? Are the fluorescent lights really that blinding for you?" she asked sweetly as she tilted her head and raised her eyebrows.

Percy inwardly sighed as he put his hand over his heart and plastered on a fake smirk, "You know, I thought you weren't going to insult me today, and my heart almost broke. Maybe tomorrow you could call my hair dumb? Or make fun of my jacket? Oh! Maybe you could say I look like an ape! That would really show me my place."

Percy was completely facing her, so he didn't miss the way her gray eyes hardened until he was sure they were stone, and her face turned red with anger.

"Percy Jackson, you are despicable."

Percy poked the person in front of them and said in a joyous tone, "You hear that? She called me despicable!"

"Enough! Since you two love to bicker, do it on your own time! In fact, you can be partners this year how about that? Then you can get all your arguing out of your system when you aren't in my class!"

At this, both Annabeth and Percy looked up at Mr. Bacchus in horror. Annabeth, because she despised Percy, and Percy, because he didn't know how long he could be alone with this girl before he stopped acting.

Annabeth's hand shot in the air, and before he had even looked at her she began, "But Mr. Bacchus-"

"But Mr. Bacchus nothing!" he replied, "This is my final decision. Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase, you are project partners."

Annabeth leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms with such violence, Percy was slightly afraid. Percy, also annoyed, leaned back in his chair and put his earbuds back in.

Finally, the bell rang, and he got out of there as fast as he could; however, Annabeth seemed to leave the room before he even got up.

He hustled his way to Grover's gym class to meet him in the hall. He had been guarding Grover like this for about a week now, and he was pleased to see that Castellan and his cronies hadn't picked on him once.

It was definitely a fact that Percy acted like a jerk, but he could never force himself to torment others, no matter how many 'lessons' Gabe gives him.

When he got there, he saw Grover making his way down the hall. Percy quickly caught up to him and shoved his hands in his pockets.

"Hey," Grover said as they moved down the hall.

Percy nodded at him, and continued to stare straight ahead.

"You know, you don't have to do this, I'm not that helpless you know," Grover looked at the ground while he continued to his Science class.

Percy thought of different asshole responses he could give to that, but he just couldn't make himself do it. Instead, he settled on a quiet, "I know."

Grover nodded slightly and moved his eyes around awkwardly. He gave that little half smirk that really just looked more uncomfortable than anything.

Lunch was... definitely different for Percy. He went and sat in the far corner of the lunch room, as always, and he put his earbuds in, as always. He didn't expect the one girl that could break his resolve to walk up to his table and angrily set her tray down across the circular table from him.

Percy raised his eyebrows and was about to speak when Annabeth huffed, "Save it. I'm not in the mood."

He then raised just one eyebrow and smirked. He raised his hands in surrender and waited for her to explain. He didn't trust himself to speak, for he was afraid his voice might show his excitement that she was sitting with him.

He looked and saw her friends at her table staring at them like they just saw Yogi Bear running around without pants.

"Look," she began, looking into his eyes, or really, his sunglasses, "I just need to know if I can actually count on you for these projects."

She stared at him intensely until he answered, "You can count on me, Wise Girl."

He added a wink to the end, which he then realized she couldn't see, so he also gave a small smirk. One that was not forced for that matter.

She grimaced a bit as she said, "Good... Seaweed Brain."

Percy smiled a genuine smile as he replied, "Nice one."

"I think we should set up times to work on the project due soon. When are you free?" she asked as she started to get out a pen and a small planner.

"Are you hitting on me?" Percy asked, smirking as he propped his feet on the table.

She whispered menacingly, "You wish, Jackson."

Yeah I do, he thought, but instead he smiled with all of his teeth and said, "I'm mostly free at 7 after school, and on the weekends."

Her pen paused as she looked up and raised an eyebrow, "What? No weekend ragers at the Jackson household?"

Percy felt his eyes widen slightely, thank god for the shades. He forgot he had his reputation to uphold. He set his feet on the ground and leaned his elbows against the table.

"Why, do you want to be invited to one?" he felt a half smile grow upon his face.

"You're so..." she shook closed her eyes and took a deep breath before continuing, "Charming." Her words were dripping with sarcasm as she squinted her eyes a bit and smiled.

"I love these kind words we share," Percy replied, smiling right back.

"Whatever. Should we do your house, my house, every other?" she asked, turning her attention back to her notebook.

Percy immediately thought of Gabe, and how he would not take well to visitors.

"How about we just do it at the library?" he asked, sincerely.

She glanced at him slightly, before shrugging and agreeing, "That's fine. We could do Tuesday and Thursday night at 7, and Saturday if we need it?"

She looked up at him while she waited for his answer.

"Anything for you, Wise Girl," he smiled once more and watched as she huffed and started to gather her things.

"Great," she replied, dragging out the 'r'.

She slung her backpack over her shoulder and shoved the pen she was using behind her ear. Percy thought she looked extremely cute with the pen behind her ear. She was about to grab her tray and leave, when Percy said, "Wait."

She looked up with a slightly annoyed look before replying, "What, Jackson?"

"Don't you think we should have each other's phone numbers in case one of use can't make it or something?" he asked sincerely. He couldn't let this opportunity pass, and he honestly really wanted to be able to just text her if he wanted. Which of course he would never do, but it was a nice thought.

"Wow. An actual good idea from you. Shocking," she exclaimed while grabbing the pen from behind her ear.

She held out her hand, and when Percy didn't do anything, she said, "Hmm. Don't get too many girl's numbers, huh?"

Percy felt his ears get hot as he bent down to grab a piece of paper from his backpack.

"Oh come on Seaweed Brain," she sounded exasperated as she reached over and grabbed his forearm.

She pulled up the sleeve of his leather jacket and wrote her phone number in her tiny, neat handwriting under his wrist.

He watched as she walked back to her table of friends, and all he could do was stare at the place where she touched his arm. Then one of the happiest smiles he's had in awhile grew on his face as he continued to eat his lunch.

Annabeth's POV

"So... you and Percy, huh?" Piper asked as Annabeth finally took her seat at their table.

"Oh God no," she replied, sticking her tongue out and laughing. "We were just working out a schedule to work on our project."

Her face got dark as she thought about the fact that her Tuesday and Thursday nights would now consist of Percy Jackson. Ugh.

Though, the fact that she got him to blush definitely brightened the situation.

"Yeah that sucks, sorry Annie," Leo gave her a sympathetic smile.

She shrugged, acting like she didn't care, but honestly she did. She could deal with Percy, but if she has to do all of this work by herself she's going to be so stressed. Plus, Helen would definitely kill her if she didn't get an 'A' on every single one. She sighed and hoped upon hope that Percy would live up to his word.

"Okay, you need a pick-me-up," Thalia said, looking at Annabeth with pity. The others nodded along.

Annabeth brightened a bit as she thought of the cute coffee place she found, "Hey I have an idea. Have you guys ever been to Coco's Cafe?"

Most of them shrugged, but Hazel excitedly exclaimed, "Oh yeah! Nico and I love that place!"

Nico nodded in agreement, but didn't add anything to the conversation. Honestly, Annabeth wasn't sure if she had ever heard him talk. She didn't think too much about it though, it didn't seem like he talked much to anyone.

"It's got great coffee, and hot cocoa," she added with a nod to Leo.

"Then I'm in. I love myself a good cup of cocoa," he smiled and rubbed his hands together.

There were mumbles and smiles around the table of agreement.

"Great! Coco's Cafe after school? We can all meet up by the flag and walk there together too," Annabeth said while writing it in her planner.

"Oh wait," Hazel started, which caused Annabeth to pause her penmanship, "Frank, don't you have swim practice?"

Frank looked disappointed for a second before cheering up, "Nope! It's cancelled for today. Something about coach being sick or something?"

"Then it's settled," Annabeth returned to writing in her planner as she continued, "Be at the flagpole at 3:20."

I tried to make this chapter a bit longer for you all. I hope you enjoyed it! Thank you all for reading and for sticking with me through my writer's block. Please review to let me know of anything that I can improve on or just any parts that you liked. It feels good to be back!