Monday
Percy's POV
I was walking down the streets of New York, my fingers linked with Annabeth's. I saw Goode up ahead. As I walked onto the premises, I felt all eyes on me. Some people said I was the most popular guy but I didn't believe them.
We walked through the front doors and the people sent waves and smiles at me. "Hey Percy!" A couple guys and girls said as they walked past me. I pulled Annabeth closer into my side.
The first part of the day went by quickly, although Annabeth had me worried as she wasn't with me all the time. I was so relieved when the lunch bell rang.
I walked outside, searching for Annabeth. I was surprised to see her sitting at my normal table with my friends. I walked over to them. "O, Percy! I was hoping you wouldn't pitch. I quite like hearing about you being a Seaweed Brain." Matt said, a cheeky grin on his face.
"Ha ha." I said, rolling my eyes at him. I slid in next to her. "Hey." I said, putting my arm around her waist and kissing her cheek. She smiled at me. "You've got quite a bunch of friends here." She said, smiling at them.
I looked at them. There was my swim team, Matt, Robby and James, Matt's sister, Lindsay, Robby's girlfriend, Jenna and James' girlfriend, Tiffany. There was also Martin and his girlfriend, Nikita, and Abbygail, one of the girls from the girls swim team.
"Ah! You guys are so cute!" Jenna squealed. I laughed. "Anyone bother you?" I asked. She rolled her eyes, knowing I was talking about a guy hitting on her. "Percy. I can look after myself! I don't need a personal bodyguard." She said, smirking at me.
I chuckled. "Can't I show my concern?" I asked, smirking back. She just rolled her eyes. Just to ruin my lunch, the football captain, Josh, came up. "Hey Blondie. How about you come sit with me instead of with the fishes?" He asked, making us all tense in anger.
He made the mistake to try to touch Annabeth's waist. I stood up and stood between Annabeth and him. "You lay a hand on her and your dead meat." I said, my voice dripping with a cold tone. I saw him flinch. He tried to cover it with a smirk but I didn't miss it. "Geez Jackson, don't blow your top man. Maybe you should take a dip and cool off." He said, holding his hands up in surrender, smirking and walking backwards.
He finally walked off with his cronies. I sat back down. "What was that about? I just told you that I can look after myself." Annabeth said, a bit of anger in her face. "You don't understand. He's bad news." I said. She just shook her head and carried on eating her lunch. I didn't want to get in a fight right now so I said, "I'll explain at home."
She just shrugged and carried on eating. "You know I hate not knowing." She said, a smirk on her face. We all laughed. I chuckled and put my arm around her shoulders.
"Say, how did you guys meet?" Tiffany asked. I rolled my eyes. "Camp." We said in unison. They all smiled and nodded.
"So do you swim Annabeth?" James asked, munching on his sandwich. "No, not a great fan of the water." She said, eating her salad. They all gasped. She looked up at them. "I can swim! Percy taught me, it's just it's really cold sometimes in Frisco so I didn't really swim much. Also our parents didn't get on very well and so my mom never allowed me to swim, saying something about me going to smell like the sea." She said. I smiled and looked at my friends.
"Getting Percy to teach you must have been fun. Most girls would die to be in your position." Jenna said, shrugging and eating chips. "What do you mean?" She asked, looking confused. They all sent me amused expressions and Matt decided to explain. "See mister Jackson is the most popular guy in the school. So all the girls come to the swimming competitions to check mr hot stuff in his speedo." He said, smiling evilly at me.
Annabeth looked at me. "Your wearing a shirt and board shorts for your next competition." She said, giving me a stern look. I smiled at her. "We'll I'm sure you don't have a different reason when you come to watch me swim." I said, smirking at her.
She shoved me off the seat and I landed on the floor. We all laughed. I got up and said, "Consider me warned." I sat next to her and she looked down at her empty food tray. "Maybe." She said, causing us to erupt in another round of laughter.
I chuckled at the sight of her red cheeks. "Your mom would probably say something like, 'I can't believe my own daughter, falling in love with a fish'!" I said, mocking her voice. Annabeth slapped my arm. "Stop it!" She said, shouting at me. I laughed more and put my arm around her. "You guys want to come over to my Ouse on Friday guys? We can swim Or something?" I asked. They all agreed to do so.
