CHAPTER 4

Flipped – Part 2

Annabeth Chase's PoV

I go to school feeling the biggest ounce of guilt in my heart yet. First period, was as usual, boring, but since I'm smart, I could handle it. All the next classes that came next were good enough for me to handle, but all I could think about in my mind was him. Percy Jackson.

I don't know what I am feeling in my emotions right now. It looks like anger, attraction and confusion are fighting inside me, but I can't help it. Because the first moment I stepped in to my classroom, that was the first thing I notice.

Percy Jackson wasn't in his chair. He was absent for the day.

Again, both of my emotions fought over me, this time, disappointment and happiness. On one hand, I was happy that he was absent. I could have a day of free of teasing from my friends. On the other, I was disappointed, since I was planning on apologizing to him for my rude behavior yesterday.

I was interrupted in my daydreaming (more like daythinking) by Thalia, beside my seat.

"Hey. What are you looking at over there?" She pointed towards Percy's empty seat.

"Oh! Um, nothing." I lied. I tried to not look at her and look back at my finished seatwork.

"Ohhhh… Sure. It's nothing." She said with a slight sarcastic tone.

"What?" I asked.

"You miss Percy Jackson?" She willingly teased as she nudged my shoulder.

"What? No! Ew! I would never miss him!" I told the truth, though deep inside that truth was a little lie. What am I thinking?

"Sure." she said, smiling.

It was pretty obvious what she was thinking. Ugh. Why do people make fun of me and Percy. That just reminds me of how I hate that guy a lot. HE'S basically ruining my life.

Percy Jackson's PoV

Here I am again. Skipping school. For Work.

I'm at the public swimming pool, doing my shift today as "Assistant Cleaner" which basically meant "Janitor Apprentice". I just swept and swept the dirt, all my thoughts coming back to Annabeth. She was so nice. Friendly, kind and helpful. Why would she just burst out like that? It was literally the first time I saw her get angry at someone. And to my luck that someone was me. It hurt a lot, coming from her.

My co-worker; a college kid named 'Bill' must've seen my sad face, since he asked.

"Yo, Percy. What's wrong?" He asked.

"It's nothing." I lied, since I didn't even want to talk about it.

"I can see it in your face. I know you just don't wanna talk about it, but my advice, IF you don't talk about it to someone, it'll only get worse." He tells me and continues sweeping.

He was right.

"It's about a girl." I finally told him."

"Figures. What happened?" He asked.

I told him everything.

"It was yesterday. She was the girl I had a crush on since 2 years ago, and I asked her to the dance as my date and, well…" I trailed off.

"She said 'no', didn't she?" He asked as he continued sweeping, not bothering to look at me.

"It was a lot worse than that, I can tell you." I told him.

"Really? How could that get any worse?" he asked again.

"She called me 'Seaweed Brain' and a bunch of other stuff that hurt. She was angry too. She called me a loser, etcetera, etcetera." I felt hurt as I said those things, then went back to work sweeping the floor like Janitor would do.

"You know, bro? Maybe you should give her a chance. Who knows? But if she still acts that way after giving her a second chance. You know what I always say?"

"'There are plenty of fish in the sea.'" We both said in unison.

"You know what, Billy? I gotta go to class. It's already 12:00 o'clock." I told him, as I run toward the locker room to change my clothes. After I changed, I ran to my school.

"Thanks again!" I shouted at him as I ran.

I was considering his advice. Maybe I should give Annabeth a second chance. After all, how bad it could it be?

Annabeth Chase's PoV

I had a fight at lunch today. I expected the day to go pretty well, but then she had to mess things up. Hey, you could say that it was my fault the fight started, yeah. But I don't want her to pick on people just because she wants to. If there's any person I hate in the world, you would think it's Percy Jackson, the pathetic loser, or Luke Castellan, the handsome jerk, but in truth, the person I hated the most in the entire world was her.

Rachel Elizabeth Dare.

She's one of the most popular girls in school, and the reason she's different from other girls is that she doesn't care if you tease her or not. She does what she wants. That could be either a good thing or a bad thing.

She's pretty, beautiful, had red hair and freckles in both cheeks. Her attitude? Depends. She can either be sometimes really nice, or really bitchy. My friends say I'm just jealous of her, maybe I am. But that doesn't change the fact that I hate her. I hate people who think they can do whatever they want.

This time, what she did pissed me off.

We were having lunch, and I got my meal as I lined to dozens of people lining to the lunch lady, waiting for her to plop food into our tray. The lunch lady was nice, but Rachel managed to get mad at her.

"Why are you taking so long, lunch lady?!" she said, with a little volume raised in her voice.

The lunch lady looked really scared at her, so she put in her soup and that made Rachel piss off even more.

"Come on, do it fast, lunchy!" She shouted at her. Everyone stared at her like she was some kind of freak. I was the next in line after her.

I protested against her. The move that would lead to our fight.

"Hey! Stop pushing her! Just get your food!" I shouted at her.

She turned toward me, with her fiery eyes matching her hair.

"Whoah, Annabeth. I've never seen this side of you." She says sarcastically, then knocks away my tray from my hands spilling my food all over the floor. "Whoops. Sorry, didn't mean to. Or maybe I did." She says.

I've had enough of her.

I slammed my fist into her jaw, letting her stumble through people at her back. She returned with her own hand, slapping me in my face. Soon I heard the whole crowd cheer. Some cheer for me. Some cheer for Rachel.

"Bitch Fight! Bitch Fight! Bitch Fight! Bitch Fight!" I heard them scream and cheer at us.

Rachel was ready to put another fist through my stomach.

Next thing I know, Percy Jackson was in the fight, putting both of his hands wide, one at my direction, other at Rachel's. He was trying to break up the fight.

"Stop it, both of you!" he shouted.

Both of us stopped. Rachel followed Percy's orders and straightened her sleeves, then left the cafeteria in anger. She said some last words before she left the room. "I'll be back for you, Anna-bitch! And soon, your boyfriend won't be able to save you." She shouted across the room, echoing.

Percy ran to my aid and helped my stand up.

Everybody was erupting into a giggle. And soon, they all shouted.

"Percy & Annabeth, sittin' in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G." they all sang, teasing both of us. When I realized that Percy's hands were holding mine, I immediately hesitated and shouted at him. I don't know what came through me that day, but I felt anger for the people who were teasing me, and I seem to lay it all out on Percy.

"Get away from me, you water-loving creep!" I shouted at him. His face showed sign of surprise. "I can handle myself, you freaking loser! Get away from me! I don't need you in my life! STAY AWAY! PLEASE! You're ruining me! I hope your stepdad beats the hell out of you!" I added.

Everybody in the cafeteria erupted into laughter. Percy's face was now sad, and I could see tears forming in his eyes. He left the room, maybe even crying as he left.

All the things I said to him that day, I regretted it more than anything in my life.

Author's Note #4

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Next on: The More You Hate, The More You Love...

Chapter 5: Change of Heart

Percy has had enough of Annabeth. He'd given her a second chance, and she total annihilated it. Percy is now struggling crying and discomfort. But will he find comfort in another girl he meets?