Hello my lovelies! I apologize for my absence. I've had a really bad week. I had a mental break down from being overwhelmed and dealing with drama and didn't go to school one day. I have completed all of my exams and I'm proud to say I actually did really good on all of them. Seeing your reviews made each of my days a little bit brighter. You guys don't know how much your words mean to me as a new and extremely insecure writer on this site! So I thank you all. Enough about me I hope you all enjoy! :)
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Chapter 6.
A girl like her.
Annabeth Pov.
I walked into Ancient Greek thinking oh shit I'm screwed. I walked out of that classroom actually in one piece and with a smirk. One point for Annabeth woo! Self high five! Oh jeez that was really pathetic wasn't it. Facepalm. Anywho I lifted my chin up and re positioned my glasses as I scurried through the busy hallways. I gagged as I got a mouthful of a freshman's retched perfume in my mouth. The stench of body odour and cologne next to her on what appears to be her boyfriend assaulted my nostrils. These people need to learn what too much is. I waved my hand innocently in front of my face as I pushed past them and continued walking. I arrived at my locker and opened it up and gently placed my binder and books inside.
"Hey sis." Came a playful voice.
I jumped and punched whatever startled me in the arm.
"Ouch. Next time could you just say hello like a normal person?" He said while rolling his shoulder.
I crinkled my nose and glared at the boy I call my brother."Damn you Malcolm." According to most we strike a resemblance. His lip was quirked and his light grey eyes were smirking internally. He is in senior year with me. He is fairly tall maybe six feet and was covered in tanned skin. He flashed me a toothy white grin showing off his perfect teeth. He has blonde hair that glistened in the brightly lit hallways. He was dressed in his blue jeans a grey top that made his eyes pop. Hey that rhymes!
"Calm down Annabeth."
I raised my eyebrows and sighed. " What do you want Malcolm?"
He reached overtop of me and grabbed the apple out of my locker and sunk his white teeth into it. "Just this." He said through a mouthful of honeycrisp.
"Thanks little sis." He grinned while walking away.
I scowled at him. He knows how much I hate being called his little sis. It makes me seem below him.
I aimlessly threw my hand into my locker and blindly retrieved a butter croissant and another honeycrisp apple. I trend to pack double incase Malcolm steals my food. What can I say, I'm prepared. I closed my locker and plugged in my earbuds. I listened to the song slang by def leppard. I love listening to certain rock and roll style songs because I feel like a badass when you are walking with purpose and you have rock and roll in the background. I know, a bit pathetic. But I love doing it nonetheless. I feel as if i'm invincible, walking through fire. Do you know what I mean? So I made my way back through the polished corridors and passed by several people gossiping and complaining. You wouldn't believe how much you learn about a person just from observing. But what do I know? I eventually made it to the cafeteria.
Let me set things straight for you. Whoever told you that everyone is accepted and that there are no cliques in the high school was a liar. A LIAR. I think I've made my point clear. Let me break this down for you. I call it the social hierarchy. Fancy words. There are several levels in the social hierarchy. Inevitably there's a top and a bottom. I float around the middle. Which is good. Because when you are at the top or the bottom. Everyone and I mean everyone knows who you are. Not only do they know who you are. People are always talking about you. Good or bad. In the middle you don't get noticed. You just float through highschool and try your best to not get involved in all of the drama. It's really sad if you think about it. The amount of division there is in life. The teachers love to talk about equality and that we should all respect each other. Ha, not going to happen. Even in the real world there's a social hierarchy, it's everywhere.
In the midst of all of this I ended up mindlessly walking over to the vending machines. I inserted two silver quarters into the money eating machine and it spat out a plastic bottle of water. I bent down to retrieve the bottle but I slowed down when I overheard a nearby conversation.
The Populars were seated at their usual nearby table.
"I'm already ready for winter break." Complained Thalia as she slumped onto the bench and sunk her teeth into a piece of pizza.
"I agree, the clothing that all of these uncultured freshman are wearing is absolutely revolting." Silena gagged as she seated herself next to Beckendorf with her tray full of food.
"Forget their clothes their entire existence is annoying." Said Drew with disgust. She plopped down on Percy's left side.
I scoffed and retrieved my water bottle from the black machine and stood up. I patted my burgundy jumper down and walked past the populars to an empty table near by. I shoved in my earbuds but played no music. It was an excellent way of eavesdropping if I do say so myself. I unscrewed my water and took small sips and nibbled on my croissant. My ears perked at the sudden mention of my name.
"So did our kelp head learn a thing or two in Ancient Greek today?" Thalia taunted.
Percy rolled his eyes and sipped at his blue gatorade.
"What's this?" Rachel asked, her green eyes flaring and ginger brown furrowed.
Drew and Rachel scooted closer to Percy to hear more.
"Yes Percy, since when do you learn anything in school?" Scoffed Drew flipping her black locks over her shoulder and whipping Silena in the face in the process. Silena scowled and raised her perfectly shaped eyebrows in awe of Drews rudeness.
Man if this is her idea of flirting she's doing a shitty job. Honestly who finds insulting someone attractive.
"Percy seems to know something about the Gods and so does his seating partner, Annabeth." Replied Silena coolily and pronouncing each syllable of my name crisply with a smug expression on her pink lips.
Both Rachel and Drew glared at Silena and at the mention of my name I felt their stares burning into the back of my skull. It sent shivers down my spine and I gulped down a sip of water before choking on it. Why did Silena have to mention my name? I felt my face reddening and my hands shaking. I prayed they just ignored her comment and changed the is it the gods never answer my prayers?
"Right Annabeth, Thalias new friend. She's pretty smart and seems nice." Added Jason through a mouthful of protein bar.
Rachel and Drew looked at each other and they let out a fake giggle.
Rachel linked her arm with Percys. "She's such a know it all, just because she skipped a grade she thinks she's better than everyone."
Drew nodded her head and linked her arm with Percys free one. "Have you seen her outfits? She dresses like a hag and don't get me started on her glasses. She's a wreck, trust me Percy you don't want to get involved with a girl like her." She giggled to hide her cruelty.
I felt my heart plummet and I was suddenly fidgeting with my glasses and was squirming inside of my jumper. I shifted my head innocently and caught a glimpse of Percy's expression. It seemed confused but I couldn't read it fully. That was one of my top pet peeves was people hiding their emotions.
His shoulders were tense then he sighed. "I guess you're right, I shouldn't talk to a know it all like her."
At that comment I felt sick to my stomach and felt like I was going to start crying. I was suddenly out of my seat with my phone in my pocket. I bolted from my table to the nearest exit. I opened the door terrified that my half eaten apple and croissant was going to come up, and collided with someone. I rubbed my head and opened my eyes. My eyes widened at the sight of a mahogany haired girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
Would I ever be thankful for that collision.
* Dodges all of the weapons and objects being thrown at me*. Poor Annabeth what did she do to deserve this? I'm sorry but did you really think nothing was going to happen? If not I'm sorry to break your hearts. Any guesses who our kaleidoscope collision creator ( I know it's not a word. ) is? Once again I'm sorry for the late update. I will try to update as often as I can. At least once a week,unless specified otherwise in advance. I love seeing all of your kind, supportive and lovely reviews! I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend and had a fabulous week! Drop a favourite/follow and/or a Review!
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~Dimitri Jinx.
