Chp 11
Percy's POV
Three Weeks Later

I folded my clothes, packing them into my bag. I was moving out and into the apartment with three other guys I didn't know. I picked up a photo frame. It had a picture of me with my family.

I smiled as I picked up another frame that had a picture of Annabeth and I. I packed it in as well and looked around my almost empty room. I felt a pair of arms wrap around my waist and I smiled. I pulled Annabeth so she was standing in front of me, and pressed my lips to hers.

She kissed back, slinging her arms around my neck and making butterflies flutter in my stomach as always. "I see I came a little late to help you." She said, pulling away and looking around the room. "Don't worry, it's still great to have you here." I said, and she grinned.

She picked up one of my shirts, folding it for me. I smiled as she helped me finish up the last few things. There was a knock at the door and my mom peaked her head in. She smiled and said, "Came to see what burger you want for supper." She said.

We gave our usual order and she smiled before closing the door behind her. I packed the last thing and zipped up my bag. We collapsed onto my bed and chuckled. I look at her and she looked back at me, smiling.

We moved to be sitting up on the bed, me with my back on the wall and her sitting in front of me. "So you looking forward to meeting three new guys to become friends with?" I shrugged as I brushed a strand of hair from her eyes. "I dunno, I'm more of a chicks guy." I joked and she rolled her eyes, slapping my arm.

You couldn't blame me - my best friend has been a girl for eleven years. "Well I'm sure you mom will be really sad tomorrow, she'll probably be calling every hour to ask if you're still fine." She said, smiling. I chuckled and pulled her close to me. Here goes to starting a new chapter in my life.

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Next Day

I tried to pry my mom off me as I got into my car. "Bye mom." I said, laughing as Paul finally got her to stand with him. She waved at me as if I was leaving the freaking continent to move somewhere else instead of me still living in the same state.

I drove to the place, all my stuff in the boot and back seat. When I got to the campus, I found the apartment building for students and got my key at the front desk. I made my way up and unlocked the door. There were two guys fighting over a cushion, which confused me a lot as there were so many other cushions around.

I cleared my throat and they looked up. The blonde guy managed to rip the pillow out the brown haired guys hands while he was distracted and smiled at me. "Hi, I'm Kieran Johns." He said, shaking my hand.

I smiled. "Percy Jackson, nice to meet you." I said, shaking his hand. "Dude, how tall are you?" The other guy asked. He was short, but I guess I was quite tall. "This is Tony Phillips." Kieran said.

I shook the guys hand and asked, "Isn't there meant to be one more room mate?" They nodded. "He's not here yet, but at least we get to pick out beds in the meantime." Tony said. I nodded and brought my stuff in.

I went back downstairs to get stuff like my own bedding and essentials and sorted out my part of the room. Soon enough I had everything sorted out and could relax. It was wet and gloomy outside, thunderstorms threatening.

We all relaxed on the couch, Kieran handing us beers. We were just about to open them when the door was unlocked and in came a guy that was sopping wet. "Is the weather always bloody miserable here?" He asked, clearly angered due to his stuff getting wet.

"No, I think it's just end of summer rain." I said, raising an eyebrow with an amused smirk. He managed to crack a devilish smirk, despite being sopping wet. "That's the first good thing someone has said all day." He said, sighing as he pulled off his wet hoodie and plonking down on the single person couch.

Kieran grabbed him a beer and handed it over. "I'm Kieran Johns." He said. "Percy Jackson." "Tony Phillips." We all introduced ourselves and shook his hand. We all cracked open our beers. "To end off an exciting day of moving out my parents place." Tony said, raising his bottle.

"To hopefully making the end of the day seem better than everything else that happened." Will said. His name was apparently William Cross. "Tell us about this terrible day of yours." Kieran said, relaxing into his couch.

"Well my car ran out of gas when I went to fill it up this morning. Finally, after a ten minute delay, I was back in the road at half eight. Then there had to be a stupid accident, my wheel had to pop, then my car started shuddering. Apparently the spare wheel had a bubble in it."

He told us about all his troubles to get here from Boston. He ruffled his brown hair and relaxed. "Anyway, I made it in one piece." He said. I grinned as I got the impression he loved to tell stories and exaggerate some things. It was amusing.

"So, any girl back home in Boston?" Tony asked, finishing his beer and getting another one. He lifted his cap to look at us and grinned. "I'm a free man." He said, relaxing into the chair and sighing with a smile. "And you, Jackson? Any lady friends?" He asked.

I smiled at the very thought of Annabeth. "Yeah, I've got a girlfriend." I said proudly. "Same, but she's back home in San Fran." Kieran said, sighing in misery. "I'm taking a whole break from dating for a little while." Tony said.

"I don't take breaks, but I don't keep one girl around for long enough to start a proper relationship." Will said. And that gave off a bit of a player impression. We all chatted about our home towns and stuff, getting to know each other better I guess.

They seemed like pleasant guys, which was good because I really liked them all. I smiled as I went to bed, happy that I had accomplished some stuff.