Annabeth P. O. V.
It was a cold, blustery September morning. I was just getting ready for my first day at Goode High School. I planned to surprise Percy and a few of my friends. I couldn't wait! I glanced over at my orange Camp Half-Blood t-shirt. Was it safe enough to wear to Goode?
Meh, I thought, can't be that bad. I slipped on my t-shirt and some denim shorts. As I headed downstairs, I grabbed my Yankees cap, just in case of emergencies.
When I arrived at Goode, I spotted Percy right away. I yelled his name, and his face immediately lit up with a smile. I dashed towards Percy, tackling him with a hug. He stumbled back but kept my grip, leaning into my hug.
Finally, we pulled away. I glanced at him fondly. Percy was wearing his Peace to The Waves t-shirt with jeans and sneakers. He smelled salty, like ocean breeze.
"Good to see you," he grinned.
"Fancy seeing you here as well." I poked him teasingly. We walked to the front gates. The rusted iran gateway opened up to the high school and we strode inside. I saw a lot of girls from my street that I didn't really know very well. One sashayed up to me.
"Uh-oh," I whispered to Percy. He grimaced.
"Hey, I'm Veronica" The girl smiled at me. Not the warm kind of smile, but that evil type, like I'm gonna get you, whether you like it or not.
"You're pretty. What's your name?" she jabbed her finger at my chest when I didn't answer right away. "Well?"
"You don't need to know." I gave her a death glare. She huffed, but I saw a flicker of fear in her eyes.
"We could've been best buds," she shrugged like it was a big loss.
"Well I'm not gonna go around being the minion of a crybaby," I shot back. Her left eye twitched and her lipstick-stained teeth pulled into a grimace. I grinned at Percy. Score!
"Well, you better watch out," she whipped around and sashayed back to her minions before I could answer.
"Enemy number one," I sighed. Then I grabbed Percy's arm and dragged him to our first period.
Percy P.O.V.
I was so happy to see Annabeth again after so long. Seeing her familiar face in the crowd... honestly, made my day. But after that, Veronica came along, Annabeth seemed off, mad almost.
I was scared to ask her what was wrong, for I was afraid she'd snap at me and storm off.
The bell rang.
" Oh! Look there's Frank! I better get to class! Oh, by the way, you really need to get your hair cut. Anyways, bye!" Annabeth bounded off to class.
I felt my hair. Was it really that long?
I shrugged. Whatever, it shouldn't be that bad.
As I was heading to class I saw Leo.
" 'Sup Leo?" I high-fived him.
" Oh!" Leo jumped, "I didn't see you there man! How is it going?"
" Fine, besides the fact that Annabeth's mad at me."
" You know, you should get her something, like a present or something." Leo suggested
" Maybe, anyways, see you later man!"
" See you!"
I ran off in the direction of my class.
Annabeth really is beautiful. I thought, as Mr. Branisby was giving a lecture about " figurative language"
I love her stormy gray eyes, and her smooth, lavender smelling hair. She's sweet, smart, caring.
Maybe I should get her something. Roses, a huge teddy bear, or… chocolate! Yes! Chocolate! She loves chocolate!
I made it a plan to get her some fancy, in-heart-shaped-boxes chocolate.
" Mr. Jackson!" yelled
"Ch-chocolate!" I stuttered
The class snickered.
" I have called your name 5 times! Were you daydreaming about figurative language! Because if you weren't you are going to get sent to the principal's office!"
My face flushed red, embarrassed.
"From this point on you are to sit in the front, right next to Veronica!"
I shuffled in my seat uncomfortably.
"Well, Mr. Jackson?"
I grabbed my backpack and sat next to Veronica. Some weird drooling boy, who was sitting next to Veronica, stood up and plopped down next to Annabeth. He had a look on his face that said, Omg. I get to sit next to Annabeth. Yay. Durr.
Annabeth looked shocked and disgusted.
Now Annabeth's gonna really hate me, I thought to myself as I sat down.
Veronica leaned toward me and whispered, "Hey, Percy! Wanna go to the library with me during lunch? We can study together!" She batted her eyelashes.
I HATE when girls do that! They try to get all flirty, and weird! I was lucky Annabeth was never like that. Speaking of Annabeth, she was clearly able to see what Veronica was saying to me, and was giving her the death stare, like she wanted Nico to show up and kill her or something. I swear on the River Styx that she literally had fire in her eyes.
Lunch came. Veronica dragged me to the library, and Annabeth stalked by us the whole way. Veronica sat me down in a chair and pulled up another really close to me. She sat down daintily and slung an arm around my shoulders. I wriggled away, but she didn't seem to mind. I looked around for Annabeth. I caught her eye as she was about to shove open the white library doors. I'm sorry. I mouthed and she winked back. Veronica tapped my head.
"You don't really want to be with that rat, do you?" she twirled the ends of her mesmerizing blond hair. I started to answer, then shut my mouth. We were the only ones in the library. And I had a bad feeling we weren't going to get any studying done. She leaned in close to me. I could smell Lavender Lullaby perfume on her neck. I ducked away before she could get all smoochie-smoochie on me.
"Don't even try," I growled. I snatched up my notebook. Veronica wasn't giving up. She gave me puppy-dog eyes. I softened. My brother sometimes gave me that look when he wanted me to fetch some milk for her.
I blinked out of my haze. I couldn't let Veronica win me over. Storming out of the library, I deftly grabbed a book. As I ducked out of the library into the sun. The book's title was worn out and fading, but I squinted and made out some of the words. Being dyslexic, I could only make out a handful.
Gr at Ex etai ons
A sudden warmth started somewhere in my body. Somewhere near my brain. I opened my eyes, and OMG Annabeth is going to be so mad! Sadly but surely, Veronica had kissed me.