My jaw hit the floor. Did he really just say that? Who the hell did he think he was? No guy had everr spoke to me that way, and it was not okay. I was going to ignore the little flutter in my stomach that appeared when he called me baby.

"Talk to me like that again, half-blood, and I'll snap your neck in a heartbeat." I snapped back.

The beautiful boy moved his arm to rest above his head, still leaning on the doorframe. His eyes were once again locked hard with mine, but there was now a flicker of amusement in them, and a light smirk played on his full lips. Damn, he was sexy.

Stop it, Annabeth, I thought to myself. I don't want to drool over this pompous jerk. I returned my attention to the fit figure in the doorway.

"Watch out boys, I think we got a fighter here." The guy barked to his friends inside the room. They hooped and hollered, and I was dying to slap them all across the face. "What's your name, feisty?"

There was no way I was gonna tell this guy my name. On the other hand, I wanted so badly to hear it on his lips. I wanted him to whisper it in my ear, I wanted to hear him beg me for more. I wanted to hear him scream it out while he– oh god, Annabeth. What in the world is he doing to you?

"Who wants to know?" I snapped back.

"I'm Percy," he said with a smirk. "And you are…?"

"I promise you, you'll never find out." I replied coolly.

"Ouch, that hurt," he mockingly put his hand on his heart. "Too bad I already know what it is, wise girl."

"Oh yeah, what's that?" I snapped.

"Annabeth Chase, Daughter of Athena. See ya around, dollface." And with a victorious grin, and a wink at Silena still standing behind me, he slammed the door behind him, disappearing into the testosterone filled room.

My mind was reeling. How on earth did he know what my name was, let alone my godly parent. What the fuck had just happened? I was so confused. His beautiful green eyes flashed across my mind. My anger had just spiked intensely. How had he gotten under my skin so fast? I was usually pretty levelheaded. I returned my attention back to Silena.

"Hey, sorry about that," she said with a sympathetic smile. "That's Percy, I showed him to his room earlier today and immediately could tell he's a bit of a, ah, um…" she trailed off, looking for the right word to describe the guy.

"Cocky bastard?" I offered, finishing her thought.

Silena laughed. "Yeah, you could definitely say that. I like you, girl. He was right about one thing. You are pretty feisty. Handled him better than me." She gave me a bright smile.

I smiled back. "Yeah, I've dealt with plenty of monsters before. What's another one right down the hall?"

"Yeah, about that… he's actually gonna be right across from you. Here we are, room 24!" She replied, offering me a remorseful smile.

Oh this is just great, I thought.

"Oh don't worry about it Annabeth! You'll probably hardly ever see him!"

Looking back at it now, I wish I had realized how wrong she was.

"Anyways," Silena continued, "you're gonna love your roommate. She's super down to earth and really nice, from what I could tell!" She gave me an encouraging smile and reached out to open the door. She pushed it open, and I caught the smell of an afternoon autumn breeze.

I looked for the source of the smell and saw a little cluster of tea candles sitting on the window ledge. Sweet. I love candles!

A pretty brunette stepped into view, and came up and hugged me.

"Hi! I'm Piper! We're about to be best friends with a room this small!" She joked.

I laughed back and looked at the slim figure of the girl in front of me. Forget pretty. She was gorgeous, but not in a girly way like Silena. She had choppy brown hair, which looked as if she cut it herself, with small braids throughout. There were streaks of aqua blue hair too, which gave her a funky vibe. She was different. This girl marched to the beat of her own drum. I liked it.

"Hey! My name's Annabeth. I'm super excited to room with you!"

"I hope you don't mind the candles, I just couldn't stand the smell of cleaning supplies. There's some weird stain over there on the floor that makes it look like someone died in here. Yuck, and I think the janitor tried to clean it up but I say we get a fun rug to cover it up." She smiled back at me. I couldn't help but laugh. Yeah, I definitely liked this one.

"I actually love candles, and interior decorating, so that's a yes from me on the rug!"

Piper and I were going to get along just fine. Our conversation almost made me forget about the beautiful boy across the hall. Almost.

"Well, I'll let you girls get settled in!" Silena interjected. "Just remember, dinner starts at 6 at the dining pavilion every night and it closes at 9. If you want, you guys can sit with me and I can give you a little insight on Demigod University!" She smiled hopefully.

"Yes I would actually love that. Piper, what about you?" I asked.

"Sounds good to me! How about 6:30?" Piper offered.

"Great! The dining area is down this hall, two lefts, and a right out into the courtyard. You can't miss it! Just follow the stampede of hungry boys!" She laughed.

"Alrighty! See ya there Silena!" I replied, and with that she walked out the door. I looked up and saw a clock above the doorframe. It was two o'clock now. Plenty of time to move in.

"So Annabeth, did you drive here? I still have to go get stuff from my car." Piper said.

"Yeah, I did actually! Want me to walk out there with you? Let me just set down my bags. Which bed did you take?"

She pointed to the left side of the room. "I just put my stuff down on that bed, but we can switch if you want. I figured I'd let you go closer to the bathroom in case you puke."

"What? Why would I puke?" I asked with a nervous laugh.

"Because we're going to a party at the Zeus house this Friday and we're getting hammered! It's the first party of the year and I was talking to some other first years down the hall and it's supposed to be legendary," She said excitedly. "Unless you don't party and in that case we can stay in and watch some movies, I don't really mind," she said hastily.

I laughed. "Piper you are so funny. Of course I'll go with you. I've heard about the parties here. They're supposed to be insaneee."

She jumped up and down. "This is going to be so much fun! Come on, let's go get our stuff."

She looped her arm in mine and with that we walked out the doors. I was really going to love it here.