Hi, I hope you guys are liking the story so far :)
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Now I got this idea from another writer and so that this can be interactive every chapter I will be doing a trivia question for you guys to answer, I will post the answer in the next chapter.
Question of the day: Who was the third monster that Percy faced
Now onto the actual story :)
Annabeth POV:
"And that's pretty much it, I'll bring you to your locker now, what's your number?"
"Two hundred and sixty one"
"Sweet your next to Will"
"Who's he?"
"A friend of mine, he's a cool dude"
Connor showed me to my locker and asked if I needed anything else.
"No not really, thanks"
"No problem" he paused putting a hand on his chin "Hey I was thinking, you wanna join me and my friends at lunch"
"U-uh sure" I had a pretty good feeling that I was blushing.
"Cool, and maybe we can meet up outside of school too" He winked then turned around and headed to whatever class he had next, as we had missed the first two classes.
I checked my schedule to see which class I had right now
'English lit at 10:00'
"SHIT!" I was grateful that no one was around
Class started five minutes ago
I ran to the class and ended up taking two wrong turns on my way there. I checked my watch which read 10:12.
I stepped through the door and was greeted by the stares of my peers.
"How nice of you to join us" I turned and faced the teacher
"Sorry sir, I'm new and I was doing a tour of the school, I won't be late next time"
"Very well, I will give you grace this time, but remember, if you are ever late to my class again without a proper reason that will land you in detention"
"Yes sir"
"Now since your late you'll have to take a seat next to Jackson"
I gave him a confused look
"The back corner" he sighed pointing to the open seat
I started towards the back trying to ignore the murmurs as I passed by
"Now that everyone is present I shall continue"
"I am your eleventh grade English lit teacher, you can call me Mr. Grant, this semester we will be focused on poetry"
"And this is my cue to ignore the rest of class"
I turned to see who had spoken
It was the boy who had I had run into earlier that morning
"Why don't you try to pay attention" I whispered
He looked at me as if he was surprised to see me
"Because" he started "It's boring, makes no sense and I could be paying attention to better things" he gave me a wink that sent chills down my spine.
"Your so full of yourself"
"Ooh, tell me something I don't know"
"Mr Jackson, Ms Chase, if you have something better to discuss please share with the rest of the class, we are dying to hear what's so important" he said in a sarcastic tone
"No si-" I started but the boy cut me off
"Oh we were just discussing something about a history project Mr. Brunner gave us"
"Though that may be of importance, it has nothing to do with what I am teaching so please discuss this in your own time"
"Yes sir" he said with a mock salute that got a chuckle out of the class
"Now as I was saying"
"Thank you" I whispered
"No prob, you don't want to get detention on your first day right"
"Yeah"
"I wanted to apologize for this morning" I mumbled
"Hey no prob, the exact same thing happened to me before, except she didn't apologize, that's why we became such great friends" he smiled as if he was reminiscing in a good memory
"Yeah well still" I paused "wait are you saying that if I apologize you don't want to be friends with me?" I questioned raising my eyebrow
His face paled "WhanoImeanIwaitsorryI" he burried his face in his hands
"I'm only kidding, jeesh lighten up"
He gave me a lopsided smile that made my heart melt, wait I mean filled my stomach with butterflies, no I mean it uh, made me happy?
"Hey what's your name, if you don't want to tell me I can just continue calling you blondie" he smirked
"Ugh please no" I scrunched up my face in an annoyed way
"Ya know you look cute when you do that"
I blushed, come on that's like what the third time in the past five minutes
"My names Annabeth"
I don't know what I said, but suddenly he looked as if he had seen a ghost. His face fell and paled.
"What's wrong what did I do"
He looked at me and quickly changed his expression.
"Nothing you fine" he waved me off
"I think we should start paying attention to class" he quickly let go of my gaze and focused on the whiteboard
I couldn't help feeling hurt
Get over it Annabeth you just met this guy
Percy POV:
It was her, it was really her.
And she doesn't even remember me.
Oh get over it, it was like what four five years ago.
But still I couldn't help that warm feeling wash over me, I remembered when we used to just talk for hours or just stare at each other, or when I finally got the courage to kiss her.
But that feeling was washed over and replaced with one of anger. She had forgotten me, after all we had been through, she was sitting right beside me, she looked me in the eye and she couldn't even realize it was me.
'Hey it's not like you realized who she was until she said her name'
Oh shut up me.
Wow, that's not something I'd ever imagined I'd say
I stared at the whiteboard and tried to pay attention.
I there's a first time for everything.
I stared intently at Mr. Grant, he was explaining the difference between a free verse poem and a limerick. I don't even know what the heck those are.
I could feel Annabeth's gaze on me, and I could feel her hurt.
Yeah well take a number, your not the only one who's hurting.
My eyes glazed over and before I knew it the bell had rang signaling free period was starting.
"Okay remember to study your notes, I'll be asking everyone questions on what we discussed today tomorrow"
A groan escaped the mouths of the class.
"What do you have after free period"
I turned to the grey eyed girl beside me
"Uh, math with Mrs. Keller, you?"
She smiled brightly at me and I wanted to either melt into a puddle or start skipping around the school singing 'The bright circle' from that old show 'land before time', I couldn't decide on which one.
"Well see ya" I ran out of that class as fast as I could
I didn't even realize where I was going until I reached the blue double doors.
I opened them and relaxed as I inhaled the smell of chlorine. my muscles relaxed and I headed to the locker room, I smiled when I saw my locker. It had my lucky number 5 on it in black.
I opened it and pulled out some swim trunks, I quickly changed clothes and jumped into the pool trying to calm my nerves.
Jason POV:
"Hey man how was your summer"
"Great"
"What'd you do"
"I just hanged out with Piper and my cousins"
Leo raised his eyebrows
"Please every time I saw you and Pipes you were busy sucking eachothers faces"
"Is that so" Grover crossed his arms and smirked
"Ooh does that mean that our little Jason isn't a virgin any more"
My face turned red
"Oh shut up Connor"
"Ooh is Sparky mad" Travis teased poking me in the stomach
"Oh fuck you guys" I said flipping them off
"Hey wait a minute, where's Perce"
"Pool" the Stoll's said in unison
"Man I still get the chills whenever you guys do that, It's unnatural" Grover shivered
"Come on, let's go get the fish"
"Man first day back and he can't even wait till after school"
"Dude I'm telling you the guys part fish"
I rolled my eyes at my elfish friend
"Whatever lets get him out"
I walked over to the pool's edge
"Hey Aquaman"
He emerged from the water with a scowl on his face.
"Don't call me that, it's worse than when Leo called me Waterboy"
"Whatever, jut get your wet ass out of the pool, the girls are waiting for us"
He pushed himself out and shook out his hair.
Now I'm not gay but still I could see why all the girls in school drooled over him, thanks to his greek heritage he had a deep tan and this exotic look to him. He had toned muscles that made him look like a greek god, they weren't big like a bodybuilders but leaner he looked like a better looking Zac Efron, he had a perfect eight pack that looked like someone had sculpted it, all in all he looked exactly like how any guy wished he looked like but would never admit it.
"Get some clothes on and let's go, you've already wasted fifteen minutes of our break.
"Hey what took you guys so long"
" ask Fish boy over here" I pointed my thumb at Percy
"Pool"
"Yup" I said popping the 'P'
"Well we have five minutes left let's all catch up"
"Like you and Jace need to catch up"
"You guys were like one the whole summer, it was kinda annoying"
I pouted "I'm sowwy Leo did you feel left out"
My friends burst out laughing
"So Connor" Piper started "Who was the girl you were hanging out with this morning"
"Ohh, Connors got a girlfriend"
"Do not" he protested
"She's just a friend, oh and by the way I invited her to sit with us at lunch, she's new"
"Aw Little Connor's got a crush"
"You guys suck"
"Come on let's go we're gonna be late to class"
We all turned to the green eyes boy in shock
"Percy Jackson's worried about class"
I pretended to wipe a tear from my cheek
"our little Percy's all grown up"
"Shut up" with that he started towards his next class
"What happened?"
"I don't know Haze" I said with a shrug
"Maybe he's acting sour cause summer's over"
"Well, he is right about one thing" Frank said shouldering his bag, "We need to get to class"
"K see you at lunch"
I gave Piper a kiss on the cheek, "See ya"
Percy POV:
'Please don't notice me please don't notice me' I thought to myself, sadly when your the most popular guy in school it's kinda impossible.
"Hey Perce how was your summer"
"Oh hey Nate, it was fine. I went to the skate park and beach and that was pretty much it" I said with a shrug
"Really, well that's not what Grover said"
"I have no idea what your talking about"
"Does the name, Amelia Shaw mean anything to you"
"Fine, and one girl"
"What about, Natalie Welch or Katherine Bost" He raised an eyebrow
"Fine" I put my hands up in surrender "But I only slept with Amelia and Katherine"
He rolled his eyes and gave me a high five.
I took a seat towards the back left, took out my books and a pen, propped up. my legs on the desk and fiddled with my pen, waiting for class to start.
My eyes were drawn towards the door when two blondes walked in
My heart leapt in my chest when I saw Annabeth smiling brightly but my mood darkened when I saw the guy walking with her.
Will's not a bad guy he's the complete opposite, he's funny charismatic and nice to everyone, he has a chill beach vibe going with his birkenstock sandals khaki shorts and white V-neck, his blonde hair was longer than most and occasionally fell into his eyes, but for some reason I wanted to run up there and pick up Annabeth and run away with her.
I had to use all my self control not to jump out of my seat when he made her laugh, which is pretty hard when your ADHD.
Just my luck they take a seat right in front of me.
"Oh hey Percy, how was your summer"
I forced a smile
"Fine, just hit the beach and the skate park"
"You?"
"I was on lifeguard duty"
"Sounds fun"
"Yeah, good money and all you have to do is basically just sit around and listen to music"
I laughed "I think I know what I what to be when I grow up"
"Hi" Annabeth said meekly
I couldn't help but smile "Hey" then I gestured between the two, "How'd you guys meet"
"Oh Annie's locker is right next to mine"
"She doesn't like to be called that" I half whispered
Annabeth stared at me in shock
"Oh sorry" Will rubbed the nape of his neck awkwardly
"Okay settle down class"
"I'm Mrs. Keller, and I'll be your math teacher this year"
"Now before we start with something new, we'll be reviewing things from last year for the first couple of weeks"
(Time Skip)
"The bell doesn't dismiss you I do" Mr. Green called
A groan escaped everyone's mouths, the bell had just wrang for lunch and we were all anxious to get out of biology as fast as we could
"Now don't forget to turn in your assignment tomorrow"
"Clean up your work area and quietly exit the classroom"
I shoved my stuff in my bag tucked my pencil behind my ear and started for the door
When I reached the lunch room I tossed my bag on our usual table and went to the line
"Hey Perce, How was your summer"
I mentally groaned as I turned around
"It was fine how bout you Red?"
She twirled her hair which once used to be curly and frizzy but now was permanently straightened
"It was fun" she squealed
"I missed you" she said putting her hand on my chest
"Great but I'm gonna go get lunch now so see you around" I waved and left curtly
Once upon a time me and Rachel had been great friends in middle school, we had even hooked up a couple of times and dated for a couple of months. But when we entered high school the attention got to her, she was no longer the quirky and sweet girl with crazy red hair and doodle marks on her pants, instead she started straightening her hair and wearing too much makeup and really short skirts, so we kinda parted ways.
But of course she never got the hint that I didn't want to be with her, so every chance she got she would flirt or hit on me with no shame, it was honestly kinda sad.
My eyes were drawn toward a certain blonde struggling to reach an item on the top shelf.
I strode over to her and placed my mouth next to her ear
"Need some help"
She turned around so quickly she ended up losing her balance and crashed into me
"Woah Wise Girl, just trying to give you a hand"
Her eyes widened and she stared at me, for a minute I was confused by her reaction when I realized what I had let slip from my mouth
"What did you just say"
"Umm" I struggled to find something to say "That I was trying to give you a hand?"
"Y-you, it's really you, I thought you just looked like him but-"
She just continued to stare at me in awe, then she pushed herself up dusted off her jeans and turned to leave
"Wait!" I called trying to grab her hand
"Please just give me some time to think, okay"
"Yeah, I'm sorry"
With that she left
Man how could I be so stupid, she obviously hadn't realized who I was then it turns out that the guy she had been hanging out with almost all day was actually her old best friend, and he knew, and he didn't say anything.
I groaned and threw my face into my hands
Annoyed and frankly sad I got my lunch and headed toward my table, I stopped in my tracks when I saw her sitting there chatting it up with Connor
He saw me and waved me over
"Hey Perce, this is Annabeth the new girl I was telling you about"
Annabeth made eye contact with me, blushed then stared at her lap
"Yeah I know, we've uh we've met before" I rubbed my neck awkwardly
"Oh you have" Connor looked between us, his smile faded after a while
"Sorry I didn't realize you two were dating"
Annabeth almost choked on whatever she was eating
And my face turned beet red
"WHAT, why would you think that"
His face lit up again, "So your not"
"No way" I waved my hands
"Then how do you-"
"Hey Perce who's this"
Great, well this is gonna be awkward