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Annabeth's POV

The rest of the period went by agonizingly slow. Time seemed to move as fast as a snail and I itched to get out of this classroom. It also didn't help that I felt like I was sitting next to a complete stranger.

The bell finally rang and Thalia faced me as she packed her things away.

"See you at lunch right?" She asked not really paying attention. I gave her a strained smile, nodding my head. We parted ways after that, having nothing else to say.

I walked to my next class feeling slightly angered. What is her problem, I thought. Why won't she talk to me. I know she's hiding something and I know it has something to do with Luke. What if they're…No. She wouldn't hide something like that, she'd tell me. I'm her best friend! And plus she would never get back together with Luke…right?

"Someone looks upset!" A deep voice chuckled and I looked up.

"I'm not in the mood Percy." I said taking a seat next to him.

"What happened to you?" He asked taking in my demeanor. I contemplated whether to tell him or not. I didn't want to throw Thalia under the bus…but he has a right to know since their cousins right? Yeah, let's go with that!

"I think Thalia and Luke are dating." I spilled and Percy did a double take.

"The hell they are! Thalia knows better than that!"

"Well she was talking to Luke this morning and she skipped first period."

"How do you know she skipped?" He asked.

"It's Thalia." I deadpanned.

"And plus she said she forgot to meet me by her locker. Her locker is literally two feet away from her first period class." Percy pondered this for a second, before shaking his head.

"No. I don't she'd do it. She'd never get back together with Luke." His voice held so much finality that I started to believe him. I felt guilty for doubting Thalia in the first place. Especially after this crazy weekend.

"I guess you're right." I mumbled searching my bag for my science binder.

"I'm sorry what?" Percy asked, but I heard the amusement in his tone. I looked up to see him smirking down at me. I rolled my eyes, but repeated myself.

"I said you were right. Happy?"

"Very." He mused. I almost blushed at his intense stare. Almost.

Mr. Lewis walked in with the usual bored look on his face.

"Alright class, today we are doing another lab. You can pick your partners…except for you, Annabeth and Percy. You two will work together." He announced pointing Percy and I out.

"How come she gets to work with the hot new guy?" A slut in the front row whined.

I glared at her, but she wasn't looking at me. She was too busy sending flirty winks to Percy. That really piss me off for some unknown reason.

I looked over at Percy who, much to my pleasure, paid the girl no mind. He didn't even glance at her. I snickered at her red face and she glared at me. I glared at her ten times harder until she turned around.

"Whoa." I looked back at Percy.

"No need to fight over me Annabeth!" He laughed and I turned my glare on him. Cocky bastard.

"Please! I would never fight over a guy especially you of all people!" I retorted passing him a worksheet.

"I don't know Annabeth, you were glaring at her pretty hard! But it's okay. It's hard not to fall for someone as gorgeous as me!" He bragged and I rolled my eyes.

"You're not that gorgeous." I muttered. It was a complete lie. He really was that gorgeous.

Percy paused for a second.

"You said that." He realized and I froze. When the hell did he get so observant?

"What?" I asked trying to play it off.

"You said I wasn't that gorgeous! Not I wasn't gorgeous, but not that gorgeous! Admit it Annabeth, you think I'm hot!" He exclaimed.

"No I don't!" I lied. My cheeks started to heat up again and I turned my head away from him. Crap, now I'm blushing!

"Yes you do! That cute little blush of yours says it all!" Stupid butterfly's erupted in my stomach when he said that, and it was a good thing he couldn't see me.

"I'm not blushing." I denied still facing away from him.

"I can see your red ears from here-"

"Let's just do the lab!" I turned back around hoping my face wasn't as red anymore and started to read the directions.

I heard Percy chuckle one last time before he turned his attention to the assignment. I could feel his eyes turn to me every now and then, but I kept my gaze on the page.

After reading two pages of directions I was ready to move on. Looking over at Percy I saw that he was still on page one. I looked away frowning. It's been over ten minutes already. He should be way past the first page.

"Um…Annabeth?" Percy asked and I looked back at him. Something about his eyes seemed…harder. He scratched the back of his neck and shifted nervously in his seat.

"Is that how you spell dean?" He asked pointing at his page. I looked over at the word and frowned again. The word was need. How did he get that confused with dean?

"I can't really see it Percy…Can you spell what's on the page?" I asked.

"It's spelled d-e-e-n." He replied looking at the paper confused. My heart broke for him when I realized what was happening. He was dyslexic.

"You know what...I didn't really understand the directions. Why don't we read them out loud?" I suggested. It was like a huge weight had been lifted off of Percy's shoulder's and I didn't miss the small sigh of relief he gave when I started reading.

The bell rang right as we were about to start the questions and I groaned.

"Can we finish it tomorrow?" Percy asks and I shake my head.

"Mr. Lewis never allows more than one period to finish a lab…What period do you have lunch?"

"I have lunch…sixth period." He said looking at his schedule.

"Me too. Do you want to meet for lunch and we could finish the lab there?"

"Yeah sure, I'll meet you in the cafeteria."

"You better show up!" I called out as I went down the opposite end of the hall way. The hall was nearly empty with only a few people wandering about. Percy smirked and my stomach flip flopped.

"Don't worry Annabeth! I'd never stand up a girl as beautiful as you!"

I could hear Percy's laughter echoing through the hall as I quickened my pace to my next class. The laughter only stopped when I entered the classroom and shut the door.

I walked to my seat trying to ignore the things my stomach is doing. I felt eyes on me and I looked around the room. Everybody was staring at me including the teacher Mrs. Pierre.

"Are you okay Annabeth? Your face is very red!"

Time Skip

Lunch finally rolled by and I was starving! I got my usual order of chicken salad and sat down at Thalia and I's spot. We always sat at the table furthest away from the jocks…and Luke. I quietly started to eat my lunch while waiting for Thalia and Percy to arrive.

I had nearly finished my lunch when I heard footsteps make their way towards me. I looked up to see the last face I wanted to see. Scowling I looked back down.

"If I were you I'd walk away right now." I growled before he had the chance to even open his mouth.

Luke chuckled at this, but I didn't find anything amusing.

"Still the same old Annabeth!" He laughed now standing in front of the table.

"Still the same lying, slimeball." I retorted and Luke's grin dropped.

"Look I just wanted to talk-"

"Well I don't wanna talk! So leave me alone."

"But-"

"Luke! What are you doing man?" One of Luke's jock friends yelled attracting the attention of not only his fellow jocks, but some of the cafeteria too. The jocks walked over and as if on cue Luke got that cold, cocky glint in his eye.

"I didn't know you were still trying to bang Chase!" An obnoxious boy hollered. I threw him a disgusted look as Luke said

"Of course man! Why else would I be here?" Him and the jocks laughed like they were in on some inside joke.

"So what do you say Annabeth?" He asked flashing me one of his 'dazzling' smiles. Ugh. More like puke smiles.

"I say leave me the hell alone." Luke moved way too close for comfort and ran a hand down my bare arm. I decided to be nice and not break his arm, instead settling for just slapping his hand away.

"Babe c'mon-"

"What part of 'leave me alone' did you not understand?" A new voice growled and my heart stopped.

Luke and his friends turned around to see an angry Percy stomping their way. Luke walked away from me and to Percy. The whole cafeteria was silent and I gulped. Oh God.

I slowly started to stand up as Percy approached the table.

"Well look what the cat dragged in! Just the guy I wanted to see!" Luke and his friends laughed.

"Leave her alone Luke. She doesn't want you." Percy glared. Crap he knows who he is!

"Percy stop." I said, but he ignored me. Even from across the round lunch table I could see his eyes turn a dangerous dark green color.

"I've been mean to talk to you new kid! I heard about the little flirting session you two shared first and third period and that's not happening anymore! You gotta wait your turn just like the rest of us!"

"I'm sorry last time I checked she wasn't a fucking toy! Show some respect." Percy snapped. His fist was clenched and I could tell it was taking all his self-control not to wipe that stupid smirk off of Luke's face.

I grabbed my stuff and stepped in between them before Percy could do anything stupid.

"Percy just leave it! Let's go-"

"Oh is the new kid getting mad?" Luke taunted. Percy took a threatening step towards him and I took a step forward.

"Stop Percy! He's not worth it!" Our eyes locked for a brief moment and in that moment I silently pleaded for him to stop. His jaw was still tight when he looked away, but he stopped moving toward Luke.

"Let's go." he muttered and it wasn't until I felt his cool breath on my face did I realize how close we were. I took a slight step back and looked at Luke throwing him one last glare. He smirked at me and I looked away from him.

I felt something warm slip into my hand and I didn't look back as Percy lead me out the cafeteria.

We attracted stares as we walked down the hallway and through the parking lot. When I looked down I realized why. We were holding hands.

There was so much adrenaline that I didn't feel it at first, but there was this incredible warmth starting from my palms and shooting up my arms. I looked at Percy to see if he felt it too, but his eyes gave nothing away. The only emotion evident in his face was anger.

We walked to the bleacher's and sat down. He was probably thinking back to the incident because his grip on my hand got tighter and his breathing became harsher.

"Calm down Percy. Don't let Luke have this much control over you, he's not worth it."

"Did you hear the way he was talking about you? Like you were some kind of meat! I swear if he ever harasses you like that again, I will knock his fucking head off-"

"I don't need you to do that Percy! I can fight my own battles!" I argued and Percy shook his head.

"It's not about that Annabeth. That douche bag broke my cousins heart and I'll be damned if I let him go after her best friend too!" He yelled furiously.

"Look I get that, but I don't need you picking fights with Luke. It'll only make things worse and he's not worth your time or energy." I tried to reason. Percy opened his mouth to say something, but I gave him a look and he shut up.

"Good. Now let's work on some science."

Percy nodded his head, but I could tell by the tightness of his jaw that he was still pissed. It was only when I reached down to get my books did I realize our hands were still connected.

"Uh…Percy?" I called. When his eyes met mine I looked away gesturing to our hands. I didn't get a chance to see his reaction cause I was too busy hiding behind my hair. I heard him let out a soft

"Oh." Before slowly letting go of my hand. I acted like nothing happened and that I didn't miss the warmth or the tingles that used to shoot up my arm. Instead I reached into my bag got out the lab without a single glance in his direction.

When we were finally settled we started the first question.

"Question one…Based on the reading, decide whether or not th-" I was cut off by the low sound of a bell. My eyes widened when I realized lunch was over and it was time for the next class.

"Crap! We're gonna be late!" I yelled putting all my stuff back in my bag.

Percy and I quickly got off the bleachers and ran into school.

"How much time do we have between passing?" Percy asked.

"Five minutes!" I panted. I was dying while Percy didn't seem the least bit winded. Looking down slightly I remembered why. He had the body of a Greek god. With his wonderful body he must run every day!

We finally entered the school and I ask him

"What class do you have?"

"I've got gym now."

"Walk straight down and then take a left. The gym is right around the corner."

"Thank! Meet me in the parking lot after school!" He said jogging to the gymnasium.

"Why?"

"Just be there! And get to class Mrs. Chase!" He yelled. I rolled my eyes at him before sprinting to English.

Time Skip

School let out a couple of minutes ago and here I was waiting in the parking lot for this idiot to arrive.

I groaned in frustration quickly growing impatient.

"Hey!" A voice behind me said and I jumped. Whipping around I see Thalia smiling at me.

"Oh don't you 'hey' me!" I growled and Thalia raised an eyebrow.

"Hi?"

"Where were you at lunch? You said you'd be there!" Realization dawned on Thalia's face and she said

"Sorry! But in my defense it wasn't completely my fault! Ms. Dodds caught me in the hall way after I skipped her class and she sent me to Mr. D."

"What happened? Is he making you repeat the course?"

"Nope! He settled for two days' lunch detention, once I reminded him how rich dad was!" She laughed. I shook my head at her, when her phone pinged. She grabbed her phone and looked at the text. Something flashed in her eye before she smiled.

"I gotta go, but I'll catch you later!" She said starting to leave.

"Wait! Aren't you forgetting something?" I hinted. Thalia stared at me blankly and I couldn't help but get slightly annoyed.

"The movies remember? You promised we would see Batman vs Superman today!"

"Can't we just see it another day, this is really important!"

"What do you have t-" Her phone pinged again.

"I'll make it up to you I promise, but I really have to go! Bye!" She yelled as she ran away and then drove off in her car. I tried not to be, but I was very disappointed…and pissed! I had planned this week in advance and she just blew me off!

"Annabeth?" I turned around to come face to face with Percy. He was standing there a little sheepishly, with his hands tucked into his pocket and a small smile gracing his face.

"Hey. Why'd you call me here?" I asked still angry. Percy's face seemed a little pinker than usual and he shifted slightly on his feet.

"Well I was actually wondering if maybe I could see Batman vs Superman with you and Thalia? I was supposed to see it with Jason today, but he ditched me for his girlfriend…I understand though, if you don't want me tagging along-"

"Actually Thalia just canceled." I said my heart beating. Why was it beating so fast?

"Oh." Percy said disappointed.

"Guess we both got ditched-"

"But I'd still like to see it!" I admitted and my heart seemed to be going nuts.

"Oh." He said again.

"Well if you don't mind-"

"I don't!" I exclaimed a little too enthusiastically.

"I-I mean, I wouldn't mind if you wanted to go…with me."

"Cool." Percy breathed and that strange electricity was in the air again, along with that warm fuzziness inside of my stomach.

"Cool."

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