Chapter 2: Get to know you well

Percy's POV

I walked into Chem and almost ran into a wall. I couldn't stop thinking about that girl I had run into. If I had been any less of the person I am, I would have been staring at her from a distance, speechless. She was beautiful. But, she obviously either didn't know she was beautiful, or didn't really care. She had been looking in my direction earlier, and I found myself wishing that she had been looking at me.

I snapped out my thoughts and musings to see HER sitting across the room. She had her head in her hands and was reading a book. She looked bored. I smiled inwardly; this was my chance to get to know her without coming across as a complete idiot, only as a minor idiot.

"Hey," I greeted her as I slid into the seat next to her. She looked up at me and muttered, "Hi." A blush spread across her face and I wondered if she was embarrassed to be seen with me.

"I can move if you want me to," I stuttered as I gathered my things. I felt a hand on my arm and looked back.

"No…it's okay. I'm just kind of shy around…well, just people I don't know." She kind of said it all in one breath. I nodded and smiled at her. She smiled back.

Over the next 45 minutes, we talked. She turned out to be a great person. She laughed and I saw her stormy eyes clear and become warm and bright. She was seriously smart. The most complicated concepts were child's play to her.

When I walked out of the classroom, Beckendorf came up to walk alongside me. I waved goodbye to Annabeth and she smiled back at me.

"Wow," Beckendorf whistled, "how did you get her to even talk to you? She's WAY out of your league." Beckendorf obviously has infinite confidence for me in these kinds of situations. NOT.

"Gee, thanks. You know, unlike some people, I can actually talk to girls instead of running away and hiding from them, then acting tough and macho." I shrugged. Everyone liked to tease Beckendorf because we all knew that he liked Selena, but he won't do anything about it, except complain to all his friends. Beckendorf snorted at me just as Rachel came up, too.

"You know that either of you could probably have any girl here, right?" We just looked at her with blank stares.

"Right. Just checking." She smirked and skipped away to catch up with her friend, Piper. Beckendorf and I looked at each other, confused. We shrugged and walked to our respective classes.