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-Girl Who Believes

Percy's POV

Life in the past three years was-what can I say-great. I had everything I wanted, and everything other guys dreamed about. Money, girls, flashy cars, mansion, looks, abs, popularity-oh the list is simply endless. But before I go on about how awesome life here in California is, let me rewind the tape. When I first arrived here in Cali, you can pretty much say I was a wimp and didn't fit in. Come on, compared to the tall, muscular, tanned guys here, being pale and weak and at a height of 5'5 didn't exactly take you straight to the road of popularity. Aha! But remember that growth spurt I was wishing for? Maybe the gods finally heard my prayer, but after hitting puberty and changing my style- I became who I am today, the new Percy Jackson…

Anyway, back to the story. I started attending school at Cali High and well, let's just say I became very popular-among girls and even among guys, though I do not want to dwell on the latter. I started taking up a lot of sports-baseball, basketball, swimming, tennis, hockey and many others. I don't know what really got into me, I just…wanted to be better than Luke-in every way-be it with girls or sports.

And at the beginning, it was pretty tough. I had some difficulties getting used to the high life here. I mean, it's weird to go from nothing to having everything. And then there was this another thing…Annabeth. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't forget her, or her beautiful smile, or how she would giggle cutely whenever I did something stupid, or- Stop it, Percy! Stop thinking of her!

Ok, let's move on. Then, a year later, I met my cousins- Thalia and Nico. They are pretty cool people, and fun to hang out with-but don't ever tell them I said that. We all have the same jet-black hair, but other than that, we are extremely different from one another. We are also very close and protective of one another, and we are just like siblings.

We attended high school together, until last month, when they moved to New York to "learn how to be independent", but seriously, I think they are just playing around there, "learn how to be independent" and "Thalia and Nico" didn't exactly go together. They invited me over to New York to attend high school with them, and I have to admit, I am quite interested. I missed the busy NYC streets and the rush and buzzing. But at the same time, I was quite hesitant to go back to New York, my birthplace and the city where I spent 12 years of my life in. Sure, I wanted to see my mom and Paul. I missed them so much too. But, I didn't know if I was ready, ready to go back to that place.

And after months of persuading me, Thalia and Nico were successful in getting me to join them. So here I am now, on a plane, heading back to New York City, the city that held so many memories, both good and bad ones. And as I dozed off slowly, I can't help but wonder if everything is still the same now, or more specifically, is Annabeth still the same now? Even though I'm going back now, I'm still not sure if I'm ready to meet her. But well, there's a very low chance that I might meet her, right? I mean, the world is not that small. But little did I know how wrong I was as I drifted asleep, dreaming of golden, princess curls and mesmerizing grey eyes…

I know that's a short chappie but the next one would be longer, PERCY AND ANNABETH WOULD FINALLY MEET! So stick with me! Thanks~ Please REVIEW!

-Girl Who Believes