Previously in Half-Blood High~~

Everyone here seemed friendly enough. Percy could see himself liking this place.

"Charlieeeeeeeeeeeee!" A girly voice rang from behind Percy.

It was Silena. She was running up to the table with a giant smile. Percy vaguely remembered something about Silena and Beckondorf dating.

"Oh, hey baby! What's up?" Beckondorf said, pulling Silena onto his lap and kissing her.

"Drew was getting kind of annoying and stupid over there… so I escaped over here for a bit." She ran her tiny manicured hands over Beckondorf's arms. They were truly a sight to see. Silena was a tiny, pixie-like girl who was so bubbly whereas Beckondorf was more… big and relatively calm. "Oh! You're that new kid… Peter?"

"Um actually—" Percy began.

"Wait no! I know this!" Silena was bouncing a bit on Beckondorf's lap. Conner looked like he was going to burst into laughter… and Annabeth noticed Beckondorf looking slightly uncomfortable.

"Babe, please stop." He managed to get out.

"Oh." Silena giggled. "Right! Sorry, boo."

Conner smirked.

"Okay! Pan?"

"No."

"Patrick!"

"Nope. It's—"

"NO! I got this…. Um… Pericles."

"Woah, Silena. You remembered some stuff from history?" Amanda said, teasingly.

"Don't underestimate Ms. Beauguard here, Mandy." Luke said, shooting Silena a charming grin.

"I GOT IT! PERCY!" Silena almost bounced again, but Beckondorf held her down. "You're Poseidon Jackson's son! He's the guy who owns that huge-azz aquarium 9 blocks away. Doesn't he own a couple beaches too? And like some part of Hollywood? Omg."

Percy felt a bit overwhelmed by how much she already knew.

"So now that Silena's revealed her stalker self, Percy, where did you move from?" Beckondorf asked, cutting his steak. He offered Silena a bite but she shook her head violently. Probably something about the carbs.

"New York City—"

"Ohmahgawsh. I loveeeee NYC! It's amazing and lively and full of people and all the shopping! Agh!" Silena burst in. Beckondorf handed her some sparkling water.

"New York City?! Seaweed brain! How did you not mention it! The architecture there is so… interesting isn't even the word to cover it. It's so diverse and special… unlike LA, where the majority of buildings are one-story high coffee shops." Annabeth huffed, tearing the turkey wrap in her hand. "I mean the apartments… even those are beautiful. The gargoyles… the museums… the monuments… Wall street…."

Percy found Annabeth rather adorable when she was passionate. Her curly blonde hair bounced, her eyes shone even brighter, her nose getting red…

"Seaweed brain?" Will laughed, chugging a soda. "That's a new one."

"This is soooo cute! You two already have nicknames." Silena cooed. Margo just watched everything quietly. Luke scoffed and Percy heard it.

•

Afterschool that day, Beckondorf was with Percy. He convinced Percy to tryout for football since swimming was next season.

"We have a new coach this year… Coach Hedge. He's… weird." Beckondorf said. Percy shrugged. His last football coach told him that he was too useless to ever matter. As long as Coach Hedge wasn't so… spirit-crushing…

"What's up cupcakes? Oh. New cupcake." A deep voice appeared behind them. Percy turned around to find a stubby little man with a goatee and small glasses. His baseball cap was too small for his head and his stripped polo made him look rounder. "Coach Hedge. You must be Perseus Jackson. I've heard all about you from your previous school. Star player."

"Wait—what? They told me I was horrible!" Percy said, shocked.

"I knew your coach from way back. He was a real beeeeeeeeeep*. Said horrible things to people but he had other meanings behind his beep*in beep* of a language." Coach Hedge nodded, making his whistle bounce off his potbelly. "I saw some scrimmages, so you don't even need to try out."

"So that means Percy's in?" Beckondorf asked, chuckling.

"You're on the team, cupcake." Coach Hedge said. "Go change kids, and tell the others to come. It's time for warm-ups." And he turned, took a swig out of a coke can in the corner of the room and left.

"You're right. He's weird." Percy said. But he and Beckondorf laughed. "So anyway, what are your warm-ups."

"Three miles and 500 push-ups and sit-ups." Beckondorf squinted. Then they headed for the locker rooms.

•

Meanwhile, Annabeth was in the library with Luke.

"So…"

"So…."

"What's going on with you and that new kid?"

"Nothing!"

"You sure? I think he likes you."

"It's been less than 24 hours Luke!" Annabeth laughed.

"Or you like him." Luke said, bumping her shoulders.

"No I don't! Like it said, it's only been less than 24 hours!" Annabeth exclaimed.

"Shhhhhhh!" The Librarian said loudly. Typical.

"So you're admitting that you might!" Luke said, lowering his voice.

"No!" Annabeth whisper-yelled.

"Annie…."

"What….?"

Then she screamed. Luke picked her up and was running around between shelves with her in his arms.

"Put me downnn!" Annabeth laughed as Luke passed the Fiction section.

"SHHHH!" The Librarian shouted. "Ms. Chase, Mr. Castellan, if you don't be quiet, you will have to leave."

"We were just leaving" Luke called out, walking out the door with Annabeth still in his arms, giggling and flailing her limbs.

"You are so weird." Annabeth huffed but smiled up at her handsome friend.

"Thanks Annie. I actually need to go to football practice now though. I'm kind of late." Luke put her down carefully. "I'll see you later, Grey Eyes."

Annabeth felt jumpy and her heart was fluttering… but the weird thing was, it wasn't as intense as it was before…

•

Annabeth was just wandering around the school, occasionally checking in with the math club and the Eco Club. She talked with Juniper for a while about the latest plans then she left. But Grover stopped her.

"Where are you going?"

"Home?" Annabeth said with a raised brow. "You know… the place I go to after my school life is done and I can work on homework?"

"I can leave now. Wanna go watch football with me?" Grover asked, picking up his messenger bag. "And we can go check up on Percy while we're at it. He told me he and Beckondorf were at practice."

"He's on the team?" Annabeth was really surprised. It was only Percy's first day and he was already a success.

"Apparently." So they went.

Annabeth and Grover sat at the top row of the bleacher with Katie, Silena and Drew.

"Hey guys!" Silena wore huge Gucci shades, her hair tied up in a messy yet beautiful bun. She took out a fruit smoothie from beside her. "Want some?"

"Don't mind if I do!" Grover reached for the frothy pink drink eagerly.

Annabeth took a sip too, and then turned her attention towards the players. "How are they doing?"

"Percy is amazing. He's looking H-O-T cute right now, all sweaty and active." Drew fanned herself. Katie rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, Conner said that apparently, Coach Hedge saw Percy at a game at his old school once and was impressed enough. Percy didn't even need to tryout." Katie added.

Annabeth saw a couple freshmen and sophmore girls bouncing at the sidelines, probably freaking out over the boys.

"Is that Percy Jackson?"

"He's new!"

"He's hot."

"I saw him with Annabeth Chase earlier today."

"That nerdy Junior?"

"Yeah. He can do so much better."

"They aren't dating. Probably just friends. Oh he's close to us!"

"Percyyyyyy!"

"Heyyyyyyy!"

"Hiiiiii!"

Annabeth rolled her eyes. Then she looked down at the boys. They were running and tackling… and Percy was there… looking natural. He really fit in. Girls loved him already… the lunch table was pretty interested in him… heck even the football team liked him enough. Annabeth scoffed, thinking back to when Percy wondered if he'd ever fit in. Idiot.

"Wise girl!" His voice snapped her out of her trance. "Hey!" He walked to the side and waved. Annabeth watched his muscles move and she blushed.

"Hi." She walked down to the field and heard footsteps behind her. Probably Grover.

"What's up guys?" Percy smiled, taking a gulp of Gatorade. "I thought you had that Eco Club thing Grover."

"Yeah but I wasn't really needed today." Grover shrugged. "By the way, congrats dude! You know we have a game next week right?"

"Yeah… I'm not sure if I'm playing though."

"Seaweed Brain, I saw you run and tackle and all that football crap out there. You're impressive. And the guys all like you!" Annabeth smirked, punching Percy's shoulder lightly. Percy laughed and stuck out his tongue.

"Jealous?"

"Shut up." Annabeth said. She could still hear the side-line girls squealing and wasn't sure if her remark was for Percy or them. "Sounds like you've got a fan-club already."

"You are so jealous…"

"OMG. I'm leaving!"

"No! Wait for me! Pleaseeee. I need you, Wise Girl… to recap on today. You know." Percy smiled shyly. Travis called Percy's name and Percy turned around to leave. "I'll se ya later guys."

Annabeth watched his retreating figure jog back to the team.

I'm currently sitting in the beach... sweating. It's nice.

Anyway, how did you like this chapter? I'll be posting another one soon.

And like I said, Thalia and the other will show up soon. Maybe after a couple weeks in HBH though.

BTW do you want Thalico? Or should I keep them as just cousins?

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