Surprises await you... *evil laugh*
Percy's POV
The next 2 weeks continued uneventfully. Annabeth came over for dinner a few times, I went and saw her apartment, and school continued. Annabeth and I also had a few training sessions. We had decided to start training together at least once very week so we wouldn't be out of practice when we went back to camp. Most of the time, we just went to Central Park and found an area with out people, but we also used the gym in Annabeth's apartment complex.
Monday morning marked the beginning of the third week of school. By now, things started to fall into place and I almost felt normal. I was at my locker putting my stuff away and trying to find what I needed for class. For the lockers being so small, things get lost in them awful easily.
My locker was in between an empty locker and one used by a guy name Mathew Bieler. He was one of my few friends at Goode along with Ryan McManus and Lacy Dishman.
"Hey, Perce." Mathew said. Matt was a bit shorter than me, with a mess of brown hair and blue eyes. He was skinny and had upturned eyebrows. He looked like a kid who belonged in the Hermes cabin.
"Hey, Matt." I responded.
There was a large group of guys standing a few feet away from my locker laughing, talking and acting like doofuses. Most of the guys in the group were on the football team, which in their minds, made them kings of the school. I wasn't really paying attention until I heard a girls voice saying excuse me and they went silent.
Again, "Excuse me.", a little bit louder this time. I couldn't see who the voice belonged to over all of the turned heads. No one moved.
"Move it people!" the voice yelled, now angry. So much for politeness.
Finally one of the guys, who's name was Jake something or other, reacted. "The faults all mine." he said, his voice oozing mock politeness. "You must new here. Maybe I could… show you around." I could almost hear him winking at whoever he was speaking to.
Matt was watching, too. "New girl?" He asked me.
"I have no idea."
I went back to trying to shove things into my locker, but turned my attention back to the group when I heard gasps. I turned to see a blonde, with books in one arm, doing a one-handed handstand on Jake Something's shoulder. I blinked as she landed behind him. She must've used him as a support to flip over the gaggle of people.
"What the he-?" I heard Jake Something say before he was cut of by the late bell.
I stood their flabbergasted, as the blonde startedtowards me, all of her books still securely tucked in her arm. Some people started walking off to class, but many people were still gaping at the girl with their eyes wide.
"Oh. My. God." Mathew said. "New girl. I definitely would have remembered if she went to our school."
My mouth was still hanging wide open as Annabeth Chasecame up to me. She was smiling like nothing happened, like she hadn't just used a jock as a spring board to flip over people.
She stopped in front of me and stared at me for a second. I couldn't say anything, and just stood there like idiot. Finally, Annabeth rolled her eyes and reached up to push my jaw back up.
"What in Hades?" I finally got out, still staring at her like she was from a different planet. By now the mobs of people were moving towards their homeroom.
"Wait. Percy, you know her?!" I heard the shock in Matt's voice. I couldn't believe it either. Annabeth Chase was at Goode High School, standing in front of me.
Annabeth stood on her tiptoes and kissed me on the cheek, which I think answered Matt's question pretty well.
"Percy! What in the world is going on?!" He practically yelled.
"Annabeth! What are you doing here?" I asked, completely ignoring Mathew.
"Eleventh grade, seaweed brain." She said. Now I understood what Paul had been talking about. Annabeth started putting some books in the locker next to mine, which I guessed was her's now.
"Seaweed brain?" Matt asked.
Annabeth turned to Matt and extended her hand. Matt shook it. "Annabeth Chase, Percy's girlfriend. New student at Goode." Annabeth introduced herself.
"Girlfriend?" Matt asked in amazement.
"Yup." I answered, taking Annabeth's hand. I was finally over the shock of her being here.
We ditched Matt, who was at a loss for words, and started walking toward Paul's classroom. That was my homeroom and Annabeth's too. Actually, after comparing schedules, it turned out mine and Annabeth's schedules were almost the exact same. I guessed that Paul had some part to play in that. Her schedule was:
First Period: American History
Second Period: English (Paul's class.)
Third Period: Architecture
Fourth Period: Physics
Fifth Period: Study Hall
Lunch
Sixth Period: Art
Seventh Period: Physical Education
Eighth Period: Biology
Like I said, almost identical.
Annabeth and I arrived at Paul's classroom for homeroom a few minutes late. My huge smile and the fact that Annabeth and I were holding hands probably gave away the reason. Paul just smiled and winked at me. I made a mental note to tell him how awesome he was.
Annabeth and I took two empty seats near the back of the class.
"I can't believe your actually here." I told her grinning. "Also, I can't believe you didn't tell me you were coming to Goode?" I pouted.
"If I told you then it wouldn't be a surprise, kelp head." Annabeth rolled her eyes.
"And you flipped over the football team."
"What?! They were in my way!" Annabeth said defensively.
"Very subtle."
Just then the bell rang again signaling it was time to go to first period. I showed Annabeth the way to Mr. Platt's class for american history and we sat together in the middle of the classroom.
The rest of the morning continued like this until finally it was time for lunch. I lead Annabeth over to my regular table were a few other friends sat.
Matt, Ryan, and Lacy were already seated.
"Hey guys." I said as Annabeth and I sat down.
I caught Matt looking Annabeth up and down and glared at him hard. "Meet Annabeth." I gestured to my few friends. I turned to Annabeth. "Annabeth, this is Lacy, Ryan and you already know Matt, kind of." Ryan was tall and lanky with short, red hair, thick freckles, and green eyes, darker than my own. Lacy was short and thin. She had big brown eyes and brown, shoulder length hair to match.
Annabeth looked at each of them in turn. I couldn't see her eyes but I knew that she was analyzing them. My friends didn't really know how to react. Ryan looked downright terrified of her. Most people are. Her blonde hair and thin build are enough to make anyone think she's a dumb blonde. But Annabeth is smart (Athena smart) and strong enough to take on the entire football team.
"Annabeth?" I nudged her to remind her these were regular mortals, not members of the opposing capture the flag team. Finally, Annabeth smiled.
"Nice to meet you." Annabeth said with a little wave.
"Hi! Im Lacy." Lacy said with a perky smile. Thats Lacy, über perky.
"Ryan." Ryan said, obviously still hesitant.
"Did any here know that Percy had a girlfriend? Because I personally was not aware of this." Matt said obviously still shocked that I, Percy Jackson, had a real, live girlfriend. He threw a sideways glance over at me, like this was information he needed to know.
"What?!" Lacy and Ryan exclaimed at the same time. "Who?" Lacy's eyes were huge.
"Ummm… Annabeth?" I said. I wasn't used to this kind of spot light.
"Really? Because you don't sound so sure." Ryan said.
"Yes. I'm his girlfriend." Annabeth said confidently.
"Wait… How did someone like you," Ryan said glancing at me, ",get someone like her?" he said now glancing at Annabeth.
"Hey!" I exclaimed.
"That's exactly what I thought when she flipped over the whole football team." Matt said. Lacy and Ryan looked stunned as they snapped their heads to look at Annabeth.
"You did what?" Ryan asked.
"What? They wouldn't move." Annabeth grumbled with a glare in my general direction. Why, I had no idea. Annabeth could communicate with solely glaring.
"How did you guys meet? How long have you been dating?" Lacy squealed. If she was a demigod, she'd be in the Aphrodite cabin for sure.
"Well… Uhhh.." I didn't really know how to answer that without giving away the whole greek-gods-are-alive-and-we-are-both-their-kids thing. I looked at Annabeth.
"Well we met at summer camp when we were both 12 and I hated him. And then we went on a trip and I hated him even more." A trip? That quest was far from a trip. Try 'death sentence.' "The next summer we went to the same summer camp, which we go to every summer, and went on another trip. By then I tolerated him. And over time and more trips we became best friends. And then when we were 14 I got lost and Percy found me." She was referring to when she was kidnapped by Luke Castillion and we had to hold up the sky. We both still had the gray streak in out hair. "More trips, more summers and we started dating this past summer. Now I live in New York and go to school here." Annabeth summed up the story pretty well. It definitely sounded a whole lot nicer than what actually happened.
"Wait you forgot when I got lost." I said, thinking about these past 5 years.
Annabeth punched me on the arm. "Well do you want the long version or the short version?" She asked me.
"That's so sweet!" Lacy said with a squeal. "Where all did you go on those trips?" She asked.
"Los Angeles, San Francisco, the Bermuda Triangle…" Annabeth started.
"Oh, and New Jersey and all over New York." I added.
"So basically all over the country." Annabeth summed it up.
"Wow. This summer camp sounds pretty awesome." Matt said.
Annabeth and I looked at each other. "Sorry dude, you don't meet the requirements." I said.
"What are the requirements?" Ryan asked.
"ADHD and dyslexia." I said.
"You have ADHD and dyslexia?" Lacy turned to Annabeth.
"Yup." Annabeth said. You would never know it until she had to spell something out loud or read in english. I even forgot most of the time.
"But you're so.." Ryan started. Annabeth gave him an intimidating, questioning glance, daring him to finish the sentence.
"Not-Pecry like." Matt filled in for Ryan with a nod.
"Whatever." I said. This was feeling less and less like a friendly lunch period and more like a gang-up-on-Percy meeting.
Annabeth laughed. "I know what you mean."
I stayed silent. Annabeth looked over at me leaned in to kiss me. It was short and sweet but intimate. "Joking." she said with a smile as she pulled away.
"Eww! PDA!" Matt yelled swiping the air with his hands like he was trying to keep the "PDA" away.
"Aww!" Macy cooed, her head resting on her hands.
"Back to the flip thing, Annabeth. Is that something you do regularly or what?" Ryan asked. "I just want to be prepared, in case."
"Yup." Annabeth said. She always acted like her feats were the easiest things in the world, which always led to frustration when she couldn't do something.
"Are you a junior ninja?" Ryan eyed Annabeth suspiciously. The rest of us laughed.
"No. Just camp training." Annabeth said casually.
"Wait!" Matt exclaimed. A look of confusion crossed his face. "You said you and Pecry go to the same camp, right?"
Annabeth nodded.
Matt looked at me. "So can you flip over football teams and stuff, too?"
"Umm… Yes." I said.
"No way." Matt said incredulously. "Iv'e learned so much about you today." He said.
"I know, right?" Macy agreed.
"Oh!" Ryan's hand shot up like he was in class. "How much can you bench?" He asked me, like this was a true test of strength.
"Uh. 195 pounds." I said.
"Woah. Perce, you're jacked!" Matt said. I was kind of lost. It wasn't like I was amazing or something. I was just me.
"What about you?" Ryan nodded in Annabeth's direction.
"Ryan, don't be an idiot. Girls don't really 'bench' like you guys." Macy rolled her eyes like this should be obvious.
"One-sixty-five." Annabeth said casually continuing to eat like it was nothing. I didn't know this until 5 days ago when we were training in the gym in Annabeth's apartment complex. She didn't look it, but she could kill and gut you before you could even blink.
Stunned silence.
"Woah, girl." Ryan whistled.
"Do you guys work out together or something?" Matt asked.
"Most of the time." Annabeth said.
"That's so sweet!" Macy said. "You guys were made fro each other!" She squealed.
I could feel my face getting hot so I turned to survey the rest of the lunch room. Matt, Ryan, and Macy continued to pelt Annabeth with questions.
I looked around. I noticed a few faces turned looking in my general direction. A bunch of guys and a few girls were looking at me. No, not me, Annabeth.
I felt like I was drowning in stares that weren't even directed at me. I knew Annabeth was beautiful, naturally beautiful. She didn't were a drop of makeup and sometimes even forgot to brush her hair. She didn't work hard to make people notice her, either. She was noticed because she just was. She was a natural born leader and drop dead gorgeous. Anyone who looks at her sees this and expects her to be a dumb blonde they can take advantage of. It took 20 teenage guys checking her out to tell me that.
I was dumb founded. I didn't know what was going on inside of me. I started to get a splitting headache. I stood up and walked out of the lunchroom.
"Percy?" I heard Annabeth call. My head was going in 5 million different directions and I couldn't think straight. I kept on walking.
I know what you're probably thinking, another Annabeth goes to Goode story. But I promise this one is not about school drama, well demigod drama about going to school with mortals, but not "Oh my gosh Annabeth is all jealous and Percy is super hot and all the girls want to date him" type thing. Please review, even if you hate it I want to know! Seriously, I want to make all my fanfics enjoyable for you guys to read so tell me if you don't like something! I will (hopefully) figure it out and learn to write better stories. I know I won't be able to please everyone but I can still make my stories as good as possible! Thanks guys! :)
