Annabeth POV:

Stupid Mr. Rose. I asked him a simple question and he wouldn't stop talking the whole break. When he finally was done talking, I had to run to my next lesson, or else I would have been too late.

And being late was no option for me, for two reasons.

I never was late.

I had Math with Mrs. Dodds. And she would give me detention for being late, which I also never get.

I arrived in the classroom shortly before the bell rang.

I was the last one. No one comes late to Mrs. Dodds lessons.

I looked around the room and saw an unfamiliar face next to Grover. The boy had black hair. I guessed that he must be the new student that I heard about.

I dropped on my Chair next to Thalia.

She opened her mouth to ask me something. But I already knew what she would ask me and so I said: "Mr. Rose" before she could ask.

She closed her mouth and made a knowing face. Before she could ask more, Mrs. Dodds entered.

Next to students being late, she also hates them talking during her lesson.

I think she don't even like teenagers at all. But we don't like her too.

Anyway the lesson was pretty boring. And after what felt like ten hours the bell finally rang.

"Gods, I understand nothing in Math." I heard Thalia say next to me.

"It's easy." I returned.

"For you!"

I grabbed my backpack and started to walk out of the room. Thalia followed me.

Next we had English. I sat on my usual spot next to Thalia behind my friends Piper and Silena.

"Have you seen the new student?" Silena asked us, as they turned around to us.

"I saw him in Math. But I was really late and he sat behind me, so I couldn't take a good look on him." I answered.

"I talked to him." Thalia said.

"Really? How is he?" Piper asked.

"I heard he should be really hot." Silena wiggled her eyebrows at us. I just rolled my eyes at her, but also grinned at her.

"He's nice." Thalia said. "I just asked him where he comes from. But nothing more. Grover knows more."

"Hmm okay, we will ask him during Lunchbreak." Silena said and turned back, because Mr. Blofis entered the Room and started the lesson.

Time flew by and the bell rang to signalize the end of the lesson. We walked to the Cafeteria to meet up with the others on our usual table.

Grover was already there, but the new kid wasn't with him.

"I heard you talked to the new Student." Silena said as she sat across from him.

"Yeah. We have English and Math together. Why are you asking?" he asked.

"How is he?"

"He's really nice."

"Is he hot?"

"Ehm …maybe. I'm a boy."

"Didn't you tell him, that he could sit with us during lunch break?" Thalia asked him.

"Of course I told him that. I still wonder where he is. I had another lesson than he had."

"Maybe he's coming in a few minutes."

But he didn't. Maybe he couldn't find the cafeteria, or he found other students he could sit with or he just wasn't hungry or …

After the Cafeteria I had Biology. When I entered the Room I saw the new student sitting alone in the Room starring out of the Window.

I sat in front of him. Then I turned around to face him.

"Hey." I said.

He turned to me. "Hey."

"I'm Annabeth."

"Percy."

"Where have you been at lunch? Didn't Grover tell you that you could sit with us?" I was curious.

"Yes he did. But I wanted to be alone and I searched this Room."

"Oh okay. How do you like this school so far?"

"It's really cool here. Smaller than my old school and kinder students." He grinned.

I grinned back and studied his face. His face was small. He had sea green eyes - really beautiful - and messy raven black hair. As he smiled at me, I could see that the smile didn't reach his eyes.

The bell rang and all the other students entered the room.

"Where do you come from?" I asked Percy.

"I'm from New York. I just lived in another part."

"Okay." I wanted to ask him why he moved, but something in his eyes stopped me and the teacher entered the Room to start the lesson.