She Did it for Revenge

Percy's POV

About a million curses were streaming through my mind at this point. I was always a laid-back, laugh-it-off kind of guy, but the fact that Rachel did this to get revenge made my blood boil. All I wanted to do was curl up into a ball beside Annabeth and stay there the whole day.

I doubted she was even coming to school. I fiddled with my lock for a minute before my locker burst open, a billion beads cascading out. I turned my head to see Rachel and Drew laughing their fricken' heads off on the opposite side of the hall.

I scowled. I looked next to them seeing a pretty dark haired girl holding a small video camera. She got the whole thing on tape. Just as I thought my luck couldn't get any worse, Principle Howard came strutting down the hall. "Mr. Jackson, what in the wor-"

But he didn't get to finish because he slipped on a purple bead and crashed to the floor. By now, the three girls were howling with laughter, the brunette still holding the camera. Crap.

Annabeth's POV

I was dreading school the next day. I didn't want to face all the bitches and idiots that swarmed Goode High. I was especially not looking forward to seeing Rachel.

I got to school later than I wanted to. The first bell had already rung and kids were rummaging around in lockers and sprinting to homeroom. The school seemed to be in some sort of buzz. "…beads in the locker…" I kept hearing bits and pieces of the story that happened to be flying around. "…then Howard slipped…" "…got it all on tape…"

When I was almost to my locker I slipped on a pile of beads. Beads were everywhere. Pink, purple, blue, yellow. All of the beads were different sizes and shapes, too. Oval beads, heart beads, evil eye beads, they were scattered all across the hall.

I steadily got up but slipped again. Before I hit the floor two sturdy hands grabbed me. At first, I thought it was Percy, here to propose his undying love for me, but instead, it was Thalia. Not that I wasn't grateful or anything.

"Seriously, dude." She said, "Watch your step." I brushed myself off and threw my hair in a bun. "Thanks." I gratefully said, "I seriously owe you two." Thalia smiled and asked, "Hey, are you up to anything after school?" I thought for a second. No book clubs, field hockey, or plans with other friends, not that I had any in the first place.

"No." I ended up saying, "Why, do you want to do something?" She grinned and nodded her head. "I'll meet you at your locker after school." And with that, she strolled down the hall.

Homeroom was a complete disaster. It was exactly like the crazy school scenes you only see in movies. Paper airplanes soared overhead, spitballs stuck to the back of nerd's shirts, kids on desks, crumpled paper being thrown. I wasn't surprised to see Mrs. Laurel, my wrinkly homeroom teacher, asleep in her spin chair.

I figured I had nothing to lose so I took out my cell phone and texted Thalia. 'hey, thales' I texted, 'wats up?' No longer than a minute passed before she texted back, 'the ceiling. lol. jk, that was so lame. so ur pretty badass, texting in class, huh?' I giggled. I did feel pretty badass.

We texted the whole homeroom and I figured that I looked just like the other delinquents bustling around the room, just a rebel teen who didn't give a crap. But the question was, did I want to look like one, be one, or just be the loser I have always been?

Percy's POV

Principle Howard grabbed me on the collar and dragged me to his office. When he asked me what was going on I tried my best to explain. I told him the whole story about how Rachel was jealous, the underpants, and how I had no clue that beads would spill out of my locker.

He just looked dazed.

I was surprised that he didn't expel me, or even suspend me. All he did was give me an hour detention in the library from study hall until an hour after school let out.

The rest of my day was beyond boring. I almost fell asleep in biology and accidentally took a small nap in social studies. The only fun part of the day was detention. Wow, I never thought I'd say that.

Annabeth's POV

As I walked down the hall, leaving homeroom, a gorgeous blonde girl bumped me. It didn't hurt me, or knock me over; it just gave me a small wake-up call. I wanted to be seen. I wanted to strut down the hall, with boys ogling me from all angles, for ugly losers to look up to me and think; Wow, she is so cool and beautiful. I was going to change.

During study hall, I went to the library. I didn't know if I was happy or disappointed that Percy was two tables across from me. I tried to ignore him.

I was hard. Every time I looked up he winked at me and motioned for me to come forward. I just rolled my eyes and continued to work. "Pssst!" he whispered, "Annabeth, over here." I glared at him. "I can obviously see where you are and that you want my attention." I scolded back. "I know, but I want you to come over to me." he whispered.

I gave up and moved my books next to him. "What?" I asked. He gave me a stupid grin and said, "Hi." I was annoyed. "Is that all?" I asked. He shook his head, his black hair swinging across his face. "I just wanted to say that I really like you and I want to go out with you sometime."

I will admit, I was shocked. The mature thing to do would be to accept that we were never meant to be together and get on with my life, but something inside me said to do it. I really did like him, and what was the worst that could happen.

"Percy," I started, "I would love to go out with you." He smiled and hugged me. We exchanged phone numbers. "How about Thursday after school?" I asked, "We could go grab a pizza." He grinned even bigger. "Sure, great!" he said a little too loud because right then the librarian shushed and separated us. But that didn't mean we couldn't text.

A/N: So, how did you like it? I would say I will have the next chapter done by the thirteenth, (9/14/12). Please review and give ideas and suggestions!