A/N: With the 40 pages of story that I have written in my notebook, I plan to release 2-3 chapters a week. Bear with me if I'm not able to later on, and I apologise in advance.

Disclaimer: Santa sent me a reply to all my letters! However, the message was on two pieces of coal, spelling out, "!ON" what could that mean? Anyway, PJO and HoO are owned by Rick Riordan.

Chapter 2

August 14, 12:22 PM, New York, Percy's Apartment

Percy's PoV

I woke up that morning, feeling a bit groggy, and still extremely tired. I checked my iPhone, and saw that it was already past noon, and that I had also gotten a text from Annabeth. I tapped the "open" button, which was written in Greek (Thank you Hephaestus!) ((Annabeth is Italic, Percy is just Bold))

Hey, Seaweed Brain.

I grinned and sent a message back to her.

Hey, Wise Girl. How are things going over on your side of the country?

I smiled at Annabeth's name on my screen. It's been awhile since I texted her, I was busy with... always working on... okay! I forgot to text her, sheesh!

I noticed that the text was sent to me at 9 AM, thinking about it for a few seconds, I realised that 9 AM here, is like 6 AM in California. I know she wakes up early, but why would she send a text that early in the morning? I shrugged it off and decided to get ready for the day.

Today I had to head off to school to pick up my books, get my locker assigned, and a schedule. I could get those during the first week of school, but I know that it's always packed, and those stupid counselors always mess SOMETHING up!

Last year I signed up to volunteer teaching little kids how to swim at a local sports center, and my guidance counselor, somehow, put my picture on the resume for someone who had been arrested for murder. Needless to say, I never got the volunteer job...

After I finished getting ready, I head downstairs to the living room. I saw my mother, Sally Jackson, sitting on the couch, typing something on her computer, which I could only guess was her book, and watching the Food Network.

Before I go any further, I should probably explain. Last year, my mother had married Paul Blofis, an English teacher at my school. Not even a few months later, she decided that moving out of our old apartment would be a good idea. I had complained at that, saying that the apartment was much closer to school than the house was. Eventually, she gave in, and we decided to keep the apartment, but it'd be under my name. I stayed there during the weekdays for school, and for weekends and breaks, if I wasn't at Camp, then I was with them.

I walked over to her and kissed her on the cheek, "mornin'," I said, but it kind of came out like a grunt because I was still a bit tired.

"Hey, sleepyhead, you slept in today. I made some of your favorite today for breakfast, but since you slept in, I covered it up over there." She said as she pointed towards a covered plate, which contained blue pancakes and eggs.

I ran over to the kitchen and immediately put the food in the microwave to warm up.

"Do you have to go to school today, Percy?" She asked, looking up from her laptop.

"Yeah, I need to go pick up my schedule, locker and books. Then a few guys from the swim team told me that the coach needed to talk to me, so I'm going to have to talk to him today as well." I responded, as I took the food out and began eating it.

As I finished, I washed my dirty dishes, and went to grab my book bag. I said bye to my mother as I walked out to the garage. I grabbed the keys to my new blue Honda Civic, courtesy of Poseidon, my dad, after I got my license that summer.

I drive to Goode, lost in my thoughts about Annabeth, thinking about how I should IM her as soon as I get back home. Next thing I knew, I was already pulling into the parking lot for Goode.

There was already a fairly decent number of students here, even though we weren't allowed to pick up our stuff until 1, people were already waiting in line.

I look at my watch as I approach the front doors to the school. "12:57 PM" Not bad, about 15 minutes to get here.

When I get to the front door, I'm stopped by 3 girls. I guess you could say they were pretty, but I wouldn't give them a second glance. (Mostly due to Annabeth being my girlfriend)

They were overdressed, wearing heels, skinny jeans, really frilly blouses, in all different colors, so much jewellery that I was surprised it didn't weigh them down. Hey cool, that necklace has an owl on it, just like what I gave to Annabeth! Focus! Stupid ADHD. Oh, and they wore so much make up, that I'm more than likely sure that I wasn't looking at their real faces.

The girl in the middle stepped forward, and flashed a smile. It was so bright that I actually had to look away, it reminded me of Apollo's smile, which nearly blinded me.

A/N: Sorry this chapter is a little bit short, it was originally supposed to be MUCH longer, but I decided to shorten it a little bit. Don't forget to review, I'd prefer constructive criticism over flaming.