Chapter two

The first day of school was faster then I expected, and it was nice to see everyone again. And this year I wasn't alone at the lunch table whilst the other two girls were distracted by guys. Now Thalia was with me. Which might not have been the best thing, but thankfully, she chose to keep her mouth shut on the whole hoodie thing.

After a healthy session of eating and watching Piper and Jason act all couple like – which almost made me throw up when they got too cute – I made my way to gym, looking forward to working out a little bit. I could also get a little competitive sometimes, which could be

fun, but sometimes didn't end well.

I made my way to the poolside, stretching a little when I saw him come out of the changing rooms, accompanied by Jason, and Grover who was one of Percy's best friends. Percy looked amazing, though I was careful not to stare too long. He was a couple of inches taller then me, his hair dark and messy, almost like he didn't know what a comb was but I liked it like that. And his body. Those morning swim sessions in the sea had left him with a toned body I had often fantasied about, I a not going to lie.

His eyes though. Those were by far his best feature.

You know the colour of the sea, when the first rays of sun have hit the surface and it creates that lovely blue colour. Yeah his eyes were that colour. And I knew I was sad for knowing that.

"Hey Chase" Jason shouted out, jolting me out of my daydream as he left Percy and Grover to talk about whatever they were talking about "Didn't know you were in this class"

"Well I am Grace" I smiled, knowing that Jason could be as competitive as me, especially when it came to sports "What you going to do about it?" he still hadn't gotten over the time I had beaten him at basketball. Though he had underestimated me in that respect. I did spend most of my time with my head in my books, but I was also a little ADHD, something hardly anyone knew. Which meant I was pretty good at sport.

"How about a race?" he suggested, crossing his arms over his chest, giving me a challenging look. Okay I admit I could see what Piper saw in the due. He was funny, he was good looking, you could hold a decent conversation with him. But he wasn't my type.

No my type was a guy I was too scared to even talk to.

Jason, he was more like a brother which made it some much fun when I beat him, because I could rub it in his face "You sure you want to do that? Remember what happened last time"

"Last time you cheated" he snarled. See, he was competitive. And when he got competitive, he got serious, which is why I had so much fun teasing him about it.

"I did not" I gasped, hitting him on the arm pretty hard like I did every time he accused me of it "you're just a sore loser"

"Well not today, you're going down Annie" he shouted, dodging away from me so I wouldn't hit him again. I hated being called Annie. Hated it even more when he started to whistle a hard knock life.

Soon we were off. In different lanes of course, but could see Jason edging ahead of me. We were just warming up though, so I didn't sweat it too much, not willing to give my all just yet.

I liked swimming, the water being the only place where I was completely silent. I could think about things and not worried about getting interrupted or asked to do something. And while I did try to keep my thoughts on designing and the building I wanted to create, I caught one glimpse of Percy and those thoughts were gone. I had seen him swim before but I never failed to notice how graceful he was.

Before I knew it, we had finished the lesson. Jason had won the race – of course I had been distracted – and couldn't help but do his little victory dance on the pool side which – in my opinion - made him look like a bigger idiot. I took it like a woman watching and laughing whilst he made an even bigger fool of himself.

But then it happen. He had his back to me, dancing, and he slipped. Flailing back, his elbow hit me right in the nose which made one giant crunch sound. His body continued to fall which knocked me over back into the pool. I sank to the bottom a trail of red water leading up to the surface which made me feel light headed. I wasn't one for blood, and on special occasions I passed out. Thanks to the lack of oxygen, the pain and the blood, my world was going dark in no time.

The next thing I remember was waking up in the hospital, my mum clutching my right hand whilst my dad looked over me. "She's awake" dad said, rushing to my other side. My head was killing me, the bright artificial lights in the room making it worse. I groaned as I tried to sit up a bit. Even thought the rest of my body was fine, my face felt like it had been hit with a sledge hammer. Which is what I would be calling Jason from now on.

"How you doing sweetie" mum asked, bushing a strand of hair away from my forehead with a kind smile on her face. Apparently I had a broken nose and a concussion so they were keeping me overnight for observation. Great, a night in the hospital. But I should be back at school in the next two days so that wasn't too bad.

Not long after the doctor left, Jason was at my door along with the my girls. And Percy. I successfully skimmed over him to my girls, Thalia who had a murderous face aimed at her brother, and piper who looked relived.

But what was Percy doing here? I shot a look to Thalia, but she didn't notice on account of her death glare. An I doubt she would have gotten it due to this giant brace on my face that covered my nose.

But before I could ask anything, Jason stumbled out "I'm so sorry Annabeth" he looked so sincere I almost laughed "Its fine Jason" I smiled, forgiving him. I knew accidents happened, granted nothing this big had happened before, but Percy was in my hospital room and I could actually feel his eyes on me "No it's not Annabeth"

"Are you kidding me?" I interrupted the stammering boy, wanting to put hi out of his misery "This is the best thing that could have happened" I smiled, watching as six questioning looks were sent my way "You're dancing physically hurts people, so as from this point you're officially banned from dancing" I laughed, watching as his cheeks flushed a little as Thalia laughed with me. Piper kissed his cheek, trying to suppress a smile.