Annabeth's POV
"What are you going to tell your friends at school? I already know they think I'm just some obnoxious, freaky genius girl." I say, voicing the concern that had been growing inside me. "I'm going to tell them, that I have an amazingly stunning girlfriend and that they are just going to have to deal with it, because I'm falling in love with you." He says, no doubt in his voice. "They'll love you. They just have to get to know you. I mean, that's what happened with me and look where we are now." He states, pulling me onto his lap, and kissing me playfully. Everything is just so easy with Percy. He silences any doubt that passes through my mind. Percy stayed the night again last night, saying that he wouldn't let me be by myself. When I woke up screaming in the middle of the night, he was there wrapping his arms around me and calming me down. He held me until I managed to drift back off to sleep. It's Monday tomorrow. The day I'm silently insanely nervous about. The day Percy will introduce me as his girlfriend.
"Don't stress babe. If they don't like you, that's their business, not mine. I'll never let anyone get in the way of what we have." He says, lifting my lips towards his. We spent the remainder of the day doing the Classics project that started this whole thing, though neither of us could really concentrate. We had many "Study Breaks" which mainly consisted of Percy trying to convince me that his friends would love me, and us making out on top of our papers.
Percy's POV
*The Next Day*
I stayed the night at Annabeth's again, since neither of our parents had come home yet, and I didn't feel like she should be alone. It may have been four years ago, but she needed me there to wake her from the nightmares. "Morning beautiful." I say as Annabeth's alarm sounded and she opened her sleepy eyes. I had never seen anyone look so beautiful then Annabeth in the morning. I had gone last night to grab clothes and books for school, so after showering, I got us each a pop tart, and a glass of orange juice, and waited for her to get dressed. She came out looking even more beautiful than the day before. Her hair in the same messy ponytail, jeans and a tank top. Simple, but it drove me crazy. "What?" She asked, seeing me grinning from ear to ear. "Just trying to figure out what I did to deserve you." I said back, receiving an embarrassed flush of pink in her cheeks. "You ready?"
People flashed us some strange looks as we walked into school hand in hand. I could feel Annabeth tense up beside me, not used to being in the spotlight. I squeezed her hand encouragingly and she flashed me a small, but equally stunning version of her smile. "Are you okay?" I asked. "Yeah I'm fine. I'm just not used to the attention." She replied nervously. "Hey, I'm right here okay?" I said, receiving a small nod. Seeing that she still felt uncomfortable, I pulled her down a corridor. "Where are we going?" she said questioningly. We climb a flight of stairs until we reach a door marked 'Roof'. "Percy, I don't think we're supposed to be up here." "Don't worry. Mr Hall and I have an agreement. Things get too stressful, I come up here for a period or two. It calms me down. Thought it might do the same for you." I say, opening the door and leading her through it. We sit down against the wall by the door and I take her hand in mine. "Listen, I know you'd much rather the shadows. I don't want you to feel uncomfortable at school because of me…" I start, but I'm interrupted. "Percy, don't. I want to be with you. I've never wanted anything so much in my life. I'm ready. Let's go." I stand up and help her to her feet, pulling her into my arms as I do, and kissing her softly.
First period is classics. We walk in together, and I sit down next to her, getting a puzzled look from Thalia. I notice that the whole class had gone silent as we walked in the room, and hold Annabeth's hand under the table to reassure her. Just then Mr Hall walked into the room. "Okay settle down now, bell has gone, now hand in your assignments. Percy, Annabeth, it's nice to see you embracing your partnership." I could feel Annabeth blush next to me as the class sniggered. "Don't worry about them. This is your favourite subject, screw them." I whispered to her. It was amazing to watch Annabeth be so into something. She had always been top of the class. When I asked her why, she just said Mythology just came easy to her. She was so passionate about it, which was extremely adorable.
The bell rang to signal the end of the period, and we packed up our things. I could see that Annabeth was struggling with hers, so I took them from her, earning an eye roll. "Hey, what's a boyfriend for if not to exhibit extremely clichéd 'Boyfriend' moves. You can't just use me for my body you know!" I say sarcastically, getting that amazing laugh in return. The next period, I had P.E and she had English, so we made plans to meet up after class and I would introduce her to my friends.
Annabeth's POV
To say that I was nervous to be introduced to Percy's friends as his girlfriend was a huge understatement! All of English was spent trying to think of clever things that I would say, all of which made me sound completely idiotic. When the bell finally rang, I gathered my things and walked out, to find Percy waiting outside the door. "I got let out early. Had a feeling you would be stressing so I came to walk you." He explained, taking my books and putting his arm around my waist. We walk outside to the Quad, where Percy had told his friends Thalia and Jason to meet him. Sure enough, there they were. The two Grace twins. They gave Percy a wave, but upon seeing me, their expressions turned cold. Not a good start. "Hey Thalia, Jason, you know Annabeth." Percy said, surprisingly confidently. I suppose these were his friends. "Yeah we know her. What's she doing here?" Thalia asked venomously. "Well… Annabeth is my girlfriend…" they looked at Percy incredulously, then to me, then back to Percy. "Have you gone mad dude!?" Jason stammered. I looked to Percy, who was getting red faced, more so every second. More protests came from the twins. Insults towards me, towards Percy. I couldn't take it. I sprinted out of there.