Chapter 2
Hello everybody and welcome back! I know that I promised to post today, so here it is! Thank you for the support, it means a lot to me that some people like my story. I would like to give a shout out to Odogboy999; he has followed both my stories, both in different places. I would also like to answer The Sea Girls question. No, I have not taken writing classes; I just push myself pretty hard. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter, so on with it!
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ANNABETH
She was the most popular. She was the one who had been in Pacific City forever, and was loyal to the bones. She was the girl that nobody made fun of, but everybody loved. She had a fan club that was filled with boys, all that she would never date. She was amazing, to say the least. And that's what she expected from everybody else. She was I, as I was she.
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"AH! No way!" Thalia said into my phone, practically blowing my ear off.
"Totally. Now he's single, and ready to mingle! You should try, Thalia, you two would make, like, the cutest couple e-v-e-r!" I replied back, just as loud.
"I would love to, but you know my mom's rules, no dating until I can afford a nice ring." Thalia sighed.
She and I had been talking for hours, almost the whole night. Tomorrow would be the day before school, so my mom promised me that she would take Thalia and I up to Portland to shop, and we were excited as ever. Portland had the best clothes stores; they even had a 1D store just with perfume and other merchandise! So she and I had been up all night, making plans, gossiping, and talking about a new boy that Thalia had seen. According to her, he was tan with a light sandy kind of hair. He was strong looking and handsome, with green eyes like the sea and a face that other girls would scream over, he had to be mine.
"Annabeth! Time to get Thalia and go to Portland! You should probably bring some extra money for food, you know." My mom yelled up the stairs. I quickly grabbed a fifty off of my dresser and told Thalia we would be there in a couple of minutes. Then I climbed up into our Cadillac and we drove across town to pick up Thalia.
When we got there, she was standing outside, smiling like a giddy pony. She climbed in and we took off to Portland, chatting and playing games on the way. After two huge Flappy Bird battles, five license plate games, and hours of chatting, we finally arrived at Portland.
The streets were packed with cars, even though it was early in the morning. We stopped by a random café and grabbed a small breakfast before hitting our first stop.
Luckily, the 1D store was empty, so we got to get loads of perfume, clothes, posters, and a cardboard cutout for each of us with no hassle. When that was done, we went to the shopping mall and went crazy over all the stores. Thalia almost fainted when she saw a pair of jeans that fit her comfortably that were gorgeous. I did the same over a pretty, basic t-shirt with my favorite animal imprinted into it, an owl.
We went even crazier when we went to the hat store. Hat after hat was tried on for almost an hour before I settled with a New York Yankees hat that was amazing. Thalia settled with a simple black fedora with a zebra stripe going all the way around it. Next we decided to hit the Sunglass Hut.
We both tried the funniest on, as well as the craziest. My mom got a picture of me and Thalia wearing yellow rubber ducky glasses. Then I had a selfie war with Thalia to see who could have the best selfie with a pair of crazy sunglasses. I won with a bubbly pink over-due it pair that they must have used in the 1980's or something. Finally we decided to settle on basic sunglasses that looked more or less the same. Next, we hit the food court.
Thalia settled on a bowl of greasy Thai-Food, while I went American to the heart and had a hamburger with fry's. 'Merica! When we both were done and had taken our trays to the cart, we walked giddily around until we found the fro-yo stand, God Bless Fro-yo. We each got a heaping serving of Peanut-Butter and Chocolate fro-yo with Resses Peanut Butter Cups, and found a stray table to sit at. I had just token my first bite when both of our phones lit up with text messages. I looked down to see that it was Grover, the kid that Thalia liked who was crippled. It read:
"Hey guys, you know that new kid that just moved, Percy Jackson? He lives right across from me and I think that you guys are gonna go insane over this guy. You know how he's all ripped and stuffed? (Compared to me, anyway.) He's also a surfer. He has a surfboard and everything; I can't wait to talk to him. Unless he's a total jerk like Luke was, I think we found a new friend." It said. I remembered Luke fondly, he was a kid that I used to date until I found out he was a druggie, and then I broke up with him.
"Thanks Grover! I'm sure he will be just fine. We're at the mall so you might get a bombardment of selfies with me from Thalia." I texted back. Then we finished our fro-yos and went to get picked up by my mom.
She dropped by soon enough and she took us to go see a movie. We decided to see The Fault in Our Stars, so we packed enough tissue to cover Mt. Everest. I bawled in the movie theater, but it was nothing compared to all the other girls in the theater. After that my mom took us back to Pacific City and we went to bed, ready for the first day of school tomorrow.
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When I woke up, I rushed getting makeup on, got my best clothes on, got my school supplies, and bolted out the door, ready to meet the new kid, Percy Jackson.
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Well, how did you guys like it? This is the first time I have ever done a full chapter from a girl's point of view, and I think I might have gotten it right! Well, thanks for the continuous support, and see you all next time.
-The Firelands