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Chapter 4 : s

Annabeth;

It was four periods later that the bell signalling the beginning of break rang. The students in our class quickly left their seats, and formed a mob by the door; shouting, and trying to push each other into submitting, as they tried to fight their ways out. It wasn't unusual to see something like this, I deemed, it was basically a retelling of what used to happen at the school I'd just left; when then bell signalling momentary emancipation from 'boredom', as the majority calls it, rang.

Sighing as I finished collecting my supplies, I moved over to the door; the sparse number of students present by then being incapable of putting up much resistance. I turned around, in the next corner, and neared the locker Percy had said I'd been given, while he'd showed me around, in the morning.

As I placed my books on the uppermost rack, I recalled the features of his face. It bore a striking resemblance to that of the guy's father; Mr. Hot Shot Ship Builder. Funnily, my mind had stumbled upon the thought of him on more than one occasion during the course of the past two hours; completely going against whatever I might have anticipated. I never thought about boys. Ever.

I frowned.

But this wasn't just any boy. This was the son of Poseidon.

The worst enemy of the firm whose lawyer my mother was.

Pathetic.

Having had finished arranging my books, I closed my locker, and then, taking in a deep breath, I turned around to head to the caféteria-

-Only to face a spiky haired girl.

"How're ya doing?"

My eyes widened in surprise. Spiky hair that grew a tad too long along the sides of said girl's face; providing a dark-boundary to the contours of her face. Electric-Blue colored irises marked her eyes; popping out because of the faded blue of her T-Shirt. Her left ear lifted the only earring she wore; a pirate's crest, and had the lower portions of it glow from the light reflected by it. An adorable shade of red covered her lips.

"Thalia?"

I gulped, as the girl wrapped her hands around my shoulders; pulling me into a tight hug.

"Alright, sissy, you remembered me!"

I laughed, patting the girl on the back. A couple of moments' reminiscence later; the two of us were chatting, our faces carrying smiles, as we headed towards the school caféteria.

The manner in which Percy Jackson made his entry was at best psychotic.

Chasing a black-haired boy, of, what I deemed was, about our age, ran in first; screaming for help, and a few other things I can't possibly categorize as normal. A moment of silence followed his entry. Then, quite suddenly, a sneaker came flying in through the cafeteria door, and landed with surprising accuracy, on the boy's head. Said boy hissed in pain, and gulped; when he saw the guy who'd just entered the hall.

My eyes widened of their own accord; this was interesting.

"You sonuvabitch," glared the person who'd been my school-guide earlier today, eyes fixated on the whimpering teen in front of him.

"Die."

What followed, I deem, should not be put into words.

A couple of minutes later, we were seated at a table. All of it seemed quite surreal to me; Percy glaring, the teen he'd thrashing pouting, and Thalia shooting them a weary glance, as she filled me in on the enmity between the two; who incidentally happened to be her brothers. Vaguely grasping onto some bit of information Percy had given me earlier; I remembered that he'd called Thalia his cousin. Now I got to witness the sibling love first-hand.

The other guy, I got to know, was Nico di Angelo; son of Hades, the famous slasher-film-hero. He was cute, I guessed; mentally rating the features of his face. However, that didn't surprise me; Thalia, for however long I'd known her, had been one of the most beautiful girls that I'd known. Then there was Percy, whom I'd met today, hadn't turned out to be an eye-sore either; his exorbitant number of fangirls being one of the sole giveaways.

I smirked, catching a hold of what realms my thoughts were wandering off into.

"So," said Percy, sheepishly scratching the back of his head, "I guess you'll be meeting up with your other friends soon?"

I blinked, grinning as I nodded.

"Yeah, I guess."

He grinned again, eyeing me curiously.

"You'll become quite popular soon, if that's the friend group you're gonna maintain though."

I raised an eyebrow, "And that would be because-?"

Percy smiled devilishly.

"Lets just say that the girls you know at this school, are the center of focus of many nightly activities of the male students of this place."

A feverish blush covered the entirety of my face, emanating a heated radiance, as I watched Thalia promptly rise, and smack Percy's head into the next week.

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