Chapter Three ~ The First Day of School (continued)
Annabeth's POV:
As I walked into the office I was thinking about Percy. He looked like a popular jock, the one most girls are falling all over, yet he was kind to me and I'm just the unknown new girl. Maybe he's just polite and well-mannered. He was different. The secretary was cheerful, her name was Mrs. Russell. "Good morning, how can I help you?" she asked energetically. "Hi Mrs. Russell, I'm Annabeth Chase. I'm a ne-"She didn't even let me finish my sentence. "So you're our new student then. Here's your schedule and your locker number and its combination. There's a guide waiting fit you over there. Her name is Thalia Grace. Welcome to Goode High!" She said it without a pause. Wow I thought. She is really efficient! "Thank you!" I said. She beamed at me.
I walked over to the guide. She was a girl with spiky black hair and piercing electric blue eyes. She looked a bit intimidating yet she was smiling. She was wearing most black with a band badges on her shirt. "Hi, Thalia Grace at your service!" She said with a grin as she stuck out her hand for a shake. "I'm Annabeth Chase." "So what brings you to Goode High?" asked Thalia. I explained to her why I was moving here. "That's cool" she said. "Do you know anyone named Percy Jackson?" I asked. "Yeah, he's my cousin," she replied. "He's the captain of the swimming team, so he's popular and the girls are dying to go out with him and the boys are jealous. I think the popularity gets to him sometimes; I don't think he likes it. To me he's just plain old Percy. Enough of my cuz. Lemme see your schedule." She quickly skimmed it. "Looks like we've got most classes together except for English and History and few others." We started down the bustling hallway, full of students. We walked into our first class which was Physics.
Class went past like it was a breeze. I don't like bragging but I've got perfect grades, I've had straight A's since like the first grade. A class I found interesting was Greek Mythology, it was an extra class so it's wasn't compulsory. It was cool to learn about the Ancient Greeks even they were alive so long ago, we evens learnt a little about the language even though its a dead one. I was a natural at it. I saw Percy sitting at the other end of the classroom. He seemed really involved.
Thalia and I met in the cafeteria at lunch time. "Hey" I greeted her. "Let's go sit with my friends; I'll introduce you to them." We walked over to a table with a bunch of teenagers sitting next to it. "Hi guys, this is Annabeth." I received a couple of hey's and hi's except from a boy with curly brown hair and that looked like a Latino elf who fiddling with some wires, unconscious of what was going on around him. Thalia glared at him. "Leo!" she yelled. "This is Annabeth, say hello." Leo gulped and mumbled, "Er hi Annabeth." Thalia had an aura of strength and I guess Leo was scared of her. "Okay, this is my younger brother Jason," Thalia pointed to a boy who looked very different from her. He had short cropped blond hair but the same electric blue eyes. "And this is Piper McLean, his girlfriend," sitting next to him was a girl with choppy brown hair braided with feathers and colour changing eyes. She winced at the sound of her surname but smiled at me. She seemed like a nice person. I recognized her surname though. Thalia answered the question for me. "Her dad is the actor Tristan McLean, he's quite famous-," Piper interjected, "But don't treat me any differently please. I'm just an ordinary girl like you." "Sure, don't worry," I replied. Next to Piper was an African American girl with long wavy dark brown hair. She was sitting next to boy that looked Chinese with a crew cut, lots of muscles and looked very tough. "This Hazel Levesque and Frank Zhang, they're dating as well. Here's Leo Valdez, the resident clown/mechanic," "Hey!" Leo shouted. "Don't deny it; you are so just deal with it." I chuckled at the little scene. "And lastly we have Reyna and Nico, he's also my cousin," There was a regal looking girl with a braid and broody pale olive skinned boy wearing a black aviator jacket. "Oh you've already met my dear cousin, Percy," Said Thalia while giving him a noogie. "Lay off Thals, hey Annabeth," said Percy with a grin. I sat down next to Percy. "So where are you from?" asked Piper. "San Francisco, we moved her because my dad got a job as a war professor here," I replied. "Oh just like Percy's- Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry, I forgot," Percy suddenly began staring at his plate of food. I was curious, what had happened? "It's alright I'll tell you. My dad died a few years ago in an accident, he got lost out at sea while he was working on a project and he was never found. I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier, I just couldn't. Although I'm fine now sometimes I get emotional," "Percy I'm so sorry I didn't know," I said. I feel an awkward silence approaching but we were saved by the bell, it was time for class again. We said goodbye and split off in different ways.
I wondered why Percy didn't tell me before. Actually I understood why he didn't, I hate being open about my mother it was just too painful. After our afternoon classes I left school on my bike and travelled home. I greeted Helen as I walked in. "Hi Annabeth how was your first day?" asked Helen politely. "It was great," I replied. "Annie!" yelled the twins, running at me. I gave them a bear hug each, "How was your first day?" I asked. "It was awesome! We learned lots and recess was fun too," said Matt. "We even made a new best friend, Tyson Blofis. He's really cool." said Bobby with the same amount of enthusiasm as Matt. "Do you guys have homework?" I asked. "Yes, but we don't wanna do it!" said the twins pouting "How about I help you with it? How'd you like that?" "That would be awesome Annie!" So I helped the boys with their homework, then I headed to the kitchen for a quick snack before starting with my homework. "Thanks Annabeth for helping, with your fathers job and mine, things get stressful sometimes especially with the twins so it's great to have you around," said Helen. "You're welcome, I'm glad I can help," I replied. I went up to my room and started with my homework. I finished it quickly and just relaxed in my room listening to some music. I decided to listen to Welcome To New York by Taylor Swift first since it was what was happening now. She's one of my favourite artists. Just as I was dozing off my phone buzzed, I had a text from Thalia.
Thalia: Hey
Me: Hi, what's up?
Thalia: Do you wanna go to the movies on Friday night? Our clique is going.
Me: Yep. What movie?
Thalia: We'll decide on the day.
Me: Okay.
Thalia: Okay.
Me: LOL TFIOS!
Thalia: :D :P gotta go, ttyl (:
Me: Bye :)
We had a light dinner. My dad asked me how my day was. I told it was great. As soon as my head hit the pillow, I was out like a light.
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