A/N: Hello lovely ladies and gents. This chapter turned about to be slightly above my normal length so yay :D I hope you guys enjoy it!
Annabeth ignored her friends for all of Physics and Cultures. In cultures, Mr. Alexander acted as if there was no bet that was going to take place later that afternoon. It made her even more excited, but she couldn't really share this excitement.
When architecture rolled around, Annabeth was thankful because she didn't really have to pretend to be mad at Vincent.
"Are you okay, Annabeth?" he asked once they both had settled into their seats. "I haven't quite been able to process what happened at lunch."
"I'm just kind of mad at the girls for thinking that Percy was abusive," she lied.
"Well, what happened that lead up to them thinking that?"
Annabeth thought for a moment, trying to filter what she could and could not say.
"Well," she started, "I don't exactly have the best past, and because of that, my mind isn't always the best place to be. It turns against me and I have flashbacks of not-so-pleasant things."
Vincent looked like he was going to say something, but apparently decided against it.
Mr. Alvey started class, and Annabeth pulled out her notebook. While she did know more than most about Roman architecture, Annabeth knew a lot more about Greek architecture. This was an opportunity to learn.
Mr. Alvey talked a lot about columns which baffled Annabeth because they were just columns. Apparently they were a big deal, and the class hadn't really gone into depth about them.
Annabeth took notes on every important detail, even the ones she already knew, to reference when designing her project. She was unbelievably excited for the experience this class was going to give to her. Not as much as redesigning Olympus, but still experience, nonetheless.
By the end of class, Annabeth's mind was swirling with ideas. She was lucky that she correctly made her way back to Mr. Alexander's room because she was not focused on where she was going.
"Annabeth!" Mr. Alexander called to her as she walked in. "I have a lovely seat for you up by my desk that you can test in. The first part of the test was to list the twelve Olympians, but since everyone needs to write about one of the gods or goddesses, you can just write them on the board instead of on the paper."
Annabeth nodded and picked up a piece of chalk. It wasn't hard; she just listed the gods in one column and the goddesses in another. Annabeth could do that in her sleep.
"Very good, Annabeth. That, however, was the easy part. I hope you studied," Mr. Alexander said with a sly smirk.
Annabeth smirked back. "I didn't need to."
Mr. Alexander handed Annabeth the test, and she took it and sat in her 'special seat.' Skipping over the first part, she began. It was all relatively easy things. She would smile when the question would mention Chiron or her mother.
After about fifteen minutes, Annabeth handed Mr. Alexander her test. He looked impressed at how fast it took her, and she just smiled smugly.
It didn't take him very long to check her test. When he was done, he simply stated, "You got one wrong."
That got basically the entire class' attention. Percy looked like his eyes were about to bulge out of his head.
"Which one?" Annabeth asked defiantly.
"The one about Chiron's appearance. You said that he had the entire lower body of a horse which is incorrect. His front legs were human legs and then he had the lower body of a horse behind them. Don't feel too bad; Mr. Jackson missed that question as well. Such a shame Looks like we'll be spending a lot of time together," Mr. Alexander said.
"But that was a matter of what I had previously learned," Annabeth fought. "There are different versions of the myths, so you can't expect everybody to know the same one."
Mr. Alexander sighed. "Fine, we'll compromise. You don't have to take notes, and you can stay after school twice a week to catch up on other assignments."
"Deal," Annabeth said and they shook hands.
"You can start tomorrow with the paragraph that everyone else wrote today. Then, you can just come on Wednesdays and Thursdays until you're all caught up."
Annabeth nodded then went to sit by Percy who was already done with his Poseidon paragraph.
"That question was so dumb. I forgot about it, otherwise I would have warned you," Percy said.
"It's fine. I only have to stay after school two times a week, and I still made my point about taking notes," Annabeth replied with a shrug.
"He might think you studied."
"Let him think it. Being alive was my studying for that test." Annabeth smiled sweetly at her boyfriend.
"You better get started on your Athena paragraph," he said jokingly.
"How on earth will I be able to summarize my mother into one paragraph?" Annabeth asked jokingly.
"Not sure. Quite honestly, my Poseidon paragraph was just a page of facts I terribly strung together, but you're a better writer than I am. You'll figure it out."
The rest of the class grew silent, and Annabeth saw that Mr. Alexander was standing in front of the room.
"Okay, so most of you are done with your paragraphs. I hope you chose a good god or goddess to write about because alongside the paragraph, you will have to make a presentation pretending you are their child like the heroes found throughout Greek mythology. Basically, just compare yourself to the god or goddess of your choosing. For fun, the class will vote to say whether you were believable or not. That will not factor into your final grade which I, of course, will be deciding. You're rubrics are on the desk by the door. Either grab one now or on your way out. Enjoy your evenings everybody," he said.
Annabeth glanced over at Percy nervously. "Is it really a good idea to do this project?" she asked.
"I don't know. I mean, we would easily get a good grade, but we can't do too good. I guess as long as we aren't pricking our fingers and showing everyone our DNA, we should be okay. Just be vague," Percy rambled.
"Your ramblings make sense," Annabeth said with a laugh.
The bell rang, and they walked over to where the rubrics were stacked. Annabeth put one in her bag without looking at it, telling herself she would read it over later.
"You want me to walk you home?" Percy asked.
As he asked, Jess had walked up to them. She looked hesitant because of the events that had happened earlier.
"No, Jess and I have plans to work on our literature assignment," Annabeth said and Jess visibly relaxed.
"Okay, we'll talk later?" he asked again.
"Of course. See you later, Seaweed Brain," Annabeth said endearingly.
"See you, Wise Girl," he bid goodbye and walked towards the teachers' parking lot.
Annabeth turned to Jess. "Ready?" she asked, and Jess nodded.
"I'm really sorry about earlier. We all kind of jumped to conclusions, and we should have just let it alone. You don't need to tell us about anything that personal. You only just met us, and here we are, treating you like an old friend," Jess apologized.
"I wasn't really mad at you guys, and it's okay to treat me that way. That's your way of showing that you trust me and have accepted me as friend. I don't trust people as easily. That's nothing against you guys; it just takes more time for me than it would for an average person," Annabeth explained.
They had just reached the courtyard out in front of Goode, and Jess started to say something when they heard someone else speak to them.
"So you're the new girl. I've wanted to get my hands on you, but it seems that some other people already have," the voice said.
Annabeth turned around to see a girl with badly dyed blonde hair and a backpack covered with what looked like hair bows. She wasn't sure what they were for, but one of them said "cheer," so that kind of answered the question of what they were for.
"Who are you?" Annabeth asked.
"I'm Daniela Lamar, and I already know that you're Annabeth Chase; the girl who stole Percy Jackson's heart. However, your choice of social status plus your choice of boyfriend don't go well together," Daniela explained.
"I'm sorry?" Annabeth asked in confusion.
"Well, you see, Percy is destined to be popular. He needs to just make the right friends and date the right girl. When he finally joins the swim team, he'll make the friends. We've decided that instead of breaking the two of you up the hard way, we'll give you a choice: either become friends with us and continue to date Percy during your rise to popularity or stay with your 'friends' and let Percy go. Let him rise to his potential," Daniela said with a sickly, sweet smile.
Annabeth and Jess exchanged a look of disbelief, and Annabeth was thinking of the best way to tell this girl off. However, Jess beat her to it.
"Try as you might, Daniela, but you cannot control everything and everybody. Now we'll be leaving," Jess said.
They were gone before Daniela had picked her jaw off of the ground.
Did you like it? The introduction of Daniela was fun. She is going to periodically be annoying throughout the story, so keep an eye out for her!
QOTD: what do people do that really annoy you?
I hate when people butt into my conversation like they were a part of it the whole time or laugh when I tell my sister a joke or something. It's really awkward and annoying.
Until next time!