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Chapter 4
Annabeth'sP.O.V.
It was a week after me and Percy met… but it wasn't 'out of sight out of mind' for me…
I scowled looking at the sky. I swore, if it rained on my newly straightened hair… Silena sighed. "I wished it snowed…" I frowned at her. "You like snow?
She shrugged "Um yeah…" I snorted. "Kids like snow."
She stared down at her heels. I didn't know what was wrong with her… she shouldn't be easily butt hurt.
Suddenly, I heard the squeal of tyres.
The bus slowly approached the pavement, where all 10th grade students were standing.
"God… I really hope it doesn't rain" I muttered, as I stepped into the bus.
The ride to the planetarium was boring. No gossip, no rumors… nothing.
Unfortunately, Luke was absent today because of a fever. I was really suspicious when he called because he didn't sound sick.
I huffed when I saw Drew sitting with Percy, flirting with him. Of course, Percy was oblivious to her teasing remarks. When we arrived at the planetarium, Drew was still clinging onto Percy, when suddenly he gave Drew a scary-as-hell glare, which made Drew scatter off.
I giggled, seeing Drew rush off, her face red and her fists clenched.
She poked my arm and said,
"That sexy teenager is scary!"
I nearly gagged when Drew called him 'sexy' "He is so not… sexy."
"Of course he his! His dreamy aquamarine eyes…I bet everyone falls for him just because of his eyes! I even saw gold in them!" Drew protested.
I shook my head
"Nope, I hate that boy's guts, so don't even talk about him."
Drew muttered something under her breath and took off.
I caught up with Silena, whose boyfriend was absent as well.
Funny coincidence.
"Hey Silena! Do you know why your boyfriend is absent today?"
She glanced at me, with a strangely guilty look on her face.
My smile melted away.
"Wha-what's wrong?"
Silena attempted a smile, which she failed greatly and said,
"Nothing!"
Her voice was an octave higher than usual.
I stared at her expression, hoping that it might reveal something.
It didn't.
"Ok then…uh anyway… do you follow fashonistaTutorialsxX on instagram?
[Author's note- This account is not real]
Her face immediately brightened.. and looked relieved.
"Yeah! Did you see her recent post? Oh wow… that nail hack was amazing!" she said
"Yes it was totes spectacular… I even tried it myself!" I exclaimed.
We continued to chat like that all the way to the grand planetarium… with its arched doorways and beautiful design and…
Wait what was I doing?
I don't like architecture… did I?
I ignored my baffled thoughts as me and Silena continued to talk about what lipstick matched orange the best.
And I ignored Percy staring at me with those piercing blue-green eyes of his… his face filled with shock and horror.
I dissolved myself into me and Silena's conversation… not caring about anyone or anything else.
The planetarium was large and open, with models of different planets hanging from the ceiling.
I was difficult for me to stop staring at the little inscriptions about the fascinating wonders of the universe… the strimg theory..dark matter…
Oh wow… I was drooling.
Yikes.
I gave the tour guide, a stout plump woman with overly done make up my famous eye roll.
Me, Silena and Drew made fun of her behind our backs, and when she scolded us, we gasped and directed the blame to a group of geeks.
Ah yes… life was good.
The guide paired us in groups of two to 'explore' the planetarium.
I recalled my early childhood memories, before my attempt to run away.
I always came here every weekend and I had learned all of the writing in this place by heart.
I begged for the guide to group me with Silena or Drew but it was our mistake that we annoyed her, so she paired me up with… with that kelp filled Percy.
No!
I glared at the guide with disgust as we headed out together into the vast place of knowledge, leaving Silena and Drew grouped together… hell, Rachel was even paired up with her stupid boyfriend Octavian!
I gritted my teeth as I led Percy upstairs, cursing inside my mind.
Percy looked equally unhappy as we walked through the hallway of theories, which presented all of the logical unsolved theories so far, with a detailed description about them and an accurate fun model just to spark little kid's minds.
Percy had stuffed his hands into his pockets, leaving a reasonable space between us.
We walked slowly, Percy copying a few names and words into his notebook.
"Hurry up… I want to get this over with" I grumbled. "You know this isn't a team project.. you have to write your own separate essay." He answered.
I sighed.
"Whatever."
I couldn't help but peek at his notebook, only to find messily scrawled words which I could barely understand. I caught myself repeating the description from which the words belonged to softly.
"The String theory was developed by…"
Percy gave me his lop-sided grin.
I frowned at him.
"What?"
"Looks like you've been here before… like a lot of times… enough to learn all of these inscriptions."
I rolled my eyes
"You figured it out genius."
Stop revealing things about your previous life, Annabeth!
He guessed my expression and stopped talking.
Smart boy.
We stopped at the railing, the both of us looking over the vast space of knowledge.
"Uh… look Annabeth.. I'm sorry for our spat the other day…"
I waved my hand at him
"No apologies required… although I still hate your guts."
"Ok?" Percy murmured.
And as I looked at him, I realized Drew wasn't wrong.
His eyes really were to die for… a playful light sea-green with slight gold flecks in them. He had nice features, a sharp jaw line, a hooked nose and messy dark hair.
But of course, this was nothing compared to Luke.
We both awkwardly stood together, staring at the models of planets. We were both just turning from the calm atmosphere when I heard a high-pitched scream.
Oh no…
Silena.
I cried out at horror as I rushed back to the railing, hearing a loud snap, followed by several other snaps. And one by one, the heavy planet models came crashing down.
I didn't realize I was leaning too far off the railing. My grip went slack as I tilted forward. My mind was screaming as I fell off, but suddenly feeling warm hand wrap around my waist.
My head knocked against the railing and my vision instantly black.
"Annabeth!"
A pair of hands were now creeping up my shoulders, I heard heavy breathing beside my ear.
And the last thing I heard before everything went silent was Percy's outraged voice, teachers screaming and the pounding of footsteps on the tile floor that my 8 year old feet once stepped on…
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