A/N: Hey guys! So here it is, Part 2! It's finally here, and damn was this a hard decision to make. Thank you so much to all my readers and reviewers who gave me feedback on the original story and encouraged me to do a Part 2. I really appreciate all of your support! :)

This chapter and the next three are going to be from How We Could Have Met as they are the last chapters from that story. I'm publishing them here to show that it is a continuation.

I will have new chapters posted on this story once that one ends, so these next few are repeats but after that all new chapters will be on this story!

If you're new here then I should probably explain, I have a story called How We Could Have Met that I started three years ago. Basically, since so much has changed, including my writing style, I have decided to start a new story which is a continuation of the same concept.

Anyway, here ya go:

If there is one thing that can be said about Annabeth Chase, it's that she is very professional. Very professional and punctual and organized. She is brisk, slightly strict, and excels on her subject matter and is all around outstanding in her job. Despite what one may think, she is a favorite.

If there is one thing that can be said about Percy Jackson, it's that he isn't that professional. Very laid-back and casual and relaxed. He is charming, and dorky, and always has a smile on his face and is well-versed in his subject. Unsurprisingly, he is a favorite.

If there is one thing to be said about the two, it's that they are complete opposites.

So when Annabeth walked into the building on the first day of school, bag in hand, planner color-coded, and everything arranged neatly, the last thing she expected was the grinning (and handsome face) of Percy Jackson greeting her.

One, because she had never seen him before and two, it vaguely registered in her head that he was the new guy. Whatever she had been expecting for the new science teacher, it had certainly not been this.

He had been standing there with Piper, who had in turn turned to greet her, when she had seen those dancing sea green eyes.

"And this is Annabeth Chase, she teaches history here. Annabeth, this is Percy Jackson, he's the new science teacher," Piper introduced.

"It's nice to meet you," she said politely, holding out her hand. He shook it firmly, she noticed, and the little twinge her body felt was pointedly ignored.

"The pleasure is mine," he grinned back, and she wondered if maybe he was making fun of the interaction.

"Well," Piper interjected, "this concludes the informal tour and you've met just about everybody so you should be good to go. Good luck on the first day, don't worry the kids don't bite," she winked, "mostly."

Percy, laughed and brought up his hand in salute, "Duly noted." Piper gave him a smile and then turned to address Annabeth, "Check your phone! I'll see at later, I got to go." And with that she hurried off down the hall.

This left Percy and Annabeth standing there by the door of his classroom. Percy spoke first, "So, got any advice for me for the first day?" Annabeth noted that his perpetual grin, was sort of endearing. She shrugged in response, "Don't die." He laughed at that, again she noticed his laugh was contagious and she could feel herself smiling despite the sarcastic tone of her answer.

"Seems like I have my work cut out for me," he replied. "Hopefully, I'll live to tell the tale of the time I started work at this private school and met a cute blonde who foretold danger."

Annabeth was even more surprised at the statement and inadvertently felt a slight blush that was making its way on her cheek.

"Hopefully," she murmured back. Luckily the bell rang, signaling they should both be getting back to their respective classrooms, and she was able to walk away with a wave.

Upon entering her classroom, she sighed, letting go of a breath she didn't know she was holding. As she got her papers together and set her lesson plans out, she realized that her thoughts were still on Percy Jackson. Remembering to check her phone, she saw Piper's text: New science teacher, totally your type ;) She rolled her eyes, Piper could get a little excited. She decided to ignore it and move on. But as the final bell rang and students filed in, she realized that maybe, despite her best intentions, Percy Jackson most definitely meant trouble.

-.-.-.-.-.-

Percy, on the other hand, most certainly did not regard Annabeth Chase as trouble. But he did have to force her out of his mind so he could concentrate on the fact that it was his first day at his new job.

By lunchtime though, he was enjoying himself. He really liked teaching, and the students all seemed pretty nice. He would have to look out for the Stolls however, the twins had that mischievous look in their eye that he knew too well, mostly because he had seen it in the mirror growing up.

But overall, the students seemed nice and more importantly they seemed to like him. Despite his casual demeanor, he really did care about the students and this job. He wanted to get along with everyone and make his place here. He walked into the teachers' lounge for lunch and saw a scattering of other teachers. Most he had met earlier that morning due to Piper. He waved to a couple that he recognized, and saw Piper waving him over. He walked over to the table where she was sitting, along with a certain stunning blonde haired teacher.

"Hey, you made it," she remarked as he sat down.

He grinned back, "Well I got some very helpful advice to not die, so I've been trying to do that."

Annabeth smiled at him, something which he decided he wanted to see more of. "Well looks like you might live to tell the tale in the end."

He smiled, glad that his comment earlier today hadn't messed everything up. She didn't appear to hate him at the very least anyway.

Another teacher joined them then, Leo. He was the woodworking teacher, something Percy thought was very cool and instantly became good friends with.

By the end of the day, Percy was pretty happy. He had made some friends, the classes had gone well, and there was a certain history teacher who he might just want to get to know better.

He was happy he had started his life here, he finally felt like he was comfortable.

-.-.-.-.-.-

As luck, or fate, or just the school schedule and job appointments would have it, after school activities were a thing.

A thing that both Annabeth (as the person in charge of debate cub) and Percy (new head coach of the swim team) were a part of.

A thing that allowed them to meet after hours, despite the exposure they got during the school day (which never seemed enough).

It had been around a two months that Percy had started working this job, and Annabeth unfortunately felt herself develop a crush on him. Despite her professionalism and best intentions, she couldn't help but want to get to know him better.

And all that professionalism definitely went out the window the first time she saw him half wet, with a white shirt that clung on to him in a way that left little to the imagination. Percy Jackson had just gotten out of the pool.

Not it was pretty late, most of the students had gone home, and Annabeth herself was heading out after the debate club meeting when she had run into him.

Damn, did he have to look that good? It was bad enough she was falling for his adorable goofy personality, but did he have to look that hot too.

She felt her face heat up, but Percy didn't seem to notice.

"Hi Annabeth!" he exclaimed, then realized that he was half wet, and sheepishly brought his hand to run the back of his neck.

Oh god, did he know what he was doing to her. She bit her lip to hold back a groan, as his muscles flexed again, as he ran a hand through his hair. He was apologizing for something, probably for being half wet, but she didn't quite hear it all the way. He was just way to distracting at this point.

Pointedly trying not to stare, she said some offhand thing about how it was okay. And when she met his eyes and saw a smirk on his face she knew she had been caught.

Blushing even brighter now, she murmured something quickly and walked away fast, only turning around once to see him watching her leave, hand still on the back of his neck, muscles still flexing and oh god was she a mess. The thoughts he gave her were far from professional, and she knew that Percy Jackson would be the end of her.

-.-.-.-.-.-

Annabeth got her revenge the day she walked in wearing a pencil skirt. Ever since that day after school Percy had been even more flirty, knowing that she had been staring at him.

And maybe he was also being a bit more teasing than he normally would be and as soon as he saw her walk in that day, he knew he would regret that decision.

Annabeth Chase in a pencil skirt was a sight to behold, and the blouse she had paired with it... he didn't know office clothes could look that hot. And those heels, those heels were not necessary. For once he hoped she would not walk over and say hi (and yet the other part of him just wanted her alone in an empty classroom because the things she was doing to him right now).

Of course she walked over and said hi. Being close to Annabeth always had an effect on him, but being close to her when she was wearing that. It was so much worse.

She was saying something, a greeting, about classes, about pizza, who even knows. Not Percy, that's for sure. He smartly, blurted out "What?"

Looking at her face he saw a smirk and knew immediately that the tables had turned and he had been caught staring.

"I said," she started slowly, amusement dripping in her tone, "It's exam day, are you ready?"

"Oh, yeah, definitely ready. Completely," he rambled on and her smirk grew.

"Well good luck," she smiled cheerfully and she turned to leave.

"Oh and Percy," she turned last minute to whisper to him, "You're practically drooling." And with that she laughed and walked away. Percy would like to say he didn't watch her leave.

-.-.-.-.-.-

Piper had been relentless in pushing her about Percy. Now that she had gotten her revenge, the mood had heightened. They were actively communicating and flirting at this point. The strict lines from before were certainly getting hazy. Something Piper had not missed.

What surprised her even more though, when she finally got away from Piper, were her students.

A student had once compared her to McGonagall and it had been the highest compliment Annabeth had ever received in her entire life. That was what she strived for.

So you can imagine the surprise, when her students diverted onto a topic she never thought would come up. Percy Jackson.

Her students had come in louder than usual, smelling faintly of marshmallows? It had taken her five minutes to get them to calm down, and she couldn't help but be curious and ask what all the fuss was about.

"It's Mr. Jackson, we made s'mores in class today," Katie explained.

Annabeth felt the inadvertent smile that came to her face as the name was mentioned.

"Is it true that you guys are dating Ms. Chase?" someone from the back yelled, Travis or Connor she thought.

That thought brought an actual blush out on her face, and she immediately responded with a "No!"

"See told you! You owe me five bucks!" Travis or Connor replied. Annabeth was shocked. What was going on?

"Whatever, they're gonna be a thing soon, bet ten it'll be Mr. Jackson who asks," Another voice responded. Annabeth was no longer keeping track of who said what as the class started murmuring amongst themselves.

Since when had their relationship, or lack thereof, become a subject that even the students knew about and were...betting on?

She cleared her head and called for their attention. Saying it was not the case and that it was unprofessional, so there was no good in talking about these kinds of things. She then began her lecture, feeling as though the students didn't quite believe her.

-.-.-.-.-.-

"Mr. Jackson! Are we doing something cool for valentine's day?" Will asked. Percy regarded the thought, he certainly could come up with some Valentine's Day themed science activities for them to do.

"Maybe, I'll see what I can do," he replied back leaning against his desk.

"What about you? Are you doing anything special for Valentine's day?" another student, Travis, brought up. Percy didn't miss the suggestive tone to it.

"Oh yeah," he replied sarcastically, "I totally have a hot date."

"Is it Ms. Chase?" Connor asked. Percy did not see that one coming. He opened his mouth in shock.

"What?" was all he could manage out.

"Or are you going to ask her out then?" Katie asked hopefully.

"What? Where is all this coming from?" He was shocked to hear his students talking about his love life, and that too with another teacher.

"Oooh! I ship it!" Silena squealed.

"Bet you ten he asks her out," a student called out.

"I already called that!" another protested.

"Fine, he asks her on valentines," the student amended.

"I mean look at him, he looks like Ms. Chase did when we brought it up on her class," someone else mentioned. And with that the class started talking amongst themselves. But Percy could not get over the fact that not only did the entire school know about it, there was a betting pool.

While he was trying to digest all this, there was a knock on the door. The class silenced as Percy got himself together and walked to the door to open it.

None other than Annabeth Chase stood in the doorway, and Percy seemed just as surprised as his class when she walked in.

"Hello, sorry to interrupt," she smiled apologetically at him. Before he could respond someone yelled out.

"Hi Ms. Chase!" Kevin yelled out and was promptly followed by a chorus of hello's and hi's a clear indication of her favorite teacher status.

Also, Percy hinted, a note of supposed innocence in all the greetings, followed by look at him.

Annabeth smiled warmly at the class, "Hello, I hope you're all behaving for Mr. Jackson," she gave pointed looks to the grinning class.

She turned back to Percy and handed him a note, "Meeting information," she explained. He nodded taking the paper and smiling at her. Again she had an effect on him.

There was a moment or two of silence as the two looked at each other for a second too long then quickly moved away hastily mumbling goodbyes. Annabeth waving to the chorus of goodbyes she was now getting from the class. As the door closed behind her, Percy sighed, and tried not to groan at the fact that his students would never let him live this down.

He was right.

-.-.-.-.-.-

Candy grams were the obligatory high school Valentine's Day gifts, and were headed by Leo this year as Piper had been too busy. The students delivering the candy grams were stuck wearing bright pink neon shirts that Leo had thought amusing. And every time someone got a glimpse of them, teachers would stop teaching knowing they had lost the class's attention for the next three minutes.

It took Annabeth ten.

Annabeth didn't usually celebrate Valentine's Day all that much, but she was wearing a light pink blouse when she walked into school that day. Percy had opted for a slightly more polished looked, actually wearing a red tie.

When Annabeth saw the tie, she couldn't help but think of ways she would use it to pull him closer to her. A thought she quickly dispelled and blamed on the Valentine's Day atmosphere, and the couples littered throughout the hallway.

But it wasn't until she was in the middle of lecture that the bright pink neon shirt came into view and started distributing the chocolate roses did the idea of Valentine's came back into her head. Annabeth hung back, knowing the excitement of the students and, despite the disturbance, she did find it sweet.

What she wasn't prepared for however, was the chocolate rose that made its way to her. The class was silent as the poor neon pink student handed her a rose then walked out of the classroom.

Immediately the class burst,

"Who's it from?"

"Does it say?"

"I bet it's from Mr. Jackson!"

Annabeth turned over the heart shaped paper that was attached with it and read the writing.

"Be my valentine?" there was no indication of who sent it.

It took ten minutes for her to bring some sort of order after explaining that there was no name attached to it.

Regardless, the rest of lecture was not that smooth.

-.-.-.-.-.-

"You think this is a good idea?" Percy asked Leo for the twentieth time. Leo rolled his eyes.

"Yes, Percy, it'll be great. She'll say yes."

"You have it all set up right?" Percy was still nervous.

"Yes, now go, my minions will probably have just delivered it!"

It was Percy's turn to roll his eyes. "Leo, they aren't your minions-" Leo's response was a push towards Annabeth's door.

Lunch had just started, most students were already in the cafeteria, which left Percy in an empty hallway with a bouquet of roses.

He stumbled towards Annabeth's room, and hesitated on the door. He almost backed away but she opened it and jumped a bit in surprise.

"Percy?" she asked as he walked into the empty classroom.

"Hey," he said softly holding the flowers behind his back.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, surprised and also trying to figure out what was behind his back.

"I'm waiting on an answer," he replied.

"What?" she was confused.

He brought out the flowers from behind his back, "Does this help you make up your mind?"

It suddenly clicked in her head that it was him who had sent the chocolate rose. Once she had made the connection, the realization sunk in and a warm feeling spread throughout her body.

She broke out into a smile, accepting the flowers.

"Well," she said, "since you asked so nicely, I guess."

He stepped closer to her, "I think you can do better than I guess."

She put down the bouquet and looked up at him, running a finger down his tie.

"You think? Maybe you'll have to convince me."

And he did.

-.-.-.-.-.-

The bouquet of roses did not go unnoticed by the students.

Neither did the way the generally strict teacher would occasionally let things slide and that the laid back one now actually owned a planner.

It definitely didn't go unnoticed when the snap of the two teachers talking, leaning in very close, and the one of them at a coffee shop went around.

Money was made, money was lost. But the general consensus was just finally.

If there is one thing that can be said about Percy Jackson, it's that he isn't that professional. Very laid-back and casual and relaxed. But now he might be more likely to be slightly stricter on his students. He is charming, and dorky, and always has a smile on his face and is well-versed in his subject. Unsurprisingly, he is a favorite.

If there is one thing that can be said about Annabeth Jackson, it's that she is very professional. Very professional and punctual and organized. But now, she might be willing to be a little more lenient. She is brisk, slightly strict, and excels on her subject matter and is all around outstanding in her job. Despite what one may think, she is a favorite.

If there is one thing to be said about the two, it's that the lines have definitely blurred.

A/N: So what did you guys think? Did you guys like it?

As a recap, this is a chapter that I have published on How We Could Have Met that I am reproducing here to one: mark a continuation, and two: to set how this story is going to be like.

Please check out How We Could Have Met if you have no idea what I'm talking about it is an older story with the same premise (as evidenced by the name ;p)

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