Matt Sloan. Rich kid who took his dad's car out for a spin when he was in middle school. Jock in high school. Bedded most nearly anything of the female species with two legs. Notorious bully. And above all, now a reformed criminal. Hopefully.

He had it coming to him considering he wasn't the brightest. His drug dealing business had gone down the drain senior year, just weeks before graduation. Not that he had particularly cared; he had his father's money after all to support him.

But that's where he had been wrong. His father had decided to cut off ties until Matt learned his lesson about money and its value. Matt had scoffed at the remarkably stupid idea (in his opinion) proposed by his father. Yet, when Mr. Sloan had terminated his bank account and any access to it, Matt admitted that he was slightly scared. With no stable income to support his life after serving jail time, Matt was stuck in one of those youth hostels in New York. He got his steady dose of pot from these sketchy neighborhoods with his barely above minimum wage salary from Mickey D's.

His job was routine and monotonous. Get to work by nine in the morning, leave by five. He was in charge of the clean-up crew, occasionally having the grand privilege of working the counter. And this particular day, boy was he glad he didn't have to clean up that family of six's mess.

While waiting on the frozen McNuggets to be reheated, he decided to take the next customer's order. A bright eyed young man about his age, a college student sporting an NYU sweatshirt, looked at the menu. His untamed, messy black hair seemed familiar. That's right! Harry Potter. That nerdy, four-eyed, scrawny character that amassed the supports of geeks everywhere.

Matt almost called the customer Mr. Potter before stopping himself. "Can I help you?" he finally drawled, noting that the man was taking a particularly long time to choose from the ten or so options on the menu.

"Uhh…Can I get a Big Mac, a Deluxe Quarter Pounder, and a Bacon McDouble, and a Crispy Premium McWrap Southwest…oh, and a large fries!" the man said, rushing out his order.

"Will that be all?" Matt asked skeptically. There was no doubt that the other man was well-built, but he was lean. There was no way he was going to eat all that.

The green-eyed man looked thoughtfully, his face lighting up if he remembered something, "Right, almost forgot. Two large cups for soda, a twenty piece McNugget set, a McFlurry, and a Premium Bacon Ranch Salad with Grilled Chicken."

Matt almost snorted derisively. Like the salad would ease any guilt of eating the remainder of the junk food. The total came to some exorbitant price in the thirties; the man dropped the remaining change in the little bottle by the cash register for tips. Matt felt an unreasonable peak of anger. He didn't need the pity, but he doubted that the man gave him money out of pity. It was a hassle to carry around loose change as he once knew.

Within five minutes, the man grabbed the two trays containing his order and proceeded to one of those booth seats by the window. Matt turned back to help the next customer.

It hadn't even been ten minutes since Matt's last distraction when a new one walked in. He let out a low whistle glancing at the long lean, tanned legs of the babe that had just walked in. Eleven out of ten would do so he thought in his mind. She had shorts that were mid-thigh length and her blond hair was pulled back in a ponytail. She had on a Yale University crewneck. And from Matt's minimal knowledge of Yale, he knew she must be smart despite her resemblance to a stereotypical California chick.

He was disappointed when she turned and headed for the booths instead of placing an order. He had been staring at her so intently that he had forgotten his next few customers, resulting in a fuming boss. So, when he got assigned to clean up duty. He wasn't all that upset. He could go perhaps strike up a conversation with the blonde.

So, he pushed the mop and soapy water ensemble to the booth section of the restaurant. Yes, it was technically considered a restaurant. To his surprise, there were only two people in that area. The blonde and Mr. Harry Potter. What was even more surprising was that they were sitting in the same table.

He began wiping down the tables in the vicinity, catching a few words from their conversation. From what he gathered, the two hadn't seen each other in a while going to different colleges. There wasn't anything particularly weird about their conversation. They just seemed so normal. A really normal, good-looking pair of friends.

But that's when they started holding hands across the table and conversations became increasingly weird. The blonde started talking about Greek architecture. Who even did that? The black haired boy nodded absently to the girl's talks, feigning excitement. He sported an amused look on his face as he said out loud, "Annabeth, your Athena is showing."

Dafuq? What was Athena? Were they even speaking English?

The blond, presumably Annabeth, stuck out her tongue at the boy in a mature manner. "Shut up Percy. So, tell me about school. How's Econ 101 treating you? You were in tears during midterms when you called and pleaded for my help."

"I was not!" the boy now identified as Percy protested weakly, his cheeks tinted a light pink in embarrassment. Matt mused over this. Percy. He had known a kid named Percy in middle school, but he had disappeared after conveniently blowing up the school. Turns out he was a criminal worse than Matt himself. He was always in the news. Probably a part of some terrorist group.

The girl simply rolled her eyes as she dipped a fry into some ketchup. As she lowered the fry into her mouth, Matt watched as though it was in slow-mo as her facial expression changed to one of pure horror as she glanced back down at the container with the fries.

"Percy, kill it! KILL IT! Kill it now before it lays eggs. I could have eaten that."

"Annabeth, calm down, calm down. It's ok," he soothed her as he grabbed a fork, stabbing something in the thing that held the fries. He noted Matt's curious glance in their direction, motioning for the employee to come his way.

Percy gave Matt a once over and then gestured to the fries with his fork, "There was a freaking spider in her food."

"I can get you more fries if you want," Matt said, trying to appease the customer as he had learned at training. Always please the customer.

"Please," the blonde said, "You think we'd want more fries after that." Matt got his first glance at the girl's face up close. It was terrifyingly beautiful with stormy gray eyes which bore into his own. His legs turned to jelly at the sheer intensity of her glare.

A finger snap startled him out of staring at her. He saw the man looking at him with some amusement, "Dude, quit looking at my girlfriend like that. Just clean up the mess. And get us a refund."

"It was just a spider," Matt began weakly.

"And if I'm allergic to spiders, is it just a spider?" the girl asked coldly.

"Wise Girl, cut him some slack. It isn't his fault that he works at this dump." The blonde huffed, blowing away hair falling onto her face and crossed her arms, "Well, I won't move until I speak to the manager regarding pest control here."

"He's not here," Matt sputtered out, surprised at his sudden inability to hold a conversation. He was normally the one with confidence, turning girls into putty in his hands.

Percy put his face in his hands, "Annabeth, c'mon. Let's just leave. It's totally not worth it."

"But—"

"No buts. It's a waste of time, and we haven't seen each other in weeks."

"Fine."

Percy handed Matt his card when they were at the register. Annabeth was insistent on the refund. Matt squirmed, realizing this was coming out of his paycheck. It was in fact his fault. He had been in charge of calling pest control last week.

As he swiped the card, he noted the name on it. It struck him like lightning. Percy Jackson. That freak from middle school. He looked at the other boy who had his arm wrapped around Annabeth's waist, chuckling at something the girl had said. The Percy from his mind bore no resemblance to the man in front of him now.

That weak scrawny kid who hung out with the loser orphan had now filled in quite a bit with a girlfriend while he, Matt, slept in more or less the slums of Manhattan.

"Percy Jackson?" he said. The boy came forward to take the credit card. There was no hint of recognition in his green eyes. Matt continued to stare involuntarily.

Percy must have felt the gaze get to him as he asked, "Do I know you from somewhere?"

"Merriweather Prep," he said, trying to jog Percy's memory.

The latter frowned, "Matt Sloan…Should have known. That chipped tooth."

Annabeth jeered beside him, "You mean the guy I beat up." Matt did a double take. It was her. The day when Percy blew up the school. She had been around, having appeared suddenly out of nowhere.

Percy just looked uncomfortable at the idea of meeting someone from his past, "How are you doing I guess?" The question fell silent as the two realized their current situation. Why else would a rich boy be working at McDonald's?

Matt cleared his throat, "You two together then?"

"Yeah," Annabeth answered. There was silence again.

"How's Tyson—" Matt didn't even get to finish, seeing Percy's scowl. Sensitive subject?

"He's doing fine," Percy replied in a tone that suggested that they wouldn't pursue that topic any further. Annabeth tugged on Percy's sleeve, whispering something to him. "Look, Matt, I gotta go. Maybe I'll see you around." He didn't sound so hopeful.

Matt simply nodded his head, "Yeah, maybe." But he doubted it. They were from two different worlds. Percy Jackson and him. The kid might not have been smart, but he had done well for himself so far while Matt…well, Matt was Matt.

In all honesty, he was slightly remorseful for having a superior attitude back in middle school. It had gotten him nowhere in life. He was jolted out of his pensive thoughts with his boss's loud booming voice.

"Matt!" he hollered. "Clean up at table three. Some kid puked."

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I decided to make this just a two-shot since there are plenty of stories out there like this...And I have like no attention span to keep up with my stories.

~TJ