Chapter 2:

ANNABETH POV:

Percy and I were walking hand in hand to class.

It was what I'd always dreamed of. Me and my boyfriend, living a peaceful life, holding hands while we walked. Of course, high school is anything but peaceful, but its better than walking through Tartarus!

It was an absolute miracle that we defeated Gaea, it didn't seem possible at the time. Percy and I have been much closer ever since. We were before, but now it was like we were bound together. Not physically of course, but emotionally. We were each other's other half. If he died- Oh gods, I wouldn't be able to handle it.

Enough of that, I realized that a tear was trickling down my face. I quickly wiped it away before Percy noticed. Thankfully, he didn't and we arrived at the classroom. Percy stopped to pull down his hood and we walked in.

We exchanged a couple words with the teacher, mainly me telling her that I was new and all that. We headed towards the back of the room. A lot of the guys were either winking at me and checking me out, or glaring at Percy. Such a bunch of idiots. They were probably even more idiotic than Percy. Was that even possible? I'd make an exception right now. Yep- they were that stupid. Sorry, Percy.

Percy and I sat at one of the pair desks. He started playing with my blonde locks while I listened to Mrs. Jones attentively. I didn't have to, of course, I learnt this stuff when I was in 3rd grade. But just in case I missed something before.

By the time class had ended, Percy was asleep and my writing hand was sore. I punched Percy's arm and he came up flailing. I rolled my eyes. Seaweed Brain.

"Wha?" His eyes rolled around. "You're such a Seaweed Brain! Class ended, lets go. And here." I wiped a little bit of drool off the corner of his mouth and smirked at him. He grinned at me and took my hand. We left the classroom with half of the students staring at us.

As we walked back to our lockers to collect our books, I couldn't help but wonder why Percy was always wearing that hoodie. It was the middle of summer, doesn't he get hot? I'll just have to ask him about it later on because it looked like he was in deep thought right now. His lips were pursed and his eyebrows knitted together. Huh. Not something you see everyday, Seaweed Brain actually thinking.

When we got to our lockers and I was about to pull some books out, Percy slammed by locker door shut.

"Hey!" I yelled, "Why'd you do that?" I was about to reach for my locker handle again, but Percy stepped forwards between me and my locker. Seriously?

I narrowed my eyes at him, "What?" He grinned his beautiful trouble-maker smile. "I wanna take you somewhere." He stated.

"Where?" I asked, leaning back slightly.

"My favorite spot in school." He answered.

"Okay. When?"

"Now." He said and grinned. My jaw fell. "What? It's class time though!"

"Exactly." His grin spread into a full on- boyish smile. It would cute if I wasn't angry. I immediately shook my head no.

"Absolutely not! Perseus Jackson, ,I will not ditch class to go to your-" My speech was then again interrupted by his lips. I melted into the kiss, but then realized what I was doing. I quickly pulled away and glared at him.

His face quickly transformed into the cutest face I had ever seen before. His eyes widened and his bottom lip stuck out, he knit his eyebrows together. It was his baby seal face. I bit the urge to coo and crossed my arms over my chest.

"Nope. Not going to work." I shook my head and stood my ground. He frowned and his shoulders sagged. "Come on Wise Girl! Just today, if you come today, I'll… uh- I'll - no. I'll um… uh…." He stuttered over a way he'll pay me back.

I slapped his arm, "Oh my gods! You're so annoying sometimes! Fine! I'll come with you! But no more ditching class for a month okay?" I relented. He was too adorable.

He beamed, "Course Wise Girl! Let's go. I'm sure you'll like it." He took my hand and dragged me out the school doors. That was the first time I ever ditched class.

Athena will not be happy.

I could understand why Percy loved this place so much. It looked like his lake house in Malibu. I've been there before the Giant War had started.

It took about 10 minutes just to get there. Percy led me through the school gates and into a secret stairway. At first I thought he was taking me to a dungeon, so I panicked, but he assured me it wasn't a dungeon.

What I saw most definitely not a dungeon. In fact, it was the complete opposite.

It was one of the most beautiful sights I've ever seen before. I seriously couldn't believe that this was a part of New York!

The grass was greener than what I would see in California fields. The flowers were bright and vivid, capturing my attention. It nearly compelled me to go and pluck them, I refrained from doing so. Just a couple feet away from the grass, there was a rippling lake. The water was crystal clear, from afar, I could already see the swimming fish and the rocks at the bottom.

I turned towards Percy and saw that he was staring at me with interest. Probably seeing what my reaction would be. I identified a hopeful and curious expression on his face.

"It's absolutely beautiful Percy." I whispered and his face broke into a grin. "I thought you would like it." He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me into a kiss.

This time, we didn't have any interruptions. Our lips moved in sync as he proceeded to trace patterns on the small of my back. I brought my hands up to his messy raven hair, slightly pulling on it, making him moan into my mouth. My face broke into a grin. I decided to tease Percy a bit: by slightly slipping my tongue into his eager mouth, and he immediately responded, but right when our tongues made contact, I bit his lip hard and pulled back. He yelped and I burst out laughing.

I plopped down on the grass and watched as Percy rubbed his lip and glared at me. I put on an innocent dumb blonde look and giggled in a very un-Annabeth way. I glanced over at him. He was still grumbling. I laughed and pat the spot next to me.

PERCY POV:

I stared at her while she giggled. Her cheeks were flushed and her beautiful grey eyes shone with happiness. I sighed internally, this was what I wanted life to be like. Relaxing beside Annabeth next to the ocean, or in this case the lake.

I rubbed my lip, still throbbing from Annabeth's bite. She just had to ruin it.

I watched her as she giggled and pat the spot next to her.

"Come on Seaweed Brain. You wanted me to ditch class with you. Let's make it a good ditch." She said. Gods, Annabeth was great.

I guess it was the only thing I was getting, what would you expect? I grumbled and plopped down on the grass, then laid down next to her.

I turned my head to look at her and noticed that she was staring at the lake. My arms unconsciously wrapped around her waist and I pulled her to me. We smiled at each other and she rested her head on my chest. I breathed in her irresistible smell of lemons. I sighed in content, what a life.

"So… How's life?" I asked her and she rolled her eyes at me. What? It was the only thing I could think of.

"Life's… okay I guess. Olympus has needed much more construction since the war and I'm so thankful that the gods can provide me all the money I need, because if not then I would have to-" I watched her ramble for a bit, just appreciating the moment. After awhile, she must have noticed I haven't said anything yet because she stopped talking.

"Are you even listening to me?" She demanded and I shook my head. She slapped my arm and laid her head in the crook of my neck. "I have a question." She mumbled.

"What is it?" I said while absent-mindedly fiddling with her locks. She lifted her head off of my chest.

"Why are you wearing this hoodie?" My body stiffened a bit, and she must have noticed because her eyebrows knit together and she rubbed circles on my back. I immediately relaxed.

I calmly replied, "You don't recognize it?" She frowned and took a long look at my hoodie. Realization crossed her face and just a second later, she frowned again.

"Is that…" She trailed off, tracing her finger across the faded logo on my hoodie.

"It was under your bed."

"Why are you wearing my hoodie?!" She demanded. Anger was present on her face, I gulped nervously. I really didn't want to deal with an angry Annabeth right now. I remained calm.

"Because when I miss you, I have something to make me think that you're here with me." It was a good enough answer, and it wasn't completely true, but I wasn't going to tell her the whole story until she pried. "Plus it was too big for you anyway, it's even too big for me!"

Her angry expression softened and smiled. She leaned forwards and gave me a soft kiss. When she pulled away and sat up, I noticed her cheeks were tinted red. She was so cute. I caressed her cheek with my hand and she leaned into my touch.

"But why do you wear it all the time?" She asked innocently and I silently cursed. When I didn't reply for awhile, her eyes opened and frowned at me. I bit my lip nervously. "What is it Percy? Tell me."

I sat up so that our faces were only inches apart. I felt my hood fall off and didn't make an effort to put it back up, I was with Annabeth after all. Her face showed concern and I bit my lip. She traced my cheek with her thumb.

"Because… Because when I first came, I hadn't been to high school for a long time. Because - you know the Giant war and stuff. And when I got there, everyone was like staring at me and like whispering. A couple girls actually started rubbing their hands on me. It kind of… freaked me out. Especially after Tartarus, I've felt different. I didn't like all the stares I got so… I manipulated the mist- erased me from everyone's memory. The next day, I put on a hood and didn't let anyone see my face." I explained and I gazed nervously at Annabeth, afraid she would laugh at me and say how much a wimp I was. "But I did miss you and I liked the smell of your hoodie."

Her face broke in a grin and she giggled. It wasn't a mocking laugh though, it was a beautiful and happy giggle. "You're cute." Then she kissed me. I couldn't believe she just said that, she never said things like that. I wrapped my arms around her waist. She brought her hands up to my hair and I tightened my grip on her waist. I slid my tongue into her mouth and our tongues danced together. I sighed internally. There were a thousand electric butterflies going through my stomach, and no- Zeus didn't put them there. She pulled back panting, her cheeks were flushed.

"I love you." I said and she stared me deep in the eyes. "I love you too." We stayed there for awhile. I would have fallen asleep, but a sharp ringing sound cut me out of my daze. I jerked back, which surprised Annabeth because she let out a yelp.

"Ugh! Did class end already?" Annabeth groaned and I chuckled. She was probably the only person who would say that. She stood up and brushed some grass off of her jeans. I pulled myself up and took her hand. "It's lunch. Wanna go meet my 'friends'?" I asked her. To be honest, I didn't really have friends. I just had to sit there because if I stood or not sit at a table, I would get into trouble with Mr. Sangster, the Dining Hall administer.

"You have friends?" She crinkled her nose and I pouted. "I'm hurt." I put my hand over my heart and she laughed. "Let's go Seaweed Brain." She squeezed my hand and led me out my personal paradise.

"Okay Wise Girl." I mumbled.

ANNABETH POV:

As Percy led me through the school gates and into the dining hall, I couldn't help but stare at Percy. He'd grown a little bit taller since last time I saw him, he had a light stubble and his hair had grown longer. He looked more mature, more worn-down. He looked like a man, a very hot man. Oh gods, did I really just say that? Oh- what's happening to me…

When he took off his hood, I took a long time to stare at his eyes. That was one of my favorites things, his eyes. They were like mini-whirlpools of sea water. It would be the result of if you took two buckets full of green and blue paint, and then using a big spoon to mix it all together. I could stare into his eyes for as long as I wanted. That probably would be a little creepy though.

I hadn't seen the dining hall before, and was a little disgusted by it. It reeked of body odour and perfume, there was a lot of food scraps on the floor and it was annoyingly loud. Not to mention the architecture- it lacked the features that all good architectural models had. Though, that could be a bit biased, as my mind has been hardwired to good Greek architecture.

Percy must have been noticing my distaste, because he was gazing at me with amusement. "Bad architecture?" He teased and I nodded grimly.

All the tables were filled with people and I felt eyes on us all around. A lot of them were whispering and glaring, the rest was just chuckling. I got the vibe that people didn't like Percy very much and thought he was a loser. But that was because they'd never seen his face before. If he took off his hood, I bet the girls would be all over him.

Percy led me to the back of the hall, where a couple kids sat. They didn't look like the rest of them. Not to be mean or stereotypical, but they looked like the nerds. They were kind of scrawny and you couldn't ignore the fact that they were cowering from all the obnoxious mocking laughs they got from the other kids.

I didn't know how we would fit at that table, there was only 1 spot, and I would most definitely not let Percy make me sit on his lap. I examined the 4 kids at the table. They looked innocent enough.

The boy in the middle had glasses and brown hair. It was chopped in a style that reminded me a lot of the Romans. He looked skinny and from afar I could already see his green eyes. Next to him was a boy that looked similar, brown hair, green eyes, but looked a little older. I assumed they were brothers, or related. Next to them was a very skinny kid with blonde hair. He was hunching down and was reading a book. And to the very far right, was a girl. She had jet black hair and didn't have glasses, unlike all her friends. She reminded me of Thalia.

As Percy led me closer to the bunch, they all lifted their heads. Immediately, their jaws dropped. I frowned, what was their problem? I took Percy's hand and I heard a lot of gasps. Seriously, what was up with these people?

When we got to the table, Percy pulled me down onto his lap. Oh- no he didn't! I tried wiggling out and punching him, but clever Percy (probably the only time I've ever said that) pinned my arms down and trapped my legs in between his. Ugh!

"Hi P-Percy." The younger kid with brown hair said.

"Hey Jack." Percy murmured. So- his name was Jack.

"Uh… Who's- um who's this?" The girl asked. The other guys elbowed her, she glared at them.

"I'm Annabeth. Percy's… uh- friend." I stumbled and Percy frowned at what I called him. I frowned too, Percy was way more than a friend. He put his arm around my shoulder and kissed my hair, probably telling everyone that we were 'more than friends'. Oh Percy.

The one who looked like Jack's brother murmured, "Percy has friends?" The girl immediately punched him in the arm, "Arin, shut up!"

"You shut up Emily!" He shot back. I noticed that the guy who was reading the book was sandwiched between the two and had his hands clamped over his ears.

"Guys! You're freaking Cedric out!" Jack gestured towards the boy and they apologized to him, still glaring at each other.

Jack, Arin, Cedric and Emily. I got their names without talking to them at all! Well, that was easy. I realized I had relaxed a bit, so I leaned back into Percy's muscled chest and inhaled his intoxicating ocean scent.

"Annabeth… You still have your lunch to eat you know. I like this but I don't want you to starve." Percy said into my ear and I sat up. I glared at him as he smiled at me. He handed me my sandwich and started to hold it up for me to eat.

"I can eat it myself Percy! Give it to me!" I tried to take the sandwich from his grasp but he yanked it out of the way. "Come on Wise Girl, let me do something romantic for a change."

I narrowed my eyes at him. "It's not romantic if you force me to do it." He rolled his eyes at me but I let him feed me. Sometimes he'd force some into my mouth and I would choke a bit, but eventually I finished it. When I returned my gaze at the other four at the table, I found their stares on us.

JACK POV:

I had expected lunch to go normally, just like all the other days. But this time, it was very different.

Rumours had been going around that Percy became friends with the new girl that came. But we all doubted it, he wasn't social and wouldn't make friends that easily.

When we caught sight of Percy Jackson walking hand in hand with a blonde beauty, in our direction, we all stared. She was stunning. Her hair was cascading down her back, she had a natural tan and glowing honey gold hair. It didn't look like she had any traces of makeup on either! The sight with someone as beautiful as her walking hand in hand with Percy Jackson, the hooded loser, had us all in shock.

They got to our table and Percy pulled her down onto his lap. That's when I noticed her eyes. Oh- boy were those scary! They were stormy grey, I had never seen that color on eyes before, they were calculating and very intimidating. When she glared at Percy, I didn't understand how he didn't cower away from her gaze. Instead, he gave her a boyish grin.

I took a closer look at Percy. His hood wasn't tucked down to his nose anymore. Instead, it was just above his hairline, so we could see his face. His face! It wasn't anything how I'd expected it to be. He had sea green eyes that looked very much like mini hurricanes, a very defined jawline and a light stubble. I wasn't gay or anything, but he looked very handsome. I couldn't understand why he didn't show his face to anyone, there was nothing to be ashamed of. I noticed his eyes were shining with love as he looked at the girl. He had a smirk on that made me think, "Uh-oh. Trouble's coming."

I think the other 3 saw his face too. Because all of our jaws were dropped, and Emily's face was beet red just from looking at Percy.

"Hi P-Percy." I choked out, breaking the awkward silence. He slouched, "Hey Jack."

"Uh… who's- who's this?" Emily stuttered, her eyes still trained on Percy's face. I elbowed her for being rude, but she only glared at me in response.

"I'm Annabeth. Percy's um… friend." She stuttered on the word 'friend.' Were they friends? Were they dating? If they were walking hand in hand, they must be more than friends. Apparently Percy thought this was weird too because he was frowning.

He draped an arm on her shoulders and pulled her closer, then kissed her head. Yup- definitely more than friends.

"Percy has friends?" I heard Arin mutter, I was about to nudge him but Emily beat me to the chase. She gave him a full on a punch to the shoulder. They bickered and Cedric grew panicked. It happened all the time, so I didn't worry.

I watched as Percy and Annabeth interacted. He force fed her her sandwich and sometimes she choked a little bit. It was pretty entertaining to watch. When she finished her sandwich, to the courtesy of Percy, she turned back to us. We were all staring at them.

She blushed and he smiled at her, fiddling with her locks. They looked like a pretty cute couple. He kissed her on the cheek, causing her to she blush even redder. I watched as they whispered a few words to each other. I noticed that everyone in the cafeteria was watching our table with interest, it was probably the only time we had gotten this much attention that wasn't in the negative sense.

"Hey Percy, show me the library later okay?" Annabeth said to Percy. It was probably only meant for him, but we heard her. Library? She went to the library?

"You go to the library?!" Cedric piped up. He was a book geek and probably read 3 books a day. Annabeth on the other hand, looked completely shocked at the question. Percy snickered behind her.

"What?! Of course I go to the library! What kind of question is that?" She questioned him, appalled. Even though it was probably just disbelief, Cedric looked scared. "S-S-Sorry. I didn't know." Cedric stuttered. Annabeth shook her head.

"It's okay. I read books a lot, so…" She leaned back into Percy. I heard Percy murmur, "Too much" in her hair. Wow! A girl like her actually loved to read books. She looked beautiful, seemed athletic and was smart. That was a very rare occasion in this school.

They casually chatted for awhile, sometimes talking to us a bit. She was a really good person, I thought we could be friends. I would have asked her if she liked New York, but I was interrupted.

"Hey Losers!" A obnoxious voice rumbled. I internally groaned. Now? When Annabeth is here? Seriously Aleck? Percy growled under his throat menacingly and I could see his grip tighten on Annabeth's waist. We all were a little shocked, that was one scary sound. Annabeth seemed confused and touched his cheek, but looked up at Andrew.

"What do you want Andrew?" I asked. I really didn't feel like arguing with Aleck right now, Annabeth was here and I was having a good time today. That's when I noticed the small figure next to him. Rachael Bates, Andrew's slut girlfriend. She always piled makeup on her face and wore very exposing clothes. We all thought it was disgusting, but apparently it was good enough for Andrew. His standards weren't that high anyway.

"Oh I'm not here for you Morgan. I'm here for the new girl." He looked at Annabeth and winked. Rachael didn't seem to like that because she took Andrew's hand. I thought Annabeth would be like Percy and ignore him, but instead she glared at him.

"What do you want?" She spat out and both Andrew and Rachael raised their eyebrows at her.

"Well, we just wanted to invite you to join us for lunch. After all, we'd have much better company than what you have right here anyway." Andrew stepped closer to Annabeth. She didn't like that, because she leaned away.

"Uh- I'll pass." Annabeth rolled her eyes and returned to her task of feeding Percy his blue soup. Everyone gasped and a couple people started 'ooh ing'. Rachael's jaw dropped and stepped closer.

"Listen, bitch. We wanted to do you a favour so that you don't hang with the wrong crowd. You'd be much better off with us popular people, then with some losers that don't have a life." She growled. Percy clenched his jaw and Annabeth narrowed her eyes. She turned to Rachael.

"Excuse me?" She jumped up, she was about a couple inches taller than Rachael, but already seemed like she was towering over with her intense glare. "You heard what I said. You're better off without these losers."

Annabeth bit her lip and her nostrils flared with anger, "Listen up girl. I've only known you for about a minute, and I've known them for about 10 minutes. But I have a feeling that I'd have a much better time with these people than with you." I felt honoured really, that she said that. Rachael seemed appalled and crossed her arms. Andrew stepped in.

"Hey hot girl! We're trying to do you a favour here. Join us, and you'd be spared from these losers loserness." He grinned. Annabeth shook her head in disgust.

"Don't call my friends losers." She glared at both of them. Rachael already seemed like she was cowering under her stare.

"Your friends huh? What are you going to do about it? Call Jackson to beat us up?" Andrew sniggered and looked Annabeth up and down. Annabeth glared at him. Percy was now gripping the table edges so hard his knuckles were turning white.

"Believe me. He can beat you up." She replied. They scoffed, "Yeah right. He won't even be able to land a hit. I think someone like you will end up better with someone like me girl." Percy growled. Annabeth's jaw fell and her grey eyes blazed, she stepped forward. Andrew gave her a smug look. But then she did something that no girl would be daring to do.

She slapped him. Hard.

The sound echoed through the dining hallways. Everyone was silent.

"Oh no you didn't you dumb blonde! You did not just-" Rachael stepped forward, her arms flailing, she looked ridiculous. But when I looked my Annabeth, I was scared senseless.

Her grey eyes were exploding with anger, she stepped forwards and shoved Rachael a little bit. "What-did-you-just-call-me?!" She spat. Oh- she didn't like being called a dumb blonde. This seemed to snap Percy out of his daze because he detached his fingers from the table and stood up.

Rachael was quivering under Annabeth's intensifying glare. Even from afar, I was scared. Who knew she could intimidate someone so much?

"How dare you! You did not just call me a dumb blonde-" Her rant was interrupted by Percy's hand. He muffled her rage and wrapped his other arm around her waist. Rachael glared at him. He tucked a little bit of hair behind her ear. He brought his mouth to her ear and started whispering into it.

Andrew and Rachael just stood there impatiently, glaring at the two. Percy's words seemed to calm down a bit because she turned around to face Percy. She smiled at him and pecked him on the cheek. He took her hand and came back to take his trash. Then as simple as that, they walked out of the dining hall. Leaving the rest of the student body shocked.

A/N Hey guys! How you liking the 2nd chapter? The ending wasn't my favorite and wasn't where I was planning on going with it, but review if you like it anyway!

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