Ben Johnson POV

My name is Ben Johnson, and I go to the James W. Marshall high school in San Francisco, California. I have light brown hair and blue eyes, and am about 5'11." I'm not extraordinarily hot, but I'm fairly hot. I bet, I'd be really popular, but I'm not some jock – I'm one of the smartest kids in my grade. The one sport I play is swimming, and I hope to be elected captain for the third time in a row later this afternoon during tryouts.

My best friend is Annabeth Chase. She has blonde curly hair, and calculating gray eyes. She's the smartest kid in the grade, pushing me to second place. Yet, she's one of the most athletic kids in the school. Needless to say she's one of the more popular kids in our grade.

Anyway, she's my best friend and crush, even though she could be in the popular group. Our other friends are:

Carla, who finds school boring, and prefers making art

Carla's boyfriend, Nick, who's a backup point guard on our school's second team

Nick's best friend, Alex, a reserve free safety on the football team

Mia, Carla's best friend and Alex's boyfriend. She is in the bad jokes club, and likes making bad jokes

Annabeth has been asked out countless times, but each and every time she says "I have a boyfriend," and if the pickup line is horrible, it's a judo flip, and a shot to a man's soft spot. I hope and expect that she has a crush on me, and she's turning guys down for me, and her 'boyfriend' is fake.

Today was the day I was planning on asking Annabeth out. We were hanging out with our friends before school when Carla said "Did you hear there's a new guy coming today? Everyone says he's really hot. Oh look! There he is!"

Annabeth didn't turn around, with an attitude that said that she didn't care. I decided to look. The new guy was about 6'2" with messy black hair, and see green eyes. Most of the girls in the hallway were staring at him, but he seemed to ignore them, and walked right up to Annabeth.

"From one to America, how free are you tonight, Wise Girl?"

I almost felt bad for him, because of the hits he was about to take. But, instead Annabeth turned towards him, yelled "Seaweed Brain!" and kissed him.

What?!

A/N: I'm planning on updating sometime in the next 24 hours (from 7/10/16), and I'll probably add a few new chapters.
Also, I want to thank a guest (so I can't really give credit) for pointing out that I previously said Mia was Nick's boyfriend, but I have fixed that now.

Also, if you have any ideas or people you want incorporated in the story, just let me know in the reviews section or by PMing me.