Hey guys! LONG TIME NO UPDATE! I jug ended my exams yesterday, and immediately started on this. I really hope you guys are still interested in this story :) In case you don't know, this continues Life's complications (Obviously, since this story is called Life's complications 2 HAHA) Well, this is just the start, so I'm summarizing everything that had happened in The first story. Enjoy!

One more thing. I've corrected the mistake here. Cya!

Annabeth's POV

It's been two years since I moved to Manhatten. Two years since I met Percy, Nico, Thalia, Grover, everyone. I have to admit, these two years have been the best years of my entire life.

I guess you can say that I've become a totally different girl from who I was two years ago. If you compare the present me with the me from two years ago, you'd be seriously shocked.

You see, two years ago, before I moved here to Manhatten, my entire life was pretty messed up. I had to work for myself, I could barely survive with the money I was earning, I had less than four hours of sleep per day, school was hell for me because of bullies and I was generally alone in the world. There was no one there to support me. I had no friends, no family who cared, people who scorned me wherever I went, and conniving bastards who ended up betraying me.

Because of all of that, I thought that the whole world was cruel. I had thoughts of suicide, and didn't even recognize kindness. I had thought that everything was hopeless in my life, and there wasn't the slightest chance I would ever find happiness. During that time, I had often wondered why I hadn't committed suicide yet. But, till today, the answer is still unbeknownst to me.

The only thing I can say about that is I'm really, really, tremendously glad that I hadn't killed myself then. If I had, I would have never felt true kindness, true happiness before…I would have never experienced what I have been experiencing for the past two years.

When I had come to Manhatten, everything was alien to me. Compared to the Bronx, Manhatten was at least ten times more crowded, and definitely at least twenty times noisier. Even in the middle of the night, other than a few certain areas, the place would still be teeming with life.

If it hadn't been or Percy, i don't think I would have been able to adapt so quickly to Manhatten.

I hadn't been expecting Manhatten to be such a change to me then. Sure, I was hoping for a new start, hoping that I wouldn't run into any bullies, get any attention and stuff like that. I was hoping for a better life, but not by much. I did not, no, was not able to foresee the life that was waiting for me at Manhatten.

Well, where to start…I'll start with Percy then. He was actually the first person to talk to me when I had reached the Bronx. He just came up to me as I walked into my new house, asking me for my name, with that goody, lopsided grin of his. But, of course, I had to almost screw things up by jumping back in fright and scaring both us. Most people would immediately leave, thinking that I was a lunatic, or some mental patient.

But this boy-whom I think is really too outgoing with strangers for his own good- didn't do what others would do. When I had called out to him, he had turned back. When he had came up to me, I had freaked out. He had turned to leave, but I had called him back. Most people then would have already decided that I was some kind of mental patient, and would have ignored me. He was different. He didn't leave. Instead, he had turned.

And oh, I feel so damn lucky that I had not given up that opportunity then, that I had not pushed him away or given up. Because of that decision, because of that one event, my life changed for the better.

Percy became a very good friend, and is currently my best friend to me. He had, firstly, somehow broken the walls around my heart by showing me unending kindness, kindness that was out of this world. He never gave up.

The first thing he did was to bring me around our current school. I was alone then, and didn't know anyone other than him. Usually, people would just say they were busy and not bother with me at all, but he did. He even introduced me to his group of friends, who, by the way, accepted me almost immediately.

And from then on, Percy and all his friends suddenly invaded my life. They brought me out for lunches, to hang out, Percy started walking me home from work, started making breakfast and bringing dinner for me, started to treat me with overpowering hospitality and kindness…well, you know why he's my best friend now.

"Heeeyyy, Wise Girl, stop staring into thin air. It's unsettling." Percy's voice whined from my right, breaking my train of thoughts. I rolled my eyes and stuck my tongue out at him.

"I was thinking, unlike someone here, who has too much seaweed in his brain to think at all." I retorted playfully, which made him glare at me. I chuckled, and he sighed.

"Whatever…" He muttered, causing me to grin from ear to ear. He had never beaten me before in arguments. I plan to keep it that way. "So, you coming this Sunday? Usual time and place?" He asked me. I nodded.

"Of course! I wouldn't trade it for anything else! IT's probably one of the most fun times in a week!" I exclaimed, and we both laughed at the thought of our Sundays. Grover, Nico, Thalia, Percy, Juniper and I always hang out at Percy's house to chat at Sundays. Over the years, the things we did there for entertainment got more…extraordinary.

There was once that the kitchen got filled with foam. Well, it wasn't really on purpose that we accidentally opened and sprayed a fire extinguisher while trying to whack a piñata with it.

Another time, Percy's whole house got turned upside down, all because we were trying to catch a mouse. Grover ended up falling down in the toilet, with his head stuck in the toilet. He smelled like…well, toilets, for an entire week. Understandably, he didn't come to school for the same entire week either.

"Yea, of course you won't." Percy flashed his trademark, lopsided goofy grin. "I'll see you tonight?" He asked. I sighed in exasperation and nodded.

No matter how many times I had told him not to fetch me, ever since that day where I got ambushed and beaten up by Ivan and his gang, Percy never missed a night. Out of all the days I had gone to work, he never failed to fetch me home. I was extremely touched by his care for me, but it also made me feel guilty. Someday, I will repay all the kindness he had shown me.

"Yea yea, not like I can stop you." I grumbled under my breath. He snickered and stood up from his seat. The class was mostly empty, safe for a few hardworking students staying back to finish their homework before going home.

"I'll be going now, have to talk to Mr Brunner. See ya!" Percy gave me one last grin and waved his hand casually. I grinned and waved back. I watched him as he left the classroom, and proceeded to pack up my stuff. I couldn't help but smile. Life was much better.

Just that, at that time, I had no idea how much trouble would come into my seemingly perfect life.