Head Under Water

Chapter 12

Tuesday: (Day after Percy got hurt)

Annabeth twirled her hair around her finger as she pecked at the cheap excuse the school called pizza, he intrigued her, he really did. He's so set against that people can be good, but she guessed that made sense, he's only ever been picked on. She watched him from across the cafeteria, sitting at a table by himself, wincing every so often from his fresh bruises.

But her thoughts were cut short by a member of her group sitting next to her "Looking for a new plaything?" she said gesturing to Percy.

"Oh no, never, he's not my type" She replied after she processed her response.

"Then you wouldn't mind me taking him for a ride?" The girl sneered

"Shut up Rachel" Annabeth said "He's off limits, ok?"

"What ever Annie, but snooze you lose" Rachel replied as she stole Annabeth's Pizza.

She infuriated Annabeth, it had been a constant struggle of hers all year to maintain her leader position, much to Rachel's dismay. Annabeth was about ready just to give it up, it drained her, all the fakeness of it.

But her fear of what would happen destroyed any hope of her escaping. She decided to hop on social media and found Percy's page. He didn't have much there, but that's not what Annabeth was looking for. She messaged him through the app, asking for his number so she could text him. She quickly added that it was only for tutoring, just to make sure he didn't think anything.

Percy got the messages and sent her the number, and Annabeth sent him a text saying it was her. They both saved the others number, Percy setting her contact name as "Wisegirl" and Annabeth setting Percy's as "Seaweed Brain"