How You Changed Me (Demigods In High School AU)

Chapter 11 || The Golden Couple

ANNABETH CHASE

After their day with Percy and Leo at the football stadium, Annabeth knew her thoughts about him had changed...

Psych!

Nothing changed. He was still Percy. And they definitely didn't get along. She wasn't really surprised. Athena and Poseidon were never supposed to be lovebirds. 

Lovebirds? Really Annabeth?! Why lovebirds?! It's not like you and Percy were supposed to be lovebirds... UGH! I HATE THE DUDE! THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO SAY! she thought while she leaned against the lockers.

"You're staring at Percy, Annabeth," Piper's voice cut through her thoughts.

She felt her cheeks flush in embarrassment.

"No... No, I wasn't! I was staring at the poster next to him!" she defended herself.

"With those dreamy eyes, I doubt you have a crush on a poster," Piper raised an eyebrow smugly.

"You... Y--"

"I can track your love waves. And boy... Percy's one lucky man."

"But I hate him!" Annabeth exclaimed, "He's so arrogant, cocky, sassy, cold, mean, heartless, cute, amazing..." Annabeth caught herself. "--ly STUPID!"

Piper sighed, staring at her.

"You're doing it again."

"Doing what?"

"When you insult the person to the extreme until those insults turn to compliments and you try to turn them around but you can't," Piper said in one breath. "You did it when you liked Steven, Jeffery, and Owen. Nothing other than patterns I see with you."

Annabeth groaned, slamming her face in her locker, "What am I doing Piper? You can obviously tell that I hate him and he hates me! Why. WHY?"

Piper looked at her with a sad look on her face.

"Yeah. It's pretty obvious you and Percy don't like each other. He's even said that you're a bit of a stuck-up false queen."

Annabeth whipped around to face her.

"He said what?"

"That you're stuck-up and if someone elected you to be queen, they'd be hallucinating because your gray eyes are like little steel needles. And I quote," Piper chirped.

She was about to interject when she pondered this.

"You know..." He's not completely wrong... "HE'S WRONG!"

"Annabeth, no matter how much you hate him, I see the way you look at him."

"Ugh!" Annabeth groaned, "I can't help it. Those annoying sea-green eyes and those teeth just... agh!"

Piper put a hand on her shoulder and she watched as Renee walked over, immediately grabbing Percy's face and beginning to intensely make out with it. Annabeth stared in disgust. Everyone already knew she had Percy as a boyfriend! She didn't need to make out like that in school to show it off.

"Beth? Uhm... you said that part out loud."

Annabeth shook out of her thoughts.

"Put a mouth guard in my mouth," she muttered, slamming her locker shut and walking to her next class with Piper.

So that's what she was feeling every time she stared at Percy. Love mixed with hate. What? That didn't even make sense! It felt like there was a phone buzzing in her stomach or something because it was... fluttering. Her forehead was beaded with sweat and she forced herself to look away when Percy walked in the classroom, Leo behind him.

She clenched her fists. Percy was cold, sassy, cocky, arrogant... and the main reason her whole life made no sense. So... yeah. Would you not hate someone who you don't wanna like but like anyways? Annabeth saw his sea-green gaze flicker onto her, pausing for a quick second before turning immediately back to Bryan and Josh, who were laughing about something she didn't know about.

Piper turned to her, showing me her phone.

"You've gotta watch this video Percy posted on his Instagram," Piper said, showing Annabeth the phone.

It was Percy at the beach, wearing nothing but swim trunks, holding out a blue cookie while a dolphin swam towards him.

"Up!" Percy said, raising the blue cookie.

The dolphin leaped up and tackled Percy underwater, where Annabeth could hear Percy laughing. The sun was setting in the horizon and she fought the urge to screenshot the scene as a Lock Screen. She groaned, pressing her face into her palms. 

Why, Aphrodite? Why make me have a crush on someone I hate? What was making me like this stupid person?

"Welcome to English class," Mr. Blofis said, "Today, we'll be writing random pieces. Just random. About how you feel right now."

Annabeth took out her computer and began to furiously type.

Love Hate by Annabeth Chase(a.k.a MaidenDemigod4Life Copyright)

My whole life I've been a person who looks for the stars.
Then he came and blocked my view.
So I turned to him, hatred blazing through my heart.
But when I looked at his face, I couldn't be more confused.

Because as I got to know the rude thing,
I became attracted to him in the worst possible way.
He prevented me from spreading my wings.
And it's correct to say, he, I still hate.

He makes the worst decisions and never listens to me.
His girlfriend is a monster, really big 'B'.
And while he says I act like I am above,
I wonder why I am in love.

Why I am in love with an arrogant, cocky, stupid bum.
Because more than I feel love, hate will always be the sum.
Our relationship was full of hate and only hate.
It was until Aphrodite fiddled with fate.

Now, she's confused me entirely.
Because 'Love Hate' has become my reality.

"Who wants to share?" Mr. Blofis said when the writing period was over. "Annabeth? Do you?"

Percy whipped around to face Annabeth, his cold sea-green gaze on her.

"Sure," she said, her gaze never leaving Percy's.

Annabeth walked up to the classroom and read the poem. Her words echoed around the classroom and her heart pounded with each word she spoke. When she was done, she looked at Percy's face to see it crossed with a look she'd never seen him wear before. Faint realization mixed with confusion. But beyond that, you could see something like... a little spark of warmth.

"Great poem, Annabeth!" Paul said, "You may sit! Percy? Would you like to share something?"

Percy walked up to the front of the classroom.

"I wrote a haiku."

I like blue cookies.
King Nemo is awesome, too.
My sass is supreme.

And somehow, that got the praise of everyone. Even if it was worthy of Apollo. Annabeth groaned, hating the little thing so much. Why?