Percabeth One Shots

Homecoming

I woke up to my alarms clocks awful beeping. Ugh why did I need to set that god awful device. Then the answer pops into my head. It's the first day of school. More importantly, my junior year of high school!

I can't wait to see Claire and Tara, my two best friends. We haven't seen each other in forever! As I hop in the shower, I recite the equations I memorized this summer and then do some practice problems on the steamy glass door of my shower. Once clean, I hop out and head over to my closet where I pull out blue jeans, a light grey shirt, and my favorite jacket. Then I pull on some socks and my converse and head to the bathroom where I put on some lip gloss and put some curl treatment in my hair so it will dry nicely. I'm not one for makeup and doing my hair everyday. I would rather be studying or working on an important project. Once ready to go, I put all my books in my backpack, my computer and spare books in a tote bag, and head downstairs where I prepare oatmeal for breakfast. Delicious.

"Good morning Annabeth." Says my father cheerfully. "Are you ready for school?"

"Yes! I heard they updated the science equipment and I'm super excited to try it out!" I respond as I gulf down my oatmeal. "I gotta go!" I shout at I looked at my watch. "Tell Helen and the kids that I had to go. Bye!" I grab my bags and run out the door to my bike. I always rode my bike to school, even in the worst of weather as it is a great way to exercise.

After a few minutes, I see Goode Highschool in the distance which only makes me peddle faster. I can't wait to see Claire and Tara! And I may even meet some new friends. Don't get your hopes up, I tell myself. I love Claire and Tara, but they can be really bad friends sometimes. They always are always gaslighting me and ignoring me while they have their own conversations. To say I'm a third wheel would be an understatement.

I finally pull up to the bike rack, where I park and lock my bike. I head inside to my usual locker and put everything, except my computer and the books for the morning classes. I first head to homeroom and then I head to AP Physics and sit down waiting to see if either Claire or Tara are in my class. Finally, as the bell is about to ring, Claire walks in. I pat the seat next to me but she just ignores me and sits down next to some girl. I think her name is Maya. I sigh in defeat as some guy sits down next to me. He try's and fails to talk to me and then gives up when the teacher begins his lecture on Bernoulli's Principle. At the end of class I head off to AP U.S. History, where the same thing happens with Tara. She decides to sit down by some girl named Ellie. Some girl sits by me, try's to talk to me and I just ignore her. The same things happen in every class up until lunch. Once everything is in my locker I head off to lunch and see Tara, Claire, Maya, Ellie, a girl name Hayley, and another girl named Kristen all sitting at a table, leaving no space for me. My eyes fill up with tears as I head over to an empty table and pull out the sandwich I made myself. As I take a bite, I think "they probably don't like me now because I am fat". I spit out my sandwich and stare at it with disgust. No. This can't be happening. I can't get like this again. I used to never eat, which resulted in me being super close to having an actual eating disorder. I finally started eating again after a year of visiting a nutritionist. Now I'm going to relapse and stop eating. I groan and try to take a bite but every bite feels like an added ten pounds and I just run over to the trash can and vomit. Tears streak down my face and I head back over to my table where I collapse on the bench. I put my head in my hands and think about where things went wrong. What happened to Claire and Tara. "They think you're fat" a voice in my head says. No why do they pretend I don't exist? Maybe it is because I'm f-

"Hey. Annabeth right?" Says a girl standing beside me. I look up and realize she's the girl who sits by me in history. I nod and she smiles at me. "I'm Piper. I sat by you in history, right?" I nod again and she sits down. "Well my friends and I noticed you sitting over here by yourself and we were just wondering if you would like to sit with us." My eyes widen. If I accept, Claire and Tara will hate me more that they already do. But who cares about them. I hesitate before nodding. Piper stands up and offers me her hand, which I grab and stand up. She guides me to a table by the windows where I see a girl and four boys. "Hey, this is Annabeth." Says Piper.