Together

Chapter 6

Recap: "Will you-"

Annabeth's POV

"Help me stay away from Rachel?!" He screams. My heart sinks a little. "I don't know if you've noticed, but I can't exactly stay away from them either," I say. His face softens. "I-" he gets cut of by Rachel. "PERCY! WE HAVE TO MATCH FOR PROM! I NEED TO KNOW THE COLOR THAT GOES WITH YOUR SKIN TONE AND WE NEED TO KISS FOR THE YEARBOOK PICTURE!"
He looks at me with those sea green eyes. "Please! Just for a minute?!" I sigh and grab his elbow. I start sprinting down the hallway and shove him into an empty janitors closet.

I turn the lights on quickly and lock the door. Percy breathes a thanks and leans against a corner in the room. I just nod and sit down.

We sit in silence for a while until I break it. "So...you don't like Rachel and her posse?" I ask. He shakes his head. "They are some of the most cruel people in this school. I mean, they tear others down constantly and give me no space, at all." I nod and look at the walls which are white and beat up. "Did they...send you to the nurse today?" He asks carefully. I hesitate for a second the nod, blushing badly. He must of noticed because he says, "There's nothing to be embarrassed about." I look into his eyes. "Yeah, there is. They knocked me unconscious. In a fight. I lost a fight to them. The 'dress to impress group'" He immediately steps in, "It was what? Four or five against one? Come on." I smile, that made me feel at least a little better.

I glance up at the clock. Wow. We've been in here for 10 minutes.

"I think they're gone now," I say.

"Yeah. Can you believe they were talking about Prom? Prom is on the last two days of school for seniors and it's the first day of freshman year?" I laugh at his comment and we get up and go to our next class.

We start wondering the halls together until we find Mr. Brunner's class.

"Today, we will be simply sharing about ourselves, with a twist at the end. So, please complete these papers and then turn them in when your finished," Mr. Brunner states and hands out papers.

I start on it immediately.

What is your favorite thing to do

Read

What is your favorite animal

Owl

What is a great fear you have?

Spiders

What are some talents you have?

Singing, school related things, advice giving, winning in capture the flag and the starving games.

Etc

I turn my paper in and daydream while I wait for the twist.

At the end of class Mr. Brunner starts the twist.

"All of you have probably heard of Greek and Roman Gods. So, to make this more interesting, I took these questions offline about who's your God parent. Now, based on the results we will be able to tell who is your God parent. This is just for fun. Okay, um...the following people are the Hermes group: Sarah, Kyle, and Luke. Poseidon: Percy and Katie. Aphrodite: Lauren, Piper, and Addison. Zeus: Thaila and Jason," the list keeps going on and on until I hear," Athena: Annabeth." I was the only one. Great.

Class ends and head to ELA.

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ELA was boring for some reason. After the bell rings I meet Thaila for lunch. We both sit at an empty table until I felt a tap on my shoulder.

I turned and saw Percy. He was scratching the back of his neck as if he was nervous. "D-do you mind if I sit with you?" He asks. I smile. "Sure," I say while he sits on the other side of me.

We strike up a conversation and I realize he is starting at me. I blush and look away.

The rest of lunch was like that. Does he like me? I hope.

After lunch the rest of the school day was boring, until Percy asked to come over to my house so we could study. Which I gladly accepted.

TIME LASPE

The school days over and I go to my locker to get my things. On my way I see them. They are standing at my locker, talking to Percy. Well, Rachel is the only one truly blocking my locker. I gulp and walk over there.

As soon as I get there I try to be as nice as possible. Key word: try.

"Excuse me," I say nicely while tapping on Rachel's shoulder. All she does is turn her head to look at me and laugh. Then she continues trying to get Percy's attention. "Excuse me," I say a little louder. No response. "Rachel, please move," I say. More laughing. "Rachel, I need to get to my locker!" I say. She just continues giggling with her friends. You know what? "EXCUSE ME!" I scream and throw Rachel out of the way, sending her away from my locker. Of course, being the dramatic person she is, she makes her self fall. I shrug it off and get my things from my locker.

When I'm done I realize she is still on the floor. "P-Percy. Can you help me up?" She asks sweetly. All Percy does is laugh, "You know, I'd rather not," he says before walking with me to the bus room.

*A/N

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