The Runaway Princess

2. The Name's Percy Jackson

(8 years later)

"ANNABETH!"
I groan as Susan yells for me to get my lazy butt out of bed. Slowly, I sit up and rub my face with my hands. "ANNABETH!" Susan yelled again. "COMING!" I screamed back, the frustration obvious in my voice.
I look at my alarm clock and groan when I see the time. It's only 5:45am. Sleepily, I push off the covers and hop out of bed. I shiver when I feel how cold my room is with out my warm blankets wrapped around me.
And as I walk toward my closet I see why my room is so cold. Susan opened the window. In February! What, is she trying to freeze me to death or something?
Annoyed I go close the window, grab some clothes, and go head to take a hot shower.
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After my shower I throw on a pair of dark wash jeans and Gray t-shirt. Quickly I blow dry my curly hair and throw it up in a messy ponytail.
"ANNABETH!" Satan, er I mean Susan yells from downstairs. "WHAT?!" I yell back as I grab my backpack off my bed. "GET ME MY BREAKFAST AND THEN GET TO SCHOOL !" She screeches back.

Quickly I jog down the stairs and slide into the kitchen. I open the fridge with one hand and click the kettle with another. Using my foot I prop open the door I grab the milk and eggs.
"Is breakfast ready yet?" A small voice asks from behind me. "I'm working on it Matthew" I grumble as I scramble the eggs.
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I finish cooking breakfast and grab an apple as I race towards the door. I throw on my black coat and blue snow boots along the way.
Snow falls lightly to the ground as I walk toward my car, which is parked at the far end of the driveway. Your probably wondering how a girl with an evil stepmother has a car. Well it's simple. 1) It was my Dad's so it's used and 2) Susan couldn't be bothered to drive me around all the time 3) My dad's will said that I get the car. See, simple.

Music plays quietly on the radio, and I hum along to it as I enter the parking lot. The snow had stopped but it's still extremely cold outside. My dad had always loved winter, it was his favourite season. I think about this as I enter the warm school.

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"ANNABETH!!!" Somebody shouts as they run toward me . "Hi Hazel." I say as she embraces me. When she let go I see Piper walk towards us. "Oh no here comes trouble!" I say loud enough for them to hear. Piper laughs and rolls her eyes. A little background on my friends; Piper is the beauty. With choppy brown hair and colour changing eyes, she's every guys dream. But don't get me wrong. Piper, although she's pretty, is no dummy. And then there's Hazel; she's the classy , quiet one. Hazel has dark brown curly hair and dark rich skin. She's often pretty quiet, but she does have a courageous side once you see once you get to know her. They're not much, but they're pretty much the best I've got, so yeah.

Eventually the school bell rings and we all head off to our different classes. Hazel has Chemistry, Piper has Geography and I have Calculus. Yay. Note the sarcasm.

I'm walking towards Mr. Q's class when I suddenly bump into something. No, not something. Someone.
"Sorry" the person says, and they reach down to help me up.  I take their hand still dazed from bumping into them.
I look at the person I bumped into. He's a tall boy with raven black hair and sea green eyes. His lips move and I suddenly realize that he's said something. "What?" I ask and the boy lets out a small laugh. The kind of laugh that spreads until everyone else is laughing too. "I asked if you were okay" he clarifies and hands me the books I dropped. "Oh, um, I'm okay," I answer, shifting my gaze to the floor. "Good," he replies. We stand there for a second in an awkward silence.
"I should get to class" I say, breaking the silence. The boy nods and moves to side, gesturing for me to pass.

I blush at my clumsiness and walk past him. As I head farther down the hall I hear him yell "I'm Percy Jackson by the way!"

I smile but keep walking. Not even bothering to introduce myself. A large part of me was wondering what the heck just happened.