How To Love

Ch. 3: The One and Only Percy Jackson

-ANNABETH'S POV-

I gasped.
OH. MY. GOD. He had sea-green eyes and jet black hair. He wad the guy I saw from my window. More importantly; he was Peter Johnson! I know Peter is supposed to be a fictional character but it's him! Surfers body and lean muscles? Check.  Black hair and sea-green eyes? Check. Facial structure? Check. I can't believe this. This is impossible. It is also everything I've ever wished for.
"Peter?" I asked in shock. "It's Percy." he said. Oh my, I've lost my mind. "You don't know who I am?" He asked in shock. Someone next to him whispered something to his ear. "Oh you're new! That's why you don't know me. The Percy—" I cut him off. "Why would I know who you are? It's not like you own the school!" He was taken aback. I could see he was both shocked and angry. I was too. I mean the guy does talk like he is the king of the school. "Well, he is 'The Percy Jackson'." said a little elf guy. "Who are you?" I asked him. "Leo. " he replied. I nodded. "So tell me Leo: do you put 'the' before everyones name? What makes Percy 'The One and Only Percy Jackson' huh? I don't see a big deal." I said shrugging. Everyone fell silent. The tension was thick, I could feel it. "I mean he is one of the most known people here. He causes a lot of you know and he ls also good with ladies you kno—" Percy elbowed Leo at the last part. I looked at him. So he is the one in this school. There always is one in every school. The one who causes trouble, breaks girls heart, mocks people. I hate him already.
Drew was the one to cut the tension. "He is good with ladies alright." Drew said winking at Percy. "But I'm his main Lady." She said. Percy looked even angrier towards Drew than to me. "No you're not! You being my stalker doesn't make me yours. So you can shut your mouth and get your big fat ass off my face!" He shouted at Drew. Drew got super angry. But in her eyes you could also see the sadness. "I've had enough of your shit, Percy. One day you want me one day you don't. I can do so much better than you!" she said the last word as if it was the most disgusting thing ever. "Oh yeah? Let's see it!" Percy said. Drew got up without a word and started walking away. "Oh you will." She said right before exiting the cafeteria. It was silent for a while. Then I looked at the other girls and nodded at them. We got up and went after Drew.
We found her in the girls bathroom. She was crying and her mascara was running down her eyes. It wasn't a pretty sight. "I hate him for it. I hate him. He never cared. He never ever did. He's a douchebag. I wish he would be played someday." She stopped. "Yeah, let's do that. Let's ruin him. I'll have my revenge. And he'll get hurt. I like it."
I was kind of surprised at the sudden outburst of Drew's feeling. What scared me even more is the Peter/Percy situation and where I stand in it. See, in the book there's this girl Anniebell. She looks exactly like me. She is dating Peter. Like, how unlucky can I be? Percy looks like Peter and I look like Anniebell. That would be great if We didn't hate each other's guts. "Let's go girls. " I heard Drew say, waking me up from my thoughts. She had fixed her make up. She looked like her normal self now.

It had been a week. A week after the fight. Nothing happened. They ignored eachother. I was scared Drew would blow up and do something crazy. I saw Drew talking to Leo. Which kind of weirded me out. I didn't know they were friends. She wasn't just talking to him. She was flirting with him. I was real confused now. I thought she liked Percy? When they were done talking Drew came next to us. She was happy but you could spot the evil glint in her eyes. "What's going on?" I asked Drew. "Why were you talking to Leo?" She smiled. Not cute at all. "Well let's just say we're having a big family dinner tonight. You guys are coming over to our house at 5 o'clock." She winked at us. "We are?" I asked. "You are." She she answered me as quickly as possible. Then like nothing happened we started walking to our lessons.
Drew has ignored Percy all day, like she had been doing all week. I was kind of proud of her. She didn't do anything. Didn't start a fight. Nothing. "Open your eyes." Said Drew. I opened them. First thing that went through my head was: Holly shit I look kind of hot! Then I realised I looked hot. "Drew why do I look...um...you know..." I couldn't say it. "Hot?" She asked, the other girls giggled. I nodded looking down, embarrassed. I just made a fool out of myself. "That's called make-up sweetheart." Drew said. "Well can I take it off?" I asked her. She gasped. "No. Annie no. You look good. And I think you should wear this look to school as well." I said nothing. I just looked down. I was so not wearing this look to school. Drew passed me a dress. It was dark blue. She also gave me a pair of black heels. "Go change."  I got out and I found myself face to face with a really big boy. Like he was super tall and muscular. "Oh sorry!" I said. He gave me a warming smile. I smiled back. "Charlie you okay?" A girly voice said. A girl came out of the next door. "Oh hi!" She said to me smiling. "You are...Annabeth right?" I heard your name in Math class." I nodded smiling. "And you are?" I said, trying to sound as polite as possible. "Silena." She said. "I'm Drew's half sister. I'm a junior and this is Beck, my boyfriend." I smiled at them. "Pleased to meet you." Did I say 'pleased'? That sounded so weird. "You too." She smiled at me. "Well, I have to go change. See you later." I said. She gave me a one last smile as I got in the bathroom to change. She was so nice. I never had a person smile at me that much. I smiled. I was happy for some reason. She was such a positive person. "Annie!" I heard Drew yell. I quickly changed. The dress was short. Really short. Slutty short. I walked back to Drew's room as slowly as possible, trying not to fall with these heels. Once I got in I realised they were all dolled up ready to go. "Ahh!" Drew squealed,
grinning as widely as possible. "You look hot." She said. I looked at the mirror. Holly... I... I looked hot alright. But I looked so un-like me. "Hey girls we're late. And I'm driving." said Stacey. She had ginger hair and green eyes. She was one of Drew's best friends. We went downstairs I got in the car. I hoped tonight would be a chance for me to get to know my new friends better. I had talked to a few of them, it didn't go that well.
We arrived in a restaurant. We walked in. Then I saw them. The boys. Leo got up and hugged Drew which was kind of weird. Cause Leo was shorter than Drew. Everyone looked shocked. After a while everyone sat down. And oh so luckily the only seat left for me was the one next to Percy. Oh boy, this was going to be weird.
45 min. I've survived for that long. We ate and they talked. I've said nothing though. "Percy, how ya been?" Drew said looking as intimidating as she could. Percy put the same face on. "Great. How about you?" He said smiling. "Oh good. Funny thing, now that I don't care about you a lot of guys asked me out. How about you?" Percy's smile broke. Drew shoots she scores. "None yet." Drew tried to look sad. She failed. "Here's and advice: you need to be courageous. Don't be a little chicken." "I'm not."Percy said clenching his teeth. "Can't say the same about you Drew." He said smiling coldly. "Oh yeah?" Drew said raising one eyebrow. The tension was so thick. "Well can you do this?" Drew grabbed Leo by the collar and kissed him. Everyone was shocked. Including Leo. When Drew pulled away she sent Percy a look that dared him to the same. Percy smiled. I felt a hand on my hand. Then all of a sudden I was pulled into a kiss. My mind went blank. It was so weird. A few seconds later I realised the person who was kissing me: Percy. I pushed him away. I was pissed and shocked. I touched my lips, not believing what just happened. I got up and ran to the bathroom. I dialled my dads number. "Dad, it's me. Please come pick me up. I don't feel good. I'll send you the location." I was crying. I got out and ran outside. My dad was there. He didn't ask a thing. For the first time in a long time I hugged him and got in the car. While we were driving away my lips were still warm from the kiss