Life's Complicatios

New Boss New Job

Annabeth Pov

I was panting by the time I stepped into the house and closed the door behind me. I had ran away from Percy, obviously too timid, too scared to stay with him any longer. Also, due to my past experiences with boys...especially a certain one, I had never been comfortable with any male friends, never been able to walk alone with a boy.

In fact, Percy's actually the first male friend I have ever since two years ago. Ever since I met that boy...and it's actually a wonder how I can even stand being with Percy. They are so alike in many ways...yet so different.

They are kind, both caring, and both sincere in their own way. But there's a difference between them. The boy...he was somewhat not trustworthy. He always seemed to have some ulterior motive...something bad. I had seen it in his eyes...but I chose to ignore it as he was the first person to ever 'accept' me...the end result was horrendous, but as for Percy...he seems to be different. His eyes...were different.

Percy's eyes are like the sea, very unpredictable, totally unreadable. Yet, I don't feel the 'evil' radiating from him...not the one that that boy had...but I still must be careful. Looks often deceive, and so does instinct. Even though I feel that Percy is nothing like that boy...I can't be too careful. I had trusted that boy, and the end result was...unpleasant. It was one of the lowest times of my life, and looking at my already depressing life, you can imagine how it must have felt like.

I moved on, I got out of that particular school, and went away from him, but the memories stay, and they still haunt me in my dreams. It was the worst time of my life.

I sighed as I walked into my room. It has been a few weeks since I moved here, and this place already looks like home, with the clothes and books everywhere...stacks and piles of notes spread out across the study table. I walked to my wardrobe and took out another set of clothes and went for a bathe.

After the bathe, I decided to go find my workplace. I haven't seen the restaurant that I would be working in yet, and do not know where it is exactly. I only had the location, but I have not seen it yet. So I decided to pay a visit and introduce myself to my boss first.

I looked at the clock on the wall. It read 3.30pm. Mentally planning a timetable, I picked up my wallet, phone, the notepad I had used to write down notes that I had taken down during my time with Percy and keys and proceeded out of the house, bolting the main door securely before walking off.

"Street 41 lakeside...lakeside shopping mall..." I muttered as I walked down the streets, holding the notepad and looking around for any board that tells the road, and at the same time keeping track of where the landmarks were so that I would not get lost later on.

After an hour of torture, I finally found myself standing outside a four-story shopping mall. I cursed as I looked at my watch. It was already five in the afternoon. I had not planned to spend more than half an hour searching for the freaking mall. After recording all the surrounding details of the place, I walked into the shopping mall.

The shopping mall was like any other- full of shops, people, restaurants and stuff. I immediately started to walk, not wanting to waste any time marveling the fact that this was only the third mall I have ever went into since I moved out of the house.

The restaurant's name is 'eighteen chef', and it is one of the most popular outlets, as far as my precious boss told me. I sighed in exasperation. With such a big mall, with so many damn people, it would take me quite a while to locate the stupid restaurant again. I looked down and started walking. Even with these thoughts in my head, I still felt timid and scared. So many males...