Lockets

VIII Annabeth

CHAPTER EIGHT
Annabeth POV  (A/N: thinking of mainly staying in Annabeth's POV. Just need Percy's to get a gage of the storyline I'm creating.)
Sally and Percy left early this morning. I saw them pulling out from the underground garage after my morning run.
Feeling a little lonely in my apartment after eating dinner with the Jackson's the night before and talking with Percy till 10PM. I decided I'm going to explore campus a little, maybe read a textbook for one of my summer classes that starts next week, and work on writing my own music. I really don't have anything planned till 6PM, which is an hour of dance (I switch styles every night) and then combat from 7:30 to 9:30.
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The week came and went. I read all the text books for both my classes, so I know I'll be ready. I did dance and combat every weekday. On Saturday, Percy and I did a two hour workout. I got some elevation masks for us to help improve my running and Percy's swimming. (A/N: the internet says, "These masks, which cover your mouth and nose, cut down on the amount of oxygen you take in while exercising. Using the mask when training forces your heart and lungs to work harder. When you remove the mask for a race or game, your body uses oxygen more efficiently.") Sunday was a day for cleaning and clearing space for the incoming instruments.
Monday finally came and I was ready for my first day of college. Waking up at 6AM, I ran, came home to get ready to leave at 7:40 to be on time to my first class of the day from 8-11AM. Having an hour break in between classes, I would either bring something from home or eat at an on campus cafe I found where they sell chicken wraps and pre-packaged salads. Heading into a different build after lunch, I started my second summer class at 12, which lasted another 3 hours.
Having a good first day of classes, I head home to wait for my instruments to arrive.
The movers placed the mini grand in my living room, where the pianists' back would be facing the elevator and looking out to the New York skyline. The rest of the instruments and tech were set up in my office.
Then scooting off to dance and combat, I came home about 9:45PM. Taking a body shower, not wanting to go to bed with wet hair, I would do 30 minutes of calming yoga from an app I download on my iPad. Yoga gave me a good stretch after combat and it also calmed any left over adrenaline from sparing and calmed my ADHD, so I could get to sleep relatively quickly.
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The summer session was coming to a close. I have finals next week, then three weeks off till the school year. 
My summer was very uneventful. I did running, classes, music, dance, combat, and yoga during the week. Weekends consist of workout with Percy, and sometimes hangout afterwards if he was free, keeping house (like grocery shopping, cleaning, and laundry), doing assignments, and playing music.
I started to post covers on YouTube, every other day, of me singing and playing the instrument(s). I know I'm making some money off of posting and views, like 3 to 5 dollars per 1,000 views, but I just don't want to rely on Fredrick's money he sends every month. And if I start to post original songs, which I'm planning on doing when the school year starts, and get a steadier views, I can get a steady income. Which means I could apply to get emancipated from Fredrick.
But getting enough money off of YouTube to support my case to get emancipated is unlikely. I'll probably get a part time job to do over the weekends.
I've neve felt that I fit in with him, Susan, and the boys. I already live across the country, so I don't see any point in staying legally bound to him. Sure, he's still my father and will always be my father, but I just want him to be happy. And I know being happy might not include me. Plus, he should be saving the money he's sending me for Bobby's and Mathew's education, which he'll actually has to to pay for.
I'm not saying the boys aren't bright or that Fredricks is poor or anything, but he'll have to pay double tuition at the same time and college is expensive.
Good news is, Percy will be staying home to start getting ready for Freshman year three days after I finish my finals. Percy and I have become close over our weekends together. I would say we're pretty good friends and are comfortable enough where we can hangout and say nothing at times. Workout together made us feel physically more comfortable with each other because some of the exercises are partner work, where we would have to spot or hold on to each other, and sometimes we would train without a shirt on because we're working out in the summer, with the masks, really makes you sweet. Actually, I would say he is my best friend because I don't have any friends my age. Sure there are the guys and girls at dance, but we never hangout before or afterwards, so they're just classmates, like at school too. I met a couple other Freshman, but they have jobs or they already found their group of friends. I haven't seen Lee on campus yet, probably because he has works during the summer and maybe during the school year too.
I did just meet a girl at 'Half-Blood Combat Center'. Her name is Clarisse La Rue. I learned that she also goes to Camp Half-Blood along with Percy. She came back two weeks early to start getting ready to try out for Googe High School's wrestling team, kinda like how I've been working with Percy for the swim team. I also met Grover Underwood a couple times, when we would both go to the pool with Percy and time him. I would say that La Rue and Underwood are more like acquaintances. I'm hoping to become friends with them because La Rue is a good sparring partner and Grover is Percy's best friend so it would be nice to get to know him.
My talks with the counselor have been uneventful too. Although, one meeting with her a couple weeks ago, she wanted to know if I was planning on participating in any sports.