Mortals Meet Percabeth Refined

Alicia Thomson

Hi! My name is Alicia, and I am a Junior attending Goode High School. Give me a moment though. I'm considered one of the "Hot Girls", in the school, so I have to keep my reputation going. I smother my face with acne lotion, as my mother screeches "ALICIA! You're going to be late!"  "Coming Mom!" I yell, as I finish washing my face, grab my bookbag, and bolt out the door. I check my watch as I hop onto the bus. 7:45 AM, my watch reads, and I sigh in relief. I should be able to make it in time, unless the bus runs into a ditch or something. 

Where was I again? Right, the "Hot Girls."

When I mean one of the "Hot Girls", I mean one of the "Hot Girls." Us girls at Goode, have an entire list for grading the looks of the boys and girls for each grade, and I sit comfortably at #3, edged out by two acquaintances of mine, Elisabeth Smith and Wendy Wong, with the former taking the top spot. Being at #3, guarantees me basically any boy in Goode, but I've rejected all of them, because I like to keep my eyes on the prize.

"What's the Prize?" you're probably thinking. Don't worry, I won't keep you waiting. It's the boy who tops the hottest boys list, by a solid margin, and his name is none other than Percy Jackson.

Oh. My.

Don't even get me started on this beauty of a man. Raven black hair, sea green eyes, and a devilishly handsome smirk, I haven't even got started! Percy's the type of guy to catch gals and guys, that's how hot he is. He's also the captain of the swim team as well, giving the girls the perfect excuse to watch him while he's half-naked ;).

Oddly enough, even though he could have any girl he wanted, he's rejected literally every single girl that's asked him out, ever! That's including Liz and Wendy! (Massive scandal when he rejected Liz. No one rejects Liz right? Right?)

He also claims to have a girlfriend. It also so happens that he can't bring this girlfriend to school with him or get her speaking on the phone or even show us a picture of her for whatever reason. Honestly, I think he's just biding his time for me, because I have the privilege of being his best friend. You see, I probably have the best chance of becoming his girlfriend, and the school recognizes that, since EVERYONE ships us together.

The bus screeches to a halt, and I check my watch after I get off. 8:02 AM it reads. Crud! I'm late! I rush into the school, shovel some books from my locker to my bookbag. I barely make it inside Mr. Lebowiski's classroom before the second bell rings, (The second bell is the late bell.)

"Alicia." Mr. Lebowiski looks up at me. "Close shave with the bell huh?" He chuckled.

"You could say that." I grinned, pushing my hair behind my ear as I panted. I looked at the classroom to where Percy was. He smiled at me and waved, beckoning towards a seat he saved for me. How sweet. I winked at him.

"Alright, lets get this lab going." Mr. Lebowiski said. "Today, as you all know, we are going to be examining phytoplankton. Your partner will be the person sitting next to you, get out your microscopes-" 

And Mr. Lebowiski droned on. I turned to Percy who had already gotten his microscope, and had even got mine for me. What was the lab based off of again? Something to do with a microscopic water bacteria or something. I sighed in relief. I was no wiz in biology, but Percy sure was when it came to anything that related to the sea. "Smart and Sexy", I thought to myself, although to be fair, biology was the only subject that he got an A on, but the fact that he did get As on any grade was sort of impressive because he had ADHD and Dyslexia. 

By the time the period was over, both me and Percy had handed in our lab worksheets, we left to our next class. Geometry. We sat down, again, to seats next to each other, as Mrs. Bach rambled on about bisectors and theorems. Percy and I didn't usually pay much attention to this stuff, so we chatted with the boy and girl behind us. Dalton, is a guy who places in the top 20% of boys and is a friend of mine. He used to have a crush on me, but I rejected him. Eyes on the prize, remember? To be honest though, if Percy wasn't around, I would have considered it. Emily, was a chubby girl with glasses, pretty far down the list, but she was so nice, everyone liked her.