Hi everyone :)

I am on Christmas Break and I slept in really late this morning. It was almost lunch time by the time my mom called me. Ok, this is a new story that I have been planning for a while but now am just getting it set up on FanFiction.

Two things: one; I've never been in a gang, so I don't if some of these rules or things they do is correct. And two; ENJOY IT!

"Can I ask you something?" the dark-haired boy asked in front of me. "And can you answer as honestly as possible?"

I looked up from the textbook that was in front of me and stared into his sea green eyes. "It depends on the question, but go ahead."

"If I wasn't a gang leader..."

I leaned closer, waiting for the rest. "Uh-uh?"

"... would you date me?"

"Why would you like to know?" I asked.

His eyes focused on mine. "Annabeth," he began. "Just answer."

"I-I..." I hesitated. "I don't know."

"You're hesitating because you're afraid to admit it."

I was taken by surprise. "Admit what?"

"That you have feelings for me."

I was about to open my mouth to speak, but I couldn't speak as my eyes stared into his. Those sea green orbs have mysteries that he didn't show, hidden behind the soft color of his eyes. He lifted his hand and let it rest of my cheek.

His thumb ran over my skin. "Gosh, you're so beautiful."

The black-haired, green-eyed gang leader that sat in front of me leaned forward and I could feel his hot breath on my lips. I, slowly but cautiously, leaned in too and before I knew it, my lips were captured with his.

Now, you're probably wondering- WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU KISS HIM? The answer to that is; read on. Let's go back about a month ago, when it all began. The first day of senior year.

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"Ugh, where did the time go?" I asked, leaning against my new locker for the new school year. "I mean, just yesterday, I was happy about getting out of this place, and now look? We're all back again for another round."

My best friend, Katie Gardner, opened her locker and sighed. "I know. I wish summer didn't end so quickly either. I was going to go to California, but no, we had to start school earlier this year."

"I was looking forward to going to Washington D.C. for that monument study and architecture course for two weeks."

"Why would you plan that right before school? Didn't you have come back the weekend when school was ORIGINALLY supposed to start?" Katie yelled loudly.

I gave a small laugh. "Yeah, but it's ruined now. I had to give it to Malcolm instead."

"I don't get how you two can be so obsessed with architecture. It's just a bunch of squares and numbers."

"No, it's not. It takes a good amount of skill to realize the monument's area and perimeter. You have to know the exact length, or close to it enough to know the difference."

Katie blinked. "You lost me at 'no, it's not'."

We were then distracted by the sound of texting keys and clanking heels. Katie and I turned to see the popular group making their way through the halls. Stacie and her minions were in their usual outfit; skirt and shirt that were way too tight. The lead girl, Stacie smiled at something behind me and started playing with hair. I looked over and saw the school's baddest student in the entire school industry.

Percy Jackson.

He ran New York's scariest gang. His second in command, Nico, who I actually got along with was his cousin. Percy wasn't really intimidating at first, but if he could if he really wanted to. The thought brought back a time in freshman year when we were partners in Algebra. He wanted my answers to the classwork. I told him no. We got at it for a while before we started yelling at each other and the teacher brought us both up to the principal.

Katie scoffed behind me, catching my attention. "I hate this part of the new school year."

"Tell me about it," I agreed, glancing back to where he stood.

Percy had jet black hair; bangs covering his devious eyes. He usually wore dark jeans and t-shirts with his leather jacket. The one thing that I actually liked about him was his eyes. They were sea green, reminding me of the beach water in San Francisco, where I used to live before I moved here when I was child.

Other than that, I did not like him at all.

He would drink almost every weekend. He would smoke cigarettes on school property. Only God knows what he was doing these past three months of non-school activities. Katie and I turned around to finish putting things in our lockers. She closed hers and looked over to where the gang members were standing.

"I hate to say it, but he looks really, really good this year."

I slammed my locker shut and looked over at her. "Are you blind?"

"No. I have 20-20 vision," Katie smirked, crossing her arms above her chest.

I rolled my eyes. "Then you may want to get it checked again."

"Come on, Annie! Percy has gotten hotter this summer, hasn't he?"

"Do not call me Annie," I threatened.

She held her hands up. "All right, but take a good glance at him and I'll stop."

"You know, I could wind your little chicken neck up and make it into a frying pan really easily."

Katie smiled. "I love your death threats. You are just so original."

I grumbled, "Yeah, yeah, whatever."

"Now, look over and tell me he did not get cuter this summer."

I sighed and glanced over to where Percy was standing. He was leaning against the lockers on the other side of the hall, with Stacie running her hands up his arms. I was about to be sick. I turned around and looked at Katie.

"There. Done. Happy?"

She eyed me. "You were looking at the two of them. Just look at him. I can tell he was working out this summer by just focusing on him."

I looked over again and kept my eyes only on him. Wow. Katie was right. He was fitter than before. His black hair was un-tamed like it used to be and the bangs were covering his eyes. Percy was wearing dark jeans, black vans, and a white v-neck that showed that he had been working out this summer. I took a deep breath. I leaned my head to the left to look at Katie.

"Fine. Your 20-20 vision was correct," I said through gritted teeth.

Katie laughed. "I knew it."

"But he's not hot. He's cute, but there's a lot more guys that are way better good-looking than he is," I informed her.

"All right."

She turned around to walk to our first period and I glanced back towards Percy. He looked up at the exact moment I did and our eyes met. A smirk broke out onto his lips and I felt the urgency to roll my eyes and walk away, but then again, I didn't. His sea green eyes locked with mine for a few seconds before he looked away to look at Stacie, who was messing with the hem of his shirt.

I shook my head, rolled my eyes, and walked towards first period. It was the first day of senior year and I'm already annoyed. Great.

PERCY'S POV:

I leaned against my locker after Stacie and her wanna-be's (as Nico likes to call them) walked off in a different direction. Nico, my cousin, was standing next to me flirting with a new red-head that seem interested in him. I let my tongue mess with the tooth-pick that was in my mouth, swerving it around.

"Hey, man," Nico called out after his new 'target' walked away. "She agreed to go out with me for this Friday night. It's already eight a.m. and I'm already in the zone."

I chuckled and leaned my head against the locker. "Calm down, little dude. It's just the beginning of senior year. There's plenty more to come around."

"Like that blonde you were checking out earlier," he said.

"That blonde was Annabeth Chase, the smartest student this school's has ever known since her brother, Malcolm, was it, left to go to his grand college. And I was not checking her out!"

Nico raised an eyebrow. "Did you know her brother before?"

"Let's just say, I've had some conflicts with him before," I ruffled his hair as I closed my eyes, lifting my head up towards the ceiling.

Nico hit me on the shoulder and hissed, "Teacher coming our way!"

I opened my eyes and glanced over to where the teacher was. It was our math teacher, Ms. Dodds who hates me dearly. She walked over to us, snapping her fingers to get into our first period class. I had her class first. It was torture. Nico told me bye and walked to where his class was located.

I followed Ms. Dodds into first period, taking a seat next to some nerd. She wrote her name on the board, writing down today's lesson along with it. The teacher sat down the marker and grabbed a sheet of paper.

"Don't get too comfortable in your seats. I'll be placing you in permanent seats for the entire year. There will be no changing, no exceptions," Ms. Dodds called out names after she was done. I sat there in my seat, waiting to be moved.

"Percy Jackson..." everyone stiffed at the sound of my name. "...will be sitting next to..." she looked around the room. "... to Annabeth Chase."

I didn't move a muscle. I didn't breathe.

Not her. Please, not her.

Let it be a mistake.

Everyone in the entire class made a noise.

I looked behind me to see her, Annabeth Chase, glaring at me in a way that made my skin boil. I gritted my teeth while grabbing my books and walking in her direction. I sat next to her, keeping a distance from her.

ANNABETH'S POV:

Out of all the people, why did my math partner for the whole year have to be him?

I glanced over at him, watching him move in his seat to keep his distance away from me.

Ms. Dodds went on about the rules just like last year. I didn't pay attention though because of a certain gang leader next to me. It wasn't like he freaked me out or anything. Sometimes he could, not most of the time. Most of the time we would be face to face, yanking each other's throats out.

That wasn't how it used to be though.

We used to be best friends... just one summer changed him and changed his ways. He became part of a gang. He started drinking and smoking. He bailed on his friends, including me. He started to make rumors about me, spreading them around like an illness. I always wondered what happened to the nice inside him. The boy he used to be.

The rumors, the betrayel, everything probably wouldn't have hurt me as bad as they did...

If only I wasn't in love with him.

How is that for an introduction?

I'm not giving anything away from me telling you guys she was in love with him. It's how the story is suppose to go.

Did you like the little small prologue in the beginning?

I want to know your thoughts on this. It's something brand new, something I've been working on for a while.

-HunterofArtemis32