I'm No Cinderella

4. When Was Your Um Last Cycle?

Pic of Thalia above!
Okay. Don't go out there Annabeth. That will be even more social suicide. I paced inside the girls locker room unsure of what to do. My clothes were too small and uncomfortable. This is something Drew would wear. I breathed in and out and decided to just go with it for today. It's the last day, no one will remember next week. I hope.

I walked to the locker room doors in a panic. Oh crap, I look like...I look like a Burlesque Girl on drugs. Oh God, maybe I should change back into my clothes. No! I can't do that, then my grade will go down along with my already low self-esteem. I can't let people see my like this. Sure, I maybe exaggerating this, but compared to how I normally dress, this is unusual. The

Maybe I can blend in with the crowd. I can hide behind Piper and Thalia or something. This is ridiculous. Before I could lose courage, I slipped into the gymnasium with at least fifty kids or more. I creeped and stayed hidden behind a wall of ropes and hula hoops, and managed to be blocked by the baskets and dodge-balls. I felt like I was in a James Bond movie or Jackie Chan movie with the way I hid.

I immediately spotted Thalia and Piper in a corner to the gym talking to each other, probably waiting for me. I immediately rushed over to them.

"Guys!" I sat down and leaned over to hide my legs. Piper's eyes widened at me.

"Gods Annabeth! Are you trying to get detention for inappropriate clothes?" Piper put her legs on top of mine to help me cover up. Thalia handed me her sweater that she wore over her gym shirt.

"It's not my fault!" I defended, "Helen shrunk my clothes."

Thalia made a face. "And you didn't think to check your clothes before putting them in your bag? Are you sure your Annabeth?" I frowned. Yeah, that wasn't smart of me, especially since I know how much Helen hates me.

"I wasn't thinking," I muttered.

"That's a first," Piper laughed but her laugh was cut off by my glare. It wasn't the time for jokes. Coach Hedge blew his whistle calling for all students to huddle up. Wait.

Hold Up.

Did I just see dodge-balls? Does everyone have it out for me today or something? Wait, I can't say that, people are after me every day.

I groaned and put my hands to my face. "It's dodge ball day."

I was so glad that Percy or any other guys-barely- that are sort of worth my time are not in this class, so they can't see me humiliate myself even further.

I walked over to the group of huddled students. Coach Hedge was explaining the rules to the game. Once you get hit with a ball, you're out and if you catch a ball, the one who threw it was out, and you can bring back an old teammate.

"Now, nominate two captains." Coach ordered. Piper and I along with some other students pushed Thalia forward. Thalia laughed and stepped forwards shoving off the hands of all the people she "didn't like". As usual, Drew was nominated as a captain as well.

"Now choose your team mates," Coach ordered. "And hurry up cupcakes." I rolled my eyes. He called us cupcakes? The man is like five feet shorter than I and we were the cupcakes?

"Annabeth." She called me first. Don't get me wrong, I'm dominant in the sports area, right next to Thalia and Piper. But since I'm a loser and at the bottom of the hierarchy despite my friends, I only get picked when either of them are captains. The humiliating part is that Drew enjoys giving me pain, so I'm expecting something to jump out at me again.

When the game started, I stuck towards the back area. I managed to hit people a couple of times and catch a ball. But I was dreading the moment where something would jump at me. So, I took the easy route out and got hit by a ball early and didn't wait for an attempt to get back in the game. I leaned against a nearby wall and watched.