Memories (A PERCABETH AU)

Chapter 28- Awkward Silences

Annabeth POV

Tuesday 22nd September

I woke up groggily to a distant sound. It was faint like a whirring noise coming from outside. With a weary rub of the eyes, I sat up, clawing my messy bed hair back. I'd probably only got three or four hours sleep last night, max.

The sound got louder and louder until I realised it was my alarm going off on my phone. I gasped leaning over to snatch it up and turn it off. To my absolute horror, it was 5:54. I had slept through my alarm and my shift started in six minutes. I gasped, practically leaping out of bed and tearing my closet door open. I grabbed the first pair of shoes I could get my hands on which were black, grey and white Free-Run Nikes. I didn't even have time to get changed as I ran down the landing and down the stairs. I was in some grey Nike sweatpants and a tight black crop top, clothes I would not want to wear at school in a million years but if I didn't leave now I'd be in heaps of trouble.

I snatched up my school bag, briefly glancing at my hair in the hallway mirror—it looked awful. I didn't even have time to eat something.

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"You're late." Izzy frowned at me as I sprinted over to the bar. Like she was never late. "What are you wearing?" She raised an eyebrow.

I didn't have the energy to argue so I just ignored her and went into the back to quickly get changed. I was forced to work an extra fifteen minutes to make up for my lost time so by the time I was running to school back in my sweatpants and crop top again, it was obvious I was going to be late.

I sprinted through the streets, ignoring the green lights and swerving my way across the busy roads as a million taxi drivers honked their horns at me. I skipped every other step as I climbed the school steps and burst into the entrance. It was completely dead—the sign that everyone was in class and I wasn't. Before I could make my way to maths, I had to sign in at the office with a petty excuse of why I was so late.

Oh Gods, everyone's going to see me come in—and I'm wearing sweatpants and a frickin' crop top. Why didn't I at least think of grabbing a jumper? Urgh, why do I put myself in these situations?

"Annabeth?" I heard Luke call as I sprinted past him, he'd just been getting something from his locker. I didn't look back, I just kept on running because:

a) I was late for class,

b) I didn't want to hang around long enough for him to stare at all the skin that was on show right now and,

c) I never wanted to talk to him ever again.

He called my name once more and I heard him following me which only made me run even faster. I burst into the maths room, breathing heavily as I slammed the door behind me and looked out the window to see if Luke was still following me, he wasn't. I let out a huge sigh in relief before practically jumping out of my skin when someone called out my name.

I span on my heels, my hair flying out around me as I turned to Miss Kelly. She had a piece of chalk in her hands and she was holding it up to the board as if me coming in, had just disrupted her from writing an equation. She stared at me in shock as if she couldn't believe I was late. I didn't blame her. I was never late. Never.

Slowly, I turned to see that every single student was sat at their desk staring at me. I gulped as my eyes fell on Thalia and Piper in the back. They were sitting next to each other, both with their mouths slightly open as they stared at me and then my eyes fell on him. He was wearing a dark grey crew neck jumper with the sleeves pushed up to his elbows. He had black jeans on with black Old Skool Vans and a long white T-shirt poking out underneath his jumper. There was a black snapback hanging lazily back to front on his head.