4. Two (1/2)

hey guys, izzy here!dragon wrote the first half of this, and i the second half!hope you guys enjoy it 3

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i took a deep

eath and closed my eyes, it's gonna be fine, i can do this, school isn't that bad.

i opened my eyes ready to go into the old rundown building and stopped. i was not here just a second ago.

i looked around confused, it's a much nicer school, really clean and pretty. and lots of kids were moving around, and they were all wearing uniforms.

hang on.

i grabbed my hair, which was suddenly longer, around shoulder length.

it was blonde.

we switched again!

so i guess this is annabeth's school? looks fancy.

"ready to go in, annabeth?"

i looked up at the figure above me, her dad i think. the same guy that came in when the spiders were attacking and told me not to lie.

i don't think i like him.

i should probably not say that we switched though, what if he doesn't know? he didn't believe me about the spiders, what would he say to me saying i'm not annabeth?

"annabeth?"

i quickly smiled up at him, "yep! i'm all set."

"okay, come on then."

he led me in, holding my (annabeth's) hand as we walked into the building.

i made note of the room that he led me to, it has a bee on the door! the other doors had other animals, a monkey and a cat.

i was told to find my seat and i hurried to find "annabeth" on the desk labels.

it took a minute of going around the desks to find the right one, i'm only able to read some words, but mom showed me how to write annabeth the other day when i did the picture and left the message for her.

i beamed when i found her seat (it has butterflies around her name), and sat down with her bag beside me.

there were two others at the grouping of desks, i smiled at them both.

"hi! i'm per- er, annabeth!"

"i'm susan, i like your hair."

"oh thanks," i said.

"ew, why would i talk to you? you're a girl, everyone knows girls have cooties."

the boy on the other side of me sneered at me, scooting his chair to be as far away from both of us as possible.

i couldn't help but be insulted, maybe some girls have cooties, but annabeth definitely doesn't. i would know, i am her right now.

"yeah, well at least i don't pick my nose!" i glared at him doing just that.

he flushed, "yeah well at least i don't have dumb yellow hair!"

"it's blonde! and at least mine isn't stupid red!"

"it's better than yours!"

"is not."

"is too."

"is not."

"is too."

"is no-"

"children! do not start a fight on the first day."

i glared at the still unknown boy, i don't like him, he's mean to me, annabeth, annabeth me.

"hmmph." i turned away with a huff.

i faced the teacher as she began to speak.

"welcome to your first day of school! i'm ms

own and i'm going to be your teacher for this year!" she gave us all a big smile, "i'm so excited to have you all in my class!"

she seemed nice. i wonder how annabeth is enjoying my school?

when i turned back to ms

own, she had finished talking and everyone was scrambling up from their seats.

uh oh. i missed something. what do i do?

i hastily stood up with everyone else, wildly looking around to try and figure out what i'm supposed to be doing.

ms

own pointed at each kid standing behind the table, they said their name and something they liked, then everyone said "hello!" and they sat back down.

right, we're doing introductions.

ms

own pointed at susan, "i'm susan and i like horses."

"hello susan!" i chirped with the rest of the class.

it was my turn, "i'm annabeth and i uh…"

oh no, i don't know what annabeth likes! think, what did she have in her room?

ms

own went to open her mouth to prompt me along, but i quickly blurted out, "i like legos!"

she nodded and gave me a small smile.

"hello annabeth!" the class greeted me, and i was quick to sit back down.

ooo

ms

own got us to sing the alphabet with her, which was nice if it wasn't for the fact that i kept getting distracted.

i was currently sitting at the table, coloring a picture of a bumblebee blue.

"annabeth," ms

own knelt down next to my seat. "don't you want to learn the alphabet with us?"

i glanced between my drawing and the other kids singing.

"but i already know the alphabet," i told her. "why would i learn something i already know? i like coloring in though, and i can sing along to it while i color!" i tried to argue.

ms

own pursed her lips, "we sing along together because that's how we learn here. you can sit next to your friends if you want to."

"how will everyone singing together help us learn?" i asked, confused.

"annabeth," she sighed. "i understand that this is new to you, but you have to follow the instructions like everyone else."

she didn't answer my question.

"fine," i sulked, pushing my drawing away and slinking towards where the other kids were sitting on the mat.

the stupid nose-picker, daniel, snickered at me for getting told off by the teacher. i stuck my tongue out at him.

ooo

lunchtime was something new.

annabeth had a lot of healthy snacks in her lunchbox: baby carrots, yogurt, sandwiches and a juicebox.

susan elbowed me, "i'll swap my celery for your carrots." she offered.

i don't particularly prefer one over the other, so i agreed.

susan talked a lot, everything from horses to her favorite color was

ought up, but i talked just as much. we agreed that mermaids were the coolest, that horses are awesome, and that pink is a much better color than red (but i disagreed when she said that pink is the best color- blue is!)

ooo

during playtime, as we waited for our parents to pick us up, susan and i began building things with the classroom's lego set.

the blocks were bigger than the ones that annabeth had at home and clunkier too. i tried to copy the cool building she made, but i couldn't get them right and they looked really lopsided.

i went to add a little lego man to the top of the legos, but someone snatched my building.

daniel waved it at me, a mean smile on his face. "what's this?"

"my building," i tried to snatch it back but he moved it away from me. "give it back!"

"no," he frowned. "it's my turn with the legos."

"i wasn't done!" i shouted at him, stomping my feet. "give it back!"

he laughed, then in a very cruel move,

oke my lego building up. "oops."

susan gasped behind me, running to go get the teacher, but i just stared at my lego

oken up on the ground.

tears gathered up in my eyes, "you're stupid!" i yelled at him, "you're a stupid head!"

"annabeth!" ms

own's stern voice snapped at me. "we don't call people names."

"but-!" i whirled on her, "he snatched my legos and

oke them!"

"and you called him names," she retorted. "apologize to daniel."

"not until he says sorry first!" i balled up my fists, more tears leaking out of my eyes.

"daniel snatched her things first, ms!" susan tried to back me up, but ms