School was hard, and Annabeth wouldn't have asked for anything more.

Living at New Rome University was... Weird. It was almost disarming, because Annabeth had to do something she never did before; Relax.

Annabeth Chase wasn't known for being a calm person. She didn't know how to let loose, to breathe and take a moment to smell the flowers. But now she had all the time in the world, never-before-seen ancient Roman records and scrolls at her fingertips in the vast libraries. The city itself was an architect's dream, with it's sprawling parks and cloud-piercing columns. The colosseums and the open-air theaters where performers would reenact Roman (and now introducing Greek) tragedies every hour, with their unique ability to use the same weapons and grounds as the protagonists in their stories.

But it was all so completely alien, so utterly otherworldly Annabeth wasn't sure how to comprehend that she could actually just sit down with a glass of something cool, a book she had on her long list of novels she thought she'd never really get to read, relax on the soft grass and warm breeze and just... Enjoy herself.