Smiling, I glanced at the girl who had just moved in next door. She had blonde curly hair, curled like a princess, and grey silvery eyes, that looked at you as if she were analysing the best way to take you down in a fight. She turned and looked over her shoulder, her hair followed seconds after hitting her face, her eyes found my window and I quickly turned leaning casually against the window frame.
"Percy! Have you seen my bag anywhere?" Thalia bellowed from the stairs. I shook my head then realised that she couldn't see me and smiled in spite of myself.
"No, have ya asked Jase?" I called back just as loudly; I heard her huff loudly before mumbling a No and thundering back up the stairs. As soon as she was gone I turned on my heal back to the window to find that blond hair beauty had disappeared. Maybe I'd go round later…?
I continued to stare at the window waiting painfully as I waited for my two younger cousins to get ready. I shuffled uncomfortably as I hopped from foot to foot; this was taking way too long. Finally, the two emerged from the stairs each in their uniform and their bags were hung over their shoulders… Going for the one strap look, I can do that.
First to come down was the eldest of my younger cousins, Thalia. Her jet black hair was raggedly cut and her fringe covered half of her face as always, strands throughout her hair were dyed an electric blue the same colour as her eyes which shone with excitement. She was wearing the standard uniform: Grey blazer with a front pocket that held the school logo and slogan, Grey slightly pleated skirt, Ankle black socks, Black converse, White blouse and Blue, Green and purple striped tie. It would look like everyone else's f you ignored the band badges lined the length of the lapel, her bag was a plain black back pack with the word 'Come to the dark side we have cookies' all over it.
Second was my youngest cousin, Jason (or Jase.) He was tall, not as tall as me yet, but stood at a high 6, 1. His hair was the usual blonde mess; I suppose messy hair ran in the family because my hair was untameable. To be honest if you looked between Thalia and Jason the only thing he actually shared with Thalia would be their eyes which they got from their father.
He was also wearing the uniform and his matched mine to the seam replacing Talia's skirt with trousers but keeping everything else the same. His bag was a back pack also and had electric bolts all over it the main colour being Grey.
My bag was the same style but was covered in boats and tridents; childish? Yes. Oh well, I smiled at them and they each flashed me the familiar smirk type grin which we all shared. I continued to stare at Thalia is confusion she wasn't wearing eyeliner or mascara… or foundation?!
"Have I got something on my face?" She asked softly.
I shook my head and quickly asked "Mascara? Eyeliner? Foundation?" She gasped and ran up to me kissed my cheek then ran upstairs leaving a bewildered Jase behind her.
Five minutes later she came back down the stairs as the Thalia I know and love. Black outlined her eyes making her eyes stand out more than they normally did against her pale skin. I smiled at her and she grinned back I walked to the door but not before tossing each of them a breakfast bar.
It took around ten minutes for them to actually make it to school because of their constant bickering but in the end Jase huffed and muttered "I'm going to see Pipes" and strutted off to find his girlfriend. Thalia laughed at his back but stopped when I gave her a disappointed look and she pouted but continued to walk nonetheless. I let my ADHD mind wander to all the exciting things that the world gave us and found myself asking Thalia:
"Whys the sky blue?" She stared at me incredibly and then raised an eyebrow.
"Why would I know?" I shrugged. Then asked another question "Why is orange called orange? I mean, is it because of the fruit orange or because the orange was orange so they called an orange after the colour orange because it was orange?"
I gasped taking in a lung full of air before Thalia who as staring at me wide eyed began to laugh. I don't mean chuckle laugh I mean; Full on crying laughing. I stared at her pouting and realised we were now at the school gates, we walked towards the huge group of people who were stood in a weird kind of circle.
"Why's Thal's laughing?" Piper, Jason's girlfriend, asked me when she took in her wheezing friend. I pouted as Thalia launched into her story.
"Wall ya see, Perce began asking me all these philosophical questions and then asked why and Orange was orange. And I quote "I mean, is it because of the fruit orange or because the orange was orange so they called an Orange after the colour orange because it was an orange?"" She finished in a weird high pitched voice that was meant to be my own masculine one.
"I do NOT sound like that!" I huffed and she smiled warmly at me patting my arm.
"Sure, Sure"
Everyone was laughing and again I point out that it wasn't chuckle laughing it was fit laughing. "It isn't that funny" I whined trying not to sound like a toddler. Most of them looked up at me through teary eyes with an eyebrow raised while I just huffed and headed to the front office to get our schedules. (AN: By the way: I don't have any idea how American schools work, I'm English)
When I reached him office I saw the girl, my neighbour, standing in the office looking absolutely pissed. I walked up to them to see if I could help in anyway. I looked at Mrs Miller questionably when she said "Annabeth is not very fluent in English…"
I nodded and looked at her. "Where are ya from?" I asked her softly. She furrowed her eyebrows and then her eyes lit up and she answered in an accent I knew well.
"Greece" I smiled, this was my area of expertise.
"Όπου αυτή μπερδεύονται;" (Where did she get confused?) I asked her gently. Her eyes widened and she raised her eyebrows before she spoke rapidly.
"Χρειάζομαι χρονοδιάγραμμα μου, αλλά εγώ ... I-δεν ξέρω ότι πολλά αγγλικά και έχω δυσλεξία και ADHD." ("I need my timetable but I… I- I don't know that much English and I have dyslexia and ADHD.)I nodded in understanding and turned to a shocked Mrs Miller.
"She needs her timetable but she has ADHD and Dyslexia" I told her and then quickie added "Can I also have: Percy Jackson, Thalia and Jason grace, Bianca and Nico Di Angelo, Piper Mclean, Leo Valdez, Frank Zhang, Hazel Levesque, Reyna and Octavian? Oh and Grover!" She stared at me. I nodded smiling.
"Okay. Is it Annabeth? Annabeth Chase?" She asked when Annabeth nodded she proceeded and I heard the printer on the other side of the room warming itself up. Then she started clicking like a maniac, I laughed but shut up when everyone in the office glared at me except Annabeth who looked at me with interest.
I smiled at her but she frowned and I asked "How much English do you know?" She stared at me confused and I sighed but then she laughed and stumbled out "Not much"
I nodded at her and said in Greek "μπορείτε να καθίσετε με τους φίλους μου και για μεσημεριανό γεύμα και διάλειμμα, αν θέλετε;" She nodded enthusiastically when Nico burst into the room dragging a slightly blushing Thalia behind him.
I raised my eyebrow at them and they both went beat root red, looking at each other with a shy smile. Then cast a long look at Annabeth who was smiling knowingly at them.
"This is-"I started but got cut off.
"-Annabeth-" She cut me off with a smirk.
"She's new and comes from-"I started to explain.
"Greece." She smiled innocently at me but I glared gently at her which made her smile and blush at the floor.
"I offered to let her sit with us at lunch, if that's okay?" I finished warily cautious of being cut off.
Annabeth grinned up at me and smiled back.
"Erma, yeah sure but-"Thalia got cut off by Mrs Miller.
"Annabeth! Percy and friends!" she called out. I smiled at her and noticed Annabeth mouth sorry to her and gave her an apologetic smile before waltzing to collect the papers and passed them to me. I smiled at her in thanks and started to compare the timetables.
Jackson, Percy
P1-English (PBS)
P2-Math (SWD)
P3-Games (CWD)
P4-Greek (HLR)
P5-Greek Mythology (HLR)
Marine Biology (POS)
Chase, Annabeth
P1-English (PBS)
P2-Math (SWD)
P3-Games (CWD)
P4-Greek (HLR)
P5-Greek Mythology (HLR)
P6-Architecture (AOS)
We have the same Timetable! I realised as I gave the rest of the sheets to Thalia and Nico who compared lessons thoughtfully. Who walked out and passed it to the rest of our group.
"We have the same lessons" I smiled at her and she grinned back although I'm not sure she knew entirely what I said…
"Of course I know what you said, Seaweed Brain!" She laughed. I gazed at her my eyebrows furrowed and then it clicked.
"You know fully well what she was saying" I told her smirking. She giggled and nodded blush rising to her cheeks. I rolled my eyes but added "She looked really scared that no one else spoke Greek, She should have known really… All my friends and I speak Greek how come you speak so fluently?"
She looked uncomfortable and I noticed that tears had welled up in her eyes so I quick went to stop myself when she shook her head "No. Its fine, my mom- My mom left me, or died, I'm not sure which, when I was younger and my dad… my dad died a couple of years ago. His family died in house fire; he got out but… his lungs,"
I pulled the girl I had known for 20 minuets at most into a hug and she literally fell into my chest, tear pouring down her face. I quickly pulled her behind the corner of the building.
"Hey, Hey, Hey, it's okay… I know. It's-its okay" I mumbled into her hair as she sobbed into my shirt. The school bell went signalling that if we didn't get to class soon we'd be in trouble but we had Paul, my stepdad, and I'll tell him later tonight.
"W-we need to get to class" She cried but I shook my head at her and smiled whispering my previous thoughts. I sat us down on the floor where we were placing my blazer on the floor where we'd be sitting, I pulled her to my side and she continued to cry onto my shoulder.
Without noticing tears trailed down my cheeks as I lost myself in my memories.
I was seven that day. Daddy and Momma were saying things loudly to each other but were trying to keep their mouths shut with no avail.
Tip toeing I sat on the middle of our stairs and watched from the crack in the door as momma and daddy screamed at each other their voices were increasing with every word. Momma's blue eyes were filled with tears as she shouted to my daddy but he wasn't listening and continued to wander around the room collecting some things.
I stared in horror as he walked out from the door and gave my momma one last hug and a kiss. He walked up the stairs but stopped halfway when he saw me staring at me wide eyed.
His green eyes welled up with tears as I stared at the old version of myself. He smiled at me and scooped me up in one strong arm holding me to his chest. I cried. My green eyes flooded with tears and my momma just watched from the living room as I begged for daddy to stay.
He kissed my head and snuck something into my pocket before heading to the door leaving momma and I crying on the floor by the door.
It wasn't until I walked into my room later that I looked at the thing he left me in my pocket; A pen knife.
It was a plain ball point pen with the words Riptide inscribed but when you clicked a slim blade appeared where the actual pen should be and I pressed a small thumb against the blade and was amazed when a small prick of blood appeared.
-Line breaker in dedication to Bob; Zoe's Grandfather. -
I snapped out of my memories when my hand instinctively came to my pocket where Riptide and my thumb tingled with the familiar sensation as blood trickled down my thumb.
I realised that we had fallen asleep and checked the time 14:17… Shit!
Weight on my chest stopped me from sitting upend I found a sleeping head of blonde lying on my chest snoring lightly. Annabeth. I smiled and wrapped a curl around my finger no intentions to get up anytime soon when she shuffled slightly.
When she sat up I smiled at her softly and she raised her eyebrows glaring at me. "Whoa! It's not what you think! We fell asleep while we were talking." I assured her and she smiled at me nodding.
I checked my phone to see a message of Nico, Thalia and Jason.
Nico: Nice one, mate. Just seen you and Blondie, she's cute.
Thalia: You better have a good explanation, kelp head!
Jason: You look adorable, look:
And he sent me a picture of me and Annabeth asleep me curled around her while she was curled into my chest both of us asleep deeply.
Maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all…