A/N hello! Here's another story...it's supposed to be one of those 'mortals meet the demigods' things. Enjoy!
Percy Jackson, in Stephanie's opinion, was an acquired taste. He was handsome, sure (the hottest guy alive, most girls she knew would argue), but he was weird. Like really weird. He cursed in Greek most of the time, and said stuff like "What is the name of the gods?" and "Holy Hades!" He had been kicked out of nearly every school he set foot in, and to top things off he had vanished for nearly an entire year. Yeah, weird.
Stephanie was paired with this kid for a chemistry project. Percy had warned her that he was fairly horrible at chemistry, and had apologized in advance. But, he had promised to help as much as he could, which was a major improvement from some of the jocks she had worked with.
Now, Stephanie stood in front of Percy Jackson's apartment, her bag filled with books and her mind filled with apprehension. Taking a deep breath, she knocked on the door. She could hear a loud crash from inside, some muffled voices, and a small screech, before the door swung open to reveal Percy, his black hair a mess, and green eyes shining.
"Hey!" he greeted, grinning down at her. He was nearly a foot taller than her 5'3" frame. At that moment, Stephanie realized why 95% of the female population of their school drooled over Percy Jackson. He was wearing a pair of basketball shorts, and a faded orange T-shirt that read CHB. A leather string with a few clay beads rested on his throat. He was tan, with a surfers body. Scars littered his arms, but they only added to his appeal.
Stephanie managed a small smile, ignoring the sudden lump in her throat, "Hey."
"Come on in!" he invited, opening the door wider, "The place is kinda a mess, sorry. My cousins are over," he shot her a sheepish grin.
"That's alright," Stephanie assured him, "My brothers make it look like a hurricane has hit my house."
Percy laughed and led her into the living room. Four people sat around the coffee table, one on the floor and the others on the sofas. They all looked up when Percy walked in. Stephanie had to muffle a gasp at their appearances.
The girl sitting on the floor had startling blue eyes, and short, choppy, black hair. She looked like she could kill you thrice without blinking. She was wearing all black, which didn't really go with the silver tiara-type circlet in her hair, or the chain bracelet on her wrist.
She was leaning against the legs of a boy with blond hair, and the same blue eyes as her, only wearing glasses. He was wearing a shirt similar to Percy's, only his looked newer. For some reason, he had a groove in his hair.
The guy sitting next to him looked younger, like he was about 14 years old. He had black hair, and brown eyes, and was dressed in black as well.
The last girl looked even younger, 13 or so, with a purple T-shirt that read SPQR and really curly brown hair. Her eyes were gold, which was weird and cool at the same time.
All four of them looked amazing, even in casual clothing, and made Stephanie feel very inadequate, with her short brown hair, brown eyes, jean shorts and old hoodie.
"Steph, these are my cousins, Thalia, Jason, Nico and Hazel," Percy introduced, pointing people out, "Guys, this is Stephanie. She's a friend from school."
The group chorused hellos, and Stephanie gave them a halfhearted wave.
Percy then dragged her off to the kitchen, and they got started.
The rest of the afternoon was spent doing their chemistry project to the backdrop of loud arguments from the living room, caused by a very controversial game of Monopoly. It was ridiculous and hilarious at the same time.
After a couple of hours, Percy looked like his head was going to explode due to overload of equations, so Stephanie offered to call it a day. She didn't think she had ever seen anyone look so grateful.
She took him up on his offer to hang out for a few hours, and ended up making some key observations.
While Percy's cousins all looked varying degrees of scary, intimidating and powerful, they were all really nice people. Their dynamic as a family was incredible, Stephanie noted, as she watched Percy wrestle with Hazel over some complication over some board game she had long stopped paying attention to. Even though they were so different, they worked together so well. Stephanie found herself becoming increasingly jealous of the scene she was witnessing, and she started to realize that the other girls at Goode had a point. Percy Jackson was above average.
A/N okay, so this is going to be a series of one shots, I think, so, feel free to give me ideas and suggestions for future chapters! Let me know what you think :*
