BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.

The shrill shriek of my alarm clock. I started smacking my nightstand in an attempt to hit the snooze button. On the fourth attempt, I got it. With a groan, I pulled my hands to my face, and rubbed the sleep out my eyes. I yawned, one of those extreme yawns that looked like some exorcist crap. I smacked my lips together afterwards. Ugh. Morning breath.

I lay there for a few minutes, simply trying to gather the willpower to move and not just lay in my bed until I die. Unfortunately, I had to get to class in an hour. While I hate school (and the feeling is mutual), my mom would be so disappointed in me is she found out I was skipping. Not mad, disappointed. I couldn't stand that.

I finally got out of bed and stumbled over to the bathroom, smashing my shoulder against the door frame. A small grunt of pain was elicited from me. I had done that so many times, yet it never got easier. It doesn't make sense how bumping into something so slowly could hurt so much.

At the sink, I grabbed my toothbrush, rinsed it, and put a small glob of mint toothpaste on the bristles. As I brought the brush up, my elbow clipped the counter edge. The collision caused my arm to jerk forward, accidentally smearing toothpaste on my neck and jawline. I groaned in annoyance, as I had to get more toothpaste, and clean my neck too.

After a quick brush, the morning breath was gone, thank god, leaving behind a set of minty pearl whites. I walked out the bathroom, and glanced at the clock. 6:20. Forty minutes until class started. I could afford to have a longer shower than normal. I usually took a good fifteen or twenty minutes to get out of bed in the morning. I deserved a little reward.

I quickly stripped, tossed my clothes into the hamper in the corner of the room, and walked into the bathroom. I made the mistake of glancing in the mirror, and seeing the scars that crisscrossed my abdomen. A scowl quickly overtook my face, before I steeped into the shower. I turned the faucet to let out a torrent of near to boiling water. For some reason, hot water never burned, and it always felt great. I learned not to question these small blessings, to simply enjoy them.

One half-hour shower later, I walked out the bathroom, feeling relaxed. Steam was still rolling off my skin from the hot water. I dried myself completely, then hung the towel on a bedpost to dry. Now, for clothes. I pulled on a pair of boxers first. For some reason, I didn't feel comfortable being completely naked anywhere other than in the shower.

First off, some navy jeans, slightly faded around the knees, and a few stylish holes around the thigh area. Next, a crimson red t-shirt with a jade dragon looking fierce as fuck. My favorite denim jacket, that had a strange design on the back. It was like two birds had been cut apart, then stitched together. Each bird had one wing, one foot, a tail, and a head. In the middle of the birds was an upside down five-pointed star. The left side bird-half was as white as paper, while the right half was a violent blood-red. I'm pretty sure the website description said something about it being called the "Yin yang conflict of avian desire." Seemed appropriate, but also a mouthful at the same time. I pulled on my teal beanie and tucked my nose-length hair into it to complete the outfit. I presented myself to the mirror on the back of my door, admiring my devilishly good looks and fantastic fashion sense. With the exception of the jade dragon and teal beanie, all the blue and red made my sea green eyes stand out.

I was completely ready for the day. I stepped closer to the door, and grabbed the knob. When I twisted the knob, however, the door suddenly flying at me. I didn't even pull yet! Caught completely unaware, I took a door to the face, and sat down hard. My nose was stinging, and I could feel the hot blood dripping out of it.

My name is Percy Jackson. And I hate mornings.

This is a little test run for a cool idea I came up with :p this chapter was just to have some fun. Btw, I don't think I have a fashion sense, so the outfit I came up with might look shitty irl lol.