Chapter
I knocked on the classroom door, five minutes late and on the first day too. "Sorry, I'm late."
"Ah, you must be our new student," the teacher replied, "Perseus Jackson?" there were some sniggers from the back of the classroom at that.
"Um, actually, I go by Percy" I grimaced.
"I don't call students by nicknames in this class," the teacher raised his eyebrows, "I'm Mr Parkinson, please take a seat Perseus."
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First period English was as painful as it sounds, Mr Parkinson made every effort to call on me and refer to me by Perseus. But of course, it was English and I'm dyslexic so that didn't mix well!
I had gym now and I could feel the whispers around me, I had a bet going with Annabeth whether someone would google my name first or steal my record out of the office. I thought it would be google, I mean who steals records out of the office?
I entered the changing room to get ready for gym. "Hey! It's Percy, right?" I nodded, "Don't let Mr Parkinson bother you. He does that kind of thing to everyone." This guy didn't seem so bad, maybe I would 'integrate well here' as counsellors like to say.
The conversation had put me at ease and I was still getting used to the fact that I wasn't at camp anymore, so I forgot about my scars and started to get changed, big mistake.
"What happened to you?" came the shocked voice from behind me. I froze and then quickly pulled on a t-shirt.
"Stuff." I answered my expression guarded, well this was going to start some rumours.
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By lunch the whole school knew about what happened in the changing room, on top of that a few bright sparks a googled my name. the only positive in my situation right now was I had won the bet with Annabeth.