My name is Samantha Gordon. I'm 18 years old, and a senior at Goode High. I have a light brown pixie cut and brown eyes, and that is all you need to know about me. One more thing, I am NOT in love with Percy Jackson. He's just a friend. Seriously. Don't give me any Are you sure? or You're just in denial, sweetie. I am absolutely sure I am not in love with Percy Jackson. I just wanted to let you know I'm not like the other brainless bimbos that are madly in love with him. We're just friends.
Now, you might be wondering, Who's this guy she's talking about? Percy Jackson is probably the most attractive boy at Goode. No joke. He has permanently unruly black hair, mesmerizing sea green eyes, and a body that male models would kill for. But, his appearance is not the only reason girls like him (even though it helps). He's the kindest, funniest and most loyal guy you'll ever meet. Now, ladies don't get any ideas. He has a girlfriend from San Francisco. Don't get into the whole, She might be fake, or She doesn't deserve him! thing, like Jessica Aniston (not related to Jennifer Aniston, I think) does. Who is this Jessica? Only the sluttiest, bitchiest, most vain girl you'll ever meet. Think Regina George was bad? Jessica is 10 times worse. With her pin-straight platinum blonde hair , blue eyes , and over-powdered face, she's your stereotypical mean girl. Rich, hot, snobby cheerleader. And the worst thing is, the teachers think she's an angel! Like, can you not see past that totally fake, 100-watt smile? Whatever.
Anyways, I was just walking through the halls, minding my own business when Miss Oh-I'm-so-much-better-than-you and her two lackeys, Whitney Bertman and Lindsay Van Der Meister just tripped me!
"Oops! Didn't see you there, loser." Jessica said in her sickly sweet voice.
"Right. You just happened to not see me walking to my next class? God, Jess I think you might need to *gasp* get glasses." I said, sarcasm dripping from every syllable.
Jessica scoffed, "Yeah, right! Maybe you're just a nobody. Ever think of that?"
"Well, if I'm nobody, you wouldn't have run into me." I said, rolling my eyes.
"You little-" Jessica began, but Percy interrupted with, "What's up, Sam?"
"Nothing. I was just telling off Miss I'm-such-a-bitch here." I said, with a knowing smile. Jessica turned red with anger and humiliation, and then she remembered Percy Jackson was there.
"Hi, Percy." she said in a nasally voice.
"Hi, Jenna, right?" he said innocently.
"Jessica. Jessica Aniston." She said, slightly insulted.
"Oh, cool. Anyway, Sam, I have great news!" he said, practically bursting with excitement.
"What?"
"There's burritos for lunch." he said, and we both cracked up. See, when we first met, I threw a burrito at him, and he had told me that once, on a trip to Hoover Dam, he got into a burrito fight, and I was all like, 'No way!' and immediately said we should try it whenever we had burritos for lunch. It was our inside joke.
"Um, what?" Jessica said
"Nothing. Inside joke. Anyway, I would love to keep talking to you, but I don't want your perfume sticking on me, so I'd better go." I said, walking away.
I headed over to Ms. Dumphrey's class. A word on Ms. Dumphrey. She's been divorced twice and was super bitter about it. Also, she was the strictest teacher ever. I swear she's like those 19th century teachers who beat kids with sticks! Not that Ms. Dumphrey does that, but I can tell she would like to.
Anyways, after suffering through the rest of school (sadly, we did NOT have our burrito fight) , I met up with Percy and our other friends, Matthew, James and Lily (they're dating) and Emma after school. A word about Emma. She's in love with Percy Jackson, like the other 99.9% of the females at Goode. But, since Percy is so oblivious, he doesn't notice she's madly in love with him. She absolutely refuses to believe that his girlfriend from California might be real.
I love her to death, but sometimes, Emma can be delusional. She has a misguided hope that the girlfriend Percy mentions 24/7 might not be real. I mean, come on! The guy is obviously madly in love! Anyways, we were just hanging out near the back of the school building when Matthew said, "You guys wanna come over tonight? My mom isn't home, so we can do whatever."
"Dude, that'd be awesome, but some friends are picking me up today." Percy said.
"I'll be there!" James said.
"Definitely." Lily agreed.
"What about you, Em?" Matthew asked.
"Uh-" Emma began, but a van with the words Delphi Strawberry Service pulled up in front of us.
"Delphi Strawberry Service? I thought the lunch ladies didn't use real strawberries!" I said, confused.
"Nah, those are just some friends from Camp." Percy said, with a stupid grin on his face.
Just then, some teenagers came out of the van and I was like, Whoa! It was the weirdest group of people I had ever seen, and they were all HOT!
The first girl to climb out looked about fifteen, with caramel hair and brown almond-shaped eyes. She wasn't wearing any makeup and was in a plain white t-shirt and jeans, but she was super pretty. She had one of those timeless faces that never age.
The next person was a scrawny Latino dude who looked kinda like one of Santa's elves. He was even kinda short! He looked fifteen or sixteen, and he was cute in, like a scrawny way. From their body language, the almond-eyed girl and him were dating. I can usually tell these things.
Next, there was a boy with really dark hair and pale skin, and he looked kinda emo.
After him, a girl with choppy brown hair came out and she looked like a supermodel. She had bronze skin which glowed and a dazzling smile. Her eyes were so cool; they seemed to change colors in the light.
Then, a guy who looked like Blond Superman walked out. No joke. He had close-cropped blond hair and really blue eyes. They were like the sky blue.
From the driver's side, a girl with a black pixie cut (like me!) came out. She had sky blue eyes (like the blond dude's) and freckles all over her nose and a killer nose ring. (I'm letting Thalia have a nose ring) She looked pretty cool, even if she was goth.
From the passenger's seat, a girl with dark hair and eyes like obsidian came out. The first thing that struck me about her was her expression. She had a really proud face, but she had a small smile on her face.
The last person to come out was one of the most beautiful girls I have ever seen. Seriously. Her blonde hair shone in the sunlight and she looked like your stereotypical Cali beach girl, tanned skin and everything, except she had these scary, but pretty gray eyes, which analyzed everything. She wore absolutely zero makeup, which was just astounding, because how is someone THAT pretty without makeup? I mean, not even Candice Swanepoel looks that great without makeup, and she's a model!
I could literally hear Emma's jaw dropping as she saw the last girl. Percy yelled, "WISEGIRL! What are you doing here?!"
He ran over to her and kissed her. 'Wisegirl' answered, "I was visiting my mom for work, and I wanted to surprise you, Seaweed Brain." Aww. How cute, they have nicknames for each other! I heard Emma gasp right next to me.
"Okay! Enough PDA! Annabeth, Chi - Mr. Brunner IM'ed me that there was something happening at camp." the punk girl said.
"Camp? What about camp?" Percy said, worried.
"I dunno, something about Rachel." Rachel? As in Rachel Dare? What could she have to do with this camp?
"Anyways, guys I would like you to meet Matthew, James and Lily, Emma and Sam." Percy said, pointing to us in turn.
"Hi!" the entire group said.
"Perce! We're gonna head out, so see ya tomorrow!" Matthew said, as he, James and Lily left.
"Okay! See ya!" Percy said waving.
"So, I'm Thalia, this is Calypso, Leo-" the punk girl began.
"The Super Sized McShizzle, actually" Leo interrupted.
"Whatever! Piper, Jason, Nico, Reyna and Annabeth." Thalia finished.
"Cool. Nice to meet you. So how do you all know each other?" I asked.
"Camp." was the universal answer.
"What kind of camp? Do you think we could come?" Emma said, shakily.
"Uh, it's a camp for ADHD and dyslexic kids." Percy explained.
"So, I can come right?" I joked. I have ADHD and dyslexia and trust me, it is not fun. Do you know how frustrating it is when you're trying to read, but you can't?
"I dunno, maybe." Percy said, thinking.
"Is she a d-" Piper began, but Annabeth cut in with,"SO, Sam! How did you manage to befriend this Seaweed Brain?"
"Uh, It's a long story, but I kinda threw a burrito at him." I said.
"Why do you call Percy Seaweed Brain?" Emma asked.
"Well, it's not because he's so bright, is it?" Annabeth laughed.
"Annabeth! I'm hurt!" Percy said, pretending to be hurt. Annabeth stuck her tongue out at him. They were so CUTE!
"I can't believe you just said that! Percy isn't dumb, and you don't deserve him!" Emma yelled, and then she ran away crying.
"What's her problem?" Annabeth said, confused.
"You are. You see, Em's has a HUGE crush on Percy, and so, yeah." I said with a shrug.
"Oh, um…" Percy said.
"Yep. Don't worry. She'll get over it." I said. "I'd better go help her. See ya later!"
"Wait, what about your dad?" Percy asked
"He can deal with it. He doesn't care anyways." I said. It was true. My father never cared for me. I suppose I reminded him too much of my mother.
"He won't care if you don't come home?" Annabeth asked, concerned.
"Nah. I could be missing for a month and he wouldn't notice." I said, kinda sad, but knowing it was true.
"What about your mom?"
"Never knew her. She ran away after I was born." I said.
Annabeth, Piper, and Reyna shared a look.
"So, you have ADHD and Dyslexia, a missing parent… Has anything weird happened to you?" Piper asked, "Like, you're not even sure you saw it/it happened weird?"
"Uh, I thought I saw a pegasus once when I was seven…" I said, kinda confused. What did my life story have to do with it? What did these people want?
"You'd better come with us." Piper said.
"Where?" I asked.
"Somewhere safe." Reyna said seriously.
"Could you not finish each other's sentences? It's kinda creepy…" I said, backing away. "And, where exactly is this 'safe place'?" I asked.
"They have burritos." Percy said from nowhere. I was totally sold.