Geez! I can't believe it's been so long since I first posted this! Sorry to anybody who actually reads this. I kinda came to a stall and didn't know what to do next. I'm afraid this story might be moving too fast, because I have no actual plan for this, unlike the other two stories I have.
Song that's in my head:Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down. I got their album The Better Life for Christmas!
Mood:Concerned for my brain. My dad got an amplifier for Christmas, and was playing the Mom Song at 60%, which was making the windows rattle and almost blew out my brother's eardrums, in the room right underneath my bedroom, and I slept through the entire thing. In fact, I slept through another song and didn't wake up until my mum came in my room and said really quietly "Wake up."
Diss:Beds. They're too dang comfortable to get out of!
"Stop and Stare, I think I'm moving but I go nowhere, and I know everyone gets scared" -OneRepublic, Stop and Stare
"I understand that I have been punishing you." Chiron looked me in the eye.
I swallowed, even though my throat was dry. "Yessir."
"And I understand that you didn't do anything?"
"Yessir."
"And that you and Drew are-were, sorry-dating?"
"Yessir."
"I apologize, Will. I went off of what I saw. Extra dessert privilege for a month, and an extra hour of freetime."
"Thank you Chiron."
So that was that. I walked out of there in one piece. Wandering around, I wondered what to do. Eventually, I made my way to the Armory where one of my best friends work.
"Every time you get in trouble you have to come to me! Seriously! You got in enough trouble before befriending those Hermes kids, setting stuff on fire and whatnot, and now you help them put a real live cow on the roof of the Demeter Cabin?"
I grinned as I heard Nyssa yelling at Leo. Brotherly Love, my friends. Or lack of it.
"Nyssa, it wasn't just me, it was Percy and Jason, too!"
"Well why don't I go get Annabeth, Piper, and Reyna, and tell them all just what you've been up too!"
"No! Just hide me, please, at least until Katie calms down?"
"Leo . . ."
"Please?"
I could see my friend weakening.
"Please, Nyss?"
That did it.
"No. And hoe many times do I have to tell you not to call me Nyss?"
"I'll give you my dessert for a month."
"As non tempting as that is, no."
"Very funny. Please? I want to see the light of day again?"
I ginned as Leo said that last line. Figuring Nyssa was annoyed enough with Leo, I decided to cut her a break. She had been annoyed at me since I started dating Drew. I don't know why though.
Wandering back out of the Armory, I ran into one of Katie's sisters, Miranda.
"Hey Will. You look bored. Say, have you seen Percy, Jason, Leo, Travis, Connor, or that new Hermes girl, whats-her-face – Morgan?"
"Leo's in the Armory talking to Nyssa, trying to get her to hide him, Percy is probably with Annabeth, Jason most likely with Reyna and Piper, who are chewing him out for something or other, probably the cow and helping Leo, and who knows what the heck the Hermes kids are doing."
"Thanks Will. Is it true that you and Drew broke up?"
"Ten minutes ago."
"Word travels. Nice job, though. Do me a favor, get some of that sunlight off the fields, won't you? The strawberries are burning."
I grinned at Miranda. I never really noticed how pretty she was.
Whoa, slow down there. You just broke up with Drew, and you don't want a reputation as a Player.
I need to listen to the sensible part of me more.
Right then Nyssa came out of the Armory. She took one look at Miranda and said, "He's underneath a pile of bolts and scrap metal. I said I'd hide him, not keep where he's hiding a secret."
"Thanks, Nyssa."
I had to smile. That was typical of the first friend I made here, making a promise, doing exactly what she said she would- and nothing more.
"So it's true you broke up with Drew?" Nyssa asked me as we walked to the beach.
"Word does travel." I mutter. "She wasn't really worth it, though. After getting me in trouble so much."
"Love sucks." Nyssa said, agreeing with me. "Knowing you, you've got your eye on someone?"
"Maybe. Not really." I was lying through my teeth.
"Spit it out, Solace." Ooh, last name. Not good.
"Miranda." I sighed, giving in.
"Miranda! Really? Her again? Will, she's not right for you. If you ask her out, she'll say no without hesitation."
"How do you know? I know she likes playing hard to get-"
"She is not playing hard to get! She honestly likes someone else. Will trust me on this one. Don't do it."
"Since when are you my mother?" I was getting angry now. "I don't like her because she was the first pretty girl I saw after I broke up with Drew!" I paused. "Right?"
"You are disgusting!" Nyssa yelled, a piece of stringy hair falling out of her bandana. "You are such a pig! Can't you just like someone for more than their looks, and have them like you back for more than your looks! We all get it! Yeah, you're hot. I have to admit that. But you're so superficial!"
I stopped and stared. I had never seen Nyssa so mad before. She thinks I'm hot. Shut up Brain.
I could've sworn everything was moving, but I was going nowhere. I know everyone gets scared, but I was terrified of Nyssa right now. Does she like me, or something?
I didn't even realize she walked away until Percy came up behind me and shook my shoulder a bit. We were at the edge of the ocean, the waves lapping at my feet, the same spot I was standing in a few hours ago when I fought with Nyssa.
"You okay, Will? Something on your mind?"
I had a feeling he already knew about my fight with Nyssa.
"Hey, man," he stepped forward and had his arm around me, guiding me to the cabins. "I know love sucks. It's hard. You have no clue who you like or who likes you, until you're absolutely sure, which is confusing. But it's gonna get easier. Trust me, I know. The ocean is a good place to think, to confess, to ask questions, to make decisions, it just has a calming aura." Kind of like Percy. Then I realized something.
"When did you get smart?"
Probably not the best question to ask.
