WARNING SHIT TON USE OF LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT THE BOOK. Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or HoO. Characters may be a bit OOC.
Vivia's POV
A really hot guy with blond hair and like really electric blue eyes walks in. He's holding the hand of a gorgeous girl. The girl has chocolate brown hair that falls to her waist in ringlets and she has kaleidoscope eyes. Her complexion works with her outfit. She's wearing a black cold shoulder tank top and a pair of denim ripped skinny jeans. She has black combat boots on her feet. She notices Annabeth and elbows a Latino boy who kind of looks like an elf in the gut. He grunts and sees them. The girl leads the two boys over to Annabeth and Percy. Annabeth and the girl hug while Percy and Jason do a bro hug then Percy does the bro hug with the elf kid.
"Piper! I missed you so much!" Annabeth exclaims.
"I missed you too." Piper pulls away and hugs Percy while the two guys hug Annabeth.
"Is Leo behaving?" Annabeth asks the blond dude.
"Yeah. Leo hasn't done anything stupid yet."
"I am so hurt and offended by that accusation, Jason!" Leo says.
"I'm sorry." Jason rolls his eyes before wrapping an arm around Piper's waist.
Piper leans into his touch and I tense up. That little bitch is stealing my man. How fucking rude.
Annabeth goes with them to get their schedules so Percy can spend time with his other friends. When they return, I watch as they compare schedules. I overhear that Piper and Annabeth only have math without each other; Jason and Percy don't have math together, but Leo and Percy do. Leo has shop as an elective and Percy and Jason have an extra gym. Annabeth and Piper are taking art. Maybe I can change my schedule and have an extra gym instead of FACS class.
Piper's POV
We walk into Paul's class and he hugs me. Jason and Leo shake his hand. I sit next to Annabeth and on the other side of me is Jason. Leo sits next to Jason. The one minute bell rings and more people begin to file in. I study all of them and I notice Annabeth tense. Tartarus really messes with you. Annabeth and Percy are like the shells of what they used to be. I know that look. I've been there before.
The two fake smiles and act like everything is fine, but behind that cheery facade they don't trust anyone. Probably not even themselves. Paul catches us up on what we've missed and he excuses us from the quiz. Annabeth finishes the quiz quickly and hands it in. Percy, I can tell, is struggling. Annabeth holds his hand and he flashes her a grateful smile.
"You'll do fine," she whispers softly.
"Thanks, Annie."
She lets that nickname slide.
Percy finishes and for the rest of the class we have to sit in silence. I play on the iPhone Leo made for us so that monsters couldn't attack us. Paul calls Percy up to his desk and Percy heads up there. After about three minutes, Percy rejoins us and I look at him expectantly.
"I got a 100 on it." Percy flashes us a wide grin.
Annabeth hugs him and congratulates him by kissing him on the cheek. A few more people get called up to check their scores and soon Annabeth's name is called. She nods as Paul talks to her and returns to her seat.
"I got a 100 too."
"Yay!" I hug the two. Jason congratulates both of them and Leo is basically sleeping.
Lunch flies by and soon it's the end of sixth hour. Once the bell rings, Annabeth and I catch up to Percy and Jason and we all head to the gym. Leo is already in there getting his locker number and combination from the teacher.
"That's Coach Benvelli," says Annabeth.
She stands next to me as I get my locker combination. When we head in, I get dressed in a white tee and a pair of black athletic shorts. Annabeth and I are twinning and I grin. I'll force her to get a picture with me. When we walk into the gym, Jason and Percy are arguing with Leo about something. I walk over dragging Annabeth with me. I hear something about a girl. Annabeth raises her eyebrows and I quickly deduce that Leo has a crush on someone.
"Her name is Amirah. And holy hell. She's hot."
I roll my eyes and Annabeth sighs.
"She'd eat you alive," Percy tells him.
"Nuh uh."
"Yeah huh."
Soon it was a volley of 'nuh uhs' and 'yeah huhs'. Jason joins Annabeth and I; we talk silently about the fragile trust between Camp Jupiter and Camp Half-Blood. Jason is worried that Octavian will do something supremely stupid enough to piss off the rest of the Roman legion and that could end up in another war. Annabeth didn't disagree, but I saw the sparkle fade out of her eyes as she thought about another war. The war against Gaia had been over for four months and had I fallen in Tartarus, I wouldn't be ready for another war either.
"Well then," Annabeth says tightly. "Let's hope that Octavian doesn't piss off a bunch of Romans."
Jason and I share a look. Before I can say anything, Coach Benvelli blows the whistle and we line up. She takes attendance and splits people up into groups of six. I'm in a group with Jason, Percy, Annabeth, Leo and Roger. I pair up with Annabeth and Percy and Jason pair up, which leaves Leo with Roger.
"We're going to start of with sit ups. You have one minute to get as many as possible. Once that minute is up, partners come over here and tell me how many they got. Don't lie for them or you're cheating your grade. And if I find out you lied, you'll be dropped an entire letter grade."
I offer to go first for sit ups and Annabeth holds onto my ankles. The whistle blows and I pull myself up. Annabeth counts quietly and I see Roger struggling to go as he pushes through. I look at Annabeth.
"56," she counts.
Jason is going and we're both going at the same time. When the whistle blows for us to stop, I got up to 72. Annabeth heads over to Benvelli and relays the score. Coach nods. Percy gets up and tells the teacher Jason's score. 72 like mine. Roger got 56. Next we switch and Annabeth and Percy look at each other. Then the whistle blows and they begin. Leo manages to keep pace with them until about 50. Annabeth sucks in air and keeps going. The whistle is blown and I relay Annabeth's score 71. Percy got 72. Leo got 69.
Next is push ups. We have to count our own. Annabeth and I go slowly because it's how many you can do before you give up. Annabeth and I both give up after 40. Jase and Perce stop after 50. Leo got up to 45. Roger got to 34 before giving up.
"You all smell. Go change," shouts Coach.
We head to the locker room talking. Annabeth changes back into her outfit and I do the same. Jason and Percy are in swim trunks, Leo comes out looking like them.
"Um... what's up?" asks Annabeth.
"We have swim tryouts, Wise Girl." Percy shoots her a cheeky smile.
"Okay. How long is it?"
"3:30 to 5:00."
"And Leo's trying out?" I ask.
"Yeah, have you seen me?" questions Leo. He flexes his non-existent muscles. "Look at me. I'm Mr. Hot Stuff."
Blinking, I'm completely appalled. Good Gods, he has such a huge fucking ego.
"Jase, I'm taking your car and we're heading to Sally's. See you later! Bye." I grab Annabeth's wrist and drag her away.
Jason's POV
I watch as Piper drags Annabeth away. Percy shrugs and we head outside to sit on the bleachers. Leo joins us. More guys appear and a man comes out. I'm assuming that it's the swim coach. The coach gets all of our names.
"Ah, Percy! You're back." He nods and introduces himself.
Coach Wyatt has everyone take three laps around the pool and then we'll vote for a captain. While he counts up the votes, we'll be doing drills. Finally, he announces that it'll be co-captains Percy, obviously, and Jarred, an arrogant prick.
"We'll have another vote later and find who the lead captain is."
At 5, Paul pulls up. The three of us climb in and explain how swim tryouts went. Everyone made it on the team and the main people who would compete would have alternates. When we arrive at the Jackson/Blofis residence, we hear laughter and the smell of fresh apple pie wafts in the air. Leo's eyes widen and he walks in.
"Ladies."
"Leo." Piper and Annabeth have a blank expression and Sally rolls her eyes.
At dinner, though, it's all laughs. We have a good time telling Sally and Paul what happened during school. Percy shows Sally his A+ and she places it on the fridge. Then she hangs Annabeth's A+ next to it.
For the first time, it's nice to be surrounded by people.
Then it's time to sleep. Leo, Percy, and I are sharing Percy's room. Annabeth and Piper are staying in the guest room. We could hear the two giggling about something and Annabeth complaining about a guy.
"What the hell is Eric doing? Does he really hate her that much?" inquires Annabeth.
"Apparently," murmurs Piper. "But he's having Four throw knives at Tris."
"Yes, they so deserve to be together."
"I know! I love this book."
The two talk for a bit and then we hear them tell each other goodnight. Percy, Leo, and I stay up and talk quietly about plans. If Octavian does get the legion pissed at us, that could be another bloody battle. We already had most of the trust destroyed, but if that war happens then there'd be no trust anymore. It can't happen.
"How are we going to stop it before it happens?" Leo asks.
"I don't know," I mumble.
"We could kidnap Octavian and sacrifice him like the little teddy bear he is," offers Percy.
"No, but that can be our backup plan. We just need a main one."
"We could find a girl and have her seduce him. Then when they're about to kiss, she'll poison and wrap saran wrap around his face so he can't breathe." Leo grins manically at his idea. He sees our looks. "What? I saw it in an episode of Criminal Minds."
"Probably," I wince, "not the best idea. That will be Plan C." I glance at Percy and he's frowning at Leo.
"Maybe we should tone down the ideas," Percy suggests.
"Sounds good," I agree. "We really need to figure something out. Octavian already doesn't trust us; it wouldn't take long for him to convince everybody that we're trying to kill them."
"Having someone try to talk to him is asking to be attacked. We need someone to be subtle if we want to get him to stop."
"Maybe we could use Ellie?"
"Sounds like a good idea. Maggie's in Chicago."
Ellie and Maggie are the daughters of Hecate. They might be able to use their magic to throw Octavian off course. They're very ruthless and someone would need to be there to make sure they didn't kill him. Ellie by herself, I don't think would kill him, but at times she can be more ruthless than Maggie.
So chapter two! How'd you like it? Enjoy and review. (Constructive Criticism is appreciated.)