CHAPTER 2

PERCY

It was a bright summer day, the light shined at my eyes which I groaned and turned to the other side. I heard my door open and close as if someone came in. I knew who it was.

"Wake up, wake up sleepy head, wake up~" My mom sang a song from the show Teletubbies. I know, laugh for all I care but that was one of my favourite shows when I was little.

"Mom, five more minutes… please~" I moaned.

"Nope, nope… You have school in less than an hour, go get ready or you wont have blue pancakes for breakfast" I bolted as I heard 'blue pancakes' and rushed to the bathroom to take a bath. I can almost here my mom shake her head in my immatureness. Call me immature but I love to be a momma's boy. I kind of missed the times I spend with her, it's because she is busy with her new book and I'm busy with school work and the band. With the talent show coming up, my friends and I decided to give our all so that we could win.

Once I was done with my clean up, I went downstairs for breakfast.

"Mom, I won't be here until 6, my friends and I decided to attend a party and we were advised to play. So don't wait up for me" I said as I finished my food.

"Okay, have a good day Percy" She said as I kissed her cheek and bid goodbye.

I went to my car and drove to school. I also forgot! Sorry for the late introduction, hi my names Perseus Jackson but I prefer to be called Percy. I'm 17 years old and currently a junior at Goode high school. I play in a band called 'Romans' and I'm the lead guitarist there. My friends are also in the band, one is our lead vocalist Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, a girl with piercing black eyes and glossy black hair that always worn in a single braid, and she is 17 years old like me and a junior. She is smart, tough and responsible; no wonder she was elected as the leader of our band and the school president of Goode. Then there's Frank who is the total opposite of Reyna, he is our drummer and he is a Chinese-Canadian and has a babyish face with brown eyes and black short hair which, seems out of place with his stout body and military haircut, he is only 15 and a sophomore at Goode. Next is Hazel Levesque, she is our bass guitarist and the same age and year as Frank and speaking of them, they are now a couple. Finally! I mean the not so secret crush thing is really irritating and I for one, is relieved that they are finally together, together. Hazel is an African American kind of gal with shoulder-length curly cinnamon brown hair and gold eyes. Next is Gwendolyn Cohort or Gwen as we call her is our pianist. She is a junior like me and Reyna but she's 16 and has orange hair and light green eyes. (I don't know her appearance so I just make something up stuff). Last but not the least is Rhoan Cole Weatherin our rhythm guitarist, he 18 years old and a senior and his British. Reyna and him has this on and off relationship and this time they broke it off permanently because Rhoan had to leave in the next 9 months because he is going back to England to study there. I'm ready bummed with the whole Reyna and Rhoan break up thing, they are actually cute together but because of the whole long distance relationship kind of thing, they have no choice but to put an end to it because they know that long distance relationships doesn't work.

I arrived at school and went strait to my locker, getting my things and going to homeroom. As I went there, I saw Reyna talking to her childhood friend Tony Thomson. I also saw Rhoan staring at her, I smiled and I knew Rhoan has not gotten over with Reyna. I went towards him and poked his side.

"Still haven't gotten over with her yet?" I saw him smile a little.

"Yeah, she's really hard to handle. I know I hurt her by moving but I cant just continue it when I know my time here with her is so limited" He sighed "I love her too much that it hurts to leave her like this, to leave her with a broken heart because of me"

"You know, it helps if you just stay by her side for a little while longer, I mean 9 months is still far away dude. Try to make your time here with her special. Like what you said, you love her too much and if you truly love her. Why don't you be with her till your time here ends"

"You sound like your telling me I'm gonna die soon" I chuckled.

"Hey, what's true is true. Now go talk to her and maybe think about this whole long distance relationship thing. Love is too fragile to even let go but too strong to hold on. If you love her that much, don't let her go, even if you are in the other side of the world."

Rhoan scoffed "Says the one who has never dated before" I rolled my eyes at that. "Thanks" He said and went to Reyna. I smiled as they hugged each other and it looks like they are back together… again.

I went to my homeroom only to see a quite room, well its still early and class starts 8:00. Mom said I had less than an hour for class starts, look at the time! Its still 7:30 and its too boring to wait for class for another 30 minutes. I went to sit at my seat and open my music journal. Today, I'm working on another song for our next gig which is 2 weeks from now. I hummed at the sound I made since yesterday and I almost got it. The only part that is missing is the bridge. As I was spinning my pencil to think, in the corner of my eye, I saw a red head sitting beside me. I smiled knowing who it was.

"Hey Red, wazzup?" I said without facing her.

She groans "Totally not fine today! My dad is driving me crazy! He thinks I need to quit painting and do ballet instead like my mom!" She puts her head at the arm chair hard but not too hard that you would say 'Ouch!' "I mean I get that he wants me to become like my mom but seriously? This is my life and my passion! You can't just take that away from me! That's totally evil, so evil!"

I chuckled at her silliness; you see Rachel Elizabeth Dare a.k.a. 'Red' has this parental problem since her mother died when she was 11 years old. Since then, her father started to ignore her for his new wife in whom Red calls her 'The Demon in Disguise'. I kind of feel bad for her; I mean no one should take of what you love so much, not even your parents. That's the rules of humanity, you have to make your own choices and people should respect that.

"Hey look at the bright side; at least he didn't sue you for not following his orders"

"Yeah but what if he does? I mean he already threatened me into going here in which I was thankful for… I just, I'm worried about losing something I love"

"Don't worry, we'll find a way. I promise" I held her hand and she smiled and kissed my cheek.

You probably thinking that we are dating but no, we are just really close friends, best friends to be exact. Though my friends like to get me together with her but she already has someone she likes and I have to. She is someone from my past that I don't want to remember but I do want to remember her and only her.

After school, we went to Reyna's cousin's birthday party. The party was a blast and we had a great time singing songs and dancing through the music with the disco's beat. After that we bid goodbye and went home.

I went in and saw the living room was on. I went to check and saw my mom sitting and looking at a letter.

"Mom?" She shot up and hid the letter behind her back and gave me a small smile.

"Hi sweetie, had a great time?" I smiled

"Oh yeah! We had a blast and the talent show is coming this Friday, we'll be practicing from then on and I'll be home late than usual" I noticed my mom made a face, a face that I know that something was not good. "Mom? Are you okay?"

She bit bottom lip "I have some news for you, sit down for a moment"

"Okay?" We sat down at the sofa and she was holding my hand.

"Do you know about my other job?"

"The one being the writer?" she nodded

"Well my first book got published" I was so happy when I heard this.

"Mom! That's great! I'm so proud of you!" I hugged her and when I noticed that something was still off, I let go of her and I saw her being sad and guilty, not the happy and excited kind of reaction. "Mom? Why aren't you happy? You did it" I said to her but she gave me a small smile.

"You see, I have a press conference meeting for my book and we will be staying there for the rest of your high school life by Thursday" That shattered me.

I stood up, unable to think. I'm moving?

"Percy, I'm so sorry. I know this is hard on you but… I don't know, I just don't know what to do" I realized that I made my mom sad. I faced her and gave her a hug. "Percy?"

"Its okay mom, I understand. I know how much this means to you and I will follow your wishes" I let go to face her "I mean, you said its us versus the world isn't it?" I saw my moms smile.

She hugged me "Thank you" She said with a whisper and I smiled.

"So where are we going this time" Again, I saw her tense up a bit "Mom?"

"Malibu…" She said and now I am really shattered.

Yikes! Thats like an ultimate kill if I say so myself... Hey guys! Another chapter update and Im so happy that I got the time to write this haha! Anyway, as you might have noticed that Percy is kind of out of character here. But dont worry! I will make him goofy and oblivious in the next chapters. I kind of like how it turn up. You know, Percy giving advices. He's like Annabeth here haha! Oh and have you also noticed my OC here? Rhoan is like awesome and sweat at the same time that I want him to be with Reyna because Reyna is awsome and cool! Yeah, I like them together. Haha... So thanks for reading this and I hope it pleases you! UNTIL NEXT TIME!

I SHALL RETURN!