Thalia was more than ready to go, Jason was taking way too long with his hair. How much hair gel does a seventeen year old boy need? She was about to leave without him when he came jogging down the stairs.
"Okay, I'm ready." Jason nodded furiously, giving all of his school supplies the once over. Thalia rolled her eyes. This boy needed to calm down for once in his life. Get a girlfriend, or boyfriend. With the amount of product in his hair, boyfriend seemed much more likely.
All Thalia wanted was to see her wonderful girlfriend. Bianca was a dream come true. Beautiful, caring, smart, but a little independent. Just enough to take care of herself, but not enough to not ask for help when she needed it. The one problem was her little brother, who followed her everywhere. But he had started hanging out with Jason, which was good. Thalia had more time with Bianca this way.
They both started off towards the car. Jason and Thalia lived with their mother. She was absolutely horrible. An alcoholic who didn't care about her children at all. After their father left, she ultimately decided that she wasn't ready to be a mother, after she had two children. Quite a delayed reaction. She continued to act, leaving her children in daycare for most of their lives. But, when she stopped getting gigs, she moved to New York, hoping to get more jobs there. It's not like they were poor, but they needed a source of income.
Thalia got in the driver's seat, which wasn't surprising but still made Jason frown. Which made Thalia smirk. She would drive much faster than her law abiding brother. He was such a kiss up all the time. She stepped on the gas, the car jolted forward. It was an old car, but it was a good car. A 1963 Corvette Sting Ray. Everyone at school was jealous. Why wouldn't they be? It was baby blue, and absolutely perfect.
By the time they got to the school, Jason was clutching onto the headrest. His sister really needed to learn how to drive. Thalia got out and slammed the door. She slung her backpack over her shoulder and went to sit by the doors. Jason followed, looking for anyone he knew. They were the first ones there. Which was strange, when Thalia drove, they would always be late. Not like she drove slow, but she would stop and pick up different things before school started. The amount of times they had eaten McDonalds in the morning was incredulous.
Then, out walked a tall girl with black as night hair, swaying behind her. She had on black boots with heels, with a short black skirt and white collared shirt. Thalia jumped up to meet her girlfriend. She looked like crap compared to her. With ripped up jean shorts and a band t-shirt. She had her favorite boots on, which were scuffed beyond belief. Behind her walked Nico and another girl. She was dark skinned with curled mocha hair. She looked really stressed out. Must have been her first day.
Nico went up to Jason, beckoning the girl forward. They all ignored the two girls, who were too busy making out to notice them. Nico gave a slight smile, while Jason absolutely beamed. The girl, who was about the same height as Nico, smiled shyly.
"Hey Jason. This is my half-sister, Hazel. She's staying with us now." Hazel nodded. Jason stuck out a hand to shake. She unsurely grabbed it and shook half-heartedly.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Jason Grace. That's my sister over there, Thalia. The one kissing Bianca way too much. Cut it out you two!" Jason yelled at his sister. They both stopped and shrugged, and started to talk about their summers. Jason let out a huff. Nico chuckled.
"So, where is everyone?" Hazel questioned. Looking around, there was no one there. The boys did too. Jason shrugged. Nico pulled out his iPhone and checked the time.
"We are fifteen minutes early. People should start showing up in five to ten." He slid his phone back into his pocket. Hazel let out a sigh. Did they have to be so early? She just wanted the day to start already. The three chatted until another car pulled up into the parking lot. Out of it came a short Latino and a tall Asian. The smaller boy got out of the car and ran up to the group.
"Hey! I'm Leo. I'm new here. So is Frank. I'm going into my sophomore year, but Frank's going into his junior." The boy blurted. It was obvious he was very nervous, but his excitement got the best of him. Jason chuckled.
"I'm Jason. I'm going into my junior year too. Nice to meet the both of you." Jason nodded in greeting to Frank as he walked up, who nodded back.
"Nico di Angelo. Going into my sophomore year too. Pleasure." Nico stated monotonously. Leo nodded excitedly, while Frank barely moved his head.
"And I'm Hazel. It's my first year here too. I'm going to be a sophomore too." She gave a cheery smile to the small boy. Who returned it immediately. Frank glared at the boy, who rolled his eyes. Hazel was confused, but didn't let it get to her. They all started talking about what classes they were going to be in, Jason giving helpful advice about some of the teachers.
"Mr. Blofis is awesome. He teaches language for both sophomores and juniors, so I hope I have him this year too." Jason grinned. Nico rolled his eyes.
"You never shut up about him last year. I swear you had a crush on him." Jason turned to him and frowned, making Nico laugh heartily. Hazel was surprised; Nico was never this joyful around anyone. It was weird seeing him like this, with his friends. It was good.
They all talked about random things. What they did over the summer, to places in town to get the best food, until the front arch started to pile up with people. Slowly everyone started to gather in the atrium. Then the groups started to split up by grade. The juniors and seniors were on the second floor, while freshman and sophomores remained on the first.
Nico took Leo and Hazel to the freshman and sophomores lockers. Hazel immediately found hers, and said goodbye to Nico. Nico went along with Leo, who was now much quieter. It must have been all the people. Was he really shy? He didn't seem it earlier.
Leo found his locker and waved Nico off. Nico then set off towards his own. After cramming everything in, he set off towards his first class, and the first day of hell.
Percy had no idea what he was doing. After Paul dropped him off at the locker bay, he disappeared. All Percy had was a sheet with a bunch of names and numbers. He finally found his locker and put in the combo. It clicked open on the third try. You would think he would be good at this by now. He put all of his extra school books and pencils in it. Before slamming it shut. Great way to start off the day.
"Perce?" Someone behind him called. He turned around quickly because 1) nobody called him Perce, and 2) he recognized the voice from somewhere. Standing there in the middle of the hallway was Grover. He had met Grover at one of his other schools, which was the one he lasted the longest at. He and Grover quickly became best friends. Percy would always stick up for the nerdy boy, which in the end got him expelled.
He rushed over and pulled the ginger into a bear hug. The boy's beanie fell off, but he didn't really mind. Seeing Percy was absolutely amazing.
"What are you doing here?" Percy grabbed Grover's shoulders and started shaking him. The shorter boy laughed.
"My mom decided to let me change schools." Percy looked at him with confusion. Grover sighed. "For my girlfriend." Perce's face lit up, and he pulled him into another hug. Grover was holding his schedule, so Percy grabbed it and checked over it.
"We have the same first period class! Sweet! Let's go before we're late." Percy set off in the wrong direction. Grover gave a little chuckle. Some people never change.
Piper was bored as hell. There weren't any fun people in her class. It was horrible. And it was only first period. This was a good sign. Then in came a boy with mocha hair and tanned skin. He looked around, he was obviously new. Piper waved him over, like the nice person she was. He saw her, then looked behind him, thinking that she was motioning to someone else. Piper let out a giggle, then pointed at him, and then the seat next to her. He slowly crept over and took a seat.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Piper." She put on her usual charming smile and held out her hand. The boy grabbed it and shook a bit too hard.
"Leo. I'm new." He looked really out of place and nervous. Always looking over his shoulder and seeing who else walked in. Piper found it quite amusing.
"I can tell," Piper let out a laugh. "I don't recognize you. I know everyone here. I'm kind of like the queen."
"I find that hard to believe." Leo said under his breathe. Piper gasped, she wasn't offended but shocked at how upfront the boy was. She glared at him, then motioned for him to continue.
"If you are the queen, where are your subjects? They should all be around you, asking about your summer and if you got a boyfriend and how you were doing and such." Leo stared ahead at the board. It had rules and what you needed to get out on your desk. He began to reach for his school bag.
"I like you, Leo. You're smart." Piper gave a mischievous smile, which the Latino returned. He took out the books he needed.
"Not smart, just intuitive." Leo got up to sharpen one of his pencil. This was going to be a good year, Piper promised herself. This boy was pretty awesome, and best friend material.
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