Chapter 2

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Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson or Justice League.

Characters might be AU or a little OC so don't get mad at me if they seem so please!

Percy at 12, Bruce at 15

"B! I got some good news and bad news!" Percy said, hinting send, smiling widely while packing her bag with a swimsuit and other things that she was going to need at Montauk Beach. Her mom was taking her there for a little weekend getaway, with Gabe being 'kind' enough to let them use his car. Her mom was trying to cheer her up for not being invited back to Yancy Academy the next year. Which Percy was fine with, except for she won't be seeing Grover or Mr. Brunner again. As Percy packed and waited for B to message her back, she couldn't help but let her mind wander back to the class field trip that she had been on during spring break to the ancient history museum. And she couldn't help but remember about what had happened with Mrs. Dodds the math teacher that no one but her seemed to remember. She also began to think about the conversation that she had heard on the last few days of school between Grover and Mr. Brunner late at night, conversing about Mrs. Dodds and how Percy was believing that it was all in her head. And that made her mad enough to ditch Grover on the way home.

She still hadn't told her mother about the experience with Mrs. Dodds and the three ladies with the yarn that Grover was freaking out about on the bus. A ping! drew her attention away from her thoughts and packing and she immediately walked over to her computer to see what B had said.

"What did you do this time? Did you get kicked out of school again?" Percy huffed and rolled her eyes. She had only been kicked out of seven schools… well she guessed that was a lot of schools.

"Yes, as a matter of fact I did. I never told you what has happened since spring break and that field trip…" She proceeded to tell her best friend about everything, not knowing the consequences of her actions. B never interrupted her once and asked valid questions to help her elaborate about details that she didn't even know that she remembered. Around fifteen minutes went by with the two friends conversing, and Percy was so engrossed with their conversation that she forgot about the trip that her and her mother were going on as soon as they had finished packing. She only remembered when she heard her mother knock on the door and speak.

"Percy, honey, we are leaving in five minutes," Sally said.

"Ok, mom! I am almost done."

Regretfully, Percy began to say goodbye to B. "Bye, B, I'll talk to you after I get back this weekend from Montauk Beach. I'll tell you all about it and you need to tell me all about Los Angeles when you get back home. Give Agent A my best."

"I will, and I was wondering if you had a phone where we could text and/or call each other instead of having to wait for the other to come online." B suggested. Percy's eyes widened and she grinned. It would be easier if they did but unfortunately she didn't have a phone but maybe she could get a prepaid one with her allowance and just hide it from her mother because Sally was adamant about Percy getting a phone.

"I don't have a phone right now but I will real soon. Give me your number and I'll text you when I get my phone."

"My number is XXX-XXX-XXXX and I look forward to being able to talk to you more often my friend…"

"And while we are on this subject I think it is time to introduce myself properly. My name is Bruce." Percy's eyes widened as she looked up from where she had been writing B's number down on a piece of paper and putting it in her front pocket of her pants. Bruce. That's what his name was. After five years of knowing each other, and after not saying any names for the past five years or even telling each other their own names, Bruce not only gave her his phone number, but he also told her his name! She couldn't believe it. But knowing that she needed to leave quickly because she could hear her mother start to come down the hallway towards her room, quickly typing her response and sending it at the same time that she shut her computer off.

"Persephone. But you can call me Percy. I'll talk to you later as I can here my mom almost at my door. Goodby, Bruce!" Clicking send, she shut her computer off and grabbed her bag, opening the door just in time before her mom could knock.

"Are you ready?"

"Yes, Mom, let's go!"