Previously on School begins-
Percy looked up so fast that he stumbled a little while sitting on the steps of the choir. Clarisse had lost weight, but still looked very strong. She was wearing makeup and she actually passed off as a girl. Clarisse caught Percy's eye and she looked shocked. "Oh no," she muttered to herself."Take a seat Miss La Rue." Mr Schraga gestured.
Clarisse took a seat on the opposite end of Percy. She tried her best to avoid Percy. "Why is he in this school? Ugh, If I had known he was here, I wouldn't of agreed to come. Now I have to put up with the Son of Poseidon all over again." She thought to herself as she rolled her eyes. She looked up and saw Percy staring at her. She quickly avoided his contact and looked to Mr. Schraga who was about to speak to her.
"Well Clarisse, we've all introduced ourselves and added something a bit extra to who we are, why don't you give it a try?" he asked.
"Uh, alright." Clarisse said while sitting up straight. "I'm Clarisse; I'm at my best when I'm running on the track field. I especially love playing Capture the Flag." She said cracking her knuckles.
Percy looked at Clarisse and smiled when she talked about Capture the Flag. He too loved it. Of course, their teams always tied when facing each other, but competing with Clarisse had some sort of thrill to it. Maybe it was because he didn't know if he could beat her or not. He waited for Clarisse to look back at him. He wanted to talk to her. He knew she's had it rough since she lost Silena. He wanted her to be okay, even if her dislike for him was strongly shown.
The bell had rung. For the first day, classes were cut 30 minutes short for each class. Normally, it'd be 50 minutes. Clarisse took the opportunity and dashed for the door. Percy, however, was also gifted in speed and chased her down. Percy grabbed hold of her bag and said, "Clarisse! Stop, hang on." Clarisse huffed and stopped. She then faced Percy.
"What do you want, Jackson?" she growled.
"Well, for one I wanted to say hi. I'm also kind of wandering why you're at my school." he said.
"None of your business, Jackson." She snapped.
"C'mon, just tell me!" Percy pleaded.
Clarisse's mouth tightened. Percy knew she wasn't going to say anything until he kept begging. "Tell me." He repeated several times.
"If it'll get you off my back, then fine." She grumbled. "My mom sent me to live with my aunt for the year, so I transferred here for the time being, didn't know you'd be here."
Percy chuckled, "You're going to have to make friends with me sometime, considering you don't know anyone here."
"It's probably your first day too, nice try."
"Okay, okay, you caught me. Truce?" he stuck out his hand.
"Not if I can help it." She quickly paced away leaving Percy laughing at her stubbornness.
"Crap!" he said while looking at his watch, "I'll be late for second period." He ran to his next class, dodging all the human obstacles in his way. He turned the corner and walked into the room. He saw Clarisse sitting in the back of the class.
"You've got to be kidding me." Clarisse said as she saw Percy grinning from ear to ear. Percy walked to the back of the room and he sat in the empty seat near Clarisse. She was one seat up than from where he was. He was behind her and whispered,
"I wonder why you took this class?" he said smirking, speaking through his teeth.
"Are you stalking me now or what?" Clarisse said angrily.
The class began to fill up. "Not stalking, just maybe the same schedule." Percy replied. The teacher of the classroom entered with such anger. His movements seemed to be louder than Zeus's thunder raging throughout Mount Olympus.
The teacher stood in front of the class and said loudly, "In my class I only accept diligence, responsibility, and upholding your end of the deal. I am the teacher, and you are the student. I give you work, you finish it. Like I said, this is my class. My name is Mr. Gear; I will go only by Mr. Gear. You will not call me any other nicknames or that will result into not a detention but a 10 page essay about why you should call me Mr. Gear. You will work with such precise and brilliance that by the end of the year you will know everything about Greek Mythology. Any questions?"
A red haired boy with freckles who seemed to look as though he was 12 raised his hand slowly. Mr. Gear glanced at his hand, and ignored his unknown question. "No? Good, let's get started." The class giggled as they saw the embarrassed boy turn red. "Turn to page 53. On that page you will see a list of Greek Gods and Goddesses. To test your knowledge on how much you know, we will be playing Around the World. For those of you who are entirely ignorant with this game, I shall explain. I will ask a question to two students, and if one gets it incorrect, they sit in their seats. If one has answered it correctly, they will continue on and verse another student. The student who beats out all the rest of the class will earn my respect and a night free of homework. Yes, you do have homework. Let's begin." Mr. Gear pointed at two boys and told them to go in the front of the class. He then sat down on his seat and asked, "The Goddess of love is whom?" he asked. Clarisse rolled her eyes and thought, "Are you kidding me? I signed up for this class to hear crap like this?"
One of the boys failed to answer and the other boy shouted Zeus. Clarisse hit her forehead as she muttered, "Moron."
Mr. Gear clapped and said sarcastically, "We're off to a great start. Find your seats and stay there till the end of the year." He then proceeded to call up another girl and a boy. "Who is known as the wine God?" The brunette girl quickly piped, "Dionysus!" The boy shrugged his shoulders. "Correct, you may move on." Mr. Gear said nodding his head in approval. This went on for a couple of minutes, the class had 30 students and the brunette girl was dominating the whole class. Everyone just gave up as they saw her defeating her classmates one by one. Her next competitor was Clarisse. Percy's eyes widened as he was excited to see how the next round was going to turn out.
"Excellent job, Miss?-"
"Wilkes." She said politely.
"I'm sure you've become quite the competitor to your classmates. Next!"
Clarisse stood up and walked to the front of the room. As she walked to the front, guys from every corner in the room gawked and did a faint whistle. Clarisse didn't mind, she loved the attention. She faced the brunette girl and thought to herself, "Wait for it, Miss Goody two shoes, you'll be put in your place." She gave a fake smile and waited for Mr. Gear to ask the question.
Mr. Gear cleared his throat and asked, "The God of the travel-"
"Hermes." Clarisse said before Mr. Gear could finish the question.
"Uh, correct." He said in disbelief.
The brunette girl's jaw dropped. The class had suddenly become fascinated with what was occurring and clapped for Clarisse. (Mostly the guys)
"Take a seat Miss Wilkes. You did well."
The brunette girl stomped to her seat and sat.
"You now only have one more competition, Miss-"
"La Rue."
"Miss La Rue, yes. Young man, go up to the front." Mr. Gear said pointing at Percy. Percy mouthed, "Me?" He looked around and saw the look of defeat on everyone's face. "Oh man, this is going to be a bloodbath." He stood up, and walked to the front. He stood beside Clarisse and chuckled nervously.
"It's just you and me now, Jackson." Clarisse sneered.
"The Goddess of Rain-"
"Iris." They both said simultaneously.
"Correct.." Mr. Gear said taking off his classes to see his two students answering the question correctly.
"The God of Fear." He asked
"You know you're not going to beat me." Clarisse thought to herself, knowing Percy would know.
Percy whispered to Clarisse, "Whatever floats your boat."
"Phobos" they both answered again. Their heated battle continued on until the last minute of the bell.
"Last question, who is the God of sea?"
"Poseidon!" they shouted. They were out of breath, they answered questions right after the other, hoping to burn the other to the ground. The class watched, most being impressed and most wanting to see who would win the intense game. The bell had rung and everyone got up rapidly to leave. Some guys congratulated Clarisse and winked at her. She rolled her eyes.
"Not bad Clarisse, you kind of faltered when he asked about my dad though." Percy teased.
"Me? Falter? When they mentioned my dad, your heart probably stopped because of how much you're scared of him." Clarisse grabbed her bag and headed out the door. Percy chuckled while shaking his head.
"This is going to be a long year." He whispered to himself.
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