I am SO grateful for all of the favourites, follows and reviews. You are amazing. I realise that I kind of forgot about Leo in the second half of the last chapter, but he IS in detention with them all.

I also realise that I have used a weird mix of American and English terms or slang in this chapter: the word snogging (English) is nowhere near as accurate/nice as making out (American usually) in my opinion!

JASON

"What?" Somebody said. Sounded like Percy, but I couldn't be sure because the freaking lights were off. Hedge, the teacher (I have him for English), walked slowly over to the light switch, his footsteps echoing on the stone floor in the silence, and flicked it. Flicked it again. Nothing happened.

"The power is out." A voice from the back said. Probably Frank.

"No shit, Sherlock." Someone else whispered. The teacher probably whipped his head around, looking for the source, but of course it was dark.

"Alright cupcakes, hang tight. I'm going to go and see what is going on here." Hedge opened the door and left the room. I waited, holding my breath; the lock clicked. Damn. We're stuck in here for a while.

At this point, you are probably wondering about windows. Surely we could open one for some light? However, the detention room in our school has no windows. It is literally a prison cell, and the only light was coming from the tiny window in to the hallway.

For at least five minutes, we were silent. Nobody moved a muscle, or said a word. The only sound was sniffling, that girl Annabeth still crying probably. I think that the others were probably thinking along the same lines as me. In a few minutes, Hedge would waltz back in, flick the lights on and laugh at our shocked expressions. It was just a power cut! They happened all the time in some places.

The thing is, Maple Park was not one of those places.

I could tell that they were all trying to drag this out, like if we did nothing then everything would go back to normal, we would have the last half an hour of detention and go and frolic with the daisies in a field or some shit. Eventually, after a century of waiting, I heard a chair scrape across the floor, and fabric rustle as someone put their arm around someone else.

Suddenly, someone directly behind me stood up. Piper? She walked quickly to the front, her heels going click-clack on the floor. A draw opened. Some rustling. And then, suddenly, light.

All heads turned towards the dazzling torch beam, and I could make out the people around me. Hazel and Frank were cuddled up together at the back. Annabeth had her head on the desk; it was kind of heart breaking, actually.

"He took my phone cause I was texting. Phones have torches. You all have phones, idiots." Everyone proceeded to take out their phones and prop them up in some way so that their torch beams illuminated the desks in the centre.

Then another voice, Leo Valdez, spoke, "It's kind of cold, isn't it. Think the heating went out as well?" (It was kind of cold. I guess). "Anyone have a jacket?"

There was a quiet chorus of "No" and "Sorry" and "It isn't that cold…" that confirmed my suspicions: nobody here liked Leo. That, or nobody here knew Leo properly. While this was happening, I scooted over to Percy's desk and whispered in his ear.

"Why is Annabeth Chase crying? You used to be friends, right?" Percy shrugged nonchalantly, but his face was grumpy and confused.

The room was silent for a moment. Nobody knew what to do or say. Eventually, Piper came to our saviour: she sat down on one of the desks in the very centre and said, calmly, "So what are you all in for?"

Silence. Nothing. Until someone on a table on the left walked slowly towards us and sat on a desk in the little cluster we were forming around where Annabeth and Percy had been sitting.

"I was punched." Leo. "I guess it was kind of my fault. I mean, Perce here has no idea that his ex-girlfriend had a new… uh, guy. And then she kissed me in the lunch hall and I was punched by my main man over here." He nudges Percy with his foot.

"Sorry about that, man. Nothing personal. It was just a surprise that it was… um." Percy stops, looking embarrassed.

"A surprise that it was me. You were expecting at least a Jason for your girlfriend. I get it." Leo said quietly, but there was no bitterness in his voice. A little annoyance, maybe, but mostly sadness. A little elf-looking boy that liked construction and hated himself.

"Do any of you know that I have a sister?" Piper whispered. "Her name is Lacy and she is 7 years old. My Dad makes movies, everyone knows that, so he is out of town a lot; last night I had to look after Lacy, go shopping for groceries, cook, clean, and by the time I got to bed it was pretty late. I fell asleep in History." She said the whole story with a light tone, so I know she meant it as a joke, but nobody laughed because damn, there is more to Piper than meets the eye.

"I was texting in class. My sister. Mum isn't well." I said, feeling that it was my turn.

"These are all so depressing, guys." Piper laughed. "Anyone got something juicy?"

Little Hazel, the happiest girl I have ever seen (smiling in detention?!), raised her hand. "Frank and I were making out in the girls bathroom." We all laughed at Frank's blush, and the way he nudged Hazel in playful annoyance.

I glanced at Annabeth, and saw that throughout all this she had sat up. All eyes turned slowly to her.

"What about you? And why have you been sobbing all detention?" Leo asked innocently.

"Leo!" Piper smacked him over the head like she was his mum. "You don't have to say, Annabeth."

"I cheated on a physics test."

"Holy shit." I whispered. Annabeth was just about the smartest girl I knew.

"My mum is kind of pushy. She really wants me to get into a really good college for architecture, and I want to get in too. It's just, physics is my lowest grade and last time we had a test I didn't do that well and mum got really angry and I just." She stopped to wipe her streaming eyes on her sleeve. "I was caught. Now I have no chance of getting in to a good school. I got a week of detention and it goes on my record. I messed up."

To my surprise, two hands go to Annabeth. One from Piper, even though I don't think they have ever spoken, and one from Percy. She grips them like lifelines.

"We're gonna be here a while. Truth or dare?"

That got kind of deep. We learnt a lot of info, but I think this is going to be a good story…

If anyone could let me know in the reviews: what is the rule for cover pictures? If I find a picture on google images, can I use it? Thanks J

Enjoy… -IndigoWater (the cheesiest username EVER)