Percy Jackson slammed his locker door shut with a touch more vehemence than required. The freshman below him jumped, but he didn't really care. He did not want to be walking the halls of Goode High School again, even if senior year was supposed to be fun. Looking at his class schedule, he started heading toward the 1300 wing, where his first class was. His friend, Daniel, walked up to him, catching his hand in a quick shake.
"Hey, what's up, man?" Percy nodded, relieved to see at least one of his buddies before class.
"It's only 8:50 and I already need a hit what do you think is up?" Daniel laughed.
"Geez, dude, chill out a little this year, please," Percy frowned at his friend and shook his head.
"No can do, Perseus, it's in my DNA. I'm here for a good timeā¦" he pointed at Percy, motioning for him to finish the sentence.
"Not a long time, yeah I know, moron." Percy rounded a corner, seeing his room a few doors down, "See you later."
Settling into a desk at the back of his new homeroom, Percy pulled out his phone and opened Snapchat, hoping for a distraction from the mind-numbing boredom that was already settling over his body.
As the bell rang, signaling the end of the first week of school, Annabeth slid her planner into her backpack and smiled. Now, per tradition, she and Luke would go get some ice cream, like they did every Friday. She headed out the door and over two halls, where she knew his last class was, and caught him as he was walking out the door.
"Hey, beautiful," he said with a smile, "How are you?"
"I'm good! A tough day, but nothing a little peanut butter ice cream won't fix."
"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you, I have to meet with the sports chair for StuCo and then we can go to ice cream after. It'll only take about half an hour" Luke said as he fist bumped someone passing in the hallway.
"What?" Annabeth turned to him, "I don't know if I can get ice cream after that. I have to be home around five. I babysit the little devils tonight, you know that. Why didn't you tell me you had a meeting?"
"Chill," Luke laughed, "It's 3:57 now, I'll talk to the kid quickly and we'll head out. We'll get drive through or something."
"Why do you have student council stuff on a Friday anyway?" she asked.
"Annoying, right? The guy had swim practice after school every day, but Friday they have it in the morning so it had to be today. I'll be quick. It's just a short talk about budget for concession stands and finalizing dates for sending spirit buses to away games. You do some homework and I'll have you at the house in no time."
"Ok, Luke," Annabeth sighed.
