Chapter Three

They Make us Read…And Then Some

Exams rolled around and, of course, I was freaking out. Somehow, I maintained straight A's all year, but I didn't know what I would do under the pressure. Enough about me, Percy was going berserk. It was quite a show watching him rant rave over exams. He still gave me funny looks, even though I punched him about a month ago. In that month, he got expelled, and I was kind of relived. Grover and Percy were supposed to be studying later, and Chiron wanted to squeeze in a meeting. Little did I know that he would actually show up in his true form, a centaur. We were expressing our worries about Percy when we heard a noise. I didn't figure out until later that the noise was Percy himself.

The next day, during the Latin exam (which I managed to ace). Says the girl who's been fluent in Ancient Greek and Latin since she was seven. That was Percy. He's been around during some points of my book writing. All I've been walking around with for a couple of days was a computer that is in Ancient Greek, even the keys! Anyway, back to the story. Percy was called up to Chiron, and they had a conversation that I couldn't make out. The next thing I knew, Percy was storming out of the door.

The bus ride home was a very depressing one. I wondered what Percy was going to do without us. Turns out he agreed to let us walk him home when we got off. He mentioned the Kindly Ones and all he knew. The bus broke down in the middle of the interstate. Then, as Percy has probably told you already, we saw the Fates. I was shaking, so was Grover. SNIP! They. Cut. The. Yarn. I started freaking out. I started shoving Percy on the bus. Grover had the same idea. Eventually, the bus was fixed, and we headed home. Well, when Grover gets scared, he usually has to go to the bathroom really bad. I saw Percy heading up the street, about to abandon me and Grover.

"Whoa! Where do you think you're going?"

"Home, why?" he replied.

"Because I still get to walk you home." I snapped.

"Grover." Percy pointed to the bathroom.

"He'll make it. Just let me walk with you."

The walk to Percy's apartment wasn't bad. But then we met his stepdad. Gross.