AN: I don't own Jojo or Percy jackson
Chapter 3
Since the Trip to the museum, school for Percy was different due to the fact that Mrs. Dodds disappeared from the face of the earth. Whenever she brought up Mrs. Dodds, all the students and teachers were confused about who that was. She would have dropped the problem, thinking she thought that she got Mrs. Kerr's name wrong, if it wasn't for Grover who reacted with surprise and tried to change the topic. Grover couldn't lie very well so when he tried to pretend that she didn't exist, Percy would see right through him.
The rest of her school year stayed roughly the same other than Nancy who had to use crutches for the rest of the school year, which meant and couldn't bully Percy and Grover anymore. School, then, went by like a blur until the end of the school year. Percy was clearing out her locker, because the final test was tomorrow and they wouldn't need their lockers anymore, when she heard a group of girls talk about what they are going to do over summer break. One girl was going to Hawaii and the other was going on a cruise with her boyfriend. The girls went up and asked Percy what she is going to do and she replied by saying that she was going back to the city, not mentioning that she'll be doing some summer jobs to get some extra money for her hobbies.
The day before the final test of the year, Percy was having trouble studying for her test so she decided to get some pointers from Mr. Brunner. After arriving at his office, she noticed that Mr. Brunner wasn't alone in his office. Grover was with him. She was about to go in anyway to ask for pointers, until she overheard Grover speaking to Mr. Brunner.
"Are you sure she will be safe?" Grover questioned uncertainly.
"I'm not certain Grover." replied an exasperated Mr. Brunner, for he kept asking the same question, every time they were alone, ever since the Kindly One Incident.
"If we don't get her to the camp soon, the Summer solstice deadline will-"
"-will have to be resolved without her," Mr. Brunner interrupted.
Mr. Brunner continued, "We can't rush her. That will just put her in more danger, besides we still don't know how the Kindly One was defeated so bringing her to the camp might put the rest of the camp in danger, if she has something following her."
Stubbornly, Grover replied, "I understand, but I don't want to put her in danger and fail to protect her again."
"You haven't failed yet, but let her enjoy her blissful ignorance as long has she can. She'll be safer that way. Go get some rest, Grover, you have a big day of tests tomorrow." Mr. Brunner reminded.
"Don't remind me. Goodnight Sir," Grover said with a grim smile, imagining the amount of tests he will have.
Laughing, Mr. Brunner bid Grover a goodnight.
When Percy heard the discussion coming to an end, she decided to get out before she was caught and asked about what she was doing listening in on the conversation. Percy wasn't sure what they were talking about, but she was very certain that they were talking about something that involves the incident at the museum and[Poseidon].
The tests were very difficult but she tried her best on all of them, hoping at least to pass. When everyone was finished, Percy went up to Mr. Brunner to hand in her test and get ready for her trip back home. Before she left, Mr. Brunner asked if she could talk to her. "Ms. Jackson I know that you won't be able to come back next year, but I want to tell you this: no matter where you go, I hope that you strive to be the best you can be." Mr. Brunner stated sincerely.
"Oh, we- well thank you Mr. Brunner I will continue to strive for the best. I won't disappoint you." she stuttered out, surprised with the amount of sincerity in his words.
"Good. I expect your best effort. I hope we meet again, Ms. Jackson."
"Thank you, Mr. Brunner. You were my favorite teacher, by the way, and I'll miss you a lot."
Percy gave him a hug before she left the classroom to get ready for her bus ride home.
Percy was at the bus stop waiting for the bus to come around to pick up it's new batch of passengers, when she noticed that Grover was walking up to her and sat down.
"Hey Grover, coming to say goodbye?" she said glumly since she wasn't going to see her best friend for who knows how long.
"No I'm heading to Manhattan as well to meet up with someone. However I do live near Manhattan here is my address." Grover said, handing her a card: Grover Underwood Keeper Half Blood Hill Long Island Hill (800)009-0009.
At first Percy was ecstatic that Grover lived near her home but when she saw the business card of his address she was a little let down that he gave her a business card for his address. She never thought that he might have come from a rich family.
"O-oh well I-I guess I could visit your mansion sometime." Percy whispered.
Grover, realizing that he might have intimidated Percy by giving her the card, tried to cheer her up. "H-H Hey No that's it what you think it's just a card for the camp I work at during the summer."
"Oh I thought we could hang out during the summer," Percy whisper with tears in the corner of her eyes. Grover was going to try to calm her down, but the bus showed up. Percy boarded the bus has soon as it opened its door.
Grover went to her seat and tried to to cheer her up but she appeared to not want to talk anymore, so he decided to try to talk to her later. Percy was mulling over what she just learned about Grover. She wasn't really upset that he came from a rich family but mostly that she wasn't able to hang out with her only good friend over the summer due to his camp job.
During the bus ride, Percy decided to just watch out the window till she felt a little better to talk to Grover. After a while, she noticed smoke coming from the engine block then a loud bang and burning smell came into the bus. The bus driver ushered everyone out of the bus and starting checking on the engine he told the passengers that it would take about twenty minutes or so to get it up and running, so they had to stay on the side of the road for a while.
While standing by the street, Percy noticed from across the road three old woman who seemed to be knitting socks. Percy, confused on why they were there, noticed something even more bizarre than fact that there appeared to be a [being] similar to [Poseidon]. They seemed to be comprised entirely of yarn of various colors and length. The women had scrawny builds, looking much like an average skinny teen, with blue eyes matching the piece of yarn being used during the knitting. If she looked close enough, Percy thought she could make out certain names from the yarn they were using. At the moment, it appeared to say Sally Jackson. Percy was about to go up and ask about the [being] behind them was but was pulled back by Grover.
"What are you doing." Grover said seeming to want to be anywhere else.
"I was going to over to talk to those three ladies over there." Percy said. What she didn't tell him was that she wanted to talk about their [Ghost friend].
"Nah just stay here, the bus is almost fixed." Grover looked extremely nervous for some reason.
As he said that, the bus driver exclaimed "The bus is almost fixed you can get back on if you want."
"See, come on, let's get on the bus!" Grover started to push her into the bus. Percy didn't say anything before, but she felt that Grover was trying to keep her safe for some reason. Before the bus tooked off, Percy heard the sound of snipping. She looked back and saw that they cut the line with Sally Jackson on it. The rest of the ride home Grover looked alert and slightly scared. Percy was scared too and the awkward silence was uncomfortable. She remained silent for she felt that Grover wouldn't be paying attention to anything they talked about.
As soon as she got off the bus, she decided to go home by herself. "Hey Grover I going head home I'll try and get in touch tomorrow."
As soon has she said that Grover almost shouted out "Wait! I'll come with you, I want to see where you live so it be easier to-to-to be able to get in touch throughout the summer."
"Oh. No, it's fine I'm just tired because of the long trip," she lied trying to get away from Grover.
"All the more reason to come with you so you don't get lost because of exhaustion."
Percy, seeing that Grover was probably not going take no for an answer, decided to sneak away.
"Alright, but let me use the bathroom real quick." Percy said impatiently.
"Oh, alright then."
Percy pretended to go to the bathroom. Even though she was going the wrong direction, Grover didn't seem to notice she hailed a cab, but before she got enough she summoned [Poseidon] and had him grab a nearby rock to throw at a metal trash can. Instead of making a loud noise it also dented the trash can immensely. While Grover was distracted with it, she got into the cab and went home. She felt bad about leaving him behind, but ever since the bus breaking down he looked at her like he was deciding what flowers would look good at her funeral.
An: Hey, sorry about the long wait. I said I'd get this chapter out faster but I didn't so instead, I've doubled this chapter. It's my fault, I don't have school or anything I've just been tired after work and went into a playthrough of Bloodborne and Dark Souls 2, which took a lot of time. Either way, I'll try to get least a chapter out a month, then increase my output so anyway thanks for the follows and favorites. Arrivederci!
