DEMIGOD AT TOWER PREP

CHAPTER FOUR: BACK TO SQUARE ONE

PERCY'S POV

It was harder then it looks to catch up to Ian. He was sprinting, and at this time I really wished I'd practiced more in running with the tree nymphs. It was harder now, because we were turning corners. Then he stopped at the cafeteria doors. He slowly, opened them. "Oh, now you decide to go slow." I murmured.

Gabe ran into me. He looked up, "why'd you stop?" Gabe complained.

We walked in, went in line, I got my usual chocolate chip waffle, with eggs, and a mint mocha. We sat down with Suki and CJ. I poured syrup on my waffle. "So, Percy, what's your schedule?" CJ asked.

I looked up, syrup dripping from my bottom lip. "I don't know my classes, but I have the same as Ian and Gabe." Percy said through bites.

A smile formed across Suki's face. "Then you have the same classes as us." Suki said. I looked a Gabe, he nodded in agreement. I turned back.

There was a ding. Then Whisper's voice come on the intercom. "All students, classes will begin in twenty minutes." Then the intercom turned off.

"Yesterday, Whisper announced that the new students would go to Orientation, but today there talking about classes?" I questioned.

"I guess there aren't any new students. They only come like once every two months," CJ said.

I thought about that, maybe pulled out my PDA a couple times. Whisper's voice came on the intercom again. "All students, class will start in five minutes." I looked up, CJ was the only one there. "Where did everyone go?" I asked.

"Class," she said as if it was obvious. Which, well, it was.

I stood up, "umm, CJ, glad you stayed, because I have no idea where any of our classes are," I admitted.

She looked up at me, and smiled, "well, come on, you'd better take notes," then she stood up and walked for the doors. Most people would stick there tongs out at those comments. But I'm glad CJ said it, because if she didn't then I would be lost. I took out my map on my PDA, then scribbled notes like, shiny, good, shortcut, ART, HISTORY, AVODE, etc.

We walked in right before the bell rang. CJ took her seat by Suki, while I, the new kid, was stuck to linger in the front of the class. "ahh, Mr. Jackson, you my take the seat beside Emily. He said pointing to a girl. I sat down reluctantly .

"Hi," I said, "I'm Percy Jackson."

Most girls that knew me, would look at me and go, "ugh, gross," then walk away. So, I was surprised when she shook my hand and said, "Emily Wright. Student Vice President. I guess at Tower Prep, everyone felt the same, alone and awkward.

LITERATURE, our teacher, started our lesson, "dose anyone know the name of the person that wrote..." I don't know, don't care. But Emily's hand shoot up. She said some name I didn't know. I zoned out, thinking about, camp, Annabeth, my mom, unicorns, Annabeth, cheese, and camp some more. Antil I was jolted back into reality with Literature's words. "Next week, we will have a test on Medieval writing."

After class, I went up to Ian, "did you know what he was talking about during class?" I asked him. "Some medieval writers." Ian answered. "For the test next week, wait, you weren't paying attention, were you." I looked down, then I felt Ian's hand grip my shoulder. "I took some notes, I could let you see them, if you don't get them wet," he said then started to laugh.

Suki came up, "I think we found a way to resolve your hidden ability problem," Suki informed me, Gabe and CJ came up, "just tell people that your body's cells set off a chemical reaction from the nucleus, that allows you to have certain capabilities over H2O."

What?" I asked.

"Your body gives off energy that allows you to control the water," Gabe said slowly.

"Ohh," I replied, still not knowing what they were saying. "What's next class?"

"Art," Ian answered.

I smiled, "thanks to CJ, I know where that is," I said then lead the way. They weren't impressed when I had to pull out my PDA, but I got us there correctly.

The same as last, the teacher's name was ART. She was a tall woman. She was talking about showing your emotions when you work. Then she assigned our partners, Ian and Gabe were assigned partners. Suki, though, sadly got paired with Ray, who was boasting with happiness from his luck. While lucky me, I got paired with CJ. "Now everyone, spend the rest of the class period discussing there project. Anything that covers the subject of art." Art said.

I stood up, and walked in front of CJ's desk. She looked up at me, "okay, so were partners, but, I'm warning you," CJ said, "I am terrible when it comes to art." I closed my eyes, and bowed my head, then chuckled.

I looked at CJ, "well," I said, "that makes two of us." She laughed at that. In the end, to score brownie points, we decided to build a display, of artwork, showing our love of Tower Prep.

After me and CJ got the basic design done, the bell rang for the next classes. Biology, History, Science, and so on. I was jotting down notes like a madman. I was trying to figure out if there was a hidden message in Newton's third law, when the bell rang, and Whisper's voice came on the intercom, "all students, classes will end in five minutes." I looked at the rest of the guys, "does she do that-" I was cut off.

"Yep, every day. Our five minute warning," Suki said. Gabe was nodding in agreement. Five minutes came quick. Classes ended. I headed to my dorm.

When I got there I pulled off my red sweater hoodie, tossed it back to Ian. Then put on a pair of jeans and a black T-shirt. I followed Ian and Gabe to the observatory.

There we meet CJ and Suki. They seemed to be in a really, and I mean really deep conversation, but stop when they saw us. I smiled, they both smiled back. I took a seat.

"You know what guys," Gabe said, "me and Ian should go back to the dorm, you know, work on our project." Ian looked at him confused, "don't want this to turn out like the Odyssey," he continued. Ian nodded at that, then left with Gabe.

I looked at CJ, and Suki, "Are we going to work on our project, CJ," I asked.

"Sure, and for the millionth time, you can call me Ceej," she instructed.

Yeah, yeah, I know, woman," I said as a smile formed on my face. Suki began to laugh.

Then a message appeared on her PDA, she read it then looked at us, "it's Ray, he wants me to meet him so that we can work on our project," Suki told us. We stared at her. "Well gotta go," Suki said before jogging off.

Which left me and CJ alone.

She pulled out some diagrams, but I didn't notice I was gazing at the stars. "Your homesick," CJ's voice said, it seemed so far away. I looked at her, she continued. "You miss someone."

I took a shaky breath. If only it was one person. I missed everyone from camp, even the Ares campers. I missed Annabeth and Tyson the most. But I cleared my head of those thoughts, they wouldn't make me feel any better.

"It's okay, Percy," CJ said, "to have feelings." I gazed into her eyes. "Were all be out of here soon, Gabe and Ian are probably thinking up a plan right now."

I stared out the window some more, "the stars seem out of place," I said.

"You know some constellations?" CJ asked me.

"Yeah, Annabeth-" my voice quivered. "I mean, a friend showed me," I repeated.

"Annabeth, eh, sounds like a pretty name," CJ said. "Is she your girlfriend, Percy?" CJ continued in a fake voice. I hung my head, "oh, I'm sorry, Percy," she said.

"Yeah, I finally got a kiss from her last summer," I said in a matter-of-fact tone.

CJ gasped, "no!" she said amazed, "where?"

I laughed under my breath by CJ's expression. "At the bottom of a lake."

She looked at me wide eyed. "She a demigod too? And do you have a picture." CJ asked.

I laughed, then pulled out my wallet. There was a picture of a blonde haired with a smile on her face and a slight blush. "Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena."

CJ's mouth fell open, "she is pretty," she decided. I looked at CJ.

"I can't wait antil I can see her again." I said. I looked at my PDA, there was a message. I read it, then said "Ian's coming up to get me it's past curfew, I still don't remember the tunnels." I said.

"Before you go," CJ said, "I have a question for you."

"Shoot," I said.

"Will you remember anything from Tower?" CJ asked.

"Mostly you guys," I said.

She studied me. Then leaned over, and what she did surprised me more then waking up her. She kissed me. "So you don't forget any of us."

Then the tile moved, and Ian appeared. We left with him.

Back at the dorm Gabe made a discovering, "you have lipstick on you."

I just got him to shut up before Ian came back. And then we went to bed.

Hello, author speaking. I now four chapters and not even a week. It's awesome. But, I won"t be able to write anymore antil I watch the new episodes of Tower Prep. Hope you've enjoyed it so far.

-Leon P.