Hey guys, long time….
Yeah sorry bout that, life is way way to hectic right now.
But good stuff has happened between all the stress and stuff: I got my driver's license, saw a long-lost friend from Auzzie and had a birthday .
So here's a little idea that's been spinning round my head for a while, dunno why though. Remember Nancy Bobofit? Like all the way back in the first book? Well….I wonder how she will like my Percy.
Making this clear: My Percy from my little world that I have the PJO characters live in.
So this is all written kind-of from Nancy's POV.
And let's place this half way through junior year so Percy is Mr Popular. Tehee….
Ps. Ignore my English in the author note bits, I write exactly how I speak. Same as when writing dialogue. Trying to keep it real.
~ What We Were Once Is Not Who We Are Now ~
She should have known from the moment she walked into homeroom that things were going to be different for her.
For one, the kids here weren't a bunch delinquents. She was prepared to bet almost all her month's allowance that ninety-nine percent of these students were goody goods who had never gotten suspended, let alone expelled from school.
Yet here she was, after having been expelled (well asked to leave) from three schools in the past eight years for various reasons, accepted into a rather good public school just because someone had decided to give her a second (or fourth) shot. But no-one here would know that.
To sum it up, she knew she wasn't immediately going to pinned as one of the trouble makers, unless she started shooting off her mouth.
The second reason why this school would be so different wouldn't walk into the class for another good ten minutes. For which she would have a really good view.
She attempted sidling into the classroom and took a seat in the back, trying her very best not to get noticed. Didn't work too well, seeing as her bright red hair made her stick out like a girl in an all-boys school. Still the kids didn't say anything to her. Most likely because she was new and it was halfway through junior year.
She knew that if this were her school and some new kid pitched up now she wouldn't have ignored them. No she probably would have been the first to make the new kid's life a misery.
This time she didn't want to be the bully unless she had a good reason to.
The teacher was late so everyone was mucking around, sitting on their desks, tossing paper aeroplanes. The usual.
She could easily distinguish the popular crowd from the rest. But even the rest didn't seem like they weren't popular. It was weird. Almost no-one was left out.
Eventually the teacher walked in, looking a little frazzled. Everyone quietened down and took their seats.
He barely noticed the class and was mumbling under his breath about something, until someone called out, "What Percy do this time Mr Blofis?"
Mr Blofis finally seemed to take notice of the class and seemed a little surprised. He looked at his wristwatch and then back at the class.
"Nothing, I just really hate Monday mornings," he said cheerfully.
Most of the class laughed. Even she cracked a little smile. The teacher seemed like a good guy, and if her schedule was anything to go by, she had him for English too.
"Now class, just need to do roll call and a few announcements-"
He was interrupted by the arrival of someone. She caught her breath as soon as she saw him. Not only was he very good looking but was also very, very familiar. Though she couldn't put her finger on how she knew him or who exactly he was.
He sauntered into the class, high-fiving and bumping fists with who she figured were the popular kids. She turned back to see what the teacher would say about this and was stunned to see him roll his eyes and then start roll call.
"Man you have it so easy", she heard a blond said to the latecomer.
"Paul's got the whole awesome stepfather thing down," the latecomer said and then laughed slightly.
She was really interested to know his name. It was starting to bug her that she couldn't pinpoint who he was.
"Austin Rynolds?"
The blond answered to this with a wave. Mr Blofis smiled in return. He seemed to like the class and them him in return. It surprised her seeing as she had never been in a class where it was so.
Eventually the teacher called out, "Percy Jackson," to which the latecomer answered amused, "Really Mr Blofis?"
She nearly fell out of her chair from surprise. The latecomer who looked so familiar was Percy Jackson? The little dweeb who was kicked out of Yancy? The wimpy loser? He turned into that guy, the one who seemed really popular? It just didn't make sense.
And her landing up at the same school as him seemed too coincidental. It was a real shock to her.
"Percy do you want detention?"
The class all seemed to gasp collectively while Percy raised an eyebrow at the teacher. Then they all burst into laughter, Mr Blofis included.
Needless to say, she was really confused.
"Honestly don't know what they were thinking, putting you in my homeroom class." The teacher turned to the door, which was open, and then back to us. "I just have to step out for a bit, you lot," he gave us a pointed look, mainly at Percy and the boy whose name was Austin, "be good!"
The change was instantaneous. The class relaxed and the Austin kid stood up, "K now down to business!" and he walked to the front of the class where a very pretty girl joined him.
"Cali sit down, it's my turn," Austin folded his arms, looking at the pretty girl.
"Oh stuff it Rynolds, you mess it up every week," Carli then proceeded to batter her eyelashes at him. "Besides, you know you want me up here with you."
A few whistles and taunting followed this statement. Even she found this rather funny and was laughing lightly along with most of the class. Rather out of character for her.
They bickered for a bit before some (probably football) guy interrupted and told them to get on with it.
Pretty girl, Carli, gave Austin a look and started speaking, "Well first things first, well done to our brilliant football team for another win on Friday."
Cheers followed this. When it quietened down Austin spoke up, "All thanks to Dylan, who is bunking today the lucky guy, and my man Jackson. Take a bow Perce!"
More cheers followed and Percy did indeed stand up and bow and added a few blown kisses in too. Now she really was shocked. Jackson was a footballer, and a good one too.
And these people worshipped him.
What?
Carli shushed the class with her hands and carried on talking when they were quiet, "Also we've started discussing our junior trip. The teachers want us to go," she scoffed, "hiking. So we were thinking of getting our council to convince them to take us skiing."
Austin picked up here, "So basically we need a way to convince Grayson that it's a better idea than hiking. So start thinking up good arguments, complain to parents, just do what you can. It should be easy to sway Grayson-"
"What's this about me Rynolds?" a deep voice came from the door, which she recognised as the principal's from her meeting with him the week before.
Austin visibly paled, "Nothing sir," and he crept off back to his seat.
The principal now entered the class, "That's what I thought. Miss back to your seat too," he said to Carli, who happily sat back down.
Mr Blofis entered behind him half smiling. He seemed to find the whole situation funny.
"Juniors we have a new student. I expect you to all accept her and no funny business," he gave the class a pointed look. He then looked at her, "Miss Bobofit please stand up," she did, "this is Nancy Bobofit." She saw Percy turn around sharply to look at her with raised eyebrows. He obviously had not forgotten her. "Who will be her guide for the day?"
The class didn't have time to answer as Mr Blofis immediately volunteered someone himself, smirking, "Percy will."
Percy turned around so fast it looked like he rocked the chair, "But Paul!"
"Jackson I don't care about whatever your relationship with Mr Blofis is outside of school but here he is to be referred to only by his last name," Grayson put in.
"And this is your punishment for being late this morning," Paul finished.
Percy protested, he wanted to do this about as much as she did, "Hey that wasn't my fault! You were late too."
"Explain to me how we arrived at school the same time and you still managed to get to class five minutes after me?" Mr Blofis questioned him.
Percy obviously didn't have an answer as he opened his mouth, closed it and then muttered "Fine" while sinking down into his seat, being laughed at by Austin and a few others.
"You so deserve it," Carli muttered to him.
This really wasn't helping with her self-esteem seeing as it appeared no-one wanted to be her guide for the day.
"Right now that that's settled. Paul I think we may have to talk about him," she could see Percy scowl at that, probably knowing Grayson meant him. "But great playing on Friday Jackson," Grayson smiled at Percy before leaving.
She was incredibly confused by all this. Obviously everyone liked Percy, including the principal. It just was nothing like she thought he would turn out if she ever thought about him at all.
At the end of the lesson Percy came up to her. "Hello Nancy. Long time no see," he said carefully.
She looked up at him, noticing he didn't look to comfortable about this. She wasn't either.
She hid her discomfort behind a snide remark, "Look who's all grown up and a big shot."
He glared at her, "I'm not twelve anymore Nancy, and neither are you. So grow up and forget about whatever happened at Yancy. Besides I can make your life a living hell here, like you once made mine. Now come one, next is Math and I can't be late."
He turned away from her and started walking. She got up quickly to follow him. When she caught up to him she asked in a tiny voice, "You wouldn't really do that would you?"
She meant his comment about him making her life a living hell. She didn't think he really would but it still scared her. She was the new kid, he was apparently one of the star football players and well liked, and she really didn't want to be an outcast like at her last school.
She couldn't believe how she was displaying her fear of this to him. But once he was the outcast, mainly because of her, so she was hoping he would understand.
His face softened and she noted how good looking he really was. "No I wouldn't."
She knew he was a good guy, she always had. That was what had once made him such an easy target. He scared her because of that, and she didn't know why.
They walked the rest of the way in silence.
Throughout the day Nancy acted a little like a puppy, following Percy everywhere. They barely spoke and others noticed the awkwardness between them. Some people had asked her about it to which she simply replied, "Middle school stuff."
Yet she did make some friends, so at lunch she didn't have to sit with Percy and his friends, which undoubtedly would have been more than unpleasant.
It interested her, how much he had changed. He spoke with everyone who spoke to him, girls audibly sighed around him, and the younger students worshipped him and his friends while the older ones respected them.
She found it odd when she compared it to the boy she once knew.
Bet the Yancy kids from all those years ago would have been just as shocked as she was to see how Percy 'The Freak' Jackson had turned out. If she told her friends from there she was sure they would laugh and call her crazy.
At the end of the day they were exchanging a few sentences. He was mainly asking her about how she liked Goode and stuff. He never once mentioned Yancy since that morning so neither had she. She was about to apologise for how she once acted after he had been so civil to her today but a younger dark haired kid interrupted her.
"How long do you expect Annabeth and I to wait for you?" he asked Percy rather rudely.
Percy clipped him over the head instead of answering.
"Ow! What was that for!" the kid asked indignantly.
"For making me late today. Tell Annie I'll be there in a few."
"Seriously Fish Face! I-"
"Nico..." Percy glared at the kid.
"Fine fine I'll tell her. Sheesh I'm asking Paul for a ride home. You in such a foul mood today. Not my fault..." the kid walked off mumbling angrily, adding in quite a few creative swear words.
Percy rubbed a hand through his hair and sighed tiredly. "You have a ride home?" he asked her.
She blinked at him, trying to figure out if he was serious. He didn't seem to be joking.
"I'm good, I don't have far to walk," she answered him a little shyly.
"You sure? My girlfriend has a car here and I'm sure she won't mind."
A girlfriend? She wasn't actually all that astonished after what she had seen today.
"Don't worry. I'll be fine," she insisted.
He shrugged. "I'll be seeing you then."
He started walking through the school gates when she called after him, "I'm sorry!"
He turned, looking surprised. But soon the look morphed into a smile. "See you tomorrow Nancy."
She watched him walk up to a pretty girl with long blonde curls leaning on a car. He gave her a quick peck on the lips before walking around the car and getting in. The blonde looked over at her and gave her a knowing smile before also getting in the car and driving off.
Two reasons why this school would be different to the others she had attended before. One, people didn't know her as a delinquent. Two, she might actually have found a sort of friend in the form of a former victim of her bullying.
Nancy Bobofit friends with Percy Jackson. Who would have thought?
So how was that? Dunno it was just this idea I've had floating around. It's an interesting thought.
What you guys think? Besides for the lack of Percy/Annabeth gooeyness.
Also sorry for any grammatical errors. I do check but sometimes they escape me. It's like 2.30am so I can't be perfect right now...
Goodnight all.
