Another chapter! I hope this is interesting so far.
Thalia POV
Second day of school!
I sat through a lovely Tuesday morning English class. I talked to Jake quite a bit.
Jake's a pretty awesome guy. He offered to walk me to next class that he's in too, gym. Art and gym rotate. Our schedules are really confusing. And I heard all our friends are in the same gym class.
Fun, right?
"So what're we doing in gym?" I asked Jake as he grabbed a gym bag from his locker.
He looked up. "We're conveniently starting the soccer unit." he said, shutting the locker.
I grinned. "Oh shoot. This should be good then." I snickered evilly.
"What?" he asked confusedly.
I grinned over at him. "Nothing. I just love soccer. Don't you love soccer Jake?"
He gave me a weird look. "Okay then weirdo."
I punched his shoulder before turning and heading into the girls locker room. He laughed and headed into the guys locker room.
I reached my locker, but someone was already there.
"Hey Miko." I said in surprise.
"Didn't know we were sharing a locker."
She looked up, pulling a shirt over her head and toned stomach that did not fail to catch every person in the room's attention.
"Nor did I."
I rolled my eyes at her and wriggled into my gym clothes with practiced ease. We were always changing like maniacs on the tour so you get used to it.
"I heard we're playing soccer." I said, tying my sneakers. Mikoto put her neatly folded clothes in the locker, on the upper shelf since she was a little taller than me. Her outfit consisted of dark purple vans on the bottom, ripped black skinny jeans on top of that, then her purple Lakers hoodie, and then a black Girls Dead Monster t-shirt.
Neat freak.
And so color coordinated…
"You done?" she asked, pulling her long black hair into a high ponytail.
I squinted at her hair. "I still don't understand that red streak in your hair."
Really though, it's become more and more visible. She's probably one of the few people on earth with natural streaks in her hair. The dark red was natural, and I don't think anyone knows, but she also has a white patch underneath her outer hair really near her neck, right at the roots. The red was pretty much her bangs that she grew out, and the middle near the tips.
She blushed a little. The other girls were staring at us and whispering/giggling. "I'm sorry! It's been there since I had hair you idiot. Are you done or not? Cuz I'm leaving you." she spun around and started speed walking out, her face flushed from embarrassment.
Even though millions of people looked at her and/or her picture every day, she still hated being the center of attention. Especially when it was a smaller group of people. By smaller group, I mean any group that isn't part of the audience at our shows.
I jumped up and followed her, throwing my mid back length hair up in a ponytail in the process. "Sorry, sorry."
We walked up the stairs next to the locker rooms to the gym. Once we were inside, Piper waved us over to a corner. We went over and sat next to her, leaning against the wall.
All the grades are mixed for gym, so Nico and Piper are in this class too.
"Sup Pipa?" I grinned at her. Piper grinned at me and then turned to Mikoto offering a shy wave. Mikoto smiled at her and was attacked by Percy in the next second.
"Ah! Hey Perce." she greeted him, struggling out of his death grip. He sat next to her and grinned. He liked to think of himself as her "cute, cuddly lovable brother". Annabeth and Nico joined us.
"Hey guys." Annabeth slid next to Percy. He waved to her and punched Nico.
Guys have weird greeting habits.
I looked over to see a girl walk up to her friend. "Sup bitch." The girl greeted.
Her friend laughed and made some demented face at her. "Oh mah god shtop." She laughed.
Guys have weird greeting habits.
But then again, so do girls.
"This is a pretty small class." I commented, looking around.
Annabeth answered "Yup. We're the extra class that's one half of what a normal class should be. It's pretty nice."
Then Jake and Luke ran in through the door slightly panting. The gym teacher said something to them and they nodded before running off to our little corner of joy.
"Sup bro." Percy greeted his half-brother. Jake clapped him on the back and sat next to me.
"You made it." Piper commented dryly. Luke didn't respond. I noticed he was staring. At Mikoto.
"Oh yeah, Luke transferred out right before Mikoto came in. So they never met." I thought to myself.
I looked over at Mikoto. She didn't seem to notice a thing.
"Yeah, I dragged him away from the mirror this time." Jake grinned at Piper. We all laughed. Luke didn't even react.
"LADIES AND GENTS! QUIET!" roared a large buff man in gym clothes standing in the front of the room. We all instantly quieted.
"Thank you. As you all should know, we're starting our soccer unit today. You all know the rules. You can pick your own teams as long as there're no more than seven people per team and no one from the opposite gender. Go!" he blew a quick blast on his whistle and we looked at each other.
Jake stood up. "Alright guys, let's go." Luke, Percy, and Nico stood up.
"That's four of us huh." Luke muttered. "Will!"
Will jogged over. "Guess I'll be joining you?" He grinned.
"Course." Percy replied, scanning the room for any more people.
"Oh hi!" Will waved at Mikoto.
"Hm? Oh hey Will." she grinned at him.
Annabeth sat back. "Okay, so there're four of us. Hey where's Clarisse?" she asked. Piper turned and waved over a girl with a large frame and brown hair over.
"Wanna join the team?" Annabeth asked.
"Sure." she replied.
"Hey aren't you in my art class?" I asked, remembering seeing her yesterday at a different table.
She squinted at me. "Oh, you're the one who came in with Jake." she realized. "Yeah, I'm in your art class."
I nodded. "Awesome. I'm Thalia! That's Mikoto." Mikoto waved.
She had a slightly surprised look on her face. "I'm Clarisse."
"What's with the look?" I asked her. She grinned slightly.
"What kind of celebrity introduces themselves?" she asked.
I laughed. "Us."
Annabeth suddenly jumped up. "Katie!" she yelled. We all jerked, startled, and a brown haired girl with green eyes came over.
"Sup Katie?" asked Piper. The girl grinned cheekily at her and waved.
"Hey Katie!" Mikoto nodded to her. Katie looked pleasantly surprised. "Mikoto! Didn't know you were in this class." she smiled happily.
Mikoto shrugged. "Ditto. Are the Stolls here too?" she asked.
Katie rolled her eyes. "Just Travis." she said.
"Conner got switched since Nolan decided they were causing too much havoc.
"Yeah Travis is right there." Clarisse said. A guy with curly brown hair was standing with the guys, apparently joining their team.
Then I saw a familiar blonde head.
Do I known this guy?
I squinted, and shrugged.
Time to find out.
"JASON GRACE!" I yelled. The guy jumped and whipped around, eyes wide with fear.
"Sis! You scared me!" he yelled and ran over to hug me. I grinned and punched him playfully.
"Didn't bother to greet your beloved big sister I see." I teased. He blushed.
"Sorry. But you didn't tell me you were in this class!" he exclaimed. I rolled my eyes. "Whatever kid. I'll talk to you later cuz it looks like we're starting." he looked up. Coach Nolan, the big buff guy was coming around checking the teams.
"You're right. See you in a few." he said quickly hugging me, and ran back to his team.
Jason Grace is my little brother, younger by a year. He knew I was coming to this school, but we didn't set a time to meet since I was busy settling in.
Coach Nolan went by the guy's team. "Seven?" he asked.
"Yes sir." Jake replied. He nodded and came to us.
"Only six?" he asked.
"There were no more people sir." Annabeth answered for us.
He nodded. "That's fine, if you girls are okay with it."
"Yes sir, we are." Annabeth answered. He nodded again, wrote something on his clipboard and walked away.
"What team number are we?" Piper asked. "Two." Annabeth responded.
The two other teachers I didn't know asked Nolan a question. He nodded and the female walked forward.
"Okay let's get started! For guys, teams one and two play first! Ten minutes on the clock!" she yelled.
The guys stood up. "Okay, Jason you're goalie. Nico and Percy you're defense. Luke, Jake, and Will, forwards." Travis said.
"No wait, Jake play forward. Me and Perce got this." Nico intervened. "Plus, looks like we'll need it." he nodded to the other team. They were a bunch of large guys that were apparently on the wrestling team.
"Fine. Let's go!" they spread out and Luke stepped up to to the other guy, who was rather large.
"Ready? GO!" the teacher screamed and Luke made a swift kick backwards to a waiting Travis. He smirked and ran past three fourths of the team in an impressive display of speed, then passed it to Will, who easily shot it in the goal.
"Nice." Annabeth nodded approvingly.
It went on like that for awhile. Our team didn't get to play.
Before we knew it, it was Friday. Which meant many things. But it especially meant out sixth period class was super excited. As we walked in, everyone was buzzing with excitement and setting up equipment. We all wrote our names and our partners name on a piece of paper and folded it, dropping it in a large red fedora.
Mr. Adams walked in. "SIT SIT SIT!" He yelled. We all quickly sat.
He wasted no time. "Names are in the hat yes?" He asked. We all chorused "Yes!" He nodded, and drew a slip. "George and Jack!" He announced. Two guys, one with a guitar and one with a hand drum ran up and sang. They were pretty good. They sang about cabbage and soup. It was a lighthearted, funny song. They introduced it as "Round"
It went on like that. Each pair was unique, with legit songs.
Bianca and Rachel had paired up to write a song called Hello Heartbreak. It was pretty both have good voices and played acoustic guitar.
As they came down stage, I grinned. "You did great!" I said to them. They blushed. "Thanks a lot!" Bianca said grinning.
"That was legit guys, I'm impressed." Mikoto added with a smile and a nod. They grinned at her and sat down
"There are some seriously talented people in this class." I whispered to Mikoto, who nodded in agreement.
Suddenly Mr. Adams said "and last but not least, Thalia and Mikoto!" The class exploded in whispers. Mikoto and I stood up. Bianca and Rachel grinned at us. "Good luck!" Bianca whispered.
I rolled my eyes and whispered to Mikoto "Of course we have to be last. Of all times huh?"
She snickered and nodded, then we walked on stage.
Bianca's POV
"Good luck!" I whispered as the dynamic duo stood up. They grinned at Rachel and I as they walked on stage. Mikoto sat at the grand piano, and Thalia pulled up a stool next to her, adjusting the microphone stand, dropping it which elicited giggles from the class, then picked it up and opted for holding it instead.
"Okay, so, um, hi, this song is called Clarity." She said, looking at Mikoto, who rolled her eyes and said "You better not forget the words." eliciting giggles from the class, including myself and Rachel.
Thalia grinned cheekily. "I won't, I promise." She said. Mr. Adams chuckled, and the room was suddenly silent as Mikoto put her hands on the keys.
She began to play. Thalia took a breath and sang.
"High dive into frozen waves where the past come past to life."
I grinned excitedly and grabbed Rachel's hand. She grinned back.
Let the fan girling begin.
"Fight fear for the selfish pain it was worth it every time." Thalia's voice was just as perfect as it was on the recorded tracks. The lyrics were just as well crafted. As expected from Mikoto. I saw our whole class getting excited.
"Hold still right before we crash cuz we both know how this ends.
Our clock ticks till it breaks your glass and I drown in you again."
Thalia looked over at Mikoto and grinned. Mikoto nodded and Thalia took a breath, shifting to higher notes.
"Cuz you are, the piece of me
I wish I didn't need
Chasing, relentlessly
Still fight and I don't know why"
I looked on in awe as her powerful voice flooded the room, hitting a high note.
"If our love, is tragedy, why are you my remedy?
If our love's, insanity, why are you my clarity?" She took a breath as Mikoto played a piano inter.
"Walk on through a red parade and refuse to make amends
It cuts deep through our ground and makes us forget all common sense
Don't speak as I try to leave cuz we both know what we'll choose
If you pull then I'll push too deep, and I'll fall right back to you" The second verse came around.
She took a breath and went to the prechorus.
"Cuz you are, the piece of me
I wish, I didn't need
Chasing, relentlessly
Still fight and I don't know why"
As she sang the chorus, the high notes seemed to flow out effortlessly. She seemed so relaxed, and went right into it.
"If our love, is tragedy why are you my remedy?
If our love's, insanity why are you my clarity?"
The class seemed mesmerized. As she sang, and Mikoto played, I felt transfixed and awed. These girls were the same age as us, yet their talents were beyond what I've imagined.
Mikoto shifted her playing a few octaves higher. Thalia sang the chorus and ended the song.
We were silent at first. Then Will stood up and started clapping, and we all followed suit.
Thalia grinned at us and walked off stage, Mikoto following suit.
"That was amazing!" I said as they sat back down besides us.
Thalia grinned. "Thanks. That was completely written by Mikoto by the way. I couldn't help with that one." She said. Mikoto rolled her eyes at her friend, and grinned at us.
"You can expect that one on our new album." She said. Rachel's eyes widened and she started squealing.
"OMG WHEN?!" Was all she managed to say for the rest of the period. Mikoto backed up laughing and Rachel freaked out the remainder of the period.
I grinned. Best. Music. Class. EVER!