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Looking through the comments, most of you seem to like Olivia more than Liza. SO I was thinking….
I really want to focus on Olivia more. Should I completely get rid of Liza? I'm thinking of keeping her around just for an outsider's point of view, and not really making her substantial in the plot.
Let me know your opinion! R&R
Disclaimer: lol no ;P
Thalia's POV
I shuffled off to history class with Percy and Charlie. People around us were still murmuring.
"I swear to… my dad, if these people don't stop…" I started
"Whoah, some insult ya got there." Charlie smirked. I stuck my tongue out at her. If only she knew…
"Calm down Thals." Percy said, bumping me on the shoulder.
"Don't. Call me that. I have a name, I'd prefer you to use it." I growled, staring at him
"Okay then, Thalia Grace." He said, smiling.
Half of me wanted to say 'touché', and the other half wanted to call him a wise ass.
Unfortunately, I didn't really have any of those options, because we were at history class.
I just looked at him, mustering my best glare. That just made us both end up laughing. I rubbed my silver bracelet, looking at him, instigating a silent conversation.
I may not be the best at glaring, but Aegis is.
He looked horrified. I laughed.
We looked over at the room, looking for three seats near each other. No such luck. Though we did find three seats with in passing-notes- distance, so we were okay.
The History teacher, who was a plump, slightly balding man in his fifties cleared his throat then started calling attendance.
"Amanda Arnott."
"Here."
"Tony Curto."
"Sick." Someone called from the back row
He called out about 5 more names, then
"Perseus Jackson." Percy winced.
"Percy." Me and Percy instinctively said. Charlie looked like she was about to die of laughter.
"P-Perseus?" She asked, gasping. Percy just looked at her.
"Ok, class" the teacher, Mr. Rieth, said. "Welcome to history class. This year we will be studying ancient civilizations, such as the Incans, Mayan, Romans, Greeks, Egyptians…"
He probably went on for a few minutes, but I wouldn't know.
I kind of fell asleep. I couldn't help it! Annabeth, Nico, and I were up late last night talking.
We hadn't seen each other since the end of camp, and we had much to discuss.
I didn't even remember falling asleep in class, I just remember Charlie shaking my shoulder.
"Thalia." She said. I glanced up into her blue –grey eyes. "Class is almost over. Look alive."
I kept staring at her. "Did I miss much?"
"Nope. Next period we all have gym class together." I nodded "Gosh, you and Percy both looked like you were about to pass out any moment. I was playing a game with myself to try and guess who would fall asleep first."
I kept looking at her, not fully awake yet. "Percy beat you." She finished. "By about a minute."
Then the bell rang, and I watched as Percy tried to wipe the drool off his desk without anyone knowing. Fail.
Gym Class, Olivia POV
In the locker room, I looked around for Annabeth. I saw her talking to a girl with spikey black hair and blue eyes. She was pretty. They both were.
Well duh. A voice in my head said. They're half god
I shook my head, clearing the thoughts. I braced myself to go over and talk to Annabeth. I normally kept to myself, so it was hard actually going up to someone and striking a conversation with them.
But, if I wanted to find out their story, I would have to be brave.
I walked over to her.
"Hi, Annabeth." I said. She turned around.
"Oh hey." She said smiling. She looked back to her friend. "Thalia, this is Olivia. Olivia, this is Thalia."
I nodded at Thalia, and I watched her look at my hair. I was used to people looking at me, taking generally too long than socially acceptable to look at someone.
"Wow." She said. "Nice hair."
"Thanks." I said, looking down at it.
I felt the pause in conversation slowly get larger, making the moment increasingly more awkward. I was used to this- it normally happened to people, like me, who don't talk that much. I noticed that in Thalia and Annabeth as well.
Not particularly people persons.
"Crappy gym clothes this year, huh?" I said, breaking the awkward silence.
"Yeah." Thalia said "Why orange? School colors are always hideous."
I nodded, resisting the urge to change my hair to orange and red to compliment the uniform.
"Well, better go change. I'll see you in there." I nodded to the green- peeling metal double doors that led to the gym. They nodded.
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As I walked into the gym, alone, (as I most often preferred it) I got the immediate urge to start running, or doing flips or something. My mother being who she is, (Very swift and fast) I was an excellent runner and excelled at gymnastics. Flips, cartwheels, aerials, backflips, you name it.
Everyone was chatting in groups. I stretched my legs, then started to do a backwards walkover (A/N Where you do a bridge standing up, then kick over and land on your feet)
My hair got in the way. I expertly pulled it up into a tight ponytail on my head. Even so, it still reached down to my waist. I started to more gymnastic- type things, feeling myself get more and more pumped.
Before I knew it, I was starting on one edge of the gym, taking a full running start, then doing a bunch of cartwheels, round-offs, flips, and aerials, ending at the other side of the gym. When I finished I loked around.
Everyone stopped talking.
They were all staring at me.
"… Um... sorry, I'll just…" They all started clapping. All of them.
I groaned on the inside
Great. Now everyone will be talking about my 'pathetic attempt for attention'. Just great.
Like I really got up every morning just to impress them.
Whatever, that's just what they think.
In the midst of all the clapping, I managed to awkwardly shuffle to the only protection I had, which happened to be Annabeth and her friends.
"Hide me" I mumbled.
One of her friends laughed. The kid with dark… everything, except for his skin, which was fairly pale. Nico, I think. "Don't like the spotlight? I know the feeling." Nico said
"Wow, Olivia. I didn't know you could do that. You should like, try out for the Olympics or something." Thalia said.
I shook my head "Just a hobby. I was feeling so cramped and stuffy in here, I just wanted to get moving. I didn't intend on doing all that."
"Coach Dunham is here." The other boy, Percy, said.
I looked over to where Percy was looking. Sure enough, there was a tall guy who clearly had all the traits of a gym teacher. Loud, annoying, and attention- seeking.
"Allright class, I wanted 10 laps around the gym, before we start class." He blew his whistle "Go!"
Yes! Finally, I thought, sprinting to the front of everyone. Up at the front there was a bunch of jocks, running. I passed them easily, and began to run around the gym. Before I knew it, I lapped everyone, twice. Even Percy, Annabeth, Nico, and Thalia, who were way in the front of everyone.
When I was done with my ten laps, I had barely broken a sweat. I looked behind me at my water bottle.
I did a backflip, landing right in front of it.
I grabbed it, gulped it down, and watched everyone else, who, with the exception of the Fantastic Four, were on their 5th lap.
Sorry, short chapter, I know.
I kinda pulled this outta my ass,
a filler chapter you could say.
Sorry
I'm really busy. Between softball, school, and everything else, I barely have time to breathe.
And, my birthday is this Saturday, so I've been busy planning all that out.
Let's get to 2,000 views!
Yours in demigodishness and all that,
Peace out
~Olivia
