In Olympus
"They've met. It's finally happened! Why didn't anything happen?" Athena exclaimed. After 4 long years of waiting they were reunited.
"Patience. We'll need some patience, dearest Athena." Poseidon said.
"I am not your dearest Poseidon. You should be lucky enough that we are involved in the same plan." Athena hissed.
"I was thinking we could've been involved in so many other ways if it wasn't for my one mistake." Poseidon whispered.
"Poseidon, there are no second chances nor will there ever be. Do not blame yourself, actually please do blame yourself." Athena pointed out.
"I think I've already learned that from you." Poseidon said softly.
"At least you learned something." Athena said.
"The plan is going well though." Poseidon said changing the topic.
"Yes, Hecate has done well." Athena agreed.
"Now let's wait and watch how the fates unfold this plan." Poseidon said, " Just wait and watch…."
Skyler's POV
Sunlight shined through the windows, I smiled to myself. 1 suitcase was unpacked, but the other was still zipped up on the sofa. I rubbed my eyes and got up. It was 7 am. I got up and heard a soft knock on my door.
"Come in!" I called out.
"Hola… I mean good mornin' Sky." Jacob said standing in the doorway.
"Morning. Did you wanna give me a wake up call?" I asked while grinning.
"Maybe, also another reminder- you forgot the basketball match yesterday after school." He said.
"Oh, you're so on today." I replied.
"Alright, cya in a bit." He said, turning around.
"Huh, she thinks she can beat me." I heard him murmur, while going back to his room.
"I know I can Thunder." I whisper to myself.
I go to the bathroom and brush my teeth. I strip out of my clothes and get in to the shower. After I was done with my shower, I got out and wrapped myself in my white fluffy towel.
I went to my walk in closet, where I unpacked my clothes. I chose a black off shoulder shirt with a white tank top underneath and white shorts with black flats. I got out and grabbed my bag.
When I went to the kitchen I saw Jacob eating waffles and he left a plate for me too.
"Cool costume, is it black and white day already?" He joked.
"Ha ha." I said, pouting.
"I'm joking. You look nice." He said.
I went to the fridge to hide my face because I was blushing. Why the hell am I blushing? I got out a carton of orange juice and poured myself some. I finished my waffles and checked the clock. It was 7:50 am.
"You comin thunde- Jacob?" I corrected.
"Thunde?" He asked, confused.
"It's nothing." I replied.
As we were walking to school he asked me a random question.
"Why do you keep rolling your eyes at everything Trudy says?"
"I roll my eyes?" I say covering my mouth, mockingly.
"Yes you do and would you mind telling me why." He demanded.
"Glad to see you're defending her now." I snapped back.
"Okay, let's not argue, I just wanna know why." He said calmly.
"It might hurt." I warned him.
"I'll take the risk." He replied.
"Okay," I said, letting out a deep breath, "everything she says is fake, her actions are fake, it's like she was born fake." I said.
"So I'm taking the hint you don't like her?" He said.
"Well, I don't know her well so I won't judge but it kinda obvious she's pretty fake." I replied.
"So that's why you roll your eyes at her a lot." He understood.
I didn't say anything, I just nodded. We reached the school grounds and went separate ways. I saw Alice and waved. She saw me and waved back.
"Watcha doin?" I asked her.
"Adding finishing touches to my art project, apparently Trudy was supposed to help me with it yesterday but she said she spent the whole day with Jacob so whatever." Alice replied.
"Jacob? But he was at the flat all day." I said.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"He's my roommate." I explained.
"Oh…. So she lied…. Go figure." Alice said softly.
"I'm pretty good at art, want any help?" I suggested.
"No, I'm good. I'm done anyway." She replied, smiling.
"Okay I'll catch you later." I said, walking away. I went to my locker and checked my schedule. Greek class? The principle put up a Greek class and expects us to learn? WOW. Just WOW.
"Hey there beautiful." I heard someone say behind me.
"Dylan, hey! Whatcha doin here?" I asked.
"My locker's next to yours." He replied, flashing a pearly white smile. Dylan had straight black hair that was eyebrow length and olive skin. His eyes looked black, but you could see specks of electric blue in his eyes like Jacob's. He wasn't very muscular, but he was fit. His grey shirt stuck to his body and he was wearing dark washed jeans.
"Oh," I continued, "I better get going. Probably gonna be late for Greek class." I finished.
Dylan took a look at my schedule,"Wait, do you and Jacob have like the same schedule?" He asked.
"I don't know. Why?" I asked, clearly confused.
"Your schedule is similar to his, that's all." He explained.
A guy, a bit shorter than Dylan, with curly brown hair and green eyes poked Dylan. "Wuttup D man? Who's the chick?" He asked.
"I'm Skyler Jackson…nice to meet you…. ?" I said, holding out my hand.
He looked shocked at first like he was in a daze then snapped out of it just as fast. "Chester Underwood." He said, shaking my hand.
"Let's go Chester, we're gonna be late for class." Dylan said just as the bell rang.
"I'll cya around!" I waved to Dylan. He winked back and headed towards the auditorium. I found Jacob talking to Trudy in hushed voices outside the Greek class door. I hid behind the trash can.
"Why aren't you eating a thing?" Jacob whispered.
"I'm fine, and I do eat!" Trudy snapped, but then her stomach grumbled.
"You see? Your stomach proved my point. You should really eat more Trudes." He said, looking worried. He must really care.
"Listen, I'll eat later. I have to go to practice. Love you!" Trudy whispered, then the voices stopped and I heard her walk away.
I got up and dusted myself off. Well that was something. Did I really wanna go to Greek class? I mean I know I can't bunk, but I really wanted to see what Trudy was up to. I shrugged it off and entered class. Thankfully Mr. Barbora didn't come in yet. I couldn't find an empty seat though. Crap, I thought. Then I found one empty seat at the back, next to…. Jacob and another guy… what was his name…. Rodrick? I went and sat in between them two. Jacob was looking out of the window so he didn't see me. Rodrick on the other hand was fully aware that I was sitting next to him. He winked and me and licked his lips. I looked away.
"Hey babe, wanna ditch class? I'm bored anyway." Rodrick said, patting my back.
"Get your hand off me and no I'm not going anywhere with you." I said fiercely.
"Purrr… we'll see about that hot stuff." He said with a last wink and took his hand off my back.
Finally Mr. Barbora came in and started teaching. He was talking about Percy Jackson (funny how we both have the same last name), Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood (wasn't that Chester's last name?).
"Ms. Jackson, who was Jackson's dad?" Mr. Barbora asked me.
"Poseidon?" I guessed.
"Correct." Then he went on asking other questions to the class. When the bell rang I saw Jacob's head finally move from the window.
"You okay?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm okay." He replied. I got up and took my back. When I got out of the room someone grabbed my arm, covering my mouth.
"Mmphh- hopl" Was what my voice sounded like.
"Hey babe, we meet again don't we?" Rodrick said. Some other guys were behind him, and I was gonna scream, but then I remembered being knocked out and then everything went black.
I woke up in an alley.
"Woke up huh?" A guy said.
"Thought you'd be drowned by now. Guess not." Another guy said.
I realized I was wet and my head was hurting. My hands were tied up and my mouth was dry. I tried to cough but I was gagged. There were dry tears on my cheek. A guy, Rodrick was making kissy faces at me. I wanted to scream and I wanted to shout, but it would be useless. I didn't even know where I was.
Then I heard a guy call my name, "Skyler? Sky? Where are you?" A melodious voice called out. I knew that voice. Jacob….
"Go take care of him." Rodrick demanded a guy.
"NO!" I wanted to scream, but no voice was coming out from my throat. The tears were gathering again.
I heard a crash. My eyes closed then opened again. I saw Jacob's face. He was hovering above me. "Skyler? Skyler! Wake up. Skyler?" He pleaded. I was untied I knew that much. I opened my eyes a bit slowly. We were still in the alley.
"Kill him, drown him. Do whatever you can do to hurt him!" Rodrick demanded, his forked tongue sticking out. Did I see clearly? Forked tongue?
"N0!" I shouted. Wait did I just talk? I wasn't gagged anymore.
"You're okay!" Jacob exclaimed.
"Jacob look out!" I cried. Jacob turned around and punched a guy with no nose. A scary looking guy was coming towards me. I kicked him in the stomach, but he held my foot. I twisted it and my foot hit his chin. Did I just do that? Jacob took my hand and we started running. My leg was bloody and my black shirt was torn at the side. I couldn't see Jacob clearly because there was water in my eyes. I thought we'd never stop running until we reached a park. Jacob stopped and I fell to the ground. Everything was quiet expect for our heavy breathing.
"Are…. Are you okay?" Jacob asked me.
"I've been better." I replied.
"I know." Jacob said looking down.
"What about you?" I said finally getting a good chance to look at him. His arm had a cut and his shirt was torn as well. He had bruises that were already turning purple on his legs.
"I must be looking like a complete mess." He said.
"Not completely…" I said trying to lighten up the mood. He bumped my shoulder and chuckled, but his voice sounded dry.
"Thank you Jacob." I said, "Thank you so much." Then the tears started falling again…
"Hey it's ok. You don't have to cry." He said pulling me in to a hug.
"You kinda saved me back there." I said sniffing in to his shirt.
I could imagine him smiling as he said, "Just think of me as 'Superhero' then."
I already knew he was my hero. I just wished it could be true. We pulled out of the hug.
"Wanna go back?" He asked.
"Geez Jacob, no I wanna stay here in the park looking like a complete hobo." I said sarcastically.
"Block 1 second floor room B it is then." He said. I smiled and we both got up, limping all the way out of the park. Jacob got a taxi and we reached school. They must've taken me a pretty long way. I shuddered just thinking about what happened back there. Jacob knew, but I guess I'll just have to ask him later.
We got inside and I found my way to my room. I looked at myself in the mirror. The cut on my leg looked deep plus I did look like a complete hobo.
Jacob came in my room. He saw my leg and walked me over to the sofa. He moved the suitcase and made me sit down. Then he took off his shirt and ripped a part of his shirt out. He carefully wound it around the cut. I winced when he tied it. I thought I was gonna faint, not because the blood soaked through the fabric but because Jacob- was shirtless. Now I've never seen his body before, but believe me this was good start. He had rock hard six pack and he was just fit. Jacob cleared his throat and I realized I was staring at his six pack. I quickly looked away.
"Like what you see?" He teased.
"Shut up." I teased back but I could feel my cheeks burn up.
"You totally did." He said.
"I think I should take a shower." I said quickly changing the subject.
"We both should." He agreed and got up, softly putting my leg down.
"Your arm…" I whispered.
"It's nothing." He lied.
"Wait here." I said, going to my suitcase. I pulled out some white crepe.
"You had that the whole time and you made me tear my shirt?" He said, shaking his head and grinning.
"Hey, I didn't even get the chance to tell you." I replied, defending myself. He nodded his head. I wrapped the bandage around his arm. He was staring at me the whole time.
"I guess that should do it." I said, tying the knot tightly.
"Thanks."
"No problem."
We both started at each other until he got up.
'It's pretty late. I guess I'll order some pizza. Hungry?" Jacob said.
"You bet I'm damn hungry."I replied, grinning.
After I took a shower, I wore a tank top and pj pants, then walked to the kitchen.
I saw a box of pizza on the table. I opened it and took two slices, I grabbed some coke and headed to the living room. I heard the tv on.
"Hey Sky, wanna watch rock of the titans?" Jacob asked from the couch.
"Sure." I replied.
I sat next to him and turned the lights off. I could tell that Jacob wasn't paying attention to the movie. I took the remote and paused the movie.
"Jake, what's wrong?" I asked, pleadingly.
"Why would anything be wrong?"
"Jake, don't act. I know something's bothering you."
Silence replied.
I took a deep breath and said, "What happened out there, in the alley?"
He started fidgeting and getting restless, then he looked at me straight in the eye and said, "A nightmare happened out there."
"Do you know what those things were?"
"No clue…." He didn't want to talk about this anymore, but I wasn't about to let go for nothing.
"What you saw…. Are you bothered because of that?"
"Skyler, I really don't wanna talk about it."
I understood that the conversation was over so I shut up. We continued watching the movie then my eyes started to feel heavy. I forced them to keep open but they wouldn't oblige, so I fell in to a deep sleep.
I was in the same alley… Rodrick was taunting me..with a knife… as the knife was about to plunge in to my stomach.. I woke up gasping.
I took in my surroundings. I was in the living room… the wall clock said it was 4 am. There was something under me… I looked back and saw Jacob staring right back at me.
DUH DUHN DUHN DUHN….
CLIFFHANGER! Ehehe. So hope ya'll liking the story. Now I can explain why it's been a long time… Actually I can't- but I can tell you this- the story is heating up! If any of ya'll have questions PM me! Or of course, you can always REVIEW!
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