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I know Alexis is supposed to be a freshman, since she is 14, and Percy and Will are sophomores, but I decided to just let Alexis be a sophomore as well since it would be pretty boring without any of her friends in class.
Chapter 33
I know I should've been in school for a month ago, since it was strange to start on school 14th September.
I don't know how, I guess camp just caught up. Percy was starting at Goode's, me as well and the strangest thing was that my boyfriend was also attending Goode. After some weird monster scenario at his old school, he got suspended, so Amanda applied Will to Goode.
I could have started the first day of school by waking up with the annoying sound of my alarm clock, which is probably the original start of the day, but I was so nervous that I couldn't sleep.
I kept reminding myself that there was no Mrs. Carron, no Maddie or Christie, and no annoying guy from the Greek class.
That still didn't sooth my buzzing nerves. And one of the bad things was that I hadn't tried out for the soccer team yet, since when I was going to the tryout, I rather spent time falling from a prison building. That was not a nice memory.
I walked around the apartment in hours, either watching TV, eating ice-cream, or just droning around helplessly.
Paul had moved into our apartment after proposing to Sally. He woke up with this fuzzy bed hair, and he walked to the kitchen to get a glass of water, then he stared at me, blinking several times. He didn't see me, because he said, "Nothing there, Paul. You're not seeing things."
He left to the bedroom.
After he left, something magical happened. I fell asleep. On the couch. With the box of brownie ice-cream. Still in my jammies.
The sun came lapping in through the big window. I groaned, and my vision was blurry. I rubbed my sore eyes, and I could make out a face from my sight.
"Wake up, Sleeping Beauty," my brother grinned. His breath smelled like brownie ice-cream. Percy looked ruggedly handsome just in a pair of boxers and white t-shirt, which annoyed me a bit since I probably looked like Kraken itself.
"I don't wanna go to school…" I slurred drowsily. "Don't wake me up."
"Hey," he nudged me. "If I was able to wake up, you definitely should be able."
"No."
"Come on, Lex. It's a brand new school, new start and new friends. Will is coming."
He probably thought that saying 'Will is coming' would be enough to get me out of the lazy zone, but not even my sunshine boyfriend was tempting enough to pry me off the couch.
"How about a N. Then an O. What word is it? NO."
"You're not seriously giving me any choice." He lifted me up with ease and shuffled lightly to my room. Then he threw me on the bed, chuckling loudly.
"I feel so loved," I muttered as I heard Percy closing the door to his room. I had to thank Sally later if she was the one who picked out my 'first school day' outfit, if not; it had to be Silena who snuck into my room at night. Most likely Sally, because I knew that Silena wasn't that crazy.
After fifteen minutes, I was ready, clad in a white summer dress and a blue denim jacket. I sat down in the high chair and munched on Sally's delicious blue waffles.
"You nervous, sweetie?" Sally asked, running a comforting hand through my curly mass of hair.
"I'm freaking out," I admitted. I lifted my hand up, and I was right, it was trembling. "What if they hate me?"
"Hate you for what?" she asked softly.
"I never found out. But I just don't want it to be like… last time. I only had Audrick, but I don't have him around anymore."
"Audrick? You never told me about him."
"He was my guardian, like Grover was with Percy. He took me to camp and now he is under a mission led by Grover."
"You know what, honey? I think you'll be just fine."
I raised my eyebrow, trying to find hope. "Really?"
Sally nodded. "You have Percy and Will. They won't let anything happen to you."
"I know," I sighed. "But being liked by two people of like four hundred people, that's just tragic."
"What's tragic?" Percy asked.
"Nothing," I hurriedly said, ignoring Sally's pointed look. I didn't want to put more on my brother's plate right now, he was struggling at school too and I didn't want to make him feel more miserable.
Glancing at him, I realized that he had dressed up a bit, for unknown reasons. He looked good; I have to admit, wearing black pants and nice blue jacket over his white t-shirt.
"Did you try to comb your hair?" I asked.
"No success," Percy muttered. "The good thing is that I don't need to put gel in my hair."
"Your father had a mess of a hair, too," Sally wistfully added. She checked her clock. "Oh god, you're running late. Paul will be furious if you're late to your first day of school!"
She took her coat of the hanger and hurried us out. When Sally was about to lock the door, I finally said, "Perce?"
"Yeah?"
"You forgot your bag."
"Oh."
Goode High school looked even more terrifying in real life. I was never been able to visit it for the soccer tryout thing since the whole prison dilemma came in the way. I wondered if I was still able to come on the team. Maybe I should try out for the swim team too.
Teenagers strode around typically, different clothing clad on them, either holding a skateboard or parking their brand new car. The sight made me almost throw up.
I was facing the horror.
"Hey, Lex! There's Will!" Percy said, grinning.
I glanced out and I spotted my boyfriend getting out of his Aunt's shiny blue BMW.
"And… we're here," Sally said. She turned around and faced both of us seriously. "No funny business."
"Can't promise that," I muttered under my breath.
Sally sent an uneasy glare in my way. Percy said, "We'll try, mom. I mean last time I leaped out of a burning building from a lunatic cheerleader-"
"We get it, sweetie," Sally intervened, quite pale faced.
Percy and I decided to jump out of the car before Sally decided to drive us home again. Not that I was complaining.
"See ya," Percy said, pecking Sally on her cheek.
Hopefully,I wanted to add, but I decided against it. Instead I gave Sally a hug and watched her pull out of the parking lot.
"And it's school again," Percy mumbled, gazing up at the school.
"Yup," I replied, trying to seem not nervous, but honestly I was freaking out. I spotted a sign that said: Goode is Good!What the Hades?
"Lex!" I heard someone say. I turned around and my heart skipped a beat.
"Will," I breathed, hugging him tightly. I buried my face in his chest, enjoying his familiar scent that made me feel warmer.
"Alexis," he said, gripping my waist, smiling in my hair. "You okay? No offense, but you look like a nervous wreck."
I didn't take it personally.
"I... just am a bit nervous, I haven't been in school for a while, y' know?" I don't know why, but I didn't explain the reasons. Would Will understand the problem I had with Christie and Maddie, and those girls who came in like a dirty sweeper?
I wasn't sure. Silena would understand, Annie would understand, but I was ashamed to tell Will because he would get this kind of strange look, not exactly that he agreed with me, but not exactly against it either. It was confusing.
"We need to go in," I muttered, lacing my hand through his. I was already getting looks, but with the gorgeous guy holding my hand, some girls sent nasty glares as they meant: That's my candy.
I was just walking by myself to the top of the school's hate list.
Will was nervous too, he kept frowning at the posters with the math stuff like; Pi equals the sum of the circle! And -b +/-(b^2 - 4ac) / 2a,and other stuff that would cram school tired heads with useless facts.
Math wasn't exactly his strongest subject, he was much better at literature, while I was better at Math. We were basically opposites when it came to school subjects. So we often ended up deciding to tutor each other in the subjects we sucked in, but it kind of ended up in a kind of... heated make out session.
He kept gripping my hand tighter when we went through the hallway with the mass of people.
"What is it, Pretty Boy?" I asked, ignoring some of the hungry looks that the girls sent in Will's direction. Percy was gone, I don't know where, but I kept hearing the murmurs.
"Black and blonde haired hotties… Abercrombie… gorgeous eyes… Blonde hottie got a girlfriend."
I froze. They were most likely talking about me. Great, I was already the main gossip subject.
Will's mouth neared my ear, and he whispered, "The guys."
"What about them?"
"They're looking at you."
"I'm new," I said, "they only look at me before because I'm the newbie."
Will shook his head. "No. They're looking at you in the way like they are undressing you in their mind."
I blushed furiously. "Have you noticed the looks the girls sent you? You already made it to the hot guys list."
Will seemed dubious. "I don't think so. Except that girl, maybe," he gestured to a tall girl who clung to the lockers with a horde of guys piled around her. The guys already seemed to have lost interest, because they were staring at Will and I's direction.
The girl seemed pissed off. She sent me toxic looks, and for once, I found it more terrifying than a monster.
The girl was pretty enough to be an Aphrodite child, but however she didn't seem to have that 'I love love' aura, like Silena. Even Drew, the most tyrannous person I knew, had a tiniest bit of that aura.
She was tall and thin, but not athletic thin, but more the 'I don't eat food' thin. She had a fair complexion and stunning leaf green eyes. Her nose turned upwards, and her lips were plush and pink. The only thing that actually settled my attention to her was her fluffy llama colored hair. The clothes she wore reminded me of the girls in 'Mean Girls' wore. A frilly pastel colored skirt and a baby pink camisole with a white jacket over.
Yuck.
"Let's find Percy," I suggested. I really didn't like that smothering look she gave Will.
"Y-Yeah," Will stuttered and quickly pulled me in the other direction of the girl. "She freaked me out."
I didn't say anything, but I was glad that Will didn't have much interest in the girl.
We found Percy near Room 15, which I remembered was the room our first class was going to be held in. He chatted with a cute red-head with paint splattered clothes. It was probably his mortal buddy Rachel Dare.
"Perce!" I said. "There you are. I wondered where you left!"
Percy looked sheepish. "Sorry, I went to talk to Rachel. Alexis meet Rachel."
Rachel seemed friendly, kind of down to earth. "You're Alexis!" she beamed. "Percy mentioned you a lot."
I flushed. "He did?" I asked, and rose an eyebrow in Percy's direction. He simply shrugged.
"And you…" Rachel trailed when she eyed Will. "Will, right? You're a son of Apollo, yeah?"
Will looked surprised. "How did you know?"
Rachel smiled mysteriously. "Just a hunch." She gazed down in our tangled hands and broke into a loving smile. "You're a couple! That's so sweet! How long have you been together?"
I was about to answer, but Will blurted, "one month, two days, eight hours, thirty six minutes and…" he checked his golden watch, "twelve seconds."
I was lost for words. If my brother and the whole school pack wasn't here, I would've slammed Will to the locker and kissed him furiously.
"I don't know if that sweet or creepy," Percy mumbled, looking at Will with a mixed expression.
"Sweet, definitely," I gushed and pecked my boyfriend on the cheek. Rachel just gazed out with an odd expression on her face.
I wondered what was going inside her head.
After we got awkwardly introduced to our class, we got paired up. I couldn't sit with Will or Percy, but I sat with Rachel, so it didn't bug me, but it was rather annoying to see Will get paired up with that llama haired girl.
Percy got paired up with a good-looking guy named Cole, and he was the captain of the Goode Swim team, so Percy talked to him about joining. I tried to eavesdrop, but Llama Girl's laughter was too shrill.
"Gods," I muttered annoyed. "Who is she?"
Rachel doodled on a piece of paper. "Oh, that?" I noted that Rachel called her 'that', like she was some kind of animal. "That's Pamela Anderson, steer away from her. She causes drama every place she goes."
"You know her?"
"Went on elementary school with her, then I didn't see her in middle school, but in high school she pops up!" Rachel's face turned sour. "Don't trust her. She might be nice and cunning at first, but then she stabs you in the back."
I was silent. I got the thought that Rachel might have been friends with Pam the Llama, because her voice sounded so bitter
"Don't worry," I assured. "I won't. I just don't like the thought that she is flirting with my boyfriend."
Rachel suddenly laughed. "Oh, don't worry about that! Look at him." I turned around and scanned for Will. I found him and he looked really uncomfortable.
"He's scared of her. He definitely don't like her," Rachel said.
It made me a bit better.
I turned the attention to the teacher again, and he brought up the subject about sea creatures. Percy spun around and grinned. I grinned back.
Percy and I had a lot of fun that class. At the end the whole class got tired, so only we two answered. It was fine actually.
After Mr. Wayman (I found out his name) dismissed us, Will jogged toward me and kissed me hard on the lips. We both were in the lonely corner with our lockers, there weren't any people at sight.
I pressed my lips harder against his as he tightened the grip on me. It wasn't one of those sweet and innocent kisses, this was… wild.
He pressed me against the locker, and I didn't want him to stop. I wanted him to do more. We broke the kiss when we had to, when we did, he started to nuzzle my neck with smothering kisses. His breathing was ragged, and mine was probably too.
"W-Will?" I stammered.
He stopped. He looked at me with something that seemed like uncertainty. "Did I do something wrong? I'm so-"
"No," I breathed out, and I imagined I looked love struck with messy hair and swollen lips. "D-Don't stop."
Will grinned and leaned down again, capturing my lips with his.
"She does look like a llama," Will agreed, while we walked to the cafeteria. I felt light like I drank a gazillion liters of soda and thousands of ice-cream boxes. I could still feel Will's kisses on my neck tingling.
"Yeah," I said, still fogged up in my head.
We opened the door to the cafeteria and I spotted Percy, Rachel and the guys from the swimming team on one table. Will and I took plates and filled it with food. I noticed that the food was much better in Goode than the last school I attended.
"This does kind of feel like camp, in a strange way," Will noted.
It did, kind of. Except school was much more nerve wrecking.
I shrugged and walked to the table. Percy immediately said, "Where were you?"
Rachel snickered. "He was worried. I mean, uh… he wondered where you were."
I shared a glance with Will, he just smiled charmingly. "We just checked out the school," I said, while Percy looked dubious.
"There's not so much to check out," Cole said, while his team mates nodded.
Percy introduced them, Ryan: a nice and funny guy with really nice hair. It was curly and brown, and it looked really cool. Then it was Jake: he was a bit snarky, quiet and when he said something, it was really interesting. Then it was Matthew: one of the popular guys in Goode, former boyfriend of Pam the Llama and he was quite good-looking and nice, with those cute brown eyes and brown hair.
They were pretty cool and I was glad that Percy had already gotten friends. Will seemed to get along with them.
"Hey, Will," Matthew said, glancing appreciably at him. "You look like a good swimmer. You could try out."
Will started to rub the back of his neck. He usually did it when he was thinking. "I'm not really the swimming type, y'know? I play basketball mostly."
"You could try out for the basketball team," I suggested.
Will nodded. "Yeah, but what about you, Lex? You were going to try out for the soccer team."
"Why didn't you?" Cole asked.
Will laughed, "Long story, dude."
"The soccer and swimming team is still open," Percy said.
"How can I get in to the swimming team?" I asked.
Ryan started to blush furiously. "You have to ask Christie Ellings, she's the captain."
My stomach dropped. Christie? That Christie? Ryan gestured to a table on the other side of the room and I swear I felt like I was going to faint right in my spaghetti.
Maddie and Christie, they sat in the table, and Hades, they looked different. Christie without glasses, glossy hair and shining eyes. Maddie with straight luscious hair and gorgeous tan skin. They listened to my tips after I took off.
It might seem silly, but I felt like someone punched my stomach thousands times while someone shouted, "You suck!"
Maddie suddenly dropped her fork and stared in my direction. She nudged Christie furiously and Christie widened her eyes.
"Why are they looking at you that way?" Will asked, clearly confused. "Do you know them?"
I probably had to tell Will someday. Otherwise he would get curious.
"Will," I hissed quietly. "Let's go out."
Before he could answer, I grabbed his hand and jerked him toward the cafeteria door.
"Lex! Hey!" Will shouted. "What's going on with you and those girls?"
"Last school," I stuttered. "Friends, but not really friends."
Will's mouth turned into an 'o' form. "Oh."
"Oh gods," I muttered. "What the Hades am I going to do?"
"Nothing," Rachel popped up. She came walking in with Percy trailing behind. "Just ask Christie kindly to join, and don't talk to them if you don't want to."
"It's not that easy," I insisted. "They are going to bug me constantly. They're going to ask where I went, and why I'm at Goode…"
"Just say that you moved and came back," Percy said. He looked at me kindly. "I didn't know that were Christie and Maddie, in your description I imagined them as empusas."
"They weren't that bad," I admitted. "But I really don't want to talk to them."
Of course I knew that someday I had to talk them.
PE class on the first day of school really sucks. Especially when we had volleyball. In Goode they had separate gyms for boys and girls, so I didn't have Percy or Will around, but I had Rachel and I was grateful for that.
But everyone had high hopes of me, because apparently I was known as the 'Head Smasher' around Manhattan. It was pretty long ago that I accidently slammed a volleyball at the poor girl, but it seems that the nickname was still flowing around.
Our PE class teacher, Mrs. Libby, was a bulky lady with a permanent frown. Of course as the famous 'Head Smasher' she kept hinting that I should try out for the volleyball team.
Maddie kept sending me frowns, and Rachel told me that Maddie was the captain for the volleyball team. I guess her title as a captain was hanging on a thin wire as Mrs. Libby kept praising me.
But I was done with volleyball. And I didn't want to take Maddie's title either. I wasn't exactly friends with her anymore, but I wasn't going to steal something that she worked for.
So I just played like I wanted.
After our friendly little game, Mrs. Libby reeled toward me with something that seemed like a smile, but it looked more like Grumpy Cat.
"You have some skill there, girl," she said. "If you join, you might already pop up as the team captain."
"Mrs. Libby!" Maddie protested as she stormed toward us. She looked furious, because she sent me poisonous glares. I immediately felt bad. "I'm the team captain!"
"She is the 'Head Smasher'!" Mrs. Libby gruffly stated. "You know what advantage we got with her on the team?"
Maddie and Mrs. Libby got into a heated conversation. It was almost amusing until I realized what they were fighting about.
"Excuse me," I said, trying to get their attention. They didn't cast a glance at me.
"HELLO!" I shouted. They both glared at me. "I'm not playing on the volleyball team."
Maddie's face looked shocked. "W-What?"
"You can't!" Mrs. Libby protested.
"You can't force me," I said stubbornly. "I stopped playing for a while ago. I don't have any interest in playing volleyball." With that, I strode away with Mrs. Libby's dumbstruck face gaping behind me.
Maddie just kept staring at me.
By the end of the day, I had finally gotten into the soccer team. It was pretty hectic, but I got in. And I might even be captain next year when the soccer's team captain Samantha Vale had graduated.
Now I sat on the bleachers, while Percy was getting ready to try out for the swim team. I knew that Percy was going to be faster than anyone else, sometimes being a child of the sea god isn't that bad with some of the perks.
So I sat with Will and Rachel, cheering him on. I spotted Christie beside Cole, helping him to pick out the new members. Maddie was nowhere to be seen.
Suddenly Cole turned around and nodded his head in my direction, and Chrsitie just gazed out in the water. I think Cole said that I wanted to try out.
"Christie doesn't seem quite fond that you want to join the swimming team," Rachel said while drawing a nice peacock.
"I know," I said, while Will's arm tightened around me.
When Percy took off his shirt, I swear Rachel started to blush. Percy did develop a muscular build after all that demigod training, and to be honest, all the girls were gawking in his way.
It was quite entertaining to watch.
When the timers was set, Percy had already managed to get on the other side of the pool. Rachel gaped, "Wow. He is really good, because he is a son of Poseidon?"
I grinned. "We practically have water in our blood."
The whistle blew as all the guys had gotten over to the other side. Percy started to grin when he got out of the pool.
"New school record," he grinned.
"You realize that you are technically cheating?" Will implied, but he was grinning too.
"Eh, I did swim and try my best."
I smacked Will on the chest. "That's the same when you play basketball, you can't miss the hoop because you have a perfect aim."
Will realized my point.
"Hey, Lex!" Cole called. "You're in!"
"What?"
"You're trying out next week!"
I quickly searched after Christie, but she was nowhere to be seen.
I guess Christie and Maddie weren't the only one who didn't want to talk.
A/N: Well… here you go. I'm sorry if it was boring, but it was different for me to write when they're at school. Do you want Pamela to get more involved and what do you think will happen with Christie and Maddie? And now you get to read more things between Willexis, and Alexis is starting to get serious feelings. And since it's T rated, you might see more kissing scenes between them. I think demigods in school is going to last a couple more chapter. What do you think, and do you want more demigods to come? I'm thinking about The Stolls, Kayla, Katie, Annabeth and maybe Silena. Should I?
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