Disclaimer - I don't own PJO.
Percy POV
I wish I have come earlier to the university today. I could have done some laps before the university starts. But what can I do now? I'm not a morning person. And today is the first day after a long vacation so you can guess my morning routine today. My mom had to literally drag me out of the bed. But the blue pancakes were worth it. My mom's apartment isn't far away from the university, so I walked here and came straight to the pool. I'll stay after the lectures and meet the coach. I have some contacts with him. And this whole university thing is kind of unexpected.
My father is a wealthy businessman, one of the top 3 in the world actually, but I hate to brag about it and take advantage of my dad. But he is the best, al least out of the three of them. He has helped me a lot, and I'm who I'm now because of him. My social life is not good. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a person who is brooding all the time. But until now I haven't met the people that I think who will stick with me no matter what. My dad insists me to go to Olympus University and have a life and find good guys. All of my cousins will be here also. I met some of them in my family diners when we were very small, so I doubt anyone of them will remember and recognize me. But I did my homework last night. I dig into my father's family background and find out all the recent and new things about my cousins from the internet. With Facebook Instagram and twitter, now I know all of there friends and what I'm getting into. It's always nice to have a heads-up before actually get to know them. I decided not to say anyone who my father is for now. I think I just wanna figure out a good group of friends for me in here.
One by one students fill into the hallways, and I walk through them to my first class. There is a silly rivalry between two groups of people attend here from two different colleges. Half bloods and Romans, funny names to call themselves right. But they took it seriously. Most of them a rich children and most of them are overdramatic, but there's a catch, almost all of them are extremely talented and skilled in some way. Also, that's kind of my cover to attend here, because of my swimming skills I got to enroll in here. That way I can avoid throwing my dad's name. so here I am, not belonging to any of those two groups, and guess what, I'm actually ok with that. I wanna get to know both of these people if I actually change my social life in here.
It's about five minutes for the first class, and lot of students look at me in the hallways probably because I'm new in here. I smiled all of them naturally. Some of them returned me with a smile but not everyone. I guess girls are going to be very friendly with me in here too. Not a thing that I really want, but charm is one of the things I got from both of my parents. I'm now 20 and can you believe that I haven't a single girlfriend in my whole life. Believe it or not, that's the truth. My priorities tied me in to a busy life up to now so I guess I can give it a try now, if I could find a girl who genuinely like me for who I am.
I can clearly recognize some guys who are playing different sports. There a group of boys in a corner of the hallway with a basketball. Another group with hockey sticks. Swimmers and football players can be definitely figured out by their physique. I think they are divided as half-bloods and romans. They have to work it out quickly because they have to play as a time. Perhaps the rivalry can bring the best out of both groups to the team of the Olympus, and that's a good thing. For now, I'm only considering swimming, I can play basketball also. We'll see how things go.
Most of the girls are wearing makeups, not a bad thing at all, but I guess it's not a thing that I like a lot. I have absolutely nothing against them. As I'm hearing, they are talking about various things, from gossips to some important things also. Very different and interesting topics can be heard while I'm walking by them. So, what this place popular is actually true, all of these boys and girls are talented in some kind of thing. I guess I will fit in to here quite easily. Anyway, I will end up with my cousins and their friends. I think that's a good thing. As I know I'm the only one left out of my cousins' group until now.
Bell rang and I'm in front of the door to my class. My first class in university. Here goes nothing.