Alright guys. So, I know most of you have been waiting for this chapter so here it is. I would have put it up sooner but I got caught up in watching 'Grey's Anatomy' so please forgive me. On my defense, it is a really good show. If there are any mistakes, grammatical or not, please point them out kindly. Thank you and enjoy.


Percy's POV

The Giant War is over and even though many demigods died, victory was ours. The war ended and the demigods went back home. Romans and Greeks have decided to sign a peace treaty and now if the Greeks wish to, they can live in New Rome. Guess who wasn't too happy about that. Yep, Octavian almost had a heart attack. Romans can also go to Camp Half-Blood if they want. In order for the demigods to get to either camp faster, easier, and safely, the gods made a type of portal that takes you to the camps in about five seconds. After everyone returned to their homes, Annabeth and I had to stay at camp for a while so we could recover from our 'tour' of Tartarus. It's the same with Nico. He helps us and we help him. For some strange reason he has started acting a bit weird around me and it's starting to worry me.

Anyway, after the whole 'tour' thing, Annabeth and I have been inseparable. Almost literally. Even though Athena wasn't too happy, Chiron and the gods had to accept the fact that Annabeth and I couldn't sleep without each other. If one of us woke up in the middle of the night without the other, we would normally go nuts. Same thing if we had a nightmare. The only thing that can calm us down is each other. I moved into Annabeth's apartment and it took a lot of explaining for my mom to let me move out. It also took a lot of embarrassing promises. (You know what I'm talking about.) John decided that if he saw Annabeth and me living in the same apartment and sleeping in the same bed he would freak out so he decided to move out. He no longer goes to Goode either so I'm free from his chains. Somewhat.

The sad thing is that Annabeth and I still go to different schools, that's the only thing that really bothers me. I've been worrying about her like crazy 24/7 and yes, that even includes when I'm with her. Talking about school. Guess what building doors I just opened. Goode High School's door. I didn't want to come back but Chiron insisted on Annabeth and me trying to live 'normally'. We went through literal hell; we can't live 'normally'. I didn't tell him that (although I wanted to) but I did argue with him. As you can guess, he didn't take 'no' for an answer. I opened the door the front office and saw Mrs. Davis. She heard the door close and lifted her head from her book. She smiled kindly, put a bookmark in her book, and set it down.

"Well, well, look who has decided to show up," she said. "If it isn't Percy Jackson."

I rubbed the back of my head and looked at her sheepishly. "I can explain Mrs. Davis."

"Please do because you are not getting your schedule until you explain."

"Well, you see, my aunt decided to kidnap me and I hit my head really hard so I got amnesia and I had to stay at a place until I got my memory back and then I went to Greece to see my…family…it's a complicated story."

"Well I've heard enough." She said as she gave me a paper, "don't get kidnapped again."

"Trust me, next person to kidnapped me will get punched."

She laughed as if I was joking, which I was. Next person to kidnap me will die, god, goddess, monster, or not, they might as well write their will. I take the paper from her and look at it. It's my schedule and my locker number with its combination. Somehow, they didn't hold me back a grade. I'll have to ask the gods how later. Okay. Now for my schedule. I have all the same classes and I'm still the swim team captain of the team. I'm still in the basketball team and my classes are now in the junior building. My classes are:

Calculus with Mr. Cal. (Go figure.)

1st Elective: Swimming with Coach Sugarplum

U.S. History with Mrs. Shington

Lunch

English III with Mr. Blofis

Marine Bio-…Wait, whoa…English III with Mr. Blofis?

Isn't Paul a freshmen teacher? What the heck is he doing as a junior teacher? This seems a bit suspicious. Either he just won the raise or the gods had something to do with this. I'm guessing It's the gods because Paul LOVED being a freshmen teacher, he said that he chose that grade specifically when he chose to go to college for teaching. I'm going to have a serious talk with the gods.

Anyway…Marine Biology II AP with Mr. Fisher

2nd Elective –Basketball with Coach Shane.

And finally Greek II AP with Mrs. Jackson

My schedule is still the same the only change is that the classes are a bit harder. The worst thing is that the harder they are the more boring they get, and the more boring they get the sleepier I get. If I fall asleep in the middle of class Annabeth won't be around to calm me down if I get a dream and I'll freak out and I'll go wild. I shake the thoughts out of my mind and try to concentrate on something positive. I can't allow negative thoughts in my head because that cause flashbacks and flashbacks cause me to faint. I concentrate on going to my locker and nothing more. Thalia will also be coming back but later in the year. She still has to interview those girls.

Did I forget that its past winter break and that I came to school late? Well, I did. So I missed like the first three of four months of school. Oh well, sucks to suck. Just as I reached my locker, the bell rang. I'm not sure if my friends still had the same lockers but I hope they do. I open my locker and stick most of my books in there. This bell is for second elective which means I only need to leave my U.S. history book in my backpack and I can put everything in the locker. Just when I closed my locker door, I felt a sudden weight on my back. I panicked and grabbed one of the arms that were wrapped around me. I pulled it off me and I put it over my head. As I backed away from the locker and started to turn, I twisted the arm forcing whatever got a hold of me to turn. I gave a full turned and pushed the person against the locker with my palm on their collarbone.

The hallway went silent and for some reason I was breathing heavily. My vision cleared and I saw that the space intruder was only my friend, Destiny Diamond. I let my glare soften and I pulled her into a hug.

"I'm so sorry," I said.

"Are you okay?" She asked.

I felt a hand on my shoulder and was about to do the same thing until Destiny stopped me. She looked at me with concern.

"Percy, calm down, it's only AJ."

I let go of the wrist and turn around. Sure enough, there he is in flesh and bone. Behind him are Larissa and Lola and beside him is Kevin. I sighed and let myself walk backward. I let my back hit the lockers and I slide down. I cover my face with my hands and groan. I feel someone touch me and I jump a bit. I let my hands fall from my face and stare back into Larissa's worried eyes.

"Percy what's-"

"It's nothing; I'm just a bit jumpy."

Kevin held his hand up and I let him help me stand. He gave a 'we'll talk later look' and patted my back. He went to his locker and opened it. He's locker was to the right of mine now so I can see inside his locker. I looked at the door and noticed that there were pictures on it. I studied them a little longer and my mouth dropped. He has a girlfriend. He looked at me and then turned to look at the pictures. He quickly shut his locker door and turned to look at me. His face was beat red and he was smiling sheepishly while rubbing the back of his head.

"I'm guessing you want an explanation." He said.

"You think?"

"Okay, well a month after winter break I friended her and then eight weeks later…boom! We're a thing."

"Forget about him," AJ said. "You, Mr. Jackson, owe us an explanation."

I rubbed the back of my neck and looked down. "Well, you see, my aunt decided to kidnap me and take me to California. Things happened and I got amnesia so I had to stay there until I got it back and then my dad told me I had this obligatory family meeting in Greece."

"Oh…" Lola looked at me. "As far as excuses go, that one isn't as bad."

I shrugged and grabbed my backpack from the ground. I put it on my shoulder and looked at my friends. Where was Jack? As if he was reading my mind, Kevin told me that he would explain. A warning bell rand and everyone started scattering. AJ, because he has swimming next, decided to follow me. Kevin, because P.E. is on the way to the swimming pool, decided to follow me as well. Kevin told AJ to walk ahead because he and I had to talk in private and AJ walked faster and left us behind.


So how was it guys? Did you like it, hate it, love it? Please let me know. The next chapter will be up in two weeks for reasons that have to do with my birthday in August and a counseling appointment next week. Thank you.