Percy hung up and changed into his pjs and went to bed.
Percy got up the next morning and gathered his supplies to go to the bathroom. He quickly showered and dressed in a Metallica t-shirt and jeans. He brushed his teeth and headed back to his cabin to put his things away. As soon as he left for breakfast Annabeth was there.
"I called my dad last night." Annabeth said, almost instantly. " I got to talk to my brothers."
"You have brothers?" Percy asked.
"Bobby and Matthew are twins." she explained. "They are currently seven the same age I was when I left home and came here."
"You were young." Percy said softly.
"I had my reasons." Annabeth shrugged.
"Did they know who you were?" Percy asked. "They would have been two when you left."
"My dad apparently told them about me." she answered. "We're going to keep in contact. What are you doing?"
Percy was looking at everyone.
"I'm using an ability called Observe it's what let me find out who Leo and Sara's parents were. I'm trying to see if I can find anyone else's parent but I can't." Percy explained and Annabeth nodded. "Hey, Luke!" they ran up to him. "Have you seen the floor yet?"
"It's not done yet." Luke replied, "But it looks good. Is it done for good?"
"No, this power does everything in numbers the floor is only to level 5 but we'll need money and supplies to continue fixing things in the cabin though." Percy explained.
"Give me a list and I'll make it happen." Luke said, "You're doing us a favor after all."
Percy nodded and they entered breakfast. As soon as Percy was seated he began trying to make the list while eating.
Spelling-1
Percy figured that this was probably accurate as well though he wasn't happy about it. When breakfast was done he had Annabeth go over the list and make a few corrections to his spelling. They then gave it to Luke who made further corrections. The two stayed in the pavillion for a class. It was a reading class not something Percy was looking for to. He sat next to Annabeth and picked up the book in front of him.
"It's a baby book." Percy said, "My mom read this book to me when I was little."
"That's right." a girl said. "My parents own a bookstore and donated some books for us." she was standing in front of everyone at the head table. "We'll start learning to read from the very beginning and work our way up. So sorry, guys, this is today's lesson."
Reading-1
Percy was annoyed beyond annoyed at his reading level but he guessed that it made since. He still hated it though.
He opened the book and began reading. He struggled with the words as he read them under his breath and was shocked to find that for the first time he wasn't alone.
"What's wrong?" Percy looked at Annabeth. "you're crying."
Percy quickly dried his eyes.
"I've never been around people who are like me before." He tried to explain. " I mean..."
"I get it." Annabeth nodded. "i was like that when I first came here as well. Meeting people who have the same problems you do and knowing you aren't alone."
Percy nodded and gave her a strained and weak smile. His heart pounded when she smiled back at him. He blushed and quickly looked away wondering what was wrong with him. Why was he blushing? He didn't understand so he decided to just focus on reading. THE CAT AND THE HAT proved tough for Percy though he could remember that he'd loved this story when he was little. About the time that he got frustrated the teacher, from Athena Cabin, called a break. Percy was relieved. They were allowed to get up, walk around, and talk to each other.
Then it was back to reading. Once they finished reading the book they had to take a test on it and if they didn't get a perfect score they had to re-read the book and re-take the test. The teacher assured them that this was how she got over her Dyslexia. Percy lost track of how many times he read the book and did the test but he soon figured out that it was helping. Slowly he began spelling the words right every time and was slowly understanding the book. By the time the class had finished he'd actually gotten his first 100%. He decided to send it to his mother with a letter.
They were finally released to run around and go to their other classes for the day. Percy was grateful. What had he been thinking when he suggested classes and school? It was terrible! He hated school. Why had he had this stupid idea? He asked Annabeth about outgoing mail and mailed his letter from the Camp Store. They then went to their Greek class taught by Chiron.
They sat next to the Strawberry fields side by side with some other kids mostly from Athena Cabin. There would be several classes throughout the day.
Percy tried hard but was just as useless as he'd been in Greek Class at his school but he pushed himself to do his best maybe he could gain some more INT and WIS points and get smarter. His mom would like that and so would he. Maybe he'd be able to get smart enough to go to and stay in a school when Summer ended. Then again if they could get a school here he'd just attend school with Annabeth. He blushed at his own thoughts why was he thinking that way? He didn't understand. All he knew was he wanted Annabeth to be his friend. His best friend.
He shook his head and tried to focus on his studies. When class was finally over he challenged Annabeth to a race to the Archery field. They ran, red cheeked and laughing.
Percy ran as fast as he could trying to beat Annabeth but she'd been here since she was seven training, so he lost royally but he wasn't upset by it. He grinned at her happily and congratulated her. She grinned back and began helping him learn how to shoot a bow and arrow.
"Why am I learning this?" Percy growled after an hour.
Archery-1
"I fight with a sword."
"It's good to learn to fight with all sorts of weapons and not rely on just one." Annabeth lectured.
"If you say so." Percy shrugged.
After he finally got his stance correct he tried firing an arrow it didn't even get close to the target but no one laughed at him on the contrary they rushed to help him.
