sooooooooooooo sorry for the late update. I was having exams. Enjoy this chapter. Reviews are appreciated.

Sadie pov

The first class was Greek. Me and Carter were never really interested in Greek, but we had no choice. They got seated in the last benches,Percy between the both of us.

To clear the confusion, Carter was in my class because since it was his first year in school, he thought it better to stay back a year.

So anyway the teacher, Mrs. Allen came in. I kept glancing at Percy. His eyes were all glassy and distracted, as if his mind was somewhere else.

I hoped the teacher didn't notice. She first introduced herself, then asked if anyone knew how to speak Greek. Nobody answered.

"What? No one? Okay...let me see...you there, green eyes, back bench." Percy snapped out of his trance.

"Me?" He asked.

"Yes, you." She replied.

Percy stood up. "Yes ma'am."

"What's your name?" She asked.

"Percy." He replied.

"Your full name?" She asked. Percy raised an eyebrow.

"Perseus Jackson."He replied.

"Oh! Perseus, huh? A name of Greek origin. So, young man, do you speak Greek?" She asked.

"Yeah, just a little." He replied.

"Good. So Perseus, here's a hard one for you. Can you translate Anaklusmos in English?" She asked.

Everyone looked flabbergasted. That seemed like a really hard word. I was about to ask the teacher to go easy on the boy, but he spoke before she got the chance.

"Riptide." He said.

"Excuse me?" Mrs. Allen asked.

"Anaklusmos means Riptide in English." He replied. Mrs. Allen's eyes widened, before she smiled.

"Very good. Sit down." She said. Percy sat down.

Carter stared at Percy. "How did you know that?" He asked.

"My dad's Greek." Percy replied.

"Oh." Was all Carter said.

"Okay class. Today we're going to start with the basics of Greek history. Let me start with the Twelve Olympians. Okay, one of you tell me who was the king if the Olympians."

The kid with brown hair stood up."Zeus." He answered.

"Good." Mrs. Allen said. The teacher told us a few things about Zeus before the bell rang. All through the lecture Percy's expression was more sour than usual, almost like he had a something personal against Zeus.

It confused me even more when his expression lightened when the teacher said the next topic would be Poseidon.

With that we left to the next class, Maths. We had this class together too. Percy groaned on the mention of Maths.

"Not fond of Maths?" Carter asked.

"Who is?" Percy said.

"Well, I used to be. But not anymore." Carter replied.

"Why so?" Percy asked. I was glad Percy was having a normal conversation with someone, even if it was my geeky brother.

"Mr. Sergil." Was Carter's reply. When Percy didn't understand, I piped in.

"Mr. Sergil, our Maths teacher, is a devil in disguise of a human. He looks mean enough to run you over with his bike." I said.

To my surprise, Percy laughed. A full-fledged laughter. His laugh was beautiful. It was melodious.

"I know exactly what you mean." He said, still laughing. Carter smiled. I could tell he too was glad we were able to make him laugh.

He was in a good mood after that, that was, until Sergil came in. We were seated in the middle benches, so it was hard to hide from him.

"Okay class. Today we're starting Linear Equations. Now I want you rock heads to pay attention. If you don't, you stay back another class." He practically growled at us.

"Cheery soul, isn't he?" I said to Percy. He gave me a small smile.

As the lesson went on, Percy became more and more distracted. I figured the guy must have ADD or whatever you call it. After a while, he started asking questions to everyone.

"You there, did you here what I just said?" Sergil barked. I realized he was talking to Percy. I elbowed him.

"Huh, what?" Percy said, startled. The whole class laughed, excluding me and Carter.

"Stand up while you're talking to a teacher." Sergil said. Percy immediately stood up.

"Did you hear what I was saying?" Mr. Sergil asked. Percy meekly shook his head.

"Hey, I know you. You're that tragic lover, aren't you? Love indeed. Look boy, if you think your sad story about your girlfriend's death can let you get away with not concentrating, then you're wrong. I don't care if the whole world feels pity for you. I know how you kids really are. You teenagers can't love. This is all for the attention." He said.

Percy began to shake badly. His eyes turned red, tears rolling down them. His fists were clenched. I gritted my teeth. Then, his breathing became fast. I was terrified when I remembered what follows after that.

I stood up quickly.

"Not to interrupt, sir," I emphasized the word sir, "but Percy is under medication right now. It would be better if you DO NOT reminded him of all this." With that, I pulled Percy, who was still shaking badly, out of the class. I knew Carter was staring at me with rest of the class, but I really didn't care.

As we got to the corridors, Percy started mumbling.

"He..he said...I can't love. He's...wrong...right?... He's wrong. I...I do love her... But what if...what if...he's right? I did...try to forget her. It..was wrong..." He kept on mumbling. I knew any minute the fit would start. I was right.

He let out a bloodcurdling scream and dropped to his knees. His eyes closed. "No no no! Not her!" He muttered. "No!" His muttering turned to shouting.

I panicked. And I do weird things when I panic. I got some cold water from the dispenser and poured it on his head. Immediately his eyes opened. For a second I thought he was completely dry, but then I figured I was imagining things cause the next second he was dripping wet.

He leaned against the wall, letting out deep breaths.

"Thanks." He almost whispered to me.

"Are you okay?" I asked. He nodded. The little bit of cheeriness in his face earlier was now gone, replaced by his usual depressed face and broken eyes. All because of that Sergil. Oh, how I hated him for that.

"You should get back to class." He told me, between deep breaths. I would have refused, but I figured he needed some time alone. As I turned the corridor I heard him sobbing. I was about to go back to him when I heard him talk. I hid there and listened.

"Guess this is my punishment for smiling, huh? I was a fool Wise Girl. A fool to think I could go on without you. If my friends had not made me promise not to kill myself, I swear..." He faltered.

My heart got stuck in my throat. His friends had made him promise not to kill himself? It was that bad? A tear rolled down my cheek without my knowledge. He was starting to open up. But now, thanks to Sergil, he would go back to being a zombie. I had never been more thirsty for anyone's blood in my whole life. I would get that Sergil. I would get him for this.