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Chapter 3
Nico POV
I laid down on the bed, and shut my eyes. After about five minutes, I opened my eyes again. This isn't going to work. I stared at the ceiling. Finally, after realizing I didn't know what time to wake up, I began reading the schedules.
'Basic Schedule
School: 8:01-2:08 (bus comes at 7:20, so wake up around 6:45)(you'll be home around 2:30)
Eating Times
Breakfast: 7:00
Lunch(on weekends): 12:30
Dinner: 8:30
Work Times
John: 9:00-7:00 on weekdays
Charnette: 5:30-2:30 on weekdays
Hadyn: 3:00-7:00 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
Azrael: 1:00-8:00 on weekends
Abbadon: 3:30-8:00 on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
You: 10:00-2:00 on weekends'
Chores
Friday- sweep kitchen after school
Saturday- clean counters before Founders' Ball, pick up outfits for Founders' Ball
Sunday- clean your bathroom
Monday- clean your closet and room
Tuesday- dust books in the study and reading room
Wednesday- put dishes in dishwasher after school
I picked up the other list that had activities on it. It read:
'Activity Schedule
Family Meeting- Friday, April 30th at 5:00PM in the kitchen
Founders' Ball- Saturday, May 1st at 7:00 PM
EarthSmart Meeting- Monday, May 3rd at 3:00PM'
I thought about it. Today is Thursday, so I'll get up at 6:45 tomorrow. I set my alarm clock to 6:45. Tomorrow is also April 30th, so we'd have a family meeting in the kitchen at 5:00. Whatever that is. Then I started to worry. I had school tomorrow. I didn't even know what my sched- Oh. The schedule for my classes fell out of one of the folded-up schedules. I put all three schedules on my bedside table next to my alarm clock, and laid down in my bed, once again. Surprisingly, I fell asleep at once.
We were in a bright space. It was so bright at first that I had to close my eyes. It was like when you wake up and you have to go to the bathroom, so you walk in and turn on the light, then you see spots. But this I wasn't ever going to get adjusted to. It was like we were inside a volcano. Then everything dulled. It was like we had walked into and different dimension. I looked down and saw that me and Azrael were inside a boat. The underworld, I thought. We kept going, but then something happened to the boat. It was dissolving, slowly at first, but faster as it gained momentum.
Only Azrael's side of the boat didn't seem to be dissolving. In fact, she seemed oblivious to me and my side. I kept screaming at her to help me, but either she didn't hear me, or she just let on that she didn't. I screamed her name one last time. When I didn't know what else to do, I leaned over the gaping hole in between us and kissed her. It was only a small peck, but there was electricity, like a shock, but in a good way. This got her attention, and she finally looked my way. There was an alarmed look on her face, and she held out her hand. I took it, but as soon as our hands made contact, her side of the boat began to dissolve, too. And then we were falling, falling into the depths of the underworld.
I awoke with a start. What a weird dream. I looked at the alarm clock. 3:00 AM. Ugh. I laid back down in the bed, and slept dreamlessly.
Soon my alarm clock was buzzing, and I woke up. It read 6:45, so I went into the bathroom attached to my bedroom, and took a five-minute shower. I pulled on some black skinny jeans and a black T-shirt with a gray skull on it. Then I put on my black DC's and went down the stairs. Hadyn and Azrael were already at the table. I avoided eye contact with Azrael as I sat down in the seat that I had sat in for dinner the night before.
"Good morning!" Hadyn said to me as I sat down.
"Morning," I mumbled.
"What's your problem?" she asked me. I shrugged. She let it go and said, "Are you excited about your first day at school?"
"Ecstatic," I said sarcastically. She smiled and stopped trying to cheer me up. A few minutes later John brought pancakes to the table.
"Any allergies?" he asked me. I shook head and took one pancake. I didn't try to see how everyone else was eating this time. I finished, and started walking toward the front door. "Wait!" John called. "Here. These are your schoolbooks." John handed me some notebooks and textbooks. "Now off you go." And with that, I walked out the door. I stood outside the house and waited for the bus to show up. Soon it did, and I was on the Highway to Hell.