Hell no!

Chapter 7 Drawing is my passion (Will)

I woke up after a weird dream, but I couldn't really remember. I still had to do my homework I hadn't done yesterday, so I got up out of my comfy bed and sat down at my desk. I finished it quickly and went down to have some breakfast. Mom was still there, which doesn't happen often, and she gave me a plate with some pancakes.

''Thanks mom!'' I said, looking at the pancakes hungrily.

''No problem, sweety. Sorry, I have to go. Tell your father I'll be home by six and that I can't cook tonight, okay?'' she asked. I nodded.

After breakfast I grabbed a snack from the cabinet and put it in my backpack with my lunch money. Then I walked to the bus and sat down with Percy and Jason.

''Hey Will, how's your morning going?'' Percy asked.

''I had pancakes for breakfast and made homework. You?''

''My mom and stepfather made grilled cheese and were talking about something, but went silent when I walked in. Don't know what that's about…'' Percy answered.

''Well, my dad was already gone, and me and Thals made eggs and bacon and toast. Was okay, though,'' Jason said.

We talked for a while about the practise this afternoon and then got out of the bus at school. Me and the guys had a free period after History. History was all about death guys, so no, not really enjoyable. In our free period we went to the library to study, but we ended up talking.

Then we went to lunch, and we sat down with the team. They all seemed really excited for practise and we were all talking about it in no time. My teammates were very loudly talking about who was the better free thrower and I just listened to them, not really adding anything to the conversation.

After lunch they had double study hour, while I had art. I walked in just in time and sat down in the front with some girls I didn't know, so I think they were from that other school.

Miss A. was explaining that today's exercise was to draw someone we love a lot and to write on the back of the paper something about that person. Miss A. is one of the greatest teachers in the entire school and she's a lot of fun to just talk with. So I always enjoy these classes, also because she gives us a lot of freedom as to what we want to make. We always talk during this hour, but today I wasn't feeling very talkative.

I drew my mother, not badly if I say so myself, and when I was done I wrote about how she was always there for me when I was little and if I was down she always knew how to cheer me up. I was done about fifteen minutes before the end of the lesson, so I decided to look around to see who else was in this class with me. None of my friends or teammates took arts, but I was surprised to see Nico sitting in the back with Piper and Katie, who shot him worried glances every so often. What was up with that? I observed Nico closely and saw he looked sad. Why was he looking sad when he was drawing, or writing, I don't know which he was doing. Then Miss A. said something about grading the drawings and that we could pack and go so I went out of the room quickly.

I walked to the gym, where my teammates, including Jason and Percy were waiting. The guys were still discussing who was the best free thrower until I walked in. Today was just a warm up, just some passing and shooting hoops. I told them that after next training we were going to play practise matches against each other and that we were going to train our individual weaknesses.

After practise we all showered and we got dressed and I walked home.

At home I watched the new episode of DreamWorks Dragons, which was fun. Hiccup and Astrid are great and I like how the series is about Vikings. Also the dragons, Toothless in particular, are great. I just love it!

Then me and dad made dinner, mashed potatoes with broccoli and sausage. When mom got home at half past six, she told us work had ran late, but that she was happy that we had made food. We ate at the table in a comfortable silence, until desert. Mom had brought us cannoli from the bakery near her work and we all love them.

''So Will, how's school? I heard there are a lot of new kids?'' mom asked.

''Yeah, there are a lot of new kids. They're from that school where there was a shooting. I talked to some of them, but they don't want to talk about that shooting.''

''Well, that's only logical. Not many people want to talk about such a trauma,'' dad said. He took a course of psychology in college, so he knows some things about it.

''Well, there was a group of four me, Perce and Jase wanted to be friends with. Two of the girls, Piper and Annabeth, the guys thought were cute. I just looked at them, but when I looked at the last girl, Hazel, her brother got really overprotective and he told me to back off.''

''Well, that's what big brothers do, sweety. My big brothers did it all the time and it was very annoying, at the very least.'' mom said.

''Yeah, Thalia said something like that when I was at Jason's yesterday. And the guy was sorta cute, so I was kinda disappointed. But Thalia said I should probably try to become friends with him first. So I guess that's what I'm going to do.''

''That's good advice from Thalia,'' dad said. ''Something like that might actually work!''

''Thanks mom, thanks dad. But now I'm going to my room, I have a lot of homework to do for tomorrow, and I need to work on some stuff for the team as well…'' I said, while kissing them on the cheek.

In my room I quickly finished my homework and worked on some strategy for the team. When I was done, I started drawing in my new sketchbook. I mostly draw landscapes or animals, humans are way too hard. I drew a mountain scape with horses in the front. It was going pretty well, if I say so myself.

After finishing it, I watched another episode of DreamWorks Dragons and then I went to bed. I slept very well that night.

AN: So another chapter. I hope you like it.

AN2: Checked and corrected.