Chapter 2: Classroom 423

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[Percy's POV]

As I stepped off the bus I stared at the gleaming polished gates encircling a large, brick building. It was stacked so high up it almost looked like an apartment building. In the centre of the building a huge school crest sat with an image of a red falcon outlined in gold. Below this in huge black letters it said:

Arrowsmith High

I sighed, this would be my new school until I got kicked out and had to go to a different one.

Suddenly my mind wondered, why didn't the boy with electric, blue eyes like the boy next to me? I wondered what his name was..

"Don't worry about Luke" I turned in surprise to find a boy with a huge grin spread across his face. He was slender and had curly, tangled, black hair. Everything about him made me want to smile and become his friend. He was wearing a white t-shirt which was covered in grease stains and who knows what else. This was tucked into a pair of tattered, blue jeans with mud slathered knees.

I smiled.

"Luke?" I asked.

"The guy in the back of the bus, I saw the whole thing."

I sighed.

"Leo Valdez at your service" Leo stuck his hand out.

"Percy Jackson" I replied and grabbed his hand to shake.

We laughed.

"Hey!" Leo shouted which made me jump in surprise as he stuck his grimy hand into his jean pocket.

"Check this out!" He pulled out a small robot looking thing with huge eyes and limbs made of thick metal wire.

"Wow!" I said astonished. "Did you make that!"

"Yep" He replied, obviously proud of himself.

"And wait... theres more" My eyebrows raised as Leo swiftly flicked a button at the back of the robot, It's eyes began to light up. Leo carefully placed it on the floor, watching eagerly.

For a moment, the robot just stood there... then collapsed in a heap of metal and dust, beeping and flashing red.

"Oh" Leo said in surprise and quickly ran over to his robot.

"Well, it obviously needs a little work, but pretty neat huh?" I nodded in agreement and grinned. Looks like I had already made a new friend.

...

The two of us dashed inside as soon as the bell rang, laughing all the way, talking about Luke and his gang.

"Did you see the look on his face when I said no!?"

"I know, like this!" Leo scrunched his nose up and squeezed his eyes shut, his face becoming red. We burst out laughing.

"What does your timetable say?" I asked Leo, suddenly serious.

"Mine says greek with Mrs Wattson, 423"

"Mine does too!" I said in astonishment.

"Let's go then!" Replied Leo with excitement.

We made our way through the crowds of chattering students until we reached classroom 423, stopping by our lockers on the way to pick up our books and pencil cases.

"Oh great" I muttered as soon we stepped through the door and spotted Luke. He was sitting at the very back of the classroom talking to some of his gang, his legs resting on top of a wooden desk and his arm resting on a nearby chair.

Leo and I perched ourselves at the very front of the classroom to the right, so we were as far away as we could be from Luke and his gang.

Thats when I spotted the boy with black hair. He was ferociously drawing in a scrappy sketch book, which was literally falling off the hinges. I slowly and cautiously walked towards him, his black hair seemed more tousled than on the bus and a grimace was visible on his pale, skeleton like face.

"Hey man-" I began to say but he interrupted me as soon as I began.

"Look, Luke was right, you better stay away from me if you know what is good for you." He said in a slightly edgy tone without looking up. I frowned.

"Well.. I guess I will see you around.." I said stubbornly and stormed back to my seat next to Leo. He gave me an apologetic look as I sat down and smiled, but I wasn't in the mood to return it. I rested my head on my folded arms and stared at Leo, who was tinkering with his robot like a pro. Unscrewing screws and reattaching arms and legs, unwiring wires and adding them. I stared at him in awe.

...

A big lady in a tracksuit with a permanent scowl on her face stormed in.

"Alright!" Roared Mrs Wattson.

"I know it is your first lesson, but we are getting straight to work!" I discretely covered my ears, protecting them from my teacher's ear piercing shout.

"There will be no whining or arguing when I call out your pairs for your first project" The class groaned.

"A project already!" Leo grumbled.

"Travis Stoll with Connor Stoll" Two tall, boys who owned the exact same brownish, curly hair stood up and high-fived each-other, a broad smile on each of their faces.

"Thats enough!" yelled Mrs Wattson, rolling her eyes.

I had a feeling that it wasn't a coincidence that those two boys were together. I eyed them suspiciously.

"Thalia Grace with Jason Grace" A girl wearing a black t-shirt that said in big bold letters: "death to barbie" stood up and glared at a tall boy with neatly cut, blonde hair who smiled weakly back.

"Leo Valdez" Leo awkwardly stood up. "with Piper McLean". Leo gave me a sad face and turned to a thin, girl with tangles of crazy brown hair, cut short with only roughly done braids hanging down by her ear. I sighed in despair, I was hoping I would be paired with Leo.

"Nico Di Angelo with Luke Castellan" The boy with black hair slowly stood up whilst Luke growled in frustration and glared at him. I felt sorry for Nico, but also wondered why he wouldn't accept my help.

"Hazel Levesque with Frank Zhang" A chubby, yet handsome boy stood up and smiled at a shy looking girl with long, curly, brown hair.

"Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase" My heart raced and thumped vigorously in my chest. I stood up ungracefully and stared at a beautiful girl with shimmering, blonde hair. It was tied loosely in a pony tail with curly strands hanging down by her ears. She eyed me with her stormy, grey eyes. I smiled at her but she frowned. I blushed and sat down, but missed the chair and toppled to the floor with a loud thump. Annabeth awkwardly looked away and sat down, surrounded by her giggling friends. I groaned, hoping the expression, "first impressions are everything" did not apply to this kind of situation.

"Are you ok man?" Asked Leo, a huge grin forming on his face.

"Uh... I'm f..fine"

As I sat down, Leo immediately burst out laughing and snorting, tears forming in his eyes.

"You like her!" He cackled.

"No I don't!" I denied.

"ENOUGH!" Howled Mrs Wattson. Everyone stopped laughing instantly and turned to face the teacher.

"In pairs, you are to create a powerpoint presentation and research a greek god or goddess. Give me their name, speciality, any myths or stories about them, a picture if you desire and any other interesting facts such as their parents, how they were born, etc... due next lesson!"

Shouts of protest immediately erupted from the class.

"NO arguing!" Yelled Mrs Wattson and stormed off.

"Class dismissed!"

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