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Small note : This chapter may or may not be good! I was a bit bored, pissed, had some writers block and tired when I wrote it. But I was eating pancakes and listening to music! So I guess they helped XD! Plus I keep thinking about a few chapters ahead like when they're going to know that the others are demigods AND a special chapter where I get to embarrass Percy head on! I hope it comes out great! The "Embarrass Percy" chapter should be the 2nd or 3rd from this one. And the "Discovery" chapter should be about 4th or 5th from this one. Small heads up/sneak peek.
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Chapter 7 – Lunch
~Percy's POV~
After Thalia caught me looking at Annabeth, I didn't dare look again. But what was it that this new girl was affecting in my life? I mean, I've dated girls before. I've gone out with Bianca for a few weeks. And a few blind dates with Bianca's friends. I guess she wanted me to have a happy love life even though I never was with any of those girls. But with Annabeth, things feel different, even though I barely know her. I won't think about that much. First, I'll try to be her friend. Then, I'll see where things go from there.
I checked my watch. 10 minutes left. Finally!
I looked at Nico and he was sleeping. Typical. If only Bianca was here. She'd know a good way to wake him up. I tried to wake him up quietly.
"Nico, wake up. Lesson's almost finished," I whispered.
He just silently groaned.
"Dude, the teacher's coming," I said, trying to scare him.
Again, silent grumbling.
I gave up. But then an idea hit me! And it would be great revenge for what he did to me this morning.
"Psssst….Nico. Thalia's naked in front of you!" I whispered, trying to sound serious.
Nico's eyes shot open. "Where?" he yelled. The entire class looked at him. I couldn't hold it anymore, so I burst out laughing, hard. Hard enough that I had to hold my sides from pain. The entire class joined in.
Nico turned a dark shade of red. Then her turned to me and shot me a death glare that would've scared the crap out of people, but it only made me laugh harder. The entire class had stopped and was watching me laugh, so I stopped because this was getting slightly embarrassed. Then the teacher looked at me.
"Mr. Jackson, if you find this class funny, then that means that you know EVERYTHING that there is to know about Greek," he said, slightly furious.
Since I was still a bit on the funny side, I said "I wouldn't say everything, but I know it pretty well."
He raised an eyebrow. "Oh really. Answer a few questions then and we'll see how much you know. Also, you have to answer in Greek, got it?" he said in a slight mock/anger/threat voice.
I heard a few people whispering "he's doomed" or "No one's ever managed to answer all his questions."
I nodded at him to start the questions.
"Name a pair of twins among the gods."
"Artemis and Apollo."
"Who saved the gods from the stomach of Kronos?"
"Zeus."
"Name his brothers."
"Poseidon and Hades."
"A virgin goddess."
"Athena."
"Another."
"Artemis."
"Their symbol."
"Athena, Owl. Artemis, She-bear."
Now the teacher was pissed. He thought he would humiliate me by asking me stuff that we haven't covered. I looked at Annabeth and Thalia and their eyes where wide open. I looked at Nico and grinned. He glared in return.
"Ok Jackson. Last 2 questions. Let's see how much you know now!" he said, clearly pissed off.
"Shoot," I said, pissing him off more.
"Name the god that fought for the patronization of Athens," he grinned, thinking that he confused me. But I grinned back.
"There is a mistake with you question sir!" I stated.
"Oh really?" he returned.
I sighed. "Yes. You said which god. Well there wasn't one god fighting for Athens but 2. These where Athena and Poseidon. But the people chose Athena over Poseidon and so the 2 became rivals."
Mr. Meckano's jaw dropped, along with the entire class. I just spoke the entire thing in perfect Greek. Only Nico wasn't impressed. In fact, he yawned, showing me that he was bored.
"Fine Jackson," he said, reverting to English. "Here's the last question. Answer this correctly and you won't be punished for interrupting my class. Answer it wrong, and you'll have a month's detention. Got it?"
I nodded.
He went back to Greek.
"What's the name of the war where a symbol of one of the gods-"
"The Trojan war," I said cutting him off.
And with that, the entire class looked at the teacher, who was completely silenced and started at me with wide eyes.
"H-How d-did-" I cut him off again.
"I know?" I said and he nodded. I sighed and started "Simple. 1st of all you said war. There are many famous wars in Greek history but the Trojan War is the most famous, showing the fall of the mighty city of Troy. Then you said symbol of the gods. Since you said war and symbol, the only war where a symbol of a god was used was the Trojan War. The symbol was the horse, which is that of Poseidon, God of the Seas." All in fluent Greek.
At that moment, the bell rang. Usually people rush out when the bell rings but everyone was silent, staring at Nico and me, who where packing as if nothing happened.
I looked at the teacher, who was still surprised. Then he said "Class dismissed. Don't interrupt again Jackson," and he left. The class started to pack slowly, and I heard a few comments like 'nerd' and 'freak'. When I was ready, I looked at Nico, who slapped me in the back of my head, but then we grinned and bumped fists. With that we left.
We met up with Bianca in the cafeteria. She was talking with some of her friends but when she saw us, she waved and came over to sit with us.
"So guys, how was Greek? Is the teacher OK?" she said.
I laughed and Nico glared at me. Bianca looked confused. "What did you do?" she asked.
I whispered what I did to wake Nico up and she burst out laughing. "Oh my god Nico! You perv!" she said, laughing. He blushed and glared at me.
"Anyways," he said, trying to change the subject. "I think Percy broke the teacher when he started showing off in Greek."
Bianca rolled her eyes. "You guys take the easy way out!"
"Well Bianca, we don't see it as the easy way out. We see it as a way to use out natural abilities. If Greek is out strength, then we should use that to our advantage," I said proudly.
"Hear, Hear," said Nico, raising his coke. We just stared at him.
"What?" he said. "That's what people used to say in Shakespearean times to agree."
We laughed at him and he blushed a bit.
Then Nico decided to ruin our fun. "Hey guys. Don't you think it's strange that no monsters have attacked us in the last 2 weeks? I mean, 3 children of the Big Three….that probably gives off a pretty strong scent."
Bianca and I nodded. Then I said "Maybe Poseidon and Hades want us to have the closest-to-normal high school experience." Nico and Bianca shrugged and we continued to eat our lunch in silence.
After a few minutes I looked at Bianca and he had a sly smile on her face. Before I could ask her what's wrong, she stood up and yelled "Annabeth, Thalia, Over here!"
I looked at Nico and he was as wide eyed and shocked as I was. I turned to see the 2 girls coming over.
This was going to be on hell of a lunch.
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