Chapter 3:
Percy POV-
Needless to say, I really wasn't thrilled to be waking up early the next morning. My alarm went off, and I slammed the off button, removing myself from bed. Zack was still asleep, somehow he had managed to sleep through my obnoxious alarm clock. I debated for a second as to whether or not to wake him up, on one hand, he could be mad at me for waking him up but on the other hand, he could be late to class and be mad at me for not waking him up. So, overall, it was a lose/lose situation for me.
I decided that I would get ready first and then wake Zack up. Moving slowly, I put on my clothes and then went into the bathroom. I splashed my face with water, which immediately stimulated my senses (one of the perks of being a son of Poseidon) and then brushed my teeth. When I finished I went back into the room where Zack was still asleep. I picked one of his shoes up off of the ground and threw it at him. He immediately sprang up and glared at me.
"Dude! What the heck!" he exclaimed.
"Sorry, but you're going to be late," I replied. Zack rolled his eyes and looked at the clock, which seemed to make him move a little faster. He glared at me, again, like it was now my fault that he had over slept. I rolled my eyes and left the room.
"Hey Percy," Cody met up with me in the hallway, "Sleep well?"
"Other than your brother's snoring, I slept fine," I joked, Cody laughed, probably because he knew it was true, and we began walking to the classroom.
The classroom wasn't anything spectacular, it was just a small room, crammed with a bunch of smaller desks facing the teacher's desk. The only good thing about the classroom was that there was a large window and a glass door that looked out to the deck, from which, you could see a glimpse of the blue ocean, sparkling in the sunlight. Cody and I were the first people in the classroom, with the exception of our teacher.
"Oh, hello!" she exclaimed as she realized we had just entered the room, "Percy, please tell me that you woke up Zack before you came here."
"Yes I did," I told her.
"Thank goodness, I am sick and tired of him being late to my class, at least now you are there to help him wake up on time," she beamed, I smiled back a little awkwardly, because we were still standing in the front of the room and I didn't know where I was going to sit. Finally she seemed to notice, "Oh, silly me, Percy, you can sit right behind Cody." I smiled and nodded, taking my seat.
Slowly, the rest of the class filed in, Zack being one of the last to actually show up (the actual last person being London).
"London," Ms. Tutweiller sighed, "Could you actually try to show up to my class on time."
"Well, maybe if it wasn't so boring I would be here sooner," she shrugged like it was nothing. Mrs. Tutweiller sighed again, before she started the lesson. I'll be honest, I wasn't paying attention to most of the lesson, mostly because I was to focused on the strip of ocean outside of the window.
"Percy," she called. I perked up and turned my attention to my teacher.
"Yes?" I grinned sheepishly.
"Do you know what the answer is?" she asked, her hands on her hips.
"Ummm…Switzerland?" I hoped, everyone laughed, I guess that wasn't the right answer.
"No. Mostly because we are studying math," she informed me, "Please try to pay attention."
"Sorry," I muttered, looking down at my desk.
Finally the bell rang and our class left for lunch, which, unfortunately meant that we would have to come back to this room afterwards. I sighed and followed everyone out. Addison was currently telling a story about a mile a minute, which I was definitely having trouble following.
"Hey Percy," Bailey came up beside me.
"Oh, hey Bailey," I greeted her.
"Soo, Switzerland, huh?" she giggled.
"Uh, yeah," I chuckled, "I have dyslexia and ADHD, so it's really hard to focus in school."
"Really? Me too!" Maya, who had been in the crowd right behind us, exclaimed.
"Oh…cool?" I replied, not sure whether I should be thrilled that she might be one of the demigods I have to find or not. That meant that I would have to figure out who her godly parent is next.
"What's dyslexia?" London asked.
"It's when it's hard to read because letters get mixed up," Bailey explained.
"Oh. Then I have dyslexia too!" she exclaimed.
"London, there's a difference between not being able to read and not knowing how to read," Woody added. London shrugged and skipped ahead of us.
Finally, we arrived at the dining hall for lunch, the buffet spread was similar to the one last night, but with a few more sandwiches and a few less steaks. I grabbed a water bottle and a turkey and cheese sandwich, before taking my seat at the student's table with the others.
If Maya did, in fact, end up being one of the demigods, Zack would certainly not appreciate me taking his girlfriend back to camp with me at the end of the semester.
'Great,' I thought, a little bitterly, 'as if I needed one more reason for him to hate me.' Even after our brief conversation, Zack was already glaring at me like he thought of me as a threat to his relationship or something, is that over protective or what? I mean seriously, I spoke like two words with her.
I rolled my eyes at his expression and I dug into my sandwich. It was good, as good as any other turkey sandwich, I guess. I stood up to throw away my trash when the boat suddenly lurched to the side. I stumbled over.
The boat lurched again, so, either my dad was pissed at me, or the ship was under attack.
Awesome, that's just great.