November 15

Mirra P.O.V

It was a nice day for the nearly starting of winter. The sun was out, which helped to warm it up just the sightest. Most days it was just cloudy. A lot of the leaves were gone. In fact, for the past two days it had been to cold to go outside for recess, so we just played inside. That's why everyone was excited to finally be back out on the playground.

A group off my friends and I were playing tag in the field. Nancy was it, currently chasing Casey for stealing the last piece of bacon when they had breakfast. Most of us took to hiding until another person was it, then choose a new hiding spot. Adam and I were running along side each other, hand in hand.

Adam and I were officially the best of friends. Since we're to young to be technically "boyfriend and girlfriends", that's what you called it in elementary school. Ellie's taken it upon herself to tease us every waking moment. I really don't care, though some of her jokes do make me blush redder than I though physically possible.

I remember my family's reaction when I told them about Adam. Mommy couldn't be more thrilled, though daddy had retreated to the emo corner, dark aura and all. Percy, who apparently had seen us holding hands, had started mumbling something I couldn't understand, though I'm pretty sure it was a bunch of Greek curse words.

Adam and I hid up in at the top of the slide. From up there, we could see most everyone on the playground. Three teachers we sitting at a bench by the door, waiting to call us over to go in. Some kids were playing hopscotch, others were building rock castles. I noticed Zack in the corner of the playground, swinging on one of the old swingsets. Zack had been one of my first friends here. We asked him to play tag with us, but he declined. He had been acting weird lately.

"Hey, Mirra," Adam said, pulling on my sleeve. "You can see the highschool from up here"

I turned around to where he was turned. You could see the highscool. It was much larger that the elementary, with multiple floors instead of one. Highschoolers were walking around the lunch area outside. Now was usually when they ate lunch. I saw my brother sitting by a fountain along with a few others I didn't recognize. I thought about calling his name and waving, but that would only give away our hiding spot.

We ducked down as we saw Nancy run up past the slide. A cold gust of wind blew up the slide and hit us. I shivered as the cold air hit my skin. Adam must have noticed, because he took of his coat and draped it over my shoulders. I blushed a bit, but he only chuckled, saying I look cute when I blush.(which only made me blush even more)

We heard the loud whistle of the teacher, signifying the end of recess.

Adam and I slid down the slides simultaneous. The teachers lined us up by grade, first grade goes in first, fifth goes in last. The job of line leader got passed on by the week as one of the classroom jobs. This week it was Mike. I was in the center.

We walked in slowly after first grade. We took our usual seats in the classroom, me sitting at the blue table in the far corner of the room. We waited for Ms. Heather, our teacher, to come in and start class

Ms. Heather clapped her hands twice, giving us that usual 'class, class' and waited for us to respond 'yes, yes'.

Ms. Heather cleared her though loudly. "Okay, class. Before we begin, your classmate Emma, has an announcement."

Emma was a nice and quiet girl who usually sits at the blue table with Ellie and Me. She's pretty, Like someone you would see on tv. Her curly brown hair fell just barely off her shoulders, and somtimes into her bright bluish green eyes. Today she wore her hair in a low ponytail, styled so it sat on her shoulder and was tied up by a large red ribbon.

"Um, t-tomorrow i-is m-my birthday." She stuttered shyly, not taking her eyes off her feet. "I-i wanted to p-pass out invitations.".

She slowly walked around the room, passing out pink pieces of paper that were more sparkly than the stars on a crystal clear night.

After she passed them all out, she sat back down in her seat across from me.

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Daddy, Percy and I were all driving home after school. As usual, I was sitting up front in Percy's lap. Percy was explaining how a hellhound attacked him during study hall, which I found pretty funny.

"I'm serious," Percy complained. "If monsters have to attack, can't They just wait till after school."

I laughed. "Well, at least they didn't attack while you were in the middle of class."

"That's happened before" daddy mentioned. "The funny thing is we were in the middle of our Greek mythology unit."

"Probably the only unit I'll ever get an A in." Percy sighed.

We all laughed, then went back into a comfortable silence. I decided I would work on my homework, which was to draw a picture of an animal you enjoy. I was debating on doing either a bunny or a horse. As I dug though my bag looking for my sketch pad, then I found the invitation to Emma's birthday party.

"Hey daddy." I asked. "Can I go to Emma's birthday party tomorrow?" I showed him the invitation.

"Sure, I don't see why not." He said. "But I have a ton of papers to grade, so you need to ask your mom if she can take you."

"I can do it." Percy said. "Besides, mom has that writers convention anyway."

"Well, okay" daddy agreed. "That okay with you, Mirra?"

I grinned. "Yeah!"

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Emma's house was a small two story house literally right beside battery park. It was about 20 blocks away from our apartment. Daddy still won't let percy use the car after the pegasus incident (which I personally found kind of funny). So instead of using a car, Percy put me up on his shoulders and ran. Percy was a really fast runner, and it shocked me that he could run so far without getting tired.

Battery park was really big with a huge field to play in. Emma's house was painted a soft ocean blue with a white tile roof. Pink balloons were tied to the banasters. Percy took me off his shoulders with a smile and told me to have fun.

From what it looked like, most of the class had already gotten here, along with some people from Emma's old school. I ran up on the driveway, about to greet Emma and give her her birthday present, when I saw Adam.

Adam was standing under a tree. He was talking to a pretty girl with curly black hair that went past her lower back. I could tell her eyes were sparkling grey, similar to Annabeths only not as intelligent. I could already tell she didn't go to our school.

At first I didn't think much about it, but then, I saw the girl hug Adam. I froze in place as watched him return the hug. Then to make matters worse, the girl kissed him on the cheek, and he just smiled and bent down to accept it.

I dropped the present I was holding. My knees were wobbly, but I was able to run away to catch up to Percy.

He whipped around as soon as I called his name. I hooked myself onto his chest and started crying. He at first was confused, but then looked over to where I was standing. I could feel him glaring at Adam, but then he wrapped his arms around me and slowly stroked my hair. He whispered soothing words to calm me down.

My chest hurt like it had been stabbed by a broken glass. I shook wildly and couldn't stop sobbing. I guess this is what a broken heart feels like. Percy held me a little tighter as I cried harder.

We stayed like that for a few minutes before I heard someone call my name.

I turned around. Behind me, Zack was standing. He was nervously shifting from foot to foot. A small blush appeared on his cheeks.

"Hi Mirra." He said nervously. "I-i saw w-what Adam d-did t-to you."

I sniffed and rubbed my eyes free of tears, but more formed in there place. I felt Percy's thumb rub against my eye, instantly drying both of them.

"He's a ral jerk." Zack caught my attention and I perked up.

"W-what?".

"He's a real jerk." Zack repeated. "He's a jerk and an idiot. And if it means anything, I think your much cuter than that other girl."

I wiped my eye. "Really?"

Zack blushed a bit brighter, but nodded. I blushed a bit, but found myself gigging at the nervous look on his face.

"Hey M." Percy interrupted. "Do you think you want to go back to the birthday party? "

I looked between Percy and Zack. Zack still had a blush on his cheeks and seemed to be twitling his thumbs together nervously.

"Yeah," I said, the corners of my mouth twitching up into a smile. I jumped down from Percy's arms, then ran over to hug Zack.

"Thanks" I whispered. Then together, Zack and I walked hand in hand back to the house.

Okay, I am SO SORRY that I didn't update yesterday. My computer was being a d**k and wouldn't let me log in. I'm also sorry I couldn't update earlier, but Geek Charming came on. (Love that movie!)