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Here's chapter three! Yay!
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On Saturday, we went to the party with Jenna and her roommate, Joslyn. Joslyn appeared to be the opposite of Jenna-instead of tall, angular and blonde, Joslyn was short, rounded and had dark, pin-straight hair. As we walked to the subway on our way to the party, however, Percy and I discovered that they were very similar, mentally. Both of them were going for a degree in literature. They both planned on being novelists. They'd gone to high school together and had shared a locker for three years. And they had an innumerable amount of inside jokes.

Most people might find it annoying that on the twenty-minute trip to the apartment complex, Jenna and Joslyn burst out laughing(for no reason apparent to us) six times, but I personally thought it was cute. You could tell they were great friends.

The building we faced was made of brick, one of the older ones in the neighborhood. Jenna buzzed for number 3, and we waited on the doorstep. After a few seconds we heard footsteps on stairs, and then one of the doors opened. A girl blonde, magenta-streaked hair stood there. She grinned when she saw us.

"Jenna! Joslyn!" She squealed.

"Tyler!" Jenna yelled in response. They hugged, and then Joslyn and Tyler hugged. Once the embracing was done, Percy and I were introduced.

Tyler was another high school friend of the girls'. They had all moved to the city from California. Tyler wasn't going to the same university as us, but she was still in college at the city, and with the help of her mom, she'd gotten an apartment.

We began up the stairs, single file. Jenna and Tyler were talking.

"I'm so excited, Ty," Jenna said. "This apartment is the beginning of all our aspirations."

"I know," Tyler said. "Wait 'til you see it. Once we save up enough money we can get one big enough for all three of us."

I turned around and grinned at Percy. He grinned back.

Once we got up to the residence(which was pretty nice), we began helping Tyler do some last-minute setup for the party, since we were the first guests. More people began arriving, and I recognized one or two of them from my classes, but it looked like most were from a different school. Since Joslyn and Jenna were in the same boat we were-not knowing anyone-they stuck with us, which was cool.

"So, you guys are from California?" I asked Jenna.

She nodded, taking a sip of her soda. "From a little town north of Sacramento."

"Why'd you come to New York?"

Jenna laughed. "Why not? Actually, Jos and I went on an eighth grade trip here, and we just loved it. Then we both got accepted to the college…so we figured we'd go for it."

"That's really cool," I said. "I'm glad you went for it."

She smiled. "Where did you grow up?"

I figured I should just give up. "New Jersey," I told her.

"That's cool." She said sincerely. "Did you come into the city a lot?"

"I did, actually. Since growing up in Jersey isn't exactly what I'd call 'cool'."

Jenna raised her eyebrow. "Why not?"

I shrugged. "It's New Jersey. What's so great about living there?"

Jenna shook her head slowly. "It shouldn't matter the location you grew up in." She told me. "The quality of your childhood is what matters."

I looked at her for a moment. "I never thought of it that way," I said.

"Well, maybe you'd better start now," Jenna told me, with a big smile. Then she drained her soda and said, "I've got to go find Tyler. I'll be right back, okay?"

I nodded, and watched her walk off. Then I turned around and saw Percy talking to Joslyn, who was leaning against the wall. Somehow, Jenna and I had drifted from them. As I watched, Joslyn smiled at something Percy said, but Percy seemed distracted. He looked around, glancing out the window, and frowning. He said something to Joslyn and then started to walk away. Joslyn looked as confused as I felt.

"Hey, Chad." I turned around to see that Jenna was back.

"Hey," I said, looking over my shoulder once more for Percy, but he'd disappeared in the crowd.

"So, I was just wondering…" Jenna began, and I turned my attention back to her, trying to shake off the strange feeling I had.

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"Blackjack, now is not the time," Percy said as he closed the glass door that led onto the tiny balcony.

It is too the time, boss. The flying horse replied as he hovered, flapping his wings.

"Blackjack, what are you doing here? Did you fly straight here? What if someone saw you?"

Don't worry, boss, I was careful.

Percy ran his hand through his hair. "I think we have different definitions of 'careful'."

Chiron wants you at camp ASAP, Blackjack said with a whinny. Hop on!

"I'm not going anywhere with you, not now!" Percy said.

Chiron said it was important.

Percy turned away from the horse and paced the length of the patio.

"I can't leave now," he decided. "But…I can meet you tonight. How's midnight? Can you find my dorm?"

Sure, boss.

"Okay, I'll meet you behind the dorm at midnight. Okay?"

I'll be there!

"Good," Percy said, reaching over so he could pat Blackjack. "Lay low until then, got it? I don't want you spotted."

The horse agreed, and then flew off. Percy sighed and sat down on a bench and looked out on the small portion of the city he could see.

"Uh, Percy?"

He looked up to see Joslyn in the doorway. "You alright?"

"Yeah," He said, turning back to the city lights. "Just needed some air."

If only, Percy thought.

Yeah! Blackjack!
I wrote this chapter instead of writing an English essay, so I'd better get to that...hopefully I'll do some more writing and update soon.
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