Chapter 8 Part 1
Simon
"Hey Percy," I said, casually.
"Hey," he replied, grabbing his books and grinning. I raised my eyebrows.
"What are you so excited about?" I say, nudging him in the arm.
"I have a date tonight," he said giddily. I was very pleased with myself when I didn't drop my books. That may have been perceived as rude. But I swallowed my surprise.
"Congrats, man. Who's the lucky girl?" He gives me a toothy grin, like he was trying to contain his excitement. To be honest, he reminded me of a 5 year old getting ice cream.
"Annabeth," he said happily. I frowned. The new girl? How were they dating? She just came yesterday. Yesterday was also the day when they disappeared together with all of the new kids. Orientation? I didn't think so.
"The new girl?" I inquire, holding back a whole lot of questions. He nodded happily. He was really in love with this girl. I wished he knew how short high school relationships were.
Just then, the guy named Jason walked past, and stopped at Percy. He was about 1 inch taller than Percy, and had bright blue eyes. He wore a purple t-shirt and jeans. He looked normal enough, but the fact that they all just simultaneously left class yesterday bugged me. Why couldn't I come?
"Hey, Percy. Who's your friend?" he asked. He radiated power, and I was slightly compelled to bow to him. Where did that come from?
"Jason, this is Simon. Simon, this is Jason," Percy said tightly. I could sense there was some tension between the two of them, but they acted like best buds. Weird.
"Wassup?" Jason said, poker faced, but Percy choked. I was going to ask if he was okay, but I realized he and Jason were grinning. Wow, way to introduce yourself, an exclusive inside joke. Puh.
"Nothing much," I replied casually, looking to Percy to continue the conversation. I was never very good at small talk. I always wanted to ramble about things my mother said was "stupid" and "pointless" and "you'll never be as good as your older brother". Forget about that last one. The point is, I'm not good at small talk.
"So, I'm assuming you've joined the swim team?" Jason bet. Percy nodded.
"How about you?" Percy said innocently, but Jason cheeks turned pink. Yep, definitely tension. Jason regained his composure.
"Nah. When it comes to swimming, I just don't feel a… a spark."
"Really? I'm shore you'd do a great job."
"I'd be shocked if I did."
"I sea what you did there."
"Well, when it comes to puns you got to go above and beyond."
"Water you saying?"
"The sky's the limit with cheesy puns. You need blue-sky thinking."
"Whale, then, you should join the swim team. It would be fin. Erhm, fun."
"Maybe if I said a pr-air…"
"C'mon, Jason. Don't play koi."
Just as Jason was about to reply, Annabeth stepped in. Her eyes shined a fierce warning.
"Boys, stop this. You're making him suffer," she said, gesturing to me. I just realized I was in the midst of a pun war. Air and water? Well, the two were about as different as they could get, so it made sense.
"Annabeth, don't be crabby," Percy chided. Annabeth rolled her eyes and turned to him, but with his puppy dog eyes, I was sure she would crack. How could she ever say no to this guy?
"It would be very...wise...of you to stop."
"Yeah, okay," Jason gave in.
Just then, Leo rushed in a wild look on his face, that quickly subsided to disappointment. But he managed a impish grin.
"Aw, man, it's over? Things were just heating up!"
Everyone cracked up at that, and I forced a laugh. So many inside jokes. I felt a bit jealous, but also determined that I would be friends with these guys. They were cool. They whole thought of them being aliens or whatever seemed ridiculous. They were just high-schoolers. There were just like me.
Hey, peeps! Lol, this is super short. But there will be a part 2 in which Simon will also narrate. But Chapter 9 will be narrated by the swim coach, so I wanted to stretch out this chapter. Okay, but seriously, I apollo-gize for the cheesy pun war. Wait...no I don't. Thanks to Awolf24 for the reviews! Remember, if you have any ideas for future chapters, PM me! See ya!