A New Start

New Kid on the Block

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"Oh, cool I'm Richard Grayson, but you can call me Dick," he says. Also what kind of nickname is that?

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1stly, what kind of nickname is Dick? Do his parents hate him or something? 2ndly, why do I feel like I know him from somewhere? And lastly why is in a fighter's position? I better keep away from him.

"Okay, thanks for picking up my books. And helping me up." I stutter out. So awkward!

"You're welcome," he says while rubbing the back of his neck. He goes down to look at his phone then releases a few profanities. "We are almost late," he says then runs to his next class. Strange.

By now I'm the only one left in the hallway. Shoot! I check my timetable and it says that I have math. Bummer. As I walk/sprint to math class all I can think about is where I've seen Richy before. (Richy is Dicks nickname)

Math class goes incredibly slow and all the boys keep looking at me. Do I have something on my face? The teacher's name is Mr Zatara. He is very dull. I almost fell asleep twice!

When the bell rings I check my schedule and see I've got adv Latin with Thalia and Nico. Yay! An easy class!

I just make it to class when the bell goes off. I walk into a dull classroom with a female teacher decked fully out in a purple outfit complete with a purple Handbag and purse. Her face is in a scowl and is set in a way that reminds me of a toad. I already know I'm going to hate her. Me Thalia and Nico sit at the back laughing at how incorrect the teacher is when she spots us. Mama Mia, here we go again.

"Miss Jackson, I didn't know you were confident enough with Latin to just joke around in class. As punishment, you three need to complete a conversation in Latin." Said the teacher I've yet to come up with a nickname for. Ohhh I've got it! Welcome the Purple Toad! Anyway ADHD, back to class.

"Of course, Miss," Nico says.

(In Latin)

"Thalia, I ran into this boy" Thalia cuts me off.

"And what, you want boy advice, Nico would be better suited for that!" Said the boy killer.

"Just because I'm into boys does not make me one of those 'gay best friends'!" Death breath says. At this point I've just tuned them out.

(End Latin)

After 5 minutes the Purple Toad says that we could stop and to pay attention next time. lol!

Lunch comes and we sit down in the corner of the cafeteria. We forgot to bring lunch, so we buy the nasty looking stuff. Me being the sensible one (lol) decided that it is most likely poison. Thalia agrees with me, but Nico is stubborn.

" Nico it's probably poisoned!" I yell at him

"I'm gonna eat it anyway!" He screams back. As McDonald's-Man goes to pick up the sludge of 'mystery meat' it eats his fork. No joke! I double over laughing at the new turn of events and I see Thalia is doing the same while Nico is mumbling something under his breath.

English passes quickly with us having Mr Kent as our teacher. All the boys continued openly staring at me. The only one that wasn't was a beef kid at the back who looks like he was related to superman.

English passes and soon I had science. Fun! I had a very cool teacher who was very into what he was doing. He had bright red hair and at some points, he had such fast reflexes that I going to assume that he is a speedster. He said his name was something along the lines of Adams, maybe Armstrong. It starts with an A.

My elective when quickly because it was just some guy talking about what to expect. So, I did what I normally do and just talked to the fish. Out of them I found out that Richy was Robin, someone called Conner was Superboy, Mr A was the Flash, and Ms Prince was Wonder Woman. Fun class!

In my last class, I had Pinecone-face and Death-breath. We were doing P.E. For the class we had Ms Lance. We were in a fairly new gym that had shined flours and basketball hoops. As soon as we get changed into gym clothes (used the mist for scars) we are told to run three laps around the gym. The three of us race each other but in the end, Thalia won (I blame it on Artemis' blessing) I came second and Neeks last. We were the first ones finished by a mile. When everyone else finished they were all sweaty and gross.

"In today's class, we will be learning some basic combat" Ms Lance says. Yay! "Now pair up and get a mat or two and try."

In the end, we got put into a three because there were not enough people. Ms Lance came around and corrected people but when she got to us, she just watched amazed. We should have toned it down. Oops.

"Where did you learn that?" Ms Lance said in a voice that was laced in suspicion.

"Summer Camp" we all reply.

After that, we go home and get ready for the Wayne Enterprises Charity Gala. Yay!

(Merry Christmas for yesterday!)