Out Of My League | Percabeth | Completed

Chapter 2

Percy's POV

The alarm clock rang next to my ear for the second time. For some reason, the picture of the honey-blonde entered into my mind. 

She's beautiful, I thought, I've got no chance, she's totally out of my league 

I changed, knowing I would have to go to school. Goode high. It sounds nice. I was just dreading the people and the words. If I didn't have either of that. I would have a great time at school. Though of course, that would not be happening.

I walked as slowly as I could, stopping at every window, to smell the roses, to simple pretend to enjoy the weather, a gloomy dark day. It was pouring. Eventually, I did see the roof of the school and picked up pace. It was inevitable.

I walked to the campus. A young woman greeted me.

'Hello- your name please?'
'Perseus Jackson,' I said quietly.
'There you go- happy first day of school!' she said cheerfully, handing me a timetable.

It went something like this.

Algebra

Lunch

Chemistry
Social Science
Mathematics

Biology

Civics

I walked into my first class, Algebra, after asking a few directions. 

'Ah, Mr Jackson,' the teacher- Miss Jones said as she sized me up, 'You can take a seat next to Mister Zhang.' she pointed at a chubby full grown baby. I'm not kidding, he was a man-baby. He had chubby cheeks but had the air of a jock.
'Yes'm,' I said quickly and hurried into my seat next to him.

Frank whispered to me.

'New?'
'Yeah,' I whispered back.
'Wanna hang out at the cafeteria?'
'Yeah sure!' I told him. He smiled.
'I've got some friends as well, that's fine with you?'
'Yeah! Don't ask me!' I whispered back.
'Ahem. Zhang, Jackson,' the teacher coughed, 'anything you two wanna share?'
'Nothing ma'am - we're discussing the algebra.' Frank said convincingly. I suppose he got away quite easily like this. The teacher cast us suspicious looks but continued with the lesson.

The rest of the class was spent whispering between the two of us. I don't recall concentrating for a minute on Algebra.

'You coming?' Frank asked me as I picked up my books, 'It's lunch next,'
'Yeah - um, sure...' I wasn't really sure but I followed Frank anyways.
'You're going to meet my friends,' Frank said a bit awkwardly 'they're nice.' he added.
'I guess they are then!' I scratched my neck awkwardly.

Frank and I walked into the cafeteria. At its corner, a round table was occupied with a group of students.

'There they are!' Frank said.

He walked over to the table and I silently followed. There was a girl with golden eyes and curly chocolate brown hair. She was talking animatedly to another boy with blonde hair and electric blue eyes. Frank swiftly bent down and kissed the girl on the cheek. Next to her was a boy with dark hair, an olive complexion and dark eyes, he was my cousin, Nico. He'd been going to the school for a year. He waved at me.

'This is Hazel.' Frank said. He pointed at the golden eyed girl, 'She's um... my girlfriend...'
The blonde haired guy sniggered.
'Shut up Jason.' Frank scowled. 

Next to the guy named Jason, a girl with seemingly multi-coloured eyes, dark choppy hair that was braided down the sides was holding hands with him. Frank introduced her as Piper Mclean. Her arm was swung around a guy with brown hair which was all over the place and really curly. He was tinkering with a few objects. Frank introduced him as Leo. There was a girl with brown hair, Reyna, she was. Apperently she couldn't hang out because she had to train some campers at some camp. We only got to hang out in school. And it was a rarity when she could ever come over to anyone's house.