𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐒, apollo

𝐢𝐢𝐢. apparently, i've read romeo and juliet

I QUICKLY SAT DOWN next to Percy, readjusting my tie. I breathe out in relief as I notice that the teacher is still in her little room.

"Where were you?" Percy hissed as our teacher entered. I pulled my hair into a ponytail as I replied, "Overslept."

He looked at me weirdly, "Overslept? Your insomnia is getting better then?"

I paused. I didn't even realise, but the last time I checked the clock was twelve, meaning I've slept way longer than my usual four hours.

"I guess." He nodded, "Good then. I also thought you left me alone for math." I sent him a smile as we both got our textbooks out. Cy, like me, is dyslexic, meaning we both hate math. Along with almost every other subject.

"Everyone, open your textbooks, page fifty-three." Mrs. Dodds said. "Today we'll go over the..."

I glanced out the window. The dream still lingers in my mind. Was it a dream? I touched the golden necklace through my clothes. It was proof, yet... yet, it felt like I was going insane.

You're not insane.

I think my heart stopped. But, thankfully it started beating again as I shook my head. I probably just imagined it, maybe having a Redbull everyday started catching up to me.

A chuckle rang out. It was almost like a melody, or maybe it was? I looked around the classroom, but no one was laughing, or even smiling. Everyone was half asleep, reading their textbooks.

"You okay?" I quickly turned to my left, to make sure that Cy actually asked me that, or if I was imagining it too.

But to my relief, Percy was in fact looking at me, concern was evident in his eyes. "You look pale." He said.

"Yeah, I don't feel so good."

I stood up and walked up to my teacher, asking if I could go to the bathroom. She was about to say no, but I mentioned my pale face and said that I was feeling nauseous, which was my ticket out of the classroom.

I almost threw the bathroom door open, quickly checking if anyone was there too. I washed my face in the sink, staring at myself in the mirror. "It was probably just my imagination running a little wild," I said to myself out loud, so that I would hear the truth in the words myself.

I wouldn't say so. The same voice reappeared in my mind.

I gripped the bathroom sink, quickly turning around, to see if a boy snuck out in the girl's bathroom to mess with me. There was no one.

I gulped, grabbing my bag and rummaging through it, trying to find my ADHD medication. I chugged two pills down, without any water, which was big for me considering that I can't even do that with water. Usually, I have to break them apart into smaller pieces in my mouth before I can swallow them.

I slid down, onto the cold bathroom floor, resting my head against the wall. I hoped no other girl would walk in right now, because I was sure that I looked like a crazy bitch.

You're not going crazy, pet.

"Yeah, easy for you to say," I replied to the thought out loud. I heard the voice sigh, but not say anything else, before I felt it disappear.

THE VOICE DIDN'T APPEAR for the rest of the day, so I pretended that I was fine. I made some excuse for Percy that I forgot to eat dinner yesterday, to which he and Grover made sure I ate enough during lunch. But, my supposed peace didn't last too long.

It was the last lesson of the day, literature. My assigned seat was thankfully next to Grover, while Percy was a few seats away from us and sat with some girl named Amelia. I only knew her name because I'm pretty sure Cy has a crush on her.

"Did you do the homework?" Grover whispered.

I turned to him, confused, "We had homework?"

He winced and I turned in Percy's direction, whispering, "Pst! Percy! Did you do the homework?"

He was about to answer when his eyes went wide and before I knew it, a ruler slammed on my desk. I jumped and stopped myself from cursing out loud as Mrs. Hart looked down at me. I think she genuinely likes the smell of teenager's fear. It's as if she's just waiting for someone to forget to do their homework or speak too loud to their classmates in class.

"Miss Nova, how about you be so kind and answer some questions about the work you had to do, which was to read Romeo and Juliet act one and answer twenty questions."

Another thing why students despised her was because she would give you the worst detentions for the smallest things. Including answering wrong to her pop-up questions, even if you had done the homework. Unlucky for me, I didn't even do that.

"On what condition does Capulet place Paris's marriage to Juliet?" Mrs. Hart asked. Oh fuck. Yeah, I was fucked.

Capulet places the condition to let two years pass on Paris's suit for Juliet. The voice appeared again in my thoughts.

Before I had time to overthink it, I repeated the words with confidence, "Capulet placed the condition to let two years pass on Paris's suit for Juliet."

The teacher looked surprised at my answer and I guessed that it was right. But she wasn't going to let me go that easily, I knew that.

"What important extended image does Lady Capulet use in describing Paris?"

I didn't even understand the question, but once again the voice in my head muttered the answer.

"She describes Paris as a beautifully written book, so he looks good on the inside and the outside," I repeat the words again.

My teacher huffed, before she passed me and went to stand in front of the class and instructed everyone to open our books.

"How did you know? You didn't even know we had homework!" Grover whispered.

I didn't turn to him, instead I flipped the book's pages. "I read it when I was a kid." I lied.

AUTHORS NOTE
ily this fanfic so much and this is only the third chapter

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-romanoff