Percy*Love Like Woe*Jackson

1-Percy Jackson- Love Like Woe

"I'm going to kill her,"someone mumbled in my ear, bringing me out of my daydream.I looked from the window to Percy, who looked like he really was going to kill someone.As I began to wonder who he was talking about, Nancy Bobofit chucked another piece of her disgusting peanut butter and ketchup sandwich.

"It's okay. I like peanut butter,"Grover said, his voice telling Percy to calm down. Grover was a sensitive, scrawny guy. He also looked as if he had been held back several grades because he had the start of a beard on his chin and had acne.

Besides that, he was crippled. I did a sideways glare at Nancy and started to pick the wads of her sandwich out of his hair. As I got the last bit out, Nancy threw another piece. Grover dodged it and it landed on the back of the seat in front of us."That's it,"Percy said, standing up.

Grover pulled him down."You're already on probation." He reminded."You know who'll get blamed if anything happens."She threw another piece, and this time it hit him. Now I was getting really angry. What's her problem?"Percy might be on probation, but I'm not."I said, slightly smiling.

I wanted to deck Nancy right then and there, but the look in Grover's eyes told me not to."No, don't.No need for you to get into trouble; they'll call your mom again."Percy said, sighing. "Fine," I mumbled, leaning back in my seat and crossing my arms."Thanks for at least trying, guys."Grover said."You don't have to thank us,"Percy said.

He was right. Friends don't have to thank friends. And truth he told, Grover and Percy weren't my friends; they were my closest and only best friends. I'd do anything for them.

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As we entered the museum, Mr. Brunner led the tour. He was my favorite teacher, hands down. He was the school's Latin teacher, but he was more than that. He was a middle- aged guy in a motorized wheelchair. He often told us stories and jokes and let us play interesting games.

Sometimes he brougt in Roman armor and weapons. But now he led us through big isles of Greek and Roman stuff, and sometimes pausing to tell us what was what. It's really amazing that all this stuff survived all these years.

As we made it to the end of the end of the hall, we all gathered around a 13 foot tall column with a giant sphinx on top. Mr. Brunner started telling us how it was a grave marker for a girl that was about our age. As much as I tried to listen, everybody around me was talking. Even Percy tried shutting them up, but the Harley ridin' Mrs. Dodds would glare intently at him.

Another person I absolutely hated. She was from some state down south, and she always wore the same leather jacket to school everyday. And of course, Nancy was her favorite person in the world. And Percy was her least .I was somewhere near the latter, but I don't care.

I'm usually too sneaky for her to catch me do anything. Just as I was about to ask Percy and Grover if they wanted to move up closer,Percy shouted,"Will you shut up?"My mouth went agape, but then I realized that he wasn't talking to me.

As the whole group laughed, Mr. Brunner stopped his lesson."Mr. Jackson," he said."Did you have a comment?" Percy's face was tomato red. I didn't want him to get into any trouble, so I stepped up to the plate.

"No-""I said it, but it wasn't directed at you, sir."I said, interrupting Percy. Percy raised his eyebrow and Nancy snorted. I wanted to shoot her the bird so badly right now, but all eyes were on me."Really?"Mr. Brunner asked, his eyebrows raised slightly.

I nodded."Well then, perhaps you could tell us what this picture represents?" I looked at the carving and mentally sighed. Good thing Greek mythology was always a forte of mine. It was something I always found interesting. "It's Kronos eating his children,"

"Yes," Mr. Brunner said, then encouraged me to go on."And this was because...?"I sighed and shifted my weight. I glanced to Grover and Percy, then back to the carving."Kronos was king titan, and he didn't trust his kids because someone told him that they would overthrow him like he did with Uranus, his dad. So, he ate all but baby Zeus, but that was only because Rhea, his wife, gave him a rock instead.

"And later Zeus grew up and became a servant for Kronos. One day he used a mixture of mustard and wine and Kronos spit up all of his children, who were fully grown."A girl behind me said eew, which made me turn to glare. She shut up and I continued."And then there was a huge fight between the Gods and the Titans. But the Gods won,"I finally looked at Mr. Brunner, who seemed more than pleased with my answer. I half smiled and shrugged.

Like we're going to use this in real life. Like it's going to say on a job application,'Please explain why Kronos ate his kids.'"I heard Nancy mumble to her hags of friends."And why, Mr. Jackson, to paraphrase Miss Bobofit's excellent question, does this matter to real life?" I chuckled slightly. About time she got busted for something.

"Busted,"Grover muttered."Shut up!" Nancy said, glowing red. Good thing Brunner had good ears because he was like, the only one to ever catch her doing something bad."I don't know, sir."Percy replied. I gave him a comforting nudge with my elbow and he half smiled."I see."Mr. Brunner said, looking a little more than disappointed.

"Well, half credit, Mr. Jackson. And credit for Miss Dawn, of course."Mr. Brunner then went on explaining what I basically just said, and then excused us all to lunch. The class walked off, leaving me, Grover, Percy, and Mr. Brunner behind.

"Mr. Jackson,"Mr. Brunner called out. Percy told us to go on. As me and Grover headed to the fountain, I pulled out a pop-tart from my messenger bag."Want some?" I asked Grover. Grover nodded, taking half of the pop-tart. It tasted like apple pie, which made my stomach yell happily.

"Have you noticed the weather lately?"Grover asked, looking up.I looked up also, now noticing the greying sky. I could tell that it was going to rain soon. A lot of weird things have been happening ever since Christmas break. Lots of snow storms, wild fires caused by lightning, flooding, and other natural disasters.Probably global warming.

And the strange thing? Nobody else seemed to notice. Some guys were harassing pigeons, and Nancy was pick-pocketing some lady."Detention?" Grover asked, looking at Percy, who sat down beside me."No," he said."Not from Brunner.I just wished that he'd lay off me sometimes. I mean, I'm not a genius."Percy sighed.

I wish that I could have said something to help him, but I couldn't. Probably because I thought that Mr. Brunner was right; he should push his students to do better."Can I have your apple?" asked Grover, who was eyeing Percy's apple. Percy gave it to him and sighed.Again.

Percy looked like he went deep into thought, so I decided to leave him alone. The only sound that came from us was Grover chomping on his apple."Wanna share a sandwich?" I asked to no one in particular. Percy shrugged,"Sure."I grabbed the Nutella sandwich from my bag and handed it to Percy.

Just as he started to unwrap it, Nancy and her hags appeared in front of us.Nancy then dropped her half-eaten sandwich on Grover's lap. I glared up at her. I swear, I would sell my left lung just to punch her out.

"Oops!" Nancy said, smiling deviously. I clenched my hands into fists and grinned my teeth. Even if I did hit her, somehow Percy would get into trouble. I glanced at Percy, who also seemed to have a hard time keeping his anger from exploding. His green eyes were narrowed and stared ahead.

Suddenly, a huge wave came from the fountain, hitting Nancy square in the chest. I looked at Grover, who was wide-eyed as well."Percy pushed me!" Nancy yelled. In a flash, Mrs. Dodds appeared in front of us, fury in her eyes. Oh, no...