Percy*Love Like Woe*Jackson

Whoa!!!

5 Love Like Woe

The next afternoon everybody was exhausted. We were done with most of our exams, and now we had Mr. Brunner's Latin and mythology test. How was I going to conjugate verbs and find the differenced between Charon and Chiron when I'm about to pass out? I don't even remember getting undressed, getting into bed, and waking up!

After I got done, I turned in my test and went back to my desk. I barely had my head against the cold wood before I was dead to the world.

"Miss Dawn... Miss Dawn!" I jolted my head up, then rubbed my eyes as I looked at my caller. It was Mr. Brunner. "Are you alright? I've been trying to wake you up for about ten minutes!" I sat up abruptly, now wide awake. How long was I asleep?

"I'm sorry, Mr. Brunner. I stayed up late studying."It wasn't a total lie. Mr. Brunner nodded, then asked me a weird question."Miss Dawn, are you returning next year?" I lowered my head slightly."My mom thinks it best for me not to come back next year..."I trailed off. Why does he care? Why does it matter?

"Well, maybe it's for the best. I mean, well-" "What is it?"I asked, sort of mad. Why would it be for the best? "Am I not good enough for some private school?" I asked before thinking. The expression on his face was surprise. My mouth went agape. Whoa... Did I really say that?

"To be candid, you're better than most of them. I was just trying to say... Daphne, you're not normal. You don't belong here."That hurt. A lot."Thanks. Really, thanks. Thanks for reminding me that I'm not normal and that I don't fit in. Like I needed reminding from you." I didn't wait for him to reply, because I rushed out and started to run to my dorm room, tears in my eyes.

Did a teacher just really tell me that I don't belong here? Hell, like I really needed HIM to tell me something that I already knew! I had been told many times before. Ok, so I was socially awkward, actually liked math, read a alot( even with my dyslexia) and was really, really weird. Most girls didn't like me because I would rather get down and dirty than gossip or do someone's make-up.

My mom hated me. My nanny was useless. My dad apparently didn't want me. I liked my best friend, who I'm not going to see that much after the holidays. I was useless. I'm sort of really ugly-

"Whoa!" Said a familiar voice. I looked through my tear filled eyes and saw Percy and Grover standing there. I sniffled and hugged Percy with all of my might. He hugged back and started to calm me down by rubbing my back again like he did last night."Shh... Everything's okay..."

-Percy's PoV

"I seriously think so," Grover said, a smile on his face. I rolled my eyes at him. What did he know? Besides, if I did like her to begin with, I could keep it a secret. Grover was keeping a secret from me anyways! "I can tell, Perce. You can't keep the secret from me. I've seen you look at her like she's the sun ever since she came here with that puppy dog look on her face. Can't deny the truth."

Maybe Grover was actually right. But me and Daphne? This is Daphne you're thinking about Percy, I thought. Hotheaded, stubborn, know-it-all, sporty, nice, sarcastic, funny, pretty, makes me laugh, stands up for me-"Looks like you're thinking about something," Grover said, interrupting my train of thought. I shook my head of all my previous thoughts. I could never like my best friend!

"Shut up." I said simply. Grover chuckled lightly."Maybe you should tell her before we have to leave. Neither of you are coming back to this school, anyways." I sighed."She's staying with me for about a month or so during the summer. Apparently her mom and my mom met before and said it was okay. Besides, her mom won't be back in the states for a while."

Grover nodded, then shrugged."But when-"before I could finish my sentence, someone collided into my chest, just about knocking the wind out of me."Whoa!" I looked down at saw Daphne, her eyes filled with tears that refused to fall. She looked up at me, and there was a certain sadness in her eyes. One that I've never seen before.She then hugged me with such a fierceness. I hugged her back and she began sobbing.

I know that she hates to show emotion around other people, and crying is on the top of the list."Shh... Everything's okay..."I said, rubbing her back the way I did last night. I looked over at Grover, who held a surprised expression on his face.His eyes went from me to Daphne. I then rested my chin on the top of her dark head and waited. Then the thought popped to the front of my head.

I, Percy Jackson, had a crush on my best friend, Daphne Dawn.

And I hate myself for it.