Looming Secrets

Chapter 8

Jason

I hate mornings, this one in particular. I probably shouldn't have sneaked into the library last night to do my own research. I know, I'm surprised too, but I needed the information. Ari was right to ask why the shades were here, it just wasn't right for me to answer.

Damn. She probably hated my guts.

I looked around the Dinning Hall and spotted Ari stabbing her pancakes at a table across the room with her friends. I guess I should've felt bad for what I said last week during training, but I didn't, couldn't, shouldn't. It was for her own good. People that are close to me—the real me—will always somehow end up getting hurt.

Luckily, Ari has stopped with the questions, but training was still a pain in the ass. I've been drilling her with the basics in training and improvement was coming along slowly. So slowly that I needed to train with her five times a week, two hours each time. I really had better things to do than training with Ari for that long.

It's a good thing it's Friday today, because I really don't think I can stand practice sessions with Ari on the weekends. Today is going to be the last session of two torturous hours, and then the sweet weekend will finally let me sleep in. But of course, I have to get through the day first.

I said goodbye to the people at my table, and went to my locker. It took me two minutes to open the stupid lock and another two minutes to get to Biology since my locker was just a few turns away from the class.

I sat down and the warning bell rang. A few minutes later, the class started and I quickly lost interest in what Mr. Anderson was yapping about. Since I had nothing to do, I took out my phone a randomly went through my apps. I was smart enough to stack up a couple of books in front of me so that I could set my cell on the counter without the teacher noticing. What I forgot to do was look up every few seconds so that the teacher won't get suspicious.

"Mr. Stone."

I looked up and saw a very angry Mr. Anderson glaring at me through his nerd glasses. "Yes?"

"Why is it that the gods can be ubiquitous when demigods can not?"

I paused. I know that the gods being ubiquitous means that they can be at several places at once, but why they can do it was not something I knew. Dammit, I was screwed. How can the teacher expect me to remember something the IDA taught me eight years ago?

Mr. Anderson sighed at my silence while shaking his head. "Phone on my desk, please."

I was irritated to say the least, but I still walked up to the teacher's desk and put my cell on it. I could feel Mr. Anderson's disapproving gaze on me when I went back to my seat and sat down.

"Thank you, Jason," Mr. Anderson's voice filled the room. "Now to answer that question, let us take a look at page fifty-five."

The sound of shuffling paper filled the room and Mr. Anderson continued. "As it says in the textbook, the ability to be ubiquitous means that you can be anywhere and everywhere at once. This gift is not in us because it is not part of the power that is passed down to us by our godly parent. The ubiquitous gods have something in their DNA that allows them to make exact replicas of themselves and also divide their consciousness within those replicas."

Oh, I guess that explains how one god can have so many kids at the same age. Man, it must be awesome to be able to bang that many chicks at once.

My mind became distracted again. But this time I made sure to keep my eyes on the board that Mr. Anderson was scribbling furiously on. I read over the writing and decided I might as well write the notes down since I really couldn't do anything else.

After the notes, Mr. Anderson gave us an essay to write, and then the bell rang. I had to stay behind and get a lecture about paying attention in class, but there wasn't anything else to discuss. It wasn't like my grades depended on me paying attention in class, because I never listened to the long ass lectures the teachers gave, and I still have an average of ninety-five. And let me remind you that I go to a private school with teachers that have enough degrees to be university professors.

English and Calculus came and went. When lunch rolled by, I was completely bored with the whole school. You'd think that there would at least be a few explosions in a Dinning Hall full of demigods, but no, all you get is a buffet table that refills itself.

My entertainment of the day came when thin arms wrapped around me as I was getting food. I turned around and found myself face to face with Violet Alexandra, daughter of Aphrodite.

I smirked. "Hey."

"Hey babe. Did you miss me?"

Violet may have been smiling, but her purple eyes dared me to say no to her question. I wasn't stupid so I said, "Sure," and grabbed her hips.

She giggled a bit before adding some salad to her plate. "Cuba was awesome, so worth missing the first two weeks of school. Oh, and you cannot believe what my dad got for my b-day. The new car is totes adorable!"

"Uh-huh." I wasn't really paying attention because I was starving, so I headed back to my table.

Violet followed. "So where's the belated present you got me? Wait, it's in my room waiting for me isn't it? OMG, I'm so excited!"

I stopped in my tracks. I was supposed to get her something? I mean, sure, we screw each other sometimes, but I didn't think that meant I had to get her presents.

Violet stopped too and inspected me. "Omg, you totes forgot, didn't you?"

She pouted and I shrugged. Then her purple eyes suddenly brightened as if she got an idea. "Okay, fine. I won't hold it against you if you agree to see me in my birthday suit." She added a wink.

"Now?"

"Why not?"

I pretended to think about it to make her a bit more eager, but after all, I am a guy, and Violet was a hot girl with a nice pair of tits.

"Sure." I grabbed the sandwich off my plate and put the plate with the other food on a empty table by me.

Violet did the same and followed me out of the Dinning Hall.

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A/N

Wow, that is a short chapter. Sorry if it bored you a bit, but I need it for the next chapter, which will be awesome (hopefully).

And BTW, I'm not going to write out the "time" Jason and Violet spends together. So put it out of your heads you pervs!

Haha, jk. But yeah, the next chappy should be a lot better.

Bye (~.~)/