The Daughter of Apollo

Chapter Eight: School Starts a Living Hell

 Chapter Eight-School Starts a Living Hell

Percy straightened up and took some deep breaths while Connor helped Travis up.

"What happened to him?" I asked completely bewildered. Connor looked over at me and smiled.

"Katie hit him in the back of the head with a frying pan."

"What'd he do?"

"He tried to kiss her."

Travis raised his hand from the ground.

"She panicked. We all know she wants to kiss me." Travis smiled, stood up, and flexed. "I mean, who can resist this?"

When Travis was done showing off muscle that really wasn't there, Connor held out his hand. Travis stared at it.

"What?" He asked his brother.

"I believe you owe me money," Conner answered, a smirk on his mischievous face, as Travis dug around in his pockets. Travis pulled out a big, golden coin-a drachma-and handed it over to Conner, who looked unsatisfied.

"What now?" Travis whined.

"You owe me four more drachmas," his brother replied.

"I only have the one right now!"

"Well, then I believe you're now in my debt."

"No way! I will not-"

"Guys!" Percy yelled at them. "Why did you two even come here again?"

"Well," Travis started.

"We wanted to congratulate Jaycee on being claimed," Connor continued.

"And Connor really wanted to see her, cause she disappeared, off to nowhere," Travis exaggerated the 'no where' while wiggling his fingers, trying to look mysterious. Percy rolled his eyes.

"Well, I got to get Jaycee, Meg, and Lana to the apartment so they can go to school."

"School?" Connor asked, saying the word as if it was a foreign concept.

"What is this 'school'?" Travis caught on.

"School is this place where you go to learn. Whether you want to or not. Except for you year-rounders. You don't have to go to school," One of the younger Apollo kids explained to the Stolls who, apparently, weren't joking around.

Travis looked horrified, and Connor looked like he might pass out.

"That's horrible!" Travis walked over and placed a hand on my shoulder. "I hope you come back alive."

I rolled my eyes. "I've been doing well for a while, I think I'll be fine," I said as I removed his hand from my shoulder.

Then Travis turned to Connor.

"C'mon Connor, say bye to Jaycee, then we have to figure out who pranked the Aphrodite head counselor, you know, to get pay back."

Connor wiped his forehead, and then pulled me into a hug, my arms back at my sides awkwardly. When he pulled away, he patted my shoulder and walked out of the cabin with his brother.

That wasn't weird and random....I thought sarcastically.

The whole room had eyebrows raised. Then Will looked at me and said, "Check your pockets."

I did to find everything there and in its place. When I told them that, they were even more confused than originally.

}{}{}{}{