The Daughter of Apollo

Chapter Fifteen: Mythology Class Helpers

Chapter Fifteen-Mythology Class Helpers

Lana couldn't contain her excitement. I had to go find some duct tape and tape her mouth shut until she stopped squealing. By the time she finally shut up and (tried) to ask us to take the tape off of her mouth, we were on our way to Mythology class and people were starting to look at her funny.

"I knew it! I knew it, I knew it! I knew it would happ-" I clamped my hand over Lana's mouth as Meg rubbed her temples, signaling if Lana didn't shut up now she'd get a headache, but at the same time she was smirking knowingly. Meg then leaned over to Lana and whispered in her ear, causing Lana to put a constipated look on her face, which meant that whatever Meg had said, it was taking everything for Lana not to squeal like Aphrodite when she found out Percy and Annabeth had started officially dating.

"What?" I asked slowly and cautiously, knowing whatever that was said wasn't good for me.

I never got my answer thanks to Leanne joining us as we walked into the Mythology classroom. I shouldn't have been surprised when I sat down and Mrs. Alexandra had brought over two upperclassmen students that were most likely excelling in this subject. And I really shouldn't have been surprised when it turned out to be Percy and Annabeth standing at the front of the room smiling at me, Meg, Lana, and Nico. I immediately averted my eyes and tried to blend in with my chair as I sunk lower and lower trying to avoid looking at them and hoping against hope that they didn't really know who I was and they were just smiling to be friendly.

I noticed Nico a few seats over doing the same as Percy looked his way.

"Well, class, let's say 'Hello!' to our two junior students who have agreed to help me teach Mythology this next week," Mrs. Alexandra said, smiling and cheerful, wearing a bright white Greek chiton with gold trim. The class mumbled a few 'hi's and 'hey's and I could hear Meg say a proper 'hello' and Annabeth smiled and waved at her half-sister.

Mrs. Alexandra nodded at my cousin and his girlfriend, urging them to introduce themselves.

"Hey," Percy said lamely as he raised his hand in greeting. Then he made the stupid alien peace sign with his hand, "We come in peace!"

He got a few weak laughs and Annabeth nudged him as she rolled her eyes and smiled lightly. "I'm Annabeth Chase, and this idiot here is my boyfriend Percy Jackson."

One of the girls who had chosen Aphrodite as the god or goddess giggled and waved her hand wildly. "Percy Jackson! My sister tells me about him! My name's Audrey Plow, and my sister's Erica! Know her?" Audrey seemed on the edge of her seat waiting for their reaction. She was shocked at what she got. Anger and irritation flashed in both Percy and Annabeth's eyes.

"Yeah. We know her," Annabeth mumbled. I could hear Audrey from all the way over here on the other side of the room whispering to the rest of the Aphrodite Preps and Lana.

"My sister also told me that Annie over there is a real bitch. She stole Percy away from my sister! Right when they were about to start dating too."

Irritated and tired of Audrey spreading lies, I scowled and looked over at her and said loud and clear, "She did not! Those two have been dating since...uhh....hold on..." I raked my brain to remember, "...OH, yeah! The end of summer! So don't go spreading lies about my cousin's girlfriend, got it?" My outburst was followed by silence, and people staring at me unbelievingly.

Percy smirked as Annabeth raised an eyebrow at me, a small smile playing on her lips. I blushed a nice bright scarlet and sunk lower in my chair, wishing I could disappear. I'm very temperamental, have you noticed? I've been working on it though.

"Jaycee's your cousin, Mr. Jackson?" Mrs. A asked Percy. "Well, that's news for me!"

Percy smiled and gave a slight nod. "She's my stepfather Paul's niece."

"Oh! Mr. Blofis, English teacher! What a nice man he is. Go on, continue telling us about yourselves."

Percy's smile grew wider as he looked at Nico. "Well, if we're talking about our family..."

Nico shook his head furiously. I felt for Nico, knowing what Percy was about to do. An idea suddenly sprang in my head and a devilish smile crossed my face.

"Don't say it, Perce! I'll get Thalia on you! It's bad enough that the Camp knows, but not the whole ninth grade population! News spreads faster than wild fire! Thalia will kill you!" Nico squeaked out threats as Percy's smile turned devilish, something that would've made his Uncle Hades proud.

"C'mon, Nico!" Percy strode over to where Nico sat alone at a table designated for Hades. Nico tried to get up to run away, maybe hide in the trashcan a bit, but Percy was faster, and he threw his arms over Nico's shoulders and gave his shaggy hair a tussle.

"Little Nico here's my cousin, too, on my real dad's side of the family," Percy said, smiling as Nico desperately tried to get away, looking at Annabeth with pleading eyes. Annie though couldn't stop laughing as Nico desperately tried to escape Percy's grip.

"Please, Percy! Let go!" Nico whined. Half the class was laughing as the two continued to wrestle each other like two brothers. Annabeth finally regained breath and hit a nerve in Percy's arm. Annabeth pulled her hand back in pain, forgetting about Percy's invincibility, making Nico laugh lightly and breathe deeply as Percy let go of Nico to check on her.

"Oh, gods, Annabeth! You okay?" Percy's voice was full of concern (the ADHD part of my brain wondered what his face is going to look like when he gets home. I should set up a camera to take a photo) but Annabeth smiled at him.

"I'm fine. Pain is nothing," Annie smiled at Percy who rolled his eyes as they made their way back to the front. "Anyway," Annabeth continued, "on the topic of family, Meg over there is my half-sister."

Meg only smiled, and the lesson continued, Percy and Annabeth talking about themselves and why they were doing so well in the subject ('My mom is really into this stuff, and the few times I've seen her, it's all she talks about' and 'My mom's been writing stories related to the subject, and my dad really likes it...), which was a total lie. Annabeth's mom wasn't just really into it, and Percy's dad didn't just really like it, they were it. But, you can't say that to a giant school of mortals. They'd just think you'd gone crazy and get you the 'special jacket' that makes you hug yourself.

This was going to be a long (next) week.