Heroes in a High School

What a catch, Annie

I took up my spot behind the counter of Cafe Nero. The Ittalian coffee company had recently opened this shop and had been looking for new staff.

"Can I take the next order please?" I called. A girl around my age came foreward.

"One latte and one Chai Latte please?" She said. I keyed in her order and sorted it out. The day ahead of me would be very repetative. Some of the customers would chat with me and a few of the guys my age would try and flirt with me. I handed the girl her coffees and she handed me a twenty. I quickly sorted out the change. The girl smiled at me and went to sit down.

The rest of the day passed fairly unevventfully. Five minutes before the end of my shift some guy tried to flirt with me. He had lank ginger hair and blue eyes.

"Can I have a Cappeccino, a blueberry muffin, a croisant and your phone number" He winked at me.

"You'll have to speak to my boyfriend about that" I smiled at him sweetly as I keyed in his order. "I handed him the muffin, the coffe and the croisant. "Next please" A guy wearing a hood came up and passed me a strawberry Frappe Milkshake.

"Two hot chocalates please?" He said, in a very fammiliar voice. I sorted the drinks out and handed them back to the guy.

"Who's the other hot chocalate for?" I was on my way out so I might as well socialise. I could see there was a guy stood looking at the architecture of the building opposite. I'd seen the two of them conversing before the hooded guy entered the shop.

"You" The guy pulled his hood down revealling him to be none other than Percy Jackson. I smiled at him and pulled of my apron. Percy handed me my drink and I slung my arm around his waist. I took a sip of my drink. Percy akwardly tried to walk with my arm around his waist while holding Jem's drink. I shot a last glance at the guy from before, who scowled.

When we got outside Percy thrust Jem's drink into his hand. The son of Hades smiled at me and then we started walking.

"I didn't know you guys were in town" I said

"Nice weather so we decided to head to the beach" Jem smiled "Percy volunteered to come and collect you because he's in love with you" Jem's smile widened "I volunteered to come with him 'cause I wanted a drink" He took a sip of said drink to prove his point...

Ebony's POV

We were sat on the edge of the pier, swinging our legs like three year old. I was sat between Leo and Jordan. I heard voices behind us and saw my brother, his girlfriend and my boyfriend. I stood up and ran to him. My mouth crashed against his. I tasted strawberries and cream. We broke apart and he took a sip from his drink.

"How's my fauvorite girl?" He asked innocently.

"I'm cool" I said "You wanna go swimming" He smiled at me. He finished his drink and chucked it in a nearby rubbish bin then he took of his shirt. The years on the run and the constant excercise had given Jem a heavily toned physique. I realised that I was staring.

"Is there a fly somewhere" He laughed at me and then ran toward the edge of the pier. When he reached it he jumped. I saw a massive splash errupt into the air and soak Leo. Jordan threw up a hand and the water flowed around her and Nico. I smirked.

I jumped in and joined Jem. He had been absent mindedly floating around on his back, untill I splashed him. He narrowed his eyes and looked at me. He pulled his arm in an upward motion. The wave of water struck me in the face. Our small battle was innterupted by Percy jumping between us. Jem was turned over by a wave. He sank below the surface. After a second I felt his hand grasp my leg and pull me under. I twisted to face him and kissed him. I formed an air bubble under the surface. Jem wrapped on hand around my waist and kissed me again...

Later that day I went into the gym to find Jem attacking his punching bag. Sweat was poaring down his body and his hands were wrapped in cloth. I grabbed a can of Dr Pepper out of the minifridge. When Jem finshed attacking the bag I tossed him the drink. He thanked me and opened the can. He drained it and chucked in the bin. He nodded to me and then left. I could tell he was tired.