Percy Jackson And Sadie Kane: A Forbidden Love

Chapter 10 : Math teachers are evil

Sadie pov

The first class was Greek. Me and Carter were never really interested in Greek, but we had no choice. They got seated in the last benches,Percy between the both of us.

To clear the confusion, Carter was in my class because since it was his first year in school, he thought it better to stay back a year.

So anyway the teacher, Mrs. Allen came in. I kept glancing at Percy. His eyes were all glassy and distracted, as if his mind was somewhere else.

I hoped the teacher didn't notice. She first introduced herself, then asked if anyone knew how to speak Greek. Nobody answered.

"What? No one? Okay...let me see...you there, green eyes, back bench." Percy snapped out of his trance.

"Me?" He asked.

"Yes, you." She replied.

Percy stood up. "Yes ma'am."

"What's your name?" She asked.

"Percy." He replied.

"Your full name?" She asked. Percy raised an eyebrow.

"Perseus Jackson."He replied.

"Oh! Perseus, huh? A name of Greek origin. So, young man, do you speak Greek?" She asked.

"Yeah, just a little." He replied.

"Good. So Perseus, here's a hard one for you. Can you translate Anaklusmos in English?" She asked.

Everyone looked flabbergasted. That seemed like a really hard word. I was about to ask the teacher to go easy on the boy, but he spoke before she got the chance.

"Riptide." He said.

"Excuse me?" Mrs. Allen asked.

"Anaklusmos means Riptide in English." He replied. Mrs. Allen's eyes widened, before she smiled.

"Very good. Sit down." She said. Percy sat down.

Carter stared at Percy. "How did you know that?" He asked.

"My dad's Greek." Percy replied.

"Oh." Was all Carter said.

"Okay class. Today we're going to start with the basics of Greek history. Let me start with the Twelve Olympians. Okay, one of you tell me who was the king if the Olympians."

The kid with brown hair stood up."Zeus." He answered.

"Good." Mrs. Allen said. The teacher told us a few things about Zeus before the bell rang. All through the lecture Percy's expression was more sour than usual, almost like he had a something personal against Zeus.

It confused me even more when his expression lightened when the teacher said the next topic would be Poseidon.

With that we left to the next class, Maths. We had this class together too. Percy groaned on the mention of Maths.