Percy Jackson And Sadie Kane: A Forbidden Love

Chapter 14

Nobody pov

After school, Percy decided to get some time alone. He still couldn't believe the principal didn't punish him or kick him out. It wasn't less surprising that the principal had asked him if HE wanted to complain against THEM.

He shook his head as drove to the spot in the forest where he'd met Athena and Mr. D. That day was still like a dream to Percy. Which reminded him about the locket. He still had absolutely no idea about what Thalia meant.

So he got of near a lake in the forest, formed a rainbow, and threw a drachma into it.

"O Goddess of Rainbow, accept my offering. Show me Thalia Grace." The image of a sixteen year old girl sitting in a camping tent shimmered into view. She was drawing something on the sand with a stick, probably a map or something, and she didn't notice Percy until he cleared his throat. She looked up, and her eyes widened when she saw Percy.

"Percy!" She said.

"Hey Thalia." Percy said.

"So how are things in Brooklyn?" She asked.

"Great." Percy lied.

"Look I wanted to ask you about this. What did you mean by archery problem?" Percy said, taking of the locket and showing it to Thalia. She grinned sheepishly.

"Oh, that. No offense Percy. Artemis thinks that you are terrible with a bow and arrow." She said.

"She's right about that." Percy muttered.

"So she thought that maybe she could help you with it. She didn't like how you left Olympus without a reward that day." Thalia said.

"But how does this help me?" Percy said, holding up the locket.

"Press the wolf's nose." Thalia said flatly.

"Huh?" Percy wasn't sure if he'd heard right. Thalia laughed.

"Just press it Kelp Head." She said. Percy unsurely pressed it. It elongated into a bow and an arrow already notched into it.

"Fire it at something." Thalia offered. Percy gingerly got into firing position, and making a green patch on a tree his aim, he fired it. Bullseye. Percy's lower jaw was threatening to unhitch. He also noticed how another arrow had magically replaced the one he fired.

"It'll always get the target, no matter how clumsy you are. I know archery isn't your thing, but you can't turn down Artemis's gift, right?" Thalia said.

"Tell her thanks. Take care, Thalia." Percy said.

"You too, Kelp Head. And oh, you just have to press the red tip. The bow will turn into a locket again." With that, Thalia cut through the connection. Percy did as she had instructed. He then put the locket around his neck before driving back home.

The next day, Paul offered to drive Percy to school, since he already had an appointment with the principal.

Without a problem, Paul got the job, and the principal had told him it would be better if he started teaching immediately. After all the formalities were done with, the principal asked Paul," How are things between you and your step-son?"

Paul blinked." You mean between me and Percy?" He asked.

"Unless you have another stepson?" The principal said, smiling slightly.

"No, of course not. Things are going great. Percy is a really amazing boy. He has, after all, taken after his mother." Paul laughed, the principal joining him.

"He's a bit troubled." Mr. Roque stated. Paul shrugged.

"He can take care of himself. My stepson is strong, physically no doubt, and even at heart." He said.

"But it seems like you do not want to call him your son. Just stepson. Any reason for that, Mr. Blofis?

"Oh, there's nothing like that. I mean, who wouldn't want Percy as a son. He's all a father could ask for. I actually envy Poseidon..." Paul bit his tongue. Stupid!

"Poseidon?" Roque asked.

"Percy's... real father. You see sir, that's the reason I don't call Percy my son. No one has the right to call him that except Poseidon."

"So, there is no problem between you and P-Poseidon, is there?"Mr. Roque asked.

"No. No at all!" Paul said.

"So Percy doesn't have any stress at home, does he?" Mr. Roque said.

"Oh no. In fact, we are all one big family. Percy has dealt with a lot of things, but family problems isn't one of them." Paul said. What a lie! But Paul really didn't want to go into Percy's family history. Especially after he had mentioned Poseidon. Mr. Roque smiled in relief.

"I'm glad about that. Now Mr. Blofis, I think you can start your class. Good luck." The principal said.

"Thanks sir." Paul exited the office. This first class, luckily, had Percy.

"Good morning class. I'm Paul Blofis, your new English teacher." Paul said.

"Blowfish?" A girl asked. Percy chuckled softly, and Sadie Kane felt her heart melt. Paul smiled, glancing at Percy.

"Blofis, my dear. Not blowfish. Now, can any of you update me as to where you'd stopped?" No surprise, Carter had volunteered.

The rest of the day went fairly well. In recess, Percy was sitting at Sadie's table, along with Carter, Walt, Jaz , Nico and another guy, Jake.

"So Mr. Blofis is you stepdad?" Jaz asked.

"Yeah." Percy shrugged.

Just then, Melissa came up to them. "Hi guys." She said.

"Hi Melissa." Sadie said. Sadie liked Melissa. She was kind and friendly, unlike some other girls she knew(cough Drew cough).

"Can I borrow Percy for a while?" She said.

"Uh ...sure." Percy said, and went over to her table.

"So Percy, you wanna go catch a movie sometime this weekend?" She asked. It slowly dawned on Percy that she was asking him out.

"Uh, sorry. I can't. I'm really sorry, but..." With that, Percy got up and went to his table with Melissa looking at him sadly.

"Dude, you just turned down Melissa Coketown? The whole school wants to date her. You're lucky she asked you out." Jake said.

"Melissa is a nice girl. But I don't date." Percy said.

"Percy, you've got to move on. I mean, she won't be coming back." Carter said.

"Carter, I can't move on. I can never forget her. Never." And that bought an end to their conversation. But Nico couldn't stop thinking. He had to get Percy to move on. He had to make his life better. Especially after what Annabeth said, the last time she met him in Elysium...