Percy's Little Sister

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RAELYNN POV

I woke up to the sound of my alarm blaring. Another Monday wonderful. I thought. I quickly reached over to shut it off. I sat up in my bed and wiped the sleepiness out of my eyes.

my name is Raelynn Jackson. i'm 15 years old and in my first year of high school. i've never known my parents but that's okay i guess i have my best friend she's all i need.

"Raelynn!" I heard my foster mom, Rose shout. "You better be ready to go in five minutes! And you better not make me come up there or so help me!"

I've been in foster care since I was 2 months old. Most of the homes were okay but this one was horrible. My foster mom made my life a living hell. She only took me in for the check she gets each month because i'm in her care.
Her two tyrants of sons hate me too. Their only 6 and 10 but the treat me like i'm their personal maid.

"I'm coming" I got dressed quickly. I decided to actually try today. Most days i wear whatever sweatshirt and jeans i first see but today i picked out a fuzzy dark green sweater and white washed jeans. I threw on my old grey converse and called it a day.

"Hurry up you brat! You still have to pack our lunches!" Max her older son yelled at me.

I didn't respond. I didn't feel like getting in an argument with them this early in the morning.
I walked down the stairs and started to prepare their lunches. i always had to do it. i did basically everything around the house from cleaning the toilets to babysitting the boys even when i wanted to hang out with friends.

i packed the boys the pasta we had for dinner last night. there wasn't much left to i split it between them and just thought i would grab something from the cafeteria for lunch.

"Oh hurry up and go get in the car child."  Rose said rudely. I let out a rough sigh and brushed it off.

I put my headphones in and blasted music to drown out the constant rude remarks and insults the boys would say every morning.

When we finally got to school i hopped out of the car as fast as i could. School was my only sanctuary. The boys were still in middle school so they could bother me. My freshman year of high school hadn't been that great so far but it was better than nothing.

I sat down in my seat and got ready for history class. My best friend Layla sat down beside me.

"Rae ..... Rae ..... Raelynn!" she said. I was caught off guard by her. I still had my headphones in with my music at level 100.

"oh hi layla!" I smiled and took out my headphones.

"omg omg you won't believe what i got this weekend!" she giggled.

layla was my only friend and honestly i don't know how we became friends because she is one the of the more popular rich kids and i don't talk to anyone.

"what is it?"
"the brand new iphone!!!" she beamed.
"that's really cool. can i see?"
"of course!"

the iphone was slim and stylish. she got it in whatever pink color they had. she always had everything pink. it's her favorite color although i can't understand why it's way to bright for my tastes. she also had a pink sparkly case so go with it. it looked nice.

i was never jealous of  layla but i often was sad because she always had the newest items and trendiest clothes while i had an old iphone 8 and thrift store outfits. i'm still grateful for what i have. i just wish i could have one nice thing once in a while.

"looks great." i said " matches you perfectly"
"i know right! anyway have u seen the new kids?"
i gave her a puzzled look "new kids?"
"yeah three of them! two boys and a girl. one boy has curly brown hair with blue eyes and the girl has blonde curls and grey eyes. the other boy looks a lot like you too."

"like me? really?" i asked
"yeah he has dark hair and green eyes just like you! he also has freckles like you too!"
"that's cool i guess"
layla gasped "we should ask them to eat lunch with us!"
i nodded my head "yeah sounds fun"
the bell rang and we turned our attention to the teacher ready for class to begin.

After first period i talked to layla a bit before we parted ways. she had math and i had a free study period. i hate studying i can never focus on anything for longer than 5 seconds. i usually just walked around school and got a drink from a vending machine during my free period.

i bought a water and decided to head out to out schools garden. it wasn't very big but it had a tree that i could sit under and a koi pond with fish in it.
i sat down and leaned back against the tree. i was there for a while just listening to the water from the pond until i heard someone's voice.

"are you sure she's here?" i heard a girl ask.
"yes! grover said she was here so she must be!" this time it was a boys voice.

who are they looking for? i thought. i've never heard the name grover before. i glanced at my watch and saw i was almost late for my next class. crap i gotta go!

i jumped up and gathered my things. i dashed out the garden only to run into someone.
i fell back on the ground and hit my head. it hurt like crap.

"ouch ..." i said rubbing my the back of my head. i looked up to see three kids near my age standing in front of me.

"oh sorry i didn't see you there!" one of the boys said. he held out his hand to help me up.

i took it and stood up. we locked eyes and i realized these must be the new kids layla was talking about. the boy i had run into had curly brown hair and brown eyes. he flashed a smile at me and i blushed. he was kinda cute.

"i'm cameron!" he said.
"Raelynn" i said.

he gave me a mischievous grin. i smiled back. he looked over to his friends.
"this is annabeth." he gestured toward the girl. she had long blonde curly hair. her eyes were surprisingly really grey. they looked like a storm.
"and this" cameron pointed to the other boy "is percy ."

"nice to meet you" i said. "i gotta get to class but i'll see you around."
i started to walk away but one of the boys grabbed my wrist. it was the one named percy

"wait!" he said.
"uhh.....what's up?"
he glanced back at the others. looking back to me he released my hand "um nothing sorry"
"okay then" i said as i walked away

that was weird. the rest of the day went by pretty slow. i kept thinking about the kids i ran into. after school i met up with layla. we went to the library to try and study but neither of us got much done.

layla and i sat in the back of the library where it was quite. i tried my best to focus but i couldn't. i started to just watch the people coming in and out the library, until i saw three familiar faces walk in.

"layla look. it's the new kids."
layla peeked up from her book to see. "i thought you said they were weird?"
"yeah" i frowned "they are but i don't know it's like they knew me or something. anyways i gotta get going soon"
"yeah me too"

we started to pack up to leave. we walked out of the library and i said goodbye to layla.
i looked at my watch. it was already 4 o'clock. it was kinda cold outside but that wasn't what bothered me. i looked around. it felt like someone was watching me.

i picked up my speed. i was almost running at this point. then i heard footsteps behind me. i stopped and turned around.
"WHY ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME!" i screamed.
my eyes shot wide when i saw who was behind me.
it was annabeth, percy, and cameron.

"what are you doing! why are u following me?!"
"we uh we l-live this way?" percy stammered.
"no you don't!" i said.
"okay yeah we don't. um we just-"
"oh be quite, seaweed brain." annabeth said.
i rolled my eyes. "wait why do you all have swords?"

annabeth eyes widened "you can see them?"
"um yeah i can see them why wouldn't i?"

she looked between the two boys. " it's definitely her."
"me? what about m-"

i could finish my question something hit me in the back and i was thrown into the road.