Jessica Landon

I went and sat at my lunch table with the so called nerdy kids. I sat with my good friends Thomas King, Callie Ashton, Juliet Bond, and Leo Valdez. Since we had high grades and enjoyed doing things that wasn't gossiping or sleeping around we were considered weird and nerdy. Juliet was the only one who looked like a popular girl.

She had a thin, athletic build with dirty blonde hair and dark blue eyes. She wore no makeup and dressed in tomboy clothes. She usually wore a black tank top that would usually lift and stick above her bellybutton and baggy pants with sneakers.

Every popular girl thought she was crazy to not join their crew, but she would just shrug it off. I think my favorite person was Leo Valdez. He always had a smile on his face and usually made some really stupid jokes that would force us to laugh out of pity. He had curly brown hair and brown eyes with a Latino face. He usually wore a white shirt, jeans, and an army jacket with a golden tool belt.

I noticed the popular people walking by and they pushed Thomas into a wall, his food spilling everywhere. The jocks laughed at him, kicking him while he was on the ground looking for his glasses.

"Hey," Juliet yelled, walking towards the group, "What the hell do you think you are doing?"

I walked towards Thomas, picking him up.

"Aw," the captain, Luke said, "Did we hurt your boyfriend's feelings?"

Juliet just smiled as a tomato came out of nowhere and hit him in the back of the head. I held back my laugh, covering my mouth.

"Who did that?!" Luke yelled, spinning around.

No one was paying any attention until another tomato hit him in the chest this time. I looked where the tomato came from and saw Leo around the corner, a weird contraption in his hand. He, however, got a bit unlucky when one of the jocks pulled him out into the open.

"Why you little bi…" Luke didn't even get to finish his sentence when Leo lifted his contraption and shot another tomato, hitting his face.

I covered my face in a smirk, being sure turn my face away so no one saw. Leo was so funny and so cute in a scrawny, nerdy sort of way. I would be lying if I said I didn't have a small crush on him. Suddenly a giant….I don't know what, burst through the school doors. It was so weird looking. It looked like part dog, part bear, part lion...basically part anything wild. I screamed, scooting towards the wall. No one else seemed to be paying much attention and instead she stared at the beast like it was a cute overgrown puppy.

The fire alarm went off and everyone flooded out, many rolling their eyes thinking it was a drill. I watched as Leo and Juliet ran towards the beast, swords in their hands. Wait….I shook my heads….swords? A fireball appeared in Leo's hand and I was about to scream and warn him about it. That was until I saw him throw it at the….thing and his hand was perfectly unharmed.

Juliet throw her sword at it and it impaled into its chest. The beast disappeared in a puff of smoke. I saw against the wall, petrified. Juliet ran towards me and I heard her order Leo to "Iris message" someone. Wasn't Iris a Greek goddess? I was so stunned I couldn't even think straight.

Some kids came not long afterwards and they led me into this big van. The girl with the curly blonde hair and stormy grey eyes explained everything to me. How the Greek gods were real and that thing was some crazy name that I already forgot. She explained everything to me in a calm voice, making me a little more comfortable.

"What's your name?" the cute guy with sea green eyes asked.

"J-Jessica," I muttered.

"Ok Jessica," he said kindly, "My name is Percy Jackson. This here is Annabeth Chase, Piper McLean, and Jason Grace."

Piper sat next to me and asked, "Do you only live with one parent?"

I nodded my head.

"Do you live with your mom?"

I nodded no.

"Did your mom die in an accident or leave when you were only a baby?"

I nodded yes again.

"Your mom is a goddess," Jason explained.

I just gaped at him, my eyes wide and mouth hanging open. I was once again unmovable.

"Hey guys," Leo said, "You should give her some space. It's a lot to take in all at once."

"Just give me one second, Leo," Piper said, before placing her hand on my shoulder, "There is nothing to worry about. You're safe now. We sent two friends to tell your mom everything. You can relax now."

I don't know how, but her words cleared my mind. I sat back, staring up at the ceiling.

"Hey, you ok?" Leo asked, sitting next to me.

"It's a lot to take in," I said quietly.

When I looked at the driver I screamed loudly.

"What? What's wrong?" I watched as Percy stood up quickly, hitting his head on roof as he pulled a pen out of his pocket.

"What is that thing?!" I yelled.

The driver was a normal guy except his bottom half was furry and with hooves.

"It's ok, it's ok," Juliet said, "That's a satyr. You can call him Coach Hedge."

My heart was beating rapidly once again. We finally came to a stop and I watched as the satyr jumped out of the car and ran up the hill.

"Coach hasn't seen his kid for like a whole week," Leo said, "I'm surprised out how quiet he was today. Usually he's very crabby."

I giggled and walked up the hill. What I saw was magnificent.

"Welcome to Camp Half-Blood," Juliet said.

"So this is the camp that I was never allowed to attend a few years back," I said.

"Well you're a demigod so now you can," Leo said happily.

They showed me around and I was in awe at everything. I didn't scream when I saw the guy, Chiron, got out of a wheelchair and he ended up being part horse. When we were at the cabins I saw a beautiful girl run towards Leo and jump on him, kissing him. I had thought he would push the girl away, but instead he kissed back. My heart broke a little, but I plastered a smile on my face.

"Calypso, this is Jessica," Leo introduced, "Jessica this is Calypso, my girlfriend."

"Aw how cute," I said, a fake smile across my face.

I watched as Leo and Calypso ran off together, laughing. I watched, a bit saddened.

"Ah it happened to you to?" A boy said behind me.

I turned to come face to face with a boy with blonde hair and stormy grey eyes.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Every girl or boy would have a crush on one of the big seven and only get their hopes and dreams crushed," he explained, "I'm Malcolm by the way."

"Jessica Landon," I said, "And what do you mean by the big seven."

Malcolm explained the entire story to me and I was in awe at it all. I was them claimed and put into the Aphrodite cabin, which was odd to me since I hated anything girly. What was nice was that Piper was exactly the same so it was nice to not be an odd ball out and Juliet was in the same cabin. Months later I ended up dating Malcolm and Leo and I still stayed as close friends. I even helped Juliet hook up with a certain boy from the Apollo cabin. Life couldn't get any better.