I'm running as fast as I can to get away from Octagon--I mean Octavian. Octavian and his goons. It is currently 9:15 on a Wednesday. A block day. Which means no one is going to hear the commotion in the hallways for another 40 or 50 minutes.

Octavian and his goons consist of, himself, of course, Drew Tanaka, Luke Castellan, and Ethan Nakamura. These goons and their leader are chasing me because today, which as you know didn't exactly start off great, I was pissed. What does that have to do with you being chased? You may be wondering. Well, because I was pissed, I may or may not have gotten fed up by Octavian, and punched him. Into the lockers...

I may look weak and thin, but *cue wolf whistles* I pack a good punch. But anyway, because of that "act of disobedience" as Luke likes to put it, they're chasing me.

Now, Luke wasn't always a bad kid. If we're being honest here, I may or may not have had a smallbutnotreallysmall crush on him, back in freshman year. But not anymore. Back when he was an honors student and an overall good kid. But things started going downhill for him back in sophomore year. (A/N: I'm making all the ages the same, so it's easier.) Earlier that summer, from what I've heard, his father left him with his... problematic mother. Ya see, his mom hears this voice in her head, and she says she can see into your future. Luke's mom was always like this so I can't exactly say that's why Hermes, Luke's dad, left. Supposedly, he left because he has two other sons he has to take care of. Why Luke couldn't go with his father, beats me.

Drew Tanaka. Her half-sister is my best friend. She's the polar opposite of her half-sister. She, unlike Luke, was always an... interesting person. There's not much to tell about her just that she wears short-short skirts, a sports bra underneath a black leather jacket... that is rarely ever zipped. She also wears at least 8 inch high heels. Oh, and she also slept with almost everybody in our year, and below. 

And last but certainly not least, Ethan Nakamura. He was also a good guy at the start. But then Octavian made him do something (I don't know what) and Ethan didn't wanna do it. So Octavian being Octavian had someone from his street gangs, that are older than us for some reason, to take out his eye!!

You may be wondering the same thing I wonder when Octavian is chasing me, why in Hades has he not been expelled for that? Or put in jail?!  Well, you see. Octavian's parents pay a HUGE donation to the school. Therefore speaking, if Octagon or any of his croonies get expelled, then the school no longer gets these huge donations, and we might as well drop out of school. He isn't in jail because his dad is a county sheriff. 

Anyway, I'm running for my life and my legs are getting tired. Quickly, not really thinking, I dash inside a random classroom.

Thank God, I ran into Mr. Tuminaro's (A/N read: two-me-nah-row) clasroom. He's basically everyone's best friend. So, instead of asking me why I'm in his classroom when I don't have English yet, he just points to the back of the classroom towards an empty chair.

Best teacher ever right there guys. I mock salute him and go sit down.

----------time skip cuz I'm lazy----------

The bell rings and everybody, but me and Mr. Tuminaro leaves. I walk up to his desk, pull up a blue chair, and sit down with a raised eyebrow as if I have no clue why he told me to stay.

"I'm waiting,"  He says. I decide to play with him for a little bit. 

"For what?" I ask innocently. "Ok then fine. Why did you run in here doing the middle of class?"

 "Oh, that. Well, you see Octagon and his crew were chasing me because I punched Octagon into the lockers. That last part was by accident. The 'into the lockers' part anyway," I reply. 

Mr. Tuminaro, with a look of complete shock, comments back to me, "Why did you fight back? You never fight back?" I open my mouth to respond, but the words I want to say never come out. The words I want to say are, oh, well I was pissed at him and he was already attacking me so I just punched him. *mentally shrugs* But I can't exactly say that. To a teacher... So instead I just keep quiet.

"Ok then. But this happens again you know I'll have to give you a red form, right?" See, guys this is why I love this teacher. He's awesome. 

"Yes sir. Now, can I have a note explaining why I'm late to gym, please? Because you and I both know Hazel will personally murder me if I get detention. Then bring me back to life so she's not lonely."

 ...I'm not joking about that either. She'll do it, she's crazy.

Mr. Tuminaro chuckles at me then passes me the note. "Bye Mister T!" I shout as I run for gym.

I hate gym with a passion. Mostly because Octagon and his crew are in my gym class. But it's my only good class because Clarisse is also in my class. Clarisse is my second best friend but mostly my bodyguard. I say this because everyone knows not to mess with me when Clarisse is around. She looks like the school bully but... nahhh.

I walk in the gym to see my worst fears come to life. Warball. Which is dogeball but with volleyballs. I quickly give Coach Hedge my late slip and go change in the locker room.

I return and ask Coach glumly, "Which side?" 

"Clarisse's side. QUIT HOLDING THE BALL!! YOU GOT THREE SECONDS TO THROW IT! IF YOU DON'T, WE'LL QUIT PLAYING AND GO TO THE WEIGHT ROOM." That made people throw the ball.

  "Hey, Ghosty. Where were you? Thought I needed to kill Octavian?" Clarisse greets me as I run up and grab a ball.

 "No Clari, in fact, I actually fought back. Kinda..." I start off smugly, then finish not so confidently.
  
    I see Octavian throwing a very fast looking ball towards Katie, and upon chance, I throw my ball towards him.  I don't expect it to him though, I have literally no aim. Except that it does hit him."Yes!! Oh, yes!! Clarisse, I am on fire today!!" I quickly pump my fist in the air. I'm not gonna try again because I know that was a one-time thing.

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https://youtu.be/cdJ2icEHXQU

---- I am not embarrassed^----

   I grab my tater tots from the cafeteria and sit next to Clarisse and Piper. I eat for a few seconds, knowing their eyes are on me.

   "Dam it Nico! What the heck happened before gym?!" Clarisse is angry. I put on a ghost of a smile on my face and look up. 

"Oh well not much really. Ya'know, just the classic Octavian and his goons messing with me--" Clarisse stands up. "--sit down. Thank you. But this time I was already pissed, and I didn't feel like dealing with him today so I punch him back... into the lockers..."

    Piper leaves the table. And I'm gonna admit that scares me. Clarisse on the other hand actually has tears in her eyes. "Awe! My little Nico is growing up." She sniffles.

 "Shut up!" 

Piper comes back with Jason, Annabeth, Reyna, Leo, Percy, Frank, the Stolls, Lou, and Cecil. Why she brought this many people I don't know because I'm not even friends with some of these people. I just know them. That's it.

  It's kinda like when there's a kid in your grade who's been in your class since kindergarten. You know they exist, but you don't even know what their voice sounds like because you never remember them. Because. YOU'RE NOT FRIENDS.

  "Now retell what happened," piper demands. The only reason I do is because, now don't tell her I said this, she scares me sometimes.

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    I walk outside and meet up with Hazel by the bus. We head home, do our normal boring everyday stuff, and then I head to sleep without dinner.
  
    It's not often that I do eat dinner anyway.

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I really hope you guys like it. I worked extra hard with it.