I woke up with a yawn, flinching as my cuts reopened themselves. I wrapped up my torso and put small bandaids on my arms, not to many though. I used foundation to cover my bruises, covering up my busted lip as much as I could. I couldn't shower this morning because Gabe didn't pay for the water bills.

Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Percy Jackson, my mom died when I was 13, two years ago when Gabe was drunk driving with my mom in the car. I knew he met to get into the accident, he told me himself. I have been Gabe's personal punching bag since I was 8.

Anyways, I am packing up for school, Goode High. Gabe tried getting me kicked out so he can beat me all day, but law states I have to go to school, so in your face you over grown pig! I also forgot to mention, I'm gay. Not a lot of people know that about me, and I prefer to keep it that way. I already get bullied for being underweight, extremely underweight, and also for not having any friends.

But shocking, with my ADHD and dyslexia, I get high marks in everything, my lowest is a C+ and compared to other students with the same disabilities as I, this is pretty damn good. I ran out of the house after checking my watch. It's sad that I don't have a phone, closest thing I have to a phone is an old IPod that, for some reason, won't connect to WiFi. I plugged in my headphones and grabbed my skateboard, going as fast as I could without falling. It was four in the morning, and I have to work at the gas station from 4 to 7, and it pays decently.

I was not having a good morning, I had 2 drunk costumers and 3 grumpy ones, and now I was going to be late to school. Well at least my boss ended up called the police on one of the drunks because one tried touching me inappropriately and when I told him not to, he tried beating me up. Luckily there was a person behind him in line and she called the police. Now I have to talk to the police at 8. At least they called the school, but I told them not to tell Gabe.

This was the worst morning ever, and it's only the first day of school! I hope no one bullies me for this. '15 year old Percy Jackson, biggest loser at school! Fails at first day at school!' Yeah, not a good first impression. The officer was now dropping me off at school, since it was a 20 minute drive from the department.

"Thank you, sir." I said, shutting the door, but he rolled down the window.

"Call if you need help again, bud. I will dial your number tonight if anything about this case comes up." He said, driving away. Well shit, they will have to call Gabe's number cause I don't have one. I hurried up inside and grabbed my stuff, trying to figure out my class. It was only nine, which would be another half an hour in my first class. I rushed and entered the class as silently as I could, but of course my life doesn't work like that.

"Mr. Jackson, late on the first day, care to give me an explanation?" The teacher asked rudely, leaving the rest of the students to laugh and insult me. I blushed.

"I had to go to the police department, they called the principal this morning telling her that I will be late." I said, sliding into an empty desk that was in the front corner. I sighed, knowing rumours were already being started. I fucking hate life.

My morning got even worse, just when I thought it wouldn't. In the class I was late too, calculus, we had a pop quiz, and I had to do it myself. It was horrible because I forgot my medication for my dyslexia, causing the entire class to laugh at me. The class after that, which was a writing class, we had to write a 12 page essay on a topic of our choice, and it was due at the end of Wednesday, and today was Monday. I don't even have any time at home, because I work until 8, Gabe forces me to go to the liquor store for him, but the guy there knows me and gives it to me for free.

It was finally approaching the second last class of the day, that was my free period, but then I had drama, which I signed up for. I've always had a flair for dramatics, and my mom once said I would be a perfect actor. I only signed up for it because I know she would want to. My favourite period though so far was lunch, and I met a nice girl named Annabeth, and a boy named Nico. They didn't hate me, luckily, but I already have a few bullies, my main one though was a guy named Jared, with his group, consisting of Jason, Piper, Alex, Clarisse, and some other football players. Those guys annoyed me. They were mainly juniors and seniors. Jason was the only freshman.

I entered the library for my free period, pulling out a couple pieces of paper and books of the topic I was writing about. I decided I would write about the adoption centres across America and how many orphaned kids there are due to sickness and stuff like that. It was a topic I was interested in, although it sounded weird,

I was brought back to reality to the sound of laughter, coming from the jocks. It took me a moment they were laughing at me, calling me a dumb nerd. I also realized that I had almost finished a page. I was proud of myself, but I still had 11 pages left.

"Awe look at that poor loser, did you hear about him being at the police station this morning?" One of them laughed loudly, earning a 'shut up' from the librarian.

"I heard from one of my friends that he works at a gas station, and he was there at 5 in the morning! She said some drunk guy was flirting with him!" Another laughed. I flinched slightly, flirting wouldn't be the right word.

"I bet he totally bought into it! I bet he's just some gay loser!" I heard another bellow. He had a loud voice, especially because he was captain of the football team. Jason Grace.

"Yeah. Come on, let's get out of here before he hears us." I heard Piper say, nudging the guys away. I knew that she knew that I heard them. I was biting the inside of my cheek, and I was already tasting blood. I continued to get my work done, letting anger fuel me.