Nancy sighed, “look Percy I don’t know what you’re trying to do over here but it isn’t going to work on me okay?
So let me read in peace and we can this,” she waited looking for the right words, “talking thing later.”
“Hey I’m just saying if you need help I am more than willing to help out,” Percy then got up and sat right next to Nancy and pulled her book away from her, “hum, molecular bonds huh?”
“Yeah, do you actually know something or are you just full of it?” Nancy said with a frown, damn did this girl really have a crush on him?
She had major issues.
“Yeah, I do know something,” Percy said with his trademark grin.
Over the next hour Percy started to teach Nancy all he knew about the subject and Percy knew exactly how much he had to dumb it down for her, given her Int and Wis were 2 and 1 respectively.
What really surprised in him though was the fact that Nancy’s face light up like a christmas tree every time Percy taught her something, and she actually understood it.
Eventually time flew and before they knew it Percy and Nancy had spent the afternoon without insulting each other.
Finally Percy had managed to teach Nancy basically everything she would need to know for the test and the two fell into a comfortable silence.
Ping!
Due to you teaching you gained a new skill!
Teaching, Lv-1 You impart on your student a piece of what you know.
(Wis+Int)% how much the person understands +20% if their Int is lower than yours.
‘Sweet,’ Percy thought, ‘that means she understood 44% of what I taught her.’ Nancy then put all her stuff into her bag and stood up, “w-well ah…thanks I guess.” She then slowly walked out of the cafeteria.
“Hey wait up,” Percy called out, “Nancy what are you doing later?”
Nancy shrugged, “nothing much.
I would try and study but I doubt I would probably be able to learn anything new.
So I suppose I will just have to revise what you taught me, you’re a really good teacher by the way, I understood like half of what you taught me.”
‘Wow she actually complemented me!’ Percy thought in surprise, ‘maybe we can be friends.’ “So you won’t like be doing anything right now right?”
Nancy shook her head, “no.
Why?”
“Then it’s settled, come one I could use some ice cream,” Percy said as he grabbed her hand and pulled her along.
“W-wait what?” Nancy asked in surprise, “why ice cream?”
“I want ice cream,” Percy said, he had a huge craving for ice cream, maybe it was a side effect of his teaching skill.
Ping!
Wanting to eat ice cream is not a side effect of your teaching skill.
You just want ice cream.
Huh, never mind then.
Percy then dragged Nancy to the gate of Nancy academy and then pulled her towards a tree and waited as they hide behind it under the shadows.
“What are we doing here?” Nancy asked as she looked over Percy’s shoulder seeing a gaurd standing near the gate.
“The only place we can get ice cream is the ice cream parlour two blocks into town,” Percy replied as he spied otherways to leave the school, “and since the gate is being watched we need another way to get in.”
Nancy looked surprised at this, “I thought you were a goody two shoes Percy, didn’t think you had the guts to sneak out of school.”
Percy shrugged, “I really want ice cream.” He then noticed that around the gaurd was reading a magazine while drinking a cup of hot coffee.
Bingo.
Percy silently used his water control skill and pushed the hot coffee out of the mug right onto the guards pants.
“AHH!” came the guards cry and he quickly ran out holding his crotch.
As soon as the gaurd was out of sight Percy looked at Nancy and said,”let’s move.” He dashed forward leaving Nancy wide eyed.
“H-hey wait up!” Nancy cried out as she quickly caught up to Percy.
The two then walked for an hour until they came into town and they quickly headed for downtown.
Percy walked into the ice cream place with his eyes filled with greed and his mouth watering.
He quickly went up to the counter and ordered a scoop of Blueberry ice cream and turned to Nancy, “what do you want?”
“Oh nothing for me thanks,” Nancy said.
“Make that two blueberry icecreams,” Percy told the ice cream man as he quickly took a seat in a both in the back.
“Percy why did you order some for me?!” Nancy asked angrily as she sat down in front of him.
Percy simply shrugged, “thought you would like it.”
“I don’t have any money Percy,” Nancy said blushing a little.
“It’s my treat,” Percy said, ‘after all I have over a thousand bucks, what else am I going to do with it?’ “Consider it a reward for all your hard work.
and besides I never knew a person who didn’t like ice cream.”
“Thanks, I guess,” Nancy said trying to put on a frown, even though the thought of ice cream made her happy, plus free food!
“But did it have to be blueberry?”
“Don’t be silly.
Blueberry is the best!”
“Why?”
“Because it’s blue!” Percy grinned in response.
Soon their ice cream came and the two eat in silence.
Nancy spent that silence thinking about why Percy was acting so strange, maybe he was always this way?
The only thing she ever truly do when with him was insult him, so maybe…maybe she should try and learn something about him.
Percy on the other hand was wondering whether this whole friendship thing was working.
He honestly never tried to have a friend before, Grover didn’t count because Grover wanted, well more like needed, to be Percy’s friend.
But hey food always seemed to bring Grover and him closer, so why not him and Nancy.
Soon the two were done with thier ice cream and they took a walk along the town small port.
The scenery was nice and the wind calmed them down, and most of all it was next to the sea so it felt like home for Percy, he felt safe.
“Thanks for the ice cream Percy,” Nancy said, “and for teaching me.”
Percy nodded, “no biggy.” “No, it is a biggy.
You were kind to me even though I was always such a….”
“Bitch?”
“Well, yeah.
I’m sorry I kept insulting you and Grover, it’s just that…well I never had a friend before.”
Percy nodded, “and I’m sorry I called you mom a…ahem goat fucker.”
Nancy laughed at that, “don’t worry about that she is a bitch sometimes.” Percy laughed too and for a second the too fell quiet as the watched the waves come into the shore.
“My parents are rich.”
“What?” Percy looked at her, was she opens up to him?
“They are pretty rich.
Very well off.”
“Then why all the stealing?” “I need their attention.
I remember I was caught stealing my sister’s pen and my dad spent an entire hour with me telling me why it was bad to steal.
An entire hour!
For me that was the longest I can ever remember him being with me.” Nancy’s eyes then slowly began to water, “so I did what I did to gain their attention.
Every time they called me a spoilt brat or good for nothing, I was happy because they talked to me.
I was so happy.”