Post by . on Aug 9, 2017 22:34:40 GMT -5
So I've been like really into Percy Jackson lately. I'm looking for a partner to do a plot with (we can come up with it together). My only requirements are that you type at a few paragraphs per post and will have characters of both genders so we can have a bigger group type situation (quests, etc). I'll post a couple of my rp posts below because I want a partner that'll match it.
Sample 1:
*not Percy Jackson related*
"We can always come back later on if we need more wood. It's gonna be a pain refilling this when I come back up though," Alec muttered. Even though it was his grandpa's place, Alec and his cousins were expected to take care of it. That meant cleaning and doing any maintenance. That meant cutting up and stacking wood. Last year, that meant fixing a couple holes in the roof. He, Emily, and Matt had spent hours sweating their butts off in the sun. "So, yeah, three trips should work," he said in response to Tate's question. He figured he'd leave Ray alone for now. He may be pushing it a little too much, but he figured Ray would act similar when his sisters started dating.
As much as he hated to admit it, he did trust Ray. However, the twins had always been so close that Alec felt the need to protect her. Emily was not only his sister, but his best friend as well. Of course, he'd never let Ray know that he trusted him. Plus, they all knew that Emily was the one Ray would have to deal with if he hurt her. Alec would be the least of his problems. If things went the other way, however, and they got into more trouble than they should be at this point, then Ray would have to answer to Alec. Although, thinking about it, Alec realized they'd hide something like that from him.
***
"You'll have to make spaghetti for us sometime. I can't even cook Mac and cheese from a box without burning it, so Alec does most of the cooking. I'm tired of him bragging about how good his food is," she said. Their mom worked late most nights and the twins were on their own for dinner. Their mom would then microwave whatever leftovers Alec wrapped up for her.
"I know for a fact he's making banana pancakes and sausage for breakfast tomorrow," Emily said. "Or we could all have a chance to cook. I'd finally get to see if Ray, Tate, or Morgan know how to work a kitchen."
Morgan laughed. "I can cook stuff from a box. Not exactly a chef," she said. She would be willing to try. She could actually cook anything simple. Alec most likely brought ingredients for simple meals. She didn't see him wanting to spend all his time cooking when they were here.
"But, yeah, there's some good hiking trails around. Um, there's a pond for ice skating. I'm not very good, but I do know how to stay on my feet at least. Plus, like, there's snow. We can build snowmen or forts or even have fights," she said. The snow was still falling, but it wasn't a big deal. Emily knew Alec watched the radar and would end their trip early if he saw something bad coming their way. "Plus Atlas would love you forever if you brought him on a hike," she said. She knew the dog was too attached to her brother, but he still liked other people.
"I just really hope Alec isn't giving Ray too much trouble, especially now that we're sharing a room," she said, looking out the window at the boys trudging through the snow. They were weighed down by wood, but Emily knew they'd be making a couple trips back and forth. She knew Alec felt like he had to protect her, but he didn't. Yes, she'd had her heart broken during high school, but it was by a guy that she now realized meant absolutely nothing. She also realized now, and wish she had realized sooner, that he was a dirtbag. She knew Ray wasn't the same. "I might talk to Alec later. He doesn't mean any harm, but..." she trailed off, unsure how to finish the sentence.
Emily looked up, glad she had cut off her sentence when she saw the boys enter. "They're heroes!" Morgan said, cheering. She went up to give each boy a hug. "Now let's get a fire going before my fingers freeze off."
"It's not that cold, Morgan. Try walking through the snow," Alec said, though his thin sweatshirt didn't provide much protection. He took her advice anyway, and grabbed some wood that had already been stacked by the fire. He put it in the fireplace and grabbed some matches. A few minutes later, after an unsuccessful attempt, he had a bright fire roaring in the fireplace.
Alec then entered the kitchen. "And somebody's already gotten dinner going. Huh, maybe I won't be the one doing all the work anyway." With that, he left. He followed the other boys out into the winter wonderland, shutting the door behind him.
Alec hummed as they walked. He actually enjoyed the physical work, more than just sitting in the kitchen and talking like the girls had been doing.
Back in the kitchen, Emily watched them approach the garage. "Anyway, there's so many things we can do up here. We'll probably just be chilling in here a lot so it's kinda just open on what you wanna do. I mean, one day we could just ditch the boys and drive into town and have a girls day," Emily said. Town was a bit of a drive, but it was worth it if you planned on spending the day.
"That sounds fun to me," Morgan called. She listened in from where she sat by the fire, curled up in a blanket she had grabbed from the couch. Seeing her, Emily laughed.
"And we have plenty of extra blankets if they're needed," she said. Then she had an idea. "Oooh! We could make a blanket fort takin up like the whole living room. I know we're all literally like 20, but still. I think it'd be fun."
"I'm 18!" Morgan called. She was the youngest of the group, but had always found herself fitting in more with older people. She missed out on quite a lot. She'd only be a college freshman this year, while the others had been there a few years. Next year they could all go out to bars together and Morgan would be stuck drinking a glass of water and most likely end up being the designated driver. Heck, she'd only recently become a legal adult. None of this bothered her though and it was nice, at times, to have a group of older friends. Especially having Hayden and Emily around to give advice. And she already had plenty of brothers, but she would hope that Alec, Ray, and Tate would defend her alongside them. Yes, she was the baby of the group. Yes, she enjoyed it very, very much.
"Most of us are in our 20s, but that doesn't mean we still can't have fun. Like building blanket forts or snow forts. And you better believe I'm ready to destroy any of you in a snowball fight," Emily said, editing her original statement for Morgan. Emily was truly young at heart. She wasn't physically old, but her maturity level wasn't always at the same young adult age that she was physically. Her friends knew that and had, apparently, decided to accept that.
Sample 2:
*percy Jackson related*
The daughter of Hermes sat in the back of a beat up van plastered with the words Delphi Strawberry Service on the side. Sitting in the passenger seat, Mia turned to stare out the window. It was quiet in the van - almost painfully quiet. Of course, to those that enjoyed silence, the ride was actually quite nice. Mia, however, found herself loathing the silent ride. She always wanted to be doing or saying something. Normally she would, but the nerves of a such a large quest prevented her from trying to make conversations. She'd talked to both Berrin and Nick, their driver from the Athena cabin, before, but couldn't subject them to her nervous chatter like she would if her friends had been with her instead.
Mia wasn't one that became uncertain or nervous easily. She was normally the picture of self confidence. A quest was a different matter. At camp, all she seemed to learn was how dangerous the world was for people like her. She didn't get to leave and experience it like a lot of demigods did. Now, not only was she being sent on a quest, but one to recover two powerful demigods. Four demigods, including two powerful ones that most likely had cell phones and laptops, would draw a lot of attention from any type of mythological creature that happened to be in the area. Not only that, but she wouldn't even be able to contact camp easily. It wasn't as if she had a cell phone to call up Chiron or her cabin mates whenever she wanted. Mia tapped her fingers on her knee before pulling out a deck of cards. She began shuffling and just fidgeting with them in general. Having her hands busy calmed her mind.
They had been rushed off on this quest awfully quick. Mia had been enjoying her normal life at camp when Chiron called her down to the Big House. A satyr had discovered two half bloods. They weren't normal half bloods, either. It was a son of Zeus and a daughter of Hades that had some how slipped under the radar for the first seventeen years of life. It was unheard of for such powerful kids to live that long. So Chiron had gone and somehow chosen her and Berrin to be the ones to go undercover at this boarding school.
Saying she wasn't excited would be an understatement. Camp was barren at this time of year, so she didn't have much choice in whether or not she went on the quest. The last thing Chiron wanted to do was send more powerful half bloods after them, so there weren't many choices. She couldn't avoided this by attending her old school, but Mia had had too many problems there and had just stayed at camp full time since she was twelve. So when her only memories of real school was uncaring teachers and bullies hiding among the student body, Mia would do anything to avoid going to school.
What seemed to be hours later, Nick slowed the van and parked in a spot. Tall buildings towered around the parking lot, which was filled with brand new cars clearly belonging to wealthy families. Their van stuck out like a sore thumb.
"We don't belong," she muttered. Her family wasn't poor, but they weren't rich either. It had been a few years since she'd went and visited them, but she still considered herself to be in the same economic state that they were in. A family like hers clearly didn't belong in a place like this. These demigods clearly had hotshot fathers, apparently their mothers weren't doing too bad either. She pulled a picture out of her pocket. It was a grainy surveillance screenshot, taken by one of the Hephaestus kids that managed to hack into the school's security network. It had been a risk, but one that Chiron had decided was worth it.
"Here you guys are. I'll check you in and you guys can head to your cabins- er, dorms. You guys are on your own after this," Nick said. He unloaded their bags before making his way to the check in area.
"Thanks, dad," Mia muttered, watching him go. Nick was 19, one of the oldest kids at camp, and he did act like a camp father at times. That was most likely the reason Chiron had sent him to drive the pair to school. Plus, he was one of the few that could be trusted to return straight to camp when they had a vehicle and a full tank of gas. Once Nick was out of sight, Mia looked around campus. Even from the parking lot it was a sight to see. Low brown building housed academic areas and they were bunched up in the middle of the campus. A brick building served as the administrative area. Two large tower like building housed the dorms. Girls to the east, boys to the west. Further away, Mia saw various athletic fields, a stable, and a cafeteria. It paid to do her research by reading various brochures and even sneaking on to a computer during one short trip out of camp. Hopefully the little research she had done would stop her from getting lost.
"Well, let's get going," Mia said. She didn't have much luggage, like some of the students she saw making multiple trips to their vehicle. She had one duffel bag of clothes, personal items, and some basics. She also had a backpack filled with unopened and untouched school supplies. She had no plans to open or touch them. She wasn't known to be a slacker and was, actually, very smart, but when it came to something without immediate gratification (such as school), Mia could be lazy.
Plus, if they were lucky, they wouldn't be here long. She had a vague picture of the demigods (though half the student body looked like the kids in the picture) and maybe she'd be able to sense which ones had godly blood. Once they found the demigods, convinced them to come to camp, and found any possible obstacles, they'd be able to Iris Message camp and get Nick to come by with the van and bring them all home. That is, of course, stuff went according to plan. If there was one thing that Mia learned about being a demigod, it's that nothing ever went according to plan.
***
Jace Fairfield was already at school. There was an early check in option, filled with different kinds of get-to-know-you activities. Every year he came early, and he has never once participated in a single activity. Why should he? He didn't care to get to know his classmates. He was friendly with a few of them, but didn't see the need to make more friends when he only had nine months left in this place.
His roommate would be arriving today. Jace mentally groaned at the idea. His roommate from last year was such a stick in the mud that it had practically caused Jace pain to live with him. Luckily, the boy transferred to a public school near his house to help care for his grandfather. Jace truly did hope his grandfather was doing well, but he wasn't upset that Vince had left. Maybe, if he was lucky, his roommate would just drop out last minute or something and Jace would have the room to himself for senior year. He knew the chances of that were next to nothing, but a boy could dream.
That was how he found himself in his bed, watching the arrival of new and returning students. He sighed and closed his blinds, sitting up. "I should probably get up actually do something," he muttered to himself. Since he had missed breakfast due to sleeping in, Jace grabbed a pack of bite sized blueberry muffins from the bag of food he had saved. He tore open the package and popped one in his mouth before getting dressed in red basketball shorts and a green hoodie. Hey, it was never too early to be in the Christmas spirit.
Jace left his room and locked the door behind him, stepping into the hall. This morning it had been quiet, empty except for him and a few other boys. Now it was filled with students and parents and bags and even furniture. He sidestepped a large box of clothes and hurried down the hall, keeping his head low.
Once Jace made it to the relative safety of the first floor, he pushed the door opened and exited the dorm building. Dodging an incoming stream of parents and students once again, Jace made his way through the parking lot, across the football field, and towards a tree. He sat underneath it and pulled out his phone. Opening it up, he began a game of Candy Crush. He debated texting Anastasia, but decided not to. She'd most likely end up here anyway. They'd been living together for so long that sometimes Jace felt as if she could read his mind. Maybe he'd just become to predictable. Huh, he'd have to change that.
Becoming bored with his game rather quickly, Jace turned the phone off and slipped it into his pocket. He grabbed a low hanging branch and swung himself up into the tree with ease. Here, he was partially hidden by leaves, making the chance that others would leave him alone even higher.
Jace felt his phone buzzed and checked the text. It was from his mother. She wanted to check in and see how we was doing. Was he excited for classes yet? Did he meet his roommate? Did he finish those college applications he had been working on? Jace fired off a quick reply. Yes, his mother sometimes seemed to worry too much, but Jace didn't blame her. His dad had died before he was born and he's grown up without much of a father figure. His mom had dated throughout the years, but had decided that none of them she went out with was good enough for her to marry. She hadn't been with any of them for more than a year or two at the most. Her current boyfriend, Richard, was the longest. They'd been dating for two and a half years and Jace hoped that she had finally met the man of her dreams. He really needed to stop worrying about his mother's love life.
Jace pulled his hood up over his short blonde hair and closed his eyes, almost drifting off to sleep as he leaned against the trunk of the tree, his legs hanging off either side of the branch he was on.
Sample 1:
*not Percy Jackson related*
"We can always come back later on if we need more wood. It's gonna be a pain refilling this when I come back up though," Alec muttered. Even though it was his grandpa's place, Alec and his cousins were expected to take care of it. That meant cleaning and doing any maintenance. That meant cutting up and stacking wood. Last year, that meant fixing a couple holes in the roof. He, Emily, and Matt had spent hours sweating their butts off in the sun. "So, yeah, three trips should work," he said in response to Tate's question. He figured he'd leave Ray alone for now. He may be pushing it a little too much, but he figured Ray would act similar when his sisters started dating.
As much as he hated to admit it, he did trust Ray. However, the twins had always been so close that Alec felt the need to protect her. Emily was not only his sister, but his best friend as well. Of course, he'd never let Ray know that he trusted him. Plus, they all knew that Emily was the one Ray would have to deal with if he hurt her. Alec would be the least of his problems. If things went the other way, however, and they got into more trouble than they should be at this point, then Ray would have to answer to Alec. Although, thinking about it, Alec realized they'd hide something like that from him.
***
"You'll have to make spaghetti for us sometime. I can't even cook Mac and cheese from a box without burning it, so Alec does most of the cooking. I'm tired of him bragging about how good his food is," she said. Their mom worked late most nights and the twins were on their own for dinner. Their mom would then microwave whatever leftovers Alec wrapped up for her.
"I know for a fact he's making banana pancakes and sausage for breakfast tomorrow," Emily said. "Or we could all have a chance to cook. I'd finally get to see if Ray, Tate, or Morgan know how to work a kitchen."
Morgan laughed. "I can cook stuff from a box. Not exactly a chef," she said. She would be willing to try. She could actually cook anything simple. Alec most likely brought ingredients for simple meals. She didn't see him wanting to spend all his time cooking when they were here.
"But, yeah, there's some good hiking trails around. Um, there's a pond for ice skating. I'm not very good, but I do know how to stay on my feet at least. Plus, like, there's snow. We can build snowmen or forts or even have fights," she said. The snow was still falling, but it wasn't a big deal. Emily knew Alec watched the radar and would end their trip early if he saw something bad coming their way. "Plus Atlas would love you forever if you brought him on a hike," she said. She knew the dog was too attached to her brother, but he still liked other people.
"I just really hope Alec isn't giving Ray too much trouble, especially now that we're sharing a room," she said, looking out the window at the boys trudging through the snow. They were weighed down by wood, but Emily knew they'd be making a couple trips back and forth. She knew Alec felt like he had to protect her, but he didn't. Yes, she'd had her heart broken during high school, but it was by a guy that she now realized meant absolutely nothing. She also realized now, and wish she had realized sooner, that he was a dirtbag. She knew Ray wasn't the same. "I might talk to Alec later. He doesn't mean any harm, but..." she trailed off, unsure how to finish the sentence.
Emily looked up, glad she had cut off her sentence when she saw the boys enter. "They're heroes!" Morgan said, cheering. She went up to give each boy a hug. "Now let's get a fire going before my fingers freeze off."
"It's not that cold, Morgan. Try walking through the snow," Alec said, though his thin sweatshirt didn't provide much protection. He took her advice anyway, and grabbed some wood that had already been stacked by the fire. He put it in the fireplace and grabbed some matches. A few minutes later, after an unsuccessful attempt, he had a bright fire roaring in the fireplace.
Alec then entered the kitchen. "And somebody's already gotten dinner going. Huh, maybe I won't be the one doing all the work anyway." With that, he left. He followed the other boys out into the winter wonderland, shutting the door behind him.
Alec hummed as they walked. He actually enjoyed the physical work, more than just sitting in the kitchen and talking like the girls had been doing.
Back in the kitchen, Emily watched them approach the garage. "Anyway, there's so many things we can do up here. We'll probably just be chilling in here a lot so it's kinda just open on what you wanna do. I mean, one day we could just ditch the boys and drive into town and have a girls day," Emily said. Town was a bit of a drive, but it was worth it if you planned on spending the day.
"That sounds fun to me," Morgan called. She listened in from where she sat by the fire, curled up in a blanket she had grabbed from the couch. Seeing her, Emily laughed.
"And we have plenty of extra blankets if they're needed," she said. Then she had an idea. "Oooh! We could make a blanket fort takin up like the whole living room. I know we're all literally like 20, but still. I think it'd be fun."
"I'm 18!" Morgan called. She was the youngest of the group, but had always found herself fitting in more with older people. She missed out on quite a lot. She'd only be a college freshman this year, while the others had been there a few years. Next year they could all go out to bars together and Morgan would be stuck drinking a glass of water and most likely end up being the designated driver. Heck, she'd only recently become a legal adult. None of this bothered her though and it was nice, at times, to have a group of older friends. Especially having Hayden and Emily around to give advice. And she already had plenty of brothers, but she would hope that Alec, Ray, and Tate would defend her alongside them. Yes, she was the baby of the group. Yes, she enjoyed it very, very much.
"Most of us are in our 20s, but that doesn't mean we still can't have fun. Like building blanket forts or snow forts. And you better believe I'm ready to destroy any of you in a snowball fight," Emily said, editing her original statement for Morgan. Emily was truly young at heart. She wasn't physically old, but her maturity level wasn't always at the same young adult age that she was physically. Her friends knew that and had, apparently, decided to accept that.
Sample 2:
*percy Jackson related*
The daughter of Hermes sat in the back of a beat up van plastered with the words Delphi Strawberry Service on the side. Sitting in the passenger seat, Mia turned to stare out the window. It was quiet in the van - almost painfully quiet. Of course, to those that enjoyed silence, the ride was actually quite nice. Mia, however, found herself loathing the silent ride. She always wanted to be doing or saying something. Normally she would, but the nerves of a such a large quest prevented her from trying to make conversations. She'd talked to both Berrin and Nick, their driver from the Athena cabin, before, but couldn't subject them to her nervous chatter like she would if her friends had been with her instead.
Mia wasn't one that became uncertain or nervous easily. She was normally the picture of self confidence. A quest was a different matter. At camp, all she seemed to learn was how dangerous the world was for people like her. She didn't get to leave and experience it like a lot of demigods did. Now, not only was she being sent on a quest, but one to recover two powerful demigods. Four demigods, including two powerful ones that most likely had cell phones and laptops, would draw a lot of attention from any type of mythological creature that happened to be in the area. Not only that, but she wouldn't even be able to contact camp easily. It wasn't as if she had a cell phone to call up Chiron or her cabin mates whenever she wanted. Mia tapped her fingers on her knee before pulling out a deck of cards. She began shuffling and just fidgeting with them in general. Having her hands busy calmed her mind.
They had been rushed off on this quest awfully quick. Mia had been enjoying her normal life at camp when Chiron called her down to the Big House. A satyr had discovered two half bloods. They weren't normal half bloods, either. It was a son of Zeus and a daughter of Hades that had some how slipped under the radar for the first seventeen years of life. It was unheard of for such powerful kids to live that long. So Chiron had gone and somehow chosen her and Berrin to be the ones to go undercover at this boarding school.
Saying she wasn't excited would be an understatement. Camp was barren at this time of year, so she didn't have much choice in whether or not she went on the quest. The last thing Chiron wanted to do was send more powerful half bloods after them, so there weren't many choices. She couldn't avoided this by attending her old school, but Mia had had too many problems there and had just stayed at camp full time since she was twelve. So when her only memories of real school was uncaring teachers and bullies hiding among the student body, Mia would do anything to avoid going to school.
What seemed to be hours later, Nick slowed the van and parked in a spot. Tall buildings towered around the parking lot, which was filled with brand new cars clearly belonging to wealthy families. Their van stuck out like a sore thumb.
"We don't belong," she muttered. Her family wasn't poor, but they weren't rich either. It had been a few years since she'd went and visited them, but she still considered herself to be in the same economic state that they were in. A family like hers clearly didn't belong in a place like this. These demigods clearly had hotshot fathers, apparently their mothers weren't doing too bad either. She pulled a picture out of her pocket. It was a grainy surveillance screenshot, taken by one of the Hephaestus kids that managed to hack into the school's security network. It had been a risk, but one that Chiron had decided was worth it.
"Here you guys are. I'll check you in and you guys can head to your cabins- er, dorms. You guys are on your own after this," Nick said. He unloaded their bags before making his way to the check in area.
"Thanks, dad," Mia muttered, watching him go. Nick was 19, one of the oldest kids at camp, and he did act like a camp father at times. That was most likely the reason Chiron had sent him to drive the pair to school. Plus, he was one of the few that could be trusted to return straight to camp when they had a vehicle and a full tank of gas. Once Nick was out of sight, Mia looked around campus. Even from the parking lot it was a sight to see. Low brown building housed academic areas and they were bunched up in the middle of the campus. A brick building served as the administrative area. Two large tower like building housed the dorms. Girls to the east, boys to the west. Further away, Mia saw various athletic fields, a stable, and a cafeteria. It paid to do her research by reading various brochures and even sneaking on to a computer during one short trip out of camp. Hopefully the little research she had done would stop her from getting lost.
"Well, let's get going," Mia said. She didn't have much luggage, like some of the students she saw making multiple trips to their vehicle. She had one duffel bag of clothes, personal items, and some basics. She also had a backpack filled with unopened and untouched school supplies. She had no plans to open or touch them. She wasn't known to be a slacker and was, actually, very smart, but when it came to something without immediate gratification (such as school), Mia could be lazy.
Plus, if they were lucky, they wouldn't be here long. She had a vague picture of the demigods (though half the student body looked like the kids in the picture) and maybe she'd be able to sense which ones had godly blood. Once they found the demigods, convinced them to come to camp, and found any possible obstacles, they'd be able to Iris Message camp and get Nick to come by with the van and bring them all home. That is, of course, stuff went according to plan. If there was one thing that Mia learned about being a demigod, it's that nothing ever went according to plan.
***
Jace Fairfield was already at school. There was an early check in option, filled with different kinds of get-to-know-you activities. Every year he came early, and he has never once participated in a single activity. Why should he? He didn't care to get to know his classmates. He was friendly with a few of them, but didn't see the need to make more friends when he only had nine months left in this place.
His roommate would be arriving today. Jace mentally groaned at the idea. His roommate from last year was such a stick in the mud that it had practically caused Jace pain to live with him. Luckily, the boy transferred to a public school near his house to help care for his grandfather. Jace truly did hope his grandfather was doing well, but he wasn't upset that Vince had left. Maybe, if he was lucky, his roommate would just drop out last minute or something and Jace would have the room to himself for senior year. He knew the chances of that were next to nothing, but a boy could dream.
That was how he found himself in his bed, watching the arrival of new and returning students. He sighed and closed his blinds, sitting up. "I should probably get up actually do something," he muttered to himself. Since he had missed breakfast due to sleeping in, Jace grabbed a pack of bite sized blueberry muffins from the bag of food he had saved. He tore open the package and popped one in his mouth before getting dressed in red basketball shorts and a green hoodie. Hey, it was never too early to be in the Christmas spirit.
Jace left his room and locked the door behind him, stepping into the hall. This morning it had been quiet, empty except for him and a few other boys. Now it was filled with students and parents and bags and even furniture. He sidestepped a large box of clothes and hurried down the hall, keeping his head low.
Once Jace made it to the relative safety of the first floor, he pushed the door opened and exited the dorm building. Dodging an incoming stream of parents and students once again, Jace made his way through the parking lot, across the football field, and towards a tree. He sat underneath it and pulled out his phone. Opening it up, he began a game of Candy Crush. He debated texting Anastasia, but decided not to. She'd most likely end up here anyway. They'd been living together for so long that sometimes Jace felt as if she could read his mind. Maybe he'd just become to predictable. Huh, he'd have to change that.
Becoming bored with his game rather quickly, Jace turned the phone off and slipped it into his pocket. He grabbed a low hanging branch and swung himself up into the tree with ease. Here, he was partially hidden by leaves, making the chance that others would leave him alone even higher.
Jace felt his phone buzzed and checked the text. It was from his mother. She wanted to check in and see how we was doing. Was he excited for classes yet? Did he meet his roommate? Did he finish those college applications he had been working on? Jace fired off a quick reply. Yes, his mother sometimes seemed to worry too much, but Jace didn't blame her. His dad had died before he was born and he's grown up without much of a father figure. His mom had dated throughout the years, but had decided that none of them she went out with was good enough for her to marry. She hadn't been with any of them for more than a year or two at the most. Her current boyfriend, Richard, was the longest. They'd been dating for two and a half years and Jace hoped that she had finally met the man of her dreams. He really needed to stop worrying about his mother's love life.
Jace pulled his hood up over his short blonde hair and closed his eyes, almost drifting off to sleep as he leaned against the trunk of the tree, his legs hanging off either side of the branch he was on.