Chapter 4
The smack on Jason’s hand is oddly dramatic, and tension is almost tangible in the air.
They all watch as the son of Jupiter slowly pulls his palm away from the rusty coin, and Leo hums.
”Hufflepuff.” He remarks, grinning. “Hehe, we get the one with the funny name.”
Percy snorts. “They all have funny names.” He notes. “I mean, c’mon, Gryffindor? It just sounds… goofy, put nicely.” He glances McGonagall’s way, as if she’d decide that was too rude and blast him to smithereens.
She’s too busy sighing and pinching the bridge of her nose, muttering something along the lines of “Teenagers.” Which honestly, is quite offensive.
Not all teens, am I right?
James hums. “Tonks is in Hufflepuff.” He notes, absently picking at the grass.
In Leo’s very (non)professional opinion, he’s as ADHD as any other demigod.
Remus nods. "We could bring her in on...this." he waves his hand at the four demigods, an odd look on his face.
Leo smirks proudly. "More people to learn about Leo-bad-boy-supreme-taco-expert-Valdez." he announces haughtily.
Regulus pauses. "How long did it take for you to memorize that?" he asks slowly.
Leo glances at him before shrugging, face bright red. "I dunno." he mumbles, clearly lying.
Annabeth clears her throat. "Who is Tonks?" she asks cautiously, furrowing her brows, a suspicious look in her eyes as she seemingly analyzes the wizards' sous.
Remus, the ever so on task one, responds. “She’s a friend of ours.” He tells Annabeth simply.
Percy harrumphs. “I’m surprised you all have other friends… no offense.”
The look on his face makes it obvious he wants to eat his words.
Sirius snickers. “Yeah, I’m surprised idiot number one over there,” he nods his head at James, who is still playing with the grass, “managed to befriend any one but me.” He teases.
James looks properly offended. “Hey, who’s the popular one for his good looks?” He shoots back.
Sirius rolls his eyes. “Yeah, and who’s the one that got dated solely for said good looks?”
“Lily didn’t date me only for my looks!”
Regulus raises a brow at his boyfriend.
Jason gets them back on track. "So, when can we meet Tonks?" He directs the topic of conversation back to the main task at hand... for the nth time.
At this point, it'll be up to James to bring them back, and with how he seems enamored by an ant climbing on his sleeve, the chances of him noticing anything are very low.
Sirius frowns in thought. "Well, given classes are done for the day, i'd say whenever Mrs. McGonagall decides it's time." He answers, shrugging.
The teacher in question glances to the sky, as if asking Jupiter for strength. Jason doesn't bother telling her she won't find any.
"We shall get going now. You four," She points to the four wizards. "My office, immediately. Not only are you skipping, but I can clearly smell tobacco on all of you."
They all groan, and Percy gives them a 'ha! ya'll got caught: couldn't be me.' look. Not only has he been caught on multiple occasions--not of smoking, but stealing from the gods, going through the literal underworld, and replacing some of Mr. D's wine with Dr. Pepper zero sugar-- but he's also going to be escorted very embarrassingly to a common room by a goddess, so he can't really tell which is worse.
Leo gives them a similar smug grin, before the goddess pours metaphorical water on his literal fire. "And you, son of Vulcan--no, Hephaestus." She says, narrowing her eyes. "You are involved with setting someone on fire. Controlled or not is irrelevant-- to my office as well."
Percy erupts into laughter, and Annabeth buries her face into the son of Poseidon's shoulder to muffle her own snickers as Leo gives her a dumbfounded look. Jason gives the goddess a look.
"Can I... join him?" He asks hesitantly. Minerva frowns.
"You have no reason to." She responds, tone clipped.
The blonde blinks, presses a finger to Leo's bicep, and in moments, the brunet is screeching and scrambling away. "You shocked me--literally!"
"I've electrocuted another student." He says instead to his godly sister(?)
She's giving him the most dead inside look. "You know what?" She asks, sighing. "Go ahead. Follow those four while I escort these two," She gestures to Percy and Annabeth "to their dorms."
Sirius gives Jason a thankful look. "You're going to save me from name jokes," He whispers, as if Jason were a god of sorts.
Jason gives a cruel grin. "Quiet, Alexa."
Sirius has an aneurysm of sorts, and Leo gives Jason a bright look. "Awe, Superman! I knew I liked you!"
Regulus sighs and shakes his head. "Alexa," He pats Sirius's shoulder. "It'll be okay."
"Hey Alexa!: Percy joins in, voice choked with laughter. "This is sad--I feel bad for you! Play Despacito!"
"I'm going to play 'jump off a bridge'!" Sirius responds.
Remus ruffles his boyfriends hair. "Shh, it's okay." After a moment, he adds-- "Alexa."
"We're done."
"Yeah, I expected that."