A few of the other students watched Percy as he approached the teacher. Silence fell from those closest as they waited to see how Miss George would respond to the offer. She frowned and sat back in chair. "This exercise is really intended to help you get to know your classmates better," she said. The frown wasn't necessarily disapproving, more considerate. It gave her a more serious look than she normally had, that was for sure.<br/><br/>"All right. But I'd like to see a written report from you, two to three pages, about your answers on my desk tomorrow morning." The rest of the class only needed to discuss it. And with Miss George busy with Percy, if they looked like they were having a serious discussion they could get away with pretty much anything. "How does that sound? Fair?" She was curious about why he didn't want to talk to any of his classmates. He was hard to say no to though.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Nicolette hated homeroom. The only good parts about it were Silas and Ryder. Misery loves company, wasn't that the saying? She just found it so pointless. Especially exercises like these. How the hell was she supposed to know out of the next five years if there was a good chance she wouldn't even make it to graduation?! She scowled, daring any of her classmates to approach. Let them come to her if they were brave enough.<br/><br/>Her scowl vanished when Silas pulled up his chair to her desk. She smiled at him. This wasn't going to be so bad. She wouldn't need to bullshit as much with him. The mention of monsters made her roll her eyes good-naturedly. "You must have a pretty loose definition of 'monster,'" she said. The darkskinned girl leaned back in her seat.<br/><br/>"Do you really want to talk about the next five years?" she asked, slight wheedling in her tone.  The future was a bit of a sore subject for her. As long as they kept their voices low and appeared to be talking intently, she doubted they actually had to do anything except kill time until class ended. Percy had done them all a favor by being bold enough to ask the teacher to partner up with him.