The Gods

Part 1

"Hey Sophie, wait up will you?" eighteen year old dark haired, green eyed Nico Smith yelled from down the street. He wanted her to stop running away from him so he could actually talk to her and he knew he could use his powers against her, but he didn't want to. He didn't like using them against her, he thought it was mean. He was half god and half human, because his father was Hades (yes Hades of the Underworld) and his Mom was human. Eighteen year old Sophie Elisabeth Jones turned round and waited. Her long fair hair fell down against her shoulders in waves as she waited for him to reach her. Her bright blue eyes watched as her best friend came towards her. She didn't try to run because she knew about his powers and how he could use them against her to stop her from running. Nico ran towards her, knowing he didn't have long until she decided to run again. His dark hair was windblown because he had run after her. He stopped in front of her so she couldn't run away, well try to anyway.

"What do you want Nico? I'm not in a good mood," she asked a little sourly, looking at the floor. She knew he could blast her to the Underworld to her death in one second so she had to be careful with what she said and did.

"Why did you run off like that?" Nico asked, his green eyes watching her carefully, trying to read her. Sophie looked up at her so called best friend. She knew if she wasn't careful he would read her like a book. He had always been good at reading her feelings and thoughts, even when they were younger.

"Because you're an asshole," she replied, her eyes darting from him to the floor and back again as she tried to side step him so she could walk away without her feelings and thoughts being read. He side stepped with her and tapped his head, with a small grin on his face.

"Remember I can see most things in your head including what you're going to do next," he grinned, reminding her. Sophie frowned and looked up at him.

"Get out of my head now," she ordered politely as she could. Why should she be nice to the guy who was reading her thoughts? Nico smiled down at his best friend. She was almost a foot shorter than he was, he towered above her at 6 foot 3 as she stood at 5 foot 4.

"Say please," he replied, smiling. He loved winding Sophie up when he could. It was fun. And not only that but Sophie was even cuter when she was mad than normal. Though she didn't know that he thought of her like that. She didn't know that guys in general thought she looked cute even though she was a huge nerd. Sophie frowned again. What was with this guy and winding her up? It was like he couldn't help it, he always did it when he could.

"Please," she asked quietly, looking at the floor again. She couldn't risk her feelings being read, that would just give him even more opportunities to wind her up and she didn't need that right now. Nico smiled. He pulled away from her mind slowly. He did like making fun of her but he never wanted to hurt her because she meant to much too him. She could get pretty nasty when she wanted to. Sophie sighed in a little relief as she felt her mind being left alone from his mind mentally poking hers. She had gotten used to him reading her mind. The only good thing about him reading her mind (only when she wanted him to that is) was that he could tell what was wrong so he didn't have to ask any stupid pointless questions that she didn't want to answer. He always knew what was wrong and always had a way of making her laugh or smile. She didn't know how he did it but he always had a solution to her unhappiness.

"Can I go now?" she asked the floor, refusing to look at him. Nico moved to the side so she could pass. Sophie began to walk quickly down the street and away from him. She knew she needed to get away from him before she got get even more embarrassed.

"Off you go, I'll see you in school on Monday!" he called to her as she ran down the road. He stood there until she disappeared from his view. Then he sighed and walked back the way he had ran to go get his black jeep that he had saved up to buy once he had passed his driving test.