CHAPTER 1 – ANGRY MOM
NICO
I was woken up by a loud knock at my cabin door. I get up and walk puffy-eyed to the door. I open and see my most gorgeous nightmare, Percy Jackson. "Good morning Nico!" He smiled. I smile back sarcastically. "What are you doing here Jackson?" "I just came to fetch you." He looked hurt. What the fuck was this guy thinking? "Fine. I'll just change my clothes." Saying yes to him, I don't know if I damned myself to pain once again or bless myself with bliss because, well, he is the guy of my dreams.
As we were walking towards the Mess, we pass by Jason. His smile was one to be furious at. I made a mental note to strangle him later.
We made it to the Mess. As we entered the room, the other campers were looking at us. Some of them smiling, others have looks of disgust. The Aphrodite children were teary-eyed. The day, so far, is really freaking me out. "Percy, why are they looking at us?" He looks around and smiles. "You'll see." He winks. Fuck. I hate it when he does that. It makes my legs turn to Jell-O.
I sit down in the Hades table and Percy sits in Poseidon's. I see Annabeth. Her gray eyes focused on her empty plate. Her eyes seem to be red and puffy. Did she cry? What IS happening?!
Like the usual, I scrape off some food from my plate and offer them to the gods before I eat. After eating, I was focusing on my pomegranate juice, the intensity of the sour almost overpowering the sweet.
I was about to leave when Percy stopped me. "Nico, where are you going? I still have an announcement." I looked at him lousy-eyed. "Hurry it up." "Okay okay. Attention campers! I have an announcement." They all shifted uncomfortably. Who wouldn't? Any announcement given to us can either mean our death or our survival. They are all looking now at Percy beside me. This is awkward. "I have to confess something to all of you." Whispers started. Chiron raised a brow at Percy. Annabeth sobbed. What is wrong with her? "I love someone." Percy said and the whispers died. Everyone patted Annabeth in the back. Percy saw. "It's not her." All of them looked at Percy, bewildered. Annabeth cried more. "What?! Who is she then?" Clarisse screamed. "The person I like is not a "she" it's a "he"." Silence. Complete silence engulfed the hall. "And that person is standing right beside me." I stood there, frozen. I can see Jason with his thumbs-up, Piper's teary eyes, Leo's smirk, and the other campers looks of shock. Percy faces and approaches me. He hugs me, but I don't hug back. I was still wide-eyed with shock. He lets go, lifts my face and was about to kiss me. Blood rushed into my veins once again and I slapped him. "HOW DARE YOU?!" I yelled at him and ran.
The next thing I did was a blur. All I know was that I was running. What the fuck was he thinking? After all those years of pain now he confesses that he likes me?! What the fuck? No. I must run away again. I don't want to be near him. I want to move on.
I stop near an olive tree. I rest there and cry. Cry till my eyes can't bear anymore. I looked up and saw the tree, admiring it. Then, I realized. We don't have olive trees in camp. Oh shit. "Welcome Ghost King." A woman's voice said. "Who are you?" Then she appeared, a woman wearing white Greek dress. Her cold gray eyes bore into me. Athena. "What do you want?" I asked irritated. "You." She smiled menacingly. "Me? Why me?" I asked perplexed. "You are what made that no-good son of Poseidon change his mind about my daughter. And for that I will take you away from him." She said coldly. "You can never do that. Father won't approve –" "Oh. I don't care about him." I stagger backwards and try to run but suddenly I was enveloped and blinded by white light. Then my vision turned black.
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