A/N: Okay, so just wanted to say that this story is rated M for a reason. The first few chapters won't be that bad, but in later chapters there will be strong language, violence, self-harm, drug use, use of alcohol, and possibly sex. Yep, there is a very good reason this is rated M.
Love Me Forever Or Love Me Never
Chapter 1: Glance Into The Past
In the gauzy morning sunrise two young boys zoom up the road on their bikes. Both of them weave around the street, running up on the sidewalk, swerving into the street lanes. One of the boys is ten year old Percy Jackson, who is glancing behind him, a devious grin on his face. He watches as his best friend Grover Underwood follows behind him, a slight stretch of pavement separating the two.
"Come on, Grover!" Percy cries back to his friend. He whips his head around trying to dislodge the strands of raven black hair that are now stuck to his face with perspiration. This attempt fails.
"Percy!" Grover whines behind him. "Slow down!"
"Maybe you should sped up, slow poke!" Percy let out a laugh as he turns his head towards Grover.
"Come on Per- Percy! Watch out!" Grover shrieks, although he knows his warning is to late. Percy slams into the kid head on knocking him off his feet. The boy smashes to the ground as does Percy. There is a lot scrapping sound as metal clashes upon pavement. Percy's bike hit's the ground with a clatter. Percy falls a few feet away. He remains on his back for a moment not changing his position since he crashed. Slowly, Percy drags himself to his feet still blissfully unaware of what he hit.
A groan alerts him that he had hit a person. A boy slightly younger than himself lays upon the ground whimpering slightly. Grover spins up beside the two. Jumping from his bike seat, letting the bicycle fall to the paved street, Grover rushes to the boy. Percy follows shortly.
"Oh god! He's dead isn't he! Isn't he!" Percy cried worriedly. His frantic screams seemed to bring the boy back to life. Slowly the child sits up, his eyes flashing from Percy to Grover.
"I'm not dead!" He states quickly.
"Oh my god! He's bleeding! He's going to bleed to death! What do we do?" Percy exclaimed pointing to the gash on the boy's cheek. The boy slowly reaches up and touches the wound smearing his fingers with blood.
"Percy! Calm down! You'll scare him to death in a minute! Ignore him, kid. He's such a idiot." Grover told the boy rolling his eyes.
The boy giggled for a moment before nodding slightly. Grover smiled down at him and Percy could instantly tell that Grover liked him.
"What's your name, kid?" Grover asked reaching out to shake hands with him.
"Nico. Nico di Angelo!" He replied happily.
"Well Nico, I'm Grover and this dummy is Percy. I've never seen you around here before. Did you just move here?"
"Uh, huh!" Nico said shaking his head up and down.
"Nice. Nico, let me be the first to welcome you to our neighborhood. I think your going to like it here- unless you bleed to death before you get to enjoy being here." Percy said with a smile. Nico meekly smile back.
"There she is!" Percy cried as he stared out his bedroom window. His cheek was propped against the windowsill as he lay on his stomach, stretched out across his bed.
"Who!?" Nico cried wildly. The skinny teenager jumped on top of Percy laying his chin on top on Percy head. Percy didn't mind Nico's closeness. After being friends with him for four long years it didn't bother him any more. Nico let out a slight growl as he caught a glimpse of the girl who was skipping down the street with two others flanked on either of her sides.
"Who else would it be, Nico? It's Annabeth! Percy's one true love!" Grover called pretending to swoon. Nico glanced at the boy who was sitting in front of Percy's television playing some sort of video game. It took all of Nico's self control to not bend over and vomit on the floor.
He hated Percy's affections towards Annabeth. It caused him pain. A pain that was buried somewhere deep inside his heart and soul, in a place where no medicine could reach it and cure it. Nico hated himself for feeling this way. He always had hated the strange weakness he had for Percy.
"Wow. She's so pretty!" Percy gushed.
"I don't see anything special about her!" Nico spat. Percy quickly rolled over so that Nico was underneath him and he was laying on his back, eyes looked on the ceiling. Nico let out a gasp and his arms sprang forward. He grabbed at Percy hair and clothes trying to move the boy.
"Percy! Get up! I can't breath! You weigh to much!" Nico screamed.
"How does my weigh effect your breathing?" Percy asked sitting up. Nico scampered away quickly regaining his breath.
"Well, you were crushing my chest so my lungs were no working proper-" The bedroom door swung open quickly before Nico could continue. Sally Jackson, Percy's mother, ran in the room, whirling around in circles frantically. Percy's face went blood red, colored with embarrassment, thinking about how strange his mother was.
"Mom! What are you doing!?" He cried burying his face in his hands. Grover quickly glanced up from the game for a second before he lost interest in the scene that was unfolding before him. Percy's mother looked at her son for a second before giving a breezy smile.
"Oops! Sorry Percy! I heard someone screaming so I just though something might have been wrong." She replied.
"No, nothings wrong." Percy said quickly shooing her from the room.
" Nothing wrong, but your son's love for Annabeth!" Nico murmured angrily under his breath. Percy's mother turned towards him swiftly.
"What was that, honey?" She asked.
"Oh, nothing. Just talking to myself a little." Nico said with a bright smile.
She nodded his way before turning to leave. Percy glanced at Nico perplexed. Obviously he had said something important if it caught his mother's attention. Although Percy was curious about what Nico had said he wasn't going to ask. Judging by the look on his face Nico didn't want Percy to say a word about it. There was a unsettling anger in Nico's features- a anger Percy had been seeing quiet often in his friend. He wished he could help, but Nico wouldn't allow it. He would refuse help, like he always did.
Nico nearly jumped out of his skin when the door to his bedroom burst open. In ran Percy, Grover, Annabeth, and Thalia, a girl Nico had meet when Percy began dating Annabeth when he was fourteen, two years ago to be exact. The group huddled into Nico small bedroom, surrounding him.
"Grover! Grab his feet! I'll get his arms!" Percy called. He ran forward grasping Nico wrists before the boy could protest. Grover came forward as well taking hold of Nico's ankles. Nico thrashed wildly, unsure as to what they were doing. Annabeth and Thalia stood back giggling like crazy as they watched.
"Annabeth, grab his jacket over there! It will be cold tonight so he'll need it!" Percy screamed wildly. Annabeth ran to the bed post, grabbing Nico's aviator jacket from where it hung on the pole. Nico couldn't help but roll his eyes. Even though Percy was acting crazing and actually scaring Nico quiet a bit he had to act like a big brother. Nico had noticed Percy brotherly way of acting many times before. He also notice Percy only acted that way around him.
Nico groaned as Percy and Grover drug him from the room and through the hallway, making their way to the front door. Nico knew he shouldn't have left the door unlocked when his parents weren't home. That was a dumb ass move in his own opinion. The moment they moved out the front door and the cold air struck Nico's skin he thrashed more wildly then before. The cold nipped at his skin sending shiver after shiver down his spine. During Nico's struggle Percy lost his grasp on the boy's wrist. As if in slow motion Nico fell down, his head striking the hard concrete sidewalk.
"Fuck!" Nico cried out. He stood up swiftly, swinging his arms around, making sure Percy couldn't grab him again. Instead Percy stepped forward, reaching towards Nico's head. Slowly he ran his fingers over the back of Nico's head making sure there was no damage when he fell. Nico jerked out of Percy reach as a fire ran through his being, a blush flaring up on his cheeks.
"Where are you guys taking me anyways?!" Nico cried angrily.
"We just felt bad about you staying home when we're going to be out at a football game.. So we decided to surprise you and bring you with us. Just so you know this awful plan was all Percy's idea!" Grover hollered pointing at Percy.
Percy gave a nervous chuckle as Nico stepped forward. He had seen Nico angry before and even though the boy didn't look strong he was. Percy braced for pain, waiting for Nico's fist to come in contact with his face. Instead the boy walked up and wrapped his arms around his neck. Percy gasped slightly, not expecting the affection he was receiving.
"Even if that plan failed it was a sweet attempt." Nico said stepping back with a smile. Annabeth looked at Nico in distant. She hated how close Nico and Percy was.
"Yeah, it was. What are best friends for!" Percy yelled happily.
Little did Nico know later that night Percy would take those words back and they would no longer be friends. Instead they would be enemies and no one could change that.
A/N: Thank you all for reading! Please leave a comment telling me if you liked it and if I should continue.
