Backstage...
"Di Angelos? Why is it about you guys!" exclaimed Percy, looking at Bianca and Nico.
"We got the mic first," Bianca shrugged.
"Plus," Nico added. "Boring things happen in your life. What's there to tell?"
That made Percy shut up. His story was done. He fulfilled the prophecy, fought for Olympus, and even had Annabeth for his girlfriend. Nico's story wasn't even starting yet. Sure, Bianca was here. But this is just her spirit. Hades allowed her to leave the Underworld and come back at 5 pm. Nothing more, nothing less.
Thalia grunted. "Stop narrating. Save that for the last season."
Keeping Up With The Di Angelos
Nico Di Angelo shadow-travelled back inside his mansion. He came from McDonald's with his skeleton buddies. They really had a fun time, and the son of Hades' mood was immediately disturbed when he saw Percy and Annabeth all cuddled up.
"PG, please! There is a twelve year-old in the room!" yelled Nico.
"Nico," crooned Annabeth. "You have a visitor."
He heard footsteps from the second floor. He looked up and saw an incredibly beautiful girl with glittering strawberry blonde hair and rosy cheeks. The girl had round blue eyes that reminded him of the sky, and he couldn't help but stare at it. She - the girl - went down the stairs and stood before Nico.
"I...I'm Nico...Nico Di Angelo," he raised his hand to shake hers. The girl giggled, and her voice was like a thousand bells chiming.
"The name's Dreasalie Limestone Shimmerdust Jellybean Lovely," she took his hands and shook it. "But you can call me Beautiful."
Just by the sound of her name, Nico Di Angelo was sure he wanted to die.
•••
"Stop staring, Piper," Bianca hissed at her friend who was intently observing the good-looking boy with blonde hair and blue eyes. He was standing next to a Mr. Slushy Dawg stand. The boy caught Bianca's eyes and smiled. Bianca blushed.
"I must say he's cute," Thalia said in a very boring way. "But I wouldn't break my vow for any boy in this world."
"Not even for Apollo?" Piper teased.
"Nope."
"Not even for Nico?"
"Whoa, where did that come from?" Thalia asked, giving sarcastic looks at her friends. "He's twelve. I'm fifteen. Besides, I don't like him. And I swore to be part of Lady Artemis' Hunters forever."
"Not on the River Styx, I hope," Bianca murmured so low that Thalia could not hear.
"Oh. my. gods," Piper started squealing. "He's coming over here. He's coming over here."
"Who?"
Piper pointed at the boy she was just observing. "Him."
Indeed he was. The hotdog on top of his Mr. Slushy Dawg hat bounced up and down as he walked towards the trio.
He smiled - lo and behold! He handed Bianca a corn dog. She looked at it, then at the boy, and back to the corn dog. "What?" she asked.
"I saw you looking at this," the boy smiled. "I thought you wanted one, but you were too shy. So I decided to come over. That would be 10 dollars, ma'am."
"Right. Ten," Bianca repeated, getting her wallet and fumbling through the coins. She handed him the ten.
"Thanks. I'm Jeremy, by the way," he said.
Before Bianca could introduce herself, a pretty red-haired girl approached Jeremy and smiled. "Hey, Jeremy. The movie's about to start. And, er, Suzie," she gritted her teeth. "Has our food."
"Oh, really? Let me just tell my manager my shift's done. Just wait for me, Candace," Jeremy said. He walked back to the store and entered the employees' room. Candace looked at Bianca, smiled, and walked to the front of the Mr. Slushy Dawg stand.
"I could've sworn I saw them somewhere," Piper finally spoke up.
•••
"Get away from me," Nico glared. He was now 100% sure he hated this girl. Why shouldn't he? Dreasalie was all beautiful and sweet, and smart, and talented, and so...perfect. It disgusted him.
"Nico...," She was now on the verge of tears. "I thought you liked me."
He sighed. "I do like you. But as a friend. Nothing else."
"Why?"
Great. Just how was he supposed to explain to her what a Mary-Sue is? She would get hurt, of course. But since she's all perfect, maybe she would find it in her soft heart to immediately forgive him.
"I love you, Nico," Dreasalie said with pride. She looked at him straight in the eye. "I loved you ever since you spared me bread even if you had to get beat up by your mother. I loved you even if you ignored me and just looked at that yellow dandelion - "
"Stop plagiarizing! Well, if you do, then say it as normally as Peeta," he grumbled.
Dreasalie smiled gently, ignoring Nico's statement. "I am yours and you are mine forever."
"Murder me! Oh, Percy, please!"
"I can't, Nico. That would make Dreasalie very sad," Percy said. He exchanged looks with Annabeth who was now covering her head with a pillow. She was shaking with laughter.
"Oh, no. Please don't. If you die, I'll die with you!" cried Dreasalie.
"No, you won't," Nico said firmly. He gave Percy a sharp look. "Wait till my father hears about this!"
"Send us some postcards, won't you, Nico?" Annabeth asked. She and Percy erupted into laughter.
"WE DON'T GIVE POSTCARDS IN THE UNDERWORLD!"
Nico looked up in horror.
A/N: Sorry for the long update. I know the ending wasn't "all that," but I really worked hard. :')
Feel free to review! And thanks for reading! =)
