A Thief

The 'Drug'

A Broken Heart

There he was again with the cheerleader. I rolled my eyes and tried not to vomit. It was my last day as a junior and well that was the last thing that I needed to see. I sulked over to my locker and stuffed all my things into my backpack.

"Hey you going to beach with everyone after school?"

I looked up to find Nico standing there. I wasn't considering going and I know for a fact that Nico hate the beach himself. I like the beach but I knew Luke was going. Where Luke goes his skanky cheerleader girlfriend Kelly goes with.

"No why?" I asked.

"Well it looks like it could possibly rain today so I was going to head to the movies. I just so happen to obtain an extra ticket to go see the zombie movie." Nico suggested.

I rolled my eyes and laughed, "Sure I'll go see the Zombie Movie with you."

"Good because I was going to drag you with me no matter what you said." He grinned.

I looked at the clock, "What time does this movie start?"

"At 1:45, so we better go get something to eat before we go see the movie." Nico managed.

"Wouldn't we just eat popcorn at the theater?" I asked.

Nico looked at me like I was serious, "No I want some pizza!"

Just as we were walking out to my car Annabeth and Percy caught us, "Hey where are you guys headed?"

"The movies and pizza!" Nico called.

"What movie?" Percy asked.

"The Zombie Movie." Nico grinned.

"Have fun you two, we're not going to the beach anymore. We're all just going to veg out over at my place." Percy said, "So you're invited to come over after your movie to watch more movies."

With that Nico and I were on our way to his favorite pizza parlor. Paulie's was one of the more forgotten pizza places but it has some of the best Italian food. Nico swore that it was better than anything his mother ever made and she was full blood Italian. Nico liked the place because they made BLT pizza. Trust me it tastes way better than it sounds. The fact that they actually put mayo on a pizza made me gag at first but I tried it and loved it. Take my word on this one, just try it.

Nico and I walked in and the waitress instantly seated us. She knew our usual when we come here so she sent the order back without even asking what we were going to get. Nico sipped on his Mellow Yellow and I did the same with my Cherry Coke. There was something that I found enjoyable in hanging out with Nico.

"So there's something that I want to give you." He smiled as he pulled something out of the pockets of his black cargos.

He slid a small package wrapped in shiny black paper across the table at me. I looked at him funny, "What's this for?"

"Just because." He shrugged, "Now open it."

I carefully opened the package and gasped, it was a charm bracelet that I was admiring the other day in the mall. The one I almost bought but decided against it. There were charms for all my favorite things.

"This had to of cost a fortune!" I exclaimed.

"Not really, I just had to work over time for the past three weeks." Nico grinned at me.

I smiled at him, "How did you find a Green Day charm?"

"The charms I had them custom made by our friends in the shop. I paid Jake, Beckendorf, and Leo twenty bucks each to make the charms. The original charms were a little bland alone." Nico explained.

"Thanks Nico." I smiled.

"Like I said it was not problem. All I had to do was work over time for it." He grinned.

He held out his hand and helped me put the bracelet on. My other charm bracelet was also on my wrist. That charm bracelet was a gift from Luke. He had gotten it for me when we were sophomores. We had been best friends at the time and that seemed like such a long time ago. The charm bracelet had seemed to dull in the past year. It didn't shine like it used to.

Our pizza came and we had a wonderful lunch. The movie was ok, not enough gore for me. Too much romance in it. If I wanted to watch a movie about zombie romance I would go watch Warm Bodies, which is the only zombie romance that captured the whole essence correctly.

"So do you want to go over to Percy's or what?" he asked.

I knew my mother didn't care where I was, she was probably out getting drunk or having a good time with one of her gentleman friends. Jason and I tried to stay out of the house as much as we could. I practically lived at Annabeth's or Nico's and Jason practically lived over at Leo's or Piper's.

"Can we go back to my place so I can dump this stuff there and then over to your place?" I asked him.

Nico shrugged, "Sure no problem. Sounds like you're staying over tonight?"

I nodded. Nico knew what I would go through if I had gone home. My mom was probably the worst mother in the world. She had spent all of her money on booze, drugs, and lingerie. So mostly I stayed away from her and she stayed away from me.

When we got to my house Nico waited for me out in my car. I could hear my mom in her room, all the way upstairs with a man. They were so loud it was disgusting. Her maid Lupe was still cleaning. I tossed my backpack and crap into my room which happens to be the basement.

I walked over to Lupe and smiled, "Lupe you can go home now you don't need to stay any longer."

I walked into the kitchen and rummaged through my mother's to find at least three hundred. Lupe deserved it, she had bills to take care of and this house was a pigsty the last time I had seen it.

I handed it to her and took another two hundred for myself. Lupe smiled graciously at me, "Gracias senorita."

"No problem Lupe." I smiled. Lupe had practically raised me when I was younger.

With that Nico and I headed back to his place.