Chapter Two: ROY G BIV

"My turn," Thalia said. Her eyes were blazed with revenge - I didn't want to be the Stolls for all the money in the world.

"Stolls, truth or dare?"

The twins were caught. If they chose truth, it would be backing down.

"Dare," Travis said bravely.

"Is it even in the rules that two people can go at the same time?" Conner muttered, but then shut his mouth.

"Let's see…" Thalia kept quiet to give the Stolls suspense. "I dare you guys to dye your hair. Rainbow."

Travis bit his lip. "Uh, where are we going to find rainbow dye?"

"Luckily, I have some," Annabeth said.

I gave her a look.

"What? It's for emergencies like this," Annabeth replied.

Travis went first, then Conner.

We all laughed so hard, we went on for five minutes until Conner said: "I'll go, since Travis already went. Hmm, Grover, truth -"

"Truth. Definitely truth," Grover interrupted.

"Chicken," Conner grumbled. "What are your completely honest words to describe Clarisse?"

"I-I think she's a mean plant-killer, who no one likes, and is a bloat-headed frog," Grover gulped.

"What did you just say?" Clarisse growled. "That you want to be Goat Stew?"

"It wasn't my fault!" Grover called, as Clarisse chased him.

"Well, while they're busy, I'll go next," Annabeth said.

"Wait! The next five should be truth," Katie cut in.

"I agree!" Travis said, blushing.

"I guess so," Annabeth approved. "Okay, let's see who we have here… Nico."

Nico looked up in shock, and he seemed paler than ever.

Annabeth grinned. "Who do you have a crush on?"

I figured Nico would say nobody, but instead, he was red, and stiff. My eyes widened. So Nico does have a crush! My curiosity got the best of me. "Just say it, Nico. One word."

"I-I-It's…"

"Annabeth, Piper, Hazel, Katie," Leo said, ranting off all the girls he could think off. "Drew, Lacy, Lou Ellen, Kayla, Nyssa…"

Nico shook his head to each and every one of them.

"It's a goddess," Piper guessed. "Aphrodite?"

"He doesn't have to say," Jason said quietly.

I looked at him, startled. Does he know?

"Then Nico has to jump in the pool with no clothes on," Travis put in.

"It's Percy," Nico blurted out.

Okay, obviously I was shocked. Nico was gay? This made me wonder.

Nico didn't look at anyone now, and avoided any eye contact.

"Why him?" Leo asked.

"He was nice, and a hero," Nico confessed. "But I don't like him anymore. Not now."

This brought a big relief off my shoulders. I mean, it would be awkward if Nico still liked me. But still…

"Nico, say the next person," I said.

"Wait." Nico finally looked up at everyone. "Who do I have a crush on now? It's - Jason." His words were stuttered out, his eyes flickering nervously in Jason's direction.


This day gets more surprising than ever.

Jason's reaction was stronger than mine: He passed out. Piper went to comfort him, using her charmspeaking. "It's okay, Jason, wake up. Wake up!"

Frank scratched his head. "I'm confused. So let's get this straight: Nico used to like Percy, but doesn't, and likes Jason. But Nico said he had to say the person he liked now. And it was Jason. But until now, he liked Percy, but doesn't."

"Um, now I'm confused," Hazel said.

"At least this tells us about our character," Leo said. "I am ninety-nine-point nine percent not surprised. No secret can pass Leo Valdez!"

Hazel just raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, okay…"

"Piper, truth or dare?" Nico sighed.

Piper glanced at Jason, who was still unconscious. She must've realized Jason somehow knew about Nico, too, and was shocked.

"No more truths," Conner warned.

"Yeah," Travis agreed. "Makes us think over them for a while. Next four: Dares. And people, do good ones!"

"I dare Piper to run three whole laps around the camp," Nico said.

I don't think he wanted Piper to wake up Jason yet.

Piper huffed, but did what was told.

"That's going to take a while," Travis commented.

We all managed a small grin.

"I'll go, while she's busy," Nyssa said. "Okay, Leo. I dare you to... swap the clothes with the Ares and Aphrodite Cabin."

Leo made a face. "What about Clarisse and Piper?"

"You can leave those two out for now."

"'Kay. I got this!" Leo sprinted away, as Nyssa grinned mischievously. "Payback for the Aphrodite Cabin. Who's ugly now?" she muttered.

Right now, she reminded me of her dad; when he wanted revenge for Hera throwing him off Mount Olympus, so I could actually really compare those two personalities.