Percy's POV:
If Nico turned back into his normally aged self then I'm pretty sure he's going to kill me for thinking he's adorable but come on it's not like you can't think he's cute. He has black hair which is swept to the right. His nose is like a little button and his eyes are soft onyx color, if that's possible. He has this air of childish innocence. He reminds me so much of when he was 10 and with Bianca. I felt a swell of guilt at the thought of Bianca. But I pushed that aside, there were bigger things to focus on.
The logical answer to who was going to look after Nico should be Hazel. The whole sister-brother thing was there but surprisingly Nico had an array of babysitters.
On Monday's he was looked after by me and on the other days of the week he had a different babysitter but on the weekends he was everybody's. When I first held Nico he started crying but stopped and fell asleep on my shoulder. I guess the crying was because of Bianca's death and I probably link to it but after a while he got used to me and became this extra cuddly baby.
Today was Monday so I had Nico to look after. Hazel dropped him if to me. Nico gurgled and patted both my cheeks as I took him in. I had a whole day planned for Nico.
"Pewcy!" Nico shouted gleefully and ran around the cabin.
I grabbed him by waist and threw him over my shoulder. He laughed happily. We're going swimming today so I bought black swim trunks with skulls on them for Nico. I had taken Nico shopping with me and the ladies at the store couldn't stop cooing over him. Nico loved the attention.
We walked out to the beach and I made a small wish that dad wouldn't eat up Nico with his waves. Otherwise just looking at the beach made the tension bleed out of me. All my pent up frustration and worries seemed to wash away. Pun intended. Except, I should've known not to talk too soon.
"Water Pwecy! Water!" Nico shouted and ran out to the water.
"Nico Di Angelo!" I shouted at him. I straightened my back and tried to look as strict as possible. I know that I have to make sure Nico stays safe and him running off could lead to so much. He is still a demi-god, monsters could be lurking anywhere.
He ran back to me his arms crossed over his chest.
"What?" He whined pouting.
"Nico you can't run away. You could get hurt understand?" I said warningly.
His lip was jutted out and his eyes pooled with tears. I instantly fell for them.
"Hey, hey, hey it's ok." I said hugging him kissing his cheek. He wrapped his arms around my neck and hugged him.
I held his hand we waded out to the sea. He was a little scared but he soon warmed up to the water. I brought up a dolphin and I let Nico ride on it. He giggled loudly when the dolphin butted his stomach. I left the water for a second to send a text to Annabeth about lunch. We were going to meet up at a Pizzeria with Nico.
I turned back to see the water empty.
"Nico?!" I yelled loudly.
I tried to sense the water to see if Nico was in there but my connection was cut off, which probably meant my dad interfered with this.
The waves wrapped around my ankles and pulled me in.
"Dad!" I shouted loudly.
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