Then familiar arms went around me. Arms that help take my fear away, that calms me down, and that makes me feel safe. I knew the owner of the arms. They were Nico's.
"Thals, are you hurt?" Nico asked. I turn to face him, I looked straight into his eyes; from a distance they look black, but close up they are a dark brown.
"A little, but I'm fine." Nico helped me up, and I saw a Luke being dragged away by some of the workers. Must be friends of Nico, or Annabeth. I thought. A few women that were watching the whole incident went around me saying.
"Are you okay?" "How are you?" "He is a HUGE jerk!"
"Yes I'm okay." I said, I turned to face Nico again. "Can we leave?"
"Sure." Nico wrapped his arm around my waist as we walked to my car. I send a text to Annabeth saying Nico left, and is with me. She said okay, as we reached my car. As we approach my car Nico opens the passenger door for me. He is such a gentleman, like always I thought asI quickly slip in; Nico closes the door and walks to the driver's side. He got in and got my keys from their hiding spot in... Ha you thought I would tell you. He started the engine when he asked "Where to?"
"The apartment; I need to get my stuff out of there." I said, Nico nodded and started to drive out of the parking lot to the apartment. If you haven't notice yet, Nico is a man a few words; the best I can get out of him is a full sentence. When we arrived to the apartment, I got out of the car and jogged up the stairs to the second floor. The elevator broke down last night. Nico followed; being the silent one like always. I got to the apartment 2c; I got my keys out and opened the door. The apartment was small but Luke and I made it fell like home. We you walk in, it are the dining room to the left and the kitchen to the right. You walk forward it's then the living room. Go through there, and to the far left it the entrance to the guest room. It has two twin beds on different sides of the room. Next to the entrance I the room is a drawer that has a small TV. On the right of the living room is a small hallway. To the far right is the only bathroom there. And to the left is the entrance to the master bed room. In there the first thing you see is the two drawers. The tallest one holds up a TV. The second has a large mirror on top. Then there is a large queen size bed. And then to the right of the entrance is a closet. I go to the closet and grab a suitcase that is in the back. I grab all of my clothes and stuff it in the suitcase. "Nico can you get all the picture of my family?" I asked.
"Sure." I went to the bathroom to grab some personal items. When I past the mirror, I see I still have the necklace Luke gave me for my birthday last year. It had a lighten bolt on it; I tore it off me and throw it at the mirror. I didn't know how mad I was at Luke until I saw what I did to the mirror. Where I through it, the mirror was cracked; the necklace fell. On the mirror was a crack that was the shape of the lighten bolt, cracks was spread around it, making it look like a lighten bolt that electrocuted something. Nico came to me, seeing what was the noise was. He put the pictures in my suitcase and started to leave. I went back to the room and grabbed a jewelry box my mother gave me as a gift for my high school graduation. I through the keys to the apartment on the bed and left, I started down the stairs when I heard Luke's voice at the top of the stairs. I quicken my pace and made it to the bottom in no time. I ran to my car to see Nico putting my suitcase in the trunk. We got in the car when Nico asked. "Were to now?"
"Can we go to your house? I don't want t go to my mom, and you know Annabeth, she will have Percy over." Percy is Annabeth boyfriend, or was; now they are getting married in about three months. Nico nodded yes, and started to drive to his house that was three blocks away from the café. So Nico could just walk to and from work. Nico lived in a two story house, in a small neighborhood. Even after his grandfather gave him like $100,000,000 after his death, Nico didn't want have a big house. When you walk in it's the family room with a window in the middle of the wall on the left. (That is where the stairs turn to go all the way up.) The small dining room that is separated by a counter. Then it's a smallish kitchen. Next to it is a hallway. The door to the right is the guest bathroom/laundry room. At the right is the staircase. Next to that is the pantry. At the end is the door to the garage. Halfway the window there lets you see the whole family room. Upstairs there are two guest rooms. One is the art room for me, and the one next to it is the music room for the both of us. It has my violin and his guitar. And some other instrument. Then across the music room is a bathroom. Then there is the master bedroom. There Nico has a king size bed. That has black covers and blood red pillows. His walls are painted black. On the windows he has black shade to keep the sun out in the morning. He has a bathroom connected to his room. Again the walls are painted black. The shower curtain grey. And connected to the bathroom is his small walk in closet. Nico walked inside the house and went upstairs to drop my suitcase there. When he walked back down he asked.
"Would you like anything to drink?"
"Water, please." I said; I sat down on the largest couch that is under the window. Nico handed me a glass of water, he then left to go do something in the kitchen. A little bit later there was a knock on the door. "I'll get it." I said. I looked in the peep hole to see a beaten up Luke. He had a black eye, split lip, bruises all over his face, and blood stain on his shirt. Nico walked in the living room when I turned around.
"Who is it?" He asked
"It's Luke." I replied, I was shaking slightly.