Soon enough, we arrived at our destination. Our engagement party was being held at a fancy hotel, here in the city. For some reason, this hotel just reminds me of Las Vegas, because this looks like those huge hotels in Vegas. Lights and everything. Nico and I chose this hotel in particular because it's close to the airport, so it's easier for our guests. And it looks fucking amazing inside.
It was a pretty expensive hotel to pick, but it's worth it. We entered the parking lot and I quickly parked the car. "Nico, are you ready to go?" I asked my fiancé, who was frantically running his hand through his hair in nervousness. "Yes. No. I don't know." Nico panicked. I rolled me eyes, took off my seatbelt and leaned over and swept all his worries away with a kiss.
He immediately kissed back with passion. "It's going to be okay, I got you." I whispered to him. He wrapped his arms around me, and I brought my hands up to his hair. His beautiful hair. I ran my hands gently through his hair, careful enough to not mess up anything. After a moment we broke apart.
"Are you ready now?" I asked him. He hesitated, but said, "I am now." I dragged myself out of the car, as did Nico. I locked the car, and started walking towards the entrance of the hotel with Nico, the love of my life. We walked side by side, with Nico walking cautiously just because he's still extremely nervous. I don't want him to feel afraid or scared of anything. Especially with going to a party meant for us. I reached out and intertwined our hands. He looked at me and I pecked him on the lips.
"Aw, you're blushing! That's adorable. We've been together for almost six years." I could just see Nico's face get redder than before, which I didn't think was possible. "I'm not blushing!" Nico tried to defend himself. He pulled his hands away from mine and covered his cheeks with them, trying to hide to fact that he's blushing.
"Yes you are! Stop covering your face, you look so adorable." I teased him. I pulled away his hands from his face, "I am not cute, Solace." He tried to sound convincing, but he can't hide the fact that he's cute, I mean he can deny it. I intertwined our hands yet again as we continued to walk to the front door.
They sky seemed to be getting darker like any other day. And chillier too. "Are you cold, Nico?" I asked my fiance. He looked at me, "No. Are you?" I shook my head. We walked up towards the door to the hotel, and I opened the door and let Nico go inside first. When we walked in, we were welcomed with warm air, and we saw that the lobby was quiet fancy and empty. There was barely any people here.
Nico was about to walk to the left, but I stopped him, dragging him to the right, "It's this way babe." I said, trying to make Nico blush. And boy did he did blush. "You're blushing again." I said as I lead him to the so called, ballroom, where our engagement party was being held.
"Shut up Sunshine." I felt the heat rise up to my own face. He rarely even called me Sunshine anymore. He stopped calling me that for some reason, but every time he did call me Sunshine, I'd blush like a mad man.
"Whatever." I mumbled as we made our way to the front of a gigantic door. The doors to our engagement party. On the other side of this door stood everyone who came to congratulate us. "I don't know if I can do this, Will." Nico looked at me very nervously. He looked like he was afraid of what lay beyond this door. As if this was a door that led to our future. A door that holds our path in life. And what shall happen in the future.
Which it was.
"Nico, baby, every is going to be okay. I'll be right there with you. I won't let anything happen to you." I caressed his face brought my lips to his, for a short, reassuring kiss. Nico was still trembling with nervousness, but said, "okay, let's go." I sent a smile to my fiancé as I opened the door and we walked inside.
As we entered the ballroom, there were cheers, and people hollering. I could see Nico blushing like crazy, as we were walking around to find our friends first. Plus everyone was looking at us, and congratulating us on our engagement.
"Hey, Will! Nico!" Came a familiar voice. I turned around to see my brother, Austin, walking towards us. I smiled, remembering all the memories of when I was a young boy, and Austin and I used to do everything together. "Hey. " I say casually, even though I haven't seen him for a long time. Especially since, I've spent the past forever with Nico. "Oh, hi." Nico said awkwardly. He never really was a social person, lets be real.
Nico stood close by me, as Austin started to ask us questions. "So you two are getting married, and you never bothered to call me! Will, I expected more from you than just a fancy invitation to your engagement party and your wedding." Austin said, causing me to laugh. "I'm serious Will!" Austin playfully said. Nico rolled his eyes, probably remembering how childish my brother can be. "Where's Kayla?" Nico asked Austin.
Nico was closer to Kayla then he was to Austin. Probably because every time something happened Kayla would side with him, and Austin would agree with me. And I mean Kayla wasn't childish like Austin. "Kayla is busy talking to Lou Ellen and Cecil, last I saw her." Austin recalled. "Did dad come?" I asked Austin, and frankly I don't know if I wanted dad to be here or not.
"Dad did come." Austin said, looking at me curiously, possibly trying to read my face for signs of emotions. Nico was looking at me as well, "Will, are you okay?" I nodded quickly, as Austin just shrugged and said, "well, I should probably leave you two to talk to your other guests. Oh and congratulations. " With that he walked away. Austin was never good with understanding feelings or emotions. but on the other hand, Nico understood me very well.
"Will, are you sure you're fine?" Nico asked me one last time. I nodded, trying to reassure my fiancé. "I'm fine, baby." I pecked him on the cheek, and smiled as soon as he turned red. We were about to keep waking but we got interrupted. "Nico! Will! It's so good to see you guys again. Even if I'm not your type." I rolled my eyes as Percy walked over and winked. "Are you ever going to let it go Percy?" Nico raised an eyebrow. Percy just shook his head, "nope," and chuckled.
"That's all he was talking about, while we were driving here." Someone chimed in. It was Annabeth. She was holding a little girl's hand. Aw. She looked about 3 or 4 years old. "Ha, he must aggravate you so much." Nico said. Annabeth nodded, "but I still love him. And congratulations on your engagement, you two." I was about to ask about the little girl, I'm assuming it's their daughter, but I didn't.
"Mommy, who are they." A quiet, yet sweet voice asked. The little girl asked Annabeth. "Oh, this is your dad and I's friend Nico, and his fiancé Will. Remember I told you that we came to celebrate their engagement?" The little girl nodded and hid behind Annabeth. Fuck me now, this girl is so adorable.
"This is Percy and I's daughter, Elizabeth." Annabeth said, gesturing to her daughter. "Nice to meet you." I told Elizabeth. But didn't say anything. "She's really shy." Percy commented. "It was nice to see you guys again." Nico finally said. "But we have to go now." I finished for him. We left Percy, Annabeth and their daughter, and walked side by side to meet more friends of ours who we haven't seen in forever.
The next people we talked to were Jason and Piper. They were very happy and excited for us. "I can't believe you two are finally getting married! It's been like forever since we last saw you guys." Piper gushed. Okay, that was our fault that no one has seen us in like forever. Probably because Nico and I went to different colleges than them. And then we both switched colleges, so we could be closer, because long distance relationships just aren't our thing. And then after that we moved, and then me moved again because I asked Nico to marry me.
"Well we moved a lot, and we, um, never really told anyone." Nico said shyly, blushing for some reason. Jason and Piper just shrugged in agreement that, that's the reason we haven't seen anyone in forever. "Makes sense." Jason said as they walked away.
Meeting everyone again was such a drag. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing everyone again, but I hate how repetitive it is. Well at least they're not like those relatives who, every time you meet them, ask you the same questions over and over. They act like they care, but then they forget everything. Like if you're not going to remember, just don't ask. Do you need to ask me what grade I'm in, every time you see me? How old I am?
"Will? Is everything alright?" Nico asked me, concerned. Probably because I stopped walking out of nowhere and am just standing in the middle of the room, with people staring at me. I snapped out of my daze, "yeah, I'm fine. I was lost in my thoughts." I continued walking with Nico, shrugging off the stares I was getting. They weren't judging me, they were just concerned.
"What were you thinking of?" Nico asked in the most adorable voice ever. Even more adorable then Elizabeth's, and boy, was her voice adorable. "I was just thinking of how I don't like repetitive things. I don't like the repeating and answering the same questions over and over. But the only thing I like, no love, the only thing I love no matter what, is you." I barely even whispered that last part. I could see Nico look at me, red as a tomato.
Suddenly Nico said, to no one in particular, "we'll be right back," and dragged me by the hand to the back of the ballroom, and into the bathroom. The one that no one was supposed to use. But, I don't think Nico cared as he pushed me into the door and slammed his lips into mine.