Hello! I'm back, I'm sorry it took so long, but it's here.
Response to the reviews:
Jaz L:Well, I'm glad I made you realize Reyna's pain. Here's your update, sorry for the wait.
Azure Moonlight:Jeyna….such an interesting ship, soo many possibilities. Thank you of reviewing.
Samantha's Library: Thank you for being the first reviewer, I know, I know, it's hard to pick between the 2, I feel like Reyna deserves more happiness then she's given in the books.
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters understand? Although I do LOVE messing with their lives.
Nico was getting annoyed. He couldn't find his tie and Percy kept Iris messaging him every 2 minutes with dumb reminders. Things like,
"Don't forget to leave you're sword at home…"
"Don't summon any zombies…"
"On second thought, bring you're sword…" and it was starting to tick him off. But seriously, technically, he was older then all of them! Finally he found his tie under the bed, tangled up with a bunch of hell hound hair. With a sigh, he cleaned the tie up and hung it with the rest of his tux. He'd put it on later, for now, he was going to stay in his comfortable jeans and aviator jacket and go get an espresso, because gods he needed some coffee in his system. He had been up all night helping Jason out with last minute wedding preparations and had hit the hay at three in the morning, which would have been fine if he hadn't had to wake up at six to help out again. Curse Jason and his last minute plans! Slipping out the door he started to walk through New Rome, looking for Maria's his favourite coffee shop. Just as he rounded the corner he looked up, and ran right into the groom himself.
"Hey man," Jason greeted helping Nico up from the ground, "sorry about that, I was distracted."
"No problem," Nico stated and then quickly breezed by his friend, before he could ask what else he needed hep with.
Finally he managed to get to Maria's and was just about to ask the barista to give him a double shot when he let out a groan of pain. Someone was hiding in the shadows, and their sorrow was unbearable. Nico stumbled away from the counter, ignoring the weird looks. He probed the shadows again, wait a minute, he thought, whoever's in there is hiding….from me! Quickly he straighten up, just as a flash of purple disappeared around the corner. Nico ran to catch up, whoever it was, they were moving fast. Dodging and weaving between pedestrians, just managing to keep the purple cape in sight. He had a good idea of who it was, but he had to check to make sure. Finally he managed to catch up as the figure tripped and stumbled over a rock. Hurrying to catch up he managed to catch the persons forearm as the struggled to turn away and turned so that their eyes met his.
"Reyna, why were you avoiding me?" He asked watching as Reyna kept her gaze firmly on the ground. "Answer me, please," he begged.
"It's nothing. I'm fine, let me go," she said stubbornly trying to peel out of his grip.
"Reyna," Nico said and then sighed as he was met with silence. He sighed again and when he felt that Reyna's guard was down quickly stuck his fingers under her chin and forced her to met his eyes. Black went black as the two stared at each other, neither willing to break away. Finally Reyna smirked.
"You've gotten taller," she said eyeing him. It was true. Nico wasn't the thin scrawny 14 year old he used to be. 4 years of quests and his friends in the Apollo cabin forcing him to eat had caused him change dramatically, and although Reyna was two years older, and tall for her age, Nico was taller then her by a centimetre, although he still felt like a little kid when she scolded him. But Nico didn't need Reyna to tell him he had gotten older, what he needed was for Reyna to open up and tell him what was wrong. Nico wasn't exactly sure if it was the silence, or if Reyna was a mind reader, but suddenly tears were leaking out of Reyna's eyes. Nico stood there for a moment, and then, he broke his own rule and wrapped Reyna up in a hug.
"Reyna, please, what's wrong?" Nico asked for what seemed like the billionth time.
"Promise you won't be mad?" Reyna questioned.
"I promise, I will hide my anger to the best of my capabilities," Nico said mock seriousness in his voice.
"Alright then," Reyna said a faint smile on her lips. Quickly she pulled out of Nico's embrace and quickly turned the corner, Nico followed. Reyna walked through the plaza and turned right, then left, right again, left again, Nico was starting to get dizzy. Finally she stopped in a small square, where a fountain made to look like nymph gurgled quietly. Reyna quickly made her way over to a bench, Nico followed and sank down beside her. Reyna let out a sigh an put her face in her hands.
"Reyna? You were going to tell me what happened remember?" Nico prompted.
"I know," Reyna sighed again, "Jason came to me today. He finally has remembered that we used to date at one point. He opened up a whole can of memories." Reyna then proceeded to tell Nico everything. When Reyna finished, she gently reach over and snapped Nico's mouth shut.
"What a minute," Nico said, "You're telling me that all this time, when people were just thinking this was a one-sided sort of love, you guys had actually been in a relationship?"
"Yeah, that's pretty much it," Reyna mumbled, looking down.
"Well one didn't you say anything? Why did you let everyone whisper behind their backs about you? And why, did you not tell Jason anything?" Nico spat the last part out.
"Nico, I couldn't tell him," Reyna said.
"But why?" Nico persisted.
"Because! Because nobody would have believed me, because Aphrodite warned me, because Jason fell in love with someone else!" Reyna yelled, leaping to her feet. And just as quickly as Reyna's anger had come, it morphed into saddens. "Because Jason loved-loves, someone else," She whispered and tears began to leak from her eyes. Nico's face darkened to the colour of a thundercloud. Carefully he he wrapped his arms around the still sobbing Reyna and began to lead them in the general direction of her house, in total silence, except for the occasional sniffle or quiet sob. Nico made sure to take the back streets, because he knew Reyna would never forgive herself if someone saw her breaking down like his. A few wrong turns and rabid squirrels later, they arrived at the tall white house where Reyna resided. Nico extracted the extra set of keys from under the Mars shaped garden gnome (a gift from the Stolls) and turned the lock. They quietly shuffled inside and Nico led Reyna to the leather sofa. Lying her down, Nico grabbed a pillow and gently put it under Reyna's head. He carefully pulled a blanket over her and sat down next to the couch on the floor. "You know, if anyone ever finds out about this…." Reyna trailed off.
"Oh, we'll never live it down. The son of Hades, helping the sobbing daughter of Bellona? We'd be the laughing stock of the demigod community for ages," Nico chuckled.
"Yeah, but you know what?" Reyna mumbled.
"What?"
"It'd be worth it. If I get to have see you more." Nico smiled and calmly tucked his 'big sister' in. "Sleep, Rey, I'll come wake you up." Reyna smiled and nodded. Closing her eyes and slowly drifting off. Nico stood up and dusted his jeans. Quietly,he walked towards the door. With each step, his face grew darker. "Next on the list," he mumbled, "kill Jason Grace." That boy was so dead.
And….I live! I'm so so sorry it took so long to update, I wrote this while I was on a trip and then I got MAJOR writers block. So sorry! The next update will be quicker though, don't worry!
