Hey, hey, everyone! I finally get to post regularly! Oh yeah! Uh huh! *does stupid, but adorable little dance* *stops and looks at readers* sorry guys…he-he-he. Anyway…no one commented on how they wanted Nico's girlfriend…so I guess I'm going to wing it… You guys probably want to read now huh?
Readers: YES!
Me: Okay, okay…on with the story!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Percy Jackson (PJO or HoO) I only own Cordillia and Joanna
Percy POV
Oh gods, oh gods, oh gods. I'm partners with Annabeth! What do I do? She doesn't even like me! How am I going to survive this?
I was too busy panicking in my head to notice, that Annabeth had walked up behind me.
"Excuse me?" she says, though, she said it so quiet, I couldn't hear her. "Excuse me?" a little louder. I'm still unable to hear her. She leans down, close to my ear. "Excuse me?" she says. The breath on the side of my face nearly makes me jump out of my skin.
"Ah!" I exclaim. She jumps back, looking bewildered.
"Sorry." She mumbled, apparently finding her shoes very interesting. I laugh nervously.
"No, no, it was my fault. I should've been paying attention." I rub the back of my neck. She smiles slightly up at me. She then has a panicked looked when our eyes meet and looks down. "Um…so when do you want to meet?" I ask her.
"Is today after school okay with you?" she asks still looking down. See? This is what I was afraid of.
"Sure. Where do you want to go?"
"The library…" she answers after a moment.
"Okay, but I have to stop at home real fast before. Do you want a ride?" I hear her take a shaky breath. Her shoulders jitter lightly.
"S-sure."
"Okay, meet me in the parking lot after last period." She nods as the bell rang.
"Bye." She says and rushed out the door. I sigh. She hates me…what am I going to do?
Nico's POV
I rushed through the door. By the looks of things, I had missed second period. Dam…I didn't want to go to the office to hand in my note. The only reason I was late was because of a stupid doctor's appointment.
I sigh as I run my fingers through my shaggy hair. I start to make my way to the office, when I knock something over. Make that someone.
"Sorry. I wasn't looking." I bend down, picking up book the books the person dropped.
"It's okay…Ni-Nico? Nico di Angelo?" a girl's voice responds, sounding slightly happy when she says my name. The voice sounds familiar. I look up and my eyes meet bright blue ones that seem to shimmer and have fifty shades of blue in them.
Her wavy, brown hair hangs just above her shoulders. She has a few freckles on her button nose, barely noticeable. She has on a green button-up with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows and blue jeans, accompanied by green converse. My eyes widen in shock.
"Jo-Joanna?" I stammer. Joanna Jones. My long time best friend…and crush. That was before she moved to Ohio three years ago for her dad's work. I just stare at her, when I'm attacked…by a hug. Joanna tackles me in a hug, nearly knocking us both to the floor again. I chuckle lightly, as my face starts to burn. I hug her back. She broke the hug and kisses me on the cheek. She's always been forward like that. My skin's aflame where her lips made contact.
"I thought you were in Ohio for another year or so." I say, placing my hands on her shoulders. She smiles that smile that makes me weak in the knees.
"My dad got transferred back early," she says, brightly, "So, how's my best friend been doing?"
"Good, but I missed you like you wouldn't believe." I just slipped out.
"Me too." I mentally sigh in relief. "Where is everyone?" she was friends with Percy, and Jason and the rest of the gang.
"They should be around here somewhere."
"Are Percy and Annabeth together yet?" she asks, hopefully. I shake my head and she sighs dramatically.
"How about Cordillia and Connor?" Once again, I shake my head.
"Piper and Jason?" I motion my hand in a "sort of" motion. "What do you mean?"
"They've been a few dates, but not 'together'"
"Oh. Hazel and Frank." I smile and nod.
"Finally! Some progress!" I chuckle again. Bring, Bring!
"What's your next class?"
"Something called…" she takes out her schedule, "Career Starting"
"Me too. So does Annabeth, Cordillia, Piper, and Thalia. You want to see them?" she nods eagerly. "Let's go."