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Here's the next chapter. It's a little bit shorter but hopefully still good.
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Chapter Three:
Thalia:
"Where is he?" Percy demands as we stand outside the restaurant. Percy, Nico, and I just came from Bianca's funeral, and now we're going out to dinner in her honor. But somehow, Nico vanished.
"I don't know," I shrug. "Just give him time for fresh air and time to think. You know it's hard for him, Percy. His sister died."
"But he makes it seem like no one else is affected," Percy complains. "He seems to think he's the only one who's upset. He knew her just as well as we did. And yet we're not acting depressive."
"Percy, you just don't understand," I reply.
"Understand what?"
"That Nico's right when he says he's the reason Bianca died! If it wasn't for him, she wouldn't have gotten hit by that car!" I exclaim. "If you were in this position, you'd feel the same."
"Yeah, but I'd control it better." Percy tells me. "He needs to let go of that thought. He needs to believe that if he denies it, it won't be true anymore. It's the only way he'll make it through."
"So you want him to live his life a lie?" I demand. "What you're saying… That's not how life works. He needs to learn that he can't be mean to people and then regret it later. Because in his case, he can't fix it. The past is the past, and he needs to grasp that."
"Percy, Thalia… What are you guys doing out here?" a girl's voice asks us. I turn around to see the familiar face of my best friend.
"Hi Annabeth," I smile but then it quickly fades. "We're trying to find Nico."
"What? Where is he? What happened to him? How long has he been gone?" she demands as she walks over to us.
"He said he'd meet us here. But he hasn't shown up yet. I texted him, but I'm afraid to call him," Percy tells her.
"Why?" she demands.
"Nico is a little temperamental on the phone. And it's probably better if he doesn't come. He's not doing so well now that she's gone." He explains.
"Can you blame him?" she puts her hand on her heart. "He just lost his sister!"
"I know!" Percy agrees. "I've been trying to tell Thalia that for the past twenty minutes!"
"Totally," I nod my head. I would correct him and tell him that I, in fact, was trying to tell him that. But I don't… Because I'm not really like that. He clearly has a reason for lying, and I know it's because he's always had a crush on Annabeth, ever since the day he met her when they were twelve. He'd never admit it to me though. I don't even know if he admitted it to himself.
"Annabeth?" a softer voice calls out. We all turn around to see a small girl with wavy brown hair standing by the door.
"Hey Ariella," Annabeth answers. "Percy, Thalia, this is Ariella. She's a student I'm mentoring at Goode High School. Sorry she had to come with me… I'm required to bring her around with me all week." She tells us. "Wait, speaking of high school, are you guys coming back this year? You know, its starts up again soon."
"It depends on if this whole fame thing works out," I tell her.
"I don't really think it will," Percy admits. "We kind of upset our father's yesterday. Our Uncle Hades called Nico and told him we need to have a meeting about it tomorrow. He sounded pissed, so I'm sure he saw the video."
"Wait… That was you guys in that video Annabeth showed me?" the Ariella girl asks us.
"Yeah," I nod.
"You guys are amazing!" she tells us. "Oh my gosh. You guys are my new favorite band!"
"Thanks!" Percy smiles at her. "We've got one fan already!"
"You've got a lot more actually," she tells us. "You're the most popular video on the web! I've even started your fan club! Since you guys are The Sirens, the name of your fan club are the Alarmers!"
"You're starting to freak me out," I give her a weird look.
Whether she didn't hear me or chose to ignore me, I don't know. But she continued on her rant. "Where did you guys come up with the name The Sirens anyway? That sounds so random. It's kind of like police sirens…"
"That's sort of where we got it from. We were orphans, and had to steal some food and stuff sometimes. And we'd always hear the police sirens from our small New York City apartment." Percy explains. "And also, Annabeth and I used to read a lot about ancient Greek myths, and the one about The Sirens was my favorite. So yeah. That's how we got it."
"Wow." She sighs. "That's so interesting."
"Yup," he nods.
"Hey wait," Ariella says. "Wasn't there another one of you? A really cute boy with dark hair?"
"They're kind of trying to find him now," Annabeth tells her.
"Oh," she says before going quiet. I didn't think that was possible. But trust me, I'm thankful. I was starting to get sick of hearing her voice.
"I'm going to call him," Percy says as he pulls out a white IPhone. Our dad's sent us all cell phones pretty recently. Right after we signed the record deal, actually. I guess it's easier to communicate now. He finds Nico's contact and presses the 'call' button. "Nico, where the hell are you? Everyone's waiting for you to come and give your speech…" He stops talking and his face falls serious. Then he hangs up.
"What?" I demand, eager to hear where my idiot cousin is.
"Nico's in the hospital…"
Oh no! What's wrong with Nico...? ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
Warning: Next chapter will be sad...
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