"Jason, I just think you shou-"
"Nico I already told you, you're right. I should tell him. And I'm going too. Tonight. You're gonna be with Hazel and Frank on that double date with Frank's friend, I'm gonna tell him then. That way you can't tell me 'I told you so' and you won't have to witness all the kissing and cuddling and stuff." Jason turned his attention back to his mirror and fixed his hair. Again. Never satisfied with how it looks.
Nico shook his head and sat down on Jason's bed. "Jay I really don't thi-"
"Which shirt do you think Percy would like better?" Jason turned back to Nico trying to decide between a dark blue button down shirt, some gods awful plaid shirt Nico has no idea Jason even owned, and his superman shirt that Percy gave him one year for his birthday.
"Okay first of all, don't wear plaid. Ever. It's not you, it'll be like Percy trying to dress emo." Nico and Jason both cringed. "I don't know what possessed you to even decided to buy that horrendous thing in the first place. Second of all, you're just hanging out with Percy, you're not on your first date with the guy." Nico took the button down shirt and threw it back in his closet. "And thirdly," Nico sighed, "just dress like you normally do. Percy doesn't care what you look like, you're still his best friend." Nico made sure to put empathize on 'best friend' but Jason is just as oblivious as Percy at times.
Jason just sent him a small smirk before turning his attention back to the mirror. "Not for long." Nico just rolled his eyes. "Don't worry Neeks, we'll find you a boyfriend soon."
"What if Percy says no?"
"What do you mean 'what if?' You said it yourself, you're 99% sure he likes me back. And Nico, you're right. It's so obvious. Besides, why would he say no if we both like each other?"
"Jas-"
"Look Nico, I get that you're worried for me, I'm nervous as well, but everything's gonna be okay. You have nothing to worry about. It's gonna be okay." Nico sighed. Now what is he gonna do? He's been trying to warn Jason when he came back from being his alter ego "Super Bolt", about waiting to tell Percy how he feels, but Jason just won't listen. He's just as stubborn and oblivious as Percy. Nico checked the time and cursed under his breath, he's gonna be late to meeting Hazel and Frank for dinner if he doesn't leave soon. "I gotta go before I'm late. Have fun with Percy..just..Be careful Jay.."
"Have fun on your date Neeks! Hope it works out!" Jason laughed at Nico's glare and smiled. He really does hope Frank's friend turns out to be a good guy, Nico deserves some happiness.
Percy's currently cuddled up with Jason on Jason's bed as they watched Harry Potter like they always do with Nico. But sadly Nico was out with Hazel and her boyfriend Frank for the night so Percy was left alone with Jason who's acting weird. Well he's always weird, it's one of the many things Percy loves about him, but tonight he's more weird than usual. He's more cuddly and touchy feely tonight, not that Percy minds, he loves to be cuddled. But Jase is never this cuddly with anyone. So Percy's basking in the attention while it lasts.
"You know, I really like this, just us two, watching Harry Potter." Jason said not taking his eyes off the tv.
"You just like watching Harry Potter." Percy poked his arm and smirked at him.
Jason chuckled and looked at Percy with a smile of pure adoration. He can't believe that this adorable nerd is who he's falling in love with. And now, he's decided is the perfect time to tell him how he feels, they're alone with no one to interrupt them.
"Ooh guess what!" Percy sat up and smiled. He reminded Jason of an excited puppy.
"What babe?"
"You have to promise you won't tell Nico."
Jason nodded and played with Percy's hair. "I promise."
Percy smiled and grabbed Jason's arm. "Nico likes you."
Jason looked at Percy with wide eyes, "What?"
Percy smiled even bigger, "He likes you! You know, I ship you two, you two would absolutely be adorable together."
Jason felt his heart break a little but he ignored the pain in his chest. "What about us two?"Jason pouted and gave him his best puppy dog eyes. "Don't you ship us two?"
Percy chuckled and laid his head on Jason's shoulder, "We would be pretty damn hot together." Jason smirked and felt a bit of hope. "Of course we would be a hot couple." Jason wrapped an arm around Percy's waist and kissed his cheek. Percy chuckled, "We would be Jercy. Or would it be Jasercy? Oh! Or Person."
Jason smiled, "Dammit Jackson, we just have to date now. What's a better ship name than 'Person'? We owe it to ourselves to date each other now."
Percy sighed sadly, "But alas, Nico likes you and I can't do that to my best friend. We can't be 'Person' anymore Grace. I shall spend the rest of my days crushing on Clark Kent."
"But let's say, Nico didn't like me," Jason bit his lip. "Then would we be 'Person'?"
"Hmm..I'm not sure. You're hot and a great guy Jay, but I don't know. It'll kinda be like dating my brother. It would be a little weird wouldn't it?" Percy could've sworn he seen a look of hurt flash across Jason's face but it quickly disappeared as quickly as it appeared. He had to be seeing things.
"Jas-"
"Ooh! Shh! This is my favorite part!" Jason quickly directed his attention back to the movie in front of them, trying to ignore the pain of the friendzone. Percy sighed and cuddled back up to Jason and focused back on the movie.
For two straight days Jason has been ignoring Percy and Percy had no idea what he did wrong to make his best friend stop talking to him. They never went more than a day without talking and it's been two, so to say Percy was freaking out would be an understatement. And to make things worse, even Nico was avoiding him. Percy knew they were close, closer than he was with either of them, but he didn't think Nico would stop talking to him just because Jason did. Well then again, Nico is crushing on Jason so it kinda makes sense now.
Somehow, without meaning too or knowing about it, he made Jason angry with him enough to avoid him at all costs and now Nico is taking Jason's side and avoiding him too. Percy felt like he was in middle school all over again and he's the anti-social freak who's too obsessed with super heroes. He's just waiting to get thrown into another locker and to get set up for the next big prank of the school year. The summer before his eighth grade year, one of the worst years of his life, he met this girl online who claimed to be a marvel fan just like he was and they bonded quickly over their "love" for super heroes, he felt like he finally made a friend. Towards the middle of the school year he found out she went to his school and they decided to finally meet in person. It was suppose to be a good day for him but it turns out his "friend" was no other than Drew Tanaka, the meanest girl in his school and Luke Castellan's girlfriend, the same guy who bullied Percy since he was twelve when he started at his school.
Drew and Percy's "friendship" was just a cruel prank that the whole school laughed about and teased him for. But that wasn't enough for Drew, she even exposed all of Percy's secrets he trusted her with to the entire school. Percy never felt more embarrassed and hurt in his entire life. His dad abandoning him hurt, but being catfished for months by his "friend" and then having all of his secrets leaked out to the entire school for their enjoyment was humiliating. Percy felt like his whole life was a joke and his only purpose was for amusement of others. The teachers didn't do anything about and it was the middle of the school year and Sally couldn't afford to take her son out of the school.
But then after months of torture and public shaming, Percy met Nico also online and the two instantly clicked. Percy was hesitant to meet another online friend since the incident with Drew, but Nico understood, a somewhat similar situation happening to him as well. Nico's friend, Jason, was also hesitant about Nico meeting a friend online but Percy understood. After meeting Jason the first time he felt like maybe they could be great friends but that thought quickly vanished once he met Jason again and he started giving him annoyed looks and sarcastic comments whenever Percy was around him and Nico. After that Percy tried to stay clean away from him and tried not to talk much to Nico whenever he and Jason had plans.
Jason made his dislike for Percy very much obvious but Nico didn't quite catch on that fast. Nico must've sensed his hesitancy around Jason whenever he was around, which was a lot, because all of a sudden he made the two of them hang out alone together. He did try to protest but Nico was having none of it.
Hanging out with Jason was awkward at first and Percy kept quiet, afraid to say the wrong thing and anger Jason who made it very obvious he hated the idea of spending time with him. It stung a little but he was use to not being wanted anywhere. They hung out at some park and Jason ignored him whenever he tried making conversation with him and just played Flappy Bird on his phone and yelling out curses whenever he died. Percy gave up trying and just pulled out his Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows book he hid in his messenger back so Nico wouldn't see. He knew this "date" wouldn't end well so he came prepared. After ten straight minutes of not being able to focus on his book due to Jason's cursing and yelling, he slammed his book closed and glared at Jason, taking his phone from him and turning it off, ignoring Jason's glare.
"Can you PLEASE stop yelling! It's just a damn game! Nothing serious about it! If you don't want to be here, then fine, go! I'll tell Nico we had a great time and stuff but just shut up! I can't focus on reading Harry Potter due to you cursing at that stupid bird!" Percy let out a breath, realizing what he just did and instantly regretted. Jason looked like a guy who could definitely beat him to a pulp if he wished. He looked up at Jason's shocked face and quickly handed him back his phone. "I-I'm
s-sorry.. I di-"
"You like Harry Potter?"
Percy was taken back by his question, Percy just yelled at him and this guy is more interested in the fact wether or not he likes Harry Potter. "Uhh y-yeah..I'm a Potterhead.." Jason gave him a small smirk. "I approve."
"W-What?.."
Jason chuckled at his confused face and threw an arm over his shoulder.
"C'mon dude, this is gonna be the start of a beautiful friendship."
Since that night the two and Nico have been inseparable. Well inseparable until recently which Percy was really upset about because he honestly doesn't understand what he did wrong. He hopes whatever he did wasn't that serious, he can't bare to throw away four years of friendship down the drain just because he was an idiot. Nico and Jason are his first friends in years..He had Grover, his very first friend since Elementary school but he hasn't heard from him since he moved away with his family the summer before Percy started middle school. Which really sucks because Percy could really use a friend right now.
He could talk to Jason's other friends; Leo, Frank, and Frank's girlfriend and Nico's half sister Hazel, but he didn't know them that well. They seemed like nice people, well Frank and Hazel did, Leo seemed a little bit too wild for him.
Carol is another option but he didn't wanna bother her with his problems. Besides, she has friends of her own. Carol is or well was, Nico's deceased sister Bianca's girlfriend. Percy hung out with her a few times before with Nico and she's a nice beautiful girl. Very caring and friendly but he's awkward and doesn't know how to hold up a conversation with anyone other than his Mom, Jason, and Nico. It's sad really but he can't help it. Probably another reason why Jason quit talking to him, he's too awkward and annoying. He just wishes Jason or Nico would tell him what he did wrong so he can fix his mistake, he can change! He can try to be less awkward and annoying, it would be a struggle but if that's what it takes for them to stop ignoring him then so be it.
He can stop wearing his glasses and start wearing contacts even though he hates having things in his eyes. He can start wearing his hair differently, he seen the guys around school wear theirs in a "quiff" he thinks it's called, he don't really like the hairstyle but he could tolerate it if he has too. He can stop dressing like a "hipster" as Carol calls it, and dress more like a "emo" and shop in Hot Topic even though that store scares him. He doesn't know if he can stop liking Marvel but he can try. Okay maybe he can't do any of that stuff but if it's what Jason and Nico want, he'll try it, even though it'll kill him. He'll do anything for his two best friends.
Percy sighed as he walked into his first hour class and sat down in his usual spot towards the back. Unfortunately he doesn't know anyone in this class and he won't have anyone to talk to until his third hour class. Being anti-social has it's cons but at least he's alone and can think. In the middle of his teacher's lecture the principal walked in the room with a blond kid Percy never seen before.
He was at least six foot with a mop of blond hair and baby blue eyes. He didn't have a very athletic build like Jason but he wasn't scrawny like Nico either. He has a golden tan like he was blessed by the sun or something and was dressed in some white cargo shorts and a navy blue polo shirt with a sweater and a pair of moccasins. He's a handsome guy Percy concluded, but not really his type at first glance.
"Everyone, this is Will Solace. Please make him feel welcome. Will, you can sit in the empty desk next to Percy. Percy raise your hand." Percy blushed as the whole class turned to look at him and raised his hand shyly. Will gave him a small smile and sat down in desk on the side of his.
"And Perseus, show Will around school later." Percy gave her a small smile, "Yes ma'am.." Percy sighed as she went back to her lecture. Once class was over Percy had the job to show Will around which wasn't that bad, they had the next few classes together and Will turned out to be a pretty chill guy who did all the talking which Percy was grateful for.
"And this is the Gym, which is literal hell. Coach Hedge is a really short chubby guy who kinda resembles a goat. He can be pretty loud and weird at times but just ignore the bat and the occasional scream and you should be okay."
Will raised his eyebrow, "Ignore the bat? Is he like a baseball coach or something?"
"No.." Percy sat down on the bleachers. "He just likes carrying around a baseball bat. Not sure why, but that's just Coach Hedge."
"Okay?.." Percy chuckled at his confused face and patted the seat next to him. "Are you into any sports?" Will shook his head and chuckled. "Does it honestly look like I'm the athletic type of guy?"
Percy chuckled and gave him a shy smile. "Not really no. But I thought I'd give you the benefit of the doubt." Will smiled and looked over at across the gym. "Hey is that Nico di Angelo?" Percy looked over to where Will was staring, sure enough, Nico was sitting with Hazel. "You know Nico?"
"Yeah, I went on a double date with him the other night. He's a great guy."
"Wait, you're the guy that went out with Nico and caused him to come back blushing?" Will smiled, "He went home blushing?" Percy just smirked, "Yup. You made quite the impression."
Will just blushed more, "Did he say anything?"
"He wouldn't really give any details, but he said he had a great time and he's glad the guy wasn't a total loser." Will chuckled and shook his head. "Well if you two are friends, why aren't you over there talking to him?"
"We're kinda not talking at the moment..I don't know what happened but we're just not talking."
"Well I hope you two work things out."
"Yeah me too.."