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Chapter 7:
Nico POV-
I looked around and found myself in a fancy restaurant. In front of me was a beautiful girl, Leah. She looked at me and smiled. My heart nearly stopped, she looked so beautiful! I could only gape at her as she giggled. "So, Nico, what do you want to get?" she asked.
I tried to answer, "Anything you want!" but instead, "Ab uh-hub-bah" came out. Suddenly, Leah transformed into another pretty person, Aphrodite.
"Ugh, no Nico! You are the man here! You must be confident! Be the one in charge! Didn't your father's big head rub off on you?" she scolded.
"Oh, um, okay. Let me try again. Anything you want Lee-Lee!" I said, confidently.
"Much better. Now, you can't just be all cute all the time, we should also get you to be just hot... um try saying something sexy." she instructed.
"Um... I'm kind of only 15..." I started.
"Oh, right, then I guess, you should be fine!" she said. "Off with you now!"
"Okay, bye!" I started to shadow travel.
"Alright then, wait! You still need new clothes!" she shouted. But it was too late, I was gone. Wait, but gone where? I wondered this to myself as I opened my eyes.
I looked around and found myself in a room. A hotel room. I saw Annabeth also awake, struggling to get Percy's arm off of her. I stifled a laugh. She looked up at me and glared. "Help me!" she mouthed. I snickered and shoved Percy onto the floor. He yelped and stood up with his pen in his hand. His eyes darted across the room, looking for the threat. Then, he realized that Annabeth and I were cracking up. He turned to us and glared.
"Okay, that was hilarious! Wanna grab some breakfast?" Annabeth said, still giggling. Percy smirked and I ran out of the room, knowing what was next.
"Alright!" he yelled as he scooped her up and trapped her in a bear hug. I heard Annabeth shriek and giggle in protest. I rolled my eyes as I searched for the cafe.
Leah POV-
My eyes snapped open and I found myself panting. It was another nightmare about Sam and Emily and my heart ached, but in an unfamiliar way. I sighed as one word ran through my head, making my heart flutter. Nico. I was still extremely curious about him so I decided to try and find his scent. Just as I was leaving, my butt started vibrating.
"Crap," I muttered as pulled out my phone. I saw that I had just received a text from Jake. Meet me outside ur room. I sighed. There was no doubt he could hear me know. "Coming!" I yelled. I shut the door behind me and found Jacob, waiting for me. "I'm hungry, let's go!"
"Yeah, so what happened last night?" he asked.
"Uh.. none of your biz!" I asked, pretending to be embarrassed. I internally laughed. His face went red and I couldn't help it and I started cracking up. "Ok, ok, I'm just kidding. He's just 15," I laughed, "Wow! You should have seen your face! Too bad I didn't record it!"
"Ok, now shut up!" he said, smiling. By that time, we reached a restaurant. As I walked up to a table, I saw a boy eying me. He was a typical high school jock. Ugh. I've had enough of them. Before I could go any further, Jake tapped my shoulder and whispered, "Uh... we kind of forgot money so we already ate as wolves so you will have to figure out how to pay." I rolled my eyes and headed to the restrooms.
Once again, I had a selection of makeup to choose and use from. I decided to use an average shade of red, just like last night since I had the dress from yesterday on, like most people. After adding some mascara and eye shadow, I grabbed somebody's comb and revealed my bangs. I finished by tying my hair in a low pony and pulling it over my left shoulder. I was now perfect, and sexy.
As I came out, I saw the boy's eyes widen before he composed himself. "Hi! Can I just sit there, at the bar?" I started, acting like I used to, in high school. I had mastered all tricks in this area. I fluttered my eyes, watching him crumble under my charm.
"Uh... sure!" he said, turning to lead my there. "I'm David, by the way." I smiled. "So, what can I get you?" he asked.
"I'll take, blueberry pancakes." I said.
"Al.. Alright. Anything else?" he inquired, still dazzled.
"No thank you! I'll be waiting, David." I finished, in a low seductive voice. My fingers drummed the table as I continued my thoughts from waking up. Nico. I decided I would try and follow his scent once I finished breakfast, or should I say, brunch. David came back, ruining my dreamy plans.
"Here are your pancakes!" he said. Then, he leaned on the counter, and I imagined his thoughts. He was probably going to try and know more about me. "So, uh, I didn't catch your name." I smirked, I after all, do listen to the thoughts of teenage boys.
"Leah." I said, playing with my food before gracefully eating it. David gulped again. "So how old are you?" I asked as I looked him up and down, as if I was checking him out.
"I'm going to be 19 in 2 weeks." he replied, smiling. I'm guessing he's heard that one before.
He continued blabbing about himself as I quickly finished my food. Just then, we both heard a voice yell, "Leah, where are you?" Jake. It was him, my savior!
"Um, I gotta go..." I started.
"Your boyfriend?" he asked.
"My ex..." I said, rolling my eyes,"he's trying to get back together with me."
"Oh..." he said, awkwardly. "We can hang out later, if you want." he said, looking at me with a mischievous look. I took a napkin and wrote some random phone number on it.
"Here! And um, you'll cover the bill for me, right?" I said. Then I stretched up and pecked him on the cheek. "Thanks!" I turned to around, leaving him like an idiot.
"Leah! Oh there you are!" Jake exclaimed.
"Kiss the top of my head and put your arm around my waist!" I whispered to him. He obeyed.
"Nice! Your plan worked!" he said, pleased. "What exactly did you do, again?"
I rolled my eyes. "SLSP, Sexy Leah's Seductive Plan! And me, being the sexy Leah can carry it out really well!"
Suddenly gravity changed again. My eyes searched around to find what they were searching for. Nico. Unfortunately, looking at me with a confused, betrayed, and sleepy look on his face. Then, he snapped to real life, glared at me, and stormed outside. I looked down, wondering what was wrong. I hoped I wasn't in just a bra and a panty. Then I realized I was in a cocktail part dress with Jake holding me. "Let go!" I hissed at him. He turned to glare at me but then understood the situation so just obeyed. I walked off outside to talk to my Nico. Although he was about an inch taller than me, his thought process was very childlike... I mean come on! He's 15! Ohhh, I wonder when his birthday is...
Nico POV-
We got to the cafe, FINALLY! Well, that was from my stomach... but I mean, maybe I'll get to see my Lee-Lee there, right? Okay, now, I'm openly admitting my unnatural obsession with the love of my life, Leah Clearwater. "Nico!" Percy yelled as he punched my back, snapping me out of my thoughts, about her!
"What!" I yelled back, exasperated..
"Why are you bumping into me every time I'm trying to kiss Annabeth?" he said, glaring. Annabeth, who was under Percy's arm, turned to give him the holy-Poseidon-did-you-actually-say-that-out-loud look. His face immediately turned into the same color as Annabeth's red blouse. "Did I just say that out loud?"
"No, we suddenly have Hecate's power to read each other's minds!" Annabeth said, rolling her gray eyes at him.
"Oh, yeah, and thanks for giving me such a bone breaking back massage!" I added.
"Okay, sorry Nico!" he replied, guilty. Then, he kissed Annabeth. "Am I now forgiven for my sudden outbreak?" he asked her.
She stood on her toes, kissed him back and said, "Now, you're forgiven!" My heart suddenly started pounding, making me feel really left out. Then, I remembered my Leah. Sigh. We reached the cafe.
Behind the cash register stood a girl who was a typical Aphrodite demigod. She was eying Percy until Annabeth put her arm around him and kissed his cheek. Then she eyed me. I rolled my eyes.
"Hi! What can I get you?" she asked me, note how she was talking to me when clearly, even though she could tell Percy was in charge of us.
"Um, I'll get waffles and fries with some hot chocolate." I ordered.
"Ew!" Annabeth said.
"You should try! They actually taste really good together!" I replied.
"No thank you! I'll get a coffee and turkey sandwich." she said.
"And I'll get... the chicken wings and fries." he concluded.
"Alright, your total is $14.37!" she cheerfully said. "And feel free to tip!" she added, winking at me.
I pulled out the money, handed it to her and boldly snapped, "Here, and by the way, this is a cafe, not a restaurant. So you can get your tip from some hobo!"
She looked hurt for a second and then composed herself. She handed the receipt to Percy and said, "Your number is 318." Then, she stuck her tongue out at me. As if that did something to me, pa-leez! I stuck my middle finger at her and stormed off. I saw her glare at me from the corner of my eye.
After about 4 painfully long minutes, the food came! I food was done in about 3 minutes (I do NOT eat messy, all my food goes to my tummy, OK?) so I watched the difference between Annabeth's and Percy's eating styles.
Annabeth ate quickly yet gracefully. Percy on the other hand, oh! Let's just say, I hope you are not the chicken he's eating! Soon, they were done. Annabeth started prattling about strategies on how to investigate at Port Angeles with Percy while I searched for my Leah.
Just then, I saw her walk in an amazing cocktail dress, but she was under a really tall and buff guy's arm. They were laughing. Then I saw her turn and look at me. I couldn't believe that she was cheating on me! Wow, let's back it up.. we were never together... so I guess she was already with somebody. All the same, I stormed off, aimlessly going out the door.
"Nico, wait!" she called.
"Why don't you go back to your boyfriend!" I sneered at the word. To my surprise, she started laughing.
"No! That's not my boyfriend. I'm available!" she said, winking at me. I couldn't say anything, I was all dazzled. I remembered my "lesson" with Aphrodite and quickly regained my focus.
"So, Leah. Will you be my girlfriend? I mean I barely know you, but I mean I feel like we belong together. I know it sounds sappy and all bu-" my little rant was interrupted by her lips on mine. My heart melted and I just followed her lead. After we broke from the kiss, I was on cloud 9.
"So, I think that you owe me a little story of your life. I know that you're a demigod and about your mom and all but tell me more!" she demanded.
"Okay, so I was trapped in a hotel where time is frozen. So I was there for a good 70 years until one of my dad's minion's got me and my sister out."
"How old is she?" Leah asked.
"Well, she was 16, until she died on a quest." I replied, my throat getting thick.
"Oh, I'm sorry about that!" she whispered as she hugged me.
"After we got out, monsters were after us all the time. My sister kind of ditched me to be part of Artemis's huntresses. They are all girls who despise the very thought of boys."
"Oh, well, what happened later? Did she drop out?"
"Well, you can't exactly just 'drop out' since you have to take an oath which is bound to your life."
"Oh." she said awkwardly. I smiled.
"So she got selected to go on a quest which she didn't survive through..."
"I'm so sorry!"
"It's fine. I'm over it, I guess... but anyways, I started to go visit my dad and try to find out more about my past, like about my mom. Then, there was this big war against Kronos, the titan. He wanted revenge against the gods, who overthrew the rule of titans. a LONG time agos. And ever since, life hasn't been exactly lively, until I met you!" I ended.
"Aw... that's so sweet of you!" she replied. Then, she gently kissed my cheek. I was the luckiest boy ever!
"So tell me more about interesting things about your life now!" I said, trying to get the attention away from me.
"Hm... let's see... I guess the only interesting things that I can think of are the fights I've been in." she replied, deep in thought. She turned and smiled at me, as if to consider she should tell me.
"Go on, I kick monster butt on a daily basis so don't worry about scaring me or anything." I said as encouragement. She laughed.
"That's good! I want my man to be tough yet sweet, which he very perfectly carries out!" she said, still smiling. My heart nearly stopped. Then I realized she was talking about me. I kissed her cheek, which (thankfully) was a place I had to lean down to. I'm an inch taller than her, thank the gods! I always got annoyed about my height, I was way too tall, but in this case, it was a privilege.
"So, both involved this one girl named Bella." she started.
"Oh, Edward's husband?" I asked, "We met them to get directions to Port Angeles, right before we ran into you guys in the forest."
"You recognized us?" she asked. Then she seemed to realize something and continued, "Oh, yes. The blond one was started who started deprecating you when you guys ran into us. When we looked at each other, I imprinted on you." We both smiled at each other.
"So, yeah, you know about her past?" she asked.
"Um, sort of. We met Renesmee who 'showed' us all her memories since her birth. So if you're talking about the Voltairie-"
"-Volturi-"
"-or something then yes. But anything else, then no." I finished.
"Well, that made my job easier. So you know how Renesmee came to be, right?" she asked.
"Um, well yeah I guess..." I said, trying to get those thoughts out of my head. She then understood my lack of comfort when she had said those words.
"Not that way! Ugh! You know what I mean!" she chided.
"Can't help it! Teenage brain, remember?" I told her. I knew she was probably like 40 although she never ages.
"Well, same here! Sort of. Anyhow, moving on. So you know Jacob, right?"
"Um, Nessie's imprinter. I can't miss it!"
"Yeah, so before Nessie was born, he was in love with Bella."
"What! That's like wrong, on so many levels! I mean, that's like Aphrodite falling in love with a demigod son of my Ares, her actual love! Ewww!"
"Hey, don't forget that he imprinted on Nessie. She was part of Bella until Bella gave birth. So he was in love with the 'Nessie' part of Bella. But honestly, I don't get what was so special about that pathetic girl. I mean, she was so clumsy."
"Okay then."
"So she had got into some trouble with this one vampire who wanted to hunt her. He ended up getting killed by the rest of the Cullens. But then, his mate wanted to avenge his death."
"Feisty!"
"She was. She had wild, curly hair. It was red, contrasting her pale white skin."
"Sounds kind of creepy!"
"She was! But then again, she was a vamp! What else could you expect?"
"Yeah..."
"So she created this vampire army to take down the Cullens and kill Bella. She wanted to get back at Edward. 'Mate for mate' she called it. So us, being the awesome wolves who follow every heart ache his highness, Jacob, has, had to fight with the Cullens. It was fun, until the end. I was attacking this one vampire who was being a pain and Jacob had to come and save me. In the process, the vamp shattered all the bones in the right half of Jake's body. At that time, Bella confessed that Jacob just wasn't the one for her. And his heart aches were really bad." she ended. The muttered something to herself afterwords but I didn't ask her anything about it, it seemed too personal.
"Well, at least things got better after that."
"Well, after a few months of desperate heart broken side effects, he was okay. He finally imprinted."
"And you imprinted on me!" I said, feeling pleased.
"Yes, I did!" she said, kissing my cheek.
"Um... Nico?" another voice said. It was Percy. Gods, I should send him to my dad's palace right now!
"What?" I said, annoyed.
"We need to go to Port Angeles! You are incharge of this quest, right?" he asked.
"Yeah, let's go!" I said, not wanting to give him a chance to ruin Leah's good reputation of me.
"Okay, I'll go phase and contact the pack!" Leah said. The ran off into the woods nearby and I heard the trees ruffle. Percy and I stared at each other awkwardly.
"Hey, Nico?" he asked.
"Yeah, wassup?" I replied.
"So, um, I was wondering... I wanted to you know," he took a deep breath, "propose to Annabeth."
"Well, go for it! I mean, not right now. We are in the middle of an important quest so after it!" I enthusiastically responded. I bet I made Aphrodite real happy by saying that.
"Thanks, I mean, for not freaking out and supporting me." he said, relieved.
"No problem, bro!" I said. By that time, Leah came back.
"So you guys are going to be riding on us while we run to Port Angeles, we only have a few miles to go." she said.
"Alright then. Let's go!" Annabeth said. Percy seemed calm so apparently she had heard us while she was approaching.
So guys, that was chapter 7 for you! I've planned out a lot of the future chapter already and I am trying to get them done as soon as I can. No promises but I will try my best to update within a week. It's summer vacation so I will have more time to write. And now, the cookie question:
You've got your dumb friends, I know what they say
They tell you I'm difficult but so are they
What song is this and who is it by? I want to see how many people will be able to guess it right!
