A/N: I know I haven't written in at least a month, but with tests, homework, school, gymnastics, band and basically all this other stupid stuff, I barely have time to breath. :(
Chapter 7: Percy
I just sat there.
I've only known Hazel for-what-a year? A year and a half? But still, she was Frank's girlfriend. Frank was sensitive on a good day. With Hazel goneā¦
I pondered that and just sat there. "Where's Frank?"
Jason shook his head and looked at the ground. He's in his cabin. He won't come out, won't make eye contact. Just keeps on reading his book. Personally, if it was my girlfriend, I'd pull an Annabeth. You know, chase after her and count down the days until I found her."
That was one thing that I really, really wished he hadn't said. I thought I was clueless when it came to girls; Jason took it to a whole other level.
"Leo's having some female trouble, too," Jason said after a long silence. "With Calypso. He said he sweared on the River Styx to find a way to get her back, but that's pretty impossible. Not the best move on his part."
"Calypso isn't exactly someone you should get attached to."
"Tell that to Leo."
I laughed. "You think I should give girl advice to him? I thought you knew me. What am I, a son of Aphrodite?"
Jason smiled. "Ah, the sons of Aphrodite."
He laughed, just as Percy saw a figure coming up behind them. Due to today's events, he got up, ready to fight.
But it was only Piper.
"Oh, hey Piper."
"Hi. Just wanted to tell both of you that Nico is currently vomiting his brains out. Something about "guilt". That's all."
She turned and walked away. Jason looked at me like I was a bomb, about to explode.
Which I probably was.
I sighed. Jason put his hand on my shoulder. "Alrighty, Perseus. Just go and talk to him and attempt to be nice."
"Okay," I breathed, "Be nice."
"Exactly."
I walked up, trying to calm myself, saying over and over again in my head, be nice, just be nice. Pretend you're talking to Annabeth.
Okay, that last part is not a good idea.
But when, I finally found him, he was sitting on the floor, in a ball, his hands covering his eyes.
"Hey Nico," I said softly.
He looked up at me. "Why would you want to talk to me?"
The truth is, I didn't want to talk to him. "I-I understand why you did it."
He looked down at his shoes again. "You do?"
I nodded. This was getting extremely uncomfortable. "It's-it's fine dude. Ever seen that video? Ryan Higa and Chester See? Bromance?"
Nico looked at me like I had grown a second head. I kept on forgetting that this kid was from the 40's.
"Nevermind," I told him quickly. "It's just, I have a girlfriend. Annabeth. And I'm, you know, not-"
"I get it."
"No, you don't!" I said, my temper rising. "You don't get it! If you get it, why did you stab her? Just felt like it? The Eidolons are gone, so that's out."
"Percy, I didn't get it this morning. I get it now. That's all I mean."
I repeated his lines in my head and tried to smile. "Good. You're a nice kid, Nico. I'm going to go find Jason."
I sprinted out of the room. I was a good liar, I knew that.
But I was still curious about the whole Frank Zhang thing, so I went to go find him. I entered the Ares cabin, where he was sitting there reading a book.
And I know for a fact that he didn't see me.
If he did, I'm pretty sure he would've tried to cover up the mark of Kronos on the cover of his "book."
I quietly backed out of the room and found Jason. He was there, making out with Piper. I pulled him away from her, which I felt sort of bad about, but I figured this qualified as an emergency.
"What?" He said, right in my face.
"It's Frank. I walked into the Ares cabin, and he didn't see me, and he was reading his book, and it had Kronos's mark on the cover. He knows where Hazel went!"
I took deep breaths. Jason just stood there, frozen. Piper snapped her fingers in front of his face.
"Percy, get Annabeth and Leo. Get them now."
"But Piper-"
"Don't ask questions."
A/N: Hey! So another cliffhanger :/. Sorry about that.
