Chapter 8 – Emotional Trauma
Nico POV
"Hello Nico!" Lacey says as she skips into the room. "Hey Grace."
"Will you stop calling me Grace? That's not my name!" Thalia yells at her.
Lacey claps her hands together. "Yes, a reaction. Finally!"
"You mean you kept calling me by my last name, even though you obviously knew I hated it, just to get a reaction from me?" Thalia asks her angrily.
"Yes siree." Lacey answers.
Thalia opens her mouth to yell at Lacey, but then she thinks for a second and her face relaxes. "You have potential, Lacey. Start using your annoyingness on boys and you'll be half-way to becoming a hunter."
Lacey bows. "Thank you, Thalia, but I think I'll stick to the interviews. And speaking of interviews, SummerSpirit18 left the one of the longest reviews I have ever seen, so let's get started."
I sit back in my chair and prepare for embarrassment.
"Her first question is a statement and it is this: You're in denial. Yes, it's an affirmation. And because you're in denial you'll say you're not in denial. Any responses to that?"
"What are we in denial of?" I ask her.
Lacey grins at us. "She means you're in denial of your obvious love for each other."
Thalia crosses her arms. "Excuse me?"
"Right, I mean your 'obvious love' for each other." Lacey adds the air quotes, rolling her eyes. "Personally, I think Thalico is kind of cute. You know, ignoring the fact that Artemis would probably kill you for breaking your oath of not falling in love or whatever it was."
"I am not in love with Nico. He is my cousin. Our relationship is completely platonic." She looks over at me sharply. I nod obediently in agreement.
Lacey reads something on her laptop screen. "Well, moving on to SummerSpirit's second question you probably shouldn't have said you'd marry to save the world if you were going to deny any feelings for each other. But anyways, how would you name your kids?"
"I'm a-"
Lacey cuts Thalia off. "Pretend for a second that you aren't a hunter and you end up having kids. Now answer the question."
Thalia sighs. "Fine, I would name them… Luke if it's a boy and… Annie if it's a girl."
"That's so sweet of you. You would name them after your friends." Lacey says. "I didn't know you could be so sentimental."
"I am not sentimental." Thalia states firmly.
Lacey reads something else and grins. "Oh, Thalia, you're gonna love this. She says you're pregnant in one of her stories."
"That's it!" Thalia yells, lunging at the laptop. Lacey grabs the laptop and tries to pull it away from her, she looks at me pleadingly. I make two skeletons rise out of the floor. They pry Thalia away from the laptop and push her back into her seat.
Thalia scowls at me. "What was that for?"
"If you broke her laptop she'd probably die of emotional trauma. And then we would be stuck in this stupid room forever." I explain. We both look over at Lacey who is hugging her laptop and stroking the light green cover.
"Lacey." I say.
She looks up. "Right, we're in the middle of the interview. Do you want a boy or a girl?"
"A girl." Thalia answers.
Lacey looks at me. I shake my head.
"I'm not having kids. Ever." I tell her.
"Come on, Nico. You have to fall in love sometime. And then you're going to get married and have kids." Lacey gets out of her chair mid-sentence and spins around the room.
"I'm a demigod. The chances of me even living long enough to have kids are really low." I point out.
Lacey sighs. "True. So, question number three/six is… what would you want your kids to look like?"
"I would want them to look like me." Thalia answers.
"I'm a guy, I don't think about girly things like that." I tell her. Lacey starts laughing.
She wipes tears from her eyes. "That is the most hilarious lie I've ever heard."
"Um… it's not a lie." I say. Where does she get the idea that I'm lying?
"Sure it isn't." Lacey says sarcastically. "Now, question four is this. Thalia, let's forget about Nico-NOT-or other boys. Describe how you imagined your wedding dress."
"Do I have to?" Thalia whines.
"Yes." Lacey tells her.
"Fine, when I was five and didn't know any better I imagined my wedding dress a lot like the one Cinderella wore in the movie." By the end of the sentence Thalia was blushing.
Lacey grinned."Thalia, that was truly endearing. Now, SummerSpirit's next question is for Nico. Can you describe the girl of your dreams? And you're allowed to say Thalia if you want."
"I don't know. I'll know the girl of my dreams when I meet her." I answer.
"Alright. Time for the next question, what did the Stolls hear back there?" Lacey asks.
"Nothing. The Stolls were lying to you." I tell her.
Lacey sighs. "In that case SummerSpirit wants you to invite her to your wedding. Now we can move on to the last question from girlzrule1010."
"Let's get this over with." Thalia groans.
"Nico, how come you don't go to Camp Half-Blood?" She asks me.
"Because not everyone accepts a son of Hades." I answer her question.
"And that is the end of this interview. Please review. I need your questions to keep writing this story. So the options for next chapter are below." Lacey says to air.
REVIEW WHAT I SHOULD DO NEXT CHAPTER
Keep interviewing Thalia and Nico
Let Thalia and Nico go and interview Piper and Leo
Lacey turned to us. "I suppose you want your reward, now."
"I just humiliated myself. Of course I want my reward." Thalia tells her.
"There's a saying 'successful men are always looking for opportunities to help others, unsuccessful men are always asking 'What's in it for me?'' you're one of the successful men who are still asking 'What's in it for me?'"
Thalia frowns. "That made no sense. Why did you quote a saying if you were just going to agree with it."
"Thank you. Here are your ten bucks." Lacey gives us each a ten dollar bill and leaves the room.
Thanks to the people mentioned in this chapter.
