Chapter 10

Nico POV

Oh. My. Gods. I. Kissed. Her. I. Suck. So. Much. I can't believe I kissed her! I don't even know how to deal with this! Luckily, Emily is with her friend Adrianna, who is a daughter of Apollo. She is the 3rd other girl I think I love. Adrianna has long sandy blonde hair and dark brown eyes. Emily has straight brown hair and blue-green-grey eyes. Jessica has shoulder length beach blonde hair and light blue eyes. WHY?

I had to pee so I went to the bathroom. I also started to get undressed to take a shower. I was in my boxers when I turned the water on, and my father appeared in an Iris Message.

"AHH!" I yelped in surprise.

"Son, I want you to return to the Underworld. I need you to run some errands and stuff for me." He said as if he didn't just scare the SHIT out of me.

"What?" I said, not really registering what he said right off the bat.

"I want you to come back to the Underworld for a little while. I need you to do some things for me. Pack your things; I want you here before sunset." He said, then vanished.

"SHIT!" I yelled. I took a quick shower, and got dressed. I was in the middle of packing when Emily walked back into our cabin.

"Um, hey Nico." She said.

"Hey."

"Why are you packing?"

"My dad wants me to go back to the Underworld and do some stuff for him." I said.

"Oh. Do you have to go today?"

"Yeah."

"Listen; about last night-." She started, but I cut her off.

"It was nothing. Just drop it."

"No, I'm not going to drop it Nico!" She said.

"Why not? It was just a kiss!" I yelled.

"Just a kiss? Really? Just a FUCKING kiss? It's a kiss that has made you be EXTRA secretive and moody, Nico! And I know both you and I know that it wasn't 'Just a kiss'." She yelled.

"Just. Drop. It." I gritted through my teeth.

She started walking towards the door, and before she left, she said, "Say hello to Hades for me." Then the door slammed shut behind her.

I fell to my knees. I put my hands in my hair so that it was practically being pulled out and screamed out of frustration. I felt tears flowing out of my eyes as just sobbed into my hands. I guess I screamed pretty loud, because Percy came barging into my cabin.

"Nico! Are you alright?" He said.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Can't you tell?" I said sarcastically through my tears.

Percy sat next to me and put a manly-comforting arm around my shoulders.

"Tell me what's troubling you, son." Percy said.

I told him everything about the kiss and about our fight. I saved the confession for the end. "Percy, I love her. I love Jessica. I love Emily's best friend that's a girl named Adrianna. Why is my life so fucked up!"

He looked at me thoughtfully and said, "I'm sorry, man."

"It's okay I guess. I better get going." I said and stood. I grabbed my bags and said my goodbye. I shadow traveled back to my dad's realm, silently hoping that Emily doesn't hate me.

Emily's POV

I walked back to the Hades cabin to apologize, but Nico wasn't there. Only Percy was; sitting on the bed. He had a strange look in his eyes, like he was just told something very important.

"Hey, Perce." I said and sat next to him.

"Hey." He said. I was about to say something else when Percy asked, "Did you and Nico make out last night?"

I felt my tears coming as I said, "Yes. We were both so sucked into everything that has happened recently that we just snapped." Now my tears were free falling, and I felt weak. I rarely cry, but it seems I always cry when it's about something involving Nico.

"I swore on the Styx I wouldn't tell anyone who all of them are, but I know the three girls Nico loves." Percy said.

"Where is Nico?" I asked.

"He went down to the Underworld for his father. I know he told you."

"Yes; he did. I just didn't get to say goodbye."