Piper's Grace
Chapter 11
Piper
Piper wasn't having such a great day. She learned that she had to write a song for the contest, then Thalia went missing. Or kidnapped according to Nico. The gang was in a Starbucks for a few hours, waiting for Annabeth and Percy and their drinks.
"How did you say she got kidnapped?" Piper asked Nico. He was paler than usual and his eyes were bloodshot. "She was taken by three black figures. Or girls wearing black."
"Wait." Jason said out of nowhere. "Girls?"
"Yeah." Nico replied. "They-" Piper thought that Nico would've bawled his eyes out if Percy and Annabeth haven't returned with their drinks. Annabeth gave the drinks out and Piper sipped in her Choco Chip Frappuccino but didn't feel any better like it used to.
"You were saying."Piper told Nico.
"The kidnappers were obviously girls." Nico explained. "They had figures and their voices were high pitched. I recognized the voice but one of them knocked my head with her algebra book. And now I can't remember their voices because of the numbers."
"That is no way to treat a book!" Annabeth commented
"Be serious, Annabeth." Percy scolded her
"But-" She protested. But she was shut up by the glares the rest gave her.
"Do we get the police after her?" Piper asked
"No." Jason replied. "I have a feeling about who did it and when she's gonna show up again. If we get the police involved, Thalia might just die."
"How can you just sit there?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that I'm gonna get in trouble with Dave if I don't get home in ten minutes."
"I'll drive!" Reyna volunteered
"Thanks." Piper replied with a bright smile.
"We all know that you're beautiful, Beauty Queen." Leo said. "Now just go before you make me blind."
Piper rolled her eyes and got in Reyna's car. Which was a yellow Ferrarri, by the way. Reyna drove like a madman. She went twenty miles above the speed limit. Piper felt like a woman giving birth. Scratch that, It was way worse than that. But Piper got home with seven minutes to spare.
She vomited when she entered the restroom and got changed in clothes appopriate for babysitting her half-brother, Mitchell. Mitchell was a six year old boy who liked running around the house naked. Piper wore a black tank top under her favorite snowboarding jacket, black skinny jeans, and black hi-top Converse.
She entered her half-brother's room to find Drew strangling Mitchell. Piper jumped in between them and carried Mitchell.
"What is wrong with you, Drew?" Piper asked Drew
"He was in my room again!" Drew replied in a voice high enough to make Piper mad.
"That doesn't give you the right to strangle him." Piper shot back at her. Drew walked away, looking like a b**ch who won a lottery.
Piper placed Mitchell down and sat next to him. "Thank you Piper." Mitchell said. Piper smiled back at her half-brother. "How can you stand her?"
Mitchell looked down. "I can't. She's a bitch!"
"Where'd you learn that language?" Piper asked him.
"Drew."
"Remove it from your system. That's bad. Do you want to end up in Hades's boxers?"
Mitchell looked down and shook his head. "I wish you were my real sister."
Piper hugged him and smiled. "Sorry, kiddo. At least I'm half your sister."
"Thanks, Pipes." He said. Piper placed him down and tucked him into his bed. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight, Beauty Queen." Mitchell replied with a smirk.
Piper closed the door behind her and found herself face-to-face with her angry step-dad.
"What do you want?" Piper asked him
"I heard of what you did for Drew in your music class." Dave replied. "You better continue that, unless you want to see your college money go to Drew instead."
"I will."
Piper walked away and went to her shed. She opened her laptop and started writing the song for the boys.
3rd Person
They were speeding towards Pizza Planet. Percy kept his foot on the gas and it was worst than when Reyna drove Piper home. Once they got there, the boys carried the guitars and the amps out, and hurried in the waiting area. Someone was being introduced and Piper wouldn't have given a s**t about it if the emcee didn't say Drew's name.
Piper dragged Jason out to front of the stage and watched Drew.
"This is for Jason Grace." Drew said. "Love you, babe."
She started strumming her guitar and sang in a voice that wasn't hers.
Hey, hey, you, you, I don't like your girlfriend
No way, no way, I think you need a new one
Hey, hey, you, you, I could be your girlfriend
Hey, hey, you, you, I know that you like me
No way, no way, you know it's not a secret
Hey, hey, you, you, I want to be your girlfriend
Nico and the rest of the gang went out, asking, "Thalia?" but only to find Drew performing.
You're so fine, I want you mine, you're so delicious Don't pretend, I think you know I'm precious
I think about you all the time, you're so addictive
Don't you know what I can do to make you feel alright?
Alright, alright, alright
And so yeah, I'm a hey, hey princess
I can tell you like me too and you know I'm right
I'm right, I'm right, I'm right
Piper started getting offended but Nico dashed to the backstage after seeing a wire that's going to the backstage.
She's like so whatever
You could do so much better
I think we should get together now
And that's what everybody's talking about
Nico went backstage and saw Thalia strumming a guitar and singing the song.
Hey, hey, you, you, I don't like your girlfriend Hey, hey, you, you, I know that you like me
No way, no way, I think you need a new one
Hey, hey, you, you, I could be your girlfriend
No way, no way, you know it's not a secret
Hey, hey, you, you, I want to be your girlfriend
Nico grabbed the nearest camera from the camera man and started videoing Thalia instead of Drew. Thalia noticed it but didn't stop singing. I can see the way, I see the way you look at me
And even when you look away I know you think of me
I know you talk about me all the time again and again
And again and again and again
Everyone started murmuring outside when they saw Thalia's face on the screen. So come over here and tell me what I wanna hear 'Cause she's like so whatever
Better yet, make your girlfriend disappear
I don't wanna hear you say her name ever again
And again and again and again
And she could do so much better
I think we should get together now
And that's what everybody's talking about
Nico pushed Thalia out into the stage and Drew stopped singing when the crowd cheered and Thalia pushed Drew out of the way. Hey, hey, you, you, I don't like your girlfriend Hey, hey, you, you, I know that you like me Oh, in a second you'll be wrapped around my finger In a second you'll be wrapped around my finger Hey, hey, you, you, I don't like your girlfriend
No way, no way, I think you need a new one
Hey, hey, you, you, I could be your girlfriend
No way, no way, you know it's not a secret
Hey, hey, you, you, I want to be your girlfriend
Woo, 'cause I can, 'cause I can do it better
There's no other, so when's it gonna sink in?
Hey, she's so stupid, just what were you thinking?
'Cause I can, 'cause I can do it better
There's no other, so when's it gonna sink in?
She's so stupid, just what were you thinking?
No way, no way, I think you need a new one
Hey, hey, you, you, I could be your girlfriend
No way, no way
Hey, hey, I know that you like me
No way, no way, you know it's not a secret
Hey, hey, I want to be your girlfriend
No way, no way, no way, no way
Thalia bowed and removed her guitar and placed it on the nearest stand. She lunged at Nico after that. "Thank gods, Nico."
"I missed you too, Pinecone Face." Nico said hugging her. It was a matter of breaths until they started kissing. They wouldn't have stopped if it wasn't for the emcee who said, "Let's give it up for Thalia Grace!" and the crowd started cheering.
Nico and Thalia went down the stage, arm in arm, and started laughing. Thalia braced herself for all the hugs she's gonna receive. Sure enough, everyone hugged her.
Everyone started laughing and the moment was perfect. Thalia was back, Drew got what she deserved, and the gang was together. That was until the emcee called out "Come on and cheer for the Half-Bloods!"
Everyone cheered except for the gang. "Who?" Thalia asked.
"That would be us." Leo replied, with a smirk.
Piper patted Thalia's back and told her, "Sit this one out. We can handle this."
Thalia nodded and went to the green room and watched from the TV they had there. She tried staying awake but she couldn't help but sleep with her feet up and her face buried into the pillow.
I finally updated a really short chapter. YAY! Who wants cookies? (::) (::) (::) (::)
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