June 8, 2012
Nico:
Today we woke up, and left for Latvia. Well, the final destination is Poland, but we're stopping and spending the night on our way because going straight there would be too long. Percy said that it would take six hours and that we'd have a Ferry ride. Well, as usual the ferry ride was… gross. And it did not take six hours. Percy. Ann let me write because she was reading her book, Looking For Alaska by John Green. Eight hours later we finally got out and walked around Riga, Latvia.
We walked through a big square near another Church, which made me think, what is it with Europeans and their big churches. Then we went to the Bastejkalns Park. They had horseback riding, but horses don't get along with me, and to tell the truth, I'm not too fond of them either. But Percy loved the ponies, and it was pretty easy to tease him, since he was talking to them and all…
Then "Pony Boy" led us to a little bridge covered in padlocks, like the ones that we had. He had all of us sit down on a park bench.
"The locks are a tradition," he explained, "When a couple falls in love they come down here and lock a lock onto the bridge and throw away the key." Then he got down on one knee, and pulled out a little jewelry box. Ann caught her breath. So did Annabeth. She was wearing a flowery fitted sleeveless dress, but not the tiny little straps. The straps were thick, like three fingers thick. It went to her knees and it was flowy and orange and yellow and red. Her hair was curled and pulled back in a clip Pam Beesly style. She looked perfect for a proposal.
"Annabeth I really love you. And I think you love me too, right?" Annabeth laughed and blushed. She nodded. "When I first met you we were just two awkward 12-year-olds. The first thing that you ever said to me was, 'You drool when you sleep.'" Annabeth nodded. "I thought you were so hot, and I was so embarrassed when you said that. I loved you then too, but then it was just 'Like-Like'. Our first kiss was in a volcano, right before I blew it up and let Typhon out, which caused a lot of bad things, but hey! You kissed me a least, which made me insanely happy…" I could tell he was nervous. The babbling… "And then the next summer you almost died. I was so scared, I couldn't even think. But Will- thank the gods for Will- saved you. And at the end of the war when we started dating officially you said that you'd never make things easy for me. Well, you are right. This is so freaking nerve racking." Annabeth laughed. But I could feel her shaking next to me, and knew she was nervous too. "So, to further our relationship and to solidify our love… Annabeth 'Wise Girl' Chase..." Then he flipped the box open. Annabeth sighed and laughed a little, but she was beaming. "Will you help me lock this onto the bridge?"
Annabeth leaned over and kissed him. Percy looked a little shocked at first, but then hugged and kissed her back hard, and then swooped her up in his arms and carried her over to the bridge. Together they scrawled their names on it (Seaweed brain and Wise Girl) and then locked it on. Then Annabeth threw the key into the water. Percy let her down and they kissed some more.
Percy had one for Ann and me too. We wrote "Nico* and ~Ann" on it and then threw the key into the water too. But we didn't kiss. She just hugged me. And I hugged her back, a little to enthusiastically, because she squeaked and I let her go and said sorry, and she said that it's ok and that her boobs will be fine.
Then Percy and Annabeth told Ann and me to go swim in the pool. They went off to Annabeth's room and told us to leave them alone for a while.
Swimming was fun, but then after a while it got boring, and since we didn't want to walk in on anything (…) we just went back to my room. I let Ann borrow short and a tee shirt and she took a shower while I watched a Latvian news show with the English subtitles on. When I heard the shower go off I quickly flipped the subtitles to Korean. As soon as Ann came out I ran into the bathroom and locked the door. As expected, a knock came on the door.
"Uh… Nico. Can you turn the subtitles to English for me?"
"Sorry Ann. I'm stepping into the shower. I'm already naked." Lie. Lie.
I heard her sigh and flop down on the bed again. Once I came out she was watching a reality show with Greek subtitles.
"So much easier to read." She said.
After Percy got back we talked again, except this time it was me who started it. "I don't really want to know details, so don't give them."
"Nothing happened," He said, throwing his coat on the chair.
"What?" Well, he didn't look messy at all… "Then why were you alone?"
"We wanted to have some time to just us. And you know Annabeth. She's… conservative. We won't do that until we get married." I nodded. Typical Annabeth. "We watched some Latvian movie with Greek subtitles and made out."
Sounded nice to me…
ANN PLEASE DON'T READ PAST THIS LINE
It was silent while he looked through his duffle bag for his pajamas. Then I broke the silence. "I wanted to kiss her."
Percy stopped digging. "What?"
I sat on the edge of the bed. "When you were kissing Annabeth, it just seemed… so nice, and when Ann and I threw our key… I wanted the same. But I just hugged her too tight and hurt her by accident… Awkward, I know."
Percy sat down next to me. "I know what you mean. Annabeth kissed me first, so I'm not sure what to say. I know it's scary. I was totally freaked out about giving that speech."
"I could tell."
Percy nodded. "I was running the speech through my head all the way there. So, I don't have much brotherly advise, other than, when it's right, it's right and you shouldn't push it before it's ready. Then it'll be even more awkward than the boob-crushing hug."
ANN CAN READ NOW
We were pretty tired after that so we went to bed. Tomorrow we have to drive to Poland. Blah. Prius…
Nico Di Angelo*
A/N: The bridge is a real place. I looked it up online and the story came to me. By the way, Percy WAS telling the truth. Also, Looking For Alaska is a real book, and it is good, but it is a bit... innapropriate... So you should be at least 14 to read it/any other John Green book.
And if you are a Nerdfighter (DFTBA) you'll know what I'm talking about...
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