Tutoring Chapter 29

Nico jumped out of his chair running towards his sister "Bianca" he said hoarshly trying to hold back the tears.

Bianca gave him a tired smiled "Hey Nico".

At the sound of her voice Nico finally let his tears fall, grabbing her hand he showed the biggest smile anyone had ever seen on his face "You scared me so badly Bianca" he said.

"Ni.." started but the doctor cut her off "I know you wanted to be reunited with you family but it'd be better if you did so in your actual hospital room, your all allowed to go in" the doctor said with a smile.

Nico reluctantly let go of her hand so the nurses could push the bed into the room "Mr. Olympian can I talk to you before you go inside?" the doctor asked Hades before he could follow his son and daughter inside the room.

Hades looked into the room before nodding his head "Sure" he said.

"We can do this somewhere private if you'd like?" the doctor said looking at everyone else who was still in the hallway.

Hades shook his head "No there all family, you can say it to all of us".

The doctor nodded his head "Everything seems fine with Bianca, all of her organs are working normally, she doesn't show any signs of memory loss, just a minor concussion. But as we talked about before there was a chance of paralysis" the doctor ran his hand through his hair "After running all of the required tests, we were correct" taking a deep breath he spoke the words everyone was afraid to hear "Bianca is paralyzed from the waist down".

Hades closed his eyes taking a deep breath he tried to control his emotions "Is there any possibility that she'll ever walk again?" he asked.

"There's a slight chance, but she'll have to go through extensive physical therapy, and if it does work she'll most likely have to use crutches or leg braces" The doctor said.

Hades nodded his head "Thank you doctor for saving my daughter's life. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go reunite with her" Hades said before turning around and walking into the room, Persephone following after him.

Sally, Thalia, and Annabeth all had tears in their eyes, they were so grateful that Bianca was alive but they were terrified for her about the paralysis. Poseidon stood behind Percy's wheel chair, his hand on Percy's shoulder, he was happy that his niece and son were both going to be alright.

Percy was extremely relieved that Bianca was okay but he couldn't help but feel responsible for her being paralyzed. He couldn't stop thinking about what he could have done different to avoid the car that hit them.

"Hey dad you think you could take me back to my room, my head really hurts" Percy said quietly trying not to alert anyone else.

Poseidon frowned "Are you sure, you won't be able to see Bianca?"

"I can see her later, my head really hurts though dad I kind of just want to go lay down" Percy said avoiding eye contact.

"Okay I'll take you back to your room. Do you want me to get Nurse Jackie for you?" Poseidon asked now concerned for his son.

"No but I will need help getting back into the bed" Percy said as Poseidon started pushing Percy back towards his room.

Once in the room Poseidon helped Percy back into the bed "Are you sure you don't need Nurse Jackie?" Poseidon asked again.

"No I'm okay, thanks dad. I think I'm just going to try and get some sleep" Percy said.

"Alright I'm going to join everyone else at Bianca's room, just page Nurse Jackie if you need us or anything okay Perce" Poseidon said.

"I will thanks dad" Percy said with a small smile.

Poseidon smiled at his son before leaving the room. Sighing Percy closed his eyes thinking about how badly everything had gone wrong.

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"Where's Percy and Poseidon?" Sally asked from the hallway outside Bianca's room.

"I think Poseidon took Percy back to his room" Annabeth said.

Sally frowned "I think I'm going to go check on him. I'll come back to see Bianca" Sally said standing up.

Once Sally was around the hallway corner Annabeth sighed "He's blaming himself, he thinks it entirely his fault that Bianca's paralyzed so he's going to avoid her" she said looking at Thalia and Jason.

"But it's not his fault, it's the drunk driver who hit them fault" Thalia said.

"This is Percy were talking about here, he may be an air head but if something bad happens and he had anything to do with it, he takes all the blame, that's just how Percy is" Jason said.

"And that's exactly what's happening right now" Annabeth said looking at the two siblings.

"Then we have to make him realize that it's not his fault, there's nothing he could have done to prevent this" Thalia said.

"I know but I'm not sure if I know how to do that" Annabeth said right as Nico came out of Bianca's hospital room.

"Not sure how to do what? Where's Percy?" Nico asked with a frown.

"He went back to his room" Thalia said bluntly.

Nico's frown deepening he asked "Why"?

"He's blaming himself" Thalia said simply.

Nico frowned but didn't say anything as he sat down in one of the chairs. Standing up Annabeth moved towards Percy's hospital room "I'm going to go talk to him see if I can get him to come around" she said walking off.

Walking into Percy's room she saw him lying on the bed staring at the ceiling. "Hey Perce" she said softly.

Percy didn't even move his head to look at her or say anything, just continued looking at the ceiling. Sighing Annabeth moved towards his bed "Talk to me Perce, tell me what you're thinking" she said sitting on the edge of the bed.

Percy closed his eyes "I don't want to talk about it Annabeth, my head hurts and I really just want to take a nap".

"I'm sorry that you're in pain Perce I really am, I don't like seeing you like this but your cousin wants to see you, your family wants to see you" Annabeth said trying to reason with him.

"No they don't, Nico can barely look at me Annabeth, he's my best friend and he can barely look at me because I almost killed his sister" Percy his voice breaking.

"Oh Percy" Annabeth said scooting closer towards his, putting her hand on his cheek "The accident was not your fault; it was the man who hit your car fault. There is no way you could have prevented this, I know that Bianca being paralyzed is awful but at least she's alive and that's all that matters, see wants to see you Perce" she said softly looking into his tear filled sea green eyes.

"She's right Percy" Nico said quietly from the doorway causing the couple to turn their heads to look at him. "The accident wasn't your fault Percy, it was the jackass who was drinking and driving" Nico said stepping further into the room.

Annabeth smiled slightly as she stood up from the bed "I'm going to go see Bianca" she said kissing Percy on the cheek before leaving the room.

"How long you think it'll take for the two idiots to fix all this drama?" Thalia asked as Annabeth stepped out of the room.

Annabeth smiled "No idea but I hope it doesn't take very long. Come on let's go see Bianca".

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Twenty minutes later Annabeth, Thalia and Jason sat in Bianca's hospital room talking about the girl's trip to UCLA, when Percy came into the room with Nico behind him pushing his wheelchair.

Bianca's smile widened when she saw her brother and cousin reunited, both of them smiling, even if Percy's was more of a nervous one.

"Hey Bee" Percy said as Nico pushed him closer to the bed.

"Hey Perce" she said "I'm glad you came".

Percy smiled as he reached up onto the bed grabbing her hand "I wouldn't want to be anywhere else Bee, I'm just glad you're here" he said softly.

"Me to, although Annabeth tells me you hit your head pretty hard, were all pretty scared you may end up even dumber then you were before" Bianca said teasingly.

Percy feigned a look of hurt glancing between his cousins and laughing girlfriend "You guys are horrible, I'm not that dumb" he said trying to hid his smile.

"Face if Perce, you have more blond moments then Jason and Annabeth do combined" Thalia said laughing.

"Hey" Percy said "I was able to get into UCLA that has to say something".

"Yeah with your ability at being an Olympic swimmer and Annabeth's tutoring" Nico said with a grin.

Percy crossed his arms pouting "If I knew you guys were going to insult my intelligence I would have stayed in my room" Percy said with a mock glare.

Bianca smiled "Were just teasing you Perce, you know we all love you".

Percy smiled "I love you guys to. How are you feeling Bee?"

"Tired, sore, diffidently hungry although they won't let me eat anything solid yet they want to make sure everything's working right. I'm scared considering I can no longer feel my legs but there's a chance that I can walk again but it's going to be long and painful" she said with a sad smile.

Percy grabbed her hand again "I know Bee, but all of us will be here for you the entire time, even when were away at school, I will always be here for you Bianca" Percy said sincerely.

"I know and I'm so thankful for that. How are you feeling Percy?" Bianca asked looking at the bandages wrapped around his head.

Percy gave her a cocky smile "You know me, I'm tough as nails. My head goes through moments of intense pain, and hurts to move at all because of my stomach but other than that I'm pretty good. Just glad to be here with all of you" he said making them all smile.

"Yeah were all good you're here to Perce, who else would we tease relentlessly" Jason said grinning causing everyone else to laugh.

"I hate to break up this teasing Percy moment but I have some news" Nico said from his spot on the bed next to Bianca.

"Yeah Nico tell them" Bianca said smiling at him.

"I got my acceptance letter from NYU, I'm going to stay here and go to school. I know we talked about to UCLA Perce, but I don't think California is right for me, it's just way to hot, and with all my black clothes I'd die. Plus I want to be closer to Bianca, the next year is going to be really challenging and I want to be here to support her" Nico said looking at Percy.

Percy smiled "I think that's a great idea. I understand Nico, I think NYU is a better fit for you anyways".

"Thanks Perce" Nico said with a smile.

Thalia, Jason and Annabeth all congratulated him on getting into NYU. The six of them continued talking and laughing like nothing ever happened, just enjoying being together.