Solangelo fever
"So, what are we talking about?" Nico asked.
"About that dance with Percy." I said.
I would never break his heart by telling him that Percy thought he was dancing with Xeris. "This may come as a shock, but I feel certain that if you hadn't blacked out sooner and Annabeth wasn't there, Percy would've totally kissed you."
"Styx! Why me? I almost got the best kiss of my life!" Nico swore.
"Please, can we not talk about that? It's weird. I'm not a homophobe, but the idea of— in fact, I'm not going to talk about it." I said.
"I would've hugged you if not for the—"
"yeah, complete awkwardness."
A moment of silence later.
"I think I need help with something," Nico said.
"I am your therapist," I replied.
"I like Will, but that dance slowly brought back my feelings for Percy. I want to move on. I remember on the Argo II when I was taking the Athena Parthenos back to camp I practically broke up with him. But I didn't tell him the truth.I want to tell him the truth so you stop blackmailing me, so please, I need your help," Nico said.
I also know about the breakup incident. First the confession House of Hades, chapter LXXVII page one through three.
Ouch. Believe me that stuff was harsh.
"Role play. I'll be Percy, you be you," I said, and turned into Percy.
"Ok, so you meant that literally.
"Percy, I, um, have something to tell you. I— Please don't panic— I was,— and still am, just a little bit though,— in love with you. "
I was terrified for the kid. Percy being courteous would never freak out while the guy was venting to him.
"I know it's strange. But that's the reason I ran away from camp the first time. You thought I had a crush on Annabeth, but it was actually you.
"Eros made me say the truth in front of Jason, so he was the only one that knew. Now he's dead. That's what Xeris and Crysta knew that I wasn't telling you. Please forgive—"
"You didn't do anything wrong. Why should you ask for forgiveness. Honestly, I'm kinda freaking out, but well, no one knew you'd turn out gay, so fine." I said. I even had Percy's voice.
"Can you please turn back into yourself now? I feel better." Nico said.
I shifted back into my appearance.
"I think I owe you a dance? I'm trying to see if I can like, dance with girls. I have a sister named Hazel—"
I got it instantly. "So let's get this awkwardness over with,"
"Sorry," we both said.
I got an mp3. Then I made it play Call Me Maybe. Then it automatically shifted to Grenade.
"Hmm." I said and changed the song to Let It Go.
The song shifted to Saving All My Love For You.
"Kay. One more time," I said and tried changing the song to I Ain't Your Mama.
I was just walking back to Nico when the song changed to Girls Like You.
"Son of a Mitchell!" I swore and decided to change the song one last time. If it shifted again, screw it let's dance.
I tried Eliot's Where They From.
The song shifted to John Legend's All Of Me.
"Ain't got no choice right?" Nico said.
"Shut up, Dark Angel," I said. And we started to dance.
This is still kinda awkward, I thought. Because we were in waltz position and his hands were on my waist! Curse you, whoever invented waltzing. And thank you, to some extent.
"So, about that practical breakup incident? That hurt a lot. But it was also really funny," I said. And it's true! Percy was trying to thank him for something and Nico was like "yeah. Whatever. Have fun with your life {which could've been ours. Why Percy why did you have to be so awesome to make me fall for you? Even though I still somehow blame you for my sister's death, it wasn't really your fault now that I think about it. You belong to ME, not that wise girl!}"
While reading that I was like #get,thatouttahere!
"Now that I think about it, that really WAS harsh. But I was hurt, and I didn't like how I was feeling," Nico said.
We danced silently for about thirty seconds when I thought that song was boring and changed it to Cheap Thrills.
It didn't change.
"Baby I, don't need dollar bills to have fun tonight," the song said.
"That's a euphemism," we both said.
"Dude, quit reading my mind." We said at the same time again.
Then Dark Angel looked at me as if wanting to reap my soul.
(Warning; things will get weird in a minute. Brace yourself.)
Remember how we all thought Nico was gay? Even Nico felt he was gay.
We were all söõ wrong.
Because Nico kissed me.
Ouch! I did not plan that.
The song changed to Love Is An Open Door.
I backed away. "Dude, WHY?" I asked.
"Honestly, I have no idea. I just—"
"Please stop. Now come on, we have to settle your score with Percy." I said, very much embarrassed, annoyed, and confused.
Then I dragged him to the party.
Ladies and gentlemen, please clear away from the center of the party. Everyone except Percy Jackson and Nico Di Angelo We have something very important to discuss. Anyone disobeying this order will get an inch of their hair cut off complements of my sword. DJ, play that song Dreams." I announced.
"What's so important that you drove everyone away?" Percy inquired.
"Nico wants to tell you something," I said and stayed two feet behind Nico.
"Breaking the heart, is a silent art," the song said.
"Percy, I've been wanting to tell you this for a while now. Please don't freak out." Nico began.
"Well, as long as you don't bring any ghosts to town, yeah." Percy joked.
"Ohh kay.
"This is the secret Crysta and Xeris keep talking about; I was in love with you, Percy. I just held back my feelings because of your and Annabeth's relationship. You remember that time you were thanking me on the Argo II and I seemed guarded and restrained? I was subtly breaking up with you. But I didn't really tell you the truth. Now I don't really want to carry that pain in my heart anymore, especially when I want to move on.
"I was in love with you. I thought I still was during that time you came into my cabin. Now, I don't know what I want, but I know it's no longer you.
"We all thought I was gay. Heck, I even thought I was gay. But today, I— I kissed Crysta. And it was one of the best things that has happened in my long, creepy life. Right up there with meeting you and falling in love with Will Solace."
I'll now briefly hand narration over to Qrynea, because during the time Nico was talking I promptly passed out due to high awkwardness.
"I'm sorry Will, if that hurt you. But as I said, I don't know what I want anymore." Nico said. Then he turned around to see Crysta passed out.
As Crysta says; Major Awkwardness Alert.
Nico knelt down to Crysta, he was just about to pick her up.
"Stay away, Dark Angel!" Xeris warned.
Nico obviously didn't care. He then pulled her up and carried her in his arms.
(Qrynea, is that really what happened? I'm gonna be sick.)
"Let's go, my crystal." He said and vanished, as if to shadows.
Still not Crysta or Qrynea. I'm Winoxra a minor personality of Xeris, but the only one that didn't pass out and was sent to look after Crysta.
Once Nico got to his cabin, he had no idea what to do with Crysta. He wanted her, but sheesh, he just learned he was bisexual twenty minutes ago. He knew little about how to treat girls.
"Really? Hell, to the no No NO. You're weird," I said.
"Who are you?!" Nico said.
"I'm a personality of Xeris with the mispronounced name in history. I've come to warn you that you should bring Crysta back, or suffer a thousand torments blah blah blah blah blah, you know what? that was Zeus talking. But Xeris says Crysta's passed out and needs three hours to get over her shock. But believe me, she can hear you, so don't do anything funny or by the time she wakes up, she will kill you." I said
"Can she talk too?" Nico asked.
"Telepathically. But only to other personalities." I lied.
"What does she want me to do with her?" Nico asked.
"She says you should take her back to Zeus cabin, and stop freaking her out."
"What does she mean by stop freaking her out?"
"You're sitting wây too close to her. She says if you take her to her cabin, you could talk about this— situation,"
"But she can see me?"
"No."
I'm sure Nico was a bit happy about this.
"Hurry up, Dark Angel. And that was her talking." I said.
We carried her to Zeus cabin. Then I left and stayed at the door.
"You won't even know I'm here," I said .
"Wait, aren't you going to like translate her thoughts to me so I can talk to her?" Nico asked
"I lied about that. All you have to do is look at her, and concentrate." I said.
Nico sat at the bed post.
-Too close-, Crysta thought.
Nico moved closer.
-You're impossible. Fine, stay there,- Crysta thought.
"Why were you so shocked?" Nico asked.
-Do you know ya can't fall in love after just one dance?- Crysta said.
"We danced like three times," Nico argued.
-I hate your logic.-
"I love you." Nico said.
-Dude, no.-
"Why?"
-can you please give me a break here? I'm seriously freaking out.-
(It was obviously really, really hard to calm down when you have the weirdest person of your favourite series sitting next to you)
-ohh kay.
-Nico, I just want to point out that this isn't really going to work out. You're weird, in the highest standards. You're a dark angel. You see conducting burial rites as a normal thing. I'll see if I can talk Hades into making you Thanatos's secretary. Makes sense.
-my point is that it's not like we're different, but believe me, staying close to you gives me a near heart attack, and not in a like you kind of way. Ok now I feel like I've just been blabbering, can you please move a bit farther away?-
Nico moved even closer.
-aggh, my head- Crysta said.
Nico laid next to her.
-you know, I'll never be able to explain the situation if you're THIS close to me,-
"That girl said you can't see me. How do you know I'm this close?" Nico questioned.
-I can sense you,- Crysta said.
Nico put his hand on her head.
-goddammit, who's that? Ra, please tell me that's you,-
Nico gestured for me to lie.
"Um, yes. I'm just— checking your temperature.," I said.
-you're not lying, aren't you? Because right now I feel like I'm supposed to go into a coma, which means either Hades is here or Nico's very close to me.
-as I said, Nico, I won't be able to explain the situation if you keep getting close to me—-
"Then don't. I don't want to talk about it now," Nico said. Then he stroked her hair.
"Kid, YOU'RE freaking me out," I said.
-So you WERE lying?-
"um— no."
Then Nico hugged her.
-wha— holy— Rihanna —I'm going to be sick! Ra, what's happening? Tell me the truth!-
"Nico's hugging you. I'm supposed to be the hard core personality, but I have to go before I black out." I said.
-tell Xeris to get Eros and torture him to the death if he's behind this,-
"Kay. Bye." I said and turned to leave.
Just before I left, Nico laid Crysta's head to his chest.
"Owwwww." I said and ran, really really fast.
I woke up to find that I definitely didn't use a pillow to sleep.
"What the heel, Nico?" I said.
"Has it been three hours already?" Dark Angel said.
"I've got to run," I said, but Nico caught my wrist.
"Please don't go," Nico begged.
Xeris didn't give me superspeed. Or else, I would've ran the hell out.
"Please let go of me. I've got a god to kill." I said removed Nico's hand, and teleported.
During all the time I was passed out, Xeris didn't really do much. As in compared to what happened to me, her problems were nothing.
The party ended when I left, and Dioscuri and Xeris went to their separate rooms.
Xeris was continuously thinking about me.
"What could Nico be doing to her? Oh, my god. That weird son of Hades!"
this was about the time Nico put his hand on my head.
"Hello, Xeris." Percy said.
"What is it? Crysta's in trouble, I can't even think straight because of my worrying." Xeris said.
"You think you're freaked out? I just learned that Nico had a crush on me two years ago. Now he doesn't, in fact even I can't do anything straight.
And speaking about straight, Will wants to talk to you. He says he has a message for Crysta." Percy said.
"He's so gonna kill me." Xeris said.
"He seems quite calm to me,"
"You need to be calm if you need to shoot a death arrow." Xeris argued. And went for the door.
"I came here to ask a few questions about Cryst," Will began.
"Please don't kill me— wait. A few questions about Crysta. What for?" Xeris asked.
"I'm not mad. I'm not going to act like a drama queen just because Nico admitted his true feelings. I came to ask some questions because if she's going to Nico's girlfriend, I might need to know things about her." Will said.
"You're not breaking up with Nico, are you?" Xeris asked.
"No. He's confused, I can't blame him for that. I won't make him choose either. But if Crysta's supposed to be my co-more-than-a-friend, then she better meet my standards;
Question one; does she know anything about my father? I've been worried sick."
"She knows about your father, alright. She knows everything going on." I said.
"Where did you come from? I thought Nico just took you to camp," Will asked.
"I was able to recover from my makeshift stroke quicker than expected. Right now, your father's on his way to camp Jupiter with Jason's body. They have to find Rena because of a prophecy." I said
"Question two; WHAT PROPHECY? Tell me everything." Will asked.
I tried to remember it. They went through a lot to get that prophecy.
"Apollo faces death in Tarquin's tomb.
Unless the doorway to the soundless god
Is opened by
Bellona's Daughter."
"Question three; how did Jason die?" Will asked
"There's this member of the Triumvirate, Caligula. He had some magic boots Apollo had to steal, and Jason came along. Then he Piper got ambushed, trapped in a wind prison filled with celestial bronze bits, then Jason caused a huge explosion with his last bit of strength, and he died. Now they have to go back to camp Jupiter to save it from being destroyed by Caligula."
"How do you know about all this? I'm his son and I don't know anything."
"Actually—"
"Oh, right. Because you're a sky goddess. You should know about anything in the sky." Will said hopefully.
I didn't want to disappoint him by saying I read it in a book.
"Yeah. I heard it through the— skyvine." I said.
"Question four; can you describe Nico as hot?" Will said, Very, very seriously.
"No." I also said, very seriously
"Finally! Someone I can relate with. Question five; give Nico a nickname" Son of Shiny said.
"There are so many to choose from; Dark Angel, Not Too Grim Reaper, Thanatos's assistant, Weirdo, Significant Death, Giver of Heart Strokes, The Guy With The Stygian Iron Blade, Ghost King. What do YOU call him?"
"Ghost King makes sense. Question six; how do you feel with Nico?" Will asked
"I'll give you a breakdown:
When he's around me, even if it's a distance of like ten feet; minor headache.
When he's respectfully close to me; Oh my wyrd I'm gonna die.
When he's disrespectfuly close to me; can someone kill me before HE does?"
"Question seven; how did you feel when he danced with you?"
"The answer is awkward,." Xeris answered for me.
"I said Crysta, not you, and please describe exactly how you felt. I think I should become a doctor in the mortal world."
"I felt like I should've either fallen down and shattered, started crying, hugged him, or fainted." I said.
"Hmm. Question eight; is your hair naturally blue?"
"No. It was orange and I felt, "this is waay too bright". So I changed it to sky blue, not by dyeing it, just waving my hand over it. Do you want me to change the colour?" I asked.
"Pure black," Will said.
Can I say it's weird for a son of Apollo, god of the sun, to like black?
I did my hair change trick; (sorry girls, do not try this at home. I'm an over powered goddess/demigod of Zeus. You're most likely a simple mortal girl who likes fantasy comedy concerning Greek mythology.) I thought of the colour and smoothed my hands really close to my head.
"There. Any more questions?" I said.
"Tons. Question nine; what's your full name, or the name Xeris gave you?"
"This might take a while:
"Crystanabecca Iris Briseis Quexla Ramzeres of Ephedia. Bearer of the sword Xerxtis, The Wordly Avenger, Center Commander, Hermes Of Cryxeris The Reader, Girl of the Rainbow Hair." I said.
"Really?" I asked Xeris.
"You change your hair colour every five hours. You've got to be Girl Of the Rainbow Hair."
"Question ten; what does that mean?"
"The first part was my full worldly name. The second part has my titles, you know, game of thrones style. My sword's name is Xerxtis. I'm the wordly avenger because I will kill you in a flyting. I'm the center commander because if anything happens to Xeris, I have to take charge as her vice president. Hermes means herald, secretary and hitman of Xeris, and that's when I WANT to, like Halloween. I read a lot, and Xeris has pretty much explained why I'm Girl of the Rainbow Hair." I explained.
"Question eleven; do you love Nico?" Will asked.
"I don't think so," I said.
"But Nico said he loves you?" Will asked.
"Yeah?" I said.
This girl is magic, Will thought.
"Will you, like, dance with me?" Will asked awkwardly
"Um, why?" I said.
"I just want to. I also want to see what Nico saw in you," Will said.
"Kay." I replied.
Believe me, this is going to get crazy.
I made sure I got a different mp3 from the one me and Nico used the last time. I made it play Night Begins To Shine.
"When I look at you,
I see the story in your eyes.
When we're dancing,
The night begins to shine," The song said.
Will spun me around. I didn't look at him, because seriously.
(Ugh. Why do I have to tell them this? Just thinking about it makes me feel sick and light headed)
I almost tripped, then Shiny's Boy caught me. I was forced to look at this guy.
There was some kind of fire in his eyes when he looked at me. I gulped. This was obviously bad for my future.
And Shiny's Boy kissed me.
Yeesh. Ouch.
"What the hell?" Xeris said.
I tried my best to contain my shock. Then I listened closely and saw that the song changed to I Will Always Love You. And day changed to night. And the night began to shine.
"Oh, my, wyrd." I said.
"I may have gotten a glimpse of what happened between you and Nico." Will said embarrassed.
"That song was a fricking prophecy." I concluded.
Another thing that came true form that song; Will obviously had his mind made up— you know what? Just look for the lyrics. I can't say it.
"I now see what Nico saw in you. You're beautiful, and I want you now," he moved closer to me, pushing me to the wall with each second.
"Look, Brittany Spears!" I said.
He didn't turn around.
"Atalanta!"
Nothing.
I looked over his shoulder. "Nico?"
This time it was for real.
Will thought I was kidding.
"Will Solace!" Nico said.
I would've thought that that was Xeris, trying to save me from falling into a love triangle. Unfortunately, that wasn't Xeris. I felt a slight feeling of epileptic seizure.
"You weren't kidding.
"Nico, please, I'm sorry. I may have double crossed you —"
"My crystal, what happened?" Nico asked, concerned.
I simply replied by fainting.
I couldn't see them, but I heard them.
"What happened?" Will asked.
"She passed out again. Hmm, she's beautiful— I mean right. She was right that had she been mortal she would've died. Am I THAT creepy?"
-the whole fricking situation is creepy!– I said.
I felt auras of death and light moving closer to me. "Nico, I think we should talk." Will said.
"Go on," Nico permitted.
"I'm sorry if this hurt you—"
"really, you think this hurt me? I'm not even in the least bit hurt or surprised. I'm kinda happy," Nico said.
"You? Happy? Seriously, Briseris has changed you,"
"Briseris?"
"She has a long list of names and whatnot, she's also mesmerising— I mean, Girl of the Rainbow Hair."
-goddammit guys can you please stop talking about me and try and work this out?- I said really fast.
"Her hair is pure black now," Nico said.
"Ok. Crysta says we should talk about this situation.
"I love you, Will, but I also like Crysta. She's the only one who didn't see me as a major freak. She's calm—"
"Funny,"
"Caring,"
"Smart,"
"Non sentimental,"
"Beautiful." They both said.
"So it seems you've fallen for her too, significant annoyance?" Nico asked.
"I'm glad you noticed, Ghost King," Will said.
-aww, you guys are sô, cute. Can we forget you ever met me and live your lives together?- I tried.
A girl can dream, even though that girl is in a partial coma.
"We can never forget you." They both said.
-you could always try Lethe?- I said.
"Crysta, you helped me face my demons and tell Percy the truth about how I felt without crying or running away. I don't think I'll ever forget that. Ask for anything, I'll give it to you,"
-I'll remember that, possibly,- I said.
"And you also helped me find out about my dad. Thanks, and I'll also be in your debt,"
-which reminds me, Nico, Apollo isn't dead yet,- I said.
"But that possibility of death? Where—"
-shut up Dark Angel- I said.
"She's right, you know.
"So, what are we going to do about this both of us liking Crysta thing? It's confusing." Will said.
"I'm sure she doesn't know or love anyone of us enough to choose. So, Crysta, what are you suggesting?"
-this is totally off the top of my head, but let's see. Seven days in a week, three of those days I have to be with Xeris. Two of those days I have to do a bit of investigation. On the other two days I'm free. Meaning what we COULD do is give one of you any of those days. Do you understand, Ghost King and Phaeton?-
"Yes. I love you," they both said, and kissed me on the cheek.
It seemed they left. And so did Xeris.
It's ya girl Quora. As in The informant
Annabeth seemed to be getting suspicious.
Percy's been following Xeris around like some kind of bodyguard. He never cared THAT much for her.
Confronting him outright about it wouldn't help. He'd never tell her the truth, if that was what's going on. But Annabeth thought that maybe Xeris cast some kind of spell on Percy that made him fall for her.
(Oh, gurl, I REALLY wish you were right.)
She decided to ask Xeris instead. She'd first try civilized reasoning, and if she still refuses to remove the spell, then she'll hand her over to Ares cabin.
(That is low, btw.)