Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, or any of the songs I end up using in this chapter, the people who sing them, or the movies that some of them are from.
So, it's snowing here where I am. I'm torn between being irritated (it's November, damn it!) and just being glad that I have no reason to go outside today. I'll stay in my apartment where I'm nice and toasty…
GalaxyGirl181: You're welcome! Whenever I need a bit of cheering up I always go watch a marathon of Dan and Phil's videos. They're just too adorable to watch and be sad at the same time. :)
Enjoy!
Ringtones for Nico on his friends' phones…
Will: Crush by David Archuleta
I hung up the phone tonight
Something happened for the first time
Deep inside it was a rush
What a rush
'Cause the possibility
That you would ever feel the same way about me
It's just too much
Just too much
Why do I keep running from the truth?
All I ever think about is you
You got me hypnotized
So mesmerized
And I've just got to know
Do you ever think
When you're all alone
All that we could be?
Where this thing could go?
Am I crazy or falling in love?
Is it real or just another crush?
Do you catch a breath
When I look at you?
Are you holding back
Like the way you do?
'Cause I'm trying, trying to walk away
But I know this crush ain't going away
Going away
Jason: If You Were Gay from Avenue Q
NICKY
Oh, you don't have to get
All defensive about it, Rod...
ROD
I'm NOT getting defensive!
What do I care about some gay guy you met, okay?
I'm trying to read.
NICKY
Oh, I didn't mean anything by it, Rod.
I just think it's something we should be able to talk about.
ROD
I don't want to talk about it,
Nicky! This conversation is over!
NICKY
Yeah, but...
ROD
OVER!
NICKY
Well, okay, but just so you know —
IF YOU WERE GAY
THAT'D BE OKAY.
I MEAN 'CAUSE, HEY,
I'D LIKE YOU ANYWAY.
BECAUSE YOU SEE,
IF IT WERE ME,
I WOULD FEEL FREE
TO SAY THAT I WAS GAY
(BUT I'M NOT GAY.)
Yeah, Nico would so kick his ass if he ever found out…oh well. It was totally worth it.
Hazel: Nothing I Won't Give by Vic Mignogna
Haunted by the past
A nightmare that seemed so unreal
I wish that I could turn back time
And spare the pain that we both feel
And now we've changed
Things will never be the same
(Things will never be the same)
We were foolish then
But our trials served to make us strong
The burdens are not yours alone
We've sought the answers for so long
But they're not free
They cost you more than they cost me
(My brother)
Reyna: Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift
I remember tears streaming down your face
When I said, "I'll never let you go"
When all those shadows almost killed your light
I remember you said, "Don't leave me here alone"
But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound
Don't you dare look out your window, darling,
Everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold on to this lullaby
Even when music's gone
Gone
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound
Percy: Breaking a Habit by Linkin Park
Memories consume
Like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again
You all assume
I'm safe here in my room
Unless I try to start again
I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused
I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream.
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean.
I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright.
So I'm breaking the habit,
I'm breaking the habit
Tonight
Annabeth: Down by Thousand Foot Krutch
People used to tell me that I'm on my own
They said I'd never make a difference on this microphone
'Cause there's a million other people who can sing this song
I said "Well, thanks for the push" 'cause you all were wrong
Let's Go
You wanna try to take me under
I'll never bow till I'm six feet under
Listen to the sound of rolling thunder
You can't break me
You'll never take me down
Annabeth remembered how, in the Labyrinth, Nico had been spending time with King Minos, who had been destroying Nico's confidence and self-worth, gleefully telling the Son of Hades that he would never belong anywhere.
The Daughter of Athena smiled happily as she realized that Nico had finally realized that the evil former Ghost King had been lying to him all along. She knew that they had a certain Son of Apollo to thank for that…
Frank: Rude by Magic
Saturday morning jumped out of bed and put on my best suit
Got in my car and raced like a jet, all the way to you
Knocked on your door with heart in my hand
To ask you a question
'Cause I know that you're an old fashioned man yeah yeah
Can I have your daughter for the rest of my life? (Say yes, say yes)
'Cause I need to know
You say I'll never get your blessing till the day I die
Tough luck my friend but the answer is no!
Why you gotta be so rude?
Don't you know I'm human too
Why you gotta be so rude
I'm gonna marry her anyway
(Marry that girl) Marry her anyway
(Marry that girl) Yeah no matter what you say
(Marry that girl) And we'll be a family
Frank knew that Nico obviously wasn't Hazel's father, and that he didn't really mind that Frank and Hazel were together, but…he could still see that happening.
Piper: Beauty from Pain by Superchick
The lights go out all around me
One last candle to keep out the night
And then the darkness surrounds me
I know I'm alive but I feel like I've died
And all that's left is to accept that it's over
My dreams ran like sand through the fists that I made
I try to keep warm but I just grow colder
I feel like I'm slipping away
After all this has passed, I still will remain
After I've cried my last, there'll be beauty from pain
Though it won't be today, someday I'll hope again
And there'll be beauty from pain
You will bring beauty from my pain
My whole world is the pain inside me
The best I can do is just get through the day
When life before is only a memory
I'll wonder why God lets me walk through this place
And though I can't understand why this happened
I know that I will when I look back someday
And see how you've brought beauty from ashes
And made me as gold purified through these flames
After all this has passed, I still will remain
After I've cried my last, there'll be beauty from pain
Though it won't be today, someday I'll hope again
And there'll be beauty from pain
You will bring beauty from my pain
Leo: Fixer Upper from Frozen
So he's a bit of a fixer upper, but this we're certain of
You can fix this fixer upper with a little bit of love
Is it the way that he runs scared?
Or that he's socially impaired?
Or that he only likes to tinkle in the woods?
Are you holding back your fondness
Due to his unmanly blondeness?
Or the way he covers up that he's the honest goods?
He's just a bit of a fixer upper
He's got a couple of bugs
His isolation is confirmation
Of his desperation for healing hugs
So he's a bit of a fixer upper
But we know what to do
The way to fix this fixer upper
Is to fix him up with you!
Leo smirked at his set Death Boy's ringtone, knowing full when that he wouldn't live to see another day if the Son of Hades (or Will, for that matter) ever found out about it.
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I'm not sure why I wrote this one, but whatever. *shrug* Maybe I'll end up doing the others at some point...though, please don't flood me with song suggestions for if I do. Then I'd feel guilty if I didn't end up choosing that song.