Beginning Notes
Well, I guess you can say I like wasting my time on this. I'm visiting some friends of my parents and I can't study here so... hope you guys enjoy chapter 4! And all characters are owned by Rick Riordan.
Wills POV
I quickly clasped my hand over his mouth, hoping he didn't wake the others. Percy mumbled something about cookies, but nobody seemed to have noticed Nico scream. I looked over at him and saw that he was crying and shaking. The poor thing. I wrapped my arms around him, trying to comfort him. 'Hey, hey, it's okay, I'm right here, you're okay,' I said, but he wasn't. 'Do you want to talk about it? Will that make it better?' He shook his head. 'Focus on my breathing. In...out...in...out.' It was working, he was calming down a bit. He stopped crying, but he was still shaking. Eventually that stopped too, and he fell asleep again. I didn't stop holding him though. I would hold him all night, protecting him from any nightmare that even dared to come near him.
Nico's POV
When I woke up, a pair of arms were wrapped around my shoulders, holding me close to their owner. I looked up and saw that that owner was Will. I really hoped no-one was awake to see me blush. I checked the room, well, more like checked the minivan. I was the only one awake. And I wondered why Leo was sleeping on the floor. Doesn't seem very comfortable in my opinion. I tried to untangle myself out of Wills arms, but he wouldn't let go. Guess I'll have to wait until phe wakes up. He better wake up before the rest does. As a child of Apollo he'd get up early right?
Wrong. Percy was up earlier. Unfortunately. He looked around and spotted me and Will. I saw him grin and glared daggers at him. 'Bro,' he whispered. Since when does he call me- oh, never mind. He's talking to Jason. Jason didn't stop snoring. 'Bro,' Percy tried again. 'Jackson,' I warned. Percy tried a plan B.
He got up, careful not to wake Annabeth, and walked over to Jason. 'Bro, wake up.' 'Morning Perc,' Piper mumbled. Percy decided to forget Jason and try plan C. 'Pipes, guess what?' 'My mom's not a Greek goddess?' 'Um no. I mean, she still is, it's just not what I meant.' 'Well what did you mean then?' Percy got close to Pipers face and whispered something in her ear. 'Really?' she asked. She looked over to me and said. 'Holy shit, that's amazing!' Piper whisper-yelled. 'What?' Jason asked. 'Bro seriously,' Percy said more to himself than to Jason. This was getting pretty damn annoying. 'What is it?' I asked, not even trying to hide my anger. Jason was now fully awake and all three of them just shrugged. Those little pieces of shit. Piper climbed onto Jasons lap, so that Percy could sit next to them and they all started whispering. This went on for like 10 minutes. 10 very boring minutes.
'Seaweed Brain?' Annabeth asked. 'I'm right here,' said Percy, and then he continued whispering. How can one whisper for so long? I felt Will loosen his grip on me. I sat up straight and he said: 'Morning Death Boy.' 'Hi,' I said sarcastically. 'What are you three doing?' Leo said. When did he wake up? 'Oops,' Piper said. 'You guys forgot me?' You weren't awake yet, we didn't want to wake you,' Piper said in a sweet voice. 'And you're not hard to miss, being small. Definitely if you're lying on the floor.' Percy said. Piper facepalmed. 'Fine, just this once, but if you dare open a meeting without the Super Sized Mcshizz-' 'They can hear you,' Percy whispered, loud enough for me to hear. 'What are they talking about?' Will asked. 'I have no idea,' I admitted.
A little while later a mortal roadside assistance came to help us. And so we were off again. On our way to camp Jupiter. The trip was boring. But none of us felt the need to play a game. I listened to music, Annabeth read a book, Leo made tiny robots, Jason worked on his project, making shrines for all the minor gods, Calypso was doodling or so, Percy was playing with water (replaying High School Musical, with fish made out of water), Piper was helping Jason, I guess, and Will was staring out of the window like a little kid again.
When we finally arrived, Hazel was waiting for us. She ran up to me, embracing me in a hug. I didn't even hesitate before I hugged her back. Boy, had I missed my sister. 'How are you all?' she asked now turning to the rest.
We went and said hi to Reyna and Frank. After that we tried setting up the tents. If not for Leo, Piper and Annabeth, we would have failed. Percy kept tripping over the wires, Calypso managed to get stuck in the pile of supplies somehow, and Jason? I just have no idea what the heck Jason was trying. Will finally got the hang of it, but then he broke something and a pole whacked him in the face, knocking him out cold. I fed him some ambrosia and he felt fine, but by that time, the rest had managed to set up the tents. Everyone put their bags in the tent where they were sleeping. The boys in the big tent, and the girls in the slightly smaller tent. After that we went to have dinner.
Wills POV
Well, dinner was... interesting. We a had a great talk, and it was nice to see the seven all reunited. Piper had apparently caught me staring at Nico, because after dinner, she came up to me and said: 'Go on a walk with him, tell him how you feel.' 'What?' 'Nico. I've seen it Will. And it's adorable, you should get together.' 'Is it that obvious?' I asked. 'Only for a daughter of Aphrodite. And the people she told about it.' The last part was a barely audible mumble. 'What was that you said?' I asked. 'Oh nothing, just forget it,' she said. And I swear she was using charmspeak, because I almost left, but I was determined to know. 'Is that was all the whispering was about this morning?' I asked. 'Yes, but that doesn't matter, now go find Nico.' 'Thanks Piper.' And with that, I left to do as she said.
End Notes
So yeah, this chapter is a little longer than the last one, to make up for it being kinda short. I've decided to do 5 chapters on this fic, so y'all are lucky. (Unless you don't like it, but then you wouldn't be reading this) Please review so I know what you guys think. Byeeee :)