(A/N : ok I'm SO sorry it took so long! I know I only have like 3 readers but I'd like to thank Wilight luv for being my first reviewer! You rock! So anyways, enough with the long and boring autors not! Read the freakin' story!)

Being the son of Hades, I've made A LOT of mistakes, but agreeing to go on this road trip was the WORST mistake I've EVER made! An even bigger mistake than when I told Persephone her perfume made me nauseous and then she turned me into dandelion. At least when I was a dandelion, I didn't have to listen to this for hours on end: "Oh, Annabeth, you're so beautiful!" "Oh Percy, you're just so perfect" and pretty much just like that on and on and on and on…..

About halfway through our 2nd day on the road (it was gonna take us 3 days to get to Phoenix), we driving through a barren stretch of nothing and I was absolutely bored to death and on top of that, Annabeth and Percy were drooling over each other, and it was making me sick to my stomach. Finally, when Percy was probably about to comment on Annabeth's hair for about the 50th time that day, I decided I needed at least a few SECONDS of silence, so I randomly blurted out the first thing that came to my mind, that I knew would get on Percy's nerves.

"I need to use the bathroom!" I said loudly, cutting Percy off, mid-sentence of him complimenting Annabeth's hair. (Do I know my cousin or what?)

Percy turned around in his seat, (Annabeth was driving) glared at me, and said, "Do you mind? We were kinda having a moment there." Annabeth giggled next to him.

I rolled my eyes and said, "Yeah, well could you please STOP IT! You've been talking like that to each other since we left, and I'm surprised I haven't thrown up yet. To put it plainly, you two drooling over each other annoys the crap out of me!"

Annabeth laughed and said, "Dang, Nico! We need to get you a girlfriend! I'm sure anyone of the Apollo girls would be happy to do the job!"

My face was burning but I defended myself, "Do you have any idea how wrong that would be? A son of Hades with an Apollo girl? With any girl for that matter!"

"Are you implying that since you're a son of Hades, you can't fall in love?" Annabeth asked skeptically.

"No," I answered, "it's just that I choose not too" I said simply as if that explained everything.

"That doesn't even make any sense, Nico. How can you 'just choose not to'? Love's not a thing you can control…" Percy drifted of dreamily, his eyes going back to Annabeth.

I stuck out my tongue and started gagging. "Well, whatever. I can control it, because I'm Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades! And I will NEVER fall in love!" I yelled triumphantly.

"Oh! You mean like a huntress!" Percy said, cracking up at his own joke.

"SHUT UP, PERCY!" I yelled at him.

There was an awkward silence, and I probably should have been savoring this, but my stupid AH/HD blurted out, "Besides, I've never even had a crush on a girl before." I regretted those words as soon as they were out of my mouth.

Annabeth and Percy both started cracking up! "Oh c'mon Nico," Annabeth said between gasps, "we all know THAT'S a lie!"

My face was red and burning hot, "is not!" I shot back.

"Is so!"

"Is not!

"Is SO!"

I was totally overwhelmed with embarrassment, "IS NOT! I NEVER HAD A CRUSH ON THALIA!"

Dead silence. Then I realized what I had said and groaned in utter defeat.

"Who said anything about Thals?" Annabeth said, desperately trying not to burst into hysterics.

"Okay, you caught me," I said, seriously trying to keep my cool "But, really, I SWEAR on the Styx, that was only when I was 10! I was small, annoying, and ignorant, and I swear, if you EVER tell her, you'd better run 'cause I'll send a hellhound after you faster than you can say 'di imortalles' ." Ok remember what I said about trying to keep my cool? Yeah. I kinda gave that up halfway through the sentence and I was grinding my teeth together so hard, I was convinced they were going to break. Annabeth and Percy shut up after that, because they knew that I could follow through with that threat, and that I would follow through with that threat.

But what I said was true. I did have a crush on her, for like a month and a half, but then I found out I was a son of Hades, Bianca died, and well, my life pretty much went downhill from there. Sad, I know.

But after a few minutes, we ended up in the same position we were in 10 minutes ago: the happy couple mush talking and me gagging and groaning in the back seat.

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