So Jason's mom's name is Beryl, huh? Well, I went ahead and changed it.

-Angela R.

Nico

"Honey, why are you two wet?" His mom asked as she noticed the trail of water that him and his 'husband' had left.

"We were on our honeymoon!" Jason beamed at her. Nico gave him a side glare but the blond ignored him.

"Wait, what?" Marie had overheard them from the table, "Did you say honeymoon?"

"Yep, Jason and Nico are married." Thalia announced as the three girls sat down next to each other. The two women gave each other a confused look, but then shrugged and just smiled at them.

"That's nice dear, but you two should really put on some dry clothes," Nico's mom chided. " Celest is in the bathroom so if you hurry up, she won't need to know." She gestured at the stairs to go and the boys dashed upstairs.

Jason swung the door open and ran into the bathroom. Nico didn't waste time to peel the clingy wet clothes off him, leaving him in only his underwear. Nico wasn't sure why but suddenly he felt embarrassed to be naked in the same room with his blond friend.

"Hey!" Jason came out of the bathroom with a towel on his head and one in his hand but no clothes on. That made Nico blush and look at the ground quickly. "Aren't you going to change undies?" He threw a white towel at Nico and went to his drawers to look for a shirt.

"I...I don't think that we should change in the same room," Nico wrapped himself in the fluffy fabric.

"Why not? We've done it a bunch of times."

"Yeah well. We-we're married now and I need my privacy!" Nico blurted out the first thing that came to him. "And you shouldn't walk around naked in front of me. That's rude."

"Oh, I'm sorry," Jason smiled and pulled on a pair of green undergarments and jeans. "Better?"

"Yeah, but I'm going to change in the bathroom, okay?" The brunette didn't wait for an answer and rushed to the bathroom. He shut the door behind him. He shook his head to clear it a bit. Nico wondered why he was suddenly acting so shy, but dismissed the thought because he was cold and really needed to dry himself.

Finally, he took off his underwear. He was drying his hair with the towel when the door swung open, making him jump.

"You forgot your clothes!" Jason cheerily said, holding out some garments that Nico had forgotten to get.

"Jason! Privacy!" the younger boy felt his face burn as he tried to cover himself up.

"Oh right. Sorry," He put the clothes on the ground and closed the door. Nico sighed and the door swung open again. "And hurry up!" The blonde closed the door too fast for Nico to throw a bar of soap at him.

Jason

Nico was so weird sometimes. Jason didn't understand what being married had to do with changing clothes, but he figured his friend knew more about marriage than he did. That made him start wondering if Nico had been 'married' before. They finally went downstairs to their family for some snacks. Jason glanced at Nico, whose cheeks still a slight pinkish color. Jason had given him a batman shirt that looked kind of cute on his friend. Besides, Batman was Nico's favorite superhero.

As they sat at the table, across from the girls, his mind started wandering back to the thought of Nico being 'married' to someone else before. It made him feel angry for some reason, but he quickly dismissed it. There was no way that could've happened because Jason knew Nico for a long time now and there hadn't been a wedding up until now. Still that bitter feeling lingered in his mind and he found himself grabbing Nico's hand from under the table. The smaller boy glared at him and tried pulling it away, but Jason wasn't going to let go and in the end, Nico went back to listening to Thalia and Bianca retell the story of their 'wedding' and 'honeymoon'.

"...and then Jason gets the bright idea to jump into the pool." Thalia finished explaining to Maria and Marie. Sometimes he got their names confused because they sounded so similar.

"Who jumped into the pool?" His mom walked into the kitchen halfway through Thalia's story.

"No one!" Jason piped up.

His mom raised an eyebrow at him and put her hands on her hips. "Then why is your hair all messy and wet?"

"Took a shower?" It came out as a form of a question. Jason wasn't very good at lying.

"Jase, how many times have I told you not to go swimming in your clothes?" She didn't wait for an answer and turned to his sister, "So why did he even get in the pool?"

"He was on his honeymoon," Thalia repeated. Their mom looked around the room for an explanation.

"Oh the kids and their games," Marie chuckled, "Their having a fake wedding and honeymoon for the boys."

That made his mom laugh, "Okay. I wasn't expecting to be a mother in law this soon." The women cracked up at her statement.

"I didn't even get to approve of the husband!" Maria added. More laughter exploded as Jason's face started turning the color of cranberries. Ms. Di Angelo looked at Jason with a mock-serious expression, "You better take good care of my baby, young man. I have high expectations."

"Mom!" Nico whined and let his head hit the table, trying to hide his face.

Jason didn't pay him any attention and just nodded his head vigorously at the Italian woman, "Yes Ma'am." his voice rose an octave, making everyone cackle loudly. Hey, Ms. Di Angelo was a scary woman when she was serious, whether she was pretending or not.

"Jason takes this game very seriously," Bianca giggled.

"Too seriously if you ask me," Nico muttered.

"I do not!" The blonde scoffed, "I'm just trying to stay in character."

For the next half hour or so, they spent it eating apple slices, grapes, kiwi because their moms said that they needed to eat more fruit, all the while still being teased about being a married couple. Jason thought of making a show for them. Why not? Their moms were having fits of laughter and Nico was getting annoyed. Jason saw that as a win-win situation right there.

"I don't want to eat kiwis," Nico mumbled as he flicked the fruit around on his plate.

"Do you like apples?" Jason asked.

"Yeah."

"You can have mine and I'll eat your kiwi," Before Nico said anything, Jason switched their plates, noticing the disapproving shake of the head from his mom.

"Thanks," He smiled, already biting into a slice.

"Anything for you, darling," The blonde beamed at him, resisting to laugh with everyone as Nico spit out the piece in his mouth.

"Hurry up and eat fast, lovebirds!" Hazel whined as she bounced impatiently from her seat, "We have to play some more! I'm getting bored over here!"

"Yeah, we have to move on to the next phase!" Thalia smirked, "This is the part where Nico gets to have fun."

Nico perked up, "Really?"

"Yep. You and Jason are going to have kids!" Bianca cheered.

"Oh! Can we have a boy?" Jason asked hopefully. The moms in the room chuckled at their children's innocence.

"Wait, how is that supposed to be fun for me?" The smaller boy scowled at the girls, who were already picking their plates up and putting them in the sink.

"We have kids and be a family?" Jason thought it was pretty obvious. Wasn't that the best part in a marriage? Hello, he was the best thing that happened to his mom.

"Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of Nico-gets-to-boss-you-around-and-you-can't-make-him-mad type of thing." His older sister explained.

"Now that sounds fun," Nico nodded, "I think I will like this game after all."

"But why do I have to-?" Bianca interrupted his question.

"Because when a girl's pregnant, the husband has to make sure that his wife's happy."

"But Nico's not a girl." Jason complained.

"We're pretending! Now come on." The girls ran into the living room.

"Go and play, sweeties," Marie smiled at them and shooed them away. The blond was really not looking forward to this. They both got up from the table and started walking into the living room, vaguely aware that they were still holding hands.

"And if you have a girl, make sure you name her after me!" Beryl called after them.

"Mom!" Jason called back and pulled Nico faster to get away from their embarrassing mothers.

Ah, moms, gotta love them. Anyway, I guess I could write an Epilogue where they are older after I'm done with the story. I wasn't planning on it, but it sounds like an awesome idea. ^_^

-Angela R.