Everyone stood in Hades throne room, watching. They watched as Pez flirted with the other girl, Lydia, and how much they seemed to have in common.
Nico was watching this like a movie just ended. They had watched the whole thing, after all. He was sad that Pezzabeth was no more, but life still goes on. And besides, he liked Percy more.
Viscaria was not taking it as well as Nico. "Viscaria?" Nico asked, shocked. "Are you crying?"
Viscaria sniffled. "N-No. I...I'm not crying. . ."
Persephone wiped her eyes. "It's ok, Vivi. I'm crying too!"
"It's just so sad!" Viscaria wailed. Nico went and gave her a big hug.
"I know!" Persephone wailed back, but Hades didn't give her a hug. He just rolled his eyes. Idiot...
"Pez and Annabeth were so cute together!"
"And Pez was so sweet!"
"I. Know. Did you see how he said 'I love you'? I got a little teary eyed."
Hades looked at his son, and Nico just shook his head. Hades then turned to his daughter.
"Bianca, how come you aren't crying like these fine ladies here?"
Bianca shrugged. "I'm team Percabeth."
The two sisters stopped crying, then whipped their gazes to Bianca.
"Why?" Viscaria asked.
"Didn't you ever go through that 'bad boy' stage?" Persephone added.
Bianca shrugged. "You guys still have your bad boys. Besides, I'm fine with Adonis."
Adonis came out from behind Bianca. Hey, he still has the right to be afraid of Hades! He's the lord of the Underworld. Wouldn't you be scared if you were dating the lord of the Underworld's daughter?
"Thanks, dear." He smiled at her and fiddled with his deck of cards.
"Anytime," she said, smiling back.
Viscaria, annoyed that Bianca was not on her team, turned to Nico. "What about you?"
"I agree with you, Viscaria."
"I don't believe you. But thanks." She smiled at him and kissed him lightly.
"Awww!" Persephone crowed. Hades grabbed her hand. "How about you, Hades? What team are you on?"
"I must say, I liked Pez. He was humorous. But...Percy is better for Annabeth."
"Wrong answer. Why can't you be more like Nico?" Persephone let go of Hades hand and stood by Nico.
Hades eyes widened in rage. "More like Nico? He's my son! He came from me!"
"That's not helping your case."
Hades's black cloak surrounding his feet began to steam black smoke. Tiny embers could be seen popping out of the smoke. Persephone, used to this kind of behavior, still glared at Hades. Everyone else, however, began to back away.
"Why don't we ask what that one girl thinks? What's her bucket...Dana?" Hades said, trying to cool down.
Persephone clapped. "Oh yeah! She saw them in person, in person!"
Hades sent one of his skeletons to fetch Ms. Dana Dawson. They waited in silence until they saw Dana being led into the room, two skeletons flanking her sides. She looked mighty scared.
"I'm sorry!" she said, not even fully in the room. She wouldn't look Hades in the eye.
"Sorry?" Hades asked.
"I thought it was ok! I'm already dead, I thought I deserved a reward. It was just-"
"What are you talking about?" Nico asked.
Dana kept her head bowed, not looking anyone in the eye. "The wine. I know I'm underage, and I know it was My Lord's, but my dad is the God of wine, so I thought I could have a sip and not get in trouble. I'm sorry! Please don't make me go to Tartarus! I don't wanna go!" she started to wail.
"You aren't here because you drank my wine," Hades said. He looked almost amused, although who in their right minds would drink Hades's wine?
"I-I'm not? What am I here for then?" she still wouldn't look at Hades, but she did tilt her head up.
"You met Pez and Annabeth, right? What are your thoughts? Do you think they were good together, or would you rather Annabeth be with Percy?" Persephone prattled off.
Dana's demeanor changed in a blink of an eye. She went from childish to mature in just one second. Everyone saw this and quickly sobered too.
"I never really knew Percy. I've heard stories, heard how great he is. And how Annabeth and him go so great together. But..." Tears started to well up in her eyes. The skeletons that were holding her in place loosened their grip. They work with death everyday that's it's just routine. Sometimes it's easy to forget how death isn't such a small thing.
Dana composed herself, then continued. "In my last minutes, I saw Annabeth and Pez together..." Her voice faltered, so she tried again. "In my last moments, I saw two people in love. I saw Annabeth, afraid, and I saw Pez, afraid. Except Annabeth was afraid of the acid, and Pez was afraid for Annabeth. The last thing I saw before...before I died was Pez grabbing and protecting Annabeth from the acid."
No one said a word for many moments. Viscaria had fresh tears running down her face, and Nico was also having a hard time not crying. No! Suck it up, Nico! You're a man!
Dana turned, about to dismiss herself. She left them with one last sentence.
"Percy and Annabeth might be the cutest couple ever and are better together, but I will forever get to live with the image of Pez and Annabeth together." Pause. "I believe that that . . . is a fair trade."
Awww! She's got me crying too! Sniffle!
So, my dear readers, you may thank Chesty's Suberbest Friend for this final chapter of 'Evil is My Middle Name.' I just read this like right now. Ha ha! If this makes, like, no sense to you, you have to go and read her stories, Flowers for the Dead and Playing Cards with the Dead. I also wanted to thank her not only for this chapter, but for betaing each and every chapter and just being the bestest! Remember this is not the end of Pez. He will be in her new story, Boiling Water. Check it out. It's amazing! Felix is quite the sexy beast, if I do say so myself.
I also want to thank you. Yes you! 'What about me?' No! You get out of here! I'm talking to you, my awesome reader fan people. I did indeed get to my 200th reveiw (Yay! 101warriorsrox! You get a cookie!), and I want to thank you all for encourageing me (or yelling at me, same thing)! You're too kind!
I don't own anything (except for the obvious things like Pez, Lydia, Trevor, etc. etc.), and that'll just go for the entire story because I know I forgot disclaimers on like half of the chapters. Whoopsies!
One last thing. I thought I'd just clear a few things up for you because a few people have commented on these, but sometimes they're anonymus reviews, or I just forget to reply.
1) Nathan, from a few chapters ago, was not a gay child of Pez and Percy. He was a figment of Annabeth's imagination, showing her that she has to pick between Percy and Pez. Yes, she did pick Percy
2) The zebra calling Pez Kevin in the last chapter was not actually there. The zebra was just something that popped into his head showin you that he was going crazy from like blood loss or something.
3)Annabeth never cheated on Percy. They broke up in like chapter 5 or something, and then her and Pez went out. She never cheated. Well, that we know of. Te he!
Anything else, just ask me!
And I hate it when people do this, but if you want . . . you know, you can go and read my other stories. If you are, I'd suggest NOT!!! reading The New Girl or the babysitting one. They're just . . . no. Never again.
So thank you, once again. I love you all! Well, except for you. Yeah, you know who you are.
:) Jordan