"Come on."
"Yes, I got you."
"Hey, not fair."
"Mario Kart is not fair, you blockhead."
"I think I just destroyed my car, is that possible?"
"Ah, an ink has attacked me, someone help!"
"Hazel, this is normal for this game."
"I think I am going into the wrong direction."
"This game is just so weird."
Nico and his friends were sitting in Percy's cabin and playing Mario Kart on it. Beside him they were Will, Percy, Annabeth, Jason, Piper, Hazel, Frank, Lou Ellen, Leo, Calypso and Reyna also playing the game. Grover, Juniper, Brianna and Rachel were watching the game interestedly from behind. His friends had decided that they should do game night. At first Nico thought it was a great idea, because he loved games. When he was trapped in the Lotus Hotel, all he did was playing some video games. But after he discovered the concept of Mario Kart, he wasn't so sure anymore. One word to this game: insaneness. Everyone was shouting and wildly pressing their buttons on their joysticks. It seemed like the game itself made everyone around him go crazy or aggressive. Leo, Percy, Jason, Piper and Lou Ellen were battling for the first place, insulting each other. Hazel and Calypso were still trying understand this game and his controls as both of them came from a different time. Will, Annabeth and Frank were just a catastrophe in this game and him and Reyna tried to somehow catch the leaders. They were not bad in this game, but they weren't lucky with the items. And Mario Kart is 90% made of luck.
"Get out of my way!"
"Never!"
"Hey, you cheated, Sparky!"
"It's called strategy, fish head!"
Thy continued to battle for the first place. All five of them were closely together. They had almost reached the finish when suddenly all of them got hit by a blue shell, because they were so close together. Nico used this distraction and crossed the finish line in first place in front of Reyna. He pumped his fists in the air, letting out a triumph triumphal cry, then he smirked as he saw the shocked faces of his friends. Their faces were priceless. Their formed an "o" as if they all were fishes.
"How in hell did you cross the line in first place?! They were five people in front of you!" Jason cried.
Nico smirked at him. "Well, how did you say it just a few minutes ago? It's called strategy, thunder head."
"Ha I only have one card now!"
"You didn't say Uno."
"But, but…"
"Give it up, flame boy. Here take four cards."
The others were laughing at Leo as he grumpily took the four cards out of Piper's hand. They were now playing Uno and like in Mario Kart, the crowd was mixed. There were the ones who played well and only did have three and less cards (Calypso, Annabeth, Jason and Rachel (and Leo if you don't count his mistake)) and there were the ones who had their hand full of cards (Percy and Nico). Personally, Nico thought that Percy might have not understood the rules of the game, because he was always bragging how he still had the most cards of them all.
Calypso kissed Leo on the cheek. "Don't worry, Leo. Everyone makes mistakes. You will get back there soon."
"I don't know why you are complaining, Leo. I mean you get some new awesome cards. I mean look at my collection." Percy showed them grinning to all his friends. Then he laid them all into his arms and rocked them. "Yes, you are my little babies, aren't you?"
The others rolled his eyes at his antics. Nico cleared his throat. "Um, Percy could please play a card, so we can continue this game?"
Percy gasped. He looked at Nico in total shock as if he had said anything wrong. "No." he shouted. "You can't have any of my babies. Get your own ones." He wrapped his arms around the cards protectively.
Annabeth groaned. "Seaweed Brain, just do it, alright?"
"But…but" Percy stammered, lost for words.
Annabeth gave him one of her famous death glares. "I said NOW!"
Percy shrunk back in his seat in fear. He held up his hand defensively. "Okay…okay, I will do it, alright." He took a card out of his huge collection. Then he wiped an imaginary tear from his eye. "Good bye, Sheldon. I will miss you." With that he thrown it into the stack and then began to wailing.
"Noo, Sheldon, whyyy? You were too young to die!" he cried as he buried his head into his arms. The other facepalmed. This boy seriously had some issues.
"Left foot, yellow."
"Ahh, I can't reach it, it's too far."
"Don't push me, Percy."
"I'm not pushing you. You're just clumsy."
"Am not!"
"Are so!"
"Am not!"
"Are so!"
"Am not!"
"Are so!"
Percy and Jason were having there usual quarrel in the middle of a twister game. Both were kinda in an awkward position, tangled in each other. There were just five people left in the game: Calypso, Nico, Percy, Jason and Will. Percy and Jason were arguing unstoppable causing the others to groan in annoyance. Calypso then decided that it was enough and pushed the on the ground.
"Ahhh!" They both fell on the ground, their bodies still tangled in each other.
"Hey!" they cried simultaneously.
Calypso gave them an innocent face. "Oops, my fault." she said leaving the game out of fairness. It was just Will and Nico left.
Will grinned at Nico. "Well, Death Boy, do you give up?"
Nico grinned back. "You wish."
"Right hand, red!" Piper's voice echoes through the cabin.
Instantly both, Nico and Will, shot their right hands at the red cycle. As their hands arrived their they found themselves in an awkward position. Will was just under Nico, his back over the ground, his face close to Nico's. When they both realized the position they were in their face flushed red. The others were holding their laughters as they observed the scene.
"Man, this is better than a movie. Do we still have popcorn?" Leo asked through the crowd.
Will's hands were shaking. He couldn't stand the beautiful brown eyes of Nico and his smooth face anymore. He was sweating while his stomach made some loops in his body. They both were staring at each other awkwardly, neither of them knowing what to do. Finally Will couldn't hold it anymore. His hands gave in and he fell onto the ground.
Piper rushed over to Nico and raised his hand. "We have a winner!" she cried while grinning at Nico. His face was still red from embarrassment as he looked up to Piper. The others cheered in the background calling Nico's name in the background, chanting and cheering for him.
Will cleared his throat. "Maybe, we should end this game night today. It's already late. I don't want to get trouble for staying up to late."
The others in agreement. They cleared up their things, then they set out for their cabins. At least Nico and Will did. The others had other plans.
"Okay, the meeting of the Solangelo club has been officially started."
"Hear, hear."
The demigods from the game night sat in a circle facing each other while talking out Will and Nico. They all had enough that they danced around each other. Today they had arranged this meeting in the night, so they could collect their matchmaking ideas undisturbed.
"Those tow are already dancing around each other for too long. We must now get them together!" Lou Ellen cried.
Rachel nodded in agreement. She had just joined the club recently because she was close to Nico as they bonded during the war, both being somehow outcasts in the camp. "They are just hurting each other more by doing that."
"But wouldn't Nico and Will be angry at us for doing this?" Hazel asked nervously.
Piper laid a hand on her shoulder. "No, honey. I'm pretty sure they would appreciate our attempts after they got together." Piper consoled her.
"But we can't confront them directly. You know what happened last time when we did it." Percy objected.
The others murmured in agreement. Their last attempts almost destroyed the relationship between Will and Nico. They couldn't allow that. They were silent for a moment as they thought for a possible solution to this whole Solangelo drama. Then Lou Ellen's brain suddenly enlightened.
"Guys, I think I have an idea!"
Nico was stretching himself as he stood up. He looked at his clock. It was 8 o'clock. He rubbed his eyes. He normally didn't wake up this early in the morning, but last night he forgot to close the curtains. Groaning he stood up and went to his closet. From there he took one of his many black shirts and black trousers. It almost looked like he had a hundred of the same clothing which was not the case.
He thought of yesterday when Will was lying under him. Again they were in an uncomfortable situation. Again they both tried to avoid each others looks. Sometimes Nico wondered whether it would be easier if they were together. But Nico was unsure of a relationship. He didn't know if he was ready for it. It wasn't long ago, there he was shunned by everyone at the camp and was abandoned by his sister. He didn't know if really wanted to go the next step.
He went to the bathroom for a shower. In the shower he began to sing an Italian song. It was a song that Bianca has sung to him when he was younger. The song reminded him of old times. He smiled a little bit at that. Bianca's death still hurt, but he was getting over it slowly and now memorizing the happy days thy had together and not thinking anymore what could be if she hadn't died. In the shower he felt free. It was one of the rare places where he could be a little kid again and relax himself a little bit.
After 10 minutes he got out of the showers. Water drops were falling down his hair as he stepped out of the shower. He took a towel and dried himself. He then wiped away the small water drops on the mirror. When he saw his reflection he shrieked up. In the mirror wasn't his face, it was a boy with a blond hair, blue eyes and a button nose. In front of him was Will Solace.
Only now Nico noticed that he wasn't wearing a black shirt, but rather a green one and he was wearing brown trousers. He looked around. He wasn't in his cabin. He immediately dressed himself up and stormed out the bathroom. Outside the bathroom standing was Kayla. She looked at him in surprise as he ran out of the bathroom quickly.
"Woah, Will, what's going on here. You act like you were bitten by a tarantula." Nico grabbed her shoulders. He looked seriously into her eyes.
"Kayla, please say to me that I am dreaming." Nico demanded.
Kayla looked bewildered at Nico. She didn't expect him to react so harsh at her small joke.
"Will, calm down. What's going on?" she tried to sooth him.
Nico scowled. He avoided Kayla's worried looks. "I'm not Will, alright. I'm Nico."
Kayla looked at Nico bewildered. She was completely shocked by Nico's confession. She cleared her throat.
"You…you are, Nico? But…but why you are in Will's body?" she stuttered.
Nico didn't look at her. He already knew the answer. "Lou Ellen." he growled. Then he turned to Kayla. "Kayla, make sure there is a free bed in the infirmary today. Somebody's going to die today." And with that he stormed out of the Apollo cabin leaving a completely bewildered Kayla standing there in shock behind.
Ohh, cliffhanger. What will happen now? I hope you guys liked this chapter. It is a little bit different from the others. Please review the chapter. Have a nice day guys. :)
