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Here's a short chapter for you...but that doesn't mean it's not worthy of reading! So don't you dare press the "Go back" button or exit out of the page or I shall personally hunt you down. Just kidding! Enjoy the chapter!

Nico POV

I have no idea why I'm doing this. Percy and Annabeth have actually gotten me to agree to go with the mall with them.

"It'll be fun, Nico!" They had told me. "There's so much cool stuff there!"

At first I hadn't known what a mall was. My only idea of what it could be was a mental asylum. Mall equals mental asylum; simple as that. They even have the same letters.

But turns out a mall is just a big building that had more than one store. How dumb is that?

Anyways, they basically forced me to come. Apparently it's the best place to just hang out. I'd rather go to the park.

After Percy and Annabeth stuffed me into the car, we were off to the mall A.K.A. the mental asylum.

We drove into a huge parking lot and, well, you know, parked. We got out and Percy and Annabeth lead me to the entrance.

"I can't believe he's never been to one of these," Annabeth muttered to Percy. I shot her an angry look. Usually, Annabeth was on my side!

The first store we entered had all of these weird devices that you could try out. There were blankets with arms, pet hamsters that weren't real, and other crazy stuff like live fish that come in a magic pouch you put in the water or a chair that fits in your pocket. There are definitely crazy stuff being invented these days.

"Check it out, Nico! Free foot massage!" Percy said, motioning to the weird thing that was lying on the ground.

"And that's supposed to be?" I grumbled. I know what a massage is, but doesn't that require a person who doesn't understand English?

Percy ignored me and pulled up a chair. He took off his shoes and stuffed his stinky feet into the little machine. Then he grabbed a remote and pressed some buttons. He leaned back in his chair and said, "Ah...that's nice..."

My ADHD decided to but in. "Let me try I said, shoving Percy out of the chair.

I threw off my shoes and sat down, grabbing the remote. There were little symbols on the buttons, but I didn't understand what they meant. I just started pressing random buttons; the typical thing a teenage boy should do.

Instantly, my feet started to feel funny. Something in the machine was vibrating. The feeling came numbly at first, but then I realized what was happening.

"Ahaha!" I yelled, squirming in my chair. "It's so ticklish!" I was laughing hard now.

Annabeth smiled. "Wow, Nico. You're such a baby."

"Get this thing off of me!" I choked out. I pressed some other buttons on the remote. But that only made it worse.

"Ahahaha!" I cried. "Help me!"

People were starting to stare at me now, probably thinking, "What the heck is wrong with kid?"

Percy and Annabeth didn't bother to help me. They were too busy struggling to not burst out in laughter.

After a few minutes of screaming, courtesy of me, a sales clerk came over to us.

"Sir, ma'am," he said, nodding to Percy and Annabeth. "Can you please help your brother? He's bothering the other customers."

"He's not our brother," Percy retorted, like it would be terrible if I was. "He's our...cousin, I guess."

"Well, whoever he is," the man said. "Get him out of my store!"

"Yes, sir," Annabeth said. She reached down and pressed the OFF button on the foot massage thing. Ah...that felt so much better.

I quickly threw my shoes back on and left the store with Percy and Annabeth.

"Way to go, Nico," Percy commented as we were walking through the mall. "You got us kicked out of a store!"

I looked down. "It's your fault," I muttered. "I didn't know it was going to be so ticklish."

We went through some more stores and all attempts at being normal in those stores were an epic fail. At least for me. Who knew clothing racks could be so breakable? Or that the make-up samples weren't actually meant for taking (now don't get any ideas...it wasn't for me)? I can't believe I wasn't even allowed to change the channel on one of the TVs at the electronic store! Seriously, who wants to watch a golf game? Malls are so messed up.

Finally, when I could barely take another step, Percy stopped us. "Want to go get some ice cream?" He asked us.

I nodded furiously. "Yes, yes, yes!" I said eagerly. Ice cream sounded so good and refreshing. "Where are we going to get it?" I asked.

"Malls also have restaurants." Annabeth explained.

"Oh," I said.

Maybe malls weren't so bad after all.

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