AN: Sorry I didn't update sooner! My brother had a hockey tournament. I am so mad! I was typing this on fanfiction, but didn't save it as I typed, so I got done with basically the entire chapter, then my computer went and DELETED IT! So I had to retype it . . .
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APOV
The next week was a blur.
Bianca was found dead in a classroom that was never used. The janitor found her when he went to go clean in there.
Maria, Bianca's mom, shot herself the next day.
With no mom, and a missing father, Nico and Hazel were left with no one. Sally, being as generous as she is, took them in.
Nico was never around any more. He was missing half the time. We all figured it was his way of coping with Maria's and Bianca's deaths.
The Jacksons were in debt with all of the funeral expenses and Percy's medical bills.
Hazel was with Percy and I in the hospital most of the time.
My dad agreed to take us out of school for the rest of the year. He was our teacher everyday from 4 PM until 8 PM.
It was the Sunday after the funerals, and we just sat in silence, listening to Percy's heart monitor.
Sally walked in with bags under her eyes. We all hadn't slept in weeks.
"Hey, guys," she said.
We stayed silent.
"Has anyone seen Nico?" she asked us.
We nodded our heads 'no' in response.
Sally sighed, "What am I going to do with him? Or you guys, for that matter. You need to stop moping around. Bianca and Maria will be missed greatly, but they wouldn't want you to sit around here being all mopey every single second. Remember them by living life to it's fullest."
More silence.
Sally went back outside to go see if anyone else had seen Nico.
"I miss Bianca's laugh," I said.
Hazel smirked, "You mean the one that sounded like a witch?"
I gave a little laugh.
"I miss Maria's Italian cooking," Percy said.
When he said that, it was almost as if I could smell her famous pasta in this very room.
"I miss their constant arguing," Hazel said, giving a small smile.
"I miss Bianca's lovely taste in camo," I said. Bianca wore camouflage almost all the time. It was HER style, and only hers.
"I miss how Mom would tuck me into bed and sing me to sleep and she would say 'Ti amo, figlia' before she would leave," Hazel said.
The rest of the night we talked about them. The good things, and the bad. We didn't know it at the time, but we would be doing this almost every night for years. It helped us cope.
We stayed up until around midnight, and we had finally gotten sleep for the first time in weeks.
At around 5 PM the next day, Grover came in and insisted we turned on the news.
"I'm getting it! I'm getting it! Jesus, Grover, hold your horns!" I said.
I turned on the news to find the news anchor, Jeff Passolt, talking with a strange caption at the bottom that said "Jackson Devastation."
Curious, I turned the volume up.
"Students of Goode and Bade High Schools are asking for people to support the family of Percy Jackson, Good High School's varsity hockey captain that was earlier checked into the boards and broke half of his back. Here with more is Robin Robinson," Jeff said.
"Thanks, Jeff," Robin said while the scene switched to her standing in front of Goode High School.
"Goode High and Bade High have been through quite the emotional roller coaster. After Good lost their star player to a horrible check that almost cost Percy Jackson his life, Bianca Di Angelo of Bade High was murdered early last week. Bianca was the cousin of Percy Jackson, and was going to visit him in the hospital when she stabbed in the back. She was later found in an unused classroom when the janitor went to go clean it," Robin said.
Her words sent us to a whole new round of tears.
"The day after Bianca's body was found, her mother, Maria Di Angelo, shot and killed herself late that night. With a lost father and no mother, Hazel Levesque, adopted daughter of Maria, and Nico Di Angelo were left to stay with either their drunk aunt, Susan Grace, (AN: Do they ever say her name?) or Percy Jackson's mother, Sally Blofis. Sally kindly took them in. With funeral and medical expenses, Sally and Paul Blofis are left in debt with almost no money. The students of Bade High are here to change that. Here with more is Thalia Grace, daughter of Susan Grace."
The scene switched to a crying Thalia. I hadn't seen her since the funerals.
"My aunt is the greatest person I know," Thalia said. "First, we find out that my cousin, Percy, will never be able to walk again. When things started to turn around, it all turned into a nightmare when we found out about Bianca. Then Maria just had to go and pull some stupid move. Percy's family has been through way too much, and they've been great enough to take in my cousins and get only the best care they can for Percy. Sally is more like a mom to me than Susan ever has been. Sally always has kindly taken me in when Susan gets too happy. Please, if you have any heart at all, help my family and donate! We have already $10,000 through our school, but that only covers most of the funeral expenses. Medical expenses are at least ten times that much! Please, oh please, help them out."
The scene then switched to the entire student bodies of Goode High and Bade High. Bade High wore black and in the back of the bleachers had a huge sign saying "Bianca" and Goode High wore white with a sign in the back saying "Percy".
After this, the scene then went back to Jeff. They talked a little bit more about the whole Bianca/Percy/Maria deal, then switched to a new topic.
I turned the t.v. off and looked over at Sally. She had tears in her eyes.
"I think I need a minute," she said, then walked out of the room.
I looked over at Percy.
"They don't need to do that," he said.
I just stood there in silence and looked over at Hazel and Grover. They just shrugged.
"I don't want sympathy from them. Why can't I just go back to being the Percy Jackson that failed half of his classes and played some mean hockey? Why can't I just go back to hanging out with everyone every single Friday at Bdubs? Why can't things go back to normal? Why can't Bianca be alive?" Percy said, whispering the last part.
"Percy," I said, sighing, "life isn't always fair. There's ups, and there's downs. Most of the time you can't help but think 'Why me?' Things happen for a reason. God has our fate all figured out. He may give us some crappy situations and times where we are almost driven over the edge, but things will all work out in the end. There is always a reason for something."
He stayed silent for the rest of the day.
Grover, Hazel, and I talked more about what we missed about Bianca and Maria. We talked about what life was before we got sucked into a big black hole.
Grover stayed over at the hospital that night. Grover and I rarely went home nowadays. Life was just too complicated.
I woke up in the morning to the sound of someone coming in. Grover was all across the floor, with Hazel and I laying on his back. Sally must have put a blanket on us during the night. She was sleeping in the chair by Percy's hospital bed.
I looked over to see who had walked into the room.
"Nico Di Angelo!" I just about screamed.
"Hi," he said sheepishly.
My yell woke everyone up in the room.
Immediately, Nico was drowned in questions.
"Where the hell have you been?"
"You are in so much trouble!"
"Do you have any idea how much we were worried about you?"
"SHUT UP!" he yelled.
We fell silent.
"I was just gone a couple of days," Nico said.
"A couple of days?" I said, exasperated.
"Yes," he said.
"Nico, what were you doing in those couple of days?" Sally asked.
"Nothing," he mumbled.
"Nothing?" Hazel said.
"Nothing," he repeated.
We stared at him for awhile.
He sighed.
"I was looking into Bianca's murder."
AN: Not the greatest chapter . . . but blame my computer! Please review! I will not update until I get 60 GOOD and CRITICAL reviews!
Translation: I love you, Daughter.
That should have been in Italian, but I used Google translate so . . .