Here comes Chapter 4! Thanks to everybody who is reviewing! On your mark, get set, READ!
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When we got back to my apartment, Nico was nowhere to be seen. Everybody else was lounging around in the living room. On our walk back Annabeth and I had discussed whether or not we were going to tell everybody about "us," and we had decided they could figure it out on their own. So when we walked in holding hands, surprisingly nobody seemed to notice. They were talking about who was going to go first.
"Well, now that Dead Boy's gone, who's gonna take his place?" Clarrise was saying. "And if any of you runts tell me to go first, you'll wake up in South America with a very big headache."
I stepped in before things got ugly. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. What happened to Nico?" Thalia told me that while we were all hounding him he melted into the wall of the bathroom and locked the door. I sighed. "I'll take care of it." I walked over to the bathroom door and concentrated on the water in the pipes. Soon a heard a big ker-sploosh and I knew my deed was done. Just as I walked back into the living room, Nico came through the wall, sopping wet. He blew a spout of water. "What'd ya do that for?"
I smirked. "It was the only way to get you out." He rolled his eyes and pushed past me to sit next to Thalia who he "didn't" have a crush on.
Annabeth spoke up. "I need to do something with the lyrics to my song. Silena, Thalia, will you guys help me?" and she winked at them. The three ran over to the other side of the room to talk in private. See Annabeth? I'm not too big of a Seaweed Brain to figure out what that wink meant. Just then, Grover, Nico and Beckendorf pulled me into my room. Clarrise just sat on the couch, snacking on potato chips.
"So," Beckendorf said, once the door was safely closed, "what did Paul want with you?"
I told them how my mother's boyfriend had finally proposed to her. None of them were freaking out, but hey, we were guys. We don't freak out about weddings. But they did say to tell my mom congratulations. I didn't tell them about my talk with Annabeth, because of our decision not to tell them. Of course, Grover probably knew with our empathy link and all, but luckily he wasn't saying anything. He just winked at me when Nico and Beckendorf weren't looking.
"Nothing else happened?" Nico inquired. "Didn't figure out why Paul wanted you to bring Annabeth?"
I shook my head, although I was pretty sure I did know. Paul and my mom had probably set up the walk, hoping to get me and Annabeth thinking about our feelings for each other. We headed back out into the living room.
Annabeth's POV
I pulled Silena and Thalia over to the karaoke machine. I knew they wanted to know what Paul had wanted with me. Plus, I really was going to tamper with the lyrics for I'd Lie a little bit. Thalia was the one who broke the silence while I was working on the lyrics. "So, why did Paul want Percy?" I told them how he had proposed to Ms. Jackson.
Silena looked like she was going to burst from excitement. "Do you know why he wanted you along?"
I shook my head. I did know, and it was about getting me and Percy together. I was just keeping our promise.
I finished fidgeting with the machine and headed back to the main part of the room just as Percy and the boys came in.
Percy's POV
"So, Nico," I said. "You ready?"
He gulped. "Do I have to?" We all nodded. "Fine." He started the music.
"I wake up every evening,
With a big smile on my face, and it never feels out of place.
And you're still probably working
At a nine-to-five pace,
I wonder how bad that tastes
When you see my face hope it gives you Hades, hope it gives you Hades
When you walk my way hope it gives you Hades, hope it gives you Hades
Now where's your picket fence, love?
And where's that shiny car? And did it ever get you far?
You never seem so tense, love.
I never seen you fall so hard, and do you know where you are?
And truth be told I miss you
And truth be told I'm lying
When you see my face hope it gives you Hades, hope it gives you Hades
When you walk my way hope it gives you Hades, hope it gives you Hades
And when you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool, you're just as well hope it gives you Hades
Hope it gives you Hades
Tomorrow you'll be thinking to yourself:
'Where'd it all go wrong?'
But the list goes on and on
And truth be told I miss you
And truth be told I'm lying
When you see my face hope it gives you Hades, hope it gives you Hades
When you walk my way hope it gives you Hades, hope it gives you Hades
And when you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool, you're just as well hope it gives you Hades
Now you'll never see
What you've done to me
You can take back your memories they're no good to me
And here's all your lies, you can look me in the eyes
With that sad, sad look that you wear so well
When you see my face hope it gives you Hades, hope it gives you Hades
When you walk my way hope it gives you Hades, hope it gives you Hades
And when you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool, you're just as well hope it gives you Hades
When you see my face hope it gives you Hades, hope it gives you Hades
When you walk my way hope it gives you Hades, hope it gives you Hades
When you hear this song and you sing along will you never tell
Well you're the fool you're just as well hope it gives you Hades
When you hear this song I hope that it will give you Hades
You can sing along but I hope that it puts you through Hades."
We all stared at him, stunned. Grover was the first to speak up. "...Wow, Nico. You were..."
"Bad?" he guessed.
"No," Grover said. "You were great."
The rest of us nodded in agreement. When it seemed Thalia was nodded the most furiously and smiling, Nico blushed. He came and sat down next to me. "Nico, you choose who goes next, other than Annabeth and me." He raised an eyebrow. "Hey, my house, my rules." We had a plan set up.
"Fine. Um..." and he pointed at -
HAHAHA! Real cliffie this time. So, I won't ask for a lot of reviews, but I'm saying I need reviews, as in more than one. So, umm, yeah. And I won't update more than once per day, except for maybe this weekend.
PS: To people who want more from me, I'm gonna start writing a couple other fics. One's gonna be called Annabeth's Birthday; trust me, it's gonna be A LOT better than it sounds - and another one that I can't remember what my idea was today... Darn... But, yeah.