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CAUTION: Clarisse and Annabeth are way out of character

The rest of the week pretty much went the same until Friday when Nico visited camp half-blood.

"Hey Annabeth" Nico said

"…" muffled noise

"Annabeth?"

"…" Sobs and sniffling

"Are you okay?" Nico asked

"…" More sobs and sniffling

"I'm your friend you can tell me if something is wrong"

Sobbing "… Its- its..." Then Annabeth began crying uncontrollably

"Its okay" Nico said he wasn't good at comforting people but she was his friend and she needed him

"Nnnoooo… Iits nnnooot" Annabeth cried out

"You'll be fine and soon Percy will be-" Nico was cut off Annabeth began crying uncontrollable.

It must have had something to do with Percy. Speaking of which where was he shouldn't he be trying to make it right?

"Di Angelo" Clarisse yelled- when did she get here "Look what you did we were finally starting to calm her down"

"What she crying over?" Nico whispered

"Jackson's gone missing"

"But he'll be back, he always is"

"Yah well Grover said empathy link is getting weaker and Percy hasn't called anyone" she stated

"He'll be back" Nico made the mistake of saying loudly

Annabeth began to sob harder; Clarisse gave him a shut up look.

Nico made it better by saying "He always does, it's like he has a guardian angel."

Annabeth smiled she knew it was true but just as quickly began sobbing again, but more quietly.

"I know I just llove hhhiiiiimmm" she said her voice getting higher with every word

Clarisse patted Annabeth on the back, it seemed she was trying to comfort the Daughter of Athena… but Clarisse doesn't comfort people, she beats them up. Was it possible that Clarisse La Rue, daughter of Ares good of war and bloodshed, was… human? Nico thought about it for a moment he was human and his dad was Hades, god of the Underworld. Then again Nico didn't go around threatening to send everyone to the Underworld so that was different.

"Di Angelo what did you do?" a girls voice yelled

Nico spun around to face his cousin Thalia Grace. What was up with girls yelling his last name today?

"What are you doing here?"

"that's none of your business Nico. Now I believe 'little' cousin that I asked you a question."

Nico hated being called 'little' cousin especially because in all technicality sixteen year old Percy was fifteen year old Thalia and twelve year old Nico's 'baby' cousin. Plus Thalia always said it like an insult he should remind the would be twenty something hunter of Artemis that he is suppose to be in his Eighties, but now in front of Annabeth didn't seem like the time.

"I went to school" he said flatly. It wasn't the desired answer but it wasn't a lie

Annabeth began crying loudly " th th thaaats sssoommme thiiiiing Ppppe-" she trailed off

Everyone knew what she was going to say- That was the same kind of stupid answer Percy would have given Thalia true but not what she wanted to here. Thalia wacked Nico hard.

"Hey, Annabeth" Thalia said "How about you could watch me and Clarisse beat up Nico"

"It's Clarisse and me"

Nico gulped

"Yah, you can even chose how we beat him up a sword or spear or with archery, or just with our hands" Clarisse said enthusiastically

Nico gulped at every word imagining the amount of pain he would Indore

Annabeth sighed "No leave Nico alone…I can't imagine anymore of my friends ggeeeetttiinngg huuurrrrt"

"Fine then how can we make you happy" Thalia asked

"I just need some time, alone, to get my emotions together"

"Fine" the two girls answered

The three of them walked away silently.

Once out of ear shot Thalia said "where not really going to leave her alone"

"Of Corse not"

"So we should make a plan to help her"

"Yah let's find Grover"

Nico decided to leave he clearly was doing more harm than good anyway. Poor, poor Annabeth he thought. Where was Percy; hopefully this was not like the time he was at Calypsos island and Annabeth and everyone else was all worried sick. Percy is a hero and doesn't always have time to pre-notify people of where he is and where he is going. Speaking of people ditching out where the heck was Death…Then Nico had a crazy way out there thought: was it possible that Death and Percy went missing for the same reason? He suddenly burst into laughter no way who would want both Death and the Hero of Olympus. Just the thought was crazy… yet so possible, Nico couldn't stop thinking about it, maybe he could just go and check on Death and then he could but his crazy ADHD mind to rest.

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The next chapter should have fewer tears… hopefully I don't want everyone crying