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4. Single at Thirty: "remember when we were in high school and we swore that if we were still single at 30 we'd marry each other, well hey guess whose birthday it is"
"Reeeeeeeeyna," Nico said as soon as she picked up the phone.
"It's literally two-in-the-morning," Reyna said. "Why are you calling me?"
"I knew you'd be up. You and Hylla always call each other and count down ten seconds until the stroke of midnight on each other's birthdays and then talk for hours," Nico said. "See, I know things. Speaking of important calls, this is kind of important."
"Shoot," Reyna said settling back into the couch, cocooning herself in a blanket. The television screen was frozen on a wicked battle scene staged in outer space, but for the love of Nico, Reyna could wait.
"Well, it's come to my attention that you've just turned thirty, and since you're still single there's a certain mid-quest, feverish promise I need to keep," he said.
Reyna's blood froze.
"Open your front door," Nico said.
"Nico di Angelo-" Reyna said. Normally she wouldn't have fallen for this, but it was 2:00 AM.
"Just do it. Open your front door."
Reyna did. Her doorstep was occupied by a small satin box on which a bright yellow balloon was tied. Reyna picked up the ring box shakily and opened it to find… a ring pop.
Cherry, her favourite. Probably deposited there by Dakota or Gwen or someone else in New Rome that Nico was close to. Heck, maybe Nico himself had shadow-traveled. She nearly laughed.
"You jerk," Reyna smiled despite herself. Thank the gods that Nico couldn't see her grin on the phone. He would think he was hilarious. "You have children. I don't want to be a home-wrecker."
"Actually, I have a child and two dogs," Nico said. "Will's the one who thinks those are actual children. He's a strange one, hence why I'm willing to swap him for you."
Reyna laughed.
"Anyways, long story short, happy birthday," Nico said. "Thought I'd be creative since it was a big year."
"Yes, dear," Reyna said with a grin. She put the ring pop on and started sucking on it as she wandered back to her couch. "Now tell me, outdoor ceremony or inside?"