Love Me Forever Or Love Me Never
Chapter 6: Bitch

A veil of darkness incased the car as Bianca and Nico drove down the street in silence. The sun had completely set plunging the world into night leaving the interior of the car pitch black besides the small form of light that reflected from the cars headlights. Even in the dim lighting Bianca could still make out the shaking form of her younger brother in the passengers seat. Nico was falling apart at the seams. Bianca could tell he was so broken, so lost. His face looked sickly and ghastly pale through the darkness. Trembles wracked his frail body as he lay there his face pressed against the cool glass of the car's window. A stream of tears trickled down his face as he cried silently. Bianca prayed that Nico would open up to her soon. Clearly they has a few things that needed discussing. Of course she already knew what was wrong. Everyone knew by now, including their parents. Nico kissed Percy, Percy denied him, rumors got spread, hearts got broken. She had discovered this shortly after Nico ran off. Apparently Bianca's phone was being messaged none stop about what happened. If only she had bothered to pick up her phone and check her text messages sooner. Perhaps she could speak to Percy on Nico's behalf. Maybe she could fix this mess.

"Are mom and dad mad at me?" Nico's voice broke through the silence suddenly. His voice cracked while he spoke. Tenderly Nico reached up and rubbed his sore, raw neck. He hated the fact that his throat hurts so much after crying for so long. Didn't he have to deal with enough pain besides a aching throat? A slight sigh came from his lips. He already knew the pain was far from over. He would have to face everyone at school on Monday. They all knew about him and Percy and they would all tear him apart for it.

"N-no." Bianca replied hesitantly. "They're just a bit worried." Actually their parents were more than a little worried. Once their father arrived home to find Bianca sitting at the kitchen table with her sobbing mother he went ballistic. His anger only increase when they told the story of what had happened to Nico.

Nico let out a shaky breath before speaking up again. "Bianca, there's something I need to tell you. I should have told you earlier. You deserve some answers after all of this. I mean…." Nico trailed off shaking his head. At that precise moment Bianca held up her hand to silence him.

"You don't have to tell me anything. I already know."

"What?" Nico raised his puffy, red eyes to her.

"I know about Percy and the kiss. I know the real reason you got sick at school." She grimaced at him for a moment before continuing. "I'm so sorry."

Nico took a deep breath, letting his sister's words sink in as he stared off into space. Suddenly, his lower lip quivered. He cupped his hand over his mouth before letting out a pained cry.
"I love him." Nico sobbed quietly, "And it hurts so much!"

Bianca looked over at him with a mixture of shock and pain. Her heart ached for him. She felt his pain.

As Nico approached the door to his home he felt as though he was being presented to a firing squad. He didn't expect his father, or his mother even who was normal peaceful and understand, to give him a ounce of sympathy. The probably wouldn't even listen to his side of the story.

Nico hesitated as his hand touched the door knob. Maybe he should go around back and climb in through a window. That was one way to avoid his parents. Nico had half a mind to do just that when suddenly Bianca cleared her throat behind him signaling for him to get a move on. Nico nodded slowly, accepting the fact that he was being set up for slaughter. Nico opened the door slowly, hoping that his arrival would go unnoticed by his family if he was quiet enough. Unfortunately the door squeaked on it's hinges louder then necessary and alerted everyone that he was home. Seconds later his mother came bounding into the room, quickly running up to Nico and hugging him tightly, close to bursting into tears. Nico's father fallowed close behind. Nico stood there quite contently, glad that he was not bombarded with questions already. Finally deciding that he had had gathered enough courage to tell them the truth about him and Percy, Nico spoke up.

"So… do you all know why…" Nico hesitated.

"Yes, we do. Bianca told us. Don't worry about it Nico. It's alright." His mother held on to him tightly, but Nico managed to wiggle his way free. Turning his head sideways he glared at his sister.

"So, Bianca told you, huh?" Nico spat. His mother mumbled incoherently as she sensed the tension in that was already in air. Although his mother was interacting in the conversation the most Nico's father was the next one to speak.

"Nico, don't be angry with her. She was only trying to help." Hades said gently.

"Really? Well I've had enough of her help for a while! Maybe she should just keep her fucking mouth shut!" Nico surged forward towards Bianca who took this moment to scamper back away from the door. In seconds Hades approached his son, pushing Nico back away from his sister.

"Calm down!" He roared as Nico tried to sidestep him and make his way to his sister. Nico would have never hurt Bianca, never. He loved his sister to much to ever harm her. He just felt so angry like he had been betrayed once again.

"She needs to just stay out of my life!" Nico hissed at Bianca across the room.

"Well, maybe I would if you didn't have such a fucked up view on everything. I mean really Nico did you think Percy actually cared about you! He was probably glad that he could finally get rid of you! I've heard what he says about you when your not here! He talks so much shit about you, it's unbelievable!" Bianca knew for a fact that this was a lie. Never had Percy spoken a ill word about her brother. There had been a few rare occasions when Percy would stop by only to find that Nico wasn't home. He actually seemed pretty disappointed when he couldn't find Nico.

At that moment Bianca knew that she had made a huge mistake. For a minute Nico recoiled, gazing at her with so much hurt in his eyes. He must have felt truly awful after hearing that. Bianca could tell that he was already about to cry. And who could blame him. Nico had clearly said that he loved Percy and just to here that the person you loved has always hated you must be awful.

"Nico.." Bianca said softly as she started towards her brother. Nico quickly shook his head before darting towards the stair ignoring Bianca's desperate pleas for him to wait. Stumbling up the stairs Nico felt the tears pricking his eyes. He knew he was about to start bawling.

Running down the hall and dashing into his room Nico collapsed onto his bed just as the tears started flowing down his face. He gasped loud Nico slid his hands down his face trying to rid himself of his tears. He hated feeling this way. He hated being so weak when it came to Percy.

Suddenly there was a slight ringing noise as someone sent his a text message on his cell phone. Quickly picking it up Nico realized it was from Thalia. For a moment he considered not even reading it. He expected her to make fun of him and tell him how much Percy hated him. After all she was one of Annabeth's best friends. With a sigh Nico read the message anyways. He was surprised to find that she was actually asking him to go to a party with her tomorrow night.
Nico quickly replied:
Are you sure? Why would you want to go with the gay freak? Everyone will make fun of you!

Within seconds Thalia also replied. " I don't care! You're my friend Nico! It doesn't matter to me. No matter how much bitching Annabeth will do about it tomorrow I don't mind!" Nico read the message out loud.

For a moment he pondered what would happen if he did go. Finally he agreed figuring if it was going to happen let it happen. After all Thalia said she wouldn't mind what people said. Nico was glad he still had one person he could count on and for the first time since the night he kissed Percy Nico found himself smiling.

Later that night Annabeth still couldn't get Nico out of her head. He had just looked so pitiful when he left. She actually believed he was about to cry right in front of her. She almost felt sorry for him. Almost, that is. He may have acted pitiful and heartbroken, but it was his own fault. He should have known that Percy would never except his love. He could never care about Nico. After all he had Annabeth instead.

Shaking her head harshly Annabeth tried to expel the though of the heartbroken boy from her mind. Maybe she had gone to far. Maybe she should have tried talking to him before telling everyone that he was in love with Percy. As she sat their pondering this there was a suddenly knock on her door. Startled Annabeth jump up from her couch, knocking the bowl of popcorn that sat beside her in the floor. Normally if she wasn't out with Percy at night she would spend her time watching movies, either by herself or with Thalia, and tonight was no exception. For a moment Annabeth wondered if Nico had returned, angry about what she had said before.

Scrambling to her feet Annabeth rushed towards the door, stepping over popcorn bits. She approached the door cautiously as though she expected it to swing open at any moment and reveal a angry Nico. Rushing forward, gripping the door knob tightly, she leaned against the door.

"Who is it?" She called.

"I don't know!? Who could I be?" The voice called back to her. She let out a sigh of relief, glad to here the extremely cheesy but sweet greeting.

Opening the door quickly Annabeth stared out onto the darken porch. Percy stood before a small smile curved upon his lips. Annabeth looked him up and down. He looked pretty bad. His clothes were a crumbled mess and his hair stuck up like a porcupine. He must have had a ruff night.

"What's up?" Annabeth said smiling back at him. Normally Percy wouldn't stop by this late, not unless it was important.

Suddenly the smile vanished from Percy's face and happiness flooded out of his eyes.

"I need to talk to you he said his voice grave.

"Alright then, come on inside." She said motioning for him to follow her as she stepped into the house. Instead of going in as well Percy reached towards her grabbing her wrist.

"No. It will only take a second. Let's talk out here." Percy said sternly. Annabeth slowly nodded. Stepping back away from the door she stood there in the darkness waiting for Percy to continue. Although she was eager to hear what he had to say she wasn't to fond of standing out in the cold while wearing pajamas.

"What's going on?" She asked quietly.

"Do you know what everyone has been talking about lately?" Percy asked harshly. Annabeth looked at him oddly. Normally Percy would never talk to her like that but she was willing to let it slid considering what a nervous wreck he must be.

"Yeah. I heard about it." She stated simply.

Percy nodded slowly. "Did you tell everyone?" He asked suddenly. Annabeth looked at him in surprise.

"Percy…." She started before he held up his hand signaling for her to be quiet.

"Did you tell everyone?!" He cried angrily.

"Fuck no! I wouldn't want everyone thing my boyfriend was a fag! And maybe if you keep accusing me you won't be my boyfriend for long!" She spat at him harshly before whirling around and rushing through her front door.

Percy stood there in shock for a moment. Finally he shook his head and started back towards his car.

"Bitch." He mumbled under his breath.