"Nico, Nico wake up it's time for some more ambrosia."
I jolted up a little dazed. I guess Percy's hands' rubbing my back was so relaxing I fell asleep. Did he really touch me below the waist, or was it another one of my perverted dreams? I was too scared to ask.
Swallowing more ambrosia I acted as if nothing happened. Turns our Percy wasn't in the room it was on Michael Yew the whole time. It was very embarrassing. I wanted Michael to Percy very badly. Was I not important enough for Percy to check on, did I even matter?
It was hard to think about. I never considered that Percy might not care about me. He has so many other friends why do I think I have a chance?
After Michael left I sat up and looked out the window. The pain never left my back. I was so focused on the pain the world faded into the background. Thump. Thump. Thump. The beat numbed my senses.
Carefully someone opened the door. All energy to think faded as Percy walked in. Gracefully. He strolled to my bedside and in his grip was my skull animal. Questions rushed through my head, like, how, when, and why did Percy know about my stuffy.
" Hey , I thought that this would cheer you up a bit." Percy smiled sweetly. He apologized for getting distracted, and he tried to convince me it was all his fault; it wasn't. it wasn't Annabeth's fault either. My injury was 100% my fault.
We debated on who was to blame till Annabeth came in. Quickly, Annabeth rushed to me with tear filled eyes and embraced me. I hate to admit it, but Annabeth was the closes thing I had to a sister since Bianca left me alone, all alone.
I waited for Annabeth to finish her apologetic rant, but before I could tell her she was forgiven she turned and stared pointing fingers at Percy.
" You. You should have been looking out for him." Annabeth started.
" If I remember correctly, it was your blade that cut Nico." Percy stated.
After a bit they fell silent. Annabeth took Percy outside the room. They had no idea I was using a shadow to listen in on them.
" We caused this Percy, both of us. We forced Nico to get involved in Our fight. That's why he got hurt!" Annabeth sounded like she was almost in tears.
The rest of their conversation became so quite it was nothing but mumbles, because I use too much energy. I tried not to imagine what they were speaking about. It was just too hard to think they might get back together.
The ghost of campers past started to pick and teased me. They gossiped as they told me bits and pieces of Percy and Annabeth's conversation. It became to over whelming to bear.
I gripped my head as I let out a small-frustrated scream. Then Percy and Annabeth came back in to see what was wrong. The looked at me like I was crazy, because no one else know what I go through, no one has my gifts.
Later that evening, when I was allowed to go back to my cabin, I sat in the dark alone. I hate when I have too much time to think, because my imagination runs away. Lying on my bed I was slowly fell asleep and slipped into a dream.
I was sitting in a garden having tea with Mama. It was peaceful. We sat and talked like we used to. Then I looked down at my tea. Instead of seeing my reflection I saw Percy standing over me. He wrapped his arms around me and I was not with my Mama anymore, but I was alone with Percy in my cabin. It freaked me out so badly I woke up.
I want to be with Percy, but I am scared to be alone with him. I know that sounds childish, but I am still a kid. Percy is not a kid he is an adult, which makes him hot and intimidating.
Percy looked better than and Greek god. He had the prefect swimmers body from well… swimming. Percy's eyes were the prefect mix of green and blue that you couldn't decide if they were blue or green. I wanted to know how soft his silk black hair was. I bet it smelt great.
Looking at my self in the mirror, I saw gross stringy black hair, dark eyes that couldn't make up their mind on whether to be black or brown, and sickly pale skin. I was ugly in comparison to Percy.
At dinner that night I was so lost in my head I had no clue what was happening around me. People talked about things that really had no meaning. It was annoying that people could have nothing better to do then just talk. The fact I had a headache from crying was most likely why I was becoming annoyed .Why was everyone always happy, have they never lost something? I might loose every thing was the only thought in my head as Drew approached Percy's table.
She tapped him on the shoulder playfully and they shared a smile when Percy turned around. Drew acted like she wanted to comfort Percy on his break up. She hugged him and kissed his cheek. The she left to go gossip with her siblings. She wanted Percy, that was no secret, but she knew it was too soon.
I didn't finish dinner or go to the campfire either; instead I confined myself to the darkness of my cabin to come up with a plan to deal with my feelings for Percy.
I could embrace them and tell Percy how I feel, which could fail in so many horrible ways, or I could just give up and forget how I feel. Honestly choice number two is the least painful because if there was no feelings to be hurt, can those feelings get hurt? This is confusing.
The next morning I was rudely woken up from someone banging on my cabin door. I really did not want to get up to answer it, but I had a feeling that they were not going to go away. Quickly I put on a shirt and went to see who dared wake me up. I opened the door and was blinded by a perfect white smile.
"Morning Nico, how did you sleep?" I didn't register the question right away; my mind was too focused on the movement of those petal soft lips.
"Percy? What are you doing here so early?" I could hear the sleepiness in my voice.
"I came to wake you up so we can go train together before anyone else gets there." Percy said it like it was so obvious.
He waited for me to get fully dressed before we headed to the arena. As we walked I couldn't believe Percy was keeping his promise. Did this mean more than a promise?
Wait I shouldn't get my hopes up. This probably was only training to him nothing more. I had to stay calm.
This sucks so much. Last night I decided to give up on my feelings for Percy. The gods must hate me. Cazzo.