Nico

It was night in Santa Monica. They all were sitting at a restaurant at the pier talking about what they have done today. They agreed on meeting each other here at 8pm to tell each other about their day. Nico was exhausted. He had to listen to Persephone's rant how he couldn't follow the rules and how rude he was the whole day. And he rode the roallercoaster about 10 ten times which was exhausting too. When they met each other Nico was surprised to see Percy and Amphitrite getting along with each other. But somehow it didn't surprised him. Everybody liked Percy, even gods and goddesses that apparently hated him. He looked to Thalia and saw her talking to her brother. Hera was standing behind pretty much ignoring the two of them, which didn't surprised him. At least they did not fought.

They ordered some food. Nico took some nice steak with some salad and potatoes. After a while they began to discuss their days.

"Well, it was actually a nice trip, I must admit, but Jason here went hysterical when he saw some celebrities." Hera said.

"I did not!" he pouted crossing his arms.

Thalia patted his shoulder. "I hate to agree with Hera, but you really did went hysterical. They almost called the security because of you." she said laughing.

Nico chuckled when Jason started to pout. He and Percy could be such children when they wanted.

"Well, I must say that I actually enjoyed the day with Perseus." Amphitrite said smiling at Percy. Percy grinned back and Nico couldn't help but feel a little bit jealous at their relationship.

"It was awesome! Steppie Amphitrite built with me a sand castle and then we had a water fight and the…" he started to ramble. Nico rolled his eyes at his attitude, but smiled nevertheless. He was a bit shocked that Amphitrite was allowing him to call her Steppie.

"And how was your day Persephone?" Hera interrupted Percy's talk. Clearly she was annoyed by the antics of the son of Poseidon. Nico looked to Persephone. She looked happy, but Nico knew that she only enjoyed her time with Hazel.

"Well, I had a good time with Hazel. Nico, on the other hand decided to ride the rollercoaster about ten times." she said rolling her eyes.

"I can do what I want!" he said glaring at her.

"You are still a child!" she scolded her.

"You are not my mother!" he cried back glaring at her. He would not let her talk to him like that.

Out of his corners of his eyes, he saw how the others looked at them concerned.

"I am responsible for you!" she shouted back.

"I am not six anymore!" he shouted glaring at her. He would not let her treat her like a small child.

"Guys…" Percy said. Nico saw how nervous he was, but Nico now didn't cared about that.

"You are just like your mother, disrespectful, rude…" Persephone began to say. Nico was fuming at her words. His friends were now glaring at the goddess.

"DON'T YOU DARE TO BRING MY MOTHER IN THIS!" he shouted. He was breathing heavily and couldn't think really more. All he knew that nobody could insult his mother.

All the others stared at Nico in shock. They probably never expected such an outburst from him.

"I CAN BRING WHOEVER…" Persephone stared to reply, but Hera cut her off.

"Persephone enough." she said. She was glaring at her intesively.

"But Hera." she cried.

"Cut it off, both of you. You are here to bond, not to argue." she said. Thalia was rolling her eyes at that as if she was saying Out of all people you must say this.

Persephone glared at her, but didn't said anything. Nico didn't looked at Persephone. He had enough of all her insults. He stood up.

"Where are you going Nico?" Thalia asked worriedly. Nico ignored her.

"Nico di Angelo, sit down!" Persephone cried. Nico glared at her.

"Newsflash, Lady Persephone. I am done with you and your insults, alright! Go insult your lovely garden if you want, but never my family!" he cried. His inner demons were taking control of his emotions now.

"Nico, I know Persephone said some cruel things, but…" Amphitrite started, but Nico cut her off.

"I don't want to hear it anymore." he said then he shadow traveled away. He could still hear the cries of his friends, but he didn't cared anymore. He had enough of this bonding trip. He had no idea, how the big three could think up such a stupid idea.

He traveled to a Park in L.A sitting down on a bench. He was breathing heavily and his head hurt.

"Stupid Persephone, stupid trip, stupid world." he mumbled as he sat on the bench. He put his head on his hands. Why couldn't his life be normal for once. Percy seemed to get along with everyone and he was just a disappointment to everyone. Sure he gained more friends after the war and everybody knew he was homosexual, but he was still insecure about himself.

"Nico?" he heard someone shout his name. Nico looked up and to his surprise Hera was walking towards him. Why out off all people would she search for him?

Then she saw him. "There you are Nico! What were you thinking to just disappear?" she scolded.

Nico glared at her. "What do you want Hera?"

Hera looked shocked. "How dare you speak to me like that?! Do you know…" she said, but Nico ignored her.

"Why would you search for me? You give a damn about me." he said almost darkly.

Hera looked at him in shock. For a moment he thought she was going to explode, but then she sighed. "Listen, Nico. You can't take Persephone's words personally." she said.

Nico glared at her. "Oh can't I? So I should just let her insult me and my family?" he asked angrily.

Hera sighed and ran her hand through her hair. Nico never saw her that-well calm. "Look Nico, Persephone is hurt. She is trying to take care of you…" she said.

"As if." Nico spatted, but Hera ignored him.

"It hurts her that you won't really give her a choice and she is still jealous of Maria di Angelo." she said. "She doesn't really mean her words."

Suddenly something in Nico exploded. "SHE DOESN'T MEAN IT?! SO EVERY SINGLE TIME SHE INSULTED ME OR MY FAMILY, SHE DIDN'T MEANT IT?! THAT IS RICH!" he cried with venom in his voice.

Hera didn't flinch. She looked at him in the same expression like before. Maybe she was used getting screamed on. Nico could really imagine that.

"You know I understand why Persephone reacted that way." she said softly which surprised Nico, because, well he didn't even knew that Hera had a soft side.

"That doesn't surprise me." he muttered. He knew how Hera handled the demigods of her husbands and it was even worse than Persephone.

Hera ignored him again. "You know it hurts, when your husband cheats on you. Maria di Angelo was a special case. Your father, my stupid brother, loved her even more then Persephone I believe. I can understand why she would react to you that way." she said.

"That doesn't give her the right to insult me or my family!" he spatted. He was breathing heavily.

Hera didn't immediately reply. She looked like if she would think about it. "I don't say that it's the right thing to do." she finally said. "But it is understandable. I have done it a lot." she said.

No surprise. Nico thought. He didn't looked at her. He didn't wanted to talk about this topic anymore.

He heard Hera sighing. "Look Nico, I know you don't like Persephone, but at least try to understand her. You can't stay here all night just because of an argument." she said.

Nico turned around and glared at her. "I can do what I want!" He knew he sounded childish and that it was stupid to anger the Queen of Gods, but he couldn't help it.

Hera eyes turned dark and Nico feared that she would explode now. "You now come with me, Nico di Angelo! Stop being such a child!" she cried.

"I am a child!" he responded. He wished she would just go away.

Hera rubbed her forehead, then walked towards Nico. "Fine, then the hard way." she said grabbing his arm. He protested, but in a second they flashed out of the park and landed back in the restaurant. The others were looking at him in worry. He ignored them.

"I brought him back." Hera said as if she caught something pretty.

They first stared at them, then Percy, Hazel, Thalia and Jason rushed over to him.

"Nico, are you okay?"

"Everything alright, buddy?"

"You need someone to distract you?"

They were talking to him uncontrollably. It was all a chaos. He actually smiled at their concern.

Then somebody in front of him coughed very loudly. His friends walked away and Nico saw Persephone. Percy, Jason and Thalia glared at her and Hazel looked unsure what to think.

Nico crossed his arms. Hera and Amphitrite were now standing in the background watching the scene in amusement. "What do you want Persephone?" he asked.

Persephone rubbed her neck nervously, which surprised Nico. "Look, Nico. I am sorry for what I said earlier. I didn't meant it." she said quietly.

Nico glared at her. He didn't believed a single word she said.

"Oh really nice. Like you were sorry the other times you insulted me. Who pushed you to apologize to me?" he asked laughing darkly.

The other gasped. Persephone looked uncomfortably. "Nico, I am really sorry…" she said. For a second Nico believed her, but he then saw in her eyes that nothing was real.

"Don't try it. I have enough of your insults Persephone. I will going through this "bonding trip", but don't expect me to actually bond to you." he said coldly. "You will never be my mother figure." he spatted.

Now the others were pretty much flabbergasted. Persephone just stared at him. "Nico…" she whispered. But Nico didn't listen to her anymore.

"If anyone search for me. I am in my room." and with that he disappeared again. He ignored the protests of his friends.

He appeared in his room and fell onto his bed. He knew that this would be a hard week. He took out a photo from his mother out of his wallet. For a while he just stared at the photo. Then some tears dropped down his face. He had enough. His whole life he had been pushed. By his fears, the fates, his father, and now his step-mother. Finally he let his tears fall down and began to sob.

*gasp* Cliffhanger *dum dum dum* Well, this was one more darker chapter. I am not content with it. I had some problems writing the chapter and it somehow feels incomplete. Maybe I will edit it later. As you can see I have portrait Nico's and Persephone's relationship not really well. I imagine they have a really complicated relationship, like Hera and Thalia. This will not be a story where everyone just bond by talking. Real life does not work like this (unfortunately). They will have struggles and problems to bond to make the story interesting and not boring (and because I am evil and love to torture characters Muhahahaha). Well, I hope you liked it. This story is going to be loooooong (hopefully not toooo long). Well please review and give me your opinion on it. Enjoy your time on fanfiction. Update follows (hopefully) soon.