The airport was crowded.
That was the first thing that came to Nico's mind.
Percy, Thalia, and Nico ran, trying to get to the plane in time. When they finally made it, the flight attendant was just about to leave. She saw them and quickly took their tickets and rushed them inside. Then they got to sit at the front of the plane.
"Sorry we were late." Percy said. "We'll perform a song before the plane leaves if you'd like. By the way, it's TB3."
The flight attendant's jaw dropped. "Oh, please! That'd be amazing!"
Percy, Thalia, and Nico stood up, getting the attention of the rest of the planes passengers.
Percy cleared his throat and stated talking. "What's up, peoples?" Everybody that recognized that gasped.
"Sing! Sing! Sing!" They started chanting.
"Okay, okay! We will! Now, we don't have our instruments with us, so we'll have to use our phones for the background music. Give us five minutes."
"What song sound we do?" Thalia asked, looking at the other two boys.
"Can we do See You Again? In honor of Bianca?" Nico asked hopefully.
"Definitely Nico, definitely. She deserves it." Percy said.
"Thanks. Let's get ready. And I call rapping." Nico smirked slightly.
Thalia grinned. "Look who's singing now. I'll do background with Percy. Let's do this."
Once they were set up, all that they had to do was press play.
"Okay!" Percy shouted. "We'll be singing See You Again, in honor of Nico's sister. If you listen to the lyrics and pay attention to them, you should understand what happened. Let's get started."
"One, two, three, four!" Thalia whispered. Then we all pressed play.
(Bold is Percy, bold italics is Thalia and Percy, underlined is Nico)
"It's been a long day without you, my friend
And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again
We've come a long way from where we began
Oh, I'll tell you all about it when I see you again
When I see you again
Hey
Dang, who knew?
All the planes we flew
Good things we've been through
That I'll be standing right here talking to you
'Bout another path
I know we loved to hit the road and laugh
But something told me that it wouldn't last
Had to switch up
Look at things different, see the bigger picture
Those were the days
Hard work forever pays
Now I see you in a better place (see you in a better place)
Uh
How can we not talk about family when family's all that we got?
Everything I went through you were standing there by my side
And now you gon' be with me for the last ride
It's been a long day without you, my friend
And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again I see you again
We've come a long way yeah, we came a long way from where we began you know we started
Oh, I'll tell you all about it when I see you again let me tell you
When I see you again
First you both go out your way
And the vibe is feeling strong
And what's small turn to a friendship
A friendship turn to a bond
And that bond will never be broken
The love will never get lost (and the love will never get lost)
And when brotherhood come first
Then the line will never be crossed
Established it on our own
When that line had to be drawn
And that line is what we reach
So remember me when I'm gone remember me when I'm gone
How can we not talk about family when family's all that we got?
Everything I went through you were standing there by my side
And now you gon' be with me for the last ride
So let the light guide your way, yeah
Hold every memory as you go
And every road you take, will always lead you home, home
It's been a long day without you, my friend
And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again
We've come a long way from where we began
Oh, I'll tell you all about it when I see you again
When I see you again
When I see you again
See you again
When I see you again"
(See You Again by Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth)
"That was dedicated to Nico's deceased sister, Bianca, who it still hurts our hearts to think about. Thank you." Thalia said, silent tears streaming down her face. She wiped them with the sleeve of her sweater and sniffed.
Nico had his head buried in his hands and Percy was comforting him, looking pretty sad himself.
"More! More!" The crowd yelled.
Thalia looked at Percy. He shook his head. "I can't sing after that. Not that song."
Thalia nodded understandably. "Sorry, guys. We need a minute. No more songs."
Thalia sat down on the other side of Nico and put her arm around his shoulder. He was slightly shaking.
"It's okay, Nico. It hurts us, too." She whispered.
"She was my sister" He managed to choke out. "I loved her."
"I did too." Percy chuckled sadly. "You know how I care too much about the people I love." He sighed. "I cared too much about her, too."
Nico nodded. "Thanks. I really needed that song. I hadn't heard it in forever."
Percy and Thalia nodded. "It'll be okay. You have us. We'll be you're Bianca. We'll be your older brother and sister. We'll love you like she did, take care of you like she did, tickle you like she did." Thalia said
Nico shook his head. "All of it but the last one. I was seven when she did that."
"Exactly." Percy said. He started to reach towards his tickly spots in slow motion when Nico swatted his hand away. He gave a weak laugh.
"Percy, seriously?" He asked.
Percy nodded and continued his slow motion journey.
Five minutes later, Percy's hands were tied behind his back by a piece of string. Thalia and Nico were on the floor laughing, but Percy was smiling because his cousins were smiling.
And Nico knew that that's all that mattered to Percy in the end.