(Normal is Nico)
"I had a dream so big and loud
I jumped so high I touched the clouds
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh [x2]
I stretched my hands out to the sky
We danced with monsters through the night
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh [x2]
I'm never gonna look back
Whoa, I'm never gonna give it up
No, please don't wake me now
Oo-o-o-o-oo
This is gonna be the best day of my life
My li-i-i-ife
Oo-o-o-o-oo
This is gonna be the best day of my life
My li-i-i-ife
I howled at the moon with friends
And then the sun came crashing in
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh [x2]
But all the possibilities
No limits just epiphanies
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh [x2]
I'm never gonna look back
Whoa, I'm never gonna give it up
No, just don't wake me now
Oo-o-o-o-oo
This is gonna be the best day of my life
My li-i-i-ife
Oo-o-o-o-oo
This is gonna be the best day of my life
My li-i-i-ife
I hear it calling outside my window
I feel it in my soul (soul)
The stars were burning so bright
The sun was out 'til midnight
I say we lose control (control)
Oo-o-o-o-o
This is gonna be the best day of my life
My li-i-i-ife
Oo-o-o-o-o
This is gonna be the best day of my life
My li-i-i-ife
This is gonna be, this is gonna be, this is gotta be
The best day of my life
Everything is looking up, everybody up now
This is gonna be the best day of my life
My li-i-i-ife"
(Best Day of My Life by American Authors)
Percy and Thalia stared. Nico started getting uncomfortable. They must not have liked it. They must want to never see Nico again… When they suddenly burst into applause. Nico found himself smiling.
"You actually liked it?" Nico asked, disbelieving.
"Well, duh! That was awesome! Girls will start swooning on you like they do with Percy!" Thalia laughed.
"What were you thinking of when you wrote that?" Percy asked softly. Nico shifted uncomfortably.
"It was with Bianca at the park. I was like, seven. She kept telling me about how we'll both grow up to be extraordinary people. I kept thinking about how she was already extraordinary, and that all that I had to do was follow in her footsteps. She always made me feel so special." Nico sniffed. "Always.
"Even now. I know that one of us is extraordinary. But I still don't know about myself…"
"Nico di Angelo. You quit talking right now." Percy was angry. He was actually angry! But at who? "Listen to me, because if Bianca were here, she'd tell you the exact same thing: Don't have self-hatred. Always believe that I you push yourself to your max, your max will only get wider. Never believe that you're not extraordinary, because you are. You always re unless you don't try."
"And Nico," Thalia added. "You are extraordinary. If you weren't, you couldn't be allowed in the same room as Percy and I. You're related to us, you do try, and you have a career at the age of fifteen! And as a rich popstar, no less!"
"I'm only in this band because I can sing and play the drums and guitar and keyboard." Nico muttered. Yet Thalia and Percy still heard him.
"That's four more things than the average person can do!" Percy argued.
"You're the one that taught me how to play!"
"That's because we knew that you would become extraordinary! You were nine when we taught you the guitar and keyboard, right? And eleven when you learned the drums?" Thalia asked, fuming.
Nico nodded.
"That's because even when you were nine, we knew that you were extraordinary. You can do what some adults can't. You can play multiple instruments, sing, and be a dork all at the same time! Nico, you're special! You're important! And don't you dare get a big head about this because I'm only saying it once, but… Nico? I love you. You're like my younger brother. I love you. And you just don't believe in yourself because-"
"What she's trying to say, Nico," Percy interrupted. "Is that you're going to grow up and be an amazing person. You're our younger brother and we both love you with all of our hearts, and it's just so easy to have low self-esteem. We've both had it, and we don't want you to go through what we had to go through… because not believing in yourself will make others not believe in you too. Trust me, I'd know. Nico, Bianca wouldn't want this."
Nico lowered his head, a silent tear drifting down his cheek. He quickly wiped it away, hoping that nobody had noticed, but both Percy and Thalia had.
And even weirder?
They weren't making fun of him.
And that's how Nico knew that they meant every word that they had said.
They meant it.
Ding dong!
"I'll get it." Thalia, her voice rusty, said. She opened the door and all that Percy and Nico could hear was "Piper? Annabeth?" before running up here.
"Hurry up." Thalia said. "They're coming up here." She wiped a tear off of Nico's face. "Stay strong, little cousin. You'll make it through life."
Then Piper and Annabeth were in the sound booth with them.
"These designs are flawless!" Annabeth exclaimed.
"Thanks! We designed them ourselves!" Percy bragged.
"Cool! Can you sing a song?" The blonde, a little rushed, asked.
"Sure. Thalia you wanna help me? Nico, you can stay out here."
Thalia and Nico both nodded.
Then the song started playing.
(Bold is Percy, italics is Thalia, bold italics is Percy and Thalia)
"I can move mountains
I can work a miracle, work a miracle
Oh, oh, keep you like an oath
May nothing but death do us part
She wants to dance like Uma Thurman
Bury me till I confess
She wants to dance like Uma Thurman
And I can't get you out of my head
The stench, the stench, of summer s**
And CK eternity, oh he** yes
Divide me down to the smallest I can be
Put your, put your venom in me
I can move mountains
I can work a miracle, work a miracle
Oh, oh, I keep you like an oath
May nothing but death do us part
She wants to dance like Uma Thurman
Bury me till I confess
She wants to dance like Uma Thurman
And I can't get you out of my head
The blood, the blood, the blood of the lamb
It's worth two lions, but here I am
And I slept in last night's clothes and tomorrow's dreams
But they're not quite what they seem
I can move mountains
I can work a miracle, work a miracle
Oh, oh, I keep you like an oath
May nothing but death do us part
You'll find your way
And may death find you alive
Take me down the line
In Gem City we turn the tide
You'll find your way
And may death find you alive
Take me down the line
In Gem City we turn the tide
She wants to dance like Uma Thurman
Bury me till I confess
She wants to dance like Uma Thurman
And I can't get you out of my head
I can move mountains
I can work a miracle, work a miracle
Oh, oh, I keep you like an oath
May nothing but death do us part
I can move mountains
I can work a miracle, work a miracle
Oh, oh, I keep you like an oath
May nothing but death do us part
(Uma Thurman by Fall Out Boy)
"Was that good?" Thalia asked, eyebrows raised.
"Yeah. Yeah, that was perfect. And now I can post it on YouTube!" Annabeth exclaimed.
"What?" TB3 asked, terrified.
"Yup!"
"Annabeth! How could you?" Piper asked. The blonde just shrugged and hit 'post.'
No matter what, the damage was done. There was no turning back.
And it was all because of one Annabeth Chase.