"What are you doing?" Calypso Ogygia asked as she and Drew Tanaka walking into homeroom. They sat down next to their third friend, Rachel Dare, who was trying to cover up what she was drawing.
"Nothing." Rachel answered, tense. Seeing Calypso texting and Drew reading a fashion magazine, she sighed and started doodling.
"Did you hear that TB3's Percy Jackson, Nico di Angelo, and Thalia Grace are coming to this school? And they're going to be in our grade? Isn't that, like, awesome?" Calypso gossiped.
"I guess so." Rachel answered, not looking up from what she was drawing. It was a miniature version of the New York skyline. "I had music with them when they sang a new song. It was pretty decent."
"Yeah, but the lead is so hot!" Drew exclaimed. Rachel snorted.
"I'll bet that he hears that all the time." She replied. Calypso narrowed her eyes.
"Maybe so, but that doesn't mean that it's not true." She argued. Rachel rolled her eyes.
"Whatever."
The trio waited in silence for the teacher to enter the classroom. When they saw that he was three minutes late, Drew decided to speak up again.
"I challenge you to a dare." She announced. Calypso's eyebrows rose and Rachel finally looked up from her drawing, her green eyes daring.
"What is it?" She asked.
"The first person to go on a date with Percy Jackson wins."
"Deal." Calypso didn't hesitate. Rachel however, did.
"What's the catch?" She asked, suspicious. Drew gasped.
"You think that there's a catch to dating Percy Jackson?"
"I don't think that there's a catch to dating him, I just want to know what the catch to the dare is. What does the winner get? What do the losers have to give the winner?"
Drew had to think about that. "Well, the winner gets to pick what the losers buy them as long as it's under, say… fifty dollars."
"Rachel, you know you want to. Come on! It's not like you're going to win anyways. Just say 'I agree.'" Calypso begged.
Rachel acted like that last comment hadn't hurt. "Fine." She said after a minute. "I agree."
The three friends shook hands.
And Rachel's last thoughts were: Why am I friends with you, again?
Thalia had gotten up and changed. She wore a black shirt with the words 'Better Then You' in blue outlined with green, a blue sweater, and dark jeans. She then walked into her younger emo cousin's room with one of her pillows and proceeded to whack him in the face with it.
"Go away." He mumbled, shifting in his bed.
"Nope! And Death Breath?" She asked, smirking.
"Wha?" He answered, still not fully awake.
"I'm eating your breakfast."
Nico shot out of bed and raced to his closet faster than anyone would have thought possible. Thalia laughed.
Nico then exited is closet wearing a black shirt with the words 'Ya Neva gonna win', jeans, and a black hoodie. He grabbed a pair of black sunglasses then they both went to wake Percy up.
"They didn't even need to walk into his room.
"I'm going to eat your blue pancakes!" They yelled together. Then they ran down the hall and into the living room then kitchen, Thalia grabbing pans to make pancakes and Nico getting his and Thalia's phones from the chargers. He read the texts that he had missed. Three new people had been added to their "chat room". When Nico informed Thalia of that, she just told him to ask who it was.
Who else is new here?
A few seconds later the reply came.
Salina, Beckendorf, and Katie.
Hey, Annabeth.
Hey
What are you doing?
Getting ready for school. Why?
Oh. No reason…
Di Angelo…
I'm not doing anything…
What's up with all of the…s…
Hi, Jason.
Hey, Jase.
Hi! Piper's here too!
So is Salina! Wait… is that Nico di Angelo from TB3? No way! Hi, Nico! My name is Salina and I absolutely love the song See You Again when you rapped-
Really, Salina. Hi, Nico. It's Beckendorf. My first name is Charles, but only my girlfriend calls me that, so Beckendorf is just fine.
And my name is Katie Gardener! How are u doing, Nico?
Good. Do u all go 2 Goode 2?
We do, actually! We'll sit with u during lunch, if u want!
Sure! That's be cool! BTW, this is Thalia Grace from TB3. And that other # that u don't know? Percy Jackson, lead singer of TB3, is also in this chatroom.
Percy Jackson, lead singer of TB3, is now in this chatroom. Wassup, everybody? PJ
This is getting really confusing, don't you think? How about we all put out initials after each text like Percy did? AC
Okay! That works. CB Can I just put B?
Yeah. You can just put B. AC
Ok. Thx. B
Now it looks like you're saying "BRB but shortening it a lot. Right? TG
Yea. PJ
This is getting excessively long, don't you think? KG
Definitely excessively long. Too long for my taste. PM
Do you mean PM as in nighttime? PJ
Do you mean PJ as in PJs? Or as in PB and J? Or as in… Fine. I'll stop. No need to threaten me, Perce. NdA
That looks like you're just spelling the word and but terribly and with the capital letter in the wrong place, Nico. Stick to NA
AC? Really? Do you need the AC turned on or something? TG
…Why can't I come up with a smart remark for that? AC
IDK. All that I know is that we should start heading out if we're going to catch the bus. Later. PM
You take the bus too? Hey! I think that I see you! Turn around… TG
No! In the other direction! TG
Still no! Turn ninety degrees from where you're looking. TG
Now turn forty five degrees to ur right… TG
Ur OTHER right! TG
There! Do you see the girl wearing black waving her arms everywhere? TG
Surprisingly, yes. PM
Well, that's Thalia. Percy and I are coming out behind her. NA
I can't believe that we're all at the same bus stop! Come on! AC
Coming! Bye, everyone else. We've got to go. Sit with us during lunch! TG
Don't worry! We will! SB (Salina)
We won't forget! KG
Bye. B
Later. PJ
Bye, everyone except for TB3 and Piper. Bye!
Hey! I'm with you too! JG
Yes. Of course, Jason. TB3, Piper, and Jason. Everyone else, bye! AC
Bye!SB
Bye.
"Well, that was a weird conversation." Piper laughed as Percy, Nico, and Thalia walked up to them.
"Most definitely." Percy answered. A little girl ran up to him and asked for an autograph, holding a blank piece of paper and a pencil with hearts on it. The lead of TB3 grinned at her. "What's your name?" He asked.
"Mikayla." She answered shyly. Percy took her pencil and wrote something on it. After writing, he read it out loud to her.
"Mikayla," He read. "Keep following your dreams. It doesn't matter how you start. What matters is how you finish. From Percy Jackson, lead of TB3" Mikayla smiled a toothy smile and hugged him. Percy laughed and hugged her back. "Hey, do you want Nico and Thalia to sign it too?"
"That would be awesome!" She clapped.
Nico and Thalia walked over and took the pencil and paper. They read their autographs out loud too.
"Dream big. We started out like you did. Do what you love. Thalia Grace."
"Live your life, but don't forget about your dreams. Because dreams do come true. I know that firsthand. Nico di Angelo."
Mikayla grinned. "Thank you!" Then ran off to a stern looking woman. When she showed her mother what they had wrote, she looked at them and smiled softly. They grinned back. The mother then mouthed "Thank you" and left with her daughter.
"You handled that really well." Piper observed.
"Well duh. We do it all the time!" Thalia explained.
"That's not what she meant." Jason stated. "She meant that you're good with kids. You're patient and actually act mature when around them."
Thalia rolled her eyes. "Nice to know that my younger brother thinks that I'm mature."
"Yeah. It is good to know, isn't it? Good thing that I have no siblings to say that to me!" Percy grinned. Nico looked down. "Oh, Nico… I'm sorry. I didn't know that-"
"No. It's fine. And true. I no longer have someone constantly making sure that I make the right decisions. Now all that I have is two annoying older cousins that I have had the misfortune of having to work and be seen in public with. Shame." Nico waved it away.
Annabeth looked at Nico a little longer before deciding that he was fine and continuing on with their conversation.
But both Percy and Thalia knew that if she had looked any closer, they would see that Nico was dying under his well-placed mask.
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