The Annabeth Chase Column

PART TWO: Make Sadie meet Anubis's lookalike: Nico di Angelo

Friendly reminder of dare:

Annabeth should make Nico and Sadie meet each other and not introduce one another at all and not let them introduce either. (This is just to see Sadie's reaction to Nico since he looks a lot like Anubis).

Again, shoutout to @flameshine19!!! Thank you so much for the amazing dare.

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Clovis patched me through to Nico. I could tell he was in his room down in the Underworld. I could also tell that either him or Hades (his father) had horrible taste in decor.

By the look of disgust on his face, I could tell it was most likely the latter.

"Nico," I said.

He turned towards me and smiled. It was nice to see him smile. He was now doing it more often. Now that he started dating Will and especially now that he came out of the closet, he seemed happier and more comfortable. "Hey Annabeth, how's it going?"

"I'm good. I actually—"

"How's New Rome?" He asked, interrupting me. When I started to answer he interrupted me again. "How's classes? How's Percy?" He asked another five things: how's break, how's camp, how's... whatever. I zoned out while waiting for him to finish. There was no point in trying to answer. After a short while, he smiled sheepishly. "Sorry. I've just been here for two weeks with no one to talk to but dad, ghosts, and occasionally Persephone." He smirked at himself. "Look at me becoming more social."

"Look at you," I agreed. I smiled, "Classes are good. Percy's good. Break's good. Camp's...you get it."

"Yeah. Yeah, I do. I think I understood everything's good. What's up?"

"Well, I got a dare..." I began.

He nodded. "Oh, yeah, Will told me about that... I read the first three posts."

I pretended to look upset. "And then what happened? You stopped reading? You didn't like it?"

He rolled his eyes and laughed for a fraction of a second. "No... I went down here, to the Underworld. The reception here is terrible. No wifi either."

I shrugged, "Fair enough."

"You were saying something about a dare?"

"Yeah, well, I got this dare. I have a friend named Sadie who's boyfriend looks sort of like you." He raised his eyebrows, not too sure where I was going with this. "I have to introduce you to her and see her reaction. Are you up for it?"

"Sure... do I introduce myself or let her assume I'm her boyfriend?" He seemed really eager to help out. Or... more likely, to leave the underworld for a little while.

"Let her assume... it's funny that way."

"Okay... but if she tries to kiss me..."

"She's not going to try to kiss you," I said. What if she does try to kiss him? That would not be good...

"Okay, then. But if she does try, I'm not letting her," he told me. I nodded. Seems fair. "Now, what can you tell me about her boyfriend?"

"Well, he also works in the Underworld, like you do..."

"What do you mean?" He asked, confused.

"He's the god of death and funerals," I explained.

"She's dating a god?!?"

"No," I said.

"What?"

"It's..." I shrugged. "It's complicated."

He shook his head. "I'm not even going to ask."

"Meet me on Coney Island in two days... maybe around noon?"

"Good with me."

The ground shook a little and he looked at me. "You're waking up. I'll check in with you to confirm everything tomorrow."

I nodded and slowly regained consciousness. I "woke up" standing since I hadn't really gone to sleep, yawned and called Sadie.

"Annabeth," she said into her phone. "What's up?"

"Can you meet me at Coney Island the day after tomorrow at noon?"

"Um... yeah..." she said. "I think so... why?"

"I want to introduce you to someone," I replied.

"Okay, cool. We can also go on some rides!"

"I don't think it's open... it's winter," I told her.

"Oh, bloody hell!" She said, slipping back into a British accent.

"See you then!" I said.

"See you then," she agreed. I heard a smack of bubblegum as a bubble of gum exploded on Sadie's side of the line. "Bye," she said, hanging up and laughing.

Bye.

Okay, sorry that this chapter is only being posted now. To be honest, I completely forgot to post yesterday and on Wednesday. So you're getting an update now: Friday.

The issue is still not fixed so this dare will ALSO have a part three (like the previous dare). I decided to only post part three on Sunday. Two days.

Also, really sorry about this but I wrote underworld / Underworld sometimes uppercase at the beginning and sometimes lowercase. Does anyone know which one is right?

What do you guys think Sadie's reaction will be?

How come no one has answered my question about how you pronounce Thalia? Because I honestly have no idea! *shrugs*

Also, how old do you guys think I am? I'm not going to confirm or disconfirm anything but I'd like to know what you guys think.

Okay, whatever.

Again, shoutout to @flameshine19. Thanks for the dare. Be sure to send more! (Or questions or requests for advice... whatever you want).

Word count is at 875.

Hope you enjoyed!