Cosmic Love [A Nico Di Angelo Love Story]

Brainless Idiots...

Pietra's P.O.V
I choked, breaking into a coughing fit before Jack poured me a glass of water and handed it to me. "Tha-*cough*nks." I coughed, before gulping down the water. The waiter smiled in reply, giving me a wink. Once I set my glass back down on the table, I glanced at Nico, who's infamous death glare was turned to Apollo- and no, I was not thinking about how hot Nico looked. As I glared as intimidatingly at Apollo as I could, I couldn't help feel a little bit bad for the god. Nobody wants to be at the end of the death glares of both Nico and I.
Apollo beamed back at us, but I knew he was feeling nervous because he was shifting uncomfortably on his seat and fiddling with the hem of his 'Sun, surf and sand' tee shirt. "What are you doing here?" Nico barked, narrowing his eyes at the Sun God.
"Um, well, uhh, you see, I'm not the only one who is, um, here." He stuttered to us, 'ums' and 'uhhs' littered through his statement. "Who else is here?" I queried. My glare had run away and followed Nico's, probably going to Tartarus as I completely forgot to be pissed at Apollo, as I was too intrigued at what his reply would be. Still, Apollo gulped, "Well, um-"
"Darlings! Oh, they're having tea together, how romantic!" Nico and I whipped our heads around, turning to face the most annoying, crazy, hated goddess, wait, lets make that person in the world.
I bring you, Aphrodite.
"Ahh, young love..." My glare seemed to sprint back to me as Aphrodite smiled lovingly at us and sighed. Nico stared pokerfaced at Aphrodite, who's hair and eyes were changing colour in the light and skin was as soft as a baby's-, well, I assumed it was, I don't really go around touching baby's butts, nor do I go around 'feeling' Aphrodite's skin, but yeah-
Well that got very awkward very quickly.

Anyway, before I, well, lets not go there, both Di Angelo and I were trying to 'darth vadar death grip' Aphrodite, unfortunately, failing. "Lovebirds, you should try a thing called 'smiling', I heard it makes you look a whole lot more attractive," Aphrodite scoffed at us, then turned to me, muttering, "and looking at you, you need it." I scowled even darker at that, and in the corner of my eye, I could see Nico do the same. He looked as if he was about to say something, but then decided against it as he returned to glaring at Aphrodite.

"Hey, hey, hey! God of travelling and thievery at your service- ha, just kidding, I don't serve 'demigods', but, whatever!" We spun around, facing a winking Hermes. I facepalmed as Nico hit his head repeatedly on the table, making my empty glass of water fall over. "What are you doing here?" I growled, before Nico said, "And also, how many other gods are coming?" Hermes raised an eyebrow before replying, "Answer to question a; To talk about your 'most probable death', and to question b; I believe all 'dem other gods, but who cares, just go with the flow,man, cruise dude, chillax guys, take a chill pill bro, and let life guide you brutha!"
Nico and I rolled our eyes in synchronisation, causing Aphrodite to squeal in excitement. "They're meant to be!" Apollo nodded in agreement, "Yep, they sure are, you know, with that pale, 'no sun', 'no tan', hollow, 'glary', dark and downright depressing look they've got going on there."

I was about to punch both Aphrodite and Apollo in the face (well, I wanted to at least), until I was interrupted by- "Ares, push another two tables over here to join this one, there will be approximately 6 others that will be coming to join us." Athena's voice filled the air and a grunt from what I assumed to be Ares joined hers as he pushed a table over to ours. Nico and I didn't even bother to turn around, instead, we groaned instantly.
Okay, maybe the prophecy said that we would need help from the Gods, but really, how much help can brainless idiots give?

Nico P.O.V
"Why" bang
"are" bang
"you" bang
"here?" bang
A hand ripped off my beanie and grabbed my hair, yanking my head up from hitting the table again. "Oh, why did you do that? I liked the hollow sound his head made." Athena emphasised the word 'hollow', while she grabbed a chair and sat down. I swatted away Ares hand, which was still yanking my hair, and glanced over to Pietra, who's head was flat against the table. By now, the only people (well, gods) who we were waiting for were Zeus and Poseidon. When I had asked about Hades, I was swatted on the back of the head by a stern Athena. "No, he will definitely not be coming, and don't ever mention him again, especially not when Zeus is around."
So we sat there, Ares holding up a mirror so that Aphrodite could fix her makeup, Hephaestus tinkering with some weird junk (probably something that will help embarrass Aphrodite and Ares, although they do that pretty well by themselves), Athena reading a book in Ancient Greek, Apollo making up dreadful Haikus, Artemis whacking Apollo everytime he said another poem, Hermes stealing most of Dionysus' possesions while the victim snored loudly on the chair, and Hera grumbling about how late her 'good for nothing husband' always is.
After around 5 minutes, Jack came with our meals, a smile and more flirting with Pietra. I replied with a 'thanks', a curt nod and a glare.
Jack turned to the gods, "Ah, would you like anything to eat or drink?". Most of the gods shook their heads, politely (I know, they must be possessed) declining, but of course, Hermes threw his head back dramatically, "Serve me some nectar, slave." Athena glared at him, causing Hermes to realise his mistake and to chuckle nervously, "Haha- just joking son, don't worry about it."
Jack turned away, an awkward smile plastered on his face, as he went to serve another table, probably one that wasn't surrounded by Greek Gods. Pietra awkwardly poked at her chocolate pancakes, probably feeling uncomfortable considering Aphrodite was 'tsking' over her shoulder. I rolled my eyes and sat up to start eating my eggs. I was happily munching on my eggs and toast (it was kinda hard considering most of the gods were staring at me) when I was interrupted by a booming voice, and a lightning strike.

"Hello, mortals." Zeus and Poseidon appeared behind us, sparks flying from Zeus' lightning bolt, and water swirling around Poseidon's trident. "About time!" Apollo groaned, shaking Dionysus awake as Zeus shot a glare at them and Poseidon rolled his eyes.
"Okay, everyone." Zeus pulled up a chair and Poseidon did the same for himself, "We are here for one reason, and one reason only, which is..." He looked over to Apollo who was now poking the only half-awake Dionysus. "Oh, ahem, ahh, could you repeat the question?" Now, I could've been wrong, but I'm pretty sure everyone facepalmed and rolled their eyes at that utterly stupid remark.
"We are here to fulfil our role in the prophecy which is-" Zeus looked over to Apollo, gesturing for him to finish his sentence, "Ooh! I know this one!" He cleared his throat, "Which is to guide them into the right path for their quest." Apollo beamed proudly. Zeus rolled his eyes, "Okay, well, I guess I'm done here." He sat up, pushing his chair away. Pietra stood up quickly, "Wait, hold up. You came here to make a dramatic entrance, say approximately 27 words, then stand up and leave like you actually helped us!" She threw her hands up in disbelief, before trekking over to Zeus, kicking his chair over to him, and pushing him back onto his chair.

I smirked at Zeus, "Bet you didn't expect that." He replied with a glare, and then turned his gaze over to Pietra. "Okay, first thing you have to do, Athena?" He motioned to Athena to tell us.
"You can only get the sword back if you have Lucas, so, first thing on your to-do list, is to go over to Khione's ice palace, and rescue Lucas. The palace is located in-"
"A really cold place." Poseidon interjected.
"Yes, Poseidon, but specifically named Greenland. Once you get there, rescue Lucas and the first part of the plan can be ticked off."
Athena glanced over to Aphrodite, who was holding up a perfectly manicured hand. "Yes Aphrodite?" Athena queried. "Well, Athena, I suggest that the demi-gods use charm to win over Lucas. All you have to do is have the right accessories and I'm sure Nico might be able to charm Khione, she does have a soft spot for cold, mean people, and Pietra should be able to perhaps charm her side-kicks. They haven't really seen any women except for Khione in a long time so it should be pretty easy."
Athena cleared her throat, "Thank you Aphrodite, very, uhh, very helpful. Anyway, I believe Artemis wishes to continue the plan?"
Artemis nodded, "Thanks Athena, well, once you have rescued Lucas, you need to make your way back to San Francisco to get the sword of Peleus. To get back this sword, you can't rely on sword to sword combat, because-"
"That sword will kick your butt." Poseidon finished off.
"That wasn't really how I would have stated it but, yes, you wouldn't have a chance. You need to use some other sort of weapon. A dagger, crossbow, spear, knife, mythical object/power, oh, and my favourite-"
"My trident." Poseidon finished, stroking his gleaming weapon.
"Bow and arrows, was what I was going to say." Artemis shot a glare at Poseidon.
"You could also use empty handed combat, but I doubt whatever monster or titan who has the Sword of Peleus is going to abide or lay out any rules during your fight." Ares pointed out, shrugging as flexed his biceps. "True," Artemis agreed, nodding her head, "but it's always good to have some sort of weapon as back up."
Ares nodded back, "Have you ever thought of using a more modern weapon- perhaps a pistol-"
He was interrupted by Zeus, "Okay, I love this whole bonding over ways to kill things session, but we have told the demigods all that we are able to, and it is now time to leave."
A rumble of thunder and a flash of lightning later, and the God of gods was gone. All the other gods let out a sigh, and instantly disappeared, leaving behind their symbol. When Jack came back to collect our half eaten breakfast, he saw us surrounded by peacock and owl feathers, a puddle of water, a snake, a tube of lipstick and lots of other crazy items.
"Well, they left quickly." Jack chuckled, followed by unexpected laughs from both Pietra and I. Jack almost recoiled in shock, but then tried to cover it up by an awkward smile.
"You have no idea..." Pietra said, shaking her head and laughing.

Author's Note!
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