Heroes of Olympus: The Mark of New York

NICO

Chapter 21

Nico

“Hey silly.” Stacy says spinning around in her desk chair.

“Hey.” I say sitting down on her bed.

“Why are you in here?” She asks standing up.

“Oh you know, I’m here on official business.”

“And this business is?” She asks sitting down next to me.

I lower my voice to a whisper. “You’re it.” I quickly jump up and run out of her room. Now before I resume let me just clarify, I am not some depressed, lonely, Goth kid anymore. Yep you heard me right. Hell I still wear black and isolate myself a bit, but yeah I’m slightly normal. I guess that’s what friends do to you, make you a better person.

“Nico Di Angelo, what in the name of your father was that for!?” Stacy screams as I slam my bedroom door closed.  “Now you must feel my wrath.” I hear her yell before everything falls silent. What? Okay I should be scared now!

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I wake up to the sound of rain, first time since we have been here that it has rained. I quickly throw on my pants and top before heading out of my room towards the elevator. I press the down button on the elevator and wait for it to reach my floor which should take- Ding, shouldn’t take very long. Inside the elevator was Stacy, she was wearing her purple dragon aka Spiro onesie.

“You know Nico, you should get a onesie I bet you’d love the unicorn.” She giggles as I get in the elevator.

“Yeah, no.”

“But you’d look great.” She persists.

‘Oh, but I thought you prefer me without a Top on.” I say. Stacy blushes.

“Oh go rape a cactus.” She says before the elevator doors open.

“Um, how about no, that would a) be absolutely stupid and b) Ow!” She laughs and punches me lightly on the arm.

“No I think I’ll buy you a cactus, you’d love it, and you could make love to it.”

“Ew, no!” I say running into the kitchen and hiding behind Travis.

“Whoa man, what’s going on.”

“Um, nothing you wouldn’t understand anything.” I say quickly before sitting myself down at the island bench. “I would like a triple espresso to go please.” I ask Annabeth who just laughs.

“Why so happy and… well non Nico-ish?” She says shaking her head.

“I’m just happy.” I state.

“Have you been taking drugs?” Leo says from the sofa.

“Whoa when did you get back and NO WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT, DRUGS ARE BAD AND AREN’T GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH, PEOPLE DIE FROM DRUG USE AND I DIN’T NEED DRUGS TO BE HAPPY!” I say and everyone goes quiet.

“Way to go man.” Leo says tiredly. “Stand up for the non-drug users.” He hi-fives me then slumps over one of the free chairs and falls asleep.

“Are you seriously going to leave him out here?” I ask poking Leo in the cheek with my pointer finger.

“No, we would put him in his room if his friend Alex wasn’t there.” Percy says carrying a pretty blonde haired girl in his arms, I saw Annabeth heat up a little but when Percy placed a kiss on his cheek she relaxed.  

“Alex? Where?” Leo sniffed getting up from the where he was. “I’ll take her home.” He states.

“No way in Tartarus buddy, I’ll take her, you can come but you ARE NOT DRIVING!!” Connor emphasises. Leo mumbles something that I couldn’t here but I guess Stacy could because she gave him a coffee then flicked him on the head.

“Ow Stacy that hurt. Did you see that Nico your girlfriend flicked me, what have you done to my little sister to make her like this?” Leo panicked.

“Whoa back up, girlfriend? Stacy is not my girlfriend, she is just a girl who just so happens to be my-” I never got to finish my sentence because Travis pushed me onto Stacy who fell to the floor, I closed my eyes ready for impact, it hurt but when I opened them I saw my lips in contact with Stacy’s who, yes was on the floor but on top of me. We pulled apart and blushed like crazy.

“Oh c’mon already get together it is driving me crazy!” Piper said as she helped Stacy up off of me. Stacy continued to blush.

“Um, I’ll just be in my, um room if you guys, um need me, um OK.” I stuttered before running out of the room and into the elevator.

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Knock, knock, knock

“Come in Stacy.” I say completely aware that I’m shirtless and I was sleeping.

“Oh, did I wake you? Sorry I’ll just be-”

“Ah don’t worry what’s up?” I sit up, and pat a spot on my bed, yeah I’m too tired to care.

“Firstly cover up before I begin to drool.” Stacy says pointing to my chest which isn’t as pasty as it was before I came here. “Okay” I put my shirt on and look up at Stacy, yeah not exactly being discrete there Stace, a blind person can see you have a slight crush on me. People say love is blind but in my case it sure isn’t.

“Nico, what is us?” She asks straight of the bat.

“Nothing but friends, at the moment.” I state.

“Okay, what will be us?” She asks.

“I really don’t know Stacy. But there has been something on my mind for a little while, um…”

“Nico shut up, I like you, you like me, just ask me out already.” I thought I was doing a good job at hiding my feelings, I guess not.

“Okay, um Stacy.”

“Yes Nico I will now shut up.”  She leans in as do I, when our lips meet sparks fly. The feeling was indescribable. It wasn’t as passionate as Percy and Annabeth’s kisses or Piper and Jason’s but for me it was perfect.

“Whatever happened to that little frigid kid who was all Goth, Emo and stuff like that?” Stacy asked.

“You murdered it and sent it into Tartarus where it can never resurface.” I said, Stacy laughed.

“Gods Nico, you’re a different child.” She smiles getting off of my bed. “See you downstairs, oh and don’t tell anyone about us, you know what they’ll be like.” She made a face before leaving my room.

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ME: YESSSSS I DID IT I MADE THEM A COUPLE *BREATHES* NOW I CAN CHILL. OKAY I OWN NO CHARACTERS APART FROM STACY AND THE SCHOOL PEOPLE, RICK RIORDAN OWNS EVERYONE ELSE

Leo: Okay cool…

Percy: Why didn’t you let us read this chapter?

Stacy: I didn’t let her It’s private

Nico: Really?

Stacy: Yep

Annabeth: Okay whatever!

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