Breathing Next To You (Percy Jackson)

Chapter Five

Jason

I had to drag Nico to the hospital. Percy ripped from my grip and fell. He landed on a soda before bouncing onto the cement so it didn't kill him instantly.

When we woke up Nico kind of freaked out.

"Where are... Jason, what's going on?"

He was scared to death and you could tell he was just imagining Percy's dead body in the next room over.

"Hey, hey, calm down," I told the son of Hades," he's okay, he's alive. He tried to jump and I caught him before he managed. He did fall anyways, he tore himself away from my grip and landed on a sofa couch or whatever before hitting the cement. So it didn't kill him. He did lose quite a bit of blood and he passed out. But they said he will live. We're just waiting for him to wake up. But I uh... He left this behind. I peeked and thought you might want it."

I handed him the locket and his eyes lit up.

"That was... That was my sisters locket before she died and my mom's before she did..." Nico was stunned and took it," where was it?"

"Percy had it, he left it on the roof with Riptide and a suicide note," I told him," there was a note saying that he always forgot to give it to you and planned on it one day that was a nice, special day. That day just never seemed to ever come."

He held it against his chest.

"Are you okay?" I asked.

"I'm going to cry," he told me," oh my gods..."

It was only a few tears that were shed but still none the less tears.

We waited there for a few hours, it was almost lunch time when the doctor came out.

"Okay, good, you're both awake," he remarked,"the good news is that he's perfectly fine as of his physical health. There was blood loss but we managed to get it back in his system and get his body back to full force. He is awake right now and visitors are allowed. He's free to go, just keep him relaxed. He'd on best rest for 3 weeks. After those 3 weeks he can go to his normal doctor and she can determine it from there."

We thanked him and I went in first.

"Hey," I said, flashing a small smile of support, " how you feeling?"

"Like shit, but I always feel like shit so normal," he told me," what happened? I remember you caught me and said a few things about friends and then this long speech about Nico. What about him I don't remember, and then my body spasmed and I fell."

"That was about it," I told him," you landed on a couch before the cement so you just lost some blood instead of dying. We're in Columbia. But bad news is that you're on bed rest for 3 weeks."

He sighs.

"Figures," he remarked," I guess I can't exactly finish the quest then."

"Not really, no."

"It'll be less arguing and less drama, at least," Percy retorts, and it dawns on him," um... Where is Nico? Or did, uh... Did he not want to come?"

"No, no, he's here!" I assured him. I read that suicide note. All of the problems he hated himself for, " he's just in the bathroom right now, probably trying to find the room. When he woke up here he thought you had died and proceeded to minorly freak out before I calmed him down."

My phone started to vibrate and I looked.

"Oh, um... Its camp, I have to take it," I told him," I'll be back."

I exited and crossed paths with Nico, telling him where the room was before answering the call.

Percy