Percico: Stories to Be Rewritten

Chapter 10

"Oh thank the gods it's finally over!"

"It wasn't that bad, was it Elisabeth?"

"You kidding?! They all acted like I was a freak! Next time, I'm not dressing up for your amusement, Nico."

"Oh come on! You look beautiful!"

"Yeah, and they are used to me looking like I could kill them with a single punch! Not this dainty little pansy that can't hurt a fly!"

Percy groaned as he drank another gulp of his coffee. Nico and Elizabeth had been fighting all morning after Nico had forced her out of the house and practically dragged her to the orphanage so that they could do the weekly check ups. It's been at least a month since they had all moved in, and Percy had already invested in ear plugs for when they get into horrible fights. Mostly about her appearance.

"You are a growing woman-"

"I'm 14! We celebrated my Birthday yesterday!"

"I know that! But seriously, you can't keep looking like you just walked out of a homeless shelter!"

"Nico, I don't expect you to understand at all."

"Elisabeth! Don't you dare-"

SLAM! Percy sighed. This was the third time she had slammed the door that day. And this was tripled over the week, and triple that over the month. "If that door breaks, I'm not replacing it." Percy grumbled as he took another swig from his dolphin coffee cup. Nico came in, dressed in a nice black suit and red undershirt, with anger written all over his face. "So, how did the meeting go?"

Nico glared at him, taking a seat across from Percy, then staring out the window. Percy could see the steam coming out of his nose and lazers out of his eyes. "Fine."

Percy didn't push the subject, instead, he was reading the paper. "So... how we gunna make this up to her?"

Nico rolled his eyes. " Who knows."

Percy sighed. "You really are just as bad as her, Nico. Just calm down and I'll talk to her when she calms down." Nico sighed.

"What were we doing, Percy?" This caught Percy off guard,from the tone in his voice, the the way he was just staring sadly out the window. "I don't think we were ready for a kid."

Percy got up and started washing dishes, shaking his head. "No, Nico, we are not having this talk again."

"Percy, I'm not a good father! Look, I just got her mad at me! All cause I want her to look pretty!"

Percy sighed, the water flowing out of the faucet and hitting the dishes for a few minutes before he finally spoke. "Nico. You remember how you were when you were that age?"

"I was an orphaned kid with no sister and blaming the man I loved for her murder." Percy winced, feeling the dagger in his words sink into his back slowly. " Not to mention I tried killing you by plotting with my father to get you into a trap."

"Ok, not the best comparison." Nico looked him in the eyes, his words laced thickly with sarcasm.

"No shit, Sherlock." Percy groaned.

"Well, she's getting used to feeling pretty, having a family, and her boyfriend isn't texting her. Ease up a litt-"

Nico slammed his fist on the table. "What do you mean?! He has been texting her all through the meeting! "

Percy rolled his eyes. "Thats his half brother, dear. Elisabeth and him have been great friends lately."

"Why?!"