Perfect Little Blue Boy (Percy Jackson)

Chapter Thirty Six

Nico

"Are you sure?" I asked him just to make sure so he won't freak out while were swimming.

He nodded his head.

"It's just us." Percy told me. "I don't want it on."

I smiled. That was progress. That was actually a really big step for him because I know he's not wearing anything as of makeup to cover up anything. That makes it a big confidence thing.

We jumped into the pool and spent a good hour and a half there before deciding that dinner sounded like a really good idea. So we went to that pizza place where our first date was.

Of course, the pizza was amazing and we had a lot of fun. Sally and Paul texted us that Paul's sister was in labor so they were gone. For who knows how long. It was a Friday, though. So it wasn't a big deal.

Getting back to the apartment, I was really happy. With both how the night went, and for Percy. He did a lot today. I'm surprised he's not worn out. He hasn't been this active in a while.

"I'm proud of you," I told my boyfriend once we had gotten back to our room.

"For what?" He asked me.

"Well, you did your homework." I started off. "You suggested going out. And you willingly swam shirtless. Three things you really haven't done since you got out of the hospital."

He had that stupid, adorable smile again.

"Yeah, I missed swimming." Percy explained to me. "I just figured that if I never step out of my comfort zone, I won't ever feel okay with my body. And I want to be okay with it. Because I know it's okay and what not. It's just a thing that I have that I'm trying to get over and yeah."

I smiled back at him.

"Well either way," I insisted. "I'm proud."

I gave him a kiss and uh... Well, of course he returned it. It was a really nice kiss.

And suddenly the mood changed. Which wasn't a bad thing, really. It was different. But it was a good different.

We ended up showering together to get the chlorine off of each other. Before we uh... Well, before we had sex.

It was a wild night.

Grover

It was an interesting Saturday. When I woke up, it was normal. Tyson was there and we went and had breakfast together.

Around 7, Annabeth went into labor. 3 weeks early. She was further along than we had thought, but she was going. We were in the middle of taking when her water broke.

So that was wild. I texted Percy about it, figuring he'd still be asleep.

He called me around 10:30.

"Hey, Percy!" I said, answering the phone. "What's up?"

"I woke up a little bit ago." My best friend told me. "I'm ready, I'm waiting for Nico. We're heading to see Annabeth and what not. I'm still just going crazy about last night."

Confused, I don't remember any text from Percy last night.

"What happened?" I asked, a little worried that it was something bad. That he hit a low again or something. "Was your... Like, did you have a bad night?"

"No, I actually didn't for once." The son of Poseidon explained. "I actually did stuff last night. My parents are with Paul's sister because she's in labor, too. So we went swimming after Nico got home and we went out for dinner and we like had sex and yeah. It was a great night."

Now I will tell you how shocked I was by this.

I actually dropped my phone.

I picked it up again.

"I'm sorry," I responded to that. "What did you just say? You, Percy will never have sex Jackson, had sex last night?"

"Yeah," Percy confirmed that for me, actually sounding kind of happy. Which was refreshing. "I don't know what happened, man. After you and Tyson got together I started thinking about it and yeah. But we're going to head out, so I'll see you in a bit."

Percy

Surprisingly, I felt a lot better about myself now. My butt hurt a little bit, but I knew that would happen.

I don't know. I guess just because I stopped trying to hide myself that... Doesn't make sense. But I mean that I finally decided that I could be shirtless when I swim. I can trust Nico to see me naked and to touch me and to make love with me.

I felt a lot better about myself than I have in a long time.

We got in a taxi and I leaned onto Nico. I was still tired, but Nico woke up and saw a text from Will that Annabeth was in labor and he woke me up.

But I was still tired after last night. I'm not used to doing that much anymore. Just the swimming and going out. The sex put it over the top.

"How are you feeling?" Nico asked me, running his fingers through my hair.

"Better." I told him.

"Really?"

I nodded my head and grabbed his hand to hold. I love him so much, I'm glad Annabeth cheated on me.

"Yeah," I promised my boyfriend. "I mean I'm exhausted because I'm not used to doing stuff and my butt hurts. But I feel better about myself. I feel like I'm actually getting a little better."

He smiled.

"Good," Nico assured me, kissing my forehead. Which is something I think he likes to do. He seems to do it a lot. "Because you will get better. It just takes time and work. But I'm really proud of what you did last night."

As hard as I tried to stay awake, I fell asleep for the majority of the hour long drive to Camp. I wasn't used to doing stuff. But I was starting to like doing stuff again.

I'll get better.

I will.