Welcome To Hell (Percico)

Chapter Five

Nico

I didn't even say anything when Dad brought it up when I got to his place that Friday.

"How was dinner with Percy's family?" Dad asked me out of absolutely nowhere. "Aside stressful."

"What?" I asked, a bit confused. That was last night. I sort of fell asleep at his place and had to bullshit some lie to Grover this morning before packing to leave for my dad's. That was an adventure into my creativity.

"Last night," my dad explained what he was talking about. "Chiron said you weren't at camp when I called. I figured you were at the Jacksons. You're dating him, after all. You've had a crush on him for years, I figured that out a while ago. How was dinner with them?"

"Oh," sometimes you forget that half the time, the gods just know. "Um, it was good. Good food, they were nice. I've met Sally and Paul before so it wasn't like they were strangers or anything. But yeah. It was nice."

"Good," Dad insisted as we got inside the palace. "that's always good to hear. I'm glad both of you got your heads out of you asses and owned up to it. It'll do both of you some good."

Honestly, I was so dumbfounded by how casual he was about me having a boyfriend, especially Percy, that I just didn't know how to respond.

As long as your friends are as nice about it as our parents have been, this'll be fine.

I just have to pray.

Praying worked fine for about the next ten minutes, when I got a text from Clarisse.

Asshole: Hey, Nico. You left for your dad's this morning, yeah?

Finding that text almost random, I didn't think much of my response.

Me: Yeah, duh. What about it?

Asshole: You missed dinner last night
Asshole: And campfire
Asshole: And we couldn't find you because you sure as hell weren't in your cabin last night.
Asshole: so where the fuck we're you?
Asshole: and why the fuck weren't we invited?

It was after Thalia and Grover also sent me similar texts that I sent screenshots to my boyfriend, a little freaked. I don't know what to tell them.

I had an initial plan with two backups that I started against Clarisse.

Me: I'm sorry, I had last minute plans. Can I not have a life or...?

Asshole: Nico
Asshole: With who? Nobody else at camp talks to you
Asshole: And last minute plans doing what?

Me: None of your business, and none of your business

Asshole: Nico di Angelo, I will start telling people you're gay

Me: They'll never believe you

Asshole: Tell me what you were doing last night. The other two are starting to get impatient without you responding to them

Me: You guys are all in the same room, you're telling them everything anyways

Asshole: you would blame us of such things?

Me: yes.

Asshole: Thalia wants to know who the girl is

Me: There isn't one

Asshole: Hey, asshat, give it up. Tell us who she is.

Me: 'She' doesn't exist. And it's none of your business.