Real love starts fake

Chapter 8

I went to the infirmary, avoiding Argus, surprisingly, since he has eyes on every single part of his body.

Jason quickly saw me. He didn't look too bad. Just a couple scratches and bruises was all. And then there was the neck cast and the broken leg...

"Hey, Jackson. What's up? I thought it was lunch by- ow." He tried sitting up, though, he failed.

"Hey man, take it easy. And yeah, it's lunch. Though, I needed to talk to you about somethin." He nodded, waiting for me to talk. "So...Annabeth broke up with me...and she..uh..is lesbian. So...I kind of want to get back at her." A small expression of panic went straight to Jason's face.

"Oh yeah?" he said uneasily.

"Yeah, I want to try and get Nico to fall for me, so I can show Annabeth what it would be like." He started to sweat. "Hey man, you ok?" I asked him. He nodded.

"Yeah, yeah just great. But you sure Nico? Why not someone else like...um..."

"I'm sure, Jason." He sighed.

"Why Nico?" He asked. What was that sudden caring about Nico? Why was he so worked up?

"Uh...he seems interested. I think that'd make it easier. Don't you?" I couldn't come up woth a better explanation.

"Percy, there's something I need to tell you. Ever since...ever since Nico met you...he, uh, kind had a big crush on you..." His voice trailed off, and I took a minute to let that sink in. He was what, fifteen-ish now? That would've been about five years. That's a pretty long.

"Huh. Well, that makes it easier! I'm already halfway there. But I, uh, need your help with it. I need you to talk to Nico, and try and get him to be more comfortable around me so I can ask him out."

"Percy, I don't think this is a good-"

"Jason. Please." He sighed, and nodded. I didn't really know why I was so desperate.

"I'll try and talk to him. Ok?" I smiled and nodded.

"Thanks man." He nodded. "So how's Piper doing? You seen her lately?" He smiled. Jason and Piper had gotten pretty serious during the war. I honestly now, was kind of jealous of them.

"She's visited as much as she can. It's always so good to see her." He smiled again, a blush appearing on his face. He sighed with contentment, and stared into nothingness.

"That's great man. Look, I should probably go. I don't want the wine dude to kill me." I joked. Jason laughed, though, still stared aimlessly at the ceiling.

"Sounds good." He said, and I walked out of the infirmary, heading to my next activity. I was kind of excited. I was finally gonna have Annabeth, that wise girl, feel the the pain I felt when she broke my heart, and told me that she was lesbian. I was going to get my anger out. Though was it that bad? Did she deserve it? Nah Percy don't get cold feet now...

I did feel kind of bad for Nico. Though, I bet he could understand. I mean, he always had loads of anger inside of him, and at any moment he was ready to explode. This was a mere fraction of what he had. He'd probably done worse. He did. Remember? He locked you in the underworld for like an hour or so? I thought to myself.

Yeah, maybe it wasn't just revenge towards Annabeth. Maybe, just maybe it was revenge toward Nico? He could use maybe a little discipline, right? Though, he already got it from his dad.

But there was no turning back, either way. This was happening.