Maybe You Can Change Me

Now You Know

'We are so doomed', that's all I could think of. What can you tell your friends when they find you making out with your boyfriend they don't know about? Yep, you got it. Nothing. Leo lets go of me, but he's careful not to drop me. I don't dare to look at our friends, so I look down. Leo's not like me, so of course he speaks.

"Uh, hi," he says. Everybody stay silent.

"Hi? That's all you have to say," says Annabeth after a while.

"Yeah?" replies Leo. I mentally face palm myself.

"Leo, please don't talk," I mutter. He nods.

"Nico, you have anything to say?" asks Percy. I don't answer.

"Nico," he insists. I stay silent.

"Nico!" he exclaims. I finally look up. Hazel is embarrassed, I should let her know it's not her fault. Frank looks shocked, Jason looks surprised but is slightly smiling, and Piper you can easily notice she's trying not to squeal. What scares me, Percy and Annabeth have an unreadable expression on their faces.

"What?" I ask, my voice barely a whisper.

"Explanation," he says. I hesitate before saying, "I don't need to explain anything." Where did that come from somebody please tell me.

"I can't believe this," he says.

"Why didn't you tell us?" asks Annabeth.

"That's not the question you need to ask when you find two of your friends, both boys, making out!" exclaims Percy.

"Percy, calm down," says Annabeth. She touches his arm, but he pulls away.

"I just, I can't deal with this right now," says Percy. He storms out of the house, leaving all of us dumbfounded.

"I'm sorry, he's just a Seaweed Brain and..." Annabeth trails off. Even she looks uncomfortable with what she saw. She sighs and leaves the house, too. Nobody says anything for a while, until Hazel speaks.

"Are you guys okay?" she asks.

"Great, just great," I reply, sarcasm dripping in my voice. She bites her lip and looks down.

"Well, we're okay with it," says Jason.

"And maybe they're just confused," says Piper.

"What about you Frank?" asks Hazel. Frank looks uneasy, but smiles lightly.

"It's extremely weird, I'll give you that. But I'm okay with it," he replies. I'm thankful for them, I really am.

"I knew you guys were together!" Piper finally exclaims. She screams more things, her inner fangirl showing, but I don't understand since she's talking about one billion words per second.

"How did you know?" asks Leo, shutting her up.

"You butt dialed me this weekend, and I heard your conversation," she replies. I feel myself heat up. That was a private conversation!

"Oh, can you not tell anybody about that?" I ask. She pouts, but unwillingly nods.

"And you already knew I was okay with it. I was the one you came to when you wanted to blab the whole day about Leo when you guys weren't together," he says. Leo and I both blush.

"How long?" asks Piper.

"Since the day after my first appointment with Dr. Avila," I say. That was a day everybody knows about, so it's a better date to set.

"That long ago?! Why didn't you guys tell us?!" exclaims Jason.

"Just a few months, don't exaggerate," says Leo.