Goodbye (Percy Jackson)

Can't Save Me Now

Percy

It's been two days since I got home, and I was so happy to be home. I spent all of yesterday with my parents and I was ecstatic to have a day to do literally nothing.

Around 10 in the morning, Jason called me.

"Hey, Jason!" I said as I answered the phone, a little surprised that he actually called me and didn't just wait until winter break to say hi. "what's up?"

"Hey, Percy!" The son of Jupiter returned. "You're home, right?"

"Yeah! Why?"

"Well, uh..." He sounded worried, and I didn't like that shit at all. "Leo called me earlier today asking if I had heard about anything because apparently Nico just disappeared after dinner last night and his bag is gone. He asked around camp, nobody knew anything, he's not answering his phone. I tried calling, and so did Leo."

I sighed.

He told me he was going to stay. Nico specifically told me that he was going to stick around Camp for a while.

Two days is not a while. And I don't want to worry, but I will. And I'll freak the fuck out.

It's what I do.

"Uh, no," I told Jason, now slightly on edge and also kind of annoyed that he would do that. "I haven't heard anything from him. He doesn't talk to me, though. Or, at least... Well, you know what I mean. He doesn't like to talk to me. I can try calling, but I doubt I'll get anything. He just... Let him do it, Jason. He'll go back."

"I'm sure, but Leo was... Leo said he seemed kind of off."

"Off how?"

"I don't know. Just off, not good."

Once again, I sighed.

"I'll call. If I get an answer, I'll call back, if I don't, I won't."

"Sounds good. Thanks man."

"Mhm."

I hung up from Jason and paused my show, scrolling down to find Nico's number.

If he doesn't answer, I won't be happy.

After a few rings, though, Nico did pick up.

"Hello?" Nico answered, sounding a bit confused. "Since when do you call?"

"Ever since Jason called me asking if I've heard about you," I told him. "Where did you go?"

It was silent for a second, I'm sure he was looking for a sign or something of the like. That or somebody said something to him and he was responding. One of those.

"Well... Right now I'm like, a few blocks over from Central Park." He told me, not sounding too worried or on edge. "I'm just kind of walking around. I had breakfast and ate in Central Park. Jason hasn't called me, and if he tried, he has the wrong number, so... If he called because Leo called him, I'm fine. Chiron knows I'm gone, I told him I'd be back in a few days, I just need a few days."

"Oh, okay," I wasn't about to make a big deal out of it if he told Chiron. Especially since Chiron didn't call me to look out for him. He's almost 16, he can handle himself. "Well they said you weren't answering, so I figured I'd try. You can stop by here, if you want. Mom made a bunch of sweets when I got back and I have nothing to do for the next like, three days. Today I actually planned on doing nothing, it's kind of nice."

"I might do that if I get a bit closer," Nico figured. "Uh, yeah. I might. Today or tomorrow or something. Just uh, please don't give Jason my correct number. If he cares enough he can message me over Kik like he always does. I don't need him up my ass, or Leo for that matter."