Royal Realities

Piper McLean

"Hello, Prince Nico." I said.

"Greetings, my princess." He got on a knee and kissed my hand. It reminded me of something I was waiting for Jason to do. "May I bring you to the garden, I feel that you'd think it quite lovely."

"Of course, my prince." We'd gone on about how he had watches to immediately contact our guards just in case, and we then went to said garden, my hand taken lightly by his.

"Does this appeal to you? We've had many servants tend to this garden, keeping it in good shape. It goes back generations and is very important to my family." He told me as I observed the beauty of the place,

"Wow. It really is astounding! Absolutely precious. Do you spend a lot of time here, Prince Nico?"

"Yes, I do. And if you would, please call me Nico. 'Prince' sounds a bit.. formal, for this place." I nodded, making sure to still seem like the "princess" I apparently was,

"Ah, but of course. Call me by my first name as well, then. I insist." I smiled. I was honestly so glad that Nico was in plain sight, but had no idea how to fix him. I was kind of lost with what I would do.

"As you wish, Piper." Nico said. His voice had a servant-like tone to it that time, like he was obeying commands. It was a tad nauseating, I have to say.

I'd seen that Annabeth and Thalia were here too. If Annabeth remembered, then I could just let her take the lead here. But I hadn't spoken to or contacted her, so if I didn't stay around Neeks, it'd be even harder to fix things! Ugh, why does this have to be so hard?! And the same went for Thalia— both she and Annabeth are much better at correcting and noticing things than I am, so I really don't think I should take the spot as the "Del-ruse heir". No way. I don't think that Nico would be into me like that anyway, no matter what state he's in. He's totally gay.

We simply stared up at the sky, lying on the green grass silently. It was calm and time flew by; before we knew it, we were to get back inside.

As I closed the door to my bedroom, I let out a heavy, defeated sigh, "Jason, what are we gonna do?"

Sorry for not updating much on this story! I've been at a loss of inspiration; writer's block. Anyways, this is your Sunday PJ update!