Percy Jackson And Sadie Kane: A Forbidden Love

chapter 19

Nico pov

I was feeling pretty good about myself. The look on Sadie's face when I asked for the happy meal was hilarious. Even though I knew the plan was Annabeth's, I still couldn't help feeling a little proud.

During recess, Percy and Sadie were late. Percy had told me earlier that he was going to inquire about that sea trip, so I guessed that's where they both were.

While, me, Carter and the others were making our way to our regular table, Jake stopped abruptly.

"What's wrong Jake?" Jaz asked. Jake gestured towards I guy sitting alone at a table. I couldn't see his face. His back was turned to me.

"Hey, he's back." Carter said.

"Who?" I asked.

"That guy over there, he had left in the middle of the year, telling us that he may or may not come back." Carter said.

"I'm going to ask him to join us at our table. It's been a while since we've talked to him." Walt said.

"Sure." Carter said. We sat down at our table as Walt went to call that guy.

Walt and the guy came up to us, and when I saw his face, I think I forgot how to breathe for a second. He didn't see me though.

"Hey guys." He said, coming up to our table. Then he saw me and his eyes widened.

Walt, oblivious to this, started to introduce us.

"Nico, this is..." He started.

"Eric Williams." I interrupted him, standing up. Now it was the others turn to be surprised. Eric smirked.

"Di Angelo." He greeted me.

"I didn't know you study here." I said. He just shrugged playfully.

"Wait, you guys know each other?" Walt asked.

"Yeah. We know each other very well." Eric said, grinning.

"Won't you three sit down first?" Jaz said. We took our seats.

"So, how do you know each other?" Carter asked.

"We go to the same summer camp." I said.

"Oh, that's not the most important detail, is it Nico?" Eric asked mischievously. I elbowed him.

"Shut up." I said, red in the face. Eric laughed.

"You've lost us again." Jake said.

"Sorry. It's just a...camp thing." I said. I really wasn't in the mood for explaining that Eric was my boyfriend's half brother. It's awkward.

"So...this camp. Does Percy go there too?" Carter asked.

"Yeah he does. He's the camp leader." I said.

"That's no surprise." Jaz said.

"Yeah, but I've never actually been introduced to him. I joined camp exactly when that... unfortunate...um...incident happened." Eric said. Everyone looked down, very well aware of what 'incident' he was talking about.

"Why were you sitting all alone at that table?" Walt asked, changing the subject.

"Uh...I just felt the need to be...alone for a while." Eric said.

"Wait a second, look at me Eric." Jaz said. Eric looked at her and she gasped.

"You're lovesick." She said. Eric blushed.

"No! I mean...yeah...kind of." He admitted.

"Awww. You're missing her." Jaz said. Eric nodded.

"Hey Carter, dude we found you a partner for the lonely hearts club." Jake said. Carter glared at him. We laughed.

"Hey Eric. You here?" A voice said behind us. Sadie and Percy sat down beside me.

"Oh. Actually Sadie, Eric here was missing his girlfriend too. So I thought he and Carter could give each other company." Jake said. Eric blushed.

"Real genius guys. So instead of sending both these sad Romeos away, you decided to make a club, so that we can sit and hear them groan and moan. Real genius." Sadie said. Percy chuckled.

"Which reminds me, who is your girlfriend? I've never met her before." Jaz said.

"Uh...we only just met recently. At this camp..." Percy's head snapped up at the mention of camp, and uncontrollably, so did mine. But the reason I looked up was because I had no idea that his girlfriend was from camp. I had never seen him with anyone. Or maybe I was just too busy with...Will.

Then I mentioned Percy's moving on, and trapped Sadie into giving all of us a happy meal treat, including Eric. I know Sadie was itching to send me to my dad the hard way, but couldn't because of Percy.

Oh man, I was having fun.