So clearly Reverse Psychology doesn't work. I though if I acted like a supportive big brother she would back away. I really need to learn how to speak girl.I woke up and Little Miss Sunshine was already up.
" Hi Percy! isn't it a lovely day? it is a lovely day! i love lovely days! well we I'm going to go mend Nico's garden, if you want you can come with me I guess and have a lovely day!" she said as she skipped out the door wearing combat boots,black skinny jeans, and a white shimmery top.I walked over to the bathroom when a golden bunny hopped past me, why couldn't her sword just be a pen?
Eventually I got over the Hades Cabin wearing my Camp Half Blood T-shirt and jeans. I hid behind a rotting bush, when I saw Nico in front of the cabin, then I saw Nicole walking over to him. He looked up at her and smiled. I couldn't make out what they were saying, but both of their faces were red from blushing.He rested his hands on her waist, and then kissed her! I occasionally walked straight from the bushes as if I had no clue. That's when they both widened their eyes, Nico's expression changed again from smiling to that oh ya i remember you, I wont rip your face off because your my girlfriends brother look. He wiped the lip stick that was on his lips and put his hand in his pockets." Nice to see you too, Nico"I said and glared at Nicole.
"Oh, um can I talk to you" Nicole said and walked over to me.Nico just stood there looking at me again.
"Really?!" I whispered to her.
"You were the one who told me to follow my heart!"
"Ever heard of Reverse Psychology, I mean your only what? ten years old? eleven?" I snapped.
" Actually Im 13, and um dont we have a garden to mend?!" she said improvising.
" Fine." I said and put on gardening gloves.
"And um Percy, I'm not a big fan of gardening so... yea" she said and started backing away.
"Oh, you're gardening" I said and threw the gloves at her, and surprisingly she caught it.
" OK I'll make a deal with you, If you do all the gardening, I'll clean the the Pegasus stables all by myself, I mean its a win-win I get to spend more time with Nico, and you get to spend less time with magic-horse poop!"she said as Nico was playing some hand-held game.
"You really like him don't you?" I asked.She nodded with embarrassment."Fine, but magic horse poop isn't as pleasant as you think"
"Thank you!" she said as she walked back to Nico and told him the good news and for a moment I saw Nico's eyes look at me and a small smile came across his face, she held his hand again and they continued talking.
"So you're a gardener now?" a voice said behind me.I looked back and saw Annabeth behind me, she looked different today, a good kind of different, the type of different that made my eyes drift over at hers and leave my face black."Percy? Are you okay?" she said and knitted her eyebrows
"Yea, but are you?" I spit out. She looked like she was going to slap me.
"Well, no, it was about this dream last night... at least I think it was a dream
"Do you think it was Lu-"
"That's not why I'm here Chiron told me to bring you and Nico to the Big House and your er... sister, wow that sounds so weird saying that" she interrupted
"K lets go" I said started to walk.
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Annabeth whispered.At first I was clueless and then realized I still had a sister.
"Right, I should go do that..yea" I said as I walked over to Nicole and Nico, who were just laughing,it was weird seeing Nico laugh,it had been a while."Um...Nicole,Nico we gotta go"
"Where?"Nicole said.
"Chiron ordered us to go to the Big House " I started to say . I begin walking ignoring my little sister who was growing up faster than I did. Nicole and Nico were laughing about how the Aphrodite Cabin couldn't mash up their names to make one of those couple names like Bradgelina ,Jelena or in some cases which I really didn't understand: Pannabeth.We eventually reached the Big House, Annabeth looked annoyed,probably from the fact that Nico and Nicole were talking to loud but something else was on her mind,I just couldn't read her emotions.Chiron stood beside Dionysus who had the same look on his face.Chiron spotted us and his face lit up.
"Percy good your here" Chiron said.
"yea what's wro-"I said as my eyes hovered to Nicole who was scanning Dionysus who squinted his eyes at her.
"You smell like alcohol" she blurted out.Annabeth and I stood there wide-eyed.Nico was whispering something from the edge is his mouth to her,but she refused to listen.
"well you smell like freshwater ocean and Victoria's secret perfume" Dionysus snapped back.Nicole took a slight sniff of herself.
"touche" she said trying to peek what Dionysus was hiding behind his back.
"Er...Percy we have something to tell you,tell all of you,maybe you should come and see for yourself"Chiron said as he lead us into a small room,where Rachael Dare was waiting.
"Did you know about this?" I whispered to Annabeth,who just shook her head.When Nicole walked in,I could immediately tell she already knew what happened.I could tell she was about to run but Dionysus blocked her path.Rachael stood up when she saw me,but she was more interested in Nicole.
"Hi, I'm Rachael Elizabeth Dare, Oracle of Camp Half Blood"she said to Nicole reaching out her hand for Nicole to shake it.
"Nicole." she said loosening her hands from being crossed and shook her hand with a fake smile.
"Percy;Annabeth;Nico, Welcome" she said as we all nodded in response.
"Is there something wrong,Rachael?" I asked.
"Oh, three's always something wrong, Percy."she said stating the obvious.
"Yeah..." I dragged out.My eyes drifted to Dionysus who was giving Nicole a face that somehow told me he wasn't just mad at how she called him an alcoholics.He was proud of that.His right hand stood behind his back,it was an object wrapped in a white blanket.Rachael began talking to Nicole in private,so I began side stepping slowly toward Dionysus, I was an inch away from getting a closer look at the object when he turned his cheek,
"Well,Nicole you might need to sit down for what your about to hear"
