Interesting Encounter

Chapter eighteen

Nico

When Percy stormed out of the room screaming about air travel, I was a little shocked to say the least. What was that? Do fights like that happen often? Am I living in another house of fights? I was snapped out of my thoughts by Sally standing up and saying "I didn't think.... I didn't think he was still afraid of air travel" Sally sighed and sat down next to me.

I smiled at her and said "What do you mean, 'still' ?" she just laughed. Sally had a beautiful laugh, one like ringing bells. The kind of laugh that just fills you up with joy, the kind that makes you smile and feel like everything will be alright. And it was then when I realized, Sally was more like Percy then I thought.

"Well Nico, there's a lot of varying reasons and hypotheses as to why Percy is afraid of airplanes and air travel, but all his life he has been. I just thought maybe he grew out of it, cause he loves the idea of submarines and scuba diving, but I suppose I was wrong." Sally said Smiling.

"what are the reasons?" I said with general curiosity, no wait. This was more then just curiosity. It was a chance to know about Percy. And besides, curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. "ah, your quite interested in Percy, or is it just me?" Sally said sounding fine with it, but who know right? "It's not like that! I don't um..." Sally just laughed and said "I'm really fine with it. And I won't tell, don't worry." I laughed a little to. She is such a wonderful women. My mom would never- no... was never so excepting.

"So, you asked about why Percy is so afraid of air travel? I think -though I'm not sure- that it comes from this one near-death experience we had on an airplane. He's never flown since, though he won't admit it." Sally said calmly. "Near-death? What happened? Are you okay?" I said worried. Sally laughed and said "Percy was three years old and we where flying out on vacation. There was some stormy winds and the plane was forced to go down, but it was bumpy and the plane almost crashed. Only a couple where hurt, but nothing serious. Everyone was a little shaken up though, and were fine now."

 "What are you going to do about Percy?" I said glancing at the closed bathroom door. "It'll be fine, I'll talk to him. His childhood fears can be put aside, I'm sure." Sally said smiling."Get some sleep sweetie, Percy will probably be out in a few." Sally said. She gave me kiss on the cheek and walked out.

 My hand drifted to my cheek. She kissed me. Sally Jackson kissed me. That's so much more then my mom ever did, so much. I just sat there, shocked. My mom never kissed me ever. Is this a thing moms do? Is this just another reason my mom was... UN-motherly?

Lost in my thoughts I didn't here Percy come in until he sat down next to me. I looked at him and he was blushing. "Hey, it okay. We all have our things. I'm terrified of my own family." I said Percy looked at me sympathetically and I smiled.

Percy climbed onto his bed and I laid back in mine. "Goodnight Nico." "Goodnight Percy." I smiled and drifted off to sleep, unwillingly falling into a dream...

I was younge and alone in the woods. My leg was bleeding and growling could be heard around me. I was stubling around and crying out. "Biancaaaaaa......" "Percyyyyy....." then something caught my eye, Bianca was standing there, watching someone, her back was turned. "Bianca Help me!" I called out. "Who the hell are you? And how do you know my name? Get away from me!" Bianca screamed and pushed me down. I cried. She didn't know me. My own sister didn't know me. Bianca turned away from me but I didn't care, I felt tears in my eyes sliping down my cheeks but no one would know, no one cared. When I looked back at Bianca I realized the person she was watching was Percy, and she was now sucking his face. "NO!" I screamed but they didn't here me I cried and screamed but they wouldn't stop. The pain from my leg seared through my body and I fell, the ground opening up beneath me. I could here Percy and Bianca lauhing at me as I fell, and fell, and...

I was wocken by Percy shaking me, a concerned frown on his face. "Hey buddy you okay? You where having a nightmare, so I woke you." I smiled at Percy but it was a fake a smile. All I could see in my mind was the images of Bianca and Percy kissing, like they where burned into my eyes and they wouldn't leave me be.

"Nico, man, you alright?" Percy said waving a hand in front of my face. I went to tell him I was fine, but I couldn't make the worda form. Instead tears started to fall down my cheeks and I felt myself leaning forward and clutching Percy's shirt, sobbing into it.

Percy seemed surpirsed but he rapped his arms around me and pulled me close. "You wanna talk about it?" He said running his hands through my hair. I opened my mouth to answer but I couldn't find me voice so I just closed it again.

"ir's fine. You don't have to talk about it." Percy said and pulled me closer to him, resting his chin on my head and humming some sort of lullaby. I felt better with Percy, like I finally found another person who I could trust. Percy and Bianca. I could trust them. But my dream.... What if they left? I would have no one.

"You'll never leave me, right Percy?" I mumbled into his shirt. "No. Never." he asured me. I smiled. "Promise?" "I promise." and so it would stay. Bianca and Percy. The hereos in my story. No, the super hereos in my story.

A/N: HEYYYYY Sorry for super long wait and stupid short chappie! And I'm sorry if this bored you to death! Another filer chapter, but whateva. I wuv you all, and I also promise I won't be leaving this story for a really long time.

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