Ch-9: I'm here to stay-
1. Dark brown at the roots and lighter brown at the tips. It's natural.
Also if you look closely, different strands of hair are slightly different and that kinda freaks me out
2. 26 November
3. Atelophobia
4. Nope
5. Demons by imagine dragons
6. Does my dog count? If not then take it as a no
Future me: It's ilina20, No_username3333333333333333333333333 and a couple other people not on wattpad
7. Uhhh I think it was perrie2003
8. 6 feet
9. Mmmm. Probably Imagine Dragons Same
10. Hunnnnnndjsjakmsks
acrazedwriter (she tagged me also thanks for the cover!!!)
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Dick waltzed into Nicole's room, "Wakey wakey! Time to wake up, Nicole. It's time for lunch. You already slept past breakfast and you have to eat now."
Nicole groaned, for once she was having a dreamless sleep and he just HAD to ruin it. "Don't wanna." Maybe the fates would spare him and let her sleep some more. But knowing the evil old grandmothers, that was as likely Zeus growing a pair. (don't ask me. I've never heard this in my life)
"Why? Aren't you hungry?" Dick asked worriedly, sitting on the bed and placing a hand on her fibula. "Are you tired? Any sort of pain?"
Nicole was slightly annoyed at being babied by him, although it felt kind of nice, being cared for. Maybe Nicole was tired, that was the reason she was being all warm and fuzzy, just the exhaustion.
"Tired." came the reply.
"Come on, Alfred will have my head in a creative and totally unpredictable way if you don't eat dinner."
Nicole didn't doubt him. Alfred could probably rule Olympus if he so desired.
Nicole huffed, "I'll be there."
Dick chuckled, "Come on then." He got up and opened the door when a pained Ow! reached his ears. He whirled around to see Nicole clutching her left ankle, eyes squeezed shut with pain, and rushed to her side.
"Sprain?" he received a single, quick nod in reply. "Just relax. I got it." He got an ice pack from the mini fridge and gently pulled her hand away and put it on the muscle in question, carefully stretching her leg out front. "Deep breaths."
Slowly, the pain began to subside and Nicole slowly opened her eyes.
"Better?" Dick asked.
"Yeah. Thanks. Again."
He smiled and shrugged it off, "You really need to take care of yourself."
Nicole raised her eyebrows.
"The swelling was pretty bad. You need to apply ice on it regularly but till then," he scooped her up again, "I will be carrying you to the kitchen."
Nicole groaned.
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"Here we are, Alfred! Sleeping beauty finally woke up when her knight in Kevlar armour showed up!" Dick singsonged as they entered the kitchen.
Nicole looked at him and raised an eyebrow,
"Sleeping beauty?!"
He shrugged, depositing her on a chair, one that was very conveniently opposite to Jason's, "Alfred couldn't wake you up and you do have the looks. Not as much as me, but yeah." He said, flexing. Nicole couldn't help but notice that he had toned muscles. At least by mortal standards.
Not bad by demigod standards either.
She laughed a little, out of politeness. Definitely not because he was actually hilarious. Also the stuff he was saying was absolutely ridiculous. She was nothing but a curse. Maybe she hadn't been born after the Pact was made, still, her luck was the worst, even compared to the old Greek heroes. Dead mom. Dead sister. Father who hates her.
Wasn't life just absolutely delightful?
"Nope. I'm definitely better looking than you!"
"Well, m'lady, there's only so good a knight can look beside you. Would you like for me to arrange for a trusty white steed to take you around town?" He teased, bowing 'respectfully' in front of her. (hee hee)
She put on a fake, haughty accent,"Oh no, you worthless peasant! I require a diamond studded carriage made of solid gold!" He burst out laughing, Nicole barely suppressing a smile. She couldn't deny it now, Dick was definitely someone fun to be around. She turned around so she was actually sitting the right way at the table, laughter dying when she saw Jason.
"Well well well, look who's here. Finally bothered to wake up? Poor Alfred here slaved over lunch and Her Royal Highness couldn't even grace us 'worthless peasants' with her presence."
Nicole glowered. She did not want to deal with Todd now. Still, the fates were being kind and actually let her have a pretty event-less day, they probably would go back to making life absolutely miserable. She looked at the plate that Alfred had placed in front of her, some chiferi pasta in a creamy Alfredo sauce. How exactly she knew what type of pasta it was, she didn't know. But, having a sudden culinary knowledge of pastas was probably the least strange thing that had happened to her, so Nicole just shrugged it off
"Jason." Dick's voice held a warning. They communicated somehow, without speaking.
An argument. One that Dick won.
She didn't need protecting from Jason's words. She had heard worse.
But if Dick wanted to be an overprotective mama bird- well, who was she to stop him, specially since it humiliated Todd
Todd, who turned a delicate shade of red when he head Nicole's muffled laugh.
Nicole dug into the food, hiding the smirk on her face, then froze.
It.
Was.
So.
Dam.
Good!
Nicole scarfed down bite after bite of the heavenly dish. It tasted better than ambrosia, which she thought was impossible. and yet the proof lay in a bowl in front of her
Dick smirked, "Sleeping beauty hungry?"
Nicole glared at him, "A little." Unfortunately, this turned out to be true(ish).
She ate quickly but didn't even to manage to finish her plate.
Dick sighed internally, maybe he shouldn't have teased her about it. She might have eaten more.
She picked up her plate and pushed her chair back, intending to put it
beside the sink but Dick swooped in, out of nowhere and picked her up.
"Nah ah, principessa. I'm carrying you now." Nicole squirmed and tried
to get off but he had a death grip. "Put me down!! I'm fine!"
Dick gave her The Look, "No. Sprains are painful and that muscle is going to be sore for a couple of days. I don't know if it's happened to you before but it has happened to me. At least for today, I will be carrying you around. Might as well get used to it." He actually managed to keep a firm and no-nonsense-y tone to give the speech until...
"Please?"
And Nicole nearly screamed, 'You are too much like Percy!!'
Blue eyes, thankfully not the same shade as Percy, same tousled hair
They even acted similarly.
Selfless
Funny
Well, more like goofy but same difference... and definitely the overprotective, mother hen behaviour and the rock hard determination to keep promises and- SHUT UP BRAIN!
"Mettimi Giu!!" (put me down)
Tim looked up sharply and gave her a weird look
"Che cosa?" she asked, giving him a sideways glance. (What)
"You're speaking in ital- in another language."
"Cosa intendi? Wait, you're right. Sorry" (what do you mean)
"Any idea why you switched languages?" Dick said, although a little tentatively.
==focus on dickie bird==
"Any idea why you switched languages?"
She mumbled something indiscernible under her breath.
"I'm sorry, what?"
"I think it's because you said something in Italian. Speaking of which, how'd you know?"
"You have pretty Italian features and speak with the accent." He replied smoothly.
"Then how did you figure out my accent?"
"I uh, grew up in a circus. We traveled a lot. I think Bruce mentioned it."
"That's cool. Wait. Which circus?"
"Haly's circus."
Nicole's eyes widened, "No way! Were you- oh my gods, of course you were!"
Dick shrugged. "Flying Graysons.
Yeah."
"Mary and John Grayson, right? They seemed like great people."
Dick gave a soft smile in response. Seemed like Nicole knew her stuff, not saying the über annoying "Oh I'm so sorry" that drove all of them nuts. "They were. Anyways, what do you want to do now? Pool, gym and roof are out, though."
Nicole seemed to consider this for a moment
"Maybe a tour then? I'll probably get lost fourteen hundred times."
Dick laughed, "Tour it is!"
Nicole turned around to walk when Dicks words stopped her
"-but I am carrying you."
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Yoohoo this was written pehle and I'm recycling.
It's good for the environment, you know.
If something makes zero sense, or if I have used a section earlier, lemme know and I will be more thorough. I have a paper due, three tests to study for and a program source code to write
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