It was Friday night and Nico was hanging out in Annabeth's dorm as she still refused to go into the boy's dorm.  

"So are we gonna get to meet your parents, Nico?" Annabeth asked him.  

"Well you'll meet my aunt and sister, what about you will I get to meet yours?" Nico replied trying to get the subject off of his family.  

"Yep but you already know my brother. What are your sister and aunts names?" 

"My sister's name is Bianca and my aunt's is Eleni. What are your parents’ names?" 

"Frederick and Athena Chase."  

"Oh nice. So can I ask you a question?" 

"You just did." 

"Well yeah... but another one." 

"Shoot." 

"What happened to your mom and dad?" 

"Well... Um..." 

"You don't have to answer! I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable," Annabeth said cutting him off.  

"It's okay. I just don't really like talking about my mom she died in the middle of last school year." 

"Oh my gods I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have asked." 

"No it's fine you didn't know." 

"Okay... but now you can ask me any one question and I'll answer it as best as I can no matter what." 

"Why is the sky blue?" 

"Shut up!" Annabeth said chucking a pillow at him. "Now seriously any question no matter what." 

"Um... what about your brother?" 

"What about him?" 

"Well... how did that happen?" 

"Oh well my mom and dad were going through a rough patch and my dad was... unfaithful. Needless to say that ended up with Malcolm but by then I had already been conceived two months previously. So my mom and dad ended up patching their relationship but then he found out about Malcolm. In the end it was decided that my parents would stay together and raise me but my dad would also help out with Malcolm and so the two of us grew up together. Though his mom was rich while mine were just two average college professors." 

"Oh wow that sounds really complicated." 

"I guess I grew up with it so I'm used to it," Annabeth shrugged it off. 

"Yeah, but still it's impressive your parents got past that." 

"I guess. So if its not asking too much cuz I'm dying of curiosity, what happened to your mom? If you don't want to answer please bear in mind you don't have to." 

"It's okay you told me all that so it's the least I can do. She died in a freak storm over Christmas break last year, she was struck by lightning." 

"Oh my gods I'm sorry." 

"It's fine I take peace in the fact that it was painless." 

Annabeth cringed for a second as if she knew something he didn't (such as the fact that that type of death was almost certainly not painless depending on the situation) but she dared not say anything. Instead she said, "What is your sister like?" 

"She's generally very nice unless she doesn't like. She is really shy though so she normally doesn't talk to people." 

"Oh I can't wait to meet her." 

"Yeah definitely," Nico said. As he said it he caught a glimpse of the time on Annabeth's laptop, "Oh shoot I better get going its almost lights out." 

"Oh yeah. See you tomorrow." 

"Yeah see you then," he said as walked out the door and headed off to his own dorm. Upon reaching it he opened the door and saw that Travis was not Travis again as had happened on Tuesday. He still had yet to question the other boy about it and was secretly a bit scared to approach him, so instead he started getting ready for bed.  

As he dozed off that night he resolved to ask in the morning..... Though he wouldn't get the chance.  

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Nico woke to a light knocking at the door, groaning he got up and checked the clock. Upon seeing that it was two in the morning he started grumbling about who would be crazy enough to get up at this hour. Opening the door he saw a grinning Percy.  

"What the hell are you doing?" Nico asked bluntly not caring for pleasantries this early in the morning.  

"I'm picking you up for our date," Percy replied.  

"Aren't you a bit early?" Nico glared.  

"You aren't a morning person are you?" Percy asked him amused. Upon the intensified glare from Nico he chuckled and replied, "I said I would pick you up at two, remember ghost prince?" 

"Firstly, ghost prince? Secondly, who actually means two in the morning when they say I'll pick you up at two." 

"In reply to your first question I like it cuz you're all dark and mysterious and now you’re not a morning person so it's sticking! And as for your second question obviously I do." 

"What could we possibly do at this early?" 

"You'll just have to wait and see. Now go get ready." 

"Fine, but what should I wear? Since you won't tell me where we're going." 

"Hmm how about you go shower and I'll pick it out for you." 

"Fine," Nico grumbled and went into the bathroom.  

While he was in there Percy picked out a black hoodie for him along with a plain blue t-shirt, some black jeans, and his all black converse. When Nico was ready he handed the clothes in to him and waited. Finally Nico came out wearing the outfit he had picked out and Percy couldn't help but smile. Looking down at the clock on his phone Percy saw that it was almost five so he grabbed Nico's hand and ran out the door. Grabbing something that he had set just outside but making it so that it was just out of Nico's line of vision.  

"So you're still set on not telling me then?" Nico asked as he was being drug along.  

"Completely," Percy replied with a grin.  

Sighing Nico followed him along for almost an hour, at one point they had gotten into the woods, until Percy stopped. Looking around Nico saw that they were on a slight hill in a clearing of sorts that had a perfect view of the sky with no light pollution. "This is beautiful," he said taking in all of the stars that were starting to fade into the background as dawn became more prominent.  

"And the best part hasn't even happened yet," Percy said with a smile as he laid down a blanket for them to sit on.  

"And that would be?" Nico asked as he sat down.  

"You'll have to wait and see," Percy said whilst setting out the contents of the basket that he had hidden from Nico's view earlier. The contents of the basket all types of breakfast foods, a lot of them were dyed blue which had Nico raising his eyebrow.  

"If I wasn't wondering about the food I would question you more." 

"What do you mean?" 

"Why is it blue?" 

"Oh it's something my mom and I have always done. I like to think that it makes it taste better," Percy replied with a grin and a small blush.  

"That sounds nice." 

"Yeah it is." 

At that Nico picked up a blue croissant and studied it a bit before taking a bite. Nodding his head he observed with a smile, "You're right this makes it way better." 

"Told you so," Percy said with a grin. He looked up and his already big grin only seemed to widen. "Look up," he told Nico.  

Wanting to question him but not doing it Nico looked up and was amazed. The sun was rising turning the sky a lovely shade of blue mixed with purple, green, and orange. All he could do was stare up at the picturesque scene as it unfolded before him, until the sun had risen and the sky went to look how it normally did.  

He looked down to see Percy looking at him and smiling. The small smile that had already been on Nico's face turned into something of pure delight as he talked with Percy about what they had just witnessed. They stayed there in the clearing for another hour just talking before packing up and heading to the dorms.  

Smiling Nico said, "Thank you for taking me on that amazing date." 

"You're welcome I'm glad you enjoyed it. Anyways though I'm gonna go to my dorm and take a nap before anything else today." 

"As am I," Nico said with a slight smile. Then with one chaste goodbye kiss Nico went into his dorm and Percy went off to his own.  

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A/N: So hey guys another chapter has gone by! I hope you liked it! But I have to say I was not expecting this to happen until next week as its my final week of school which means I have to take finals as well. Though seeing how I was just rolling on the floor crying about how much I hate finals I decided to update.  

So anyways after this week I shall be on summer break and therefore hopefully I will be able to update more! But until then see you next chapter and don't forget to comment telling what you thought of the chapter :) 

xRose

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