On The Edge (Percico)

Chapter Two

Nico

Needless to say, I kind of spaced out during lunch. And being Roman, Frank is allowed to sit with us and sometimes Jason does, too. And he was today. He normally it's without us at dinner and Leo at lunch.

I was still trying to get it through my head.

I kissed Percy Jackson. And he kissed me. And we like each other. And we're going out on a date on Friday.

"Hey, man," Jason said as we headed to campfire. "you okay? You're pretty zoned."

I nodded my head, telling him I'd tell him later.

It did not go unnoticed that Percy and Annabeth weren't sitting together. Of course, it was just Grover and Clarisse between them. But still. Annabeth wasn't even talking to Clarisse, Grover, or Percy.

Rumors started flying. And to be honest, I didn't even realize we were holding hands because I was sitting next to him. I didn't realize it until he pulled his hand away to grab something for Grover.

Rumors were spreading.

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Leo

It was about half way through campfire when I went to ask Jason something and noticed a pair of hands being held that didn't belong together. Because one hand was Percy's, and the others was not Annabeth. It didn't even belong to a girl.

"What?" Jason asked me and I motioned at the hands.

"Who's sitting next to Percy?" I asked. "Not Grover, on his other side."

He gave me a confused look, not looking at the hands.

"Nico," he told me, "why?"

My reaction was as well as you could imagine being I didn't fucking know Nico was gay or bi or whatever he is and I had no clue that Percy was bi.

Like, when did Annabeth and Percy break up? What happened at that party last night?

When did Percy and Nico start getting along? How drunk were they for that?

They must've been fucking wasted.

"What?" Jason asked me.

"Jason," I said quiet enough so they wouldn't hear me. "They're holding hands. Look."

Jason glanced over.

"Oh shit." Jason remarked like this wasn't a very out there idea.

"Jason," I reminded my best friend. "Percy has a girlfriend."

"Oh... Shit."

"Yeah!"

So Annabeth walked over to talk to Piper a little later, and so we asked. Because of course, we told Piper, Hazel, and Frank. We're not assholes. Hazel was in denial, but it's fine.

"Hey, Annabeth," Frank started off, and she turned her head towards him. "Is everything between you and Percy okay?"

"Yeah," she said like Percy wasn't cheating on her and we all lost a little bit of respect for both Nico and Percy. "why?"

"Um..."

"He's cheating on you." I was straight up and Annabeth just looked at me for a second.

"Oh, wait!" She was confused for a minute there. "I thought he told you guys. We broke up. Please don't hate him forever, he's not cheating. It's a long story."

A sigh of relief came out of everyone.

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Nico