Don't Fade Away: A Solangelo Fanfiction 2

Chapter 20: Tattoos

"Will." Cecil whispered to Will who was walking past the Hermes cabin.

"What is it?" Will asked.

Cecil glanced out the door of the Hermes cabin. He looked around like he was trying to make sure that no one was watching. He bolted out the door towards Will and tugged on Will's arm. "Just come with me! Hurry!" He hissed.

"Um, okay?" Will walked into the Hermes cabin and looked around at Alice, Julia, Connor, and Cecil. Alice and Julia were standing next to a bed that Connor was laying on, and Alice had an object in her hand that she was using on Connor like a pen. It looked like....a tattoo pen. It was a tattoo pen!

"Where did you guys get a tattoo pen?" Will asked.

Julia shrugged. "Stole it from the store."

"No, we didn't." Alice said. "Our mom owns a tattoo shop, I stole it from her."

"Like that's any better." Julia commented.

"Anyways." Alice ignored her. "I know how to do some basic tattoos. I just found it at the bottom of my bag earlier. I forgot I brought it with me."

Connor groaned next to her. "Oh, relax." She told him. "You've been in two wars, you can handle a tattoo."

"Okay, why am I here?" Will wondered.

"Because Cecil wanted you to be a part of this." Julia said. "You're like, his closest friend besides Lou."

"We'll give you a free tattoo if you keep quiet." Alice added. "And your boyfriend, too."

"Are you sure you can do it properly? It won't get an infection or anything?"

"You won't. I've done this before."

"Okay, sure. That sounds fun."

"So you won't tell anyone?" Julia asked.

"Of course not. Unless there are injuries."

Will found Nico sitting outside his cabin reading. "Hey, Nico. Do you want a tattoo?"

Nico stared at him. "What?"

"The Hermes cabin has a tattoo machine. Alice asked if we wanted to get a tattoo."

He raised an eyebrow. "Okay. For one, I know that you can't get a tattoo until you're 18. I know because I tried to get a tattoo when I was 12. And second, you want a tattoo?"

"Yeah, sounds fun!"

"You want to get a tattoo illegally? Besides making my birth certificate, when did you start doing illegal stuff?"

"It isn't the first time, Nico. I usually only do illegal stuff when it's necessary, though."

Nico stood up. "Okay, then. Let's go get tattoos."

Once they got back to the Hermes cabin, Cecil quickly shut the cabin door. "Nico, you can't tell anybody, okay?"

"Well, duh." Then he looked at Will. "What are you getting?"

"Probably the sun."

"I would say that that's super cliche, but I'm getting a skull with a crown."

"You already know what you're getting?" Will asked.

"I told you, I've wanted to get a tattoo since I was 12."

"Okay, do you have an idea on where to get it?"

Nico looked like he was thinking. "I actually don't know."