Just Two Words

Chapter 2

***Percy's POV***

When I woke up, I was snuggled next to Nico. Well, he was snuggled up to me. Like his head was on my chest.

What the hell?

I slowly sat up, careful not to wake him up. Ethan and Luke were talking quietly. Eliot was smiling at me, wiggling his eyebrows.

"What?" I asked innocently.

"Heh heh heh. Nothing."

Luke and Ethan were looking over now.

"Get a little cozy last night, did we?" Luke asked.

"No! Creeps," I snorted.

"Dude, he was practically on top of you. That's cozy," Ethan said.

"Like you'd know so well," I remarked. He blushed red, looking away. "Wait a minute. You-"

"Aren't a virgin? Nope, not any more," Ethan finished.

"We're fourteen," I pointed out.

"Age doesn't matter in my book."

"I don't know what book you're reading then," Eliot snorted.

"I'm not...I'm just not," I explained.

"What?" they asked, confused.

"He's not gay, straight, bi, or anything that has to do with romantically involved things," Eliot explained for them.

"Whoa. I didn't know that was possible," Ethan said.

"Yeah, well, it is for me," I stated.

Nico sat up, his head in his hands. "Percy?" he asked, yawning.

"Hmm?" I turned to him.

"What happened? Why are we here?"

"Um, we went here. And you fell asleep. Like the rest of us."

"Oh." He turned a little red. "I guess I forgot."

"I guess you did," I agreed, smiling at him.

He shied away from everyone's views, burying his face in my shoulder. I made no move to stop him.

"Percy, I...I miss my mom," he murmured. I saw the tears begin to fall. I wrapped my arms around him, letting him cry into my shoulder. His entire body was raked with sobs. My arms were around his back and his were around mine. His face was in my shoulder.

He slowly stopped crying.

I still held onto him, though.

"Better?" I asked quietly.

"Y-yeah. Thanks, Perce," he whispered.

"You're welcome."

He sniffled, pulling back so he could see me. "I'm sorry. I don't know what hit me-"

"It's fine. We all break down in tears at some point in our lives."

"Have you?"

"No. Not yet."

"It'd be quite the show to see you in tears, a mess," Nico commented, going back to himself.

"Oh it is," a voice said behind me. I turned my head, seeing that it was Loki.

"You followed us?" I asked, raising an eyebrow, a smirk on my face.

"No. I was looking for you, and I ended up here..." Loki finally looked around, faking confusion. "Where is here?"