"Jason come on. I don't have a boyfriend. Can I please eat my pomegranate in peace now?", Nico complained.

"It's ok Neeks, you can trust me, I won't judge. Telll meee," begged Jason.

"I'm serious man. I don't have one."

"You know what....", Jason had an evil smirk on his face, Nico was scared.

He cleared his throat. "OH MY GOSH NICO YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND !!!"

Nico died of embarrassment. "What are you doing ?!", he whisper yelled.

Before Jason Soon-To-Be-Dead Grace could answer, someone cried out, "No you idiot, he has a boyfriend !!"

Nico choked on his breakfast. It was Will Solace.

"I...I do!?", he stuttered.

"Yes dummy. Me," Will said, smiling.

Jason was overjoyed. Nico was too, but he was more shocked.

"You're...you're not my boyfriend, I don't umm have one," Nico said, face turning redder every second.

"Well now you do," Will smirked, finality ringing in his voice.

"Solengelo !!!!!!" Leo started the cheer and pretty much everyone in the room, of course, discluding Drew and Octavian, cheered along.

Nico was blushing so hard, he just wanted to crawl into the Underworld and die.

Will noticed his embarrassment and whispered to him, so only he noticed, "Doctor's office," and winked.

Will sprang from his chair and grabbed Nico's hand, practically dragging him into the secluded room.

Nico hurriedly followed William out, but not before one of the girls yelled, "Have fun you guys !"

"Where's Bob the Doc?" Nico asked, staring at the floor.

"Vet appointment, Small Bob," Will answered.

"What are we doing here then?" Nico asked, finally raising his eyes to meet Will's.

"We're here so I can do this," Will said, grabbing Nico's shoulder and pulling him into a kiss.

Nico gasped, but pulled Will closer, kissing him back with red cheeks.

They'd gotten really close these past two months, since Nico sprained his arm during the Screening. Will had kept Nico in the infirmary for the past 1 and a half months, taking care of him. Since Will was practically the only person he saw, minus Hazel who came to talk to him everyday and some of his friends, they grew close.

Will pulled back. "Now was that so hard?" he asked. "You could've done that months ago"

Nico smirked, "Well what's stopping me now?" he said, kissing him again.
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"Children," Chiron said with a smile as he emerged into the dining room.

Everyone stopped their chatter and turned towards him. Queen Hera was behind him as well. Her presence raised a lot of confused mumbles and groans, obviously.

"After the...unfortunate event..." Chiron began slowly.

Annabeth felt Piper tense up behind her and placed her hand on her shoulder.

"...and the previous death of Prince Malcom..."

Now it was Piper's turn to pat Annabeth's hand.

"Queen Hera decreed that The Pallas isn't the safest place for you prince and princesses."

"So we decided to take you out of here," Hera announced, stepping in front of Chiron.

"King Ares generously decided to let us stay in his palace in Rome. We shall leave in three days , after the Screening."

With that being said, she motioned Chiron outside and left with a curt nod.

"Vacation," the Stolls whispered as they did a small happy dance.

In the middle of the dance, where Connor was shaking his hips, Hera walked back inside. They scurried back to their seats as she glared at them.

"Your parents will be joining this endeavor too. Only some of them, of course. A few are quite busy and cannot make it," with a quick glance at Jason, she continued.

"Girls, a shipment of new gowns for you shall arrive today afternoon. Boys, same for you."

"Gowns for us?" Leo whispered. But Queen Hera,with her bat like hearing, heard him.

She sent another glare in his direction and walked out, with a silent "hmmph"

After they heard the door close behind her, the royals let out a sigh.

"Vacation huh? Bout' time," Thalia smirked.

"Guys!!" Leo and the Stolls yelled out at the same time. Everyone turned to them.

"Party! This afternoon!" Leo cheered.

"I refuse to take part in this animal like endeavor," Octavian said snobbily.

Percy smirked. "Well we refuse to invite you to this 'animal like endeavour.' "

Octavian huffed, turning his face away in disgust. He then walked out, Drew running behind him.

"You're starting to get my approval," Luke nodded, motioning to Percy.

Annabeth and he both blushed and decided to focus on eating their waffles.

"Ludas Hall, 3pm," Chris Rodriguez announced, everyone nodded.

"That's settled, I'm gonna take a nap" Katie remarked, as she pulled herself from the table. She walked out of the room, without a glance back.

"What's up with her?" Piper whispered to Annabeth.

She turned around to see a crestfallen Travis.

"I think I just figured it out," she replied.

Before Annabeth could tell her her theory, Solangelo returned to the dining hall, looking....disheveled to say the least. Both had huge smiles plastered onto their faces.

"Did we miss anything?" Will asked, turning to his sister.

Rachel smirked, "Oh you did, but I think we're the ones who missed the most."

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"I really don't think these are ours," a voice said.

"Just come out and show us!" Piper yelled out.

They were all at Ludas hall. The Stolls and Leo managed to steal some pastries from the kitchen and they were happily eating them right now.

A few boys received their clothes from Circe and decided to try them out. The rest were waiting for the grand reveal.

"They're definitely not ours," Nico said.

"Just come out already!" Reyna groaned

The boys had been behind the curtain for 20 minutes.

They took a box and announced they would try out the clothes, so whatever happens, it's their fault.

"Fine but don't laugh!" Nico's voice yelled out again.

"No promises," Reyna smirked.

The curtain rustled and out emerged the boys....in dresses.

Every one burst out laughing. Annabeth clutched her stomach and laughed as tears rolled down her eyes. Percy struck a pose, making her laugh even more.

"They're definitely not yours!!" Reyna remarked, first to recover from the hysteria.

"You think..." Nico muttered.

"Go change beauty's!" The Stolls announced, "it's time for truth or dare!"

The boys scurried back towards the curtains. Leo tripped on the hem of his dress, and accidentally pushed Will, who pushed Nico, who pushed Jason, who fell on Percy.

"Bro!" Percy said with a grunt as he got off, "only Annabeth is allowed to fall on top of me!!"

Annabeth turned crimson. She brought her knees upto her chest and buried her face into it.

Percy seemed to have realised what he just said, as he suddenly became very silent, stuttering about not actually meaning it.

"Ay! Jackson," Thalia and Luke yelled in union, "no funny business with Annie!"

Annabeth wished she could burry herself deeper. She took a peep at Percy, who dashed off behind the curtain.

After a while, she un cocooned herself, her face was somewhat normal now.

She heard some grunts and yells from behind the curtain. They ranged from, "don't step on my gown man!" to "not the hair! Not the hair!"

Once they were done with whatever they did behind the curtain, the boys emerged in their Normal attire.

Percy came and sat next to Annabeth. She blushed and turned to him. He blushed looking at her as well. Then, they both turned away from each other,refusing to acknowledge the blush.

"Welcome Ladies and gentlemen!" Leo announced as he hopped onto a chair.

"To our very first game of truth of dare! This shall seal us all as friends ! Colleagues! Awesome!" while he was listing adjectives, he fell down with a grunt. Connor and Rachel high fived from behind him.

Getting onto the chair, Connor said, "Who wants to go first!"

"I'll go," Reyna stood up.

Connor looked thoughtful for a minute. "Truth or Dare?" he asked.

"Dare," she said, without any hesitation.

Connor's face turned evil. "Kiss....Octavian," he said, placing emphasis on each word.

Reyna looked disgusted, "I'd rather kiss a frog."

"Legend has it, that's what Octavian was," Percy said with his signature lopsided smile.

"Maybe if you kiss him, he'll change back," Hazel said meekly. She wasn't usually big on talking in groups, but these guys were really good friends.

"I don't think he ever changed for him to change back," Annabeth laughed.

Percy grinned and placed his arms around her shoulder. She leaned into him.

"Oye you two! I said no funny business!" Luke yelled from behind them.

Annabeth sent a glare in his direction as she pulled away from Percy, missing his warmth already.

The room exploded into laughter. Much to their disappointment.

"Okay okay okay" Connor said, taking back control of the room. "You're right, it's too gross"

Suddenly, Connor grinned and turned back to Reyna, his evil look had returned.

He walked upto her and whispered something to her. She looked annoyed, but nodded nonetheless.
She walked up to Nico and picked him up, dragging him out of the room.

They returned 10 minutes later, with Nico in a bright yellow Hawaiian shirt.

Everyone laughed as Nico sent a glare in Connors direction and then Reyna's.

He left the room and emerged in his Nico special all-black. He sat down next to his sister with a pout. She patted him sweetly on the head and offered him a smile.

Will emerged from behind her and whispered something in Nico's ear. Nico blushed, his face wasn't in a scowl anymore for sure.

"Who's next!" Connor yelled.

Travis raised his hand, "Me!"

Connor looked at his brother and Katie. He smirked. "Soo Trav, truth or dare ?"

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