Last chapter! Enjoy!

Nico's POV

Percy had such childlike excitement, he looked wide eyed at everything and constantly bounced up and down, thanking me and hugging me. Not that I was complaining.

By now it was well into the evening, yet Percy was still yelling and bouncing around, just as energetic as when we first came in. I just didn't understand. Does he not have a limited amount of energy like normal people?

He positively squealed when we reached the dugongs, running up to them and animatedly chatting.

(sorry but I REALLY LOVE DUGONGS(imnotweirdatall))

Suddenly he popped up right in front of my face. I blinked surprised. How did he just appear there without me noticing? Wasn't I the one supposed to appear silently, (with my shadow travel)?

Percy looked at me pleading before opening his mouth to speak.

I sighed internally. This wasn't good.

"Hey Nico?"

"Yes?" I replied

"Can we-"

"No." I abruptly cut him off.

"But-but you don't even know what I was going to ask," he whined, pouting.

I raised one eyebrow (from expert practice in front of the mirror).

"Oh really? Let me guess. Something like: Nicoooo, can we pleeeaaase go swimming with the fishies?" I said in a bad Percy impression.

He gasped.

"How did you know? Are you secretly psychic?" He asked, dead serious. (haha pun intended)

"Nope. I just know you very, very well," I told him.

"So...?"

"No."

"Aww, please?" He begged.

"How about we get some ice-cream in-" I stopped talking as I noticed he was gone. Panicking, I looked around to see where he had disappeared off to.

"Sounds like a great idea. Ice-cream after." Percy spoke from behind me.

I sighed as I turned around.

"You should join me in here Nico. It's a really nice temperature, and all the creatures are really friendly," He said, laughing happily.

"To you maybe," I muttered under my breath, remembering the time I got stung by a jellyfish at the beach Percy said was 'his friend'.

I didn't know how he got in there, but I sure wasn't going to be bothered finding it.

"Get ready to make an air bubble, Perce. I'm not going to drown in that thing, when there are probably a million ways those animals in there could kill me instead." I told him sarcastically.

Before I could change my mind, I quickly shadow travelled in there.

Immediately I took a breath in, trusting Percy to act quickly.

He took my hand, pulling me along and pointing out different species.

(Did I say he was training to be a marine biologist? He's so amazing)

Eventually I shadow traveled us back out, and he will-dried us. (Percy got hungry)

Even I was quite sad to leave, but the ice-cream sounded tantalising and delicious after all that swimming. Or: Percy swimming like a freaking fish while pulling me along behind him.

We found an ice-cream ship, and Percy, unsurprisingly, got the blueberry, while I got chocolate.

It was absolutely scrumptious and very refreshing (even with the weather, I say it's never too hot for ice cream. Plus it was warm inside.)

We left to go back home, sitting in my car in comfortable silence. Back at his house, I stood awkwardly at the door. It had been so much easier when I practised it in my head...

"So..." I started.

"Yes?"

"Uh, um, Percy would you like to, go out with me sometime?" I asked.

"We just did, dummy," He replied.

"No, Argh, that's not what I meant, like you know on an actual-" I was stopped from continuing by a pair of lips that pressed urgently against my own.

Shocked, I stood there, unresponsive, until I felt him start to pull away. Then I finally pushed back, grabbing his hips, and pulling them towards me. He groaned, surprised, while I explored his mouth. He ended up pressed against the wall, blushing and smiling brilliantly.

I studied him closely. He was glowing so brightly, that Apollo would have a hard time trying to outshine him.

"You didn't even let me finish," I said to him, knowing I was smiling just as widely as him.

"Well, you know," he grinned slyly, "I just know you so very, very well."

"Oh, be quiet, we both know you just couldn't resist me any longer." I teased.

"Perhaps." He was still smiling, it looked like he'd never stop.

"Would you like to come in, boyfriend of mine?" He asked.

I snorted. " I have a name, you know," I said.

"Yeah, but that wouldn't be as fun," he answered.

"You're a doofus,"

"But I'm your doofus!" He called back.

I loved this doofus.

Jason's POV

"Percy...will you go on a date with me?" I asked, too nervous to look him in the face.

"Uhh...look, I'm sorry, but I kind of...already have a boyfriend?" He replied, blushing and smiling a bit.

I smiled back. I was crushed by the news, but I knew that anyone who could make Percy that happy was definitely the right one for him. I'd get over it in time.

"Nico?" I questioned

"Uh, yes. Nico's my boyfriend." Percy told me.

"Well, if he ever treats you wrong..." I started,

"You'll beat him up, yes, yes." Percy finished, laughing.

"It's fine Jay. I think...I think Nico's the one."

Percy's POV

"So, this is m-" Annabeth cut me off

"That's clearly Nico. And we know Nico. What is the purpose of this?" She asked.

I glared at her.

"So, as I was about to say, this is NICO my BOYFRIEND," I finished.

"Oh my gosh, FINALLY," Silena squealed, a chorus of finallys following, from the rest of our group.

"Yes! You can thank me and my brilliant idea for this!" Leo exclaimed.

"Huh?" I was confused.

"Well, you see, I was the one that came up with the amazing idea to give you some secret admirer note, to push Nico over the edge and make him finally ask you out," Leo explained.

"And we set it up." Piper said, gesturing to the some of the others.

"Well...I'd say don't meddle with other people's love life's, but that's just what you do, plus it got me my amazing boyfriend, so I'll let it slide," Nico said.

I blushed.

"Why'd we do this again?" Clarisse asked. "Now they're gonna be that annoying couple everyone normal hates. they're already getting 'lost in each other eyes, communicating in series of looks, and I'm gonna bet whenever we meet up they're gonna be cuddling and making out in the corner."

Me and Nico both looked at each other simultaneously, and he grinned evilly.

"We accept that." He said, cupping my face and pressing his lips to mine.

I smiled against his lips. I could get used to this.

The End.