NPOV
I woke up to the sound of a car engine revving up and driving away. It was probably Frank picking up Hazel for the collab today. Crap. The collaboration with Percy is today.
I rolled onto my side and picked up my phone from beside me. I click it on and groan. The time is 11:45. The live stream is at 12, I have 15 minutes to get dressed and to get to Percy's. I jump out of bed and race over to my dresser.
Unearthing a small silver key from it's hiding place under the dresser, I unlock the top drawer, and pull it out. My hoodie and sweatpants are lying next to my mask connected to the voice modifier. I take those things out and lay them on my bed. Then I go into the washroom. I grab a blue hairbrush that was lying on the counter and quickly run it through my hair. Then I grab my toothbrush and brush my teeth.
The throbbing pain in my shoulder makes me wince as I pull my hoodie over my head. I grab my mask, switched on the modifier, and hurried down the stairs, almost tripping over our cat, Small Bob.
I was six when I named him, okay?
While grabbing the keys to lock the door, I noticed a small note with my name on it lying next to them. I take it and read it.
Nico,
I went with Frank to the collab at Percy's.
I'll see you later, have fun with whatever you do today!
Love, Hazel
Smiling at the note, I head out the door.
~~~~ LE TIME SKIP ~~~~
I reached Percy's house at 11:57. It only takes three minutes to walk from my house to his. Walking up the steps of the light blue house, I take a deep breath.
Before I could ring the doorbell, the door flew open. Percy stood there excitedly.
"Hey, I'm Percy Jackson! You don't need to introduce yourself, I know who you are." I nodded at him.
"So, um, how was the drive here?" he asked, suddenly nervous.
Do they seriously think I am old enough to drive?
"I'm only fifteen. Can't drive." I hear my distorted voice say simply. Percy nods, looking flustered.
"So... do you want to come in?"
"No, Jackson, I'll stay out here in the freezing cold wind. Thanks for the offer." I say sarcastically. He laughs, then moves out of the way to let me in. While I'm following him to his living room, he says,
"All my friends are already here. I've started the live stream and connected my computer to the TV so we can see the comments easier." I nod again. Percy shuffled into the room, with me following close behind. All my friends' faces turned to us at once.
"Hey guys, Ghost King is here," He says obviously, laying a hand on my shoulder. I draw a sharp breath and twitch away. He had put his hand on the spot that hurt the most.
"Sorry, forgot about the shoulder thing." He apollogized.
"It's fine," I say quietly. We fall into silence, all my friends staring at me in awe. I felt very uncomfortable. I focused on Will's eyes boring into mine. Finally, Leo spoke up.
"Dude! You're so cool. Your last video was so amazhang."
"Thanks?" I say uncertainly.
"And you're treating that wound right, right?" Will's doctor mode came on. I sighed.
"Yes, Doctor." I say in a bored/exasperated tone.
"You hungry? We have chips and candy." Reyna offers. I glanced at Will, and thought about how pissed he would be if he knew I didn't have breakfast. I shook my head.
"Not removing my mask." I said, pointing to it.
"Ah, right." Reyna responded. We settled back into uncomfortable silence. Then Piper shattered it once again.
"Can we ask you a few questions? Just to get to know you better." she asks. I hesitate, thinking.
"Um, sure. But you can only ask two questions, and they can't be very personal or something that could reveal my identity." They all smile at the same time. Creepy.
"Hmm, what gender do you go by?" Hazel questions. It was weird to have my sister ask me what my gender is.
"I'm male." I say shortly.
"Do you have a nickname we could call you by?" Leo asks.
"Yeah. You can call me Ghost King." he rolls his eyes and was about to say something, but gets interrupted.
"Okay! Let's get started." Jason jumped in. I plopped down on a chair closest to the corner and watched at they got started. Reyna had to tell the most embarrassing thing that happened to her. Leo had to run around the street, screaming like a madman. Will had to count how many beans are in a can. Piper had to list all the people she had had a crush on.
"Ghostie, truth or dare?" Piper asked. I frowned.
"Dare, and don't call me that." I say.
"M'kay, Ghostie." She looked towards the comment section, which had dare after dare flowing in like a river.
"Ooh, that one's good. Team_FosterKeefe4life says to turn off your voice modifier and say something." I groan, but reach under my mask and flick it off.
"You all are the worst." I mutter softly.
"Oh, so that's what the great Ghost King sounds like!" Leo exclaims, then pretends to faint on the spot. Rolling my eyes at him, I turn the modifier back on.
I see Will looking at me out of the corner of my eye. He seemed to be thinking. I ignore all the thoughts and worries that pop into my brain, and continue playing.
"Jackson, truth or dare?" I dare Percy to sing 'Under the Sea' at the top of his lungs. When he finishes, the comments are flooding in.
I'm_B0red: 💐💐💐💐💐
NightOwl193: OMG sO aMaZiNg!!!
Go/AWAY: 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Percy grins and bows, then turns back to the group.
"Hazel! Truth or dare." She straightens.
"Dare." Her eyes flash. Percy starts reading the comments.
"Why are they all the exact same thing?" He complains. "Ugh, fine." He looks her in the eye.
"Hazel, I dare you to call your brother."
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Ooh, what's gonna happen? I'll post the next chapter soon.
Have a good day/night!
-Lyn
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