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And I'm so sorry guys.

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Headphones: Chapter 3-

"God dammit Thalia, can't you pick up the phone once? Anyways, I can't talk for long, Bianc-" The message replayed from my phone, as I let the words sink in for probably the fiftieth time. Bianca? What's wrong with Bianca? And why did the phone go out like that? The water on my hair dripped down onto the carpet because I had taken a shower, and that's why I hadn't been able to pick up my phone. Man, I wished I had ended the shower sooner.

"Hey Thalia, is the hot water all run out?" I turned towards Annabeth and I could tell I scared her from the look on my face. There was no emotion, now she should be used to this look when my headphones are on, but my headphones are no where near me. I silently handed her the phone and began pacing back and forth.

"God dammit Thalia, can't you pick up the phone once? Anyways, I can't talk for long, Bianc-" Annabeth stood there after listening to the message. My phone dropped from her hand and she came over and gave me a hug. I stopped pacing and just stood there. Letting her hug me while I felt nothing at all. I was numb. Different scenarios ran through my head all at once. Annabeth must've gotten an idea and picked the phone back up.

"Hello, does a Bianca Di Angelo work here?" I tuned out of the convo Annabeth was having with the person over the phone. I don't know who she was talking to, but it didn't matter to me, I wanted to know where Nico was. When his voice suddenly stopped, so did my heart, and every time I listened to that message, when his voice stops, my heart gives a little more. All of a sudden I heard Annabeth snap at the person on the other side of the phone and slammed it shut. "I hate talking to nosey co-workers."

"Do you think Nico's okay?" That was all I could think or ask at the moment.

"I honestly have no clue Thalia. Have you tried calling him?" That question right then made me snap.

"Obviously not Annabeth, I mean it's not like I'm incredibly worried about him or anything! What kind of human being do you think I am? Of course I tried calling him. Seven times. I counted each time. I mean how could I not? My heart was tearing in half with each unanswered call. Do you really think that I'd just let the person I love to-" I choked, not wanting to face the reality of the situation with this line, "die?" By the end of this, my voice had gone out. I still couldn't think straight, my brain was mush just like my feelings and sadly, right then was when I had to face this reality.

"...You love him?" Annabeth asked me. Though she didn't look shocked, she looked like she had already known this and was waiting for my approval of her true statement.

"Yes... I think so Annabeth, and that scares me to death." She stared at me for a while, then held her arms out for me. I stepped into them and cried on her shoulder even though I was taller than her. Man, this must be what it feels for guys to cry on their girlfriends shoulders. This sucks, the height difference doesn't affect us much, but the guy would have to crane his neck. Ouch. I'd feel bad for Nico if I ever made him do this. With that thought, the reality hit me again, he could be dead, and this would never happen to us. I don't want that to happen. With strengthened resolve, I removed myself from Annabeth, picked my phone up and calmly dialed the hospital.

"Hello? Hi yes, this is Thalia Grace, and I was wondering if a Bianca Di Angelo has been admitted? Or someone with the same last name?" I asked, I heard some typing and the secretary's voice came to me in a clean-cut kind of way. As though this could make or break me.

"Hello Ms. Grace? Yes, there seems to be a Bianca Di Angelo, but even if you were to come down here, we wouldn't be able to let you go see her." I was instantly filled with relief, but that was soon replaced with worry for Bianca.

"Is there a person named Nico in the waiting room? If so, I will be down there soon." I heard the clicking of heels coming from the lady I had called on her personal cell. There was some distant talking, then I heard the sweetest sound in my life.

"Thalia? I'm so sorry to worry you. My phone suddenly died on me, and I was freaking out. Thankfully a person nearby had seen Bianca faint and had called 911 for me." I sighed with relief and started crying a little more.

"That's fine Nico, I'm sure I would've reacted the same if it were Annabeth." I had to think about what I wanted to say next, "but I was more worried for you funnily enough. I mean Bianca is a really good friend of mine, but you're more... important in a way." Fuck it. "What I'm trying to say is that-" suddenly the phone cut me off again. I looked at my phone to notice the battery had started sparking without me noticing and had shut down. "Dammit." I grabbed my coat and left the house. Annabeth understanding mostly what was happening let me leave, knowing I was going to the hospital to go find Corpse Breath and let him get what he deserves.

"God damn you Nico and you're stupidly charming smile, you're persuasive ways, and ability to make me worry over a simple phone call. Damn you for making me think you were in trouble and damn you for making me love you." I muttered to myself as I angrily got out of the car and stomped into the hospital waiting room. I passed Piper, the secretary that I had called. The girl dating my brother that I had just gotten reacquainted with recently. I nodded to her, and she smiled at me, motioning me to the gloomy boy clad in black sitting in the corner of the room staring down at a phone which contrasted with him quite funnily considering it was bright pink. I let out a little laugh at that and that's when he looked up at me. He stared for a while till it all clicked. He got up slowly and let his arms and head drop lazily. I held my arms out like Annabeth had done recently for me, and he stepped to me, letting me hug him while he cried. I didn't let him go until his tears where gone.

"Damn you Nico, you know what? I'm done with everything about you. You have caused me so much trouble. Even making me break my one vow." He looked at me like a young boy about to go to his mother's funeral. "Never to let myself to fall in love till I hit thirty." With that his expression changed, turning to one of disbelief.

"Thalia? Are you in love with..." It seemed like he couldn't finish his sentence so I finished it for him.

"You. I Thalia Grace, am in love with Nico Di Angelo, or Corpse Breath if you will, and I'm not afraid to admit it out loud because I know he can't afford to get anyone better than me." I finished that off with a wink at him making him chuckle a little, but before he could respond a doctor walked in.

"Hello, I'm looking for the party of Bianca Di Angelo?" He asked, and let me tell you my amazement when I saw that it was my brother Jason. Nico raised his hand but I accidentally cut him off before he could say anything.

"Jason?" I asked, Jason looked up from his clipboard and stared right back at me.

"Thalia?" I nodded and he ran towards me and lifted me off the ground knowing I hate being lifted off the floor even a little bit. I squealed a little, and I could feel Nico's stare. I tapped Jason twice letting him know to put me down.

"Sorry, it's been a while. But I believe the person you're looking for is right here." I motioned towards Nico and he snapped out of whatever land he had been in.

"Yes, that would be me, I'm her brother. Is she okay?" He asked. Jason looked down at the clipboard again and looked back at Nico, and shook his head a little, then motioned him to follow him. I stayed where I was politely talking with other people in the waiting room when Nico came back looking a little frazzled. I put my hand on his shoulder but he shook it off. He sat down and put his head in his hands.

"Nico?" I asked him. That's when he looked up with the saddest eyes I've ever seen. This goes way past a little boy about to go to his mother's funeral. These are the eyes of a boy that's about to lose one of the closest people he's ever known.

"She has a brain tumor. But she never told me. She didn't want me to know. She's had it for years. She's going to die soon Thalia, and there's nothing I can do." I wrapped my arm around him and laid his head on my shoulder. He was too in shock to even cry.

~Don't run away, don't run away, just tell me that you will stay, promise me you will stay~

I hummed, and I felt a single tear hit the bare skin showing on my neck. It chilled me to the bone and that made me die a little more. We were both too shocked to do anything. But I knew that from here on I would do anything for the boy that messed with my headphones that day, and ended up making me fall in love with him. Even if he doesn't love me back, I know that I'd do anything to keep him from running away from his problems.

The End.

Whooo, after such a long time I can title this complete. Sorry, I almost cried writing this, and the line from a song is Dark Side by Kelly Clarkson. Which I highly suggest listening to while reading this. And yes, I know I'm horrible, but this had to happen. Maybe I might finish my other stories now XD