"So you got a date?" Aaron asked in disbelief, "The emo kid that stands in dark corners has a date? And I don't?"

"It isn't a date." I said

"Then what is it?" Aaron

Earlier that day…

"Hey Nico." Cierra chimed gleefully.

"Hey, wazzup?" I asked leaning in the shadows against my cabin with some shades on.

"Hi Nico!" Anastasia piped

"Hi..."

"So... How was your day?" Cierra asked batting her eyelashes

"Just fine cherry pie how was yours?"

"Fantastical!" She sang and walked away.

"So Nico," Anastasia leaned her shoulder against the cabin and twirled her hair with her finger. "Are you doing anything later?"

"Maybe. Why?" I said, cooler than ever.

"Do you want to meet me at the canoe lake? 11 O'clock sharp."

"Whatever." I said

"Eee!" She squealed with delight and skipped off.

"Its not a date," I said

"Sounds like a date to me." Said Harper, taking sudden interest in our conversation.

"Will you guys shut up before you make me lose!" Daniel said frustrated and intent with the video game.

We were in my cabin. I'm one of the few who have a secret buddy who sneaks you in good stuff. For a price of course, but it all pays off.

That isn't exactly how it went earlier with Anastasia and Cierra...

What really happened...

"You have bad spelling." Said Cierra as she read my paper. I wrote an actual poem this time, not just some three-lined garble.

"You spell like that too," Anastasia chimed. She was playing with my hair. lifted it up, then placed up down, then she ruffled it up, and fixed it back to the way it was. Then she got a marker and tried to colour my black hair pink.

"Hey stop that!" I said. Not that it would work in the first place. She was just getting on my nerves.

Cierra glared at her with silverey eyes, "Do you spell again 'a-g-e-n'? I don't."

I grunted in frustration, "What does it matter?"

"It matters plenty."

"How?"

She rolled her eyes, "Do you want to learn how to write good poetry or not?"

"Not really…"

"Fine then! leave!" she pointed out her cabin door.

I sighed and shuffled out the door but Anastasia called "Nico wait!"

I turned around. "What."

"I-" she stopped and took an interest in her shoes, "Meet me at the canoe lake at 11 O'clock." Then she walked back into her cabin and shut the door.

That's not what I told anyone though...

"Anastasia? Ha! You have a date with an emo chick!" Aaron teased

"It's NOT a date!" I growled

"Shut Up!" Daniel yelled

"I'm gonna kill you!" Harper said swinging his controller to the left and right

"Well are you going alone?" Aaron poked at me

"You." Harper said

"Well yeah," Duh.

"Are." Harper said

"Is she going alone?" Aaron asked

"Dead." Harper said

"I don't know-"

"Then it's a date!"

"MEAT!" Harper shouted.

"NOT. A. DATE!" I lunged at him and sent him flying into Daniel.

Shing! The orange-armored guy in the video game was decapitated.

Game Over! You Lose!

"ARRG!" Shouted Daniel. He lept to his feet and shouted through grinding teeth: "You-guys-are-SO-dead!"

And with that, the two little piggies Aaron and Harper cried wee-wee-wee all the way home.

That left me standing alone in my cabin with an angry demigod. "Dude, Daniel." I warned "Seriously, get out of my cabin." When Daniel got mad, things tended to get hot. Really hot. Like things start melting hot. I guess you can't blame him if his dad is the sun god.

"So… dead…" He boiled. The carpet around his feet began to smolder. I backed up and turned to bolt out of the door but it slammed shut.

Daniel's eyes began glowing dangerously bright, like miniature suns.

"Come on man. We can work this out." I had to think fast before I turned into a puddle of Nico. The air was becoming hot and humid and I began to began rolling off of my clothes.

"Aww, is poor little Nico afraid of the sun? I always thought you were a little pale." He grinned a wicked grin that creeped the socks off of me.

I looked around me. There was nothing in reach for me to distract him with. I was toast! Burnt Toast!

Then I spotted the perfect distraction, just poking out from under my bed.

"Ah!" I cried as I dove for it. Daniel dove too, nearly singing my arm hair off with a swing of his arm. I barely made it, but I managed to grab it. I pressed the button and threw it at him.

"Dance with Elmo!" Sang a high-pitched voice.

Daniel stood in blank confusion as we watched a furry thing wiggle around on the floor with music blasting from its butt. "Is that a..."

It was a Dance With Me-Chicken Dancing Elmo. Elmo, in a yellow chicken costume, was doing a cross between the worm and the chicken dance on the floor.

I giggled. Then I broke out into a mad laughter. I can't help it. He just got hit in the face with a chicken! But I forgot my plan was to run. He snapped out of his stun and confusion and made a grab for my neck.

Ha, lucky me I have quick reflexes. I reached my hand out and slapped his face.

Slap! He looked utterly devistated with a red hand mark on his cheek.

I bolted out the door faster than you can say mississippi without the s'es. I ran out and looked around. Where should I go? The big house? No he'll find me there. Stables? No, it smells like horse droppings. The beach? Nope, I'm not good with water... Wait, that's it!

I ran to Percy's cabin and knocked on the door. "Percy? You in there? Come on, open up!" I knocked and knocked and knocked. I heard frantic shuffling from the other side.

Finally he opened the door, "Nico! What do you want? I'm busy."

"Not any more you're not!" I ran inside and shut the door.

Annabeth was laying on the bed on her stomach with her pony tail messy . "Hey Nico." She said. I could hear irritation in her voice.

"Oh I guess you are busy." I mummbled

Percy, who didn't have a shirt on, walked to the bed and sat down next to her. While he put his shirt on he asked me, "Would you care to explain?"

I cocked my head to the side and wondered what he meant. Then I realized what he was talking about with a quick slap to my forehead and an 'Oh'. "I'm hiding, so shut up and don't answer the door." I said glancing out of the window.

"Ah, I see." He said clearly not paying attention anymore. He turned slightly and reached out to Annabeth. He started tickling her in the ribs.

"Percy stop!" She laughed,

"Uh-uh," He said. "You owe me."

"No, please stop! Seriously stop!" He was laughing like a moron. "Oh, I'm gonna dump you in the lava pit!"

"Can't. I'm immune," He reminded her playfully

"Oh NOOOOOOOOO!" she laughed uncontrollably

I tried not to pay them any mind, but Annabeth's laugh was kinda cute. Dammit, did I just think that? I pulled my hood over my head and put my head-phones in to drown them out with some music.

I spaced out for at least 10 minutes, then suddenly I heard a BONK!

I stood up, "What was that?" Annabeth lied unconcious in Percy's arms. Percy looked like he was about to flip out.

"I was just- and then she- but she-" Thunder boomed overhead

Almost simultaneously there was a knocking at the door. Percy layed Annabeth safely on the bed and rushed to the door.

"Have you seen Nico?" Daniel's voice rang in.

"No. You're a medic right? You've got to help me!" Percy grabbed him by the wrist and pulled him to the bed where Annabeth was.

I slinked into the shadows and was going to make a run for the door when a woman's angry voice said "PERSEUS JACKSON!"

Uh-oh! God alert! Angry god alert! Time to leave! I shadow traveled out.

I decided to add some random Percabth to this xD What do you think? Not as good as the last chapter? BETTER than the last chapter? People feedback please! And thank you for all of the great reviews I've gotten so far!
~The Monster Under Your Bed