Room 625, Kohala Coast, Hawaii, Wednesday Evening

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Even though there was a lot to do at the resort, Jason had decided to turn in early tonight and relax in his and Percy's room - as much as he could while it was his and Percy's room. He grabbed a book and his cell phone before getting settled on his bed and trying to relax. Before he could start reading, he had a call to make.

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When the phone rang, Nico dove for it in a state of surprise, not wanting Luke to be bothered. "Uh, hello?"

He honestly had no clue who would be calling for Luke. It wasn't like anyone ever called Nico.

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"Nico? Hey, it's Jason," he said. "Are you okay?"

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"Oh, hey," Nico's voice got a little quieter as he smiled and turned his back to his roommate. "Um, mind if I call you back in like, twenty seconds? You're on your cell, right?" Just because no one called him didn't mean Nico didn't know a few numbers.

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"Yeah, I'm still on the school trip," Jason said, facepalming. "Am I interrupting something? You can call me back later if you want."

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"Just a couple seconds," Nico promised, hanging up the phone and solidifying the shadows around him so he could easily make his way up to Jason's room where there were no roommates or distractions of any kind.

Well, other than all of Jason's stuff. And Jason's room phone, which Nico picked up, dialing the cell number he'd worked so hard to remember.

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Jason didn't bother looking at the phone when he answered it, even though his greeting was still a little tentative. "Hi?"

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"Sorry, Luke was in the room and I didn't want to bother him." Which was true, but he also didn't want to have to be careful about sounding like he missed Jason. "How's Hawaii?"

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Nico's explanation made a lot of sense, so Jason relaxed and leaned back on his bed. "It's 95% awesome," he said. "The weather is nice and there's been a crazy amount of stuff to do. I was worried it was going to rain or something, but it hasn't."

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Of course it was perfect there. Nico tried not to begrudge Jason a nice vacation since it was his own fault he answered a call from home. "Sounds like you should be a hundred percent awesome."

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"Well, not quite. I have to share a room with Percy," Jason said with a sigh. For a moment, he was quiet as he debated whether to go on. "And there's someone who's definitely missing from the trip," he finally said.

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"Missing your air conditioner in paradise?" Nico asked, laying down on Jason's bed where he could almost feel like he wasn't alone.

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"I'm missing all of you, not just the air conditioner part," Jason said. "I don't have a lot of other people to talk to, so I've been doing stuff on my own. It's weird how much I got used to not doing that."

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"Hey, I'd be there if I could," Nico sighed. "Even if it meant letting you drag me on geeky tours. I might even pretend I liked it." But only because Jason was there.

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"Hey! I haven't done anything that geeky," Jason said in mock offense. "I mean, I checked out some volcanoes and listened to a guy talk about stargazing, but those were awesome."

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"Volcanoes and stargazing? Sounds like you were hanging out at camp." Well, there was lava on the rock climbing wall and looking at the stars was the big alternative to television at night. "And still you're calling me."

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"Well, I can't go out and do stuff every night, or I'd get exhausted. And, you know, I wanted to see how you're doing," Jason admitted quickly. That was a friendly thing to do, right? He'd get to asking about Luke eventually. Probably. "I wasn't even sure if I'd get you, or if you'd still be stuck at home. How'd that go?"

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"It wasn't bad," Nico said, shrugging like Jason could see that. "I mean, there were no flowers stuck in my hair for days, so that's a plus." Was he supposed to tell Jason how he couldn't wait for Saturday night?

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Jason laughed. "That does sound like a plus. And now you have time to sit around and play video games with Luke and sleep. That's not a bad way to spend a week, right?" He was looking forward to Saturday too, although he wasn't sure if he should say that either.

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"You've introduced me to much better ways, but this one is a close second or maybe third. Though it's more me playing games and Luke telling me I'm totally fucking it up." Since Nico was much newer to these types of games (and technology) than anyone else.

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"I'm sure you're not that bad," Jason said, trying to sound supportive. "And I have plenty of books in my room that you can borrow if you'd rather read." He hoped that Nico could hear him laughing clearly through the phone.

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"You're such an ass," Nico accused. "I'm looking at your book collection right now; don't make me ruin it."

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"Don't you dare! Most of those books aren't mine. I mean, Bruce gave them to me, but I didn't buy them so they're not mine, you know?" Jason snickered. "I figured you might have gone to my room to leave Luke undisturbed." Funny how that didn't really bother him. Maybe all those times Nico showed up without knocking really did have a positive outcome. "Is everything still in one piece? Besides my book collection, that is."

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"Ye--" Nico realized Jason would notice his closet had been rifled through easily enough when he returned. "Um, mostly. I borrowed some first aid stuff. Luke and I got a little carried away in practice." The lie came out so smoothly Nico couldn't have planned it better. He hated himself just a little for it.

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"Are you guys okay?" Jason asked, not doubting Nico's statement at all. It helped that Nico wasn't lying to his face. "You probably shouldn't be trying to kill each other when there's no one else around." Mainly, while he wasn't around.

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"Luke's a little worse for the wear, but he should be mostly better by the time you guys get back. Uh, don't mention it to Percy if you can avoid it. I don't need him pissed because I hurt Luke while he was gone." Nico hadn't done anything, but he'd agreed this story made more sense than Luke coming back from camp with an injury. Chiron never would have allowed that.