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It was one of those rare cloudy days allowed at Camp Half-Blood. Nico had just woken up. He rolls over to look at his nightstand in the Hades cabin to read 11am. He slept in once again. Will has been getting on him about that. He really has been trying to get better about waking up at reasonable times. Luckily it is a Sunday so it's still the weekend. Nico sits there for 10 minutes staring around the cabin thinking.
I missed breakfast. I don't have anything planned for today, maybe I should wake and bake.
So he finally gets up to open up his back window, put on some music, and grab his stuff. He sits by the window lighting the blunt. He has a couch under the window for this reason.
He does have carts which are more convenient. Today Nico decided to treat himself to some flower. Disposing of the carts is hard sometimes so they have been piling up in his nightstand drawer. One time he got caught by cabin check finding his empty carts. Gently he takes a nice long hit. Slowly relaxing into the couch. There's a pillow and blanket in case he falls asleep again. Then another. He pauses to question his tolerance and how high he wants to get today. “Fuck it” he shrugs to himself. Then takes two more hits. His low tolerance comes in handy sometimes and others…. not so much. It’s hard to impress at the sesh with other campers.
Then he hears the music he had put on. Slowly he rocks his head side to side with the beat. Easing into his high.
He proceeds to put out the blunt and save the rest for later. Closes the window and lays back down on his bed. Savoring life and how much better it has gotten. Smoking is a breath of fresh air. It had helped him a lot with his panic attacks and to enjoy life more. Makes him feel more alive sometimes. Then a knock on the door.
Goddammit.
Nico can never have peace. He pauses the music and goes to open the door.
“Who is it, what do you want?”
“Chill man it’s just me Grover”
“Oh.” Nico fully opens the door.
“Catch you at a bad time?” Suddenly Grover smells the sweet dank. “Smells like someones had a good one, mind if I join?”
The window didn’t help at all this time. Stupid wind.
“Yeah man come on in” Nico says walking towards the couch with his stuff still out.
“So what brings you here?” Nico asks.
“I saw the smoke and I thought I’d pay my friend a visit.” Grover states in an energetic, kind tone.
“How kind” Nico giggles.
Grover lights his own stuff because this is not his first time. He knows what he’s doing.
Since weed around the states has become legal, Chiron allowed the Demeter kids to grow at camp to help for medicinal reasons. Of course there are always the few that do it for recreational reasons, like Grover. He may have seen a lot of shit but he knows how to handle his baggage. Nature is his healer. He likes to meditate.
Grover actually introduced Nico to the idea of smoking weed. His first time was with the Stoll brothers. But Grover and Nico have become close ever since that shesh. Nicos anger issues have mellowed out and he's not that angry at Percy anymore. It started with Grover talking to Nico about his life. The empathy link with Percy really helped Nico understand that he truly was sorry. Percy didn't mean for his sister to die and he really did care. But now, that is all in the past.
Right now Nico is enjoying some music and chill time with his friend Grover. Until it gets interrupted again.
Seriously. This has to be some cruel joke.
“Hello? Nico? You in there?” The door opens and it’s Will…
He knows Nico smokes but it is a ‘don’t ask, don't tell’ type of situation. Will has seen what drugs can do to people so he cant help but be worried about Nico going into harder stuff. Next thing you know Will is standing over Nico as he lays in his bed.
“Come to join or be a buzzkill?” Sighs Nico.
“There shouldn't be a buzz to kill Di Angelo” Will says rolling his eyes.
“You are not friend, you are foe.” Nico states in a dramatic tone.
“Oh don't be like this Nico, how high are you?”
“I'm thinking of a number between 11 and 16”
Grover cant hold in his laughter. He starts giggling like a little kid at two parents bickering.
“Look sunshine, you have two options. Join us or leave us alone. I’ll see you at lunch” Nico declares.
“Oh no you won't, you were supposed to see the infirmary for a checkup this morning.” Will then starts dragging Nico out of bed.
“Can I do it later? When I'm not high” Nico whines.
“Fine, enjoy.” Will proceeds to put Nico back in his black hole of a bed and starts walking out the door.
“You too Grover”
“Love you” Nico shouts as Will shuts the door.
“Dude that was so funny” Grover starts laughing again. Nico also starts laughing. He gets giggly sometimes too, like Grover. Under Nicos typical blank expression, he let himself laugh this time.