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Sometimes all Nico needs is a little push. An actual one. Right between the shoulderblades to be exact. Thank you Annabeth. I’d noticed Nico staring at Reyna for weeks now. I always notice more than is good for me. Like, say, one day, I noticed Nico standing just the right distance away from Reyna that a good push would send him toppling into her. Most likely he’d hit her. So I decided to play Matchmaker. I reached diagonal from where I was sitting with Percy and pushed right between the shoulderblades. Thank you Annabeth, I said to myself as I watched what happened. Percy didn’t notice until the end when I nudged him. Thank you, brain. The push came quick, too fast for me to register what was happening. I fell forward, stumbling. A second after I realized what was happening, I hit her. “OW!” We both hit the ground. “What--how?!” “Um-sorry-uh…” (Curse my horrible conversation skills!) “Why on earth did you do that?!” “Someone pushed me?” Ow…. “Well, get up!” She started to get up, and her brown hair rustled beautifully in the wind. The corners of my mouth twitched up. “What are you smiling at?” “Um…” I quickly got to my feet and forced myself to look into her deep, black eyes that looked so much like the Styx. “Answer my question.” “Um…” “TELL M-” “I like you.” I burst out my secret I’d been keeping ever seice I’d met her. “And I mean like.” “Really?” She didn’t like me. I could tell. I could hear surprise in her voice, and was that a bit of….disgust?…