Nico's eyes swept across the faces of the other campers at the fire. They were laughing, and singing, and...happy. Nico swolded at all of the campers. Why were they so happy? He thought, Couldn't they be quiet? The only reason Nico was here was because Percy forced him.

"Come on, Nico! The camp fire's awesome! It wouldn't hurt for you to try to make friends."

How did he know? Nico thought. No one liked him, no one cared...Suddenly, Nico's saw something that shocked him. A girl. Not just any girl. She was possibly the beautiful girl he'd ever seen. He turned his head towards the girl and almost gasped out aloud. She had long, curly blonde hair that fell past her shoulder. Her pale, porcelain face faced the fire, which she stared into sadly with her bright green eyes. Annabeth noticed Nico staring at the girl, and, with a smirk, elbowed him. "Enjoying the view?"

Nico jumped and rubbed his side, glaring at Annabeth, "What?"

"I said, are you enjoying the view?" She repeated, nodding towards the girl. When Nico didn't respond, Annabeth sighed, "Her name's Angel, if you'd like to know. Angel Goodwin."

Nico turned his head to look at the girl again. "Who's her parent?" He asked, softly.

"Demeter," Percy replied for Annabeth, who he had his arm around.

Nico wanted to ask more about this 'Angel' girl, like where she was from, how old she was, if she had a boyfriend (at the last thought, Nico mentally slapped himself, Get a grip, Nico...), but he know that Annabeth would tease him about until the day he make his maker, so he could quiet. The entire time, Nico stared at Angel's beautiful face, imagining what it would be like to hold her in his arms, to see her smile, to hear her laugh, to kiss her beautiful lips, for her, a human being, to actually want him and care for him...

But as Angel stood and left with the other Demeter children, Nico know that it would never happen. How could she love me? He thought over and over as he walked back to his cabin. As he pulled back the covers of his bed, and laid down, he promised himself he'd think about Angel Goodwin in a none romantic way. But as soon as his head hit his pillow, his dreams were fulled with Angel. A few minutes later, Nico sat up, unable to sleep.

How can I fall in love so fast? He thought. Was it actually love or was it a dirty trick being played by the Aphrodite and Eros' cabins? Could it be true? Would they really mess with his feelings for a joke? Well, Nico didn't care if it was a joke or not. He loved the feelings of want, of desire, of love. Nico hadn't felt this way in years and he decided to save it as long as he could...