Chapter 1 : A Dimly Growing Fire

Nico's POV

I yawned, it was in the middle of the night, I was suppose to be asleep.

I turned, the small beam of moonlight seemed so bright in the darkness, the two torches of Greek Fire outside was still burning, a small dim, unusual green glow.

I sighed, sometimes it does get lonely in The Hades' cabin, being the only child of one of the Big Three.

I got up, ruffling by bedraggled black hair, messing it up to give it its usual look.

My thin black shirt didn't do much to keep the cold at bay.

I slipped on my ripped dark blue jeans and padded out into the night, the sand was cold under my feet.

I sat by the now dim flames of the bonfire, I stared at the ashes, trying to keep warm.

"Can't sleep?" a sweet, gentle voice asked.

I turned a little surprised to find someone out so late at night.

"Yeah," I mumbled. "What about you Alexis? Can't you sleep?"

Her silky, fiery red hair was braided with silver ribbons down her back.

Her light blue eyes looked almost silver in the dark, her freckles were barely visible, she had always looked more beautiful at night.

She was wearing a plain white spaghetti strap top and a red and white polka dot cotton shorts.

"I wake up usually around this time," Alexis said, siting down next to me by the fire pit. "Then I go back to sleep around 2 or 3."

She brushed a strand of red hair out of her face.

That small action made my stomach do a flip.

"What's your reason?" she asked, looking at me with those gentle silver-blue eyes.

She looked like the type of girl who would just take a glance at you and able to tell from what you would wear today down to your most deepest, darkest secret.

I guess that's a privilege for being a daughter of Hecate, she's like a kind of psychic or witch.

"I don't know," I confessed truthfully, her eyes flittering to my messy black hair to my smooth, soft lips.

Once she saw what she needed to she turned back to the fire.

I was gonna ask her what was troubling her but knew it wasn't a very good question, being able to see everything about one person, from the past, the present and the future, through eye contact. I'm sure she's bothered by a lot of things.

"You cold?" Alexis asked, getting up.

Her slim, fit body was pressed lightly against mine but she stood up and brushed away, yet another, loose strand of amber hair.

"Yeah, kinda," I admitted.

"I'll light some fire," she said, going closer to the fire pit and the pile of burnt wood.

I didn't know how she was able to light a fire with that, but I didn't doubt her magic.

She crouched by the fire and muttered a few wordsm, bringing her hands close to the burnt wood, her palms flat and facing the fireplace.

A small spark of flame appeared and kept getting bigger until Alexis withdrew her hands.

I got up and tended to the fire a little, hoping it would keep burning.

Alexis sat a little further away from the fire, she sat hugging her legs to her chest.

The silence was unbearable as I crouched near the fire, tending to it.

Both of us wasn't much for small talk, but it made me feel more relaxed to know that she was here.

"It's valentine's day today," Alexis whispered.

She was right, it was one o'clock in the morning, I guess you could count it as tomorrow.

"I know," I sighed as I sat back next to her, the feeling returning to my body as the flames crackled, burning brightly.

"Do you have anything planned for later today?" Alexis asked innocently, not making me suspect anything.

"No, not really," I said, starting to feel a little sleepy. "Why?"

"No reason," she whispered, her voice soft. "Just meet me by the lake at 7."

She brushed her lips against my cheek lightly, I think was counted as a kiss.

"For now, go to sleep."

As she went to her cabin she gazed at me for one last time before closing the door softly.

And just like that she left me with my sleepiness, the lingering feeling of her lips against my cold skin and a dimly growing fire.

The cold pricked at my skin again, but somehow it didn't bother me, because inside I was already warm...

A Small Note From The Writer : Doodler here, anyone up for the chapter 2?