Will wasn't sure when he realized he liked Nyssa. Maybe it was all of a sudden; maybe it was coming for years. All he knew was that he made a decision that was going to forever be the greatest decision he'd ever make. It started on a Friday night.
The Hephaestus cabin was working hard on the Argo II and they were barley taking breaks. He saw the ship at the docks and was blown away. It was huge! They did all this in six months, Will thought. He felt a twinge of envy knowing that his cabin would never be able to do something like this in six months. But the feeling passed suddenly because he knew what they were going through. The camp was depending on them. The feeling of remorse was almost immediately replaced with something that felt like butterflies. Nyssa was standing at the base of the ship directing her cabin mates.
"No, the oar goes there!" she yelled as they almost dropped a large bronze stick on her. One of them yelled a few rude curses in Greek, but listened to what she had said. She sighed and looked back at some blueprints while campers roamed all around them.
"Hey Nyssa, how's the ship comin' along?" he asked.
"Better. It could be worse…" she pushed Will out of the way as she ducked a hammer that was dropped from the deck.
"Watch it! You could brain somebody!" she yelled. She turned back to her blueprints and almost forgot that Will was there." Oh! You were saying something, right?"
He had almost forgotten why he had come over there in the first place. He was distracted by… well, he didn't know exactly. Her! You were distracted by her! said a small voice in his head. Shut up, he told it. He couldn't have been distracted by Nyssa. Not by the way her medium length, wavy black hair went down her back and flew in the wind while it was tied up in a red bandana. Or the way her mocha colored eyes looked in the sun, while her bronze skin seemed to be glowing. And then there were her lips. The way she bit her lip when she was really focused on something really made him want to grab her and… No! Will told himself firmly. She's got too much on her mind right now. You can't bother her with thoughts like that. And you just got out of a relationship, remember? He sighed to himself until Nyssa hit his shoulder lightly.
"Yo, you still in there?" she waved her hand in front of his face and smiled. "I didn't think sons of Apollo would get all flabbergasted when asked if they wanted something."
"We don't get 'flabbergasted' or whatever the heck you just said. And I do need something. I need Leo. Emergency council meeting that Annabeth and Jason called. Must be important."
"Kay, hold up a sec. I'll call him down. YO PLUMMER WITH THE FIRE! YOU'RE NEEDED AT THE BIG HOUSE!"
A voice from the deck called back with something in Spanish and Nyssa just laughed.
"Just come down her already!" she said rolling her eyes. "He might be a minute, he sleeps on this ship."
Before Will could ask if that was true, they were interrupted by a voice coming up behind them.
"Hey Nyssa, next time you call me a Plummer, make sure you remember that you're a Plummer too. And I don't really like the term 'Plummer. I like the title-"
"Repair boy?" Nyssa suggested while Will laughed along.
"Ha ha. Very hilarious my little repair girl. I'll remember that when you're in desperate need of a boy-"
"Will said you're needed in the big house," she said giving Leo a firm look. "We're going to keep working."
"Cool, don't burn my baby down." Leo responded.
"We have trouble stopping you from doing that," she mumbled as she went back to looking at blueprints. Leo pretended not to hear her and he and Will walked side by side to the big house.
Will couldn't remember the details of the meeting. Only that they were going to try to use Grover's empathy link with Percy to try to communicate with him. The meeting ended when the conch horn sounded signaling dinner. The councilors slowly dispersed and made their way to their cabins to lead their siblings to dinner. Will walked past cabin 9 and saw Nyssa joking around with one her cabin mates.
"Are you gonna lead us to dinner, or shall I?" said Kat, one of the other daughters of Apollo.
"Nah, its ok. I'm alright." He replied. And with that, they left for dinner.
Dinner went by fast, as it usually did. They didn't play capture the flag like they usually did because the Hephaestus cabin was so busy and tired with the Argo. But the campers thought they deserved a break, so they had a campfire. But this one was special. All the cabins had to sing a song from the mortal world. The Apollo cabin had almost any beat on their iPods so they went in order starting with cabin one. Since Jason claimed that he didn't want to sing alone (stage fright, he said), the Aphrodite cabin agreed to let him sing with them. So after the after a lot of horrible singing, cat calls to girls in cabins, laughing, howling, and booty shaking from some of the campers ( Travis and Conner Stoll) it was time for the Hephaestus cabin to sing.
Will couldn't exactly remember what they sang. Only that it had something to do with chains and whips and how they excited somebody. All he remembered was Nyssa starting the cabin off with a voice so beautiful that it made Will want to melt. Then the rest of her cabin joined, Leo pulled Nyssa up with him and they started dancing, then everybody was up, and singing along with them. When the song had ended everybody, even Chiron (though he suggested that the song was highly inappropriate) was laughing and having fun. It was like all of their worries were lifted off their shoulders.
The rest of the night was a blur. He remembered a song by Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, and even High School Musical. Then campfire ended and everybody went off to bed. Will caught up with Nyssa before she got to her cabin.
"Hey, great voice, "he said with a smile.
"Thanks, you too. I get my voice from my mom. But you obviously get yours from your dad." She said, playfully bumping his shoulder.
"Hey, what can I say? I'm gifted." He said winking. "Though, I would have much rather done something by StarKidPotter. But nobody seems to know their songs. They're-"
"Amazing! I love them. I loved A Very Potter Sequel. I would marry Brian Holden if I could. If one day, he ever came up to me and asked him to marry him, I would say yes. No doubt in my-"
Will cut her off by putting his lips to hers. It was sudden, surprising, and maybe I little forceful, but he wanted to melt again. She was shocked at first, then started to kiss back. He seemed to have forgotten that curfew was in ten minutes, but he didn't care. All he wanted to do was kiss her.
He wrapped his hand in her hair and pulled her closer. Her arms went around his neck and their lips moved in sync. He licked her top lip and put his tongue in her mouth. She tasted like orange soda. Their tongues mingled together for a while until Nyssa pulled back abruptly.
She looked at him, breathless. Will took in her beauty once again. Then realized she looked scared. He let go of her hair and backed away.
"I'm sorry." He said. He ran toward his cabin leaving a bewildered Nyssa behind.
So, there's the first chapter. dont know where it came from, but it just hit me :) so hogwarts poitnts if you've ever watched starkidpotter and know gthe song i was talking about ! r&r would be really helpful. thanks!