AN: There may be a third chapter, if so there will be fluff and maybe some smut. No promises though.

I know this is a bit short, so bear with me.

Takara Phoenix, I remember when you reviewed the first chapter of this story, I hope this is up to your expectations.

~NicoDiAngeloLover7

It was in that moment when all went to hell, and all it too was for Annabeth to march determinedly inside.

Annabeth saw Percy at once; as he was still the only one perched on the stool, aside from) Nico di Angelo. She went right up to him and kissed Percy passionately in front of both of them. Nico blinked in confusion before his eyes started to tear up, as the truth dawned on him. He looked at Percy who was in shock. He knew it was too good to last; Percy was only using and lying to him about Annabeth. Why he believed his words in the first place he didn't know, maybe it was had been seeing Percy crying, looking as hurt as he felt that had lowered his guard. But it was all for naught, his heart was shattered and broken once more.

Only once Nico had run; did Percy push Annabeth off and run after him. He didn't have the chance to see Annabeth's smug expression on her features one that clearly seemed to say that this was all simply a game to her. Nico ran into an alley before Percy had found him. He attempted to flee, but got caught by his wrist and pinned.

"Leave me alone! You're just the same Percy that broke my heart all those years back. You don't care about me, you never did. So just leave me alone for once! All you ever did was use me! Just leave me be. Please, I can't bear to handle another heartbreak!" Nico's voice faded from anger into a pitiful whimper, one that showed the insecurities that he had always masked. What stood before him now were only the few remaining shards of the small broken boy.

"Nico, she kissed me. I wouldn't dare to hurt you, not again. I can't bear to see you cry. But she's planning something and. I don't like the fact that she was trying to hurt you. And I would never dare use you and. I will always care about you," tears fell on Percy's cheeks at the thought "I love you too much." He couldn't bear to let Nico think he was only using him. That just tore his heart to pieces.

Percy wiped away the tears that were streaming down his ashen face before placing his lips on Nico's in a gentle, loving kiss. And that was all the evidence he need to prove that Percy was telling the truth.

"Do you believe me now," Percy asked. Nico nodded, not trusting his voice. When Nico finally did speak, his voice cracked with the effort "why would she do that?"

"I truthfully don't know, though it was when I cancelled everything. When I finally got away from that place, I thought I was finally away from her. She already knew that I was searching for you, thanks to my parents she found out all about you-… about us. That wasn't pretty. Though if I had to guess, she wants to get you out of the picture. Since she probably thinks if she gets rid of you, then her and I could go back to before," Percy explained. "Or at least what she thought we had."

"What did she do to you when she found out?" Nico asked before Percy cringed.

"I may have been knocked unconscious because of it."

Nico's was silent for along while before he finally spoke, "She did what?" he rasped harshly.

"I kinda got one to the head with a frying pan because I didn't tell her and my parents did. That was one of the reasons I wanted to be away from that place."

"She's not laying a finger on you again. Not if I have anything to say about it," Nico's eyes were dark and menacing causing Percy to smile softly; he loved when Nico got overbearing about well-being. It showed him exactly how much he still cared. Now if only they could solve the problem about Annabeth and whatever her plan was to begin with. He didn't know where to start with her.

Percy tried for a smile, "So does that mean I'm forgiven?" his eyes were hopeful.

Nico thought for a moment for a dramatic effect, "I don't know, are you?"

"Nico," he mumbled, running a hand through his hair. "This is not my fault,"

The boy; in returned, rolled his eyes. "Oh, of course not," and with that the legendary sarcasm was back, causing the smile that bloomed on Percy's face.

Annabeth watched the events unfold from the shadows, emotions ranging from anger to satisfaction at the sight of Nico trying to run. She despised that boy for he was the reason Percy left her. Her anger ignited when Percy stopped him and exploded behind her eyes at the sight of the kiss. She needed to think of a way to put that di Angelo kid into shambles. She felt like part of her mind was against it, but like usual she pushed it back.

She thought about a time there was a kid by the last name of di Angelo, but it seemed in her memory they were friends but beyond that was a haze. That errant thought returned but it felt like someone was trying to replace it with anger.

'Aphrodite and Ares,' came the sudden thought.

'Very clever child of Athena; I told that boy that his love life would be interesting, and that di Angelo is so complex. I just had to keep up my word. Course Ares would help me when I needed your anger to move this all along,' Aphrodite spoke to her, but as quickly as the presence came, it disappeared. Though she thought she sensed Poseidon, Athena, and Hades in her head it was all too faint to the scent flowed through her nostrils, the smell of the sea, even for the fact the sea was located miles towards the east.

Now that her head was clear she could remember back to the times when she actually got along with Percy and Nico.

Annabeth smiled, though the two boys of the big three couldn't see her from her spot in the shadows. She had helped get them first together even though the final event was having them fall into the lake. If she could guess it was Aphrodite's fault that split up the boys just for fun and the flamed her temper, then using her as a pawn as all the gods have done through the years. Though she was still a demigod, they had requested the gods of Olympus to live a normal life, a wish that had been granted. So they would never remember the life they had at Camp Half Blood and get their own version how they got together. She quietly got up and walked away without being noticed, leaving those two have the happy ending they at least deserved.