Sorry I haven't updated lately! I was at camp and no computers allowed! Hmm… sounds like a little like Camp Half-Blood! Lol jk okay so here it is!
I woke up at 7:00 to get ready. My hair was mess. It was all over my face covering my blue eyes. I brushed it back behind my ear. I took a shower last night, so I didn't have to worry about that. I started looking for an outfit. I decided on a black tee with a midnight blue colored jean. I might as well look emo with Nico.
I wanted to get to the mess hall early to just think. It's silent and peaceful. I sneaked out the door, closing it quietly so none of my siblings heard. I walked across the lush, green grass. It was perfectly cut. I looked up to the sky. A single crow flew across the blue sky. It looked so dark against this happy camp. But I guess I did too.
After walking quite slowly, I finally got to the mess hall. I sat down at the Zeus table, which was in the front. I noticed someone move behind me. My quick reflexes hit the person in the face before looking back. I heard a faint whimper and looked behind me. Nico was there with a grey tee shirt and black jeans. His nose was bleeding and I watched it pour down his face.
"I am so sorry!" I blurted out. He started pinching his nose to cut off the blood flow.
"It's fine Dani. Um… do you have any like napkins?" He asked me with concern.
"Uh, uhm, yeah! Here let me see…" I took a white napkin from the table. I folded it clumsily. I help it to his nose, and looked at the red cover the white. I noticed him staring at me. I gave him a small smile and grabbed another napkin. He sighed and said,
"I'm fine. It will stop soon. Here, give me a napkin," Nico said grabbing a napkin from my table. Then he dropped it. It shocked him. Wow thanks dad, you just shocked Nico. He grabbed one from his table and then invited me over to sit with him. I sat down on the dark table.
"So about hitting me…" His voice sounded high since he was pressing it together with the napkin. I bursted out laughing.
"What is it?" He asked me.
"Y-Your v-v-voice! Its sounds like m-mickey mouse!" I laughed even harder and he gave me a look that said, 'I wouldn't laugh if this happened to you!' After I stopped laughing he already had the napkin off his nose. I smiled and answered his earlier question.
"I hit you because you could've been like Kronos or something and I wouldn't even know! Fast reflexes, Dad gave 'em to me," I said with a giggle. Ew, I just giggled.
"Well I'm not Kronos!" Nico said standing up. He ran a hand through his dark brown hair. He wasn't much taller then me. He was about 5'8. And me about 5'6. I was taller than all my cabin mates except Jason and Nick. And Maddy was getting close. Thalia was just really short.
"You sure? He is good with disguises," I said slowly.
"How would you know? You never met him smart one," He said snickering. I slapped him on his arm. I didn't mean it to hurt, but I guess my hands have like electric shocks in them.
"Ow man! You like hurting me!" I scowled at the 'man' part but let it go.
"I guess I do!" I told him bravely. I stood next to him; he lowered his head to look in my eyes. There were that beautiful brown. Uhm… Dani what are you saying?
Nico's POV
I had to bend down to look at Dani's eyes. They were a piercing blue, like Thalia's. The Thalia I will never be with, yup that's the one. Shit, why was love so freaken hard? I liked Dani, but as a friend. She was fun to hang around, and she wasn't scared of me. I liked her for that.
"So… what are we doing?" I asked her.
"We're going to look for the papers," She stepped away from me slowly. I missed her warmth… that's normal right?
"I think there gone… forever," I told her. There was no chance, we looked forever yesterday.
"Okay… so then I know exactly what to do!"
"What?" I asked her.
"Race you to the Pegasus stables!" She said running off. I took off. I easily passed her but then she tripped me and got in front. I stepped up off the ground and then started running again. I saw her looking back and laughing. This was my chance! I pushed her to the side when I got to her and kept running. I could feel the beat of her feet behind me until we got to the stables.
I put my hands on my knees and looked at Dani. She was breathing heavily. I tried to help her up but she slapped my hand away, that time I didn't notice the shocks.
"They like me, you know," She told me, nodding at the pegasi. She went to go pet one, it was black. His name was Blackjack. I remember Percy telling me this was his favorite. I went to go slap her hand away, afraid it would bite her. But Blackjack didn't, he let Dani pet him on the nose.
"Hi Blackjack," she whispered to him. She had a cute smile on her face. I chuckled at that. She was nothing like Thalia. She was my age too, 14. She liked to have fun and was nice. And loved animals and she was pretty. What more to ask in a girl? I swear her boyfriend is going to be so lucky. But my heart is still on Thalia… I think.
"Well lets fly!" She turned to me. I looked at her with wide eyes, no way was I flying. She whispered something to Blackjack. Then she looked up to me. "He promises he won't throw you off… you're not scared… are you di Angelo?" Dani asked me nearly laughing.
"What? No, no way," I said. I didn't like pegasi and they didn't like me… really right now my life depended on Dani.
"Cool! I will take Sunshine and you Blackjack. Lets go!" She said cheerfully. I followed her lead, slowly introducing myself to the Pegasus. I took Blackjack out of its stall and climbed on his back. I kicked his sides with my legs and we followed Dani.
Her black hair was flowing back, shining in the sun. We kept going up. I was scared Zeus was gonna shoot me out of the sky, but Dani told me she told her father not to. I looked down and nearly barfed. I couldn't even see the ground! I yelled to Dani,
"ARE WE HIGH ENOUGH YET?"
"I suppose…" She shot Sunshine down and I tried to keep right behind her. We finally landed on the beach and walked our Pegusi to the there stables. She kissed Sunshine and Blackjacks's nose and I stood awkwardly behind her.
"Don't I get a kiss?" I asked her laughing.
"Sure death breath," She went on her tippie toes and kissed me on the cheek. I must of blushed a lot because she was looking at me funny. I hid my face in the shadows and she laughed. We walked back to the cabins together talking about our Pegasus ride. When we came to split up I felt sadness build inside of me. It was the funnest day I had in a while.
