It had been a few days since the incident with Nyssa had happened and Will was starting to get worried. Should he be scared, apologetic, or should he really just tell her how he felt? The more he thought about it, the more confused he got. He really liked Nyssa, but what if she didn't feel the same way? He just made out with her in the front of her cabin, and ran off like a wimp! I'm going to apologize. Maybe talk to her about it, he decided. Let's just hope she doesn't hate me. With that happy thought, he set off toward the Argo.

As soon as Will had got there, he was stopped by Leo. Without even looking up, he told Will,

"She's not here,"

Will was surprised but didn't ask a lot of questions.

"Do you know where she is?" he asked.

Leo looked kind of aggravated, mad, and at the same time, Will saw a hint of remorse in his eyes.

"Yeah I do, but do me a favor: don't look for her. You've done enough."

"What do you mean? I haven't done anything. "But Will knew what he was going to say before he even said it.

"We saw you two last night. We were looking for and we saw you talking to her through the window. You kissed her and she kissed back, blah blah blah. Once we got over our shock, we started getting ready for bed when she came in five minutes later and sat on her bed crying her eyes out. We tried to calm her down, but whenever she tried to talk, she cried even harder. Eventually we just left her alone and she fell asleep. Then this morning she looked angry. I suggested she get rid of that anger and take the day off. We'd be fine with one less person on board,"

Will was shocked. Nyssa didn't seem like the type of girl to cry over a guy. And he still couldn't believe he had done that.

"That… that was my fault?" he asked.

"Well, I guess. We didn't get the details of what happened and I really don't wanna know. The last thing I need is to be involved in my sisters love life, because I know I'll get overboard and I'd probably kick your butt for making her cry-"

"Can you just tell me where she is?"

Leo sighed. He obviously didn't want to tell Will anything.

"Please. I'm begging right now, dude. I just want to apologize."

After a few moments of silence, Leo finally gave up. "Where do you think she's at? The one place a child of Hephaestus can go for peace." With those final words, he went back to work, and Will sped off, knowing exactly where he was supposed to go.

He arrived at the camp forges in a matter of minutes, his breathing hard. He had sprinted the whole way, accidently knocking down a Demeter kid in the process. He was probably going to have to fix their broken flower pot, but it would be worth it once he explained himself to Nyssa… if he ever got his breath back.

After a few more seconds of hard breathing, he composed himself and walked into the forges, still amazed at how beautiful it was. Then he saw her. She was sharpening the edge of her newly made ax. Her eyes were red but Will thought she was still beautiful. She had her hair in a side ponytail and her bandana was hanging out of her back pocket, revealing long side bangs that covered her left eye. She blew them out of her face and lifted the ax. Will walked over to her, "Hey," he started off. "Can we talk about last- AHHHH!"

He dove out of the way just as the ax came down on the metal table he was leaning on. She pulled it out and shook her head. "Still not sharp enough," she mumbled to herself. She wasn't paying Will any attention and continued to sharpen the ax.

"Were you saying something?" she asked in a grim voice. She wouldn't meet his eyes, which made Will feel even worse than before.

"Uh, yeah. I actually wanted to talk about what happened last night…" his voice trailed off as he saw her grip the edge of her ax.

"What about it? We kissed, slipped a little tongue, and then you ran off. There's nothing else to talk about. It's over."

Will was shocked. She was so… calm. She didn't snap at him, tell him he was jerk. She didn't even hit him! That made Will even more confused.

"Well, that's it? You don't want to yell at me, tell me I'm a jerk, or even hit me?"

"No."

"Well, why?" he asked. He wasn't very eager to hear her answer but he asked anyways.

"Because it's not even worth it. I'm over it, and you should get over it too. I'm not your type and you obviously don't want a relationship right now, since you just got out of one-"

"Wait, what do you mean 'you're not my type'? How do you know I even have a type? What's my type!" he started to yell and he didn't even know why. This obviously aggravated Nyssa even more.

"Your type! The pretty girls, the cheerleaders the blondes. Obviously that's not me, and I understand that. I'll never be one of the girls you'll be interested in and that's ok with me. I'm just not one of them." She sighed and went back to sharpening her ax.

Will lifted her chin and made her look at him.

"First off, I don't have a type. And yeah, maybe the girls I dated were pretty, but that doesn't mean you aren't either. You're beautiful, I don't know why you don't believe that."

"But-"she tried to interrupt.

"Shut up," he told her, and kissed her softly for dramatic effect. "Second, I've never dated a cheerleader. And I probably never would. Don't ask why, I just wouldn't. And third-"he leaned close to her ear and kissed her under her earlobe. "I have a thing for brunettes."

He took her ax and put it on the metal table. Then this time, he kissed her for real. He put his hand on the small of her back and wrapped his hand in her and kissed her so passionately, Aphrodite would have been impressed. And this time, she didn't hesitate to kiss back.

When they broke free for air she looked up and smiled.

"So what does this mean for us?" she asked. She had a worried look in her eyes.

"Well, I'm hoping that it means you'll be my girlfriend. Are you willing to accept?"

She smiled at him. "Well, I do have a thing for blondes" she said as she went to go pick up her ax from where Will had left it. "So I guess that's a yes."

Will laughed and said, "Well then, girlfriend, maybe you can show me how to make an ax then."

It was Nyssa's turn to laugh. "How about we start off with something simple? Like, a bow or something?"

Will took her hand and smiled, "Sure. We have a while, right? I heard Leo gave you the day off."

This time, Nyssa kissed him first. "He did. But how about we get started on that bow first?" she said, grabbing and extra piece of scrap metal and sitting at an empty table. "Then we can talk about… other things." She winked at him and got to work on a bow. Will sat next to her smiling so wide, it looked like his face would rip.

"Other things…sure. That works for me. And besides, I plan on being with you for a while, so you can teach me how to make an ax right?"

She laughed again. "Sure thing. Just make sure you don't hurt yourself, ok?"

They spent the rest of the afternoon together, oblivious to the rest of the camp. They were happy just sitting with each other, laughing, making jokes and poking fun at each other, and just being together. This is one of the best decisions I've ever made in my life, Will thought.

And it really was.

Well, thats the end of the story. love it, hate it? R&R is very greatly aprettiated ;) THANKS