Appeal to Reason.
Bridges
Hello again! Here is chapter 2, I hope you enjoy. 3
Disclaimer: I own nothing you recognize
TRIGGER WARNING. Self-harm and the likes may be mentioned.
Nico
It was only a nightmare but the wounds were real.
When I woke up, Will was nowhere to be found and my neck was bleeding. The girl in my dream scratched my neck but it wasn't real, it was just a dream right? I curled up on the bed and without thinking started to cry. I was alone, it was dark, I was scared.
Here I go again, I scolded myself, crying like a baby because it's too dark and he isn't here for you.
You're a mess, a worthless, useless mess.
Then someone was hugging me and it was bright again, and warm.
"It's okay." He said and pulled me into his lap "in here it's okay." But when he saw the blood he began to quickly clean up my neck.
"Stupid." I muttered "this is so fucking stupid!"
I wanted to hate The son of Apollo, I needed him and I hated it. If he hadn't tried helping me I would be fine and not have to deal with these feelings. Not have to deal with these damn emotions. But here I was safe in his arms, he held me and it..it made me happy.
This was the usual routine after a nightmare, he or Jason hold me until I calm down and then we go back to our usual day. Will began putting bandages on my neck and kissed it.
"is that normal for you to do to patients?" I asked quietly.
he shook his head "No, just you."
That was all I needed, after all these years of being alone, after being in Tartarus, after being in the jar. All I need is someone. That's why Hades practically kicked me out of the Underworld and kept trying to force me to stay at camp, he would appear to my in dreams while I was on the run or here. "make friends", "try to talk to the living", "Smile more". Fucking hypocrite.
Will continued to hug me, and it was nice. I don't have romantic feelings for him, no…no way in Hades! He is just an overbrearing mamma Hen to me and a friend. That's all…That's all I need.
And I smiled, so did he.
"How about before lunch we go out." He said "there is a really cool place I think you might like."
I pulled away from him to try to calm down. "Where is it?"
he put his finger to his lips "it's a secret."
Using his own shirt, he wiped my face and kissed my forehead. "thank you Nico."
"For what?" I asked, it wasn't like him to thank me when I was acting upset.
he sighed "Letting me help you." A hand ran through my hair. "I know it took a while but thank you. I wont hurt you, I swear on the river styx."
I know the thunder must have roared, because all the hair on my neck stood up. No promises, the last time… No. not again.
But I didn't say anything and just lay my head back down on his shoulder.
"Hey Nico…" a head popped in the door which Will never closed. Hazel's caramel curls bounced and her eyes sparkled. "how are you feeling?"
My head shot up and I pulled away from the son of Apollo.
She smiled even wider. "oh sorry am I interrupting?"
"No." Will smiled and stood up "just medical procedure."
With a wink he went back to being his normal self. He is just a good friend who likes to be overly gay and tease me.
Will caught Hazel up on all my medical conditions but I tuned him out when he got to mental issues, im not inanse, im fine…im fine.
She gave me a hug and told me that I was going to be alright and left to go back to playing volleyball. Apperently there was a hardcore Roman vs Greek match and Reyna was kicking everyones butts. Hazel walked a girl who got spiked into the head with the ball by a roman and while she was here she decided to see me.
Soon we snuck out of camp, which was suprising that Will would want to take me out without Chirons permission. I guess he does not always follow the rules. He explained that when he was scouting during the war he saw this place. But he wouldn't tell me what it is. Upon seeing it I was amazed. There must have been a house here at once with someone who really cared about their landscaping. It was a clearing with one Willow tree and a small stream that has a bridge over it to get to the willow tree, and a swing in the willow tree where the leaves that would droop were cut off so it must be recently cared for.
"Katie comes down here and tends to it." he explained. "I showed it to her because I knew she could make it more lively. Now look, its like a mini magical land."
I was amazed, in the middle of the woods there was a happy little land all to itself. With butterflies and flowers, it was unreal.
Will was smiling at me and pulled me by the hand over to the bridge, he stopped and bent over the rail and pointed to the little fish. "they look like little slivers of gold. Shining in the sun, see how they glisten?"
A son of Apollo talking in a poetic way, it was charming. I nodded, the bridge was sturdy and and I liked to stand over the water and watch it move below me. and he glistened in the sun almost as much as the fish, he looked a little ridiculous wearing his medical clothes still but he was happy and so was i.
"Who else knows about this place?" I asked leaning down on the railing.
"Katie, connor, me and now you." He said and a butterfly landed next to his hand. "we all decided to keep it a special date place."
The game did not go as planned when the hermes kids accidently caught a girls hair on fire. And chiron almost got shot with an arrow, and two campers went missing and one was found dead. But I was blamed because his veins were black and a black substance was coming from his eyes and mouth. And no one would talk to me except Jason, Will and Piper. The first 12 campers were better, not fully and they still had some symptoms and were required to take it easy.
All of the campers that got sick were males, and when the romans left the next day the camp began to panic. Because ten more got sick over night. Some were trying to blame the Romans, and Will was required to stand in front of everyone and explain how they have been getting the sickness for a while but it was covered as something not so…deadly.
That angered a lot of people but Will had a way of being able to calm everyone down. Except me, the looks were getting too much. But it wasn't me, I cant…I wouldn't do this to someone. They didn't want me to watch over the funeral and read the rites, they wanted me out.
But when it was discovered all the campers were having the same dream before they got sick, and I recognized the girl they all saw. But she has been dead since 1853; however all of it made since.
Evelyn is back, and she cant control her powers.
