Chapter Three

Nico's P.O.V

I knew I liked her. So when she knocked at my door, I just had to go with her to go see Percy.

When Hazel had left to go back to Camp Jupiter, I had felt like I'd lost Bianca all over again. She promised to come and see me again, after she got some things straightened out back at camp. Something about Reyna.

Then came Charlotte Jackson. And I began to know what a crush was.

As I walked with her, I noticed how she walked with confidence, as if she knew that everything would be fine one way or another. Her black braided hair swung at her elbows. Her sea-green eyes glinted in the sunlight, looking kind, but ready to defend herself if needed. Needless to say, she was beautiful.

She seemed nice enough. I almost didn't want to leave her when we got to the cabin.

"Well... I'll see you around, i guess." She said, smiling and walking away to the archery range.

"Yeah... see you around." I said quietly, opening the door to cabin three.

"Hey Nico." Percy said once I walked inside.

"Hi."

"There haven't been many reports of monsters lately... I think we might finally get a day-" Just then, screams came from across camp at the beach. "Gods, the one time I just want to relax and make battle strategies!" Percy said, gripping Riptide.

I chided myself for leaving my sword laying on my bed in my cabin. I wasn't sure if I'd have enough time to get it. It was a risk I was willing to take.

I ran to my cabin as fast as I could to get it.

I grabbed it, ran outside, and ran toward the beach, where I could see six huge sea serpents with glowing blue eyes on the sand, trying to snap up every demigod in sight. I instantly noticed one holding Charli and another holding Carter and Percy. I cursed in Italian, and ran towards the one holding Charli.

Charli's P.O.V

Sometimes, when things go wrong, you just need to sit down and laugh at the world for making wrong things happen. This was not a situation when that would be wise at all.

If I didn't have my arms bounded to my sides by a giant purple snake with glowing eyes, I might have been able to avoid this situation. But I did.

Gods, I am really starting to hate snakes. The next time I see a cute little corn snake slithering on the ground, guess who will go King Henry VII on it? Off with your head, tiny corn snake!

Well... that is if I ever live to see another corn snake...

I noticed a tiny spot on the snake's neck that was red and bulging. A weak spot.

I also saw Nico running up to the snake with his black sword held high. I looked at him, thankful to see the scrawny boy with a sword. He looked up at me, and I nodded my head toward the red spot. He must have got the message, because in an instant, I was falling to the ground from fifty feet in the air.

When I woke up, I was in the infirmary surrounded by Carter, Percy, Ethan, Leo, Annabeth, Jason, Piper, and surprisingly, Nico.

"Are you okay?" Carter asked, kneeling next to me with a worried look on his face.

I tried to sit up, but a white hot pain surged through my arm when I put any pressure on it, so I just fell back.

"You had a hard fall... luckily, the only thing that was really effected was your arm." Percy said. "It's broken."

"Yeah, and if it hadn't been for Nico here, you might have been dead right now." Annabeth said with a grin.

I looked at Nico, and he shrugged, blushing, and stepped back. I smiled.

"Here, let me help you up." Carter said, grabbing my good arm. With his help, I was sitting on the edge of the infirmary bed.

"How long was I out?" I asked him.

"Oh... about two days, give or take."

"Two days?!"

"As I said, you had a hard fall." Percy said.

Chiron cantered up to the bed. "I see that you have awakened, Charlotte. How is your arm?"

"It's broken." I answered simply.

"Well, it will heal. Perhaps faster then you think." And with that, he cantered away.

Leo's P.O.V

So this hot girl is in the infirmary. With a broken arm. And I'm here. Watching her sleep. Sounds creepy, right?

Well, it just so happens that this girl has made it on to the Leo Top Ten. And she has secured herself a two.

After it didn't work out with Calypso, I kinda went back to being 'single and ready to mingle'. But even I can see that Nico has the sweets on this girl. Which isn't very convenient, since that death dude scares the living daylights out of me. But that doesn't mean that I can't win over the girl. Sure, he saved her life, but she has a nonrefundable ticket to Leo Land, and she's gonna get her money's worth.

I slipped behind Jason when she woke up and started drawing on my sharpie tattoos and wrote 'Hot Stuff' on my shirt.

"What are you-? Oh gods, of course." Jason said, face-palming me.

I came out from behind him and smiled at the girl. She was looking at death dude.

Fine then.

I set my hair on fire for extra effect, and snapped my suspenders. That got her attention.

"Uh... Leo? Your hair is on fire."

"Yep. And I'm going to need your library card, all checkouts on Leo have to be paid for."

I looked over to see Nico giving me the death glare.

Annabeth, who quite frankly scares me more then death boy, looked over in Nico's direction and muttered "It has begun."

"Leo, that line was so horrible, I think I might just have to actually ask Hera to kidnap me again and erase the last few minutes of my life." Percy said, laughing.

"Worth a try, right?" I said, looking at Charli. "You think this is hot?" I lit my hand on fire. "Look in a mirror, sweet stuff."

She blushed.

"Alright, I think that's enough flirting for one day." Piper said, grabbing my by the suspenders and pulling me out the door.

"Call me" I shouted. "Wait... actually, don't call me! Don't want any monster's messing up that pretty face of-" I was dragged out of hearing range. Thanks a lot, Piper, for ruining my moment.