When Memories Come Back to Play Ch. 3

A/N: Hi… I suck, you hate me, I know and I AM SORRY! Okay so… yeah… explanation at the bottom, short chapter followed, kick-off for a little something-something happens. Ha ha, enjoy and PLEASE R&R!

Disclaimer: None is mine, except things that are not recognized.

Previously on When Memories Come Back to Play:

"Come in?" Sounded more of a question that did and I mentally yelled at myself. In came the same guy from the lake. "I thought I told you to meet me at the Sing-along." I smirked at him and he rose and eyebrow. "I needed to talk in private let's just say that."

-LB-

Alek POV

I watched him lightly push the door close and lean on the door frame.

"When I said private I didn't mean that we could speak in front of everyone at the sing-along."

"Well I didn't mean that. Maybe a far seat high up in the stands, lingering in the shadows… that type of stuff is what I had in mind."

"Well then, the little 'bright flame' turns out that it can stand darkness." He smirked and I rolled my eyes at the insult.

"What exactly do you want Nic- OW!" my eyes started to burn like crazy. Everything got so bright and the *contrasting of everything decreased. I shut my eyes tight and feeling for my cap on my bunk. When I found it I tugged it on my head and over my eyes.

"Are you okay?" I heard his voice get closer and felt the warmth of his body stronger.

"Y-y-y-y… I d-d-don't kn-kn-kn-know…" I heard the creak of the bed in front of where I was sitting and felt cold hands on each shoulder but still felt warmth strangely. I tried my best to cry to take the burning sensation off my eyes. Okay listen you may think I'm a weakling but it's not your ordinary staring contest stinging but like acid in your eyes and actual flames.

"What's going on!"

"I DON'T KNOW ALREADY! IF I KNEW I'D TELL YOU OR I'D DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!" I heard myself say.

Nico POV

I had no idea what was going on. I tried t be nice and ask if she was alright okay? SHE IS THE ONE THAT STARTED YELLING! NOT ME HER!

"LISTEN IF YOU WANT HELP-!" I saw her glare at me with squinted eyes… but then I realized they weren't eyes. They were balls of black flame with flickers and sparks of red, green, blue, and brown. My eyes went wide and she stared still squinting.

"What? What is it?" her voice wavered and sounded scared and pained.

"Your…eyes…are not eyes…"

"Stop playing!"

"I'm not! They're black flames!" Then is when I saw the brown eyes in mid-air all of a sudden and Alek was suddenly pushed into my arms and onto my lips. I looked to the brown eyes and saw a smirk then it disappeared, then I realized Alek's lips were still on mine. They were warm but welcoming and comforting. Alek stopped moving but stayed there in my lips. I have to say it did feel a little good for the 13 or so seconds we kissed. Until I was taken away that is. I appeared back on my bed and fell back….

"Ohh, I swear when I see Jackie-!"

"It's ok bro." I whipped my head around to see Jackie leaning on the bed frame of the next bed. Jackie had dark deep brown eyes, pale skin, obsidian black hair, and the usual attire for Camp with her sword at her side.

"Oh Jackie, Jackie, Jackie," I said shaking my head with a smirk plastered on my face. "You are dead to me. Oh you'll be seeing dad soon buddy, and you're not visiting." I rolled off my bed and pinned her on hers. She smiled widely and we were in the arena. I took out my sword and she drew hers. Ours were the exact same except, that hers had a grey hilt with obsidian trim. For a while we stood examining each other and she lunged right but faked it and went left I was ready to block, it was an easy and usual move in the start. But she smiled even bigger like she expected me to do that. I saw the trick in her eyes and tried to block my right but she was faster. She sliced my calf and shoulder then went of my neck, luckily I was able to get there before her. I pushed her sword off mine and I went right then swung on the side of her stomach. She growled and swung up diagonally slicing my cheek and other shoulder as well. I started swinging harder and faster opening wounds on her shin, thigh, stomach, and back along the spine. She growled and recklessly swung at me. That's what happened when she got frustrated and upset that she was losing. I blocked three thousand different areas and ways. That's when I saw it. An opening. I hilt butted her hand and she screamed in pain. I immediately pointed my sword at her neck. One more centimeter and I would've impaled her. She stood there and marveled at the sword a millisecond through her neck. She swallowed and she looked at me with pleading eyes. I smirked and gestured to her. With a look that said 'you have to there's no other choice'. She gave me a glare I couldn't recognize. She mumbled under her breath that sounded like 'Fred'. I raised an eyebrow and she sighed.

"Dead…"

"And…?"

"And I'm sorry for doing you a favor-" I gently nudged her with my sword. "I'm sorry for pushing Alek onto you and for putting Tabasco sauce in your toothpaste container…" My eyes widened and decided I wouldn't brush my teeth today.

"Oh well I didn't know that but thanks for the info!" With that I shadow traveled to the infirmary to steal some more ambrosia…What? I'm running low on stolen ambrosia!

"What are you doing Nico?" I yelped and jumped at Chiron's voice.

"Well I uh…"

"Jackie again?"

"Yeah..."

"Well then you should remember something from no on."

"And that would be?"

"Don't steal, you are not a son of Hermes." He tossed me a Ziploc of ambrosia and I said thanks. I headed back to my cabin. And there is where Alek waited sitting against the wall on the porch examining something she was huddling over.

"Hey." Her head shot up, her cap blocking most of her face but her mouth.

"Oh hey. About time you came, I was wondering when you'd get here." She half smiled and I opened the door and gestured for her to come in. She nodded and entered. For some reason Jackie wasn't there I figure she went running to dad again... oh well three more weeks of no shadow traveling…

"So um… how do I say this… sorry for falling on top of you and kissing you it was by mistake I didn't mean for any of that to happe-" she was cut-off by a loud knock on the door. I went and there was Serena, my…girlfriend. She was from the Aphrodite cabin and she was one of the ways to try to fill in the blank. She attacked me with a hug and a dozen kisses on my face. I'm still not sure why I picked her… she finally stopped and looked me over with a smile and squeaked. She let herself in and saw Alek sitting on one of the bunks. Her head was cocked watching us, or at least I think so, her cap was still covering her eyes. Then I actually realized it. There were colors reflecting on Alek's face, I didn't know why though, nut her face mostly reflected black making her expression seem darker.

"What is this poor excuse of a demigod doing here Honey bear?"

"Serena she is-"

"Alek, a pleasure to meet you." Alek held out her hand and smiled, Serena just gave her a disgusted look.

"I wouldn't shake hands with a dirty urchin!"

"Okay then, very well. But please do tell why you called me a dirty urchin?"

"1) You have dirty ratty clothes, 2) You dare hang-out with my boyfriend, and 3) You're homeless!" She started to laugh so hard and I just stared at her. I looked at Alek and she still had her smile. I was ultimately confused then she looked at me (I think her head just turned to me).She smirked at me and looked back at Serena.

"Hey!"

What ur- OH MY GODS! OH MY GODS! OH MY GOOOODDDDDSSSS!" She yelled. Alek had taken off her cap to reveal black orbs of fire (instead of eyes) with different colors of steam and sparks. Serena yelled 'FREAK!' and ran out the door all the way back to her cabin. I chuckled and looked at her with a 'Wow' expression.

"Yeah this is how my eyes have developed to."

"Awesome I want eyes like that." She laughed a joyful laugh.

"Ahh..." she hissed clawing at her eyes. I sat across from her and looked at her. I saw tears running down so I wiped them off. They were warm like heat from the fire.

"Why did this…?"

"It's just something that happens to Hestia kids…"

"Oh."

"Yeah, it-" she hissed then continued in a pained voice, "It just hurts and burns a lot, I will get over it though. Sometimes I can make my eyes go into 'backlight mode'?"

"Is that so?" I cracked a smile noticing the joking look on her face.

"Oh I wish. That would be so cool…" I chuckled and she smiled. "So what was it you wanted to talk about?"

"Oh yeah, about that… uh… I wanted to know if you wanted to go to the lake… you know… just to uh… hang out. Just to make a better friendship and more closer…"

"Hmm, well I would like that. It sounds fun." She smiled. (Are we smiling a lot or what?)

"Cool. Oh! I was wondering if anyone gave you a tour."

"Well, that has actually been regarded. But, if you are offering, I would appreciate it a lot."

"Uh, yea, I kinda was offering…"

"Alright so do we head out or what?"

"Sure. Alright." She walked to the door and stopped.

"You coming or what?" She turned and smirked.

"Yeah." Somehow it felt like… like something that had broken had… pieced back together. But not entirely. Another piece has been added to the puzzle.

-LB-

A/N: Well that's that! Yes I know I am a complete jerk, but I have been held up!... And lazy… I'm not proud so… yeah… reviews? Please? :'(

-MindBender 10