Chapter 4! Thank you to the reviews. I'm really surprised that it's getting so many reviews in such a short while but I'm glad for it :P in this chapter there's a time skip but not at the beginning of the chapter, its later on ill point it out though.

I tried to read between the lines

I tried to look in your eyes

I wanna simple explanation for

what I'm feeling inside

Gotta find a way out ,maybe there's a way out

Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer

Do you know your unlike any other

You'll always be my Thunder.

~Thunder, Boys Like Girls

Chapter 4

First off, I'm seriously glad Emery's alarm didn't go off so I actually slept passed 7:45! I just had to get that out there. Anyways, I woke up at like ten and Emery wasn't there so I got out of bed and grabbed my cell phone then put it in my pocket. I walked down the stairs and saw Emery's dad sitting on the couch watching some sport on the T.V.

"Hey, Nico," He said. I nodded.

"Where's Emery?" I asked.

"She's at the pond by the park," he said. I thanked him and ran out the door and headed towards the park. At least, I hoped it was towards the park. It probably would've been smart to ask him if it was Central Park, but I don't think it has a pond. My phone started vibrating and I dug it out of my pocket. I smiled when I saw Percy on the caller ID.

"Hey!" I answered.

"What's up?" Percy asked.

"I'm looking for this girl," I told him, while I turned on a street. Percy laughed on the other line.

"You're looking for a girl?" I sighed. I probably should've just said her name instead of her gender.

"Yes! I'm looking for this girl. The principal at my school assigned her to me so I was at her house and I woke up and she wasn't there so now I'm going to this park."

"Ohh," Percy said, "Wait you woke up at her house?" Wow Percy. Seriously.

"Not like that. I was spending the night at her house and when I woke up she wasn't there, so now I'm looking for her."

"Gotcha," Percy said, "What's her name?"

"Emery Ste—Geez! Dude watch where you're going!" Percy laughed again.

"Emery what?"

"Sterling," I finished, "She's a half-blood." This got Percy really interested.

"Really? Who's her parent?" Now, I like Percy, I really do and I trust him with my life. I just wasn't sure if I should tell him who Emery's mother is. Since, is seemed like she didn't want a whole lot of people to know.

"I'd have to ask her if I can tell you, because she sorta seemed kind of….I don't know….," I trailed off trying to think of the right word for it. Thankfully, Percy understood.

"Yeah, I understand. If it's all right with her tell me," He said. I smiled.

"Thanks Perc," I said, "Maybe I can bring her to Camp Half-Blood."

"That'd be awesome," Percy said, "summer's coming up anyway."

"I'm glad, I'm growing tired of school."

"Me to," Percy laughed.

We talked for a while and I told Percy I would take her to Camp Half-Blood sometime during the beginning of summer. Then I finally reached that park Emery's dad was talking about. I walked along the sidewalk and I soon saw a pond and there was Emery. Sitting on a big rock skipping rocks. I stopped, wondering if she wanted to be alone. Then I just decided I'd go down there and talk to her. So, I walked over to the big rock she was sitting on and climbed up behind her. She must have been seriously thinking because she didn't hear me.

"Hey," I said. She jerked her head around to look at me, surprised.

"What are you doing here?" She asked. Oh gee what do you think? I was just looking for a place to buy sodas and got lost. I didn't say that, I really don't wanna see her mad.

"Looking for you," I said, moving around to sit next to her. She looked at me and I never realized how bright her eyes were. Yeah, of all the things I would notice that's what I notice. But they were a bright blue. Almost electric.

"Why would you look for me?" She asked. And then it hit me. Ever since she told me that her mother was Artemis she thought I would just ditch her. I'm guessing that's what everybody else did.

"Because," I said, "Your one of my only friends. I don't ditch my friends just because of who their parents are or whatever." Wow, that's the deepest thing I've ever said. I could tell I made some impression on her because she looked like she was going to cry, but she didn't. And then she hugged me. I was surprised because normally, people don't hug me. But, you know I wasn't going to pass up the chance, so I hugged her back.

"Thanks Nico," She said.

"No problem." She pulled away and looked at me curiously.

"What do you mean 'one of my only friends'?" She asked.

"Emery, think about it. My dad's Hades, most people don't like that," I said.

"Jason doesn't seem to mind," she said.

"Jason doesn't know."

"Oh." I laughed at her bluntness.

And then she did something I didn't expect. She shoved me….of the rock and into the pond. I resurfaced and glared at her. She just laughed. I climbed half way up the rock and grabbed her ankle and pulled her in. She yelped and pushed me under the water and we started playing around. Splashing each other, kicking…you know, the usual stuff. Finally we walked out of the pond and sat on the ground, panting. I shook my head, my hair flinging water.

"Now I gotta go all the way back to my apartment and get a change of cloth's," I said, glaring but not really mad.

"I could drive you," She said. I blinked.

"You can drive?" She nodded.

"Yeah, well…I'm learning but my dad says I can get my driver's license soon."

"Oh, well yeah you can drive me, just don't crash or something." She stood and bowed.

"Yes, oh Wise One," she said jokingly. We both laughed and walked back to her house.

We got there and Emery told her dad what happened and that she was going to drive me do my apartment. She's actually a good driver, believe it or not. Once to my apartment, she sat on the bed waiting patiently. I found a pair of jeans and slipped them on but I had to search for a shirt. Yes, I was walking around my apartment with no shirt on.

"Having some trouble finding cloths?" Emery asked, amused. I could feel my face heating up.

"Eh hehe….yeah." After a few minutes I finally found a shirt and we walked back out to her car.

"While I was looking for you Percy called," I said, once we were in her car, "He was wondering if I could take you to Camp Half-Blood." Emery buckled her seat belt.

"Camp Half-Blood?" I nodded.

"It's a camp for half-bloods," I explained, "They have lava-rock climbing, archery, sword fighting, Capture the Flag, all kinds of stuff and cabins for all the gods and goddesses."

"Even Artemis?" She asked, looking at me.

"Yeah, it's usually for the hunters that sometimes come by but I don't see why you can't use it, if you wanted to go." I could tell she was skeptical about going, because of her heritage.

"The activities director, Chiron, is a really nice guy….err… centaur he would understand your heritage," I told her reassuringly.

"What about all the other campers?"

"Percy really wants to meet you and he would defiantly understand, and Annabeth is his girlfriend, she's nice to."

"Didn't you already tell Percy about my mother?" I looked at her.

"No, I wanted to ask you first." She smiled.

So, she said she would come with me to camp half-blood and we decided to go the mall to hang out. We talked , got some snacks and walked around. It was nice actually. I usually don't like the mall but its different when your with a friend. After a while we went back to her house, I never realized how long we were there. It was already midnight. We both plopped down on her bed and fell asleep. Ugh. I think I'm getting into a habit of sleeping with her. That sounded perverted.

*Time skip*

So it was summer. We had our finals at school. I sorta ditched the first few… but I did take the rest. I don't know how I did, don't really care either. But anyways, the school days were basically like all the others. Take naps, yell at kids, yell at teachers, go to the principal, and talk to Emery and Jason. Like she promised, Emery went with me to Camp Half-Blood. We did talk to her dad about it, he said it was fine if it was what she wanted to do. So, she drove us to the camp. She parked the car at the base of half-blood hill with Thalia's tree at the top. We got out and started up the hill. I could hear the sounds of the Ares cabin fighting with some other kid. This Ares kid was specifically, Clarisse.

"They don't sound too friendly," Emery commented.

"Oh there nice, just Clarisse is…..short tempered and violent, but she's a Ares kid." Emery nodded, smirking. Once we were at the top of the hill, we could see, sure enough, Clarisse arguing/fighting with an Apollo kid.

"The one on the left is Clarisse the other one is an Apollo kid, I don't recognize him," I told her.

"Gotcha," Emery said.

"Nico!" I turned to see Annabeth and Percy heading towards us. I waved.

"I'm gonna guess and say that's Annabeth and Percy," Emery said, smiling.

"Uh huh," I said.

"Who's your friend?" Annabeth asked.

"This is Emery, Emery, you know who they are," I said.

"Hi," Emery said, shaking her hand then she looked at Percy, "You must be Percy." He nodded, smiling.

"Yup! I'll show you to Chiron," He said, leading me, Emery and Annabeth to the Big House. We walked towards the house and, like usual, there was Chiron in his wheel chair sitting and playing cards with Mr. D.

"Who's the other guy," Emery whispered to me.

"That's Mr. D he's the head consoler and Chiron is the guy in the wheel chair," I told her quietly.

"Hello Percy, Annabeth," Chiron said then he saw me, "Ah Nico, you decided to drop by." I nodded.

"Chiron, this is Emery," Percy explained, "She a half-blood…." He trailed off, glancing at me. I just looked at him, hoping he got my silent message. Chiron rolled over on his wheel chair.

"Hello my dear," He said.

"Hi," Emery greeted, shaking his hand when he held it out.

Annabeth showed Emery around the place while me and Percy went inside the Big House to talk to Chiron.

"Has she been claimed yet?" Chiron asked.

"Yeah she has," I said, as I sat down by the ping pong table that was used as a normal table. Percy and Chiron joined me, Chiron standing since he had gone to his centaur form.

"Do you know her parent, Nico?" Chiron asked. I nodded.

"Does she live with her mother or father?" Percy asked.

"Her dad," I explained, "Nice guy." They could tell I was uncertain on what to do about her godly parent, even though Emery said I could tell them.

"Nico…?" Chiron said slowly. I sighed.

"Her mother's Artemis," I said bluntly. They looked at me, surprised.

"Nico, how's that possible?" Percy asked. I shrugged.

"I don't know, they didn't explain that part." Percy looked at Chiron, who was deep in thought.

"Are you sure about this?" He finally said. I nodded.

"Yeah." Chiron sighed.

"She will use her parents cabin, like usual," Chiron said, "Treat her like a normal camper." Percy nodded and we walked out.

I'll summarize the rest of the day. Percy and I met up with Emery and we went to the arena for sword fighting. She watched me and Percy spare then Percy handed her a sword. I watched as she and Percy spared. She's actually pretty good for a beginner. Then we went to the archery place, which Percy didn't participate in. I guess I'm ok at archery, but it's not my strong point. Emery gave me some tips though. So, after that it was dinner, nothing much happened there. She sat with me though. Then there was the campfire. Then we went to bed. She went to her own cabin and I went to mine. All in all, it was a good day.