Autor's Note: I know I cut that last one off a bit abruptly but hey. Anyway, here's the shopping trip. Keep in mind I'm not fantastically rich and don't know much about the lives of the fantastically rich so I'm going off my one and only experience at a spa. In this version of events Calypso is Bi, dating Leo but Bi. I own nothing.

Shopping Part 1 At The Spa

Nico sat in the back of the van grumbling as she tried her damnedest not to make eye contact with the attractive daughter of Apollo who was sitting next to her. It was an interesting combination, the daughter of Hades and the daughter of Apollo sitting in the back of the van perched on pallets normally reserved for large shipments of strawberries, the queen of Ogygia sitting behind the daughter of Aphrodite in a makeshift seat made for the demigod who was supposed to be watching the strawberries to make sure they didn't tip over or have stygian crows hiding in them, it'd happened more than once. Then there was of course the daughter of Aphrodite who rode shotgun next to Argus the camp security director who had thousands of eyes covering nearly every inch of skin. Will was grinning at Nico who had finally decided it was futile to try and avoid her sky-blue gaze.

"What?" Will's grin widened slightly, looking like sunshine personified.

"I'm just a bit surprised you actually agreed to this." Nico rolled her eyes trying not to get infected by the blondes smile.

"I agreed to nothing! This is a kidnapping. I'm surprised Chiron agreed to this." Piper smiled.

"Well between me and Will we managed to convince him." Nico rolled her eyes glaring half-heartedly at Will.

"I'm surprised you were willing to let me out of camp. You still haven't cleared me for shadow travel." Will's eyes narrowed at the mention of her least favorite of Nico's powers.

"No I haven't because it's still dangerous, not all the shadows that tried to take over your body and turn you into one of them have dissipated. I'm not risking losing you." Piper grinned and glanced over at Argus who rolled his eyes which was a bit dizzying, then half his eyes winked and Piper had to suppress a laugh as Will continued.

"Besides getting out of the camp might help you with that whole dark gloomy cloud hanging over you. As your doctor, I think a new wardrobe and some time out of camp would be fantastic in helping with your mood. Putting all that darkness behind you and moving on with life." Nico scowled down at her ratty old shoes. They were a touch too small but Nico hadn't had time between quests to actually worry about clothes. She'd been through hell in these shoes, literally though not everyone in the van knew that. Will knew, thank you Percy, and Piper knew as she'd helped rescue Nico from the twins with the rest of the seven. But the more she looked at the torn fabric and scorched plastic the more she couldn't help but think that maybe Will was right. Calypso smiled at the pair.

"You two remind me of a pair of demigods I knew during the first war. They were also very cute together." Nico's eyes went wide and she blushed bright red as she tried to hide her face in her hands. From between her fingers she glanced over at Will. The daughter of Apollo was grinning like an idiot, her face beet red. Piper couldn't help it she started to laugh loudly. Soon it had spread to Will and then even Nico was trying not to giggle. Calypso just looked confused. Argus tapped Piper on the shoulder. She whipped away tears as she tried to stop laughing. Piper looked out of the window.

"Oh good we're here!" Piper exited the van and pulled open the back door to let the others out. Nico frowned slightly. They were on 5th avenue. Piper was grinning wildly as she waved at Argus as he drove away. Piper lead them to a store Nico hadn't bothered to look at the name of. It turned out to not even be a store but a salon. When they got inside Piper went straight up to the woman at the front desk and smiled.

"I have a reservation for four under McLean." The woman checked her computer and smiled standing.

"Miss McLean, your father prepaid so no need to worry about that, full workups on everyone. Please follow me." Nico frowned slightly as she followed the others. They were led into a brightly lit plush room with a long counter covered in fancy snacks and bottles of sparkling water. There were also five doors off the room, four of them surrounded by mirrors and with a plush white robe hanging on hooks by each door.

"Alright ladies if I can just get you to step into the changing rooms and place your clothes and cellphones in the baskets, you can leave on underwear but socks and shoes need to be taken off too. There are slippers in the rooms and robes are hanging next to the doors. Your masseur will be in soon. We have it set so you will go in pairs as you requested Miss McLean." Piper smiled at the woman and pulled a twenty out of her wallet handing to her.

"Thank you Leslie." The woman took the bill and nodded walking out of the room. Nico froze as Calypso shrugged and grabbed one of the robes before stepping into one of the dressing rooms. Will grinned and followed suit, Piper paused noticing that Nico hadn't moved.

"It's ok Nico, no one here's going to judge you. This is a safe zone, now if you don't get in that changing room right now I will tell Jason and Percy about your crush." Nico's eyes narrowed.

"You wouldn't dare." Piper grinned a blinding smile.

"Try me Di Angelo." Nico frowned slightly but grabbed the robe, she didn't want to risk her self-proclaimed big brother and sister finding out about her feelings for Will as neither of them would shut up about it until she did something about it. But honestly she didn't want to, she mused about this as she grabbed the robe and slipped into the changing room. She didn't want to get hurt again like she had with Percy, but more than that she didn't think she deserved Will. Will was all sunshine and healing and Nico had been in darkness so long she'd almost forgotten what it felt like to be warm and safe. She slipped into the robe and looked down at the sword in her hands. She didn't want to be without it but she knew that there would be questions if she kept it on her so she quickly glanced around and then focused on a shadow in the corner of the room. It opened like a door and she slipped her sword into the shadow before closing it back up. It wasn't a difficult trick, one of the first ones she'd learned but she still felt a little tired after pulling it off. She slipped on the slippers and carefully opened the door and slipped out of the room. The others were waiting for her and Will smiled at her as she stepped out, dwarfed in the giant fluffy robe. That smile did funny things to her.

All in all, the trip to the spa went well though Nico was internally cursing Piper for most of it. The daughter of Aphrodite had everything planned out perfectly. She and Calypso went with the first masseur while Nico was stuck with Will throughout her first spa experience, not that she was really complaining. She almost laughed when they got around to doing their nails. Nico picked out a black polish with flecks of silver like the night sky while Will chose sunshiny gold. Several hours later the four of them were exiting the spa thoroughly relaxed. Piper then decided it was time to drag them off to do some actual shopping, more for Nico and Calypso than herself or Will. Nico barely had any clothes left after the two wars, that and she'd been living in the underworld where she wasn't really focused on fashion so much as staying alive from day to day. Calypso on the other hand had no modern clothes and had been feeling very out of place next to the other girls at Camp, though she and Leo weren't there all that often as he was keeping his promise to show her the world. So, Piper led Calypso down 5th avenue while Will dragged a slightly resistant Nico after them.