~ A/N: Hey! Check out my joint account! mattsuduko and Athena0228! We wrote a story called " Savior "! ~

~ Chapter 4 - Jealousy ~

~ Nico's POV ~

I watched Charity jump in. She looked absolutely stunning but I would never tell her that. I kept watching where she had hit the surface but she never came up. I dived under the water and saw her struggling to swim to the surface. I swam as fast as I could but she lost consciousness before I could get to her. I untangled her foot and pulled her to the surface. She still didn't wake up. I dragged her to the bank where I gave her mouth-to-mouth. She sat up spewing murky lake water.

"I feel like I just inhaled a tank of helium", we all laughed nervously. She stood up but Lance and I each grabbed her hand and pulled her back down. I scowled, Lance didn't need to help, I had it.

" You need to lie down. " I told her.

"I want to sit up." she complained.

"He's right, Charity! You need to lie down." of course I'm right, I'm always right.

"I want to sit up!" she yelled. I smiled, Charity is so stubborn. That's one of the things I like about her. He didn't argue with her when she sat up.

"Charity. You should really lie-" I started.

"Shut up!" she snapped. I shut my mouth immediately. When Charity said shut up you might want too. I learned the hard way.

"Why don't you guys go back in the water?" she told all of us.

"No" Lance and I said. I shot him a cruel look but he didn't even notice it. That made me mad.

Percy and Annabeth kept asking me if she was okay, and when she finally convinced them that she was they jumped back in the water. I wanted to do the same but I remembered Lance sitting on the other side of her.

"So who saved me?" she asked looking down and blushing.

I cleared my throat, "Umm.....I did."

"Seriously?" she questioned.

"Yeah." I mumbled. She leaned over, gave me a short kiss on the cheek and said thank you. I looked over at Lance. He was fuming! I smiled sweetly at him and he almost lost it! I glanced out over the water. Percy and Annabeth were smiling. I stuck my tongue out at them even though I was blushing. They dove back under water and left me alone with Charity and Lance.

"Feeling better?" I asked her with a sly grin.

"Yeah....why?" she asked suspiciously.

"No reason." I lied.

I stood up, dusted off and acted like I wasn't up to something. I started to walk to the dock but I turned around. I raced to Charity, picked her up, slung her over my shoulder and ran to the end of the dock. She kicked and screamed at me to let her go but I held strong. I jumped off the edge of the dock and let her go. I surfaced and then she did. She was sputtering curse words in Greek and yelling at me. I was laughing. Lance ran and jumped off the dock. He came up and grabbed Charity's hand.

" Are you okay? " he asked her. I growled. I hated him! He was so-so-so stuck up! I mean he almost killed her this morning! Then they went horse-back riding!

Couldn't she tell I liked her? I've liked her since the day she killed the Minotaur. I thought she had liked me too. Now she is falling for this stupid Lance guy! I watched her and Lance swim around, splashing each other. I got out of the water and grabbed my towel. I started walking towards the Big House when Grover caught up to me.

" Don't worry Nico. She likes you too. She's just a little confused right now." he told me. I was about to ask him what he was talking about when Chiron came up to me.

"Nico, I need you, Lance, Charity, Percy and Annabeth at the Big House, Now. It's urgent."