Chapter 7

I woke up slightly confused but then all my memories started to flow back into my mind, i sat up and stretched my arms, i walked over to the washroom and washed my face. "Hey, i'm back Natalie" Nico called, i walked out of the washroom and smiled he brought me soup, bread and can of ice tea. "Thanks Nico"! i ran over and started to wolf down the food (hehehe no pun intended).

Nico sat patently over on his bunk while i ate on the coach, "hey something bothering you" i asked between bites, he just chuckled and sighed. Now i knew something was bothering him, after i finished eating i walked over to Nico and sat down on his bunk beside him; i playfully shoved him with my shoulder. when he didn't react i starred into his eyes, "Nico you can trust me" i said; he nervously looked at me and then his shoes "i heard Chiron talking to a man and women, they were brother and sister" he paused but then continued. "the women... was my dead mom and the man was your... Father" he said the last part very quietly. So if they were brother and sister AND our mortal parents that makes us... "WERE COUSINS" i yelled he tensed up real quick but then i jumped on him and gave him a bear hug.

"Umm you wana get off cuz" he said jokingly, "never death breath" i sighed and let go, "this is the best news i've heard all week" i giggled. "So now that were cousins i naturally must hate all your boyfriends and annoy you to death about your crushes" Nico announced, i glared at him but then cracked a smile; "hey Nico, i love you... NO NO NO I MEAN LIKE IN A BROTHERLY SISTERLY THING" i shouted back. He burst out laughing and clutched his sides, "our mortal parents had fine tastes for partners" he said, i just giggled and pushed some hair out of my face. "Anyway i'm off to the Hermes cabin, thanks again Nico" i said, "anytime sis" He replied.

I walked briskly from the Hades cabin and as i was about to enter the Hermes cabin i heard angry voices coming from behind it, i carefully walked around the cabin to see the one and only Connor and Leo fighting verbally. But the whole verbal thing didn't last long as Connor jumped on top of Leo and started punching him, i stood there frozen in shock and i finally did something when Leo started to use his fire powers.

"WHOA NOT FAR DUDE, CUT IT OUT" Connor screamed he jumped off Leo and put out the flames, "SERVES YOU RIGHT, YOU PLAYER" Leo screamed. I jumped in between the two as Leo had his fist a-flame and was about to punch Connor in the face, "STOP" i yelled. Leo's flaming fist went out and Connor straitened up, "what are you two doing"? i asked; they both awkwardly shuffled their feet. "Both of you head off to your cabins" i commanded, "i was just coming to tell you something but Connor said no and to leave" Leo blurted out, figures he tells me now after.

"And what is this news Leo" i asked while raising an eyebrow, he pulled the hem of his shirt down a little more "That i'm leaving for a quest with Annabeth, Piper and Jason tomorrow morning... i just wanted to say goodbye" he said innocently. "Oh ok... Ummm" suddenly Leo ran over and hugged me, i hugged him back of course; but i couldn't believe was leaving. "bye Leo" i whispered into his curly hair, I squeezed him a little tighter and we broke apart, he looked at me sadly and started to walk to his cabin. I ran up to him quickly and kissed his check, i blushed and shooed him away, Leo waved good bye and disappeared into the Hephaestus. I turned around to a very jealous Connor. Oops!

After Connor stormed inside the cabin, i followed suit. He literally fell into his bed and curled up under the covers, great now i felt guilty; I didn't really know how to apologize. So after i changed into my PJ (which was sleep short shorts and one of Connor's old shirts) i silently walked up to his bed. I almost started to stare at him but if he woke up he would most likely be creeped out and so would ALL my cabin mates who were currently sleeping. I lied down beside Connor and quietly lifted the covers and got under, i sighed as i curled up behind him; even though his back was too me i still found him kinda cute. Sometime later i managed to fall asleep without waking Connor up.

"Um Nat, did Drew trick us again or something" Connor said, i turned over to face him and smiled "nope" i grinned. His eyes widened and he blushed really hard, wow this guy really liked me, just as he was about to probably say something stupid. Travis poked his head down to say good morning to Connor but he stopped when he saw me, "umm hi Nat" Travis said awkwardly; "sup Trav" i replied with a cheeky grin. Connor just blushed harder, and propped himself up on his elbows and waved to Travis; "so were you two busy before i came" Travis smirked. "NOOOO, i was just... just... chilling with him" i replied, "chilling under a blanket, while Connor is blushing AND Connor doesn't wear anything but boxers to sleep are you sure you were just chilling" Travis asked. I mentally face palmed, thats why he was blushing. I just sighed and got up and when i did i grabbed Travis by the hair and he fell head first onto the floor from his bunk bed. "Are you still disagreeing now" i asked while kneeling beside his head; he raised a single finger and said "no"and his finger fell back down.

I smile at my win and grabbed Connor by his wrist and pulled him out of bed, "come on we got a lot to catch up on" i told him, Connor smiled and grabbed a shirt from his bag he through it on and put on a pair of jeans too. Travis by now had woken up the cabin and told everyone to get ready because were leaving for breakfast in 15. "Oh and one more thing, Nat" Travis said, "what" i asked, "your also wearing one of Connors shirts" he winked at me and ran as fast as he could to the pavilion. All of us followed Travis who was being chased by Connor to the pavilion, where we all said a prayer to the Gods and dug in.

"So you want to go to the forest after" i asked Connor, "ya sure, but i have to go talk to Nico first i'll be done in 20mins ok".

We both went our ways, Connor to Nico and I went to visit Baily.

"OH MY GODS NATALIE" Baily jumped off of Frederick's lap and gave he a bear hug, "hey Baily" i replied, i was a little embarrassed because i walked in on her and Fred making out. "Freddy i will see you later" she shooed her boyfriend out of her cabin, most of her siblings wouldn't care they all just danced around, sung and wrote poetry; typical Apollo cabin. " i haven't seen you in like ever" she squealed, "ya" i replied. After a while we had talked about, Nico and I being cousins, the incident with Drew and many other things; although i never told her my wolf thing or my Godly parent. Then she talked about Frederick for like the remainder of the time, i felt bad for Nico because there was NO way Baily would ever break up with Fred. "Anyway i'm going to se Connor and Nico, i will see you later... promise" i said, "defiantly, bye"! she waved me off and closed the Apollo cabin doors behind me.

I skipped happily over to the Hades cabin and quietly opened the door to see Nico THREATENING Connor! "NICO" i yelled at him, he quickly dropped Connor from the death grip and turned around, "sorry but you know, we are cousins and you are kinda going on a date with him" Nico pointed out. "Um this isn't a date, were just catching up" i retorted, Nico narrowed his eyes but i just rolled my eyes and grabbed Connor's wrist. "BYE Nico", i shouted back to him as we made our way inside the forest.

We found a comfortable place to sit down, there was a log to sit on and a small stream behind us, the grass and flowers were very pretty here. I was just about to comment on the beautiful scenery why Connor blurted out "i love you, Natalie"!

Chapter 8

Even though i kinda all ready knew he liked me i was still shocked to hear him say it, he had clasped his hands over his mouth when he did say it though. his face went beat red, i don't think i have seen his face so red in one week before. I unclasped his hands from his mouth and and held his hands in mine, we sat in silence although it wasn't awkward. "Connor i have to tell you something that might change your mind about me" i whispered/said, "nothing will change how i think of you Nat". I smiled but the smile faded, "Connor you can't tell anyone... you have to swear on styx" i told him, "Ok i swear on styx i won't tell anyone the following"he announced.

Thunder boomed in the distance, "ok... my mom is the Titian Leto and i have the power to change form into a wolf" I looked down at my suddenly interesting converse. He pulled one of his hands away from mine and cupped my face with them, "Natalie, i still love you all the same... AND THATS FLIPPIN AWESOME" he cheered.

I cracked a smile "shut up Connor" i retorted, "so what do you look like as a wolf" he asked, "Umm to be honest i don't really know, but it hurts to change form back to human so i try to only change form when needed" i said. "Oh and when i'm a wolf Nico calls me Bell" i added, he starred at me, "so your Nico's pet" he asked. "NO you dimwit, that was an act, since you saw me, what do i look like" i asked him, "well, your completely white" figures i wanted to be all black i thought "you have beautiful teal green eyes and you look fragile but dangerous and majestic" he said. I smiled i kinda liked the way i looked "Thanks, sorry for biting you the other day" i apologized, "thats cool" his mind started to wander.

"Soooo was that you that was in the washroom a while back, in Nico's cabin" he asked nervously, oh... now i understand how awkward this is for him, and me. "uh ya" i replied, "Connor i don't care about that, that was in the past and i live in the present" i added quickly. "oh ok thats good, sorry about that though it was really unlike me and inappropriate" he said quietly. I started to laugh a little "Connor you said thats not like you? well i beg to differ, you sleep in boxers and i even walked in on you like half an hour later" i said between giggles. "OK first of all A LOT of teen guys sleep only in boxers and second... i don't know! i was still in the mood" he flung his arms in the air. I stopped laughing at him, "are you still in the mood now" i asked; his eyes widened. "NO NO NO not to do anything like that but you know" i tried to explain, he smirked "what do i know?" he asked innocently. "ugh" i grabbed his face in my hands and kissed his lips short and sweetly, but i felt something i hadn't when i kissed Leo... it felt, right. when i pulled away he starred into my eyes, his blue sparkling eyes looked into my green ones. He leaned forward again, my eyes fluttered shut as our lips crashed, his right hand was by my neck and his left was on my waist. I had both my hands lost in his hair, he deepened the kiss quickly i took one of my hands out of his hair and placed it on his chest, "Connor, thats enough for- he started to trail kisses down my neck and he then made a love bite/hickey right under my jaw. I shuddered and felt like i could melt, i wanted so much of him right now, but it was almost dinner and then we had the stupid camp fire sing-along. He gently licked the new love bite and came back to my lips, i kissed him with all my passion, but i didn't let him enter my mouth. "Connor we need to go for dinner, it's in like 5mins" i said sternly. He finally sat back up and looked up to the sky "what cha looking at at" i asked. He looked back at me, "i'm not looking I'm thanking" he said, "thanking who" i asked; "Aphrodite" he replied. I just smiled at him and pecked him on the cheek, as if on cue the conch horn rang out in the distance.

I sat beside Connor at the table and had Travis to my right, i was eating breaded chicken and salad with orange juice. "Hey Nat" Travis whispered, "what" i replied tiredly, "is that a love bite from Connor" he snickered. I shot him a look "actually yes and it's none of your business" i retorted as i pulled my hair forward to cover it. He just laughed harder, "don't tell Nico" i pleaded really quick, he stopped laughing and stood up and smirked down at me.

Oh sh*t i though, he started to make his way to the Hades table; i quickly stood up and caught up with him "Travis please don't" i pleaded, i tried to make up a fake facial emotion to look natural. he just kept walking towards Nico, i finally caved in and jumped onto his back and we both went tumbling down to the ground. "DON'T TRAVIS" i hollered, "he must know" he replied as i rolled so i was on top, "you sure Travis i'm giving you one last chance" i shouted. He looked confused and shouted "NEVER" he tried to get up but i quickly kneed him in the sensitive spot and it worked.

I got off of Travis to see the entire pavilion of people starring, "SORRY, YOU CAN CONTINUE YOUR DINNER, PEOPLES"! i announced to everyone. I glanced down at Travis and said "i did give you a chance" he groaned in reply, i just sat back down at the Hermes table and received high fives from various people.

After dinner when Connor and I were about to leave for the retarded sing-a-long, Connor pulled me aside. "Hey i know you don't like these, you want to go back to the cabin" he offered, "ya sure" i replied since no one would see i grabbed Connor's hand as we walked to the cabin. He opened the door for me "why thank you" i said in a british accent, he just chuckled and walked over to his bed; "i'm going to change into my PJs" i announced to him. I grabbed a sports/sleeping bra that was dark green and a pair of very baggy polka dot pants.

When i came out of the washroom i saw Connor chilling in his bed playing on the stolen IPod, i came and cuddled up next to him and he wrapped an arm around me.

"you want too listen to music, it's not like they will be back for a while" he offered, "sure" i stood up and plugged his IPod into the stereo. A bunch of modern songs by Skrillex, dead mouse and pit bull came; i was relieved to dance again. We danced crazy, jumped on the beds, sang the lyrics even though we both sucked at singing, we danced REALLY close too, i felt like my butt was glued to his front.

We did soo many break dancing songs that when a slow song came on i was actually happy. He spun me towards him and into his arms, i wrapped my arms around his neck and his arms snaked around my waist and pulled me closer (if that was possible). We slowly stepped around the room starring into each others eyes and then i rest my head on his chest, when the song finished i was so tired.

"Connor can we rest now" i asked, he smiled "i didn't know we were always going to sleep together" his smile turned into a smirk. I hit him playfully on the chest, and jumped onto him, he was standing. I wrapped my legs around his waist and my arms around his neck, he had one hand on my back and the other was pushing hair out of my face.

"If you insist" he said sarcastically, i rolled my eyes Connor made his way over to his bed and sat down, he waited for me to get off him but i didn't. He sighed and as he slowly lied down i felt his delicious abs flexing. When he was finally on his back i slipped off him and cuddled up beside him under the sheets. I turned to face the other way and as if by instinct he quickly followed suit and he was spooning me. I was very comfortable and tired i yawned and he hugged me tight, "good night Con, i love you" i just felt like i had to say that. "i love you too Natalie... night" he whispered. And together we dozed off into our slumber.