We walked to the kitchen silently after we left the room. We had just had a huge conversation about how we were supposed to find this child, or if we should wait until they came to us like Aphrodite had said. We decided to have Percy, Annabeth and Grover search all over the country, while Jason, Thalia, Will, Chiron and I would wait here in case whoever they were decided to show up. Will was walking quietly beside me, his hand holding mine. I looked up at him, and he looked down at me (I know im short get over it.). just seeing him made me smile and remember the better times at camp. We had been dating for about four and a half months, ever since I punched Hyperion in the face. What can I say? He was pissing me off. But, incidentally I ended up breaking a few bones, and Annabeth and Percy knowing that Will had a huge crush on me, and that I had a huge crush on him, dragged me over, half unconscious in pain for him to fix me.

Flashback

I was face to face with Hyperion; he was looking all smug because he had his sword at my neck. I think I let out a small growl before knocking his gold sword out of his hands, and then kicking it across the street. We were beside a huge Macy's department store; Annabeth and Percy were fighting off numerous monsters inside near the jewellery section I believe is what they told me. Hyperion smiled and put his hands in the air as if to give up. But I knew he wasn't done yet, he was a Titan. He went to judo kick me in the stomach, but I had ducked and grabbed his leg before he could do anything. I was one of the fastest and most skilled demigods in un-armed combat; sort of like, Percy's opposite. He was on the ground, with me pinning him down. He grabbed my waist and flipped me over so that he was on top of me; my head hit the hard cement with a small crack! I struggled under his weight, but no matter how much training I had had it wasn't working. He stopped grinding my back into the ground for a moment, and he changed into a fifteen year old boy. His blonde hair was in his eyes, which were light blue. He grinned at me, but I found it more menacing more then charming.

"You really are pretty." He purred.

"Touch me and you die." I growled. His eyes seemed to have a playful glint, I wanted to spit in his face, but a plan worthy of Athena popped into my head.

"Get off of me."

"Do I get a kiss?"

I tried to make it look like I was seriously considering it, and it must've worked. But everyone (unfortunately) knew that I am like, secretly in love with head counsellor of the Apollo cabin, Will Solace. I sighed.

"Fine. Just let me get up." I growled, making it sound like I wasn't happy about it. I didn't have to try that hard. He stood up and bent down, grabbing me by the waist and standing me up in front of him, never moving the position of his hands. This guys an idiot! I thought to myself. I scrunched my eyebrows as he smiled, closing his eyes and bending his face towards mine. I had to make a move now, or be kissed by this ugly bloke. As fast and hard as I could, I brought my right arm back as far as was possible, and let all of my tension out in that one swell right hook. My hand collided with his nose with a satisfying crunch. Though at that point, I wasn't sure whether the crunch had come from my own hand, or his nose. His nose started gushing gold ichor, and I fought hard to keep my cry of pain concealed. His hands left my waist in a hurry to stop the bleeding coming from his nose. His legs were spread just far enough apart, and Annabeth and Percy had exited Macy's just in time for them to see me sack Hyperion. Once he crumpled on the cement, making sounds of pain, I kicked him in the ribs and regretted it almost as soon as I had done it. Now I think my foot was broken too. This is going to be an interesting story to tell the grandkids. I fell backwards as the pain took over my mind. Percy caught me just in time for me to not fall and possibly get a concussion from the hard cement that had been closing in fast.

"Whoa there, do I even want to know what just happened?" he asked as Annabeth came running up to us.

"Percy, we need to get her to an Apollo kid, she's going to pass out soon!" and with that, they both dragged me painfully through the streets of Manhattan until we reached our current hotel a few blocks down. Things were going too slow, so Percy picked me up and ran me inside the lobby, my vision was already going hazy and black dots threatened to take over.

"Come on Avis; just stay awake for me, okay?" he pleaded, running me through the five star lobby. I grumbled a response.

"Will!" he yelled as we ran past the pool. We ran down the hallway when I saw a blonde figure emerge from one of the rooms on the right side of the hallway. From what I could see, he was in his boxers and a white muscle shirt. My heart started pounding, just thinking of Will. Percy let out a short laugh as he felt my pulse rise. I closed my eyes for one moment, and when I opened them the next we were inside a dark hotel room. Percy set me down on a really soft, comfortable messy bed with the blankets thrown on the ground. Someone's warm hands checked my pulse for a few seconds, and then I was told to open my eyes again.

"Avis, open your eyes." I did and they were immediately met with one of those pointer lights that doctors use to see if you have a concussion.

"How bad is it?" asked an exasperated Annabeth.

"Minor concussion, uh …" I felt a searing pain shoot up my left foot. "Definitely a broken foot, in numerous places. Hmmm …" and yet more pain shooting up my right arm. "And oh my gods, what did she do this time? There's like, five broken knuckles and a fractured wrist!" Percy laughed a bit.

"We got there just in time to see her sack Hyperion, and kick him in the ribs. Im assuming she probably punched him before that since his nose was deformed and gushing ichor." My eyes were closed again, the darkness was comforting. I hated bright lights. Daughter of Erebos, adur. Someone shook my shoulders gently.

"Hey, Avis, stay awake. As I try and heal you, you should tell us what happened." He suggested. I chuckled softly as he started to work on my broken foot; the pain was more like a numb sensation now.

"Uhhh … I disarmed him, and he tried to judo kick me, so I grabbed his foot and tackled him, pinning him to the ground." My speech was slurred. "And then?" asked Will, the pain in my foot almost gone.

"Then he turned into a fifteen year old guy, and told me I was erm, pretty." Will's hand tensed on my ankle. "I wanted to spit in his face, but then he probably would've killed me. So I told him to get off of me, and he was like, 'do I get a kiss?' so I sighed, making it look like I was actually considering it, then said 'fine, just let me get up.'. So he got off of me, then grabbed my waist and picked me up, his hands never moved from my waist." The pain in my foot was completely gone, my speech was slurring a little more as Will continued to hum the hymn to Apollo; it sounded like a lullaby, and I was tired. "so then … I punched him … in the nose …. And kneed his manliness …. And then … he *yawn* fell … and I kicked him in the … ribs." By the time I finished the sentence, my whole body was numb, and I was snoring quietly. Even though I was asleep, I heard part of Percy, Annabeth and Will's conversation.

"Doesn't she remind you of anyone?" asked Will, sleepily. Healing me must've taken a lot of his energy.

"You mean when Rachel threw her blue plastic hairbrush and hit Kronos in the eye? Yeah." Said Percy, laughing quietly.

"That does remind me of Rachel," said Annabeth. "I should probably go find Thalia, Jason, Nico and Chiron. Yenno, explain what happened. I bet Nico and Thalia will get a kick out of it. Percy, you coming?"

"Yeah, or, do you need to me to watch her, Will?" he asked.

"Nah, ive got it. you guys go inform Chiron." I heard him yawn, and I was sure that Annabeth probably gave him an unsure glance as her and Percy walked out of the room hand in hand. I heard the sound of something moving, and then felt a big warm recently used blanket cover me up until my shoulders. I shifted onto my side, and felt somebody kiss my forehead.

"You're lucky I love you." Whispered Will's voice.

End of flashback

That's really all I remember from a few months ago, and then the next day when I woke up, Will was lying in the bed beside me, his arm wrapped protectively around my waist. When I questioned him about what he had said the night before, he tried to deny it. But in the end, he asked me out to the most romantic dinner that we had during the war; a burger and fries stolen from McDonalds in New Jersey by the Hermes cabin. The date went pretty well, I think. We ate, fought off some of the Titans army, and then walked through a previously beautiful central park, then back to the hotel. I was shaken out of my reverie by my grumbling stomach, I was starving. Will chuckled,

"You hungry or what?" he said, joking around. I faux punched him in the arm.

"Hey! You try talking to shadows for like, twenty minutes trying to recruit new Demigods; you get pretty hungry."

"Almost as hungry as I get after I heal you from punching a Titan in the face. You really need to stop doing that, by the way." Ok, so I admit, Hyperion on was only the first Titan I had punched in the face. There was also Morpheus, Themis (we got into a bitch fight, trust me, she lost), and Prometheus. People actually tried to pay me to punch a Titan in the face, but I told them I didn't want their money, and that I only endangered my life like that if the titans were poising me off.

"Well, what can I say? It's not like im sorry. Though maybe the reoccurring splints are getting annoying." I said, smiling and sitting down at the counter.

"What can I getcha?" asked a daughter of Aphrodite named Elly. Though we may not want to admit it, they were the best cooks we had.

"Uh, ill have a grilled cheese with whatever soup you guys have today, and a cherry coke, please." I asked, smiling. Will sat down beside me,

"Ill have a cheeseburger, with a Pepsi, please and thank you." Elly grinned at us,

"No problem! And hey, Avis, punched any Titans lately?" she asked, giggling.

"Uhhh, last one was Prometheus last week." I said, blushing slightly and looking down at my socked feet.

"Oh Avis, you are just too funny." She said, giggling again before disappearing into the kitchen.

"Oh yes Avis, you are just too funny." Said Will, wrapping his hands around my waist. I stood up so that I was looking down at him slightly, placing my hands around his neck.

"Shut it Solace, or im going to hurt you." I said, jokingly.

"Then ill have to fix myself." he murmured, his lips closing the distance between mine. Heat blasted through my world, shocking every brain cell that I had. The sound of the door opening pulled us apart almost as quickly as the time I had slammed the door when I caught Annabeth and Percy making out in the bathroom. Talk about traumatizing! Thalia and Leo burst out laughing so hard when I turned beet red and sat back down.

"Shut up." I mumbled under my breath as they took the seats beside me. Just then Elly came around the corner with Will's and my food. We dug in hungrily, as Thalia and Leo ordered. We laughed and talked for a bit after we had all finished our food, and Elly even came in and talked with us. We were in the middle of hearing a story about how Thalia had kicked Apollo in his soft spot when he tried to hit on her, even Will was laughing. We all stopped laughing and froze when the door burst open, and a daughter of Ares ran through the door. She pointed her sword angrily at me,

"You! The Titans demand a meeting with you. Like, now!" she said, grabbing my arm and pulling me out of the kitchen. Leo, Thalia, Elly and Will on my heels.

"Can I at least put some shoes on?" I asked, annoyed. She grabbed a pair of random sneakers that were in the lobby and I shoved them on my feet, thank gods that they fit. I ran beside her until we reached the picnic table where Hyperion, Kronos and Thanatos were waiting with a ginormous white flag that looked like a queen size bed sheet (probably from where they were staying) tied to a flag pole held by a Hyperborean. Presumably one that hadn't disintegrated yet, or that had reformed. The giant was standing somewhere near ten feet back from the table, and up ahead I could see Chiron, Percy, Annabeth, Clarisse, Jake Mason, and basically all of the other counsellors ready in battle armour with their weapons unsheathed. The Ares girl who I now realized was Margaret Clark called out to Chiron,

"I GOT HER!" and she dragged me towards Chiron. Once I was standing in front of him, breathless, he spoke in a nervous tone.

"Avis, they wish to speak to you under a treaty of peace. I trust that you will not punch them again." He said the last part a little disapprovingly. I rolled my eyes.

"I promise not to punch any of them in the face."