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I smiled at myself in the mirror and calmly and slowly walked out and to the beach. I went so slowly because when I got there, all it was going to be was a goodbye, right?

Who knew that going was gonna be a HUGE impact on my life.


I could smell the salt water before my feet could feel the sand. But once I did, it instantly relaxed me. I don't know why, the beach has just had that effect on me.

I could see Nico sitting on a bench, staring down at the apparently very interesting sand. I approached quietly and sat next to him.

"Hey." I said.

Nico jumped a bit at the sound of my voice and gave me a playful glare. I would have laughed, but this was a goodbye, nothing funny about it.

"Hey," he responded, "So… you're leaving?"

I nodded my head, the sadness reaching my eyes and even worse, my heart.

"Oh. Will I see you again soon?" He asked, with a twinge of hope in his voice.

I sighed. "Hopefully. But you never know, you might be 20 by the time I come back."

Nico turned his head to look at me and I stared right back. His eyes had, once again, pulled me in.

Someone once said that eyes are the windows to the soul. I don't know if I believe that, but they definitely are windows to feelings. Nico's were swirling with only two emotions: sadness and the one I was going to miss most, love.

I was pretty sure mine had displayed the same emotions.

Just like that, an understanding was passed between us.

He held my hands and played with my fingers. He never lost eye contact with me. I gave him a small smile which he returned.

I really hated this. Why did Artemis have to be a maiden? Why do Hunters have to follow that too? Why am I a Hunter?

Nico noticed my distress and sighed. "Look, Thals. I ju-"

"I know." I answered with a small smile. "Me too."

It was just occurring to me what the understanding meant. It wasn't that we were going to miss each other. No way. It was that we were I love, with each other.

Wow.

"Nico?" I asked, tentatively.

"Yes?"

I sighed angrily. "Ugh! Why did Artemis have to be a maiden? Why did I choose to follow her? Why is the only thing I want the only thing I can't have?"

"Thalia, what do you want?" he asked, his voice light.

"You."

And that simple word; that three letter, one syllable word, changed my life forever.

Nico's frown turned into a big cheesy smile.

"Thals, you'll always have me. Even if everyone is against it. Even if it is forbidden. You will always have me."

And that is when I shared my first real kiss with Nico di Angelo.

Now, how did it feel? Well, in simplest terms. Perfect.

Everything in my world was perfect. Because at that point, Nico became my world, my everything.

Those 2.19 minutes were pure bliss.

Of course, lungs and stuff.

We parted, gasping for air, but touching our foreheads together. My hands had somehow ended up behind his neck, and his were around my waist. How in Hades did this happen?

But I kept them there.

As I regained my breathing, I thought about the one thing bad, the only flaw in this perfect moment.

It wasn't supposed to happen.

"I love you, Thalia, daughter of Zeus."

Now, I smiled the big cheesy smile. He got my title right. Daughter of Zeus, not Hunter of Artemis. Thalia, not Thalia Grace.

And that's how I wanted to keep it.

"And I love you also, Nico, son of Hades."

We both smiled at each other and we untangled ourselves. We intertwined our fingers and just looked at each other. Perfect.

But, of course, the universe hates me. 'Cause guess who decided to pop up next to me as I stood up and unhinged my hands away from Nico's:

Artemis.

Perfect.

"Good evening Lieutenant Thalia. Miss me?"


GRRRRRRRRRRRRR… You just ruined a perfect Thalico moment, Artemis!

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