a/n: hey guys! Again, sorry it took so long to update! My only thing I can use as an excuse is that life has been hectic lately. My cousin left for the airforce today so I've spent the last two weeks spending as much time with him as possible. Hope you guys understand and can forgive me!

Emily POV

I'm confused. Like, really confused. And that saying something cause I usually always know what's going on with my best friends. What did Ivy mean when she said she couldn't love Nico anymore?

I made my way back to my tree house and decided to talk to her later. I sat down in a beanbag chair to just think.

I've known Emily since we were fourteen and she has never had a boyfriend during that time until now. She said she only had one boyfriend before I knew her and she said that she loved him very much but she had to move away from him. She never told me his name. Could that guy have been Nico?

I was broken out of my thoughts by a knocking on the tree house door. "Emily, can I come in? We need to talk." I heard Ivy call from outside.

"Yeah, come in." I called back. She pushed open the trap door and climbed in, sitting down in a chair across from me. We sat in an uncomfortable silence, I didn't like it. Me and ivy were always comfortable with each other, we're best friends. After a few minutes, I decided to say something. As I opened my mouth to speak, so did she. I thought she should be the one to start this conversation so I gestured for her to continue.

"Emily, I'm really sorry I didn't tell you right away. But Nico and I-" she started, but I cut her off mid sentence.

"Let me guess! Nico is the guy you were madly in love with before you moved here?" I said. She seemed shocked for a moment that I had figured it out but she quickly got over it and looked at me with sad eyes.

"Are you mad at me?" she asked.

"No. I'm a little put off that you didn't trust me enough to tell me but I'm not mad." I admitted.

"Really? But, I lied to you. You always said that one of the things you hated most was when people lied to you. And, its not that I didn't trust you, because I do. Me and Nico were going to tell you but we were waiting for the right time."

"Well, I was mad at you when I first figured it out but I got over it because you're my best friend and I know you had your reasons. But Nico on the other hand, is in so much trouble. As my boyfriend he should have told me from the beginning." I said, explaining my anger for the little nimrod. He is not on my good list right now. First the jealousy and then he was hiding things from me. I can't believe him.

I cut myself off from my inner rant, remembering that Ivy was there. "And I'm sorry I yelled at you. And made you upset." I apologized.

"It's totally fine, you had every right to yell at me. I shouldn't have been pushing you too give Nico a second chance if you didn't want to." She told me. then something occurred to me.

"Did you talk to Percy about you and Nico yet?" I asked.

"Yeah. He came and talked to me in my cabin after I ran off. He was very forgiving. I feel like I don't deserve his kindness sometimes." She explained.

"You both are good people. You deserve each other. Even though I think its weird that you're dating my brother and we're best friends, I'm still happy for you guys." I told her.

"Awwww! Thanks Emmy!" she said, pulling me into a bone crushing hug.

"Ivy… can't… breathe." I said between gasps. She let me go and smiled sheepishly. "My gods you need to learn not to squeeze so tight." I told her.

We just hung out for like ten minutes, listening to music and stuff before there was another knock and the door.

"Emily, can I come in? We need to talk!" I heard Nico yell over the music.

"I don't want to talk to you!" I yelled back.

"Please Emily! I'm sorry!" he yelled but I ignored him and turned up the music. Ivy gave me a quizzical look.

"If he wants my forgiveness, he's going to have to work for it." I explained. She just chuckled.

I have no idea how long we were hanging out for but a while later, there was another knock on the door. I paused the music. "Go away Nico!" I yelled.

"It's me, Aaron!" I heard Aaron call back.

"Come on in Aaron!" I told him.

"I guess that's my cue to leave." Ivy said standing up.

"Hey Emily, Ivy." Aaron greeted as he climbed in the tree house.

"Bye guys." Ivy said on her way down. "Oh and Aaron?" she said, sticking her head back up through the door.

"Yeah?" he asked, looking at her.

"Sorry for the way I acted towards you earlier. I was just a little upset." She apologized.

"It's totally fine. No hard feelings." He reassured her and smiled. She smiled back and left the tree house, closing the door.

"I'm glad you two can get along. My best friends can be friends. So what's up?" I asked him.

"It's time for your first AoA meeting."

a/n: I know its been forever since I updated and I wish I could have made it longer but I need to consult my friend about the meeting so sorry guys! I'll up date as soon as I can, I promise!