I'm sorry I didn't get a chapter up last night, but I did warn you. Anyway, my cold is getting better. Ish. Actually not really. I still feel terrible, but not enough to stop writing so here's the next chapter.

Piper POV

Nico may not be the friendliest of people, but he deserves his happiness just like anyone else. When I saw him at breakfast, I could feel the dark waves rolling off. Jason and I glanced at each other. I nodded in Nico's direction. Jason stood up and went over the Nico's table where he said something. Nico responded coldly and Jason looked unhappy but left.

Out of nowhere Nico dropped his spoon and ran off towards the woods. Jason looked as though he wanted to go after him, but I shook my head. No. Nico needed time to cool off. I'd talk to him later. I looked down at the piece of toast in my hand. My Aphrodite senses were tingling. Okay now I sound like my siblings.

Nico was in anguish. Emotional anguish, and if I'm not mistaken it was romantic. Oh my gods Nico had a romantic interest! Of course it wasn't going well. I'd have to fix that. Okay now I'm turning into one of my siblings. I might have to fix that too.

Leaving a bit more time for Nico to cool of I followed Jason to the sword arena. He had little free time before a meeting with Chiron about additional cabins.

Jason seemed especially distracted as we practiced, because I actually managed to disarm him. He smiled at me, pleased with my progress, and the little scar on his lip stretched. The son of Jupiter's thoughts seemed to be elsewhere though- probably on Nico.

Sheathing our swords Jason and I walked over to the water cooler to get a drink. Meanwhile Jason stood staring at the woods where Nico had run off to. His eyebrows pinched in worry.

I slid my hand into Jason's and gave him a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry," I said, "I'll go talk to him."

And so I did. First though I took a quick shower and got a change of clothes. Luckily Lacy's sparkle gun hadn't reached my trunk yet. Of course the walls have had better days.

I knew Nico had gone into the woods a while ago, but he was strong and could take care of himself so I didn't need to rush. As I walked in the direction of the forest I noticed a lone figure pacing on the Hades cabin porch. Will, of all people, looking distraught and exhausted.

I already knew Nico was gay- word travels around camp fast, especially gossip such as this and especially in the Aphrodite cabin. What I didn't know however, was Will's involvement. Even from a distance I could sense his emotional distress.

At that point I just wanted to know what was going on between the two of them.

I quickly jogged into the woods, the dryads occasionally giving directions, and I eventually came upon Zeus' Fist. On top of it was Nico, with the shadows hugging his body.

I knew he heard me from the amount of noise I made. For some reason though he kept on ignoring me.

"Nico?" I called out timidly.

"What do you want?" he snapped.

"I want to talk to you about what's going on. It's relationship stuff isn't it," I said.

He turned in surprise. I'm not usually in tune with this sort of stuff, so I get why Nico didn't expect something like that coming from me.

"How did you know?" he asked.

"Sometimes people forget I'm the daughter of the love goddess," I answered.

"You always seemed a bit too tough to be a child of Aphrodite to me," Nico told me.

I wasn't sure what to take from that, but coming from Nico I guess it wasn't an insult.

"I'll try to take that as a compliment," I mumbled, crossing my arms.

Neither of us said anything for a period of time. I know he didn't mean to, but Nico always sorta creeped me out. I shifted nervously on my feet. Should I make him come down? He'd have to come down at some point, but that boy could be really stubborn.

"Ya know," I called up, "You can't stay up there forever."

"I can try."

Here I was trying to help him and he just acted like a little kid at the top of the slide when there was a line. I stomped her foot in frustration. Well this little kid needed a push.

"Don't make me charmspeak you down here," Piper threatened.

"You wouldn't dare," he said, but almost hesitantly like he knew I would.

"Try me."

Nico groaned but slowly made his way down. The patch of grass he landed in immediately turned brown and wilted. I made a mental note to keep him away from the begonia I was growing on the window.

I followed him out of the woods. Once he talked to Will I would leave him alone, but until then I was his shadow for once.

Nico stopped stopped dead (A/N lol) in his tracks. He stared longingly at Will. There was a bit of pain in his eyes as well. Something had definitely happened, and I needed to know what.

"You dragged me back here for a reason didn't you," Nico inquired.

The dead patch around him grew, and I stepped back a bit, not wanting to be caught in it.

"Yup," I answered from a few yards behind him at the edge of the circle, "I brought you back because I care about you. Now go talk to Will."

I put a bit of charmspeak in my words in order to make him go. Nico looked panicked. He had not choice but to talk to Will.

Meanwhile I snuck around the edge of the cabin to listen in.

It was so sweet I wanted to cry. No. Not going there. Once you pass that line there's no turning back. I had done my job and now I had to disappear. Still- it was so exciting I did a little happy dance and peeked around the corner once more to see them hugging.

And end of chapter. Hey guess what? I'm going to Hartford Comic Con on Saturday because it's my sister's birthday, and even though she's turning eighteen this was what she wanted to do. Anyway I've got a great costume. Guesses? And next update Friday because my teachers seem to hate me and have assigned a ton of homework. And I know three POV for one part was a lot, but we're moving on. Don't worry.