Not long after my little incident, the orange, yellow, red and brown leaves finally finished falling off the trees and fall turned to winter.

It was January before the first snow fell. The camp looked like it had been coated with a thick layer of diamonds. Walking to our next activity became total war zone. We were all soaking wet with snowball residue before we started each class. My cabin, being the most artistic, decided to make an ice statue. We spent hours at a time carving a Pegasus drawn chariot with care. I usually past the time by talking with Jay about books or gossiping with Amanda about anything and everything.

Even though it was freezing, Nico and I always did our annual thing. The sunset was more beautiful in the fall, but I didn't care. As long as I could wish on the first star with Nico every night, I was good.

Oh, and I almost forgot. Mia and Nick were pronounced girlfriend and boyfriend. After I had shot down Nick on the first day I met him, he had set his sights for the pretty Mia. Mia had always thought he was cute, so after that it just clicked. Unfortunately for me, Cj was still trying to get me to like him. ANOYING!!!

Soon, the snow melted and warm weather retuned. Spring was here, and all too soon. The only problem I have with spring is that it's my birthday month. I hate parties, especially mine. I decided that I wasn't going to tell anyone that my birthday was soon. But on the 30th of May, I opened the door to my cabin and, wait for it….

"SURPRISE!!!" I jumped about 15 feet in the air and landed, not so gracefully I might add, on my butt. Everybody was there, my cabin mates, Mia, Nick, Cj, and Nico. Streamers were hung all around the room and in one corner, a pile of presents sat.

"Happy birthday Sam!" Amanda said skipping up to me and giving a bear hug.

"How did you guys know?" I asked in a distressed tone of voice. "I didn't tell anyone, did I?"

"Chiron told us." Nico said from the back of the room. Damn that Chiron.

"We all got presents for you!" Amanda giggled grabbing my wrist and leading me over to the pile in the corner. "Open them."

"Fine," I mumbled and reached down to pick one up. I looked at the tag to see that it was from Amanda.

"Yay! Mine first." She cheered. I ripped the paper off to find that in was makeup kit. I looked at her and frowned. She smiled. "You might need it one day." I rolled my eyes and picked up the next one. It was from the twins. They gave me a deck of cards with my name on the back in fancy letters. Maria gave me a cool bookmark because I was always talking about books with Jay. Jay gave me the last book in a series that I hadn't finished yet. You know he got a huge choking hug for that. Mia and Nick got me a journal and pen because they knew I liked to write. Cj got me a stuffed Pegasus, for what reason, I have no idea. I had one present left, it was from Nico. I carefully tore the wrapping paper off the small box and took off the lid. I gasped. It was a necklace. The pendent was a beautiful bird made of silver and decorated with many tiny, colorful gemstones. The bird was breathing fire. The detail was precise. It almost made me want to cry. Almost.

"It's a Phoenix. The bird that represents fire. I thought it would be perfect for you." Nico was peering over my shoulder.

"Where- where did you get this?" I stuttered in amazement.

"I made it."

I turned to look at him. "You made it."

"Some people who know how to do metal working helped me." He looked embarrassed by the fact. I thought it was unbelievable. I stood and threw my arms around his neck. "It's beautiful. I love it. Thank you so much! I'll never take it off!"

After a second I felt him wrap his arms tightly around my waist. "I'm really glad."

When we were done, Amanda announced she had some music and we danced the rest of the night until it was time for everybody to go back to there own cabins. I went outside to bid them all a goodnight. Cj was the last one to go.

"Night Cj." I said ready to go to bed.

"Wait," he said. "I have one last birthday surprise for you."

"It's fine Cj. I'm all surprised out." But before I could do anything, he had grabbed my shoulders and pressed his lips on mine. I couldn't move. My brain had gone on lockdown. I wanted so badly to push him away, but I couldn't find my arms. His lips moved urgently on mine, like he knew he would never have another chance like this. Slowly his hands moved to my face to move my head for me.

"Hey Sam! I forgot to tell you that- GAH!" I finally found my strength again and pushed as hard as I could. I turned around to see Nico.

A/N: BUM BUM BUM! What will happen? Review Please! Also I need to know what color eyes Sam should have. Remember she has golden colored hair! THNX!

Flockgirl out ; )