Nico POV

After a bunch of screams and protests, I stared at the cold monster in front of me. I gave a pleading glare to my friends who simply beckoned me towards it. It was only a half foot long greenish blue, metal monster. Yet it was the most scariest thing I ever saw in my life.

My heart pounded fiercely in my chest as I sulked to it and my face was beaded in sweat. But fate wouldn't let me escape this time.

What monster I was scared of?

Let just say In other words I found myself looking at Percy's cellphone.

What got me in this situation you ask?

The answer is my traitorous friends.

And why was I scared?

It was because I was being forced to call my crush, Will. You are probably like 'But Nico you were trapped in a freaking jar in Taratus, fought against Kronos army and set foot in Camp Jupiter knowing that there was a long standing rivalry against Romans and Greeks. So how is calling your crush worst then that?'

Don't you dare judge me until you are in my shoes. Do you know how stressful it is to know if your crush actually likes you back? At least for monsters you already know that they all hate you so ,bam they are dead.

Not like I was going to do that to Will if he didn't like me. Sheesh I am not that cold hearted anyways I held the phone in my hands my hands trembling. Sorry, I put out a lot of questions when I get nervous...

"I don't want to!" I whined and pouted.

"You promised that you would call him!" Percy exclaimed.

"But a wise man once said to always make them promise on the River of Styx or it is no promise at all."

"NICOOOO!" Percy pleaded as he gave me his infamous baby seal face as Annabeth called it. Everyone else tried to do it but it failed for them miserably. They all looked freakin constipated.

"Hey only I can do the baby seal face." Percy whined when he saw his friends faces. "And you guys look like you need to take a dump."

Take it from Percy to be absolutely blunt. It resulted in the girls smacking his head as the guys looked on in pride. I smiled at the scene, he deserved it for making my worst nightmare come to life.

While I was distracted Annabeth grabbed Percy's phone and dialed a number, most likely Will's and shoved it back into my shaking hands.

One Ring

Two Rings

Please don't pick up

Three Rings

Oh well he is probably busy.

"Hello?"

My heart literally stopped when I heard his voice on the other line. With the exception of shadow traveling, I felt like I was going to faint.

Will POV

Despite being the son of Apollo, the sun was really beating down on me and I felt the urge to tell dad to tone it down by fifty percent.

I am certain that my face is as red as the ripe strawberries in the field I was working on. I felt my new cellphone ringing in my pockets. After wiping the dirt and sweat from my hands onto my shirt I answered the call.

"Hello?"

No answer.

"If you aren't going to talk I am going to hang up."

Then I heard a series of shouting like "For gods sake say something, ANYTHING!"

I chuckled.

"Shut up Seaweed Brain." Yup it was definitely Percy and his gang, but who was on the phone?

"Um hi." a gruff yet soft voice answered. Wait a minute. I know that voice from anywhere. A particular son of Hades dressed in black came to mind.

"Nico?" I was so glad that he wasn't in front of me face to face otherwise he would see my blushing face.

Sure everytime I try to go closer to him he would always avoid me or turn away for some reason, but that only made him cuter in my opinion.

"Someone is in loveeee" Travis and Conner mouthed as they made puckering faces and kissing sound. Ugh out of all the campers why did I have to invite them to help me gather the strawberries?

"Why do I hear kissing noises?" Nico said softly. I wasn't sure but I heard a bit of jealousy?

"It is just Travis and Conner being the idiots they are." I growled. It only provoked them more as they continued to make a scene attracting a crowd of confused demigods.

"Can you stop that." I growled at them. They simply stuck their tongue out at me.

"Stop what?"

"Not you, just talking to the Stolls about the beating they are going to get soon." I directed my annoyance to the said idiots.

Those goofballs started to point in my direction, whispering to the crowd and I only caught one name. "Nico"

Everyone began to stare at me more intently and I saw the exchanging of dramachas. What in the name of Apollo are they doing?

"I will be right back Nico." I glared at everyone gesturing them to leave. Seeing how serious I was they all ran to … the Hephaestus cabin?

I only sighed. I will never know what goes in their weird brains. Sadly healers didn't have that ability. But if I did then maybe I could find out if Nico….

"If there is anything wrong I can just shadow t…"

"Don't you dare complete that sentence Di Angelo." I sighed in exasperation. "How many times did I tell you to stop shadow traveling."

"Only a million times." I could already imagine Nico rolling his eyes.

"If you keep it up, you are going to vanish one day and then I will never see you again!" I panicked.

"Whatever. Your wish is my command my royal pain in the butt." He replied in a tone filled with sarcasm.

"And so is yours, my highness." I replied back. I almost face palm myself, that didn't even make any sense. Nico isn't even a mile away from me and here I am acting like a lovesick puppy.

Anyways I swear on the River of Styx that Piper said something along the lines like 'Awwww that is sooo cute!'

I blushed madly.

"Stop stalling Nico. Tell him!" Annabeth demanded

"Tell me what?" I asked slowly.

"Ummm, I hope that this doesn't sound awkward to you and ruin our friendship butIhaveahughcrushonyouandIwaswonderingifyoulikemeback." He mumbled and finished with a loud gasp.

"What?" he was talking so fast in that last part that he had to take a breather. I didn't even understand what he mumbled.

I could hear him growling in the background.

"I have a huge crush on you and I was wondering if you like me back."

I almost dropped the phone.

Nico likes me?

I held in my whoop of joy.

"Can you say that again." I smirked. Gods I love teasing him.

"I have a huge C- R- U- S- H on you." Nico sighed. "Do I have to spell the whole sentence out for you."

Right as I was about to reply back I heard a loud cheer and some groans from the Hephaestus cabin and something like "I knew that he was going to say that he had a crush on him!"

Wait. WHATTTT?