By the time I had gotten back to the battle, we were retreating. So we hadn't been as prepared as we thought, but hey, we tried. And we failed. Am I the only one cheering here?

Anyways, all the demi-gods fled, leaving the monsters to fend for themselves. Great teammates aren't we? Of course the camp was only a five-minute run from the battlefield, so missed Kara. But, before the fight, she had given me her room number, so I could find her easily.

Ok, I have to confess, the reason I wanted to meet her was not to see if she was ok. It was to blab about what had happened between Nico and me. I had butterflies in my stomach just thinking about it. I touched my lips softly. Had he really meant the kiss? Did he really like me back? I needed advise, and Kara seemed to be the only one I could truly trust here.

I ran up the stairs to the 3 floor and found her room number. I knocked.

"Who is it?"

"It's me Kara." I called to her.

"Who's me?"

"Just shuddup and open the door before I burn it down." She was pissing me off.

"Oh, it's you Sam." She opened the door and I skipped it the room. That's right, I skipped. If any of you people have ever been kissed by the boy or girl you like, you know I have every right to skip, and for the people who haven't, I dare you to stop me.

"You seem happy." She noticed.

"Yep." I flopped down on her bed. "I am extremely happy… in a confused way."

"Is that even possible?" She asked sitting beside me.

"Oh trust me, it's possible." I grinned wildly at her. "Well, it's possible for me. I don't know if anybody else could pull it off."

"Ok, tell me what happened, because it must be something big."

I told her everything. Giving Dana to Annabeth, Then the big fight I had with Mia, leading in to the kiss.

"Aw, how cute. Sammy had her first kiss." She said giving me big googley eyes.

"Actually, there was this one time when Cj kissed me…" She pretended to throw up over the side of her bed.

"Hey," I said shrugging. "I never said I liked it."

"He seriously, kissed you?" She asked with doubt in her voice.

"Yep," I said like it was no big deal. "You can ask him."

"Wow. That's seriously disgusting."

"I know." I said making myself look sick. "Trust me."

"So, not to change the subject or anything, I have this idea. But I'm going to need your help."

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Why had I ever agreed to this? Ok, Kara's Idea was interesting, and could be quite effective if it worked, but this was going to be torture. I tried to push the thoughts of what I would have to do out of my head and focus on the objective. Get the key for Kara's bracelet. You know, the one that sucked away her powers.

I found the person I was looking for in the courtyard. Time to turn on my charm.

"Oh Cj!" I called as I walked closer. "There's something I need to ask you about!"

"Hey," he said.

"I heard that there's this key that's magical. I also heard that you kept it safely locked in the key room. Can we go and look?"

"I don't know Sam," He said. "1, I've never seen a magical key. 2, I'm not supposed to let anybody in there."

I gave him the cutest puppy-dog eyes I could. "Please. For me?"

"I-I don't think-"

I cut him off by putting my lips to his ear. "Please," I whispered. "If you do, I'll give you a reward."

I felt a shiver go up his spine. "I guess one peek wouldn't hurt."

"Yay!" I said with a giggle. He lead me through some corridors until we came to a huge door. From the big key ring hooked to his belt he took a huge key and unlocked it. when it swung open, I gasped. It was a large room, filled with keys up and down each wall. How was I going to find small key in a room of hundreds.

I thought of the description of the key Kara had described. It was tiny and made of gold and silver. She said that it had her name in scripted on it.

"Wow, there are so many!" I said with a small gasp.

"Yep," He said. "But no magic key."

"Let me just look." I walked around until something caught my eyes. On one of the side walls, I saw what I was looking for. Key de la Kara. It was on a higher hook but I could get it easily. That is if I could get Cj not to notice.

"Ok. I guess you were right." I gave him my saddest look yet. "I'll give you your reward now." I waved him over. He smiled. Gods, he was such a perv. I grabbed his wrist and pinned him against the wall. I pushed my body against his and ran my lips over his cheeks. As discreetly as I could, I slid my hand up the wall and slowly grabbed Kara's key. I folded my hand into a fist, gave Cj one last cheek kiss, and pushed away.

"See you Cj." I left him there stunned. Once I was out of seeing and hearing range, I shot down the halls screaming "EW! EW! EW! EW! EW!"

When I got back to Kara's place, I pounded on her door.

"Who is it?" she asked.

"JUST OPEN THE DOOR GODDAMNIT!"

She unlocked the door and I tackled her to the bed.

"GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF" I screamed.

"Get what off?"

"THE CJ GERMS!!!!" I started swatting away at imaginary things on my arms.

She laughed. "You can take a shower here if you want. Do you have the key?"

"Yes!" I tossed it to her. "I need hot water!"

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