A/N: This scene is set a year after the defeat of Kronos at a celebratory party and therefore, it's a year after Nico and Thalia danced in chapter 11, just so you know. Anyways thank you so much for all the reviews! We've gone over sixty, which I think it really amazing! :D Keep them coming! Anyway I hope you like it.

It Must Be Love by Madness

Nico's POV

It was the anniversary of the Camp's victory over Kronos and we were celebrating. I looked up from my plate to see the hunters of Artemis arriving over the hill and looking distastefully down at the rest of us out by the lake. All except for one, that is.

Thalia ran down the hill, smiling and hugging people left, right and centre, including Annabeth and Percy who laughed with her and brought her over to the tables that had been set up to carry the food. We had a fire lit in a garbage can which we were offering food to the gods over, and some cool music was being played by the sons and daughters of Apollo although some of the songs sounded strangely like Lady Gaga.

"Come on, girls, the campers won't bite," she called to her comrades who were still standing stiffly beside her pine tree. Then one by one they came down the hill and joined us in the party.

I smiled at Katie Gardner as she vacated her seat to stop Connor and Travis Stoll stealing Chiron's wheelchair and led them both to the dance floor that was created by Mr D, who was currently drinking copious amounts of wine before his treat from Zeus was taken away. His nose had turned rather pink and his eyes were bulging as he laughed hysterically at the dancing satyrs. Thalia took the empty seat as her two best friends went to dance together, and crossed her arms defiantly.

"Honestly! It's all too lovey-dovey, really, isn't it?"

"I know exactly what you mean. I've already had to turn Drew down," I replied, leaning back in my chair and pushing it onto its back legs whilst my hands went behind my head.

The slow song ended and a rock beat began. My foot began to tap and Thalia cocked her head, staring at it.

"You like My Chemical Romance?"

I nodded and when she held out her hand, I took it hesitantly. She pulled me out of the seat and then out to the dance floor, passing Chris and Clarisse as they left it and went to make out behind one of the cabins. Spurred on by Thalia's dance moves, I began to do my best robot dance and she laughed, holding herself up by leaning on my shoulder. Then the song ended and we awkwardly stood together for a few moments as it changed to another slow song.

"Just dance together, you two," Annabeth said from the over by the singers.

I smiled nervously at the black-haired girl and held my hand out for her. She took it, holding my hand with as little of her own as possible and we swayed a little until Percy came over and forced us together until we were chest to chest.

"Well this is getting to be a habit. Hard to believe it's been a year, right?" Thalia muttered, looking at Percy and Annabeth who were too busy gazing into each other's eyes to notice.

"Yep. Been kind of strange here at camp though…"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I never thought I'd miss you; but I did," I replied, looking away as I was expecting her to slap me around the face for such a forward comment.

Instead she simply sighed and murmured her assent.

"This feels weird," she said.

"I know." I took a breath before stammering the rest of what I wanted to say. "I never thought I'd feel this way…about you."

"And what way's that?" She asked, her eyebrows raised in what I considered hope.

"As soon as I wake up, I know that I need to see you."

"And why do you think that is?" Her gentle voice was lulling me, pulling me closer to her and my head was bending towards hers, my lips itching to touch her own that were coated in a dark, plum-coloured lipstick.

The song answered her question for me and one of the daughters of Apollo, sang, "It must be love," just as our lips met.