Something had changed between Will and Nico overnight. Will couldn't help but notice it. They bickered constantly, but it was with a kind of ease and enjoyment. There wasn't any tension between them anymore. Nico seemed to feel at ease around Will, and due to that he appeared more at ease with the camp.

After force feeding Nico breakfast and dealing with lots of stares and giggles form his siblings and friends, Will and Nico met up with Delilah on top of Half Blood Hill. Even Percy had waggled his eyebrows at Will as they walked across the pavilion.

"You guys ready for a shopping trip of amazing proportions!?" Delilah asked.

"No." Nico said, Will elbowed him.

"Of course we are!" Will grinned. His newest sister was so overly enthusiastic about everything.

"Great! We'd better go!" Delilah said, then literally cartwheeled down the hill.

Nico glanced at Will and whispered "Crazzzyyy". Will elbowed him and followed after her to a small black car at the bottom of the hill.

"How did you manage this, Delilah?" Nico asked, as he and Will crawled into the back seat. Delilah pursed her lips at the apparently mysterious seating arrangement but didn't comment. Instead, she cranked the car.

"I have my ways!" Delilah grinned at them in the rearview mirror.

"This is definitely going to be interesting," Will said, buckling his seatbelt.

"More like a journey to the underworld with a crazy chipmunk on speed." Nico grumbled.

"It won't be that bad." Will said. Delilah started giggling.

"I'm stuck in the car with two children of Apollo. I am going to die." Nico said, fastening his seat belt and grabbing the safety bar closest to him.

"Speaking of children of Apollo, I brought my aux cord!" Delilah chirped holding it up for them to see. She plugged it in and Will eagerly leaned forward to help with music selection.

"Oh my gods. Do you have Broadway!?" Will exclaimed when he saw the album art for Wicked.

Nico groaned.

"I'm literally going to die." He mumbled.

"You're fine." Will called over his shoulder.

"So much for the caring doctor," Nico grumbled. Will chose not to respond, but he smiled as he scrolled through Delilah's playlist.

Nico seemed so much… lighter? Happier? More at ease? Will didn't know how to explain it but it was nice. He felt like he could actually joke with him. After last night, Will was certain today was going to be all serious and angst-y, but their crazy night of tears and heart-to-heart conversations seemed to have improved Nico's mood.

Delilah put her iPod on shuffle and Will proceeded to skip a bunch of songs until he came to one he liked.

Nico was glaring at the pair of siblings and Will turned to address the whiny son of Hades.

"You got to listen to your music last night," He said, pointing a finger at Nico, "Now it's my turn."

"You're literally the most annoying person I've ever met." Nico griped.

"I thought that was me!" Delilah chirped from the front seat. She bounced up and down and claimed she loved the song that Will had just skipped.

"Consider yourself a part of the family," Will said, chuckling, "We children of Apollo always argue over music and are quite inconsiderate when we have control over one's iPod."

"Ugh!" Delilah grumbled.

"I'm literally going to die here." Nico moaned.

Delilah glanced at Will with a questioning look. Obviously, she was baffled by Nico's better attitude as well. She didn't, however, comment on it. Will was grateful for this.

He glanced over at Nico as Delilah quickly pulled up a Broadway playlist. Nico was wearing Will's sweatpants and a camp half-blood tee shirt. His dark hair was falling into his eyes like usual, but there was a different look in his dark eyes. He almost looked happy.

Delilah put the car into drive after ensuring everyone had on their seatbelts then floored it. Will and Nico quickly made friends with the back of the headrests in front of them.

"Jeez. Delilah." Will mumbled, pulling away from the headrest.

"Sorry!" She smiled.

"Remember when I said I was going to die? Well now I'm being serious. I'm pretty sure she's going to get us killed." Nico said to Will.

"Shush! It'll be fine!" Delilah chided.

Nico slumped against the seat and looked out the window with his arms crossed. Will began shuffling through Delilah's iPod's playlist. He looked at them both, and smiled. Maybe today was going to be a good day after all.

Will saw Defying Gravity from Wicked and quickly hit play.

"Ooooooh! I like your taste!" Delilah laughed, and proceeded to belt out the lyrics with Will.

Will was pretty sure Nico was staring at him, but he didn't comment. Will pointedly ignored him. His judgment wasn't going to stop Will from enjoying Broadway music!

"I think I'll try defying gravity! Kiss me goodbye! I'm defying gravity!" Will sang.

"I am literally so embarrassed to know you." Nico muttered.

"No you aren't!" Will smiled and poked his arm.

Next song on Delilah's iPod was Footloose. Will and Delilah got down singing that song. Nico stared out the window and ignored them. The countryside flew past as Delilah drove them towards the city.

She rounded a curve a little too fast and it threw Will into Nico. Will's shoulder slammed into Nico's and their legs were pressed against each other. Will felt heat crawling up his neck. Nico froze for a few seconds.

"You're in my bubble." Nico finally said, "Can you please scoot over?"

"I just popped your bubble." Will said, reaching over and poking Nico in the arm.

"Well I'd like to reinstate my bubble."

"I just popped it again." Will mimed popping a bubble.

"Well I just reinstated it again and now it's indestructible."

"Well, then so is my bubble!"

"Will. You literally haven't moved."

"I didn't say I was going to move."

"But your bubble and my bubble can't be touching."

"Yeah they can."

"Oh my gods. You are insufferable!" Nico exclaimed and shouldered Will to the other side of the car.

"You just enacted bubble bumper cars!" Will exclaimed, shoving Nico back.

"I'm going to get you for that!" Nico exclaimed and dove across the backseat.

Will shoved him away. Nico somehow managed to get his foot in Will's face. He pressed Will's face into the window.

"I'm going to get you!" Will cried, swiping his arms uselessly at Nico.

"I'm the fighter here, remember?" Nico called happily as he had the majority of the seat to himself.

"How do you even take up that much room!? You're literally like 120 pounds!" Will exclaimed.

"Pure talent."

"You're such a pain in my-

"Don't say it, Solace."

"Ass." Will finished.

Nico was about to lunge across the seat again, having just removed his foot from Will's face a few minutes ago, but then the song changed and Nico sat up straight.

"Hey… I actually like this song."

"You've liked all the songs I've played." Delilah called back.

"Have not!"

"I saw you singing along!" She retorted.

"That- I- I was not!"

"Were too!"

"That doesn't mean I like them!" Nico exclaimed.

"Whatever." Delilah rolled her eyes and turned up the volume of the song Nico liked.

"No way!" Will exclaimed, looking at Nico with wide eyes.

"What!?" Nico asked.

"You do not like this song!"

"Yes I do!"

"No! I like this song!"

"We're allowed to like the same songs, Solace."

"No we aren't! This is Pentatonix!"

"Yes. Can't Sleep Love. And I like it."

"But I like it!"

"And so do I. I like more than my… what did you call Fall Out Boy, MCR, Twenty-One Pilots and Panic! at the Disco?"

"Nico's teenage angst-y pop emo punk music." Will supplied.

"Right. I like more than just that music."

"But… I'm supposed to be the diverse music taste one in the relationship."

"Will. WHAT relationship!?" Nico exclaimed, putting his hand on his forehead.

"The friendship!"

"Well. I like this song."

"Well you guys are totally missing the whole song because you're arguing." Delilah scolded and started the song over again.