NICO POV

It was getting dark when Apollo's 'experiment' had worn off and Nico was walking back to his cabin from the dining pavilion. He was cold so he was just grabbed a sweatshirt from his cabin then headed back to the campfire. When he was about 100 feet away from his cabin, he heard someone yelling inside. Uh oh, he thought, Eliza. He had been less worried about her these past couple of days since she had gotten to know some more people, like Addison and Jonathan from Apollo cabin, Elise from Hecate, and Morgan from Ares. He picked up his pace and when he reached the cabin, he saw Eliza sitting on her bed crying. She didn't look up when he walked in and sat next to her on the bed. Nor did she acknowledge him in any way.

"Eliza, what's the matter?" he asked. . No response. "Ooook, your not gonna answer me are you?" He sighed. "Who was yelling in here?" Eliza let out a big sob and buried her face in Nico's shoulder.

"M-my mom. She..she doesn't accept me for who I am. I should have never told her. I should have listened to what my cousin said about her." Eliza said, her voice muffled.

"I don't exactly know what you're talking about."

Eliza let out a sigh as she flopped backwards onto the bed.

"My mother is homophobic." the dark haired girl said. Nico finally realized what was going on.

"Oh, Eliza… I'm so, so sorry" Nico said as he hugged her.

"Don't apologize. It's not your fault. I shouldn't have told her. She did the same thing to my cousin when he came out at thanksgiving a couple years ago. She made us leave immediately and she hasn't talked to him or his parents since." Nico didn't know what to say. This wasn't acceptable. No one, and he meant no one, especially the girl's own mother, should disown her for being who she was.

"Eliza. Look at me." She hesitated, but turned to look at Nico. "it doesn't matter what your mother thinks. She won't be a part of your life anymore if you don't want her to be. If she wants you around, she needs to learn to accept you for you. At camp we don't care who you date. For example, me and Will. I was nervous to come out to everyone here too. But look at me, I'm fine, and the happiest I've ever been, with you, and Will, and everyone else. You will be ok." She nodded and tears started to run down her face again. She nodded and hugged Nico. she pulled out of the embrace and sniffled.

"Could you go get Cat and Jonathan? I need them. They're my best friends." she said.

"Yes, yes, anything you need." He shadow traveled to the Athena cabin to get Cat and then to the Apollo cabin to ger Jonathan. He told them what happened. Jonathan understood, Cat, not so much. For a child of Athena, she could be pretty oblivious at times. Eliza stood up when she saw them materialize from the shadows in the corners of the cabin and went to hug them both.

"Jon, you know what I'm talking about right? You know, like when my mother blocked your number and deleted it from my phone after you kissed your boyfriend when you won that ice skating competition? And Cat, remember when my mom wouldn't let me watch Voltron because there was too much "sexual tension" between Lance and Keith? Well, I told her that I was bisexual 'cause I wanted her to know, and thought that maybe she'd accept me for me since I'm her daughter, but I guess I was wrong."

"Oh, Eliza ."Cat said as she hugged the crying girl. "Did you tell her anything else?" Cat looked suspicious and she frowned when she said it.

"No," Eliza whispered. Jonathan squeezed her hand. Cat moved aside so he could have his turn comforting her.

"When I came out to people, I was rejected by some, but most people didn't give a crap, Lize. I have an awesome boyfriend and i don't regret any of it at all. You shouldn't either. She isn't part of you life if you don't want her to be," he said.

"Nico said the same thing," was all she said before she went into the bathroom and locked the door. They heard the shower curtain open and close but the water didn't turn on. Nico realized what she was doing before he heard the quiet almost inaudible whimpers of pain. He pounded on the door for her to let him in. He yelled at her to stop, that this wasn't the way to relieve herself of her mental pain. He continued for ten minutes, yelling an pounding on the door, before Cat and Jonathan pulled him away from the door and made him sit down.

"Please…. Let me shadow travel in there…. I need to help her….Please," he gasped.

"Fine." the younger demigods said in unison. He got up and traveled to the bathroom. The sight of his sister's bloody body crumpled against the sink broke him. The dark bathroom was illuminated the by the light outside the window.

"Eiza," he said firmly. "Put it down." she continued to run the dagger over the surface of her arm.

"ELIZA! Put. It. Down. NOW!" he yelled. She ignored him like he was a ghost that she couldn't see. Furious, he picked up the razor next to her and snapped its blade in half and flushed it down the toilet. He emitted a low growl in his throat and grabbed the dagger away from her.

"YOU CAN'T CUT YOURSELF LIKE THAT JUST TO RELIEVE YOURSELF OF YOUR MENTAL PAIN! I JUST WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY AND IT KILLS ME TO SEE YOU LIKE THIS! SO, PLEASE, I BEG YOU TO STOP!" he yelled while tugging at his hair and pacing the bathroom floor.

"Nico…. I think she's my Will. My sunshine. The one who keeps me from commiting suicide." Eliza whispered. Tears poured from her red, puffy eyes and one dripped off her cheek as she spoke.

"What?" he asked, very confused.

"Cat." Her voice was barely a whisper.

"Oh, Eliza, I know how you feel. Will was my best friend before my boyfriend. It's hard to admit it to them."

"But Nico, you don't get it. Ryan has had a crush in me since 6th grade. We were in 8th grade. It would break our friendship if I admitted it to them and I don't think I can lose him right now."

"Liza, I don't know what to say." Nico looked up at the new voice and saw Cat standing in the doorway, tears running down her face.

A/N: sorry its so short. i needed to make it a cliffhanger. i like to inflict pain, like Miss Havisham ...*evil laughing*( sry. i had to. were reading great expectations in english right now. Miss. H is a weird character)