WILL'S POV

"Cat, you weren't supposed to hear that," Eliza said. When Will got to the Hades Cabin, Cat had been standing in the bathroom doorway; his little brother Jonathan was there too. He had been looking for Nico since he hadn't come to the campfire. He walked over to the bathroom where Cat stood and when he looked in his knees almost gave out. Nico and Eliza were covered in blood. So, so, much blood. He didn't know who it had come from, but he assumed it was mostly Eliza's. All of the people in the cabin were sobbing, including Nico, who didn't usually cry.

"Will," Nico gasped. Nico lifted Eliza up bridal style and carried her to Will. "Put her on her bed please. I'll explain when she's bandaged up," he said firmly. Nico handed his sister to Will who turned and walked over to the girl's bed. Will dug through Nico's dresser and grabbed the bandages he usually kept in there. He put them on the nightstand next to Eliza's bed and looked for the leftover healing slave he had made for Nico when he had the stitches from the werewolf scratches. He returned and rubbed some on her arms before wrapping it with bandages. Eliza was still crying and Cat still stood by the bathroom door, dumbfounded.

Will looked up from his work when there was a knock on the door. He saw Nico signalling Jonathan to open it out of the corner of his eye. Standing on the front porch of the Hades cabin was Ryan and Ava. Great, as if the situation couldn't be worse.

"Eliza! What happened?!" Ava cried as she rushed into the cabin. Eliza ignored her and kept staring at the wall. "Eliza! I am going to tell someone about your little crush if you don't tell me what going on." Will's eyes widened in surprise. Ava knew about Eliza's crush on Cat?

"Ava. I don't like him. That was to cover everything up. And don't use your Aphrodite charmspeak on me." Ava stepped back and glanced at Ryan. Will guessed Eliza had told Ava that she liked Ryan to cover up that she was bi and that she liked her best friend.

"Eliza," was all Cat said. She was still in a daze, her eyes glazed over with thought.

"Hey," Ryan spoke up, embarrassed. "I'm guessing now is not a good time to tell you that I don't have a crush on you anymore, Liza." Eliza straightened in her seat..

"Thank the gods Ryan!"

"What? I thought you had a crush on me?"

"Errm..."

Will ignored the urge to blurt out that Eliza had liked his sister the whole time. "Guys, I don't think she wants to talk about this right now. Eliza, do you want anyone to stay while you rest?" Will said. Eliza nodded and glanced at Cat.

"Cat please," she whispered so softly he could barely hear her.

"Ok. I'll have her and Nico stay here with you while I go back to the infirmary since its my shift tonight. I'll check on you in the morning," he said. Then he got up and walked out behind Jonathan, Ava, and Ryan

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NICO'S POV

When Will and the others left, Cat came over to where Eliza and Nico saton the edge of Eliza's bed. She sat down on the other side of his sister and wrapped her arms around her. "Eliza, I think I do too." she said.

"I'm going to go clean up the bathroom," Nico said, not wanting to intrude on this personal moment. He entered the bathroom but kept the door open. He totally wasn't going to eavesdrop.

"Well, I guess Ryan's feelings won't be in the way now," Cat joked.

"Yeah…."

"Um, so," Cat trailed, picking her next words uncertainly."Do you,uh, ya know, wanna date? Or something?" Wanting to see Eliza's reaction, Nico stepped out of the bathroom just as the two campers leaned in to make their lips meet. He had to put his hands over his mouth to stop himself from gasping loudly.. He was happy for his sister. Eliza pulled away and hugged Cat pressing her lips on the other girls collarbone. Nico watched and now knew why Jason and Percy fangirled about him and Will; they were so cute. His little sister had grown up so fast.

"So…, is that a yes then?"

ELIZA'S POV

I stared at her. How could she like me back? I'm a freak! I just tried to cut myself to death! How could she like me? But, she did kiss me. She tasted like chocolate and graham crackers. Surprisingly, since she didn't really like chocolate. Ryan was more the chocolate loving twin. Her lips were warm and she kissed me back! She's always been there for me when things were rough: when Emaline died after I stopped being friends with her, when I started having panic attacks, when I started to cut. She's been there for me all along and I had been so afraid of losing her, so I hid my feelings. But, now, I think she might return them.

"Liza? Are you gonna answer me?"

"Yes, yes, yes a million times, yes, Cat." I whispered.

"Sei così carino insieme," I turned around at my brother's voice.

"What does that mean?" I asked.

"That's the point. You don't know what I said." he responded.

"How long have you been watching us?" Cat asked. Her idiot of a brother looked at the ground and grinned.
"Since you asked her out."

"What!?" We both exclaimed.

"I'm going to go clean the bathroom up." he said, and rushed off to the bathroom, closing the door this time. I leaned over to turn on one of the demigod-safe phones and connected it to my earbuds. I handed one to Cat and turned on some My Chemical Romance. It was like the good old days when we'd lay on the warm, soft sand of the beach near our houses and listen to our favorite band. MCR was what had brought us together in the first place.

January, 6th grade

It was a cold January day at school. My best-friend-since-4th-grade, Emaline, was getting on my nerves. She was being a jerk and telling other people bad things about me. It was lunch and I didn't really want to deal with her, so I went to sit with my friends from gym class: Valerie and Amelia. We had an odd little group of people that didn't really fit into any of the other cliques. We were the nerdy, weird group of girls. I sat down next to Val and a girl with near-identical hair as mine, sat down on my other side. She was wearing a My Chemical Romance T-shirt and one black and one maroon converse high tops with black jeans. I was wearing almost the exact same thing except my shoes were both black with maroon laces.

"Hey, I'm Cat," she greeted.

"I know. Your brother is my stand partner in orchestra," I replied. She looked at my shirt and grinned. She told me she liked my outfit and I told her I liked hers.

"So you like MCR?" she asked.

"No, I don't like it-" Her face scrunched in confusion. " I'm completely obsessed," I finished. Her face lit up in excitement.

"Well, I have three tickets to one of their private concerts, so you wanna come?"

"Yeah, sure. Gerard Way is awesome. I love his hair." I said. I was such a weird kid.

March

"Liza you're here!" Cat called to me.

"Yep! I wouldn't miss your birthday!"

"But I thought you were going to Emaline's house for her birthday?" She frowned.

"You're more important than that jerk, Cat." She hugged me and brought me into the house where our other friend was waiting.

July

I was at the performance venue for my dance competition and Cat was going to be there to watch me for the first time. I was extremely nervous. I started to breath heavily and my vision blurred. I need to sit down. I stumbled over to a corner in the back of the room. I didn't have to get my dress on now so I sat down against the wall and hugged my face to my knees. I couldn't control my breathing and my fingertips started going numb. It felt like the world was caving in on me. I was going to die. Death, death, death was all I could think about. I heard a familiar voice call my name. I looked up and my breathing became heavier. I couldn't tell who it was. A cold sweat ran down my spine.

"Eliza, breathe. Count with me. 1….2….3….4….5…." The person counted as I started to calm down. My breathing slowed and my trembling stopped. I gripped on to whoever was helping me. I buried my face in their warm neck.

"Ahh, 'Liza your nose is cold." The person laughed. The movement of their chest felt nice when they did that. I wanted to stay like this forever. I looked up knowing it couldn't last and saw my best friend's face.

"Cat? How did you know how to do that?" I asked.

"That happens to Ryan from time to time," she said. She smiled back at me comfortingly; somehow that made her the more dazzling in my eyes. That's when I realized I liked her as more than a friend.

October 7th grade

I sped-walked into the girls bathroom and leaned on the wall. I grabbed my pocket knife from my pocket and ran it up and down my arms until I drew blood. There was a trail of the red liquid where I had paced the bathroom floor. I didn't know I could do so much damage to my own body; I loved it. I didn't hear the person walk into the bathroom. The person grabbed my hand and snatched the knife from me. I tried to grab it back. I looked up and saw the person I needed most at the moment. Cat pulled me into a hug and helped me clean up the cuts that were most likely going to get infected if left open for longer. She taped pieces of paper towel onto them and made me put my sweatshirt back on. We did it all without talking.

"Don't tell anyone about this," I whispered. She nodded.

Cat shifted on my bed and I scooted closer. She wrapped her warm arms around my small frame. It felt so good to finally be like this with her. We stayed in that position as we drifted off to sleep, my brother still in the bathroom.

A/N: translations: sei così carino insieme - you are so cute together.

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