The last thing Nico wanted to do was to be alone with his sister's boyfriend. But, there he was, sitting with Frank alone in Camp Jupiter until Hazel came back with hot chocolate. Frank opened his mouth to speak, but then he closed it. Nico sighed.

"So…" he started. He wasn't really a conversation- starter, but on the good side, neither was Frank. "How is it going? Do you like being the praetor?" Frank seemed to be relieved. He nodded. "It's a lot more responsibility, but it's fun… I guess."

"You guess?"

Frank let out a sad sigh. "I just don't get to spend much time with Hazel. I know that you will find this odd, since I'm your sister's boyfriend, but can we have a girl-talk?" Nico cracked a smile.

"If the result will make both of you happy, then why not?" He said simply. To be honest, he thought that living with two sisters would make him understand them. Frank smiled back. He was not that stressed now.

"She seems to be off lately, you know? She says she's fine but she looks worried and sad. I don't know how to make her happy. I know this is really awkward, since you're younger than me, but have you had any problem like this with a girl? And can you give me an advice?" Nico thought for a while. Then he realized something: He had been there before.

Bianca. She kept telling Nico that she was all right and they should carry on no matter how many relative dies or who Nico had a crush on. Then, in the first chance at the sight, she'd left Nico for the stupid Hunters of Artemis. He closed his eyes, like it hurt to remember. But it didn't, actually, for the first time in five years he was okay to think about the side of her that made him sad and alone.

After a silence, Nico started. "Bianca," he said. "She was unhappy, despite what she told me. I know that it's not really the same since there is no dead family members or we're no longer in the thirties or there is no Percy Jackson to destroy the scene. And you and Hazel are lovers, not siblings. But I just wanted you to know that I have felt like that before. Talk to her, Frank. No problem is solved without being discussed. I… I don't want you guys to be torn apart. I don't want another sister of mine to be sad and alone. I don't want them to take the burden."

"What burden?" Frank asked. "Me," Nico replied. "I don't want a sister who has to carry me. I am her older brother. I should be able to make her happy. But I still can't…" his voice trailed off. This conversation was going to somewhere different, but he couldn't help. He needed someone to help him, and if it was his sister's boyfriend, let him be.

"What is your problem, then?" Frank asked. Nico dropped his shoulders.

"I am in love, Frank," he declared. "And I am pretty sure that they love me back, and that I've found the love of my life, but I can't be with that person. Not without telling Hazel and I'm pretty sure that she'll despise me for what I am. I don't want another sister to feel like I'm a burden, I don't want another sister who wants to carry on. I am afraid that she'll hate me. She's still so in our time period, I'm not sure what she will say." He took a big gulp to swallow his urge to cry.

"Hey," Frank said. "There is no way Hazel will ever hate you, Nico. She loves you." Nico shook his head. "She will. Bianca did. Everyone in the street did. I was discriminated."

"So was she, don't you remember that?" Frank asked. "What is so bad about the love of your life, anyway?"

"It's a he."

"Oh."

Again, a wave of awkward silence passed. Frank started.

"We aren't in the thirties anymore, Nico."

"She seems to be."

"She's not." Nico started shaking. Frank put his hand in his shoulder.

"Hey, hey. She will never hate you. Don't you forget that. She will be surprised, but that's it. She'll accept you, she's your sister. But talk about it to her, okay? No problem is solved without being discussed, right?" Nico smirked.

"I hate it when my own advice applies to me."

Frank smirked and patted his shoulder. Then he stood up. "Come on, man," he said. "Let's go find her. She's been gone far too long." Nico looked to him, and Frank smiled. "No, I won't tell. I know that you will eventually, in your own time, in your own way." Nico sighed and they went to find Hazel.

Because Frank and Nico's friendship is soo great. Stay awesome!